Eating out for under RM30: Kedai Kopi Seng Hing

Tuaran Mee at Seng Hing is a must!

Kedai Kopi Seng Hing is a coffeeshop that has been around at the same place in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah for as long as I can remember. And there's a reason for it.

Actually, several reasons. The first is the shop's famous Tuaran Mee (see image above) – a dish of fried egg noodles that's popular in KK (in the town of Tuaran itself, though, it is simply called "mee goreng" which is fried noodles). What makes the Tuaran Mee special at Seng Hing is the addition of "lihing" or local rice wine. That and the fact that a plate of noodles may come packed with a generous serving of pork, roast pork, char siu, chun ken (egg rolls), lap cheong and whatever else you want, and the price would still be the same.