Things to eat at Lumut and Sitiawan

Here is a list of places/restaurants that we have tried over our three-day trip to Lumut and Sitiawan.

1. Bei King Restaurant

 Address: Lot 35535, Jalan Kampung Selamat, Taman Desa Selamat | Jalan Raja Omar, Sitiawan 32000, Malaysia
This air-conditioned restaurant is featured in TripAdvisor. It is famous for its Fu Zhou / Hock Chew cuisine. Now, it is a hotel too. It has moved from its old location on the main road to Jalan Kampung Selamat. The new location is  about 5-minute away from the old place. 

Trip Advisor logo stuck on its glass door

They seemed to be a favourite restaurant for Chinese wedding. When we were there for lunch, we were told they were not opened for dinner that night because of three different wedding dinners held at their place.

The hotel reception counter is next to the restaurant entrance

The red yeast rice wine misua with chicken tasted good although the pieces of chicken were a little small and bony.

Red yeast rice wine misua

 The sweet and sour fish maw soup was just right and the fish maws were very thick. 

Sweet and sour fish maw soup

However, we did not like the stir-fried mixed vegetables because of the pungent bamboo shoots.

Mixed vegetable with bamboo shoots

The yellow and black bamboo shoots had pungent smell and taste

Well, we did not try their fried oyster but I thought it looked delicious. This place was basically bustling with crowd during meal time. The portion of food at this place was a lot for two people. It cost us in total RM 60 plus for these three dishes and a pot of chrysanthemum. 

On the downside, I found the floor to be sticky and also there were flies everywhere. Besides, there was not much of ambience here.

2. Amu Coconut Villa Seafood Restaurant at Kampung Cina, Sitiawan

Amu actually means 'mom' in Chinese. It is a Chinese restaurant serving a plethora of fresh seafood. Here, you can see local Chinese families as well as tourists dining in.

The entrance is a bit hidden by the trees, so don't miss it

The place was not air-conditioned. It was more like a coffee shop. The food we ordered were steamed clams (lala), stir-fried green vegetables (that came with three big prawns) and sweet and sour chicken. Thumbs up to all the dishes here. We just loved all the three dishes.

Steamed clams are very fresh and have its original taste

Green vegetables with big prawns

Sweet and sour chicken

Living up to its name, you'll see coconut trees everywhere

The price of food here was very reasonable. It was about RM 20 plus for the three dishes and drinks for two. We would definitely consider coming here again the next time. 

3. King Yew Restaurant at Kampung Koh, Sitiawan

We found this place by chance when we were lost because the Google map did not work at that time. I read about this place in the Net that it was featured in NST before. So, we gave it a try.

It also served Fu Zhou cuisine like Bei King restaurant. So, we tried the famous Fu Zhou loh mee (noodle with sticky sauce), fried oyster with egg, red wine chicken and stir-fried vegetable with garlic. They also had Chinese herbal tea in bottles. 

The Chinese herbal tea

I was not a big fan of any loh mee because I disliked the sticky gravy.  However, my hubby liked the loh mee because he just loved any noodle-like dish. 

 Fu Zhou loh mee

The fried oyster with egg was really crispy but the oysters' size was small and the number of oysters was quite little. The fried oyster with egg went well with the Kampung Koh chilli sauce which was readily placed on the table.

Fried oyster with egg: it is really crispy

The red wine chicken was really good. This is a must-try dish.

Red wine chicken: thumbs up!

Simple stir-fried vegetable

This place was air-conditioned and generally cleaner than others. The toilet was also rated three or four stars (I can't remember exactly). It was clean. Overall, we paid RM 40 plus for our lunch. 

4. Batik Corner Restaurant in Lumut 

Location: somewhere opposite Lumut Waterfront Villa (before you reach Blue Bay Resort if you are coming from Lumut jetty)

Batik Corner Restaurant in Lumut

This place served seafood too. We tried the fish as recommended by the boss. He told us that the fish was just caught that morning so it was a very fresh. So, we ordered the fish curry. It was the freshest fish we had ever eaten and it was cooked as we specified, i.e. not too spicy. We loved it.

The freshest fish curry I ever tasted

 The stir-fried kailan with pork was simple but delicious.  The portion of the servings here was quite generous too. In total, it cost us RM 40 plus for food and drinks.

Stir-fried kailan with slices of pork

5. Liu Xiao Fu Dim Sum House (near to King Yew Restaurant at Kampung Koh)

Striking big blue banners: you won't never miss it.

We did not dine in as we had just finished our late lunch at King Yew Restaurant. So, we only bought a piece of curry puff and ordered a packet of iced milk tea for our tea break. The home-made curry puff was good. If you love iced milk tea, this place has the best tea. It was so addictive to sip the iced milk tea. And we came back again the next day to buy the iced milk tea.

You may see many locals enjoying their afternoon tea and dim sum here or order to take away. We also had to wait in a queue to buy the curry puff.

The home-made curry puff

The milk iced tea is addictive

6. Malay food stalls at Lumut Waterfront Marina Wing (only open in the evening) (click here for details.)

An inexpensive dining choice at the Malay stalls at Marina Wing

7. Gong Pians (Cheong Cia's versus Sin Lay's) (click here for details)

The Gong Pian (biscuit) baking to perfection 

List of places we have not tried due to lack of time:
- Lido Restaurant at Taman Sitiawan Maju (behind The Store) (Fu Zhou cuisine)
- Loh mee near Kampung Koh market
- Yee Si (next to Maybank in Kampung Koh) (Loh mee and special pau)