THE RECOGNISED “AH TOK” CHINESE & WESTERN CUISINES RESTAURANT RUNNING NEARLY HALF A CENTURY @ PAHANG
“Chinese & Western Cuisines Restaurant” is all the while among the local’s favourite place of dining which being famously & widely practised since decades on our nations with respective home recipes, carrying the local chinese with western recipes presented to the public in manner. Here on the east coast nation, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended Chinese & Western Cuisines Restaurant “Ah Tok” running 45 years at Raub, Pahang having great positive response from the market all the while.
The Raub, Pahang local originated late Mr. Tan Yoke Tok (1958-2015), was the initial founder, together with his wife Madam Hew Swee Chin (Raub, born 1969) both are the immediate couple owners of this best recognised Chinese & Western Eating House “Ah Tok Restaurant” right along the Raub township presenting all their home recipes on chinese & western eateries selection to the locals and visitors all under a roof at Pahang.
The founder cum first owner late Tan Yoke Tok, also well-known as Ah Tok who initially touched the f&b industry at his only about 10 years old began from a little kitchen helper assisting his uncle in a rest house at hometown Raub. Then been reached Kuantan and Kuala Lumpur to further his exposure in the field all the while experienced in chinese & western cuisines with his patience.
With experiences & recipes on-hand, added with vision to have his very own eating house locally and to further expose in the f&b industry made Ah Tok decided then successfully established his very owned Chinese & Western Cuisines Eating House officially named the “Ah Tok Restaurant” along Jalan Lipis at Raub at his age of only 20th in the year 1978 serving all his signatures to the locals for more than 10 years, where his wife Hew Swee Chin (recent sole owner) joined fully assisted in the restaurant thoroughly. Later-on been moved & expanded into better environmental eating restaurant along Jalan Dato’ Abdullah (recent location) in the year 1994 continue their exposure in the field until today still presenting their authentic signatures to the public in manner. And finally being recognised among the best in town by the Malaysian F&B E-Media for the year 2023 on the east coast nation at Pahang after 45 years in the industry. Nonetheless, also the founder Ah Tok’s home-roasted mutton/lamb been tasted by our former Perak & Pahang emperor such Sultans, and Brunei’s Sultan as their respects along the journey being officially recognised here.
In this Ah Tok Restaurant, the owner’s very first top recommended in menus will be their famous “Claypot Seafood Udon Noodle” which most wanted by their regulars from the beginning in noodles option. Imported Japanese udon noodles selected, cooked with their home seasonings sour spicy soup broth mixed into seafood such prawns, cuttlefish, lala clams and tomato, celery, cauliflower & chinese cabbage, and finally served boiling hot in claypot will brings a wonderful pot of appetising sour & spicy Claypot Seafood Udon Noodles with seafood freshness itself that you must have a try when reached Raub, Pahang.
Secondly will be their “Grilled Fish”, which also always the restaurant’s daily selection favourite by their customers all the while. Local fresh red talapia (or somehow with sea grouper, stingray etc) commonly selected, cleaned then marinated in their seasonings mixture followed by slow-grilled with their homemade sambal belacan paste on fresh banana leaf, and finally served hot sided with lime & mixtures of their homemade sambal into onions shredded taken dipping onto will be the best matching having their tasty sour spicy Grilled Fish eatery that you will never regret after tasted here.
Another will be their signature “Chicken Cordon Blue”, which all the while among the visitor’s selection in the western cuisine menus. Local fresh chicken whole leg selected, prepared in boneless then marinated overnight fillings-rolled with chicken ham & cheese slice, followed by their slurry floured-up and deep fried to golden-yellow cooked, and finally served sides with potato fries, a sunny side chicken egg, fresh tomato & lettuce, and their homemade sour sweet sauce paste will brings excellent cheesy & juicy meat’s bites of their Chicken Cordon Blue eatery that you neither found the same elsewhere in town here.
Moreover, the owner also introduced their all time favourite recommended “Hainanese Chicken Chop” which wanted by most of their customers in selections. Also local fresh boneless chicken whole leg marinated overnight in home recipes, followed by deep fried coated with their flour slurry, and finally served crispy poured onto with their home-cooked hainanese sour sweet sauce paste into red carrot cubes, green peas & onions shredded, sided of potato fries, a sunny side chicken egg & fresh veges (tomato & lettuce) will be their complete set of delicious authentic Hainanese Chicken Chop eatery that you cannot aside here.
Nonetheless, their special local Indian’s recipe on “Rendang Mutton” (Lamb Rendang) also all the while among their famous local delight eatery like by most of the locals & visitors that you really cannot missed other than chinese & western cuisines here when stepped into this best recognised Chinese & Western Cuisines Eating House “Ah Tok Restaurant” running 45 years on the east coast nation at Raub, Pahang.
AH TOK RESTAURANT
Address: HSD 1081 PT6291,
Jalan Dato’ Abdullah,
27600 Raub,
Pahang.
Business Hours: 3:30pm to 11:30pm (Daily)