THE RECOGNISED “RESTORAN 168″ CHINESE SEAFOOD EATING HOUSE LEADING ON THE EAST COAST NATION @ KELANTAN
“Chinese Seafood Restaurant” is all the while among the local’s favourite place of dining or eating house which carrying the combination of local chinese & seafood cuisines, being famously and widely practised on our nations since decades with respective home recipes on the ground throughout the country. Here on the east coast nation, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended Chinese Seafood Eating House “Restoran 168″ running by the nearly 30 years experiences Chef-Owner at Kota Bharu, Kelantan having great positive response from the market.
The Kelantan local originated Mr. Yap Tien Fong (born 1982), was the initial founder, together with his wife Ms. Sandy Tan Hoei San (Kelantan, born 1983) both are the recent immediate couple owners of this best recognised Chinese Seafood Eating House “Restoran 168″ along the Chinatown at Kota Bharu, Kelantan presenting all their in-house chef’s signature recipes on the chinese and seafood menus to the locals & visitors under a roof for more than 15 years on the same floor at east coast in Kelantan.
The founder cum owner Yap Tien Fong (commonly known Fatt Zai), also the restaurant’s Main Chef who at his age of 41 years old currently been touched the f&b field since kids helping in his family’s restaurant at Kok Lanas, Kelantan whose his father was running a chinese coffee shop in the year 1980s. Then fully stepped into the culinary career at his about 14th of age reached Singapore began as a kitchen trainee all the while experienced in the chinese cuisine field, being positioned as a Chef at his about 18th stayed 6 years there exposed in the career. Later-on returned to hometown Kok Lanas (Kelantan) started his very first chinese cuisine restoran with named “Fatt Zai” in the year 2002 for about a year, then reached Kota Bharu running his chinese cuisine eating stall for 3 years along the Jalan Kebun Sultan (Kota Bharu’s Chinatown) continue his exposure in the industry with patience.
With experiences & recipes on-hand, added wishing to further his career locally and foreseeing the market opportunity in the f&b industry enabled Fatt Zai (Yap Tien Fong) decided, and successfully established his very first wholly owned Chinese Seafood Eating House officially named the “Restoran 168″ in the year 2006 along Jalan Dusun Raja (Sri Cemerlang) right in the Kota Bharu township serving all his signature menus to the public. 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 Kelantan.
In this Restoran 168, the owners’ very first top recommended in menus will be their signature “Curry Fish Head” which most wanted by their regulars. Local fresh sea fish head such like Siakap fish head (or others/fish meats) commonly selected, cooked with their homemade curry paste into fresh milk, and mixed into dried beancurd (fuchuk), lady finger, long bean & eggplant, and finally served boiling hot in claypot/metal-pot will brings the wonderful curry’s smoothness swallowed itself with fish’s freshness in combination of nice salty fair spicy kind of Curry Fish Head/Fish Meats eatery that you must have a try when reached Kota Bharu, Kelantan.
Secondly will be their famous “Hometown Beancurd” or known TauFoo by the locals, also always the restaurant’s daily selection all the while. Homemade taufoo (beancurd) prepared in square-shaped of piece, followed by deep fried then finally served with their home-mixed salty sweet fish sauce broth, and toppings of minced pork, deep fried crispy preserved radish & fried onions will brings the best matching with excellent beancurd’s (taufoo) soft bites itself into mouth that you will never regret after tasted here.
Another will be their special “Claypot Pork Intestine with Belly”, which all the while among the local’s favourite selection here. Local fresh & cleaned pork intestines cooked with fine sliced pork belly pieces into dried chili, onion & their seasoning sauce mixtures, and finally served boiling hot in claypot will brings another best salty spices in fair spicy taste of their Claypot Pork Intestine with Belly eatery that you will neither found the same elsewhere in town here.
Nonetheless, the owners also introduced their all time favourite recommended “Dry Fried String Beans” in the vegetable selections wanted by their customers from the beginning. Local fresh planted string beans wok-fried with minced pork, black fungus shredded, chili padi & preserved radish into their homemade salty fair spicy paste, and finally served hot on table will brings unbelievable texturing string bean’s bites into mouth with exotic wok-taste of eatery that you really cannot missed when stepped into this best recognised Chinese Seafood Eating House “Restoran 168″ at Kota Bharu, Kelantan.
RESTORAN 168
Address: Lot 835,
Seksyen 27,
Jalan Dusun Raja,
15300 Kota Bharu,
Kelantan.
Business Hours: 4:00pm to 9:30pm (Daily)
(Closed on Wednesday)