Alu-Alu Kitchen

Kota Kinabalu


This restaurant wears its stripes in the tastiness of its food, and the fact it gets its seafood from sustainable sources. Alu-Alu excels in taking the Chinese seafood concept to new levels, with dishes such as lightly breaded fish chunks doused in a mouth-watering buttermilk sauce, or simmered amid diced chillies. A taxi/Grab ride from the centre should cost RM20/10.


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