Awesome authentic Kelantanese cuisine from Kesom Cafe @ Aman Suria, Petaling Jaya

Kesom Cafe located in Aman Suria is a small cafe serving Kelantanese food. They are famous for nasi kerabu, nasi dagang and a few types of sweet dessert. The taste is good and different compared to other Kelantanese restaurant that I tried. Their food is more aromatic and using quality ingredients. I went there to tried their nasi kerabu and I like it so much that I take away their weekend speciality which is khao jam. I had good khao jam in Kota Bahru before but I can't find it elsewhere in Klang Valley other than in Kesom Cafe.

Taste:9/10(Delicious. Nasi kerabu and khao jam here does taste great. Aromatic and flavourful. Their fish floss were good. Khao jam/herbs rice were cooked to perfection with strong herbal taste with adequate ingredients).
Price:6/10(Moderate. Plain nasi kerabu at MYR8.00 and khao jam at MYR9.00. If you would like their fried chicken, do top up another MYR5.00. Serai pandan tea at MYR3.00. Second glass refill at MYR0.50).


Delicious nasi kerabu. Do notice the colour of the ingredients. It looks lighter colour compared to other establishment. It looks fresh.

Serai pandan drink.

Side dishes to add to your meal.

Nasi khao jam - come with mixed ulam, acar, keropok, salted duck egg, kerisik ikan, kerisik kelapa, budu and tumis. So many ingredients, no wonder so flavourful. Also known as herbs rice.

Fried banana.

Clean and cosy environment in Kesom Cafe.

GPS/Coordinate: 3.120859, 101.596820
Address: F-46-G, Jalan PJU 1/45, Aman Suria, 47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

Disappointing nasi kerabu lunch set from Kelantan Delights @ CITTA Mall, Ara Damansara

Kelantan Delights is a famous chain restaurant serving traditional cuisine from Kelantan such as nasi dagang, nasi kerabu, nasi tumpang and varieties of Kelantanese sweet desserts. It's my first time trying the meal here and my review as below.

Taste:5/10(So-so. The nasi kerabu here was not up to my expectation. The rice were a bit wet as it's not yet properly cooked yet. Chicken not tasty as well. Also the nasi kerabu don't have salted fish which I usually have from a cheaper version of nasi kerabu. Their dessert of lompat tikam and sago gula melaka failed my taste bud. The sago texture is not firm and its soak in watery coconut milk gula melaka. So basically the sago dessert is rather tasteless. Lompat tikam pandan pudding is slight watery as well and don't have much coconut taste).
Price:5/10(Near expensive. The meal here does not really worth the price that they charged. Set lunch at MYR26.90 exclude GST comes with set meal, lemon tea and dessert. Salted egg portion is only quarter!).


Nasi kerabu set. In English its a salad rice set with grilled marinated chicken.


Environment in the restaurant. Its still early for lunch.

They advertise nasi kerabu here. This should be their signature dish.

Hot lemon tea.

The meal comes with fish crackers, chicken and pickled vegetables.

Salted egg only quarter portion.


Sagu gula melaka. Soft and watery texture.

Lompat tikam - A traditional Kelantanese dessert, pandan infused pudding with steamed red glutinous rice, with a rich coconut cream and palm sugar syrup. Glutinous rice not properly cooked and the pandan pudding was watery.

GPS/Coordinate: 3.113256, 101.578767
Address: G 27, Ground Floor, Citta Mall, PJU 1A, Ara Damansara, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.

Kelantan river cruise @ Kota Bharu, Kelantan

One of the latest attraction in Kota Bharu nowadays is the Kelantan river cruise. The cruise departs from Medan Ikan Bakar(MIB) Kota Bharu. The cruise operated from 9.00am until 5.00pm of the day. The cruise includes trip to see the surroundings of Teluk Renjuna & Pulau Beluru. Besides that you have chance to view the making process of kuih kapit in Pulau Suri. What's more is that you can drink freshly picked coconut juice and taste nipa palm seed! The trip is well worth at MYR20 with boat ride to the destinations. This trip is recommended for those who is going to visit Kota Bharu.


First we get ticket from this shop. The service is provided by Masseroja Travel & Tour. The shop is located at lot G-25 in MIB complex.

There is our boat. The river water colour is appetizing though. Its like "teh tarik madu" colour.

Safety first. Wear life jacket.

Say cheese before the cruise.

The boat is quite new.

Bye bye MIB.

Selfie in the boat.

Children playing in the river.

Transporting coconut.

Scenic view of villages in Kelantan.




Lets try nipa palm seed. Locally its call buah nipah. Its tough to get the seed as the shell is quite thick.

Finally, have the seed.

Eat it. Sweet.

Having fresh coconut juice. Its refreshing.

Fishing village.


Very scenic view of villages with tall coconut trees.

Stop by at Kampung Pantai Suri.

The villages are rearing goats.

Cempedak. Its a kind of fruits.

Typical village house here.

You can even see sheep here.

We are coming to this house to see the making process of kuih kapit. Its a kind of savoury biscuit.

The traditional making of kuih kapit. Made from coconut, flour and egg.

View the making process of kuih kapit.

This is kuih kapit.

Buy. Its delicious.

Back to the jetty.

Boat is the main transport here.

GPS/Coordinate: 6.138154, 102.322175
Address: Lot G-25, Medan Ikan Bakar (MIB), Kota Bharu, Kelantan.
Price: MYR20 Ringgit per person for 2 hours cruise.

Siti Khatijah market @ Kota Bharu, Kelantan

Siti Khadijah Market (Pasar besar Siti Khadijah), is a local wet market. Its name after Prophet Muhammad's wife, whom is known for her entrepreneurial skill, as this market is mostly run by women. Apart from the usual fresh goodies like seafood, vegetables and wide variety of fruits, you can also find ready-to eat food like 'ayam percik', nasi ulam and a variety of noodle soups, all unique in flavors and taste of Kelantan, serves freshly for you. Not to forget to taste the local desserts like 'kuih muih', tempeh and hot milk tea, which is the staple drink for Kelantanese.

Pasar wet market is featured in many documentary and TV programme. This is not a normal market. The market architecture itself is a fascinating sight. It was build in octagon shape and resembles the chinese 'pakua' shape. Another interesting feature is that every seller in the wet market is malay lady sitting at the centre of their stall. This market have 4 main section: wet market, dry stuff, clothes item & food court.


Great view from the second floor. Colourful!.

The market arrangement is quite unique.


Natural sunlight were used to light up the main wet market area.

Makcik/lady selling her keropok/cracker and meat floss at second floor.

Great architecture.

Third floor selling clothing items. You can get Malaysian traditional wear here includes batik.

Their food court. Look, the prawn is so big!.

They also sells weapons and bronze cookery here.

Never seen such chili before in Klang Valley.

Wet market section.

GPS/Coordinate: 6.130735, 102.239086
Address: Pasar Besar Siti Khatijah, Jalan Pintu Pong, 15000 Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia