Blue-rice nasi kerabu with budu. Kota Bharu cooking is its own map — do not expect this plate in Penang’s Michelin stalls.
Kota Bharu, Kelantan
White House Nasi Kerabu is not listed in Michelin Guide Malaysia. It is included as an iconic Kelantan food stop — the Guide only inspects Kuala Lumpur and Penang.
Grilled chicken in a coconut-chilli sauce, a Kota Bharu night-market plate next to nasi kerabu. Kelantan cooking, not on the Michelin Malaysia map.
Kota Bharu, Kelantan
Ayam Percik is not listed in Michelin Guide Malaysia. It is included as an iconic Kelantan food stop — the Guide only inspects Kuala Lumpur and Penang.
Red-brown rice with tuna curry. Kelantan’s version is its own plate, distinct from Terengganu nasi dagang down the coast.
Siti Khadijah market area, Kota Bharu
Nasi Dagang Kelantan is not listed in Michelin Guide Malaysia. It is included as an iconic Kelantan food stop — the Guide only inspects Kuala Lumpur and Penang.
Akok, the caramel egg kuih of Kelantan, sold with the rest of the kuih tray around Siti Khadijah market. The pin is the market, not one surveyed stall.
Siti Khadijah market, Kota Bharu
Kota Bharu Kuih Akok is not listed in Michelin Guide Malaysia. It is included as an iconic Kelantan food stop — the Guide only inspects Kuala Lumpur and Penang.