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2026 Guide · Sabah

Best Food in Penampang (2026)

Updated October 2026 · 3 spots

⚡ Quick answer

Top of the list in Penampang: Kedai Kopi Loi Hin for Ngiu Chap, Secret Garden BBQ Korean Restaurant for Korean BBQ and Yat Man Gai for Roast Pork & Char Siew.

🐂Ngiu Chap
#1🌶️🌶️🌶️Wajib Cuba

Kedai Kopi Loi Hin

🐂 Ngiu Chap · Donggongon, Penampang, Penampang, Sabah

🐖 Non-halalRM10–RM14

Order: Ngiu chap mee with ka-liau (extra meat)

Over four decades of simmering beef bones in Donggongon, and once named among Tourism Malaysia's 100 best kopitiams. The soup is clean but rich, the cuts generous — order ka-liau and thank us later.

🐖Roast Pork & Char Siew
#3🌶️🌶️🌶️Berbaloi

Yat Man Gai

🐖 Roast Pork & Char Siew · Bundusan, Penampang, Penampang, Sabah

🐖 Non-halalRM10–RM20

Order: Siew yuk (crackling roast pork), plus roast pork nasi lemak

A decades-old roast meat specialist in Penampang whose crackling pork has a cult following — they even started putting it on nasi lemak. A proper Sabahan roast shop.

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