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Shark on your plate?
For the most typical ly Malaysian
highlight, head to Restoran Guan Hwat
for village-style dishes including deep-
fried sole in taucheo (bean paste), spicy
shrimp as well as a shark meat soup
boiled with tofu and preserved vegetable.
Alternatively, try the spicy shark
porridge at Jiann Chyi Seafood Restaurant
along with deep-fried squid. The early
Sekinchan inhabitants were mostly
Teochew, which explains the Teochew
style of cooking porridge where the rice
grains are not broken down in the broth.
Not to worry, these restaurants don’t
serve any of the endangered shark
species as defined by the Fisheries
and Aquaculture Department of the
United Nation Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO). They are mostly from
the Carcharhinidae family.
But if shark isn’t your cup of tea, you
can head to the slightly obscure Redang
Station No. 15 (GPS coordinates 3.507826,
101.095309), which serves fresh oysters,
seasonal fish, mantis prawns and the
occasional lobster.
Since July 2013, Bar Beach Grill
has been hosting a beach barbeque on
Pantai Redang Sekinchan every Saturday
night. Diners sit atop paint buckets
overturned on the sand and grill all
manner of seafood on charcoal stoves.
Sometimes, the establishment’s young
owners organize ad-hoc performances
to entertain guests.
Mantis prawns
Fresh oysters
Deep-fried sole in bean pastetower
Spicy shrimp