Yuan Yuan Soto Tawau — Restaurant in Borneo

The best Soto in Tawau. Must try their prawnball.

Tips: For those who like their noodles soupy can go for Soto soup where the noodles is soaked in the soup. While those who prefer the dry type can go for konlao hitam where the noodle is mixed with soy sauce and served separately from the soup.

The soto broth itself is very flavourful, mildly spiced and served with boiled egg. You can also tailor your soup with their lada and kicap to your liking. Portion is very generous, best to have it for breakfast as it very fulfilling. They also served very good drink their 3in1 (lemon,kit zhai and lime) is very refreshing, their teh C Nai is also is very good !

Another tips: come early before 8am to avoid the long queue, waiting time in the queue can be more than 1 hour on a busy day. Best to study what to order from their instagram so you can keep waiting time short!

Worth the...

Reminiscing my time for a work trip in Tawau in 2019. A very small town in Sabah, usually known as the transit point for holidaymakers or divers heading to Sipadan island for some sun, sea and sand. 🏝

With the little time I had there, I made my way to this place recommended by locals for their noodles. 🍜

Particularly this Soto Mix, this is a local specialty of vermicelli with Prawns, wantons and really fresh slices of beef in a very flavourful Soto broth. 🍽

Really delicious and unique! Not been able to find this anywhere else in the Peninsular. Hope this place is...

When I'm in Australia I often think of what to eat for lunch and I just wished I had a bowl of Soto ayam with prawn balls and the insane chilli. If you're a foreigner reading this please be kind to yourself and be very very careful wth that green brown molten lava sauce. Swear to God I live spicy and this is always the standard I refer back to when someone says it's spicy. "But is it yuan yuan spicy doe" 2 spoon of that into your soup and enjoy your running nose and uncontrollable sweating and your next 4 drinks to put...