Best Asam Pedas in Kuching

Resto Ala Kampung doesn't really serve asam pedas per se, but their grilled fish with asam pedas sauce is undeniably a good replacement. The fish is beautifully grilled to juicy perfection, where the flesh is still flaky and moist while the skin being incredibly crispy. A generous serving of sauce is then douse on top and served on a banana leaf. Lovely! 

KWALI Kitchen is home to a diverse selection of local dishes. Set in a rather warm and cozy place, KWALI Kitchen uses fresh ingredients and traditional recipes to craft their food. As for their asam pedas, it is prepared with various type of fishes - mainly tenggiri, kembong, and duwei. You can pick the ones you like most but generally, their base taste almost similar. It also has great flavour so it goes really well with rice. 

Satria Asam Pedas is a fairly decent hut that offers good food at an incredibly affordable price. This place is also popular among students for that matter. As for the asam pedas, it has decent flavours but the portion is huge. So for those who are feeling broke but still wish for a decent meal, Satria Asam Pedas may be your best bet. 

Rahima Assam Pedas is a bare and simple place with nothing much to offer but its array of delicious asam pedas. They make their asam pedas on a daily basis, in the morning where all the ingredients garnered are incredibly fresh. The use of different fish also differs on a day to day basis, depending on what they get is best. Flavour wise, no worries there as the dish is well packed with flavour and its a great compliment to some steamy warm rice. 

Lazatda may sound like a parody of the famous online e-commerce platform, but it's not entirely wrong as Lazatda is an online platform for food. They do not have a shop and all transactions go through their web. They offer a wide array of Malaysian favourites, usually those that comes with gravy or soup. The asam pedas is one of them, but with a twist as it has incorporated the use of bones in it. All and all, it's asam pedas with sup tulang in one! 

Bukit Mata Seafood Centre is a pretty decent place for some delicious seafood. It is usually packed with people at night, so do take note on that. Their asam pedas fish head may not be the most popular item on the menu, but there are people who enjoy it. Slightly spicy, tangy and undeniably fresh, Bukit Mata Seafood Centre's asam pedas is definitely worth the try.