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Culinary Delights
A truly Kelantanese experience must include the food. The local Ayam Percik is barbequed. chicken marinated in a special rich spiced coconut sauce. Another mouth-watering Kelantanese dish is Nasi Dagang, glutinous rice cooked in coconut milk. The rice, which is white or pinkish in colour, is usually served with fish or chicken curry, cucumber pickles and coconut sambal. You can also have it with beef or seafood curry. Then there is the Nasi Kerabu, bluish or yellowish rice normally served with coconut milk, flaked fish, desiccated coconut and a variety of herbs, spices and sauces. Traditional Kelantanese pastries have interesting names such as Sekaya, Serabai and Cik Mek Molek. These and many more local delicacies can be found at restaurants and food stalls all over Kelantan.

Food stalls and restaurant abound in Kota Bharu and other larger towns, while hawkers selling snacks can be found along every road. Visitors to Kota Bharu should also try the food stalls at Padang Bas in the town centre, which serves traditional fare till late night.

Entertainment & Shopping
Shopping
Shopping in Kelantan, look out for their magnificent handicrafts, silk and/or batik kaftans, woven mats, household items and trinkets.

Central Market / Siti Khadijah Market
This market is made up of stalls selling all sorts of vegetables, seafood and meats. An interesting feature of the market is the traders who are mainly women, something you would be hard-pressed to find elsewhere in Malaysia.

Buluh Kubu Bazaar
Buluh Kubu Bazaar (Bamboo Fort Bazaar) is three-storey shopping complex known as the centre for Kelantan’s batik. You can also find bargains like silver ornaments, mats woven with Mengkuang leaves and other knick-knacks.

Wakaf Che Yeh
Wakaf Che Yeh along Jalan Kuala Krai in Kota Bharu is a huge 24-hour market, which is more active at night when traders set up numerous stalls selling unusual local food, exotic tropical fruits, cheap clothes, second hand goods as well as fresh produce.

Border Towns
Rantau Panjang and Pengkalan Kubor are popular border duty-free shopping zones. Kitchen and house accessories and electrical equipments are the popular items on offer.

Jalan Temeggong
Along Jalan Temenggong beautifully decorated shops offer jewellery, textiles, brassware and other goods.

Nightlife
A relatively conservative society, Kelantanese nightlife is for the most part confined to wholesome entertainment.