Otak-Otak Muar - It's Simply Delicious !

Otak-otak is a fish cake made of mackerel fish meat (ikan tenggiri), but nowadays, they include prawn meat, cuttlefish and even chicken. To eat the best otak-otak, you should go to a small town called Muar, or known as Muarpo (in Hokkein).

People from various states and mostly Singaporeans visits Muar mostly for its food and also the surrounding temples.  They often buy the famous otak-otak in bulk which can heated up by using microwave of just grill it on slow fire with your kitchen stove. 

Otak-otak is actually made of fish paste with some mixture of spices like chilly, garlic, turmeric, lemon grass and coconut milk.  The mixture is then wrapped in a type of leaf...excuse me... NOT banana leaf (in my opinion)... then grilled or steamed.

Originally, the two leaves are places intact with a piece of small stick/toothpicks, but nowadays, they used staplers to staple together, which saves time and cost.  For Muar, there are two choices, we can buy either in sticks or in a packaging form. 

I remember the price of otak-otak when i am in the primary was RM 0.20 per stick.  Now, the price is somewhere about RM 0.50 or RM 0.60 per stick.  

Places to eat/buy otak-otak..

1. Pt. Jawa

2. Restaurant Jin Jin (Double fish head) - near Simpang Jeram

3. 4. Food stalls and hawkers at Jalan Haji Abu or Jalan Bentayan Hawker Centre

I love Muar Otak-Otak....do you ?

Anyone interested of getting otak-otak .... hehe !!