“Spicy tenggiri (mackerel) fish fillet served in mixed spiced custard, coconut milk) wrapped in banana leaf.” SOOT’S TAKE: Best dish of the evening. Loved the combination of otak otak and the pickled veg on the side. 4.5/5.

Thai-style otak otak. I like that generous slices of coconut flesh have been incorporated into the dish.

The best thing I had at Baby Emerie’s party. I had so many they ran out. 😬

Got these freshly smoked, off a cart along Glutton Street.

Piquant! There’s just something about the Otak Otak in Muar that’s different!

Grilling at a rest stop.

Sweet & spicy in a Thai way. It's like Thai otak but made with chicken instead of fish.

One of the better dishes on the table with very generous servings of seafood and cabbage, although I would have preferred more coconut flesh.

Thai style otak in a coconut shell with an interesting yet tasty addition of coconut flesh.

Followed Malcolm Lee’s take on otah, a dish of spicy steamed or grilled fish paste. If I was being true to his version, it’d be “delicate and luxurious, compared to the fierce street variety.” Let’s just say this was fiercer and more street because I used dory (instead of cod) and the arbol chiles I inadvertently used for the spice paste more than cleared my sinuses. 🥵

I was impressed with the substantial amount of fillet in this otak otak. Definitely a first for me.

Not the best I’ve had. It was too salty.