“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!

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.