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Lontong Kak Lin

Serving tasty and cheap lontong sayur (rice cakes in hot vegetables curry), this humble eatery is not much to look at for the uninitiated. There are queues to buy breakfast and lunch here.

Address: Jalan Teuku Cik Ditiro

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