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Pacific's 58th Anniversary Shop & Win Closes 16 September: RM50 Buys One Entry, However Much You Spend
The Store Group's 58th Anniversary Shop & Win has been running since 22 May 2026 and stops accepting entries on 16 September. Spend RM50 in a single receipt at a Pacific, Pacific Grocer, The Store, Market Place, TS Concept Store or Super Jimat, scan the QR, upload the receipt, and you are in the draw for a Proton e.MAS 5. We read the full official terms on the organiser's own entry site this run, and the line that matters is buried in the middle of them: each purchase receipt is entitled to one entry only, regardless of the total purchase amount. A RM500 receipt and a RM50 receipt are worth exactly the same. Two more things the posters do not tell you: winners pay the registration, insurance and road tax on the cars themselves, and anyone who does not turn up in person at the prize ceremony forfeits the prize. This is also the rare national campaign that is almost entirely out of town: Pacific's own store list runs to ten outlets across Kedah, Penang, Perak, Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang and Johor, and not one of them is in Kuala Lumpur or Selangor.
Where to Buy Batik, Songket & Kelantan Handicraft in Kota Bharu 2026
Kelantan still makes what the rest of Malaysia mostly imports — handwoven songket, hand-drawn batik, hammered silver. Kota Bharu is where you buy it, but the good addresses are markets and kampung workshops rather than shops with websites. Here are eight of them, from the RM7 million refurbished Pasar Besar Siti Khadijah to the songket houses along Jalan PCB, plus the Friday closures and the handwoven-versus-printed test that decide whether you overpay.
Kenangan Coffee's New Kota Bharu Outlet: Buy 1 Free 1 at Bandar Baru Tunjung (13-15 Aug)
Kenangan Coffee Malaysia is opening a new outlet at Bandar Baru Tunjung, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, with a 3-day Buy 1 Free 1 opening promo on selected drinks (13-15 August 2026), ordered through the Kenangan Coffee app with voucher code B1F1BBT.
7 Best Boutique Hotels & Homestays in Kota Bharu, Kelantan (2026)
Kota Bharu doesn't have a cluster of glossy design hotels, but it does have a handful of genuinely characterful places to sleep — from the colonial-bungalow Royal Guest House RGH to the batik-patterned ibis Styles and the kayak-and-fireflies Min House Camp out in Kubang Kerian.
7 Best Cafés & Specialty Coffee Spots in Kota Bharu, Kelantan (2026): Ghibli Coffee Has Closed and Kopi Mesin Is Down to One Outlet
Kota Bharu is not just nasi kerabu and nasi dagang — the East Coast capital has a genuine café scene, from Kelantan's first third-wave coffee bar to a working in-house roastery. We re-opened every listing on 8 September 2026 and two things had changed: Ghibli Coffee announced its own closure and traded for the last time on 30 June 2026, and Kopi Mesin, which we described as a four-outlet chain, is down to a single shop in Kubang Kerian. Here are the seven that are still trading, with what they actually charge and the Friday hours that catch visitors out.
8 Best Places for Kelantanese Food in Kota Bharu, Kelantan (2026)
From a 30-year akok institution in Salor turning out 20,000 pieces a day to a nasi dagang kopitiam that opens at 5.30am, here are eight real, currently-trading spots for nasi kerabu, nasi dagang, ayam percik, laksam and other Kelantanese specialties in and around Kota Bharu — with verified 2026 opening times.
8 Family-Friendly Things To Do in Kota Bharu, Kelantan
From the bustling market that runs Kota Bharu's kitchens to a 40-metre reclining Buddha and a royal museum with a 2-ringgit entrance fee, here are eight real, currently-open, family-appropriate things to do in Kelantan's capital and its surrounds.