Our Story

This started in my mother's kitchen.


Long before AcarKing had a name, it had a recipe — my mother's. Salted kurau fish achar, made the traditional Malaysian way, the way she's always made it for our family.


I started AcarKing to share that recipe properly — no shortcuts, no fillers, just 80% real kurau fish and the same process she's used for years. Every jar that ships out is still made the way it started: small batches, real ingredients, nothing compromised for cost.


Today AcarKing reaches families across Malaysia — from first-time tasters to people who grew up on acar like this and haven't found the real thing since. That's who this is for.


— Alban, Founder