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Post - Valentines Dinner

2010-03-11T21:00:00.000+08:00

Due to CNY, Hubby and I weren't able to celebrate Valentines Day thus we had a post valentines day dinner.
We actually didn't plan for this. It was just a normal date which we ended up in Charcoal BBQ & Grill for dinner and Hubby said it was for Valentines Day celebration. Okayyyyy hahaha
I must say, the food was goooooooooooooood especially their Pasta with Lamb toppings.
It's a must try! If not mistaken it costs $12.20, a little pricey to some people but it's really delicious! Other than that, we ordered Charocal Lamb Chop too with both Black pepper and Mushroom toppings and we had butter rice and coleslaw as side dishes. This cost $18.80.
The lamb chop was yummy but we didn't taste any 'black pepper' on the black pepper sauce, not at all, which was not was we expected. It tasted more like BBQ sauce though, quite sweet lar. I didn't finish the butter rice cause I was quite full already after finishing up the lamb chops and coleslaw.
We also ordered Calamari Rings which cost $7 but we couldn't finish it due to the main courses which took away our attentions and we were busy gobbling it down hahaha
Definitely would return to Charcoal for the sake of the Pasta with lamb toppings!

Calamari Rings $7

Garlic bread, complimentary with the pasta

Carbonara Pasta with Lamb Toppings $12.20

Charcoal Lamb Chop with butter rice and coleslaw, $18.80

Different view

Different view

Hunnie Signing Off~

CNY 2010 - Part 3 - Convoy CNY House Visits

2010-03-09T18:59:00.000+08:00

On the 14th of CNY we had a convoy CNY house visits and yes, I know it's a little late to hold this convoy CNY visit but we were all busy with our course assignments that we almost couldn't make it. Thank god we managed to finish most of our works and had time for this.

The last time I had convoy CNY house visits with school mates was when I was still in Secondary 3 and now I'm 22nd already. WOOT!
This time we visited 4 houses which are Carmen, Andrew, Ein and Yen's place.
Spent whole afternoon *since 11.30am until 5pm* on house visiting. It was quite fun!

1) Carmen's place - Carmen's mom prepared fried chicken wings to serve us and it was so yummy! Really heart it and we had good time playing with Baby Kaitlin, Carmen's niece. She is such a sweetheart! Too adorable!

Carmen with her chicken wings while Baby Kaitlin playing with her toys

Hamsters' crib

Baby Kaitlin

2) Andrew's place

Andrew was really HAPPY!

Girls concentrating on watching Astro

Lun and Adri too

3) At Ein's place - Managed to try her grandma's culinary skills and it really made me miss my grandma so so much T^T Her grandma's Braised Pork Trotters with Vinegar was SUPERB!!! Too bad Hubby and Wee weren't there if not I guess they would finish up the whole pot, no kidding!

Assorted cakes

Ai Woon and Lun still put full concentration on tv *tsk tsk* tv babies

Cucur Udang, crispy to the max!

Adri acting a little emo here while Andrew still very hyper!

Ein's little cousin, lovely girl she is!

Fried noodles by Ein's lovely grandma

Braised Pork Trotters in Vinegar

Ein's cousin performing magic trick to entertain us

Sausage dogs!!! Really cute I tell you!

4) At S.Yen's place - Yen served us some curry puffs and fried spring rolls from her bakery, Apricot Bakery located same row as Sempurna Enak Restaurant. Ein and Ai Woon gave thumbs up on the curry puffs and Ein even commented that it taste really different as it has the traditional taste and fragrance which other bakeries' curry puffs don't have.

Curry puffs and Fried Spring Rolls

Everyone busy mom-mom food

I don't know what is this called but it is like a type of biscuit which is sweet yet tasty. Yen said this is made by her grandma who lives in Miri and is not available for sale and I was fortunate enough to be able to try it!

Hunnie Signing Off~

McD Prosperity Burger set

2010-03-07T11:27:00.002+08:00

Other than Spicy Chicken McDeluxe, Prosperity burger is another favourite of mine in McD.
Almost every year when Chinese New Year is around the corner, I'd always watch out on McD's CNY promotion and anticipating for the Prosperity burger promotion.
This year, McD Brunei has introduced Prosperity Chicken burger (in the past, there was only beef burger served) and like before, it still tasted faboulous!
Not only the burger is attractive, the curly fries too, is very delicious and crispy.
If you haven't try it out, do so before the promotion ends!

Although the wrapping stated "Beef" but it's Chicken patty.

Hunnie Signing Off~

Ocean Quarry, Spg 1029

2010-03-06T05:48:00.000+08:00

So I guess most of you guys are aware that the old Ocean Quarry Kolo Mee Stall which was located in Batu Lima had moved to Tanah Jambu (further bit of Jalan Muara).
I've heard that the business was really good even though it's new location is really far, well compared to the old one. However, I guess people just don't want to miss out good food, thus, they would go all the way to Tanah Jambu just to have a bowl of Kolo Mee.
Well, I've experienced it.
Upon arrival to the new stall at around 11 something in the morning, I had to wait for awhile in order to grab a seat.
I just miss the old times how we used to visit it like almost every Sunday during family outings when it was still located in Batu Lima.
And I'm really happy when I heard bout the re-opened of this popular noodle stall.
But, recently rumour has been spreading that this noodle stall was reported and forced to do take away business only. In other words, diners are not allowed to dine in the stall anymore. This has of course turned many customers away from them.
I don't know why that person did this, perhaps jealous of the stall's brisk business?
But I'm pretty sure this isn't a good way for this stall in long run.
It's pretty sad if it is to be closed again as I believe its fans (which include majority of the Chinese population in town) wouldn't wanna see this.
Awwwwwwwwwwww :'(

Choon Ein's favourite Wan Tan Soup hahahaha

Kolo Bee Hoon

Kolo Kueh Teow

Kolo Mee

Hunnie Signing Off~

CNY 2010 - Part 2

2010-03-04T14:51:00.005+08:00

1) 7th day of CNY at Hubby's aunt's place. Lotsa good food *slurps*

Fried Bee Hoon

Braised egg

Braised duck

Begedil

Curry Chicken

2) 9th day of CNY - at Soon Tiong's place

Lotsa shoes outside the entrance

This softdrink is imported from Taiwan and I highly recommended you guys to try it! Can be purchased from Manggis Hua Ho

Interior of the dining area - Non Halal section hehe there were lotsa superior food!

Some fritters

Pickles

This is the Halal food dining area.

Chinese sausages

Abalone with mixed vegetables

Fruit platter

Shark fin's soup, I think

My plate

A plate of titbits is placed on each table.

Fried Noodles Wet, also one of the dishes on that night.

Chocolate cake as dessert

3) 10th day of CNY - Open house at Hubby's place. The food was catered by Gold leaf Restaurant

Soft drinks provided by Gold Leaf

Fried Noodles

Mango Fish

Sweet and Sour Pork

Mayonaise Cakoi

Mixed Vegetables

Grilled Chicken from Supasave

SKY loves Wee's tee

Say Hello to Diana F+!

And I love Alan's tee

Shirley taught us how to take picture with such effect using Lumix

4) Open house at Hun's place

Adorable Tracey

and lovely Tiffany

Hunnie Signing Off~

CNY 2010 - Part 1

2010-03-02T00:04:00.000+08:00

Ola! How's everyone's Chap Goh Meh? Had fun?
This year CNY was a blast to me as I managed to visit quite many houses *woot!*
I've also taken lotsa pics so am gonna make it few entries for this CNY and today I'm gonna blog bout part 1 ^^

1) CNY Eve (Sah Chap Meh) - Dinner at home.

Sweet and sour fish

Stirred fried celery with sea cucumbers

Abalone stirred fried with brocoli and shitake mushrooms

Ordered this from Sports Kafe at Batu Bersurat (story later)

Shark's fins soup!

Lastly, the home-made Guo Tie!!!!! Best I tell you!

Story telling time: I guess most of you who read newspapers knew that a week (or more) before CNY, Sports Kafe which located in Batu Bersurat (opposite Teo Poi Hoon) published advertisements twice on newspapers regarding their $10 per dish promotion. Mom decided to give it a try and so we phoned the restaurant to make booking. The staff told us that each customer is allowed to order maximum of 3 dishes which made it $30 but we didn't want that much so we decided to order 1 dish only and told the lady that we would pick up at 5pm on CNY eve. Upon arrival, we saw many people waiting inside the restaurant and immediately, I told the staff that I wanted to collect my order which was Hot and Spicy Chicken. But she said that they did a mistake and only realised that they weren't able to cope with all the orders which they had received and asked me to wait. We asked the uncle and auntie who were there waiting for their food and they said they had been waiting since 4pm and some 4.30pm. So I patiently waited and until I couldn't stand it and asked the staff again at 5.45pm there were how many people before me. She replied "7 orders".

Shit. Imagine if all these 7 people order 3 dishes per set each, then I would be waiting till I starve to death. Slowly, many customers came in and started making fuss with the restaurant's owners and staffs. One male customer actually said, "Okie, I've been waiting for hours and in the end I would still need to pay you?" I strongly agree with him. This is ridiculous. Too absurd.

Later, the smart smart me realised that the chef actually had this cooking pattern. They would cook like 5 dishes of butter egg chicken then later another 5 other dishes and vice versa. Me, went to ask the waitress what was the chef preparing at that time and when she told me Hot and Spicy Chicken, I was so joyed. I approached the owner (who was still dealing with lotsa angry customers), raised my voice, acted a bit cute and told her, "I've been waiting since 5 and it's already 6.30pm now and I only ordered 1 dish! I really can't wait anymore, can you just let me have it first?" This really worked! With rojak feelings (angry + happy + dulan), I left the restaurant at 6.35pm and rushed home for reunion dinner. Family was waiting for me to start the dinner. Grrrrrrr, stupid restaurant.

2) CNY 1st Day - All geared up and went pai nian! Started our route from Subok first :P

Bro acting cool

3) 2nd house visit at Uncle Soya Bean's place

4) Fifth house visit at 4th Granduncle's place

These three guys here were put full concentration on the tv
Audrey posing for camera ^^

5) Sixth house visit at my auntie's house

Food!

Serious discussion going on... nah, kidding :)

Cousin Ben!

6) Seventh house visit - Hubby's place

I missed the lion dance performance :((((((((((((

Geo and his gang

7) Eighth house visit - Hubby's uncle's place

Very well decorated

So that's how I ended my CNY Day 1 with total of 8 house visits in a day :D

8) CNY Day 2 - Stayed home during day time to serve my relatives from Limbang. Visited Jia Hui's place at night

9) After Jia Hui's place, we raided Aunt Hon's crib.

10) On CNY 3rd day, Hubby, SKY, Hwa and Wee visited my place ^^

SKY acting cute

More to come~

Hunnie Signing Off~

Bro's 18th & 19th Birthdays dinner

2010-02-27T00:51:00.000+08:00

This is a really delayed post. I was supposed to post it up last year during bro's 18th birthday but I didn't know what the heck was happened to me and till now, bro is already 19th, I still haven't blog bout it hahahahaha

So I finally decided to blog bout it and combined bro's 18th and 19th birthday dinners on one entry.

On bro's 18th birthday, we decided to dine it at Emperor's Court and that time I was still using my Sony Cyber Shot hehe from what I remembered, we ordered a few dishes plus Honeydew Sago as our dessert. The food was fabolous! Although it might pricey but come to think, the food portion was actually more than enough for 5 of us. We only ordered 3 dishes by the way.

Gong Pow Chicken

Claypot Tofu

HK Stamed Fish

Honeydew Sago

On his 19th birthday, which is this year, we decided to have our dinner at Nyonya Delima branch. This time there were 7 of us so we ordered five dishes and eventually got a complimentary fruit platters by Nyonya.

Again, the food was great too! Especially their 'Kapitan Chicken', it's my all time favourite ever since Nyonya introduced that new dish to us last year. And also the 'Fried Asparagus with Belacan Sambal' was yummy too! Must order dish!

I was kinda disappointed of the fish though. We actually ordered Curry Fish Head and when it came, we found out that the fish was half cooked. Thus, we told the waitress and she told us the chef would prepare a new fish for us. So when it arrived for the 2nd time, we noticed that the fish was smaller than the first time it was served. Well, I guess it's understandable as during the first time when it was served, we only found out some parts of the fish wasn't cooked after half way of eating it. Therefore, we can't really complain much. However, it was nice of them to give us a complimentary fruit platters as compensation and also once every while, the waiter and waitresses would come to our table and asked if we need any help. Really caring and friendly staffs I must say. This is another reason why my parents like to dine there; we get to enjoy good food with good service.

Alright, till here, gtg out for dinner. Would upload the CNY 2010 pics soon! Stay tune! ^^

Asparagus Stirred Fried with Belacan Sambal

Sizzling Beancurds

Curry Fish Head

Kapitan Chicken

Tom Yam Soup; their version was cooked with thick coconut milk

Fruits platter

Hunnie Signing Off~

KK Road Trip 'Jan 2010 - Last day in KK

2010-02-25T14:27:00.003+08:00

Woot, finally have time to update blog.
I was so so packed with tight schedules and reports deadlines but now, I can shout out loud that, I AM FINALLY HAVING MY PRECIOUS HOLIDAYS!!!
Well, it's only a week lar but better than nothing eh~ I really need a 'good' rest!
So today I'll just blog bout the last day of my previous KK trip in Jan.

1) We woke up early in the morning, got ourselves ready and decided to have our breakfast at Heng Long, Warisan Square branch.

2) Ordered Lo Mai Kai (Glutinous rice), Dumplings and Shanghai La Mian. I must say, I love their dumplings to bits! And their soup la mian was yummy too, not that salty and less MSG when compared to La Mee's version.

Love their lamps

Titbits @ RM2

Steamed Dumplings with Pork fillings RM10

Glutinous Rice @ RM4.50

Shanghai La Mian with Pork Spareribs @ RM13.80

Bill

3) Started our journey back to Brunei.

Clear blue sky

4) We managed to reach Limbang at around 3-ish and were starving already so we decided to visit Boon Hua to have Kolo Mee. However, it wasn't available. Thus, we ordered Wa Tan Hor, Fried Bee Hoon Wet and Pork Liver Soup. The service was really slow that it eventually delayed our return to Brunei.

Wa Tan Hor

Fried Bee Hoon Wet

Pork Liver Soup

Alright, that's all about my KK Trip 2010 Travelogues.

To conclude, I would say that I really enjoyed this trip as I got to visit many places where I didn't manage to visit during my previous trip before this. This has allowed me to know more bout KK and discover its fun. And this trip allowed me to meet Jocelyn for the first time! I miss her so badly T^T
There was also downside which was that I wasn't able to visit any islands as my tight schedule didn't allow me to do so. So, I must must include that in my itinerary for my future trip to KK again ^^

Hunnie Signing Off~

Dim Sum Feast at Emperor's Court, Manggis Hua Ho Mall

2010-02-19T08:37:00.004+08:00

Two weeks ago, on a sunny Sunday, we had decided to raid Orchid Garden's Vanda Restaurant for its dim sum buffet. However, upon arrival, we were told that the restaurant was booked for private function. It was kinda sad but nonetheless, there's still another place in town where we could get dim sum buffet.
It's Emperor's Court!
Emperor's Court is located in Manggis Hua Ho Mall and they have this dim sum buffet brunch on every Sunday at the price of $19.50 per adult.
Actually, this wasn't my first visit. I have actually visited it like two years ago and was still using my humble little Sony Camera.
I was so overjoyed that I kept snapping away with lotsa pictures in the restaurant.
But, things didn't go that smooth. When I went home, I tried to transfer the pictures to my laptop, the memory card failed on me and *poof* my pictures were all gone.
I was so sad that I almost "long-piak".
And thank God it didn't happen this time! HAHAHAHA
Ok, Ok, enough ramblings.
By comparison, OGH charges $12.80 per head for its dim sum buffet which is way cheaper than Emperor's Court.
OGH would provide wider varieties of choices on dim sum and meanwhile, Emperor's choices of dim sum aren't that much.
I think the reason why Emperor's is charging at that price is because of its Baked Mussels which was one of the items on the menu and also chicken rice and lotsa varieties on fritters (eg. fried wan tan, salad prawn, sesame balls and etc).
In which, OGH does not serve mussels on their menu and also chicken rice but they do serve Kolo Mee.
Food wise, I would prefer OGH as I feel their food tastes nicer.
So it's really up to you to conclude whether which one is more worth lar.

Dim Sum

SKY very hyper on that day! He's droooooooling!

look like Aladdin's lamp without cover :P

Salad Prawn

Fried Wan Tan

Fried Yam Fritters

Mo-chi

Fried Noodles

Fried Carrot Cake

Sesame Balls

Seafood Pancake

Wee piling up food on his plate

It's really oily, no kidding.

Cheong Fan

Porridge Station

More food!

Mee Soup Station

Guess what's inside this tray?

It's Chicken Rice!

Fruits Station

Dessert Station

Love this photo to the maxxxx!

Everyone enjoying their food

Har Kau (Prawn Dumpling)

It's chitty-chatty session.

That's how the interior looks like. They do have few VIP rooms which are suitable for families ^^

Hunnie Signing Off~

Jollibee's Pita Sandwich

2010-02-16T10:05:00.000+08:00

How's everyone's CNY so far?
Collected many ang paos already? hahaha
Just a short update today.

Days after Avatar was premiered in local theaters, Hubby decided to catch since it was a really 'hot topic'. We decided to watch it at Kiulap Cineplex due to the preference of their comfy seats.
After purchased our tickets, we still have some time left before the movie started. Thus, we went to Jollibee and bought our breakfast for that day.
At first we decided to try their burgers but I thought the "Pita Sandwich" looks healthier so we ordered it hehe
It's kinda similar to KFC's Twister and was worth trying *thumbs up*

Hunnie Signing Off~

Happy Chinese New Year 2010! ROARS

2010-02-14T08:56:00.002+08:00

Food-Hungry would like to wish all its readers a
prosperous and wonderful Chinese New Year!
*ROARS!!!!!*

Hubby & Hunnie signing off~

Rooster Crow Restaurant, Gadong

2010-02-13T17:26:00.005+08:00

Mom was really curious bout this newly opened restaurant called Rooster Crow.
And so, I brought her there on the 2nd day when this restaurant was opened.
This restaurant is located just few steps away from Gadong Ahan Thai.
The restaurant was really crowded, as usual.
Bruneians tend to have the habit of raiding any newly opened restaurants or eateries and only would return if they think they have received best service from the restaurant crew or good food.
Thus, to the newly opened restaurants or restaurants that ought to be opened soon, be prepared for the war! haha
I experienced some bad or rather weird service too when dining in Rooster Crow.
Like I mentioned, it was really full and I really thanked god for letting me to bump into Champagne and her friend. They had finished their lunch and were about to leave and when they saw me and my family entered the restaurant, they let us had their seats. Thanks babes!
Alright, so we finally grabbed our seats without waiting long and we were given the menu.
There few types of set meals listed on the menu and after having short discussion with family, we decided to go for it.
Sadly, the waitress told us it wasn't available.
This is the problem that occurs with almost all newly opened restaurants/eateries.
I believe that all of your customers would happy to know that all of the food that are listed in the menu are available and not just this answer, "Sorry Sir/Mdm, we don't have this."
This would really leave bad first impression on most customers.
So Mom and I both ordered a plate of Emperor Steamed Chicken Rice each and Bro had Royal BBQ I think.. I'm not that sure.
I took quite awhile for the food to arrive. Ok, maybe more than that and I could accept that as I know this restaurant is newly opened and maybe their staffs did not have enough experience thus, the food was served late.
The rice was alright but the steamed chicken wasn't that fine cause mom and I both thought it wasn't that cooked. We could still spot pinkie spot on the meat. But that's fine. Newly opened restaurant, so maybe they were rushing to serve the customers and therefore, they didn't notice that the chicken was not well cooked. Maybe.
After we finished our food, bro headed to the cashier to foot the bill.
And when bro told us the total bill, mom and I were kinda surprised and immediately we recalled what we had ordered and recalculated. Then we confirmed, we were overcharged.
Of course we made bro returned to the cashier, explained to the lady behind the counter and got our money back.
So this is my first experience with Rooster Crow.
Lotsa room for improvements again for a newly opened restaurant and hopefully they would survive :)

The menu.

It was really crowded!

Iced Lemon Tea

Emperor Steamed Chicken

Royal BBQ Chicken

Food *drools*

Hunnie Signing Off~

KK Road Trip 'Jan 2010 - Day 3

2010-02-11T09:05:00.000+08:00

How's everyone's preparations for CNY?
Mine is rather hectic hahaha I still haven't done most of my assignments and I guess I'll be burying my head down doing work.
And everything is like so last minute lar!
I was searching for baker who sells "Tapak Kuda" and finally found one blog that sells it but the order was already closed. So sad!
And when I wanted to make appointment for nail art, the ones that I know were full already and didn't accept anymore appointments. Then there is this one which I think is still available but kinda pricey.
ARRRGGGHHHHH!
And so I decided to do it myself.
I'm more worried bout my course works BUT my usual style is "play first, work later" haha so see how.
And this year Hubby and I am gonna have a late Valentines dinner, I guess. Hope our schedules are not that tight and we are able to have a quiet and peaceful dinner hahaha
Oh, I was having this blogging topic with my girls and I feel thankful for their advises and support haha (yes, I mean you, you and you! hahahahahahahahaha)
Okie lar, enough ranting, I'm gonna tell you guys what I did on my 3rd day in KK ^^

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KK travelogue - day 3 :D

1) Woke up at around 9am and got ourselves ready to raid OneBorneo Mall.

2) We had our brunch at Siaw Er Bak Kut Teh which is located in Concourse floor of OneBorneo.
There were many set meals available in the restaurant but we didn't go for that.

Chinese Tea Rm1 each

The rice was rather sticky but still acceptable.

HK Kailan RM6

Claypot Duck RM11.90

Bak Kut Teh Rm11.90

Total: RM32.89 inclusive of service charge.

3) After shopping for hours, we got really tired and decided to find a place to rest. Thus, we decided to have our afternoon tea at Old Town White Coffee.

Hubby being shy :P

Lotsa varieties on the menu.

Organic Wheatgrass Honey RM5.20

Xi Mut Milk Tea RM3.50

Curry Potato Toast RM4.80

The toast was crispily yummy

...but the curry was scarily oily!!!

Assam laksa RM6.80

Not as tasty as before :(

Honey Lemon RM4.20

4) Cousin Ping Ping prepared a scrumptious dinner for us on that night as a farewell dinner since we were leaving the next morning. Thank you!

5) Kiat suggested to bring us kia-kia ing and we ended up in Nelayan. Actually... we just wanted to see the view around the restaurant, not dinning there but we felt kinda awkward and decided to sit down n order food.

The exterior of the restaurant.

The interior of the restaurant.

Johnny Walker @ RM338 *sweats*

Chinese tea.

Wan Tan Hor

Coconut Pudding; this was delicious but very filling. 3 of us had to gobble this down which was a big challenge for us. I ever tried this coconut pudding before at Shin's place when Shinyi tapao-ed it from Miri but Nelayan version is wayy lotsa yummy that the Miri version. It's really worth trying.

Live seafood

Fishes

Lobsters!

6) We sent Kiat back home first and headed to town to meet up the others at Waterfront. We planned to sing K actually but because it was Thurs night and it closed earlier on weekdays (it was about 11pm when we arrived). So we strolled around the waterfront, checking out the bars, clubs and went home. Didn't manage to visit B.E.D and I wanna make it a must visit for my next trip~ :P

Chee Yon and Vincent. As usual, Vincent looks blur blur haha

Hunnie Signing Off~

KFC Hot Rods

2010-02-07T21:54:00.000+08:00

It's been awhile since I last visited KFC.
Kinda miss it =(

Fries

Hot Rod

Zinger Burger

Hunnie Signing Off~

KK Road Trip 'Jan 2010 - Day 2

2010-02-06T01:06:00.002+08:00

Let's continue with my KK travelogue - Day 2

1) Woke up at 9am, got ourselves prepared and ready to have breakfast with Cousin Ping Ping and the little, adorable Jocelyn. She is one smart girl and beware to be bombed with endless questions when you meet her! She can ask about anything and that explains why she is such a knowledgeable girl at the age of 5 haha

Jocelyn hugging tight to the Pringles which Hubby bought her.

2) Cousin Ping Ping brought us to a Chinese Kopitiam that serves one of the most popular and must eat local delicacy which is KK's Kolo Mee aka "Sheng Rou Mian". I've blogged bout my first experience on having KK's Kolo Mee in year 2008 and I was really "sua ku", lol! Just in case any of you guys did not know.. KK's Kolo Mee is really different from Brunei's Kolo Mee because the noodles they used is thicker than the one that is being used in Brunei. Other than that, the soy sauce that they used for seasoning the noodles is thick soy sauce which the noodles is presented in dark color. The noodles and its ingredients are separated. There is no char siew topping on your Kolo Mee. Instead, another bowl of soup which contains fish balls, meat balls, minced meat, vegie and etc would be served together with the noodles. It's really unique and it would make you really full when you finished one bowl of noodles with one bowl of soup.

Another must try is their Steamed Tofu which the people there called it "Bai Tofu". It can be found in most of the Kopitiams that serve "Sheng Rou Mian" as KK-ians have the habit of ordering "Bai Tofu" with "Sheng Rou Mian".

I'm unsure about the name and location of this Kopitiam that I visited but it is NOT in KK Town. This kopitiam was located somewhere in Penampang I guess.. it's actually quite hidden as it located within the residential area.

"Bai Tofu", this was really good!

"Sheng Rou Mian", a popular delicacy.

3) Hubby and I decided to spend our second day in KK shopping in KK's town area. Having shopping for hours, our tummies were already 'complaining'. Thus, we decided to try out Fish & Co. at Warisan Square and it was a wrong decision.

There weren't much selections from the menu. And I thought Fish & Chips is their signature dish so I should order it and I did; I had New York Fish & Chips. Hubby decided to try out their set meal that comes with soup of the day. He had Teriyaki Salmon as his main course. We were really surprise when the soup was served as we didn't expect the restaurant to serve Szechuan soup. Seriously, we were expecting Cream of Mushroom soup or Tomato Soup but this is kinda different from our thoughts.

We could tell that the Szechuan soup was actually those instant type and the fish & chips was really oily in my opinion. It took me hard time to actually finish it. We ended up spending RM62 on this meal which wasn't worth to us.

Pink Passion RM5.90

Soft drink that came with the complete set

Szechuan Soup

New York Fish and Chips $16.90

Teriyaki Salmon, complete set = RM23.90 + RM6.50

Close up

4) Dinner at Upperstar. Since the first day that we arrived KK and met Kiat, he had been asking us whether have we heard bout Upperstar or tried it out.
So we asked him, "Is Upperstar's food really thaaaaaaaaaaat good since you keep introducing it to us?"
Kiat calmly replied, "ermmmmm the food, not bad but also not that nice".
Kek Dao to the maxxx.
But still, Hubby and I decided to try it out since Kiat made it sound like Upperstar is another must visit restaurant in KK. Therefore, Kiat brought us to Upperstar's Lintas branch.
Hubby and I was amazed by it's atmosphere when we arrived. It was really lively!
The restaurant was filled with diners and we really wanted to sit in the air-conditioned area but there wasn't any seats available thus we had to sit in smoking area :(
But that didn't turn us off :D
We noticed there were numbers of diners ordering alcoholic drinks and upon checking the prices of those drinks on the menu, we were kinda surprised. It was really cheap! But we didn't order any lar since we already planned to visit Ice Bar after dinner.
We asked Kiat for his recommendations and he suggested us to try out the lamb chop.
In the end, we ordered Lamb Chop with Upperstar sauce, Baked Seafood pasta, Baked Mushroom soup and Bruschetta bread.
The Bruschetta bread was too dry and we didn't like it. It was over baked.
As for the Mushroom soup and Seafood Pasta, both was tasty and the pasta was cheeeeesy which we loike!
I was shocked when the lamb was served on our table as I seriously did not expect to enjoyed 3 big pieces of lamb chop at the price of RM13.70. Side dishes like chips and salad were served with the lamb chop too! That's a really good bargain I tell you. I won't compare it with Brunei cause it's kinda unfair due to lotsa factors but even in KK, it's hard to get that kind of price in most restaurants that serve Western cuisine.
Some people might think cheap stuff doesn't comes with good quality but this is so different in Upperstar.
Not only for Rm13.70 we got to enjoy big portion of lamb chop, it actually tasted heavenly delicious! That made Hubby and I blaming Kiat for his "not bad but not that nice" comment cause the food tasted really really yummylicious to us.
If you are going to visit KK, do visit Upperstar and I'm sure you're gonna like it!
Upperstar has got few branches and there is one located in KK town which is near to Hyatt Hotel.
The address of the branch that we visited is: Lot 97, 98 & 99, Ground Flr, Lintas Plaza, Phase 2C. Contact number: 088-233636.

Look at the crowd! This is just part of the people in the restaurant.

Coffee that accompanied Kiat throughout the dinner

Bruschetta RM6.95

Mushroom Soup RM5.95

Mushroom Soup

Baked Seafood Pasta RM7.95

Lamb Chop with Upperstar Sauce RM13.70

Close up

Bill

5) After dinner, it's clubbing time! Bet most you have heard bout Ice Bar which is located in 1Borneo. It's a newly opened bar and its theme is blue and white and the interior is chic designed. Although it's called Ice Bar but it wasn't what I've thought initially (like glass made out of ice and etc). It's only uniqueness is that it has a small room which is in really low air temperature but it's only open to access when one has purchased their special drink. It was Wednesday night during our visit (aka Ladies night) thus I received free drink coupon.
When we arrived the bar, CJ, QJ, SL, Max, HW, Vincent, CY, Mad, Jason were all already there (yeap, we went to KK on the same day but they took flight and we chosed to travel by car). It's always nice to meet close friends in foreign city and what's more we were clubbing together!
Since there were four of us who got the drink coupons thus we were allowed to redeem for a bottle of alcohol and we were given Absolut. Once again, it was another good bargain!

CY, SL and Max

Before I arrived, the guys had already ordered a bottle of Smirnoff *thumbs up*

Absolut Vodka that we got it for free *Whee!*

Had the vodka mixed juice.

Hubby also ordered a bottle of Corona and it tasted really good and smooth and it didn't have the strong taste which other beer beverages have.

There was this female customer who got so 'high' and decided to do pole dancing :P

HW, CJ and Mad inquiring the bartender regarding the shot drinks

That's the Ice Room which wasn't that fascinating after all

The guys made decision and ordered few shots of flaming B52. I didn't try it out but it smelt just like Bailey's Caramel flavour and looks like Teh C Special Panas hahahaha

Max enjoying B52

CJ ordered a BIG glass of cocktail drink for us young ladies ^^

That's how we ended our day 2 in KK. Stay tune for Day 3 and 4 :P

Hunnie Signing Off~

Lunch in Excapade & Barracudas

2010-02-02T23:07:00.000+08:00

Managed to lunch with course mates last two weeks at the first Excapade branch which is located in Kiulap.
It was my first time trying out Excapade's bento and I choosed 'Mixed Skewer Bento' and shared with Ein.
And we both were so greedy that we even order other side dishes and sushi which we both regretted cause we were tooooo full after that.
Didn't even manage to finish the Chawan Mushi hehehe

Triple S

Tofu Teriyaki

Salmon Asparagus

Lamb maki

Mixed skewer bento; looks yummy isn't it?

Chawan mushi - included in the bento

During that night, I went to watch Barracudas' home match with Singapore Slingers and later then I know it was last home match for Barracudas.
Anyways, it was a good match to watch and thanks to SKY for providing us the free tickets!
Really appreciated it bro!

Very patriotic~

Hunnie Signing Off~

KK Road Trip 'Jan 2010 - Day 1

2010-02-01T07:57:00.006+08:00

*phew!* I finally managed to finish editing the KK Road Trip pictures smooth and well.
This trip is rather different from my previous trip to KK because I was able to visit quite a few places which I didn't during my previous trip in year 2008.
Other than this, it's also my very first time having a 'window' traveling experience... meaning to say that, I didn't purchase anything for myself!
...and I still couldn't believe it hahaha but I did bought 2 shirts and 1 sweater for mom which she would need for her upcoming trip to Taiwan.
Alright, let's scroll down to see the pictures~

1) First stop at Limbang's Boon Hua Restaurant for breakfast.

Kolo mee at RM2.50

2) Ferry that brought us over to the next border, Temburong.

3) Arrived Temburong.

4) After crossing through few places (Trusan, Lawas, Sipitang... etc), we finally arrived KK town!

5) This is Suria Sabah which is a new mall + departmental store in KK town. Nothing much fun there as the mall was still quite empty, there weren't much vendors or stores opened yet.

6) Our first meal in KK - Little Italy

Obviously enough, Little Italy is an Italian Restaurant that serves pastas and pizzas.

The interior of the restaurant.

We visited the restaurant during lunch time at around 1pm. Thus, we were valid to order their set lunch which was quoted at a more worthwhile price rather than ala carte. There were different types of set lunch and we ended up with a set of pasta set lunch and a set of pizza set lunch.

For the pasta set lunch: Garlic Bread + Soup + Pasta
For the pizza set lunch: Garlic Bread + Pizza + Cappuccino

Iced Lemonade RM7.90

Cappuccino

Garlic Bread

We had soup of the day and it was Tomato Cream Soup.

The pasta we ordered. It was Fettucini in Salsa Primavera sauce and the sauce contains of white wine. It was really delicious as the pasta was not the instant type which we could get from supermarkets. I believe the noodle was made by the chef.

Hawaiana Pizza; this was really cheesy but not as good as Fratini in my opinion.

The exterior of the restaurant

7) Dropped by Warisan Square

Part of Warisan Square

8) Juice Up

We got thirsty and purchased two fruit juices from this stall.

Hubby's healthy drink

My diet drink *LOL*

9) We met up Sis Joyce and had dinner with her family at New Man Tai Restaurant. I must say, the food was superb! Even though we ordered simple dishes like Sweet and Sour Pork and Omelette but it really tasted good and cheap too!

10) Had supper at Tanjung Aru food court with Cousin Kiat.

Ordered 'tongkeng' and satay from stall 1 and Papaya juices from stall 2.

Tongkeng

Lamb and Chicken satay. 50cents each.

Giant Papaya Juice

11) Strolled along Tanjung Aru's beach.

Along the beach, we could see many youngsters hanging out with friends, couples dating as well as families with children.

12) Sutera Harbour Resort

Kiat brought us to Sutera Harbour Resort for a visit.

The clear clear sea.

The man-made beach.

And that's what we did on our first day in KK. Although it was only our first day in KK but I feel that we had visited quite a few places ^^

Stay tune, day 2 coming up soon!

Hunnie Signing Off~

Flavours, Gadong (next to Little Bean Electrical Store)

2010-01-30T08:29:00.000+08:00

Laptop is acting naughty again! Having troubles turning it on and I was halfway editing pictures of KK trip when it failed on me. Bad Saturday morning >.<

Forget bout my unfortunate experience and I should called myself lucky that I managed to upload some pictures taken during my second visit to Flavours before laptop failed.
Seriously, having dined twice in Flavours, I wouldn't say their food is really great but it's a nice place to dine with its atmosphere.
And their set meals are really worth to order especially for big families.
I would still regard it as a good place for "lim teh" as their drinks are quite nice such as Java Float.

Java Float

Oreo Milkshake

Iced Latte *i think*

Another view

Watermelon Juice

Another view

SKY and Ho Wee

Baked Chicken Rice ordered by SKY. He commented that the rice was too dry but the chicken was served in generous portion and tasty.

Teriyaki Chicken Rice *I think* ordered by Joyce. She didn't quite like it.

Fish and chips ordered by Hwa. We were surprised by its presentation as we all thought a big piece of fish fillet would be served instead of what's shown in the picture above. Doesn't it looks like kid's meal?

Kerabu. Ho Wee ordered this by mistaken. He actually thought Top Shell would be one of the ingredients in this Kerabu but there wasn't any. But overall it was quite tasty.

I ordered a quarter chicken served with mushroom sauce, green vegies and mashed potato. Ir tasted quite nice but there is still improvements on the mushroom gravy as I thought it was a little sweeter.

Chit-chat session after meal.

Hunnie Signing Off~

Healthy Burgers at Millenium Fast Food, Beribi

2010-01-26T09:40:00.000+08:00

Time table is almost settled and assignments/tasks are slowly pouring in.
Started to feel a little stressful after knowing there are few deadlines in February (which is also the month of CNY 2010! arrrggghhhh!).
I could imagine stuffing my head down reading books or staring at screen doing research and reports during CNY.
Eeeeeeeeee~ not fun.
Okie lar, below are pictures of "Healthy Burgers" from Millenium Fast Food.
I've heard bout their "Healthy Burgers" for ages but never bother to try out and the other day while I was dining in Millenium Restaurant, I bumped into Boh and Lun and they were dining in Millenium Fast Food.
I noticed two yummy looking burgers on their table and quickly stopped them from munching and took out my camera and started to snap away hahaha
Boh and Lun claimed that they often visit Millenium Fast Food for their burger and usually they would opt for the set meal instead of just the burger. They said its more worth to go with set.
I don't know how yummy is it (as I just finished the lunch buffet so there is no more room in my tummy haha) but the two guys seemed really satisfied and from their expressions, I could tell that the burgers are really tasty which is making me wanna try it out one day!

Chicken Burger

Chicken Burger

Hunnie Signing Off~

Pehin Lau's Diamond Wedding Anniversary

2010-01-23T17:56:00.003+08:00

Hubby and I was honored for being invited to attend Pehin Lau's Diamond Wedding Anniversary weeks ago and it was held at Manggis Ballroom.
It was one of the great wedding function that I've attended and it was really grand!
Instead of taking lift to the highest floor where the ballroom locates, we were asked to stop on 4th floor and walked up to the ballroom so that we could enjoy the performance by a group of Chinese orchestra performers.
When we entered the ballroom, the atmosphere was really lively!
Every guests seemed really happy and the ballroom was really red. For Chineses, red stands for a very auspicious color, thus, this explains the red theme.
Food was great as well and it was my first time trying "Oolong Tea Prawns", very unique indeed although the prawns was marinated with too much pepper.
Overall, it was a great dinner with good food and entertainment. We were able to enjoy the Chinese orchestra performance by a group of students from Miri and also dance performances ^^

Hot & Cold Plate

Shark Fin Soup

Double Happiness Chicken

Steamed Pomfret

Oolong Tea Prawns

Braised Abalone with Broccoli and Shitake Mushrooms

Noodles

Red Bean Soup as dessert

Hunnie Signing Off~

De'tymz Cafe, Kiulap

2010-01-21T09:24:00.002+08:00

Before new semester had started, the Rainbow team members had a gathering at De'tymz Cafe which is located in Kiulap (it's below Bakerlyn cafe).
For your information, De'tymz Cafe is currently under a new management so do expect more promotions coming up!
From what I know, De'tymz does have 10% discount card but I'm unsure about the requirements of getting the card. If you're a frequenter to De'tymz, do inquire their staffs on how to obtain the card.
One of the reasons that made me like this place is their wide varieties of drinks selection that range from a simple cup of coffee to special drinks like mocktails and many more. And some drinks are even named with unique names which make you feel curious and wanted to try them all! Just like you never knew that 'Shirley Temple' has got a 'Shirley Sisterz' haha
Other than beverages, there are quite a number of varieties on their food menu such as sandwiches, snacks, steaks and even Asian cuisine like fried noodles and butter milk chicken rice.
Although De'tymz might not be that spacious but still I find it really cozy to dine there or have some tea break especially with a few friends. It's definitely another good 'lim teh' spot for people and they do have an outdoor area as well.

Carmen feeling very very happy^^

Teh Tarik

Can't remember the name of this drink.. it should be some apple mocktail

This is a lamb dish but I don't remember its cooking style

Buttermilk Chicken Rice

Hunnie Signing Off~

I need good lucksssssssssss

2010-01-19T22:59:00.003+08:00

As the title reads, Lady Luck has not been with me lately and some of you might have learnt bout my bad experiences through facebook.
My laptop 'almost' K.O (Cause I still managed to on it after I posted this on my facebook status so I said 'almost'. And of course, after several attempts of trying to boot the laptop).
Then few days later, I woke up to my horror and found that my closet was broken. I had to take out my clothes stack by stack in order to pick the clothes that I wanted to wear. No kidding. But I considered myself lucky for being able to fix the closet *phew*
A day after that, bro's pc was infected with virus. We managed to format it ourselves but still had drivers problem and that is making the pc unable to produce sound and connect to internet.
This morning, I tried to on my laptop and same thing happened again. Just couldn't get it booted even after like 30-40 attempts. KEK SI.
So I brought it to computer store for checking and two technicians advised me to get new laptop as repairing it would cost me $500++
Now, I officially announce the death of my cute laptop =(
Arrrrrggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!

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Or maybe I should feel happy cause I'm getting new laptop? *evil grins*

HAHAHA! Okie lar, am still surveying which laptop to get at the moment. Would be really grateful if there is anyone is kind enough to sponsor me hahaha

Ta-da~

Hunnie Signing Off~

Hubby's 24th Birthday Dinner

2010-01-18T07:00:00.000+08:00

During Hubby's birthday, we had dinner at Kimchi Restaurant which is located in Kiulap.
Kimchi was having the All-you-can-eat BBQ promotion during the night we visited but we didn't opt for that as we didn't wanna eat that much.
We had Kimchi spring roll which Hubby and I both think that the size for each spring roll has been reduced but it used to serve 4 spring roll per serving so I guess it's still fair.
We also had Dakgogi and Kimchi Dolsotbap.
I must say that Kimchi has got really friendly staffs with superb attitude. Their captain even kindly helped us mixed the dolsotbap then divided into four bowls so each of us could enjoy the rice easier. Really helpful.
Other than that we also ordered Bibim Naeng Myun (buck wheat cold noodles and obviously, it's served cold) and Haemul Pa Jeon, the seafood pancake.
I personally like the cold noodles a lot but I also feel that it's kinda expensive as it costs $12 per bowl and the serving is really little.
As for their pancake, I would suggest the chef to fried it a little bit longer to add crispiness to the pancake. This would taste a lot better.
Before I forget, a tip to all of you who are visiting Kimchi soon, their side dishes are refillable and they wouldn't charge extra cent on you.
Another reason to visit Kimchi again haha and I must say dining in Kimchi always give me good experience (although I've only visited it thrice) because they have a group of well trained staffs that really make you feel comfortable. They are really friendly, caring and thoughtful.
And I do agree that some times it's not the taste of the food that should be prioritized when judging a restaurant or cafe.
If you do not have a trained crew who serve your customers right, your customers might not feel right tasting your food as they are already unhappy with the service.
This is just one of the very few thoughts that I have had since the opening of the new restaurants and cafes lately.
Hopefully the managements of these newly opened restaurants and cafes can learn something from the successful examples especially in our local food industry and survive~ !

p/s: How could I forget to mention that SKY (da BFF!) had spent his precious time and effort hand made an Iphone birthday card for Hubby (all of us know that it was his dream phone and I think he has new target recently haha). It was really thoughtful of him! Thanks a lot bro!

Dakgogi

Kimchi Springroll

Kimchi Dolsotbap

Bibim Naeng Myun

Haemul Pa Jeon

SKY: "tia kong.... lu lai jit tao.. si beh kua wa eh......." LOL!!!
HWA: "........ wu simik ho kua ehhh??? mai kong mai kong!!!"

We managed to get $5 off by using this voucher ^^

The Iphone birthday card! (sorry, have to censor the message a bit haha)

Hunnie Signing Off~

Country Patch, Kiulap

2010-01-16T11:18:00.000+08:00

Days before counting down to new year, I brought mom, aunt and Baby Audrey (err.. okie.. she is no longer baby already haha) to Country Patch for afternoon tea.
I was tempted to try their weekend hightea platter but it wasn't on weekends during my visit =(

We had 3 sets of $5 afternoon set

I'm unsure if CP changes this menu every weekend ^^

Emo expression shows on her face haha and she even matched her blue dress with blue nail polish!

Cappuccino

Latte

Chicken Pie

French Fries, side order for Audrey

Hunnie Signing Off~

Pot-luck Gathering at Hubby's place

2010-01-14T09:55:00.000+08:00

Before Christmas (2009), we had a pot luck gathering at Hubby's place.
It was just a mini gathering between few close friends and we had lotsa fun!

Satays from Keboy

Fried rice by Hubby

Mayonaise Pasta

Braised 3 layers pork by SKY's mom

Mango Fish, take-away from Tamu Selera

Cockles, take-away from Tamu Selera

Phoenix Claws by George's mom

Sin Chew Beehoon

Prawns

This drink only costs like 30cents per can

Wee and George enjoying their Guitar Hero session while Shirley looks at

SKY and Hwa concentrating on the tv

Hunnie Signing Off~

Food Hungry

Post - Valentines Dinner

CNY 2010 - Part 3 - Convoy CNY House Visits

McD Prosperity Burger set

Ocean Quarry, Spg 1029

CNY 2010 - Part 2

CNY 2010 - Part 1

Bro's 18th & 19th Birthdays dinner

KK Road Trip 'Jan 2010 - Last day in KK

Dim Sum Feast at Emperor's Court, Manggis Hua Ho Mall

Jollibee's Pita Sandwich

Happy Chinese New Year 2010! *ROARS*

Rooster Crow Restaurant, Gadong

KK Road Trip 'Jan 2010 - Day 3

KFC Hot Rods

KK Road Trip 'Jan 2010 - Day 2

Lunch in Excapade & Barracudas

KK Road Trip 'Jan 2010 - Day 1

Flavours, Gadong (next to Little Bean Electrical Store)

Healthy Burgers at Millenium Fast Food, Beribi

Pehin Lau's Diamond Wedding Anniversary

De'tymz Cafe, Kiulap

I need good lucksssssssssss

Hubby's 24th Birthday Dinner

Country Patch, Kiulap

Pot-luck Gathering at Hubby's place

Happy Chinese New Year 2010! ROARS