Breakfast & Afternoon Tea in Tawau

1. Lobby cafe in Promenade Hotel, Tawau:

My uncle is strongly recommend that this cafe served the best cheese cake in town. For a try, we have our afternoon tea here.
Here are our orders: Green Tea cake, Coffee Cheese cake and also durian cheese cake. I personally like the coffee cheese cake. where else, the drinks served here are ordinary. It doesn't carry the strong aroma of latte or coffee.

2. Hai Chui Restaurant 海翠餐馆:

I think this is the only chinese restaurant which serve dim sum.

3. Mui Lok Kopitiam 美乐茶室 :

In Tawau, the locals like to meet up at the kopitiam not only for the tea and food, but also chit-chatting on all sort of topics from politic to entertainments.

I like the teh C and also the toast bread. This is because they put a thick layer of kaya and marjerin in the toast. You can't get this in KL, which only served with a thin layer of marjerin.

4. Kedai Kopi Boloi 宝来:

This shop is famous for its braised fish head and dumpling. Every body in Tawau knows it. Don't worry if you can't find the way, just ask the local.

Food Gossip: OLE OLE Bali & Restoran Chardin Seaview Village Port Dickson

Friends gathering at Ole-Ole Bali, Sunway Pyramid Shopping Mall. We ordered one of the main course is the Ole-Ole Trio, which is a combination of Ole-Ole BBQ chicken wings, sate Lilit and cumi-cumi goreng, served with sambal matah, sambal terasi and tartar sauce.

I like Balinese food, due to the heavy taste from the Indonesia spice and herbs.

Restoran Chardin Seaview Village Port Dickson:
If you go to Pork Dickson, you can try to patron this seaview restaurant. They are famous for all type of crabs.

Thumbs up also to the steamed apple snails, with a special in-house made chili sauce.

I love the shark fin soup. I must give a 5-star to it. Why? Normaly, the shark fin soup that we tried have a less shark fin and carb meat. But, this is so much better. I guess, they charged RM20 per bowl is reasonable.
Address:
Batu1, Jalan Seremban
71000 Port Dickson, Negeri SEmbilan
Tel: 06-647 4569/ 647 5188
Fax: 06-647 5188

Happy Birthday at RakuZen, Desa Parkcity

生日也是母亲在生死边缘争扎的日子. 因此, 此日我应该庆祝我老一岁,还是应该庆祝母亲的伟大?

一年才吹一次生日蛋糕, 要吹得用心用力才好. 第一次品尝和牛, 肉不旦有弹性,而且放在口中时,香味慢慢散开在口腔, 然后细细品尝它的汁, 甜而新鲜! 让人回味无穷.

几片和牛肉送上来时还是生的, 我们可以自己决定它的熟度. 如果过分太熟就会糟蹋了和牛肉的味道, 因此牛肉要吃7分熟才可口. 就这几片和牛肉是RM68.

另外, 这一道Hotate Mentai (RM26+) 也不错, 浓脓芝士铺盖在蚝上, 然后烘出来的味道相当的香. 放人口时, 芝士味和蚝的味道各占优实. 反而, 以下两道就比较逊色, Saba 就带有腥味, 好吃的是Saba鱼肉应该香甜而不臭腥的. 而Soft Shell Crab (RM22++) 就太咸了, 而且炸得不够香脆.

好丰富的一餐, 希望天天可以吃的开心.

祝我生日快乐, 希望天天开心和健康!


Address:
Rakuzen Desa Parkcity
GF-07 The Waterfront @ Parkcity
5 Persiaran Residen, Desa Park city
52200 KL
tel: 03- 6280 8310.

Legend Water Chalet, Port Dickson

Legend Water Chalet, Port Dickson:

Take a short break to Port Dickson, this is where i stay in Legend Water Chalet.

The Resort consists of 280 unique sea front resort rooms and 112 service suites facing the Straits of Malacca.

I'm so excited. This is because i thought that i can face the straits of Malacca from my room or the balcony. But, once i open the door, i saw only another block of water chalet. I guess, if i book a suite room, i should have a full seaview.

The resort is maintainaned very well, with the friendly staffs and clean environment. This is non-peak season, therefore, i can't see many tourists here, except a group of tourist from China.

I didn't put on my bikini and jump into the swimming pool. They have a outdoor hot and cold jaguzzi. Unfortunately, both are closed for maintainance. End up, i have to soak in the bathe tub inside the room. It's fun too, with a glass of red wine or sparkling juice.

During the breakfast at the coffee house, there is a small drama happened where a chinese lady complaint to the tour guide that she waited at the noodle/mee station for so long and yet no body attended to her. At the end, she had to blanch a bowl of noodles by herself. When the tourguide explained to her that this is a self-service counter, she still feel unsatisfied with it. She gone back to her seat with a sour face and mumbled sacastically to her husband: " What a 5-star hotel that required guest to make a bowl of noodle by ourself!".

Semporna Holiday Resort, Semporna.

If you wish to find more info about this place via google, honestly there are not many relevant info for reference.

We drove 1.5hrs to Semporna. This is the place we stopped by to take our lunch. Maybe due to CNY festive, there are some seafood which are not available for order. At the end, we ordered sweet and sour squids ( RM28/400g), steamed ikan putih (RM32/ 300g) and also butter prawn (RM 28/ 400g).

I saw a lot of starfishes in the water!

Semporna Holiday Resort,

Holiday Resort & Lodging House,

Seafood Restaurant , Kampung Tampi-Tampi, Semporna

Tel: 012-8103355

Food Gossip: Ah Yatt Abalone Forum Restaurant & King Crab Restaurant

Ah Yatt Abalone Forum Restaurant:

Abalone is always consider a luxury food to be served during wedding banquet or special occations in Chinese community.

Ah Yatt is not only famous for its signature dish - Abalone, but they also serve high quality of dim sum. I tried the premium abalone set lunch (at RM148/ person). At the same time, they have special promotion of abalone noodles at RM28.

The fresh abalone set consists of a starter, continued with a bowl of buddha jump over the wall soup, braised abalone served with seacucumber and chinese mushroom, cod fish and completed with a almond dessert.

Address:
Lot 98, Jln Kemajuan
Section 13, 46200 PJ
Tel: 03-7960 4988/ 4288
Fax: 03-7960 4788




King Crab Restaurant:

This restaurant is located near to Kelana Jaya LRT station.

They offer all kind of fresh seafood, as long as you can name it, they have it. However, crabs are the main signature dish in King Crab. To my surprise, this restaurant served a high quality and fresh seafood with a reasonable price.

We ordered stir fried Japan top shell (RM17), Salt & Pepper mantis prawn (at RM17), with a special king mee (at RM8.00). I would like to go again next time to try their different dishes!

Address:
No.103-105 Jln SS25/2
Tmn Mewah Jaya
47301 PJ.
Tel: 03-78082388
Fax: 03-78053282

The Villa, Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa

When was the last time i stayed in The Villa? That's should be 4-5 years ago. Now, i'm back again! I love this place, for its privacy and tranquility.

The Villa is nestled amidst the lush greenery and surrounded with the sound of cascading water from your private alluring infinity-edge private plunge pool. This is a sanctuary for relaxation, especially reading a favourite magazine while having afternoon tea either in the poor or at the poor side. Unfortunately, the transquility is spoilt by the noise or loud music came from the Theme Park. The evening cocktail is served at The Pavillion. Unlimited cocktails available. How i wish, this service is offered to guests to have it inside the room instead of having it in The Pavillion, while enjoying our DVDs in the room.

Service is excellent. Cleanliness is not a problem. Butlers will attend to the guests in the evening. How i wish, i can stay here more days, and be PAMPERED!!

Tiger New Year In Tawau 2010

转眼又是新的一年.游子归心似箭. 想必是因为怀念母亲做的饭菜.

每一年我们家族都重复同样的庆典, 那就是年三十时必须在家祭拜祖先和菩萨, 然后才准备丰富的晚餐.

好期待妈妈拿手的菜肴,可是今年妈妈似乎疲于打理家里的琐事,因此准备的菜肴不多,不过却足于让我一解对妈妈饭菜的思念. 在饭桌上有的是我们爱吃的客家梅菜扣肉和鱼瓢干贝鸡汤.

生活在大城市, 往往在假日可以睡到自然醒, 不过, 在家乡就不同了,因为屋外的公鸡会迫不及待
啼叫的公告天下,让全世界的人都知道太阳公公醒来啦! 大年初一起得很早, 上班也不会那么早! 先向父母亲拜个年,祝他们身体健康, 万事如意,然后享受妈妈一早为我们准备好的早饭. 因为是初一, 所以我们一家都会持素. 妈妈很开心的与我们分享了她首次学会的素菜, 我不得不大赞妈妈的厨艺是一级棒.
早饭后,我们会到佛堂祈福,然后才到亲戚家拜年.今年的天气的确闷热, 往往都汗流夹背.没有特别事情也只想窝在家里.