Showing posts with label Sabah. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sabah. Show all posts

Saturday, May 31, 2014

Ultimate Food Trail @ Sandakan, Sabah

1. Kueh-Tiaw with deep-fried pork 炸肉大粉

The central market was surprisingly clean and neat. You can find a variety of local delicacies in the 3rd floor. This noodle can be served in dried style or in soup. The fried meat is alike to char-siu but definitely the taste is very much different. Grab yourself a bowl in the early morning before they are sold out.



2. Spring noodles 弹弓面 

These noodles are specialties of Sandakan. As how they are named, the egg noodles are very springy. 
Served in a variety of sides: dumplings, roasted pork, minced meat, seafood, roasted chicken, roasted duck etc.

Spring noodles with char-siu @ 933 Kopitiam

Spring noodles with roasted duck @ 933 Kopitiam

Spring noodles with mixed seafood @ Pukat Fishing village
The best spring noodles I ever tried.





3. UFO tarts 牛屎挞

UFO tarts @ Gold Crown 金冠面包中西饼点
Best when served hot



UFO tarts @ Tac De Cafe 亚弟牛屎挞
This is much more recommended though.


4. Egg Herbal Tea 鸡蛋茶

Egg Herbal Tea @ Gold Crown 金冠面包中西饼点

5. Coconut pudding 

Sabah has the best coconut pudding everywhere. The coconut pudding here makes a different breakthrough. The taste is much more better than that in Kota Kinabalu. Must try!
It's at a seafood restaurant in Bandar Kim Fung, which I can't recall the name of the restaurant. The location of the restaurant is just behind the food court (Pasar Kim Fung). 


6. Pan-fried Dumplings @ Pasar Kim Fung

Every bites earn you a rich flavors of the crispy skin and the bursting juicy minced meat fillings. A dip into their accompanied sauce makes it more tasty.

7. Seafood Bah Kut Teh 海鲜肉骨茶 @ Good Taste Bah Kut Teh

Deviated from the usual Bah Kut Teh, the Bah Kut Teh here is highlighted with the seafood! Regular pork is served as well but the popular one is the big juicy prawns in the dark herbal soup. Another menu worth for a try is the mihun (rice noodles) dipped in the Bah Kut Teh soup. It is another level of tasting Bah Kut Teh where the mihun absorbs the aromatic soup fully. 
Our order as recommended by the tauke: mihun, spinach, prawns, meat balls, pork ribs, fish slices, crunchy fried crullers (yao zha kuay), and a special order: fish slices in salted vegetables with beancurds.  

Big fresh prawns!

Grouper fish slices. Slurps!

8. Sweet delicacies @ Ba Lin Rooftop Garden, Nak Hotel

This bar located at the rooftop of Nak Hotel is glamoured with its supreme night view and romantic atmosphere. They serve western food and a variety of alcohols and beverages. Nonetheless, the desserts there remain the best reason for my returning visits. 
Ole' Belgium Chocolate Lava Cake (Signature)

Tiramisu with Rum

Mocha Mosse

9. Steamed rice with fish 鱼饭 @ Nam Choon Kopitiam

You should never miss this! It's not hard to spot this humble kopitiam, known to sell chicken rice and fish rice. The price is reasonably cheap and the combination of the rice and fish is unbeatable! Choose the type of fish you want and they can be served in deep fried, steamed or in dou ban sauce.


10. Seafood @ Sim-sim Restaurant 海鲜

The food was good but the service was terrible for my first visit. The second try was an opposite one. Depends on luck people!
Grilled scallop with kung bao sauce

Steamed Fish

Crabs ala Gam heong 

Grilled squids

Springy Mantis shrimps

As updated April 10, 2014


Sunday, May 25, 2014

White Water Rafting @ Kiulu River, Sabah

I would say that the water rafting at Kiulu River is a tame and joyful one. It is great for beginners. If you're on a family trip, this would be the best as both elderly and kids may join and share the fun. It is not so extreme as that in Padas River with its grade I-II rapids along the river.

Kiulu River is rather near to Kota Kinabalu. An hour-ride on car could get you there. The pricing is around RM70. You may get a lower rate if you're in a bigger group.

We were in a big group though - another fun outing of a group of coursemates. For me, it was not very thrilling but it was truly fun time spent with the awesome people out there!

After a safety briefing, we suited up our life jacket and helmets, and then get set!





















I love the clear white water. Due to this reason, I was willing to be capsized as frequent as we could. The first time was kind of unexpected. The whole raft just got inverted after we knocked on a large rock. Everyone were falling down from the 'seats'. I was sitting at the behind and unfortunately, someone fell down on me. Arghh~ Okay, it was fun though, especially when you know that it was really safe in the water. The water level was not deep and you actually can swim down all the way. After which, I urged the falls and it was getting more exciting! This compensated some sort of disappointment on the not-so-extreme rapids =D

The very last part of the rafting activity was body-rafting! Wow! The moment when you comfortably floating on the clear water, you looked into the blue sky, and the moment when you got rushed by the small rapids, IT WAS SO FUN!!! 

Too many photos captured during the rafting. Here's just few of them.

Bersungguh-sungguh kayak series..





Happy posing series..











Water-splashing series..




Epic facial expressions series..






Body-rafting series..
















As updated Feb 19, 2014