Santola Bar Cafe, Inanam - Kota Kinabalu
Saturday, November 24, 2012 //
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Searching for a place around Kota Kinabalu city to have a nice coffee session with family or friends?
A place with good coffee but not as overpriced as Starbucks?
Or fancy a quiet place for discussion be it for work or studies with free wifi?
Santola Bar Cafe is the place to be.
As many of you might have already known this place, since it was opened for quite some time now, it is no stranger to us that they do serve good quality coffee in this little small cafe. However, due to its location which is kinda, remote and not in the city area I would say, many does not know this place existed including myself who only knew about this place about 4 months ago after reading it in other person's blog, and worst is I used to pass by the same road quite often back then and didn't know it existed.
Anyways, I was glad to finally able to drop by this place for a visit with my family. We had a great tea break there on a lovely Sunday afternoon. The place was rather peaceful, not as noisy as other places, easy to get a table, wifi is free, parking is easy to get as the entire place is a private property. So convenient.
A little bit information about this place is, they take pride in their "Cap Kuda" brand coffee. In here, they serve quite a variety of beverages, be it cold or hot beverages. You name it, they have it freshly brewed for you. Besides that, they do serve a variety of pasta, cakes, sandwiches, pies and etcs.
Price wise, you can get a coffee and probably, a pasta priced below RM15 :) everything has a member and non - member price, so if you're a member you can enjoy your food cheaper! If I'm not mistaken, the membership only cost RM20 a year. Really worth every penny.
What we had on that day;
Toasted Butter Kaya Set ( Including 1 coffee ) - RM 5.50 / set
Custard & Chocolate Japanese Waffle Dorayaki - RM 3.50
So rich inside!
Spaghetti Mushroom Chicken - RM6.50
They were quite generous with the portion, food tasted good :)
Spaghetti Bolognese - RM6.50
Do check them out ;) because they're worth checking out.
29, Jalan Kilang, SEDCO Industrial Estate, 88816 Kota Kinabalu
+6088 428 468 or +6010 931 6733 (Booking or Order)
Labels: Asian, Authentic Flavour, Food, Kota Kinabalu, Places to Eat, Places to Visit, Tea Break, Western
English Tea House & Restaurant, Sandakan.
Sunday, March 4, 2012 //
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Fancy a place to have a nice tea break session chilling, catching up with friends and family while taking a break from the hustle bustle of a city life? This is the place to be. Apart from serving fine teas from around the world, they also serve a variety of cakes and pastries along with a la carte selections of traditional English specialties and of course local Asian favorites, they do not sell pork though.
a place where you can also have a game of lawn croquet and its free for both adults and children
This place is able to accomodate up to 250 guests and its a perfect location to held a large garden parties, weddings and other business or personal events. They also do provide a range of wedding anniversaries and birthday packages that can be held in one of their gazebos which also opens for public when there's not function on anytime of the day.
my lil cousin who is so happy with her soft drink
they do serve juices too, and its fresh :) not packaged or anything close to that
my favorite hot drink at all times, hot chocolate
a very rich chocolate filled dessert with a cherry on top!
New york cheese cake, which is simply oh so delicious.
Tuna Club sandwich , they do serve a varieties of Western delights and the portion is usually huge too, you can share it with another person definitely .
Their home made burger, look at the thickness of the meat patty and the portion of the potato wedges!
and of course, a varieties of tea sets.
This set is the most expensive tea sets among all that is available there which is the Royal Tea Set.
If you ask me personally what do I think about the price of the food and beverages here, I can honestly tell you that the price is actually quite reasonable for a coffee house / a restaurant but not for all the items. What I meant by reasonable is because they're charging the food at a higher cost but the portion is huge, service is considered top notch and the food quality is definitely there. It all depends on what you're looking for.
Been there twice and it's still my favorite place and I'm pretty sure its the same for the locals and tourists there too as they always have customers patronizing this place despite of its price.
Experience the lush, tropical greenery and cool breezes while you enjoy spectacular views of the town and bay. Relax with a cocktail in hand, socialize with friends and family under a gazebo or enjoy a wide selection of beverages at the long bar.
Award winning restaurant :)
If you would like to know more about this place, do check them out at this link :)
p/s: I don't know if some of you are aware of this restaurant in KK which is located near Jesselton but honestly, that branch can't beat the original branch that is located in Sandakan in my personal opinion. You really got to just try this place in order to notice the differences :)
Labels: English Tea House, Family, Food, Kota Kinabalu, Places to Eat, Places to Visit, Sabah, Sandakan, Tea Break, Western
The Chub's Grill , Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Monday, January 9, 2012 //
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My parents & I headed to The Chub's Grill for dinner tonight. Treated my parent's for dinner at this new grill joint as it was our first visit and to celebrate my parent's 20+ years anniversaries, glad it did not disappoint at all.
pictures time.
my parents :)
our main courses - the grills!
The food was good and portion was reasonable, in general but I really liked my mum's Grilled Salmon priced at MYR 45 for a full platter, I ordered the Grilled Lamb Shoulder ; MYR 25 and my dad ordered the Grilled Pork Belly ; MYR 25 which both are their Chef's specialties. The grills generally have a satay sauce taste to it but when the meat is in your mouth, it tasted different - more grill flavors in it. Though I think it lacked a bit of the charcoal grilled flavor but its alright, many of you don't fancy that kind of flavor anyways.
so good it pops! :)
As for drinks, we each ordered their signature chilled drinks - Chilled Mango, Kiwi & Peach. Priced at MYR 5 each, these light and easy to consume drinks are considered reasonable as they include a generous portion of yogurt pearls inside and it is definitely something new for the locals here, as I've not seen much of this type of pearls in Malaysia except when I was in Kuala Lumpur. Definitely worth the try!
Till Then!
Labels: Family, Food, Kota Kinabalu, Places to Eat, Sabah, Special Occasion, Western
Kota Kinabalu - Party Play, Lintas
Friday, December 17, 2010 //
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The continuation of my last post from the same outing was,
we headed to Party Play located at Lintas Plaza.
It is actually a newly opened lifestyle cafe in town.
So I heard, the chef here is from Singapore.
The whole shop's design has a theme too, very modern and simple, heck its nice.
Initially, this is the place we wanted to sit down and hang out but then when we got here,
it's already almost 11pm and the shop kinda have this kitchen close at 11pm policy and the shop closes at 12am.
I think that their food and beverages pricing is at mid-range, but worth the try!
Their wall of fame :P
made of lomography pictures,
that says : Feed Your Life !
the bar with very nice chalkboard word decorations..
I asked the waitress to recommend what are their signature drinks there and she recommended me their milkshake. (RM8 per glass)
So I decided to try out their chocolate milkshake,
which tasted like blended Desa chocolate milk to me.
Bev ordered banana milkshake.
Yes they do have varieties for you to choose from.
and one thing I actually liked in this shop is their menu.
everything looks so unique and creative,
too bad I did not take any picture of it.
As for food we only ordered a mushroom soup (RM10) ,
just for the sake of trying because I was already so full from dinner + cupcakes + tea and milkshake!
I heard what was recommended by people was their fish and chips.
Shall try it out someday : D
here it is, not disappointing at all :)
I may add that the place here is quite cosy, but personally not a suitable place to study or things like that.
It was kinda noisy that night.
To end the night,
A picture of us after a whole great night catching up!
Till Then.
Labels: Food, Friends, Kota Kinabalu, Places to Eat, Sabah, Western
Kuala Lumpur - SOULed Out Restaurant & Bar, Ampang
Monday, December 6, 2010 //
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Last friday night,
after resting and done with my packing,
I headed out with Denise for dinner at a place called
Souled Out Restaurant and Bar.
Apparently,
this place wasn't what I expect it to be.
The ambiance I mean, its so different.
Was expecting fully air-con place, and live bands and etcs,
but turns out it has 70% of its restaurant open air, and no live band but DJ is around to spice things up.
But I really liked it,
because the food was up to my expectations, and the beverages are unique in its own ways.
the only downside to it was,
there was a lot of parties going on that night.
like 3-4 huge crowds which 2 was just next to our table.
We sat near the DJ and the crowds was making tons of noise it gets so irritating
until they closed the door then everything was fine again.
So, just a few pictures from that place.
the view from upstairs, the place we sat.
our carbonara pasta with ham and button mushroom , very delicious ;)
Denise's
my date for the night :)
Mine,
mixture of sour sop, guava, strawberry, mango = exotic bliss
it tasted sweet and its just nice to my liking.
I love it.
Our BBQ chicken pizza,
nyumnyums.
Overall,
it is a good place to dine in and chill out whether it is with your lover/ friends.
Good music, great food and beverages and lovely ambiance.
Did I mention,
it was also voted as one of the best casual dining restaurant by Hospitality Asia Platinum Award 2010-2012.
and the management is actually the same management as 7atenine( not sure about the 7atenine that I visited in SG before but definitely is the same as the KL ones )
Do check them out here : SouledOut
Till Then.
Labels: Ampang, Food, Friends, Italian, Kuala Lumpur, Places to Eat, Places to Visit, Western
Kuala Lumpur - Piccadilly, Ninja Joe, Toilet Concept Restaurant
Monday, November 15, 2010 //
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Past pictures from Simon's Birthday party at Piccadilly.
Piccadilly is a place where you can find all sorts of local and western food, a place for chilling with friends to have beers or shisha at a reasonable price.
Yesterday I was out with my cousin doing my phone stuffs and
we spent our remaining time trying out 2 newly opened restaurants at Sunway Pyramid.
It was Ninja Joe,
a Japanese fast food which serves pork burgers !
The pork patty was very tender indeed, very easy in the mouth,
you can't even fill it when you're biting it.
Their burger size however was really small,
probably size of a doughnut at RM5.50 each, or you can order up to 6 at one go at RM23.90,
with 6 different flavors for one each ;D
I had The Big Boss instead,
normal size burger, with normal pork patty,
and inside there's egg.
I asked for bacon and cheese which is an additional of RM1 each
but they ran out of bacon :(
Ordered a side dish called Shuriken ,
its actually potato and pork meat nugget,
imo it was delicious but it would be better if it has lesser oil and, its crunchier like normal nugget.
After that we met up with another cousin of mine whom I have not met for more than 10 years.
She's a future lawyer, and she looked so so so different from the last time I met her.
We decided to watch Megamind 3D then, thus we bought our movie ticket and then head to
the Toilet Bowl Restaurant, which actually is just right next to Ninja Joe.
They both had Banana split and I had Fruit Mix.
Mine was actually presented with 4 little chocolate bear biscuits, fresh cut strawberries, chunks of mangoes , a scoop of vanilla ice cream with shaved ice.
I seriously felt so happy eating it, like a kid.
The banana split was presented with 2 crispy waffles, 3 scoops of ice cream - chocolate, vanilla and strawberry , not to forget , smarties!
The bowl that they used resembled the toiletries or toilet units, ours was presented in a light blue bath tub. Unique, however I think that the overall interior of the restaurant could be better.
Service wise it was a bit bad, as they don't have enough staffs thus it was rather slow.
Aside from that, the food I think it was alright and quite reasonable.
Well,
the movie Megamind was just alright to me.
Nothing really special, though it was funny at some parts.
That concludes my sunday night (:
This week is the last week of class.
3 more days to be precise.
Then its study leave,
and exams.
time flies!
tata.
Labels: Asian, Family, Food, Friends, Japanese, Kuala Lumpur, Movie, Places to Eat, Places to Visit, Western
Kuala Lumpur - ViVo Restaurant - Timesquare , IpohIpoh - Giza
Sunday, October 10, 2010 //
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Last Saturday was spent at TimeSquare with Leslie & Kelly.
We tried out a new food outlet during brunch - ViVo
well I'm not really sure if this shop is still very new or anything like that since all these while it was hidden at ground floor and is not really visible.
Its an American restaurant thats famous for its pizza and panini .
We ordered a Barbeque Chicken Pizza , Grilled Chicken and a Smoked Salmon Speghetti.
As for drinks, we had Mango Delight without cream , Choco Brownies & Mallow and a Cafe Latte.
Everything was so kinda good, satisfactory level , even the price was kinda reasonable.
I remembered our bill came and it was about RM78+ for everything.
I reckon this is one of the few places that has reasonable food pricing with satisfactory level food.
Well, later that evening we wanted to go to Giza but due to unforeseen circumstances,
the cab driver who did not tell us that he didn't know the way end up taking us to Sunway Pyramid.
He was dumb enough and lied to us about Giza being in Pyramid like as if we didn't already know its in Damansara.
So he frankly said he didn't know the place ,we figured there's no point of arguing so end up roamed around pyramid again.
Little did I know, the next day I end up at Pyramid again dealing with some stuffs with Leslie & my cousin.
Seriously, I'm really getting sick of that place because every week I will be there at least 3 times during lunch breaks and weekend it gets so annoying that I would try to avoid going there if I can.
So, this weekend it's different.
Went down to Midvalley, Gardens.
Tried out the open food court at Gardens, apparently they serve a lot of different country cuisines ,
the pineapple fried rice Leslie had.
I had Salmon Teriyaki , no picture though.
and finally from Sentral,
Giza ( and the cab driver still don't know the way until he had to ask us for the direction ).
Well, Giza was a bit disappointing if I may say so.
I would not ever go back there unless for,
1) a place to chill and hang out drinking alcohol.
2) The Supermarket
3) Tao Cuisine
The reason behind this is ,
1) spending RM54 on cabs from Sentral-Giza-Sunway ( With Meter ).
2) No cab stand at all. Called 2 cab companies and both got no cabs to deliver.
End up waiting for a cab further down the road and only to see one after an hour of wait.
3) Nothing to shop or see there as it was just a small mall.
Saw these at the supermarket and I thought it was really cute and chic.
Colourful!
Had dinner at Giza though,
at a place called IpohIpoh.
The sky was so beautiful. Purplish sunset.
I had chicken burger special.
The patty inside is wrapped with an egg served with salad and fried chickens.
It was just nice I guess.
Leslie had this claypot Ipoh noodle.
I tried out the soup, it tasted good :D
next up was the Bak Kut Teh I had this morning for brunch.
It was at a shop nearby my place and it was really yummy.
Black sauce is love.love.love.
With Chili + Cuttlefish as its base.
Looking at the pictures now makes me hungry even though I had it only this morning
What I like most is you can request to have the meat with no fats so it's less fattening.
and of course, today is Sio Sen's birthday - 10.10.10.
Got her this tumblr from Starbucks, she loved it so much that she screamed when she saw it :D
Managed to find time catching up with the guys for our long missed yumcha session at Jaafar.
Chilled till 4+am , so much to catch up on and laughed about.
I miss them already.
Little update about Uni now is,
I watched a very funny French movie that was used to be a "Must See" movie when it came out during my French Class.
I enjoyed it much because it was really hilarious and dumb :S
It's the story of Pierre Brochant who has that game with his friends: every week, they have a mission to invite to their dinner table the dumbest guys they can find and make fun of them. Hence the idiots in the title - though con, in French, is a bit stronger than idiot (and yes idiot is also a French word).
I watched a very funny French movie that was used to be a "Must See" movie when it came out during my French Class.
I enjoyed it much because it was really hilarious and dumb :S
It's the story of Pierre Brochant who has that game with his friends: every week, they have a mission to invite to their dinner table the dumbest guys they can find and make fun of them. Hence the idiots in the title - though con, in French, is a bit stronger than idiot (and yes idiot is also a French word).
My next training will commence on the 30th of May next year.
Which I will have to start preparing the CV like this week and apply for internships.
Crazy how we have to work super early this time.
The hectic assignments and presentation life is still going on.
Just remembered I have a test going on Tuesday, probably a presentation too ( if I happened to be so "lucky" to get chosen )
Dissertation proposal :(
Lastly,
The event on the 30th of October is giving me headache.
Will update more about it soon I guess.
Till Then.
Labels: American, Authentic Flavour, Food, Friends, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian, Movie, Places to Eat, Places to Visit, Special Occasion, University, Western
