Food For Thought

Tasty Drink House

2011-01-16T03:44:00.003+08:00

Tasty Drink House is located somewhere in the heart of town, I have to admit that you will need a sharp eye to spot this shop. It's at a corner, behind Sandakan Foto and next to AIA Building. It's really a small corner, it can be call as a stall not a 'drink house' as it does not provide any place to sit at all. It's like a take-away counter. Kinda hard to notice actually. It's really a small shop that sells drinks and ice cream. They used to sell sandwiches. Not sure if they do now or not. Their sandwiches are superb too.

Vanilla Ice-cream

They usually serve vanilla, rarely chocolate but anyways this is different from you ordinary soft ice cream. I love how milky it is - yeah, just like eating milk ice cream! ><>

Yau Char Kuey/Ham Zhim Peng/Lo Mai Chi

2011-01-12T02:27:00.000+08:00

Few of the more famous food in Sandakan..located in Bandaraya Kim Fung Mile 4 pasar/market..actually that market is such an attractive place always full of people eating..most of the best food of sandakan can also be found here :P

Here one of the stall located near one of the corner of the market is famous for selling their delicious hot, crunchy, fluffy and fresh Yau Char Kuey, Ham Zhim Peng and Lo Mai Chi..
These people are constantly kneading, cutting, shaping and frying more and more of these delicacies and it can be interesting to watch while waiting in line to buy them especially if you'vr never watched the process before! they work pretty fast too woo~

Yau Char Kuey / Fried bread stick / 油炸粿
Can be bought and eaten just like that without any filling, or served with porridge (of course, porridge is not provided ^^) or you can try how we Sandakan-ians usually eats it, which is with kaya and planta <3>

Yau Char Kuey with Kaya and Planta

Ham Zhim Peng / Savoury Spiced Fried Bread / 咸煎饼
This is made using 5 spiced powder which is incorporated into the bread in a spiral manner..just like how you would make a swiss roll then cut it into pieces

Crunchy at the outside, Fluffy in the inside <3

Lo Mai Chi / Glutinous rice filled fried bread /
The bread is crispy and fluffy on the inside with the slightly sweet, sticky and chewy center glutinous part. ><

*Im actually reposting/rewritting entries or food that i have reviewed :)

Pasir Putih Seafood Restaurant

2011-01-05T03:04:00.003+08:00

Located in Pasir Putih before Ocean King restaurant. Pretty easy to go..just continue straight from the Prawn Roundabout if you are coming from town.

Salad Prawn/水晶夏
According to Tsa, the only place that can make proper 水晶夏 is Equatorial where the coating of the prawn is supposed to be crystal clear >< ..however the taste of this salad prwan is still superb!

Sabak / 沙白 / Clam
A popular dish as well, usually fried with spring onion and ginger. The sauce is delicious and goes well with rice

Tung Fung Lo / 东风螺 / Snail
Another very popular dish in Sandakan xD.. all you need to do is just grab it's sharp end and slowly pull it out. Not only a delicious dish but also a fun dish tho it can get really annoying if the snail is stuck inside ><

Steamed Sek Ban / Grouper
This is one of the best fish to steam and eat. I personally think steaming is the best option to experience to freshness of the fish (unless u are thinking of sashimi right after catching the fish). See how the fish meat seperates nicely from bones whuaaa..thinking of it just makes me crave for it moreeee ><

The fish of this size costs rm39 (rm42 per kg) , enough for 4 people to eat- or 5 if you are not greedy heh. Though compared to steaming it yourself at home it only costs +/- rm20! but i guess it is worth it because this dish is nicely done

Sweet and Sour Flower Crab/ 甜酸花蟹
A very appetizing way of cooking or in malay it's very 'membuka selera'. The more you eat the hungrier you get! Although flower crab has less meat than the bigger usual crab (i think it's called Mud Crab/Sek Hai).. however flower crab has got more fine and fluffy meat.

The crab itself is already very sweet! Also very good for just steaming ^^

Lotus Leaf Wrapped Chicken
Besides seafood, this restaurant also offers variety of other non seafood dishes, also as delicious. This chicken is very soft and well marinated with herbs. Recommended. But of course, spend your stomach on seafood first before you try this!

Jiu Pai Tofu
To be honest.........This picture was taken a long time ago and i forgot about how it was like but i think it is nice..tho i have eaten very badly done Jiu Pai Tofu in other places ><

Lobster Yi Mee / Lung Ha Yi Mee
Errr, only order this if you have enough money..at least it was expensive for me!! (one plate of this for 3 people costs about rm114) but I just thought, as a Sandakan-ian i have to at least eat lobster once in my life so...wargh!

Not too bad, it's taste and texture is somewhat a mixture of prawn and crab..also very juicy and 'crunchy' (song! in cantonese haha)

I shall eat this again when i can finally earn my own money, for now it is just too expensive for me ><

Semi-hiatus

2010-10-14T11:41:00.001+08:00

Sorry dear readers for the hiatus. Both of us are kinda busy, EMQ is busy with her studies/intern..whatever term you call it.. Tsa's computer had been acting up; it even crashed when uploading photos and so on.

Will be updating soon.

QQ Ice

2010-09-14T12:55:00.003+08:00

Unable to tolerate the ultra hot sizzling weather of Sandakan? Quench your thirst easily at QQ Ice! This is my survival kit here because I get so hot and thirsty all the time and just wanted to look for something nice but not too expensive. However nowadays I limit myself with the amount of cups I drink per week because of the fear of my health.....but that's just me! (if you are in Sandakan for just 1 week, WHY NOT SPAM DRINK :p)

Anyways back to the point. QQ Ice is located at one of the corners in the centre of Mile 4 Indah (Head towards inside Indah's roundabout and spin your way~ and there you will see it)

Variety of drinks with pearls
Asides from the original Pearl (Milky) Tea, you can have your pearls with other teas or drinks such as Red Tea, Green Tea, Ice Blended drinks, Juices. Or you can even order any type of drinks with added black jelly, magic jelly, etc.. Play with the combination!

I still like my rm2.50 Pearl Tea best
The pearl is not sweet and chewy enough for me. It's not easy to find a nice big cup of Pearl Tea with only rm2.50 outside of Sandakan.. (i think)

Ps ; I do prefer Pearl Tea here over Cool City :p

-emq-

Pulut panggang

2010-09-10T20:43:00.005+08:00

Hari Raya was around the corner and the annual Bazaar Ramadhan is up ; which is a good opportunity to grab malay delicacies!

Here I introduce you to Pulut Panggang.

Pulut panggang is a traditional malay snack made from glutinous rice flavoured with coconut milk and it is filled with coconut flesh and shrimp (it might varies, depending on the stall) and barbequed to perfection.

Tear off the banana leaf; and you get to see the glutinous rice.
(it does look like a banana in this pic, just different colour...if you get what I meant)

I never heard about chicken and beef flavour but I finally get to taste it the other day at the Bazaar Ramadhan. I was expecting it to have meat, but no, instead of meat, it is just coconut flesh in chicken curry and beef curry. Disappointed with no meat at 1st, but I'm wrong. I actually like the taste of the curry. Chicken curry and beef curry do tasted differently. That one stall offers shrimp too. Their shrimp flavour is the normal ones; the common flavour.

The shrimp filling with coconut flesh

Pulut panggang is very filling because of the glutinous rice. It is pretty cheap and it taste great! It's only 50 cent per roll/stick.Now, if you ask where do I get it, I'm not sure to be honest. There are a lot of stall selling them during the bazaar. I guess you can get it in malay markets. I never see them in malay eateries; or maybe I just missed it.

-Tsa-

Kedai Kopi 2020

2010-08-31T02:32:00.001+08:00

Located in Bandaraya Kim Fung Mile 4, you can hardly miss this shop located at one of the corners of the shoplots a few blocks behind the Supermarket. I also believe that the owner of this shop is a strong believer of feng shui because you can spot a whole lot of charms and fengshui decorative items,..quite an interesting collection ^^, well as long as they work! - since this shop has been doing quite well since years ago judging from the amount of people who eats there every time i pass by.

Specialty of the shop? I am not too sure but my own family members recommended their fried noodle (wet) to me. But I myself am not a frequent customer of this shop because of certain reasons.

Sap Chao Min ( wet-style fried noodles)
As you can see, the style is pretty different from the typical well known Sandakan Sap Chao dishes. Here they used ingredients such as tomato so the sauce tastes slightly sour. I guess some do prefer their Sap Chao like that, but personally at the end of the day I will prefer to eat the usual Sandakan style Sap Chao.

Sap Chao Dai Fun (wet-style fried kuey teow)
Also, one serving of this costs about rm10 (or more, i forgot because this was last year) - which is also one of the main reasons why i don't frequent this shop that much. They do have a reason for charging so much, due to the big fresh prawns, fishes and other fresh ingredients used...but still, i personally think that it's not that worthy, at least not all the time.

-emq-

Ba Lin

2010-08-29T03:24:00.010+08:00

Ba Lin is one of the very very few places in Sandakan where you can drink cocktails or alcoholic drinks in a quiet and peaceful environment (without loud music, people dancing and flirting around, smoke, and no perv people). SOOOooo anyways, Ba Lin is located in town, straight down from the clock tower roundabout and pass the second fountain roundabout in town. It is located on top of NAK Hotel.

You can opt to have your drink on the open air top floor, enjoying the night sea breeze and night sky. If you are as lucky as me, you might even be able to witness beautiful lightning before you actually get too scared of being strike by it that you eventually move down one floor

Open air~
However, from what they told me that time, you need to spend above a certain amount to be able to enjoy those nice couches, but for poor students like me, we only get to sit on tall unstable chairs TT, with an overly romantic dim lighting that i eventually got annoyed with because i couldn't read the menu TT

Downstairs
Better chairs at least, better lighting

Didn't take really good pictures of the place due to poor lighting and lousy camera

Cocktail menu

Mocktail menu for those who are driving :)

Midori Colada
A blend of Midori Melon liquer, white rum, pineapple juice and coconut milk.

Mojito
A slightly sourly sweet drink with a combination of white rum, lime juice, sugar, soda water and mint leaves.

I do prefer the Midori Colada because I am not a fan of sour taste ^^

Planter's Punch
A very refreshing mocktail

Planter's Punch is actually a classic rum drink but the non-alcoholic version of it is common as well. It is made with a mixture of frozen peaches with freshly brewed floral tea

-emq-

Sim Sim Floating Eateries 2

2010-08-22T13:12:00.008+08:00

This place was previously mentioned, and you can check it out here ! I would just like to further introduce this place not only as a restaurant but also as a place for you to buy any types of seafood available in the nearby sea.

Newly built pathway outside
It does look alot nicer but..they could have cleaned d water instead/also -.-

I did not know this is a kampung ^^;;

Hoi Sin Gao
Seafood wonton, this is also quite nice and you can order one whole bowl of it to share~

Nice and compact filling :D

Other than the food, just at the side of this restaurant, they sell seafood freshly caught from the sea (they fish on a daily basis from morning till somewhere around noon or after so they are damn fresh!), if you are able to reach there early you can even wait for the little boat to come and bring even fresher fishes and handpick your fish right away! (not like the fishes they have there aren't fresh heh, most of them are still alive)

Sa Bak

Fei Lo - Scallop
Mind you these little things are painful to clean TT, need patience

Prawns
boxes of them!

Bigger fishes such as Chuk Chim (for making fishball) , eel, etc

Sharks
Dont flame me for these if you are protective-of-sharks type of person, I'm just taking pictures and show you what are the types of fishes you can find there ^^

Other than those that you've seen, there are also normal fishes that all the housewives, mothers, grandmothers cook at home and also alot of stingrays (ikan pari) for delicious ikan bakar and curry.

Useful tips in picking a fresh fish: Red gills are better, check the eyes-cloudy eyes are no good, harden meat/body is no good also..of course, a jumping fish will be the freshest

Man cleaning sharks

Man chopping and cleaning fish for customers
Such service is included, no extra charges!

Dunno what fish meat used to make salted fish

-emq-

Mile 4 Market Tau Fu Fa

2010-08-15T21:29:00.006+08:00

Tau Fu Fa is a cantonese name for soybean custard/beancurd/douhua. For all that dont know, it's basically like a soft tofu, usually eaten with either sugar water or soybean. In places like Sichuan they eat it with chili oil and soysauce (don't ask, i have no idea does it how it taste like TT).

In Malaysia itself, it is usually eaten with clear sugar syrup, black sugar syrup or soybean milk. As for Sandakan itself (or at least this store here itself), it is served with or without the clear sugar syrup.

This is the near perfect tau fu fa that you can find in Sandakan Mile 4 market (Pasar Kim Fung). I have been eating it since i was a little kid and it is only after I have been tau fu fa deprived, and tried other tau fu fa that i can finally appreciate how smooth and fresh this tau fu fa really is.

This store also sells other chinese desserts such as..................... (i'll get back to you once i remembered ^^;;)

Tau Fu Fa

This stall is located next to the char siew, and siew yuk in Mile 4 market.
It is kept warm in this huge container and you can either eat it there warm
or dapao it and bring it home and serve it chilled :D
Or, you can dapao it home and serve it with evaporated milk :P

Dapao-ed Tau Fu Fa

Alternatively, you can bring your own container and dapao the Tau Fu Fa
It's healthier because plastic bags aren't that good for storing hot food.

Seriously smooth and slippery Tau Fu Fa

Just as a comparison, have you ever heard of the Funny Mountain Soybean curd that is located in Ipoh?

Funny Mountain
Packed with human beeline all the time and is recognized by the 2 stripy green umbrellas located outside of the shop

Dapao-ed Funny Mountain Tau Fu Fa!
Sorry for the ugly image of it, the car ride was bumpy ^^;;

It is really famous and it got featured in the newspaper but personally after tasting it, I still think that this Sandakan Tau Fu Fa is smoother in comparison. Now don't flame me Ipoh people, I am just stating what my mouth registered :P. Nowww, anyone is welcomed to fly to Sandakan and try this soybean curd and if you still think that the one in Ipoh is smoother offfff course I will let you win hehe

-EMQ-

UFO tarts

2010-07-29T19:37:00.004+08:00

Sandakan speciality:

(UFO from Kelly Bakery)

UFO, or ngau si dui (cow dung cake), or there might be some other names that you call it. We've talked about it here and here. Nothing comprehensive; have yet to really look for it - too busy, or
our timing are always off. There are quite a number of places offering this piece of delicacy. You can mostly find them at old coffee shops which sells breads, cakes and pastry items.

UFO cake/tarts or whatever you describe it is actually a thin piece of cake with some pastry cream on top and topped with meringue ( Egg whites ). The process is not as easy as it seems (or maybe it is) So it is somehow savoury and sweet at the same time. Soft and fluffy sponge cake with smooth pastry cream and light meringue. How great is that. Despite all the things I've said, I am unable to provide all the locations where this little jewel can be found, thus;I shall update on locations of UFO next time, or you can just ask us- we know some of them.

Never did I know that our own Sandakan only pastry managed to make it overseas. Yes, over sea. There is this lady selling UFO tarts in Singapore.For more information, head to her site =)

The Boss Fast Food & Juice House

2010-07-26T23:23:00.005+08:00

I do not intend to criticize but this is by far the worst place I've ever been to for tea. Literally 'tea' as it is usually referred as yum cha by locals and chinese. The Boss Fast Food & Juice House is located at Indah, just behind Hong Leong Bank (the ex- A&W location), opposite Parkwell Supermarket. It is pretty noticeable cause the signboard is black and the text is in red. Striking.

Went there a couple days ago with some friends around 4pm. We do not want to have anything heavy hence plan to order some snacks, but the price for the among is not that worth it, and in the end we ordered the following :

Salted Plum Drink
This is the worst salted plum I've ever drank. I don't know, it seems that this is just a cup of salt water with some ice and the plum we saw is for decoration. Like seriously. My friend did not touch it after the first sip.

Plain Water
Yes, a normal sky juice. I'm not sure of the taste, but the cup is obviously so dirty that your mind would tell you that it is dangerous to drink this. You might not notice it but the bottom and the sides of the cup is dirty and yellow. Too lazy to scrub the cup?

Lime Juice
What can ever go wrong with this simple beverage? Wrong. Despite having so much of it in the glass, I hardly tasted any lime. Okay, it might be exaggerating, there are SOME taste.

French Fries
Believe it or not, this thing cost us RM3. Like seriously, that portion. Hotel rates are not even at that standard whereby this portion charged at the price. The fries are not being fried 'properly' it is soft and not even hot when served. Terrible.

I went to this place before and you can read about it here and it was decent during that time and I am not sure what happened with the kitchen. Staff wise, I do not enjoy their service. Their rice items used to be average. I'm not sure about it now. But if you ask me will I come again? It's obvious.Although I MIGHT, come back to try out their cooked dishes.

Rating.. how to rate?

1 Nation Restaurant Sdn Bhd

2010-07-22T10:27:00.005+08:00

Face it, who doesn't like to indulge with desserts especially after dinner. Desserts are so wonderful where it suits every single age group. And so, we went to this place to try out their ABC.

ABC is Ais Batu Campur or sometimes known as Ais Kacang Which literally means mixed ice. Mixed ice is a simple desserts where the main ingredients are shaved ice,milk (condensed milk), palm sugar(gula melaka), or sometimes syrup. Traditionally, just like the name it is just shaved ice and beans but now,the condiments ranged from various jellies to ice creams, syrups and fruits. Basically it is something that can be mixed with almost anything.

Our destination to try out their ABC

Shaved ice with Fruits
As you can see, there are various types of item in here.
Red bean, corn, longan, papaya, honey dew and water melon
served with condensed milk and strawberry syrup on top while underneath the whole pile of stuff is the palm sugar.
Sweet? It varies as the among of ice is so much, sometimes it is hardly too sweet for anyone. As I said, it depends though.

ABC with Ice cream
Note the huge bowl. It is really so deep and big and to be honest, I did not finish this. It's too much to handle after a great dinner.

As you can see, you can't actually see any fruits. I did not order any fruits in here, hence this is just ABC with jellies and ice cream. Various jellies are found here together with sweet corn and red bean.

Again, I'm sure the size of the ice cream do catch your attention. Yes, instead of 1 scoop which usually most place cater, they serve 2 scoop of ice cream. This is strawberry flavour. However, I don't fancy this ice cream. It's very rough, I can taste the powder in it, very powdery not smooth at all. I hope they can improve over time.

The verdict? Yes, the portion is very big and I bet 1 bowl can be share with 2-3 persons. It's bigger than Restaurant Yum Yum2. Taste wise, I still prefer the latter. It is not to say that this place is bad, it's just that I don't like the ice cream here.

This place don't just serve ABC, they have a lot of choices to choose from, I mean food. 1 Nation Restaurant is located at Prima Jaya, just enter the junction towards Taman Tinosan. It is just located north east (2 o'clock) of Restaurant Yum Yum 2.

I'll rate it 4 over 5.

-Unable to generate a map from google map, Sandakan map is not updated-

-Tsa-

Restaurant Yum Yum 2

2010-07-20T15:16:00.004+08:00

Went to this place before, but just that I kinda like this place. The food is fine and the price is too. This place is forever flooded with people. I sort of blogged about this place before. You can read about it her e.

Yin Yong
Yin Yong is a popular beverage from Hong Kong. It's actually a mixture of coffee and Hong Kong style milk tea. Unfortunately, I have to say this is the worst Yin Yong I've ever tried. No offence, but yeah, it's my opinion. The tea is too thin, milk is too thick. Coffee..where?

Fish Glue Soup

It's the name from the menu. But dear readers, it is actually fish maw. Fish maw or usually known as yue piu in cantonese. Hence this is the famous yue piu kang (Fish maw thick soup)
This restaurant's fish maw soup is nice. I'd say 8 out of 10. Not bad. I kinda like it.

Fish maw is it's actually the air bladder of the fish to keep it's buoyancy. It's from the fish stomach. As you can see, they put generous amount of fish maw and crab meat of course. It's sweet and just right. I compliment their stock on doing this. Worth trying.

Sweet Corn with Crab Meat Soup
I have to say it is not as nice as their fish glue soup. I think Hawaii served sweet corn soup better. The amount of crab meat is there, it's just the sweet corn, does not made the soup sweet as it should be. It tasted kinda artificial.

Green Apple Chicken Rice
If i ever remember the name correctly, that's what it should be. Green apple sauce! hah! Okay, it's the first time I saw it. Taste? Sort of like Thai-style chicken with green colourings. It taste wonderful nonetheless. Worth trying.

Garlic and Shallots Chicken Rice
Again, if my memory serves me right. The garlic and shallots are fragrant. I like it, but I'd prefer it's not that thick. Too thick for my liking. Garlic are fried to crisp.Shallots are saute till it fragrant. Shallots and garlics are best friend in the vegetable world I think.

Yang Chau Styled Fried Rice
I blogged about this earlier, but yeah, I used to enjoy this dish a lot but it's kinda a let down during this time around. It's tasteless. Yes, it's just like fried rice with egg without any seasoning, so to speak. The previous time I visited, this is very appetizing. Oh well, I think it depends on luck? Still, the prawns are still big and fresh and yes the rice is coated with the wok's 'smell'

Conclusion, again, I'd like to come back to this place again. I ordered a Herbal Chicken, but I've blogged about it and it's still the same. Rich in chinese herbs. Very appetizing. I recommend you to try. The chicken is still juicy and full of flavour. Not to mention their Avocado Juice. It's thick and sinful. It's fattening alright.

In my opinion, it's 4.5 out of 5 for this place.

Hawaii Restaurant

2010-07-05T13:21:00.007+08:00

We went for western cuisine during one fine day and we decided to choose to go somewhere which is value for money. Thus, Hawaii Restaurant is our choice. Hawaii Restaurant is located inside City View Hotel at town. Opposite town's Shell petrol station and it is at the same row with Lumen Trading. We had reviewed Hawaii Restaurant before though, you can read about it here.

Hawaii Restaurant offer a variety of food in their menu. Apart from their ala carte menu, they offer Breakfast Set Menu, Lunch Set Menu, Hi-tea Set Menu and their Dinner Set Menu.

Facts :
1) Beef Stroganoff or Beef Stroganov is a Russian dish whereby sauteed pieces of beef served in a sauce with sour cream.
2) Fermented Beancurd or fu-yue is a form of processed preserved tofu. Sometimes people call it as the Chinese Butter.

Sweet corn with Crab meat soup
I never fails to order this every time I come to dine even though the set menu itself comes with soup.

The amount of crab meat they put in is very generous. You can hardly miss seeing any of it in your soup. The sweetcorn itself is very sweet. I like this very much. Please keep in mind to order this in the ala carte menu although sometimes their soup-of-the-day is Sweetcorn with crabmeat soup.

Fried Prawn Fritters
Normal battered fried prawns. The prawn is small. Not that worth it, but just because someone was craving for fried prawns, if not I'd not ordered it.

Beef Stroganoff (Set)
Beef Stroganoff served with buttered rice and vegetables.
I've tried better ones, but this is edible. Nothing that blows my mine here.
It just that I first saw this dish in the Lunch Set Menu. A new item. The sauce is not bad but it could be better. The rice is very fragrant.

Fried fu-yue Chicken Rice
Fried chicken with fu-yue. It is quite dry to me. The fried chicken is not just fried chicken- the way the marinate it is different. You can taste the fu-yue.

Grilled Chicken Chop (Set)
The chicken is grilled with the juice still intake. I enjoy this though. The sauce is just nice for it. Again, there are rooms for improvement.

Grilled Lamb Shoulder (Set)
Who'd missed having lamb shoulder when going out for western cuisine? Their lamb shoulder have nothing to shout out about but they are decent and edible. You hardly ever get their gamey taste and smell here.

Verdict? This place is really a value for money place, for the price of the food and the quality, it seriously worth dropping by. The set lunch we had above is a 4-course meal, consist of Soup of the day with garlic bread, main course, dessert (which we had fruits platter that day), and coffee or tea of your choice. Hi-tea menu is a choice of sandwiches and tea or coffee of your choice.Their set dinner menu is a 5-course meal which include a appetizer.

I used to order their Chinese Wine Meehoon/Rice, but it seems that they does not serve it anymore =(

Overall experience, 3.5 over 5. It could be 4 though.

-Tsa-

Kedai Kopi Yu Heng

2010-07-02T11:39:00.005+08:00

Fact : Coto Makassar is traditional food from South Sulawesi - It is a stew made from the mixture of nuts and spices with beef parts or innards (intestines, tripes, livers, kidneys, lungs) which include beef brain and tongue.

However I never tried a Coto with beef brain and tongue..

Rumor says that the best Coto Makassar is available at the Town area. Hence, we went and tried it out. Kedai Kopi Yu Heng is situated opposite to Cherry Lane Records ( which sells VCD,CD,DVD and etc.) Near to Wisma Sandakan and it is sorta directly 'under' the Town Mosque ( Just because the mosque is sorta uphill)

(Please pardon lack of photography skills and photos are not up to par yet)

Mihun Coto Makassar Special
Consist of everything you can imagine in the stomach of a cow
a.k.a beef innards (intestines, tripes, livers, kidneys, lungs)

The much hype Coto Makassar at this shop is not really what I'd expect, unfortunately, I've tried better before and to be honest, the beef tripes (ngau pak yip) is not really cleaned. Thus, this somehow disgusted me as I personally love beef tripes. Soup wise, it is so-so to me.

Overall it is edible but not really enjoyable as I see things are not being prepared hygienically. My rating? 2 out 5.

-Tsa-

Ultimate Cafe

2010-06-27T23:36:00.010+08:00

Rewritten by yours truly.

Ultimate is located in Mile 4, Indah Jaya, the same row with Equator Coffee, just that it's at the other end. Ultimate Cafe's Restaurant has shrunk, it is pretty small now as to compare it used to be. They serve a variety type of food. They too offer this breakfast set which is only RM4++. Pretty cheap!

We went there for lunch so...

Ice Lemon Tea
Normal Season pre-mixed ice lemon tea.

Coffee(set)
Coffee or Tea from the Lunch Set Menu

Claypot Chicken Rice
The picture which always claimed to be for illustration purpose is really FAAAAR from the same from what the served here. Taste wise, it's pretty normal, edible, salted fish is there but is far from great. I'd rate it 2 out of 5.

Cream of Chicken(set)

It's very... powdery. The powder have yet to be dissolved.
2 out of 5 I guess.

Spaghetti Carbonara
It is too watery, and too much of parmesan cheese. Too much of something is actually bad. Hence, it sorta taste like vomit though. From Emq's point of view
"Don't go for it"

Lamb Shoulder (set)
So-so, nothing much to talk about. I somehow like the sauce. It's not bad actually.
Portion wise, I'd recommend you to go to Hawaii Restaurant though.

Drunken Chicken Soup
Chicken soup boiled with chinese wine. I personally like chinese wise infused dish. Hence I like this alot. It's kinda sweet as normally it would be a bit bitter. This is the best amongst the dishes we ordered that day tho. The chicken is very smooth too!

I'd recommend you to try this though.

Dessert(set)
Strawberry Ice cream for the Set Lunch Menu.
Just a normal 1 scoop ice cream. I think it would be Nestle.\

Overall, I sort of enjoy having lunch there as the ambiance and most importantly it is air-conditioned! For the crazy weather nowadays, it's a life saver!

-Tsa-

Nam Chai Bak Kut Teh

2010-06-23T11:06:00.006+08:00

Bak Kut Teh! Yes, Sandakan is famous for it's Bak Kut Teh because tasted different from what you've had in West Malaysia. In the west, the soup are herbal-like-taste while here it is black pepper-y taste. If you request for the spicy version of this dish, it's just the black pepper in the soup increased, hence the spiciness you tasted are solely from the peppers.

There are a lot of Bak Kut Teh shops in Sandakan, everyone have their own preference, however I personally prefer Nam Chai Bak Kut Teh situated at Bandar Nam Tung. It is a corner shop, the same shop lot with the previous post's shop, Lau Tong.

Prawn Bak Kut Teh
BIG succulent prawns! They are fresh and juicy and aa~
Just imagine fresh seafood cooked to perfection.
The soup for this have more ginger and scallions to remove the fishy smell.

Pork Bak Kut Teh
They have ribs, half-fat meat and meat only ( sau yuk)to choose from. Or you can mix them up.
The pic above is a mix of pork ribs and half-fat meat.

Spinach Bak Kut Teh
Bak Kut Teh doesn't have to be all meat.

Just nice for 3 person.

Why I like Nam Chai? Because of this!

BIG

PRAWNS!

Bak Kut Teh here are mainly served with rice.

-Tsa-

New location

2010-06-19T22:44:00.006+08:00

Sya Ting Fong's sole 'stall' where everybody patrons now have their own shop! They moved their stall to a shop! Good progress eh? Sya Ting Fong is the shop where he used to operate his stall. He now have a shop which named after his stall (or him..)

The new shop's location? It is just NEXT to Sya Ting Fong, the old stall's shop. Located at Bandar Nam Tung, next to 1 of Sandakan's old cinema. Info about food from this stall/ shop can be traced back here and here.

-Tsa-

Tasty Delights

2010-06-19T21:33:00.002+08:00

Located in Mile 7 Taman Tyng near the Pei Dan Gau shop............ Truth is, we wanted to eat at the Pei Dan Gao shop but it wasn't open so we ending up picking this shop :

(Pic taken on different days)

Clockwise from below : Siu Mai, Pei Dan Siu Mai, Beef Balls, Pai Guat, Ham Dan Siu Mai
Comments? Siu Mai is ok ok, Beef Balls have no beef taste unfortunately. Other than that, we enjoyed the Pei Dan, Ham Dan Siu Mai and the Pai Guat....(yeaa esp the Pei Dan :p)

Kon Lo Mee with Pork Balls, Wantan, and Za Yuk

Kon Lo Mee with just Pork Balls

Char Siew Kon Lo Mee

I've eaten better Kon Lo Mees elsewhere but this is not too bad, at least it has the basic Sandakan Kon Lo Mee taste and I really missed Kon Lo Mee aloooot while i was away form Sandakan! However ..ingredients wise can be improved. Conclusion? the Dim Sums saved the day! :pppp

-EMQ-

Yum Yum 2 a.k.a Tsim Sha Tsui

2010-06-17T23:57:00.007+08:00

New restaurant at the new town, Prima Jaya located just opposite to Indah Jaya, in front of Taman Tinosan, next to Yu Yuan Secondary School. Need more instructions? To be precise, this restaurant is located just at the 'main road' to enter Prima Jaya. Just turning into Jalan Tinosan, and turn right into the shop lots. You can see Yum Yum a.k.a Tsim Sha Tsui on your right.

They serve mainly chinese food, but you can find simple steaks to burgers here. Not anything elaborated. Their price are decent, in my opinion, the food here worth the price.

Avocado Juice
Thick and rich.nuff' said
The only complains I have is that, it's not chilled enough!

Apple Juice

Yong Zhau-styled Fried Rice
Notice the big prawns? I love this fried rice, it is flavoursome as the wok used is hot enough, hence producing enough 'wok hei' - hot enough

Herbal Chicken
A very appetizing chinese herbs marinated chicken. Indeed very delicious, yet a simple dish, just nice to have it with a bowl of white rice or just to have it as a soup.

Chinese-styled Chicken Chop Rice
Savoury fried chicken with rice. I'm not in the mood for fried items at the moment. Thus, I can't say that I enjoy this very much. However, I do love the amount of onions on this dish =p

(Forgot name)
Normal, decent dish.

One of the big prawns in the fried rice earlier. It's fresh and juicy!

ABC with Ice-cream
Life saver during the weather like this!

Everyone, almost every table there orders ABC (Ais Batu Campur) a.k.a shaved ice at the shop and so I ordered one of the 6 shaved ice item on the menu. This Ice-cream ABC is only RM4.50 and the amount can be shared with 2 other people! It's cheap and taste great! Seriously, I personally enjoy this.

Unfortunately, the restaurant close at 9.30pm, hence can't be going there for supper tho.

-Tsa-

Cool City

2009-12-13T21:49:00.004+08:00

Cool City (previously Cool) in Bandar Kim Fung Mile4 front row..impossible to not spot it
I'm not going to post pictures of the drinks (Pearl Tea etc etc), assuming that everyone already knew about it..but anyways..i personally prefer QQIce's pearl tea hehehe

I like the Polo Bun there but unfortunately I don't have a picture of it atm..

Tau Sar Peng (Dorayaki)

I've eaten the real dorayaki from Japan before, and I can say that this is as close as 75% - taste wise, maybe not the bun texture but I'm fine with it hehh

Wing Hup Lee

2009-11-08T06:52:00.010+08:00

Located in Mile 5 (well, i actually don't really know how to describe the directions but it is located among the first row of shops if you are driving to Taman Sibuga via the road from St. Monica Primary School)

^ I see egg tarts (their signature food)

But anyways, I also heard that it is famous for Har Mee (Prawn Mee) and that it is kinda thick/strong.. but unfortunately I only get to eat this the 3rd time I visited the shop because they only sell it on Sundays :( ..idk if they changed it to daily serving tho ~ let's hope so ^^

Har Mee

Unfortunately before I get to lay my ~~hands~~ chopsticks on it my friend was emphasizing about the thickness so I kinda put too high of an expectation on it..well, not as thick as what she described but actually it is not bad at all (and not spicy/hot/pedas for my standard which is like...not high, lol!)

But my previously failed plans to eat Har Mee allowed me to tried their Laksa which is not bad at all too!

Laksa

At least it is hotter/spicier than Har Mee

Signature Egg Tart:

We waited long enough for these because they were so so busy baking the first hundred egg tarts which are not for sale, they were prebooked TT

Anyways, I personally prefer Chung Ming Hing's ..This one is kinda thin crusted- really thin
but that's just me ^^;; hee

Familiar site?

-EMQ-

Novelty Cream Tarts

2009-10-27T19:05:00.004+08:00

Just a short post =p

Various topping of cream tarts (?)

Tea time? Or just itching for something that is bite-sized and taste nice (?) Gotta try these cute bite-size cream tarts (?) from Novelty. Not sure if all branches have it or not. I kinda got these from the Mile 4 branch. For those who do not know where does this branch located, it is just at the other side of Tai Chung Supermarket. The mile 4 market is just in front of it, just across the road.

Basically I've forgotten the name of the pastry here, just assume it's called as cream tart @@ (to be updated with the correct name) Not everybody like cream, but this is kinda different from the normal creams you've tried out there. It's not buttercream for sure. Give it a try =P

-Tsa-

Kedai Kopi Mee Ngar

2009-10-14T17:00:00.006+08:00

Breakfast anyone?

Half-boiled eggs with soya sauce and pepper

There are too many shops with this name in Sandakan, this shop is located in town. In front of the town field, in between D'image and another branch of Kedai RM2, which formerly is Rex Cinema. Not detailed enough about the location? Since the town area is often a confusion for most people. If you are driving all the way down from Jalan Utara, then follow the main road all the way down until you reach the traffic lights in front of the 'fountain'. It's just at the row in front of you then. More direction needed? Just ask us then =p

Toast with kaya and butter

The typical toast that you can find in Sandakan I guess. Some might not be familliar with this 'kind' of toast, as most of the place offer toasts which the bread is so thick. This is a thin slice of toast. It's not stingy, it's the default size of the original pre-prepared bread. I prefer this way because the bread will be crispy and crunchy as it is thinner. Personal perference here.

Mix everything up - and you get a hearty (?) meal minus the unsightly image of it =p

Dip the crispy toast together. Then you'll be having a nice breakfast altogether. Yes,a very simple meal that you can do it at home. But the kaya used in this shop is homemade. Now that's a lil' different.. no?

-Tsa-

Imperial Bayview Restaurant (Dim Sum)

2009-10-04T18:09:00.008+08:00

Located in town smacked right above the aromatic fish market, is the Halal Dim Sum restaurant..Halal by means, no pork-ish dim sum..just chicken and lots of fresh prawns as compensation..

Fish Market, here you can see all the behind-the-scene work while you eat

And also the beautiful sea(?) but no worries, there is no fishy smell in the restaurant itself

THE Dim Sum - Siew Mai

Just chicken and prawn but it's fine

Steamed Seafood Dumpling

Har Gao

The prawns..indeed very fresh tho

Steamed Spinach Dumpling

This is nice too, at least it is not all prawns

But at this point I am already sick of all the prawns ^^;;

Stir Fried Carrot Cake

Not too bad for restaurant's standard but still far away from the one in Mile4 Market

Chicken 'Char Siew' Cheong Fen

The lady asked what kind of filling do I want, honestly I nearly blurted out Char Siew ^^;;
And honestly without pork char siew this is just wrong to me..Didn't like this at all..

Chicken Ham Sui Kok

Not a big fan of it

Deep Fried Prawn Dumpling

This I like..

Chicken Wu Kok

This is also very wrong without Char Siew

And look at all of them, without pork they all just look and taste pale..
The only-prawn dishes are not bad tho, but I can get sick of prawns pretty fast so....
Sigh~

I'd rather go Sandakan Hotel in this case

-EMQ-

Hakka Restaurant

2009-09-21T08:28:00.005+08:00

Idk..I call it the Indah Hakka restaurant so I never bothered to notice the correct name of the shop hehe, it's understandable rightttt...

Anyways it's located in Mile 4 Indah right beside Jesselton Coffee

Since I myself am have very shallow knowledge of Hakka food (besides Cao Yuk) I didn't really know what to order, and which of them are really Hakka food or normal Canton food..

Cheese Fried Wantan - Not exactly Hakka food but.....
I taste the cheese strongly but I cant see it?

And no the cheese taste didn't come from the mayo dipping! - tried and tested

Hakka Fried Tai Fun (This I am sure is Hakka food ;))

It's like a salted vege+tomato+pineapple-fied version (LOL I am making my own adjectives) of Wet Fried Tai Fun..in short- a little more sour but this is kinda tasteless at that time so had to just add a little bit of soy sauce

Black Pepper Fried Meehoon

Not exactly Hakka food but...yea...^^;;

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Fail! Ok I will revisit this restaurant again I promise............but next year ;P

-EMQ-

Cafeteria Guan Huat

2009-09-13T14:29:00.008+08:00

Used to be a stall at Town Market (Pasar) 2nd floor but they've moved to a new location. It is at mile 5, Taman Tshun Ngen entrance. Just next to Annie's Baking Studio, opposite the petrol station, in front of the huge..mansion..? (You will get the idea when you reached there)

I think they are famous with their ngau lam tai fun? They offer zha yuk also. I like their kon lou ngau lam zha yuk mee hoon. The sauce is somehow special? I just like it. Kinda bias here.

Kon Lou Ngau Lam Mee Hoon

Their mee hoon is not like those very thin mee hoon usually eaten? It's thicker.

Can someone tell me what is this thing in english? I think it's ngau pak yip in cantonese tho.

Zha Yuk

I like their sauce for the mee. I know they use star anise for it. Ok la, in general I like this kon lou ngau lam zha yuk . I think this shop do offer some other items. Not sure =p

-Tsa-

Nam Chuan Chicken Rice

2009-09-12T05:17:00.007+08:00

Been too long since I updated ^^;;

It's located at the far corner of town on the first row of shops opposite the road from Santos Supermarket (thanks Alice for the name of the shop ;))

The place is quite famous so you might not be able to eat it after 12-1pm and you might also need to 'dap toi' (share table) with someone else..

Yellow rice

Chicken

Fish (because Sandakan loves fish)

~~Good news, there is a branch shop in Mile 4..location wise; a little hard to explain but it is somewhere along the double-shop-row after Tai Chung..i think TT~~
Apparently it's a completely different shop with similar names ><

-EMQ-

FHM 2009

2009-08-14T12:29:00.004+08:00

Ahem, an out of topic post...

Anyone who is in KL is reading this, and I hope it's not too late (but I think it's abit too late)
DO attend the FHM event at KLCC. RM8 admission and you'll have 6 HALLS of exhibition to see. All related to things that you can put into your mouth.

There are competitions and so on going on, which includes, pastries, sugar works, chocolate, breads, ice carving, pumpkin carving, and blabla..

Those are interested in buying high quality kitchen stuff are encouraged to go, DISCOUNTS are crazy! It's like a PC fair for culinary people. Do drop by if you have time =p

KLCC
11-14 August 2009
RM8
10am-5pm

Pictures? I have a ton in my FB account, which I dint even actually upload all. Too many things to take pictures at @@ Might upload some for you guys to .. awe at.. sometime soon? =p

Teaser Pics

-TSA-

Tanah Merah (Sek Chui) Pasar Za Yuk Dai Fun

2009-08-13T18:58:00.006+08:00

Seems like my Za Yuk Dai Fun little adventure is not over....yet

In contrary to the Dai Fun in Town Market..this one is..slim but thick......(you get my point right? ^^;)

Kon Lo Za Yuk Dai Fun - Oily but nice...(unhealthy stuff are always nice so don't complain ;P)

Soup Za Yuk Dai Fun - The soup is not bad

Like what everyone said it finishes quite early, not available for lunch or brunch..so wake up early~

-EMQ-

Seoul Garden

2009-08-11T03:08:00.001+08:00

Who would have thought that we have our own Korean Restaurant in Sandakan
It's quite hidden though..located next to the one and only standing cinema in Sandakan, same row with Hsiang Garden Restaurant/Hotel

^ Blurry picture..will try to take a better one next time x.x

As usual, koreans eat their food and rice with lots of side dishes
so no matter what dish you order you can still try their famous kimchi yay~

Clockwise: mini korean pancake, some sour pickled radish, bayam, kimchi, mini kimchi pancake, taugeh, ikan bilis, shrimps with long beans

Out of those 6 I really like both pancakes and the ikan bilis,

Kimchi 김치 - It's like the korean version of japanese wasabi- not the taste but in the sense that some people may not like it, but those who like it will love it..

It's definitely hot!

Mini kimchi pancake 김치전

One piece of an advice, these side dishes comes first so don't be greedy and eat ALL and get full before your main dishes come!

Fried korean noodles with vege and meat 잡채 - If you like sesame oil you will loove it

Korea pancake 파전 - very vege, it has carrot, chilli, spring onion, shrimps, etc~
If you didn't order it you can still try it as a side dish but the mini vers. is not as nice as this

HUGE...don't even attempt eating all unless you have 3-4 people (especially after eating all those side dishes x.x)

See...can't finish them

*EDITED with new ones*

Kimchi Pancake 김치전 - also as HUGE

If you can't finish this, dapao and eat it with instant noodles..yumm~

Marinated barbecued beef 불고기 - Usually you get to barbecue it yourself on the table but here they serve it readily barbecued for you..

I like it..it has that nice charcoal fragrant you experience while eating satay

Fried sotong... Not bad

And free watermelon~

Overall kinda worthy and VERY filling (the pancake is very very filling)
If you don't know what to order these few are what i would recommend, ~~plus some other dishes that i will update next time~~

Come to think of it, korean food is very vege

Ps: the cook is a korean ^^

-EMQ-

Syn Lok Bak Kut Teh

2009-08-07T16:11:00.008+08:00

I've been too lazy and unmotivated to re-post this up but I saw the comment about bak kut teh so here I am TT

Just in case you don't know, Sandakan Bak Kut Teh is one unique Bak Kut Teh being pepper based instead of the ~~normal unstimulating and no-omph~~ chinese herb based Bak Kut Teh that can be found in any part of Malaysia......Personally, I prefer our Sandakan Bak Kut Teh - Siong Hei Si (please correct me if I got the location name wrong..I always get it confused with Nam Tung Si) WRONG! - It's in Nam Tung Si ^^;; thanks

Alternatively you may eat at the Mile 4 Indah if you stay nearer to there

This....is a MUST to eat Bak Kut Teh (at least for me!)

Spinach

Pork Mix - Some of you may not like it but it's recommended ^^ , you'll never know unless you try..be adventurous!

Forgot the name TT

Pork Balls/ Ju Yuk Yuen - RECOMMENDED

Pork Ribs

-EMQ-

Town Pasar Duck (Siu Ap)

2009-08-01T13:39:00.007+08:00

Keluar-tajuk note: Finally Sandakan can enjoy internet connection again after days. Telecom can now increase their number of fire extinguishers just in case things happen again ^^;;

Kinda famous in Sandakan and located just opposite of the Pasar Za Yuk Tai Fun stall
(perfect for 2nd round of yumcha right after the Za Yuk Tai Fun if you are..ganas)

They say that good things finish really fast;- This stall don't even need to work at 11am onwards because they ran out of stuff to sell ...same goes to any other famous pasar food

Siu Ap Kon Lo Mee

Siu Yuk, Siu Ap Kon Lo Mee

The Siu Ap is really worth trying..Can't believe I've been eating this since I was young

-EMQ-

G-Burger

2009-07-26T21:32:00.004+08:00

Located in Mile 4 Outside of Indah Jaya Happy Mart lies the famous non halal PORK burger

They have Original, Cheese, Satay, Double Decker, etc....

Cheese burger, tho you can't really see the cheese, it was under the meat

Worth trying i guess, how often do you come across pork (CHU)G-burger sold openly in Malaysia!?

The only problem is that we didn't have a chair to sit down and enjoy this TT

-EMQ-

Sandakan Curry House

2009-07-19T23:32:00.006+08:00

Located in Mile 4 Indah..just...drive around and find it yourself ^^;;

Teh Tarik Ping..I like my ping, it was a HOT day

Roti Canai

Or if you want an extra kick or aroma ~~and fat~~ get Roti Planta!

Opt for Roti Pisang if you want something sweet

This is really nice~~

Roti Tisu..I love the Tisu here the best of ALLLLL places, it's crunchy and you can eat it like a snack

I can only eat this much Roti but there are ALOT of Roti types available too

Besides Roti, their other dishes are also delicious

Something you can eat with your Roti - Curry Fish

You may even choose any curry displayed on the ..display thingy (idk what you call it!)

Nasi Goreng Kampung (This is the not-so-hot version I requested)

Raisin Rice with Curry Chicken and ~~Tepe(?not too sure about the name)~~ Tempeh

A closer look at the Tempeh (compressed and fermented soy beans)>>thanks to chongerin for the info!

^ These are actually ordered from the display thingy I was talking about too

-EMQ-

Sim Sim Pei Dan Gau

2009-07-16T23:46:00.003+08:00

Another MUST eat in Sandakan..if anyone ask you what is famous in Sandakan just tell him/her that this is one of those few famous food..

Located (obviously) in Sim Sim 7th bridge(?)...not too sure or was it 8th ^^;;
But don't get lost because it is not really an obvious restaurant, it's like a house..if you know how to read chinese then that will not be a problem!

^Memorize this sign board just in case you are afraid of getting lost

Just in case you may not like it you can order mixed bowl and try

If you think you will like it you can order a normal Pei Dan Gau Mee with only 2 pieces of Gau

If you REALLY like it you can just order only them XD

99% of them are wrapped up perfectly, with the Pei Dan spanning the whole length of the Gau

^Just like this..love it!

An inside look at the Gau..no matter how many bites you take you can still see the Pei Dan

It's so famous that I even saw it on the menu in a shop in City Mall, Kota Kinabalu..

Franchise? ~~Cetak Rompak?!~~ IDK!!someone please try it and let me know!
But it sure is a little more expensive compared to Sandakan

Ps; Pei Dan=Century Egg
Pss; You can pre-order them uncooked and export it ;D

-EMQ-

Ang Ban Guan

2009-07-09T00:31:00.005+08:00

Located along Sim Sim Highway, along the sea lies a shop so insignificant that you prolly won't take much notice while driving......or maybe i was being too blind myself to notice it all along TT

Crab meat fried rice, not too bad

Lettuce

"Jiu Pai" Tofu

To be honest i don't really fancy it, it only has carrots.....i think

Custard Prawn - LITERALLY custard-ish, sweet-ish,
really taste like those custard puff custards if you know what i mean..I don't fancy this type of custard prawn either but maybe you do?hehe..just give it a try TT

Steamed Fish - To be honest it was really salty TT..either they accidentally threw a whole bottle of kicap into it or..it was meant to be this salty

...so salty that his pair of eyes even popped out *o*

But you can always ignore the sauce and just eat the meat, the meat is not salty! ^^;

And finally, the best dish that saved the whole meal - Sa Bak

I've heard people who like this restaurant and people who don't so why don't you become your own judge and try it yourself~ ^^

-EMQ-

Kedai Kopi Fui Chew

2009-06-28T14:04:00.003+08:00

Another shop with a really long history (but not as long as town market za yuk?idk)

It's located somewhere before the cinema? On the road opposite of that building that used to be a supermarket?hmm...forget it, to be honest i don't know how to describe its location and i am lacking some imagination at the moment so forgive me! ^^;;

Anyways, it is famous for its za yuk dai fen also - a VERY generous amount of za yuk

You can choose to have extra za yuk where the za yuk can even cover your bowl of dai fen

But i suggest that normal amount of za yuk is enough because it is really alot!!
This is nice too but I think I prefer the one in town market,..

Mee...but to be honest the dai fen here is nicer eventhough I am a mee lover

-EMQ-

Veda Blu

2009-06-17T14:06:00.002+08:00

A relatively new cafe in Sandakan located in Mile7 Bandar Utama/Giant area
Easy to find parking because that area is still new and empty

Veda Blu (I assume it's an Italian branch) serves ice cream made with Italian recipe but before you jump in excitement the ice cream is not actually made and delivered from Italy, it is made in KK, Sabah

I was surprised to see it EMPTY that day i went there, maybe because it was a weekday

But empty is good, i can have the whole 1st floor all to myself

I like the design, the colours are soft to my eyes and i can also enjoy the view outside (if you enjoy seeing jalan raya and giant hypermarket)

Mango yoghurt smoothies - very mango, yoghurt?...not really

Ice cream cake (I forgot the name TT) - pretty normal

Ps - If you order ice cream or ice cream cake i suggest that you don't sit near the window, it melts even before you get to finish it

I didn't have enough $$ or space for ice cream so I'll try and re-edit my post next time!
So for now, I have no comment on it because the main dessert there is the ice cream and I haven't tried it once but for now my only comment is that the cake is expensive and the ice cream is expensive TT, whether it is worth the $$ or not I will decide on it later

-EMQ-

Bandar Za Yuk KuehTeow

2009-06-13T00:14:00.003+08:00

One of the representatives of Sandakan Food - Located at 3rd floor Sandakan Market

Since 1940 - Yes they serve daily homemade kueh teow and if you do not know this or haven't tried this then don't even call yourself a Sandakanian

Recognize the origin of these bottles? If you cook alot you will :)

And of course their Kon Lo Kueh Teow Za Yuk

Alternatively Kueh Teow Soup Za Yuk - the soup is really nice, it's not those typical Ajinomoto or kicap soup, it really does have a home soup feel..idk..

But actually the Kon Lo sauce is made from the soup itself but just slightly different taste?

Or if you are a mee lover you can have mee but i'd advice you to try the kueh teow, even i did and as a mee lover myself i will order kueh teow again if i were to eat there again

Bowl cleaned!

It's cheap too~ and reallly clean..

-EMQ-

Restaurant New Century

2009-06-10T11:53:00.003+08:00

Located in Taman Grandview

Tofu - Not your ordinary supermarket tofu, i believe this is homemade

Nice!I like it but i wish that it has a little bit more taste

Vege...

Spinach with Fried Century Egg Soup - Recommended!

This is another great way of eating century egg besides having it with porridge

Not recommended for people who dislike this egg

Fried Pork Leg/Knee (idk) - Recommended!

Definitely nicely done and marinated

Knee/Leg doesn't mean it has no meat, it is full of meat

~~and fat?~~ i believe they are tendons actually, most of the fat would have melted away after such frying

ps- I don't think you need to use the sauce for it, it is already nice enough to eat it just like this

And so, your dog at home will be a happy dog~

The bonus part of eating there is their dessert: nothing much but better than nothing

And one more thing i would like to recommend is "Hung Siu Yin Tei" (Pork Leg stew?) but this you have to pre-order a few days before and MAKE SURE you will be there to get it..it will be such a waste of time, energy and good food if you don't

This is it...but dapao-ed - lacked the appearance but it is reallly nice, the meat melts in your mouth~

-EMQ-

Novelty

2009-06-08T12:46:00.006+08:00

Easily spotted Novelty in Mile 4 Bandar Kim Fung..

Not only it serves a vaaaaariety of bread, cakes and pastries it also has a 'mini' air conditioned restaurant inside it with wi-fi perfect for people who cannot stand the incredibly hot hot HOT, weather in Sandakan..

Anyways.. I actually posted about Novelty last year but i wasn't satisfied with my hp taken pictures so I am back to edit-

Mayo Chicken Rice (sadly this is my old hp taken picture)

But old pictures are sometimes treasures eventhough they are not really nicely taken..
It lets you see the changes that happened over the year:

Cheese Baked Rice
Last Year: Mangkuk Kayu

This Year: Mangkuk Kaca

I am not a HUGE fan of it because it has corn..Not their fault, mine..
I don't like corn in my rice ;_;

Chicken Chop Rice (Corn in rice..again ;_;)

But actually it is a rather small bowl - not a typical cheap Sandakan food but despite being small it will surely make you 70% full(healthy) and not fatandbloated-full(not healthy)

orange's addition
novelty is one of the bakeries that comes out with the most choices of pastry. you can find almost any flavoured mooncakes here especially near mooncake festival. other than that, their bread and cakes are quite popular too among sandakanians~ this is a halal restaurant. and serve dim sum througout of the day. this is also quite a popular place for students & working people to eat their lunch.
tips of the day. if things didn't change, daily freshbread is arrives from their factory in the evening at about 4. get your breads by then =).

-EMQ-

Sandakan Hotel Dim Sum

2009-06-04T16:57:00.003+08:00

I guess everyone in Sandakan knows this place;
Located next to Wisma Sandakan in town~

Palm Garden (1st floor)

My favourite dim sum - Cheong Fen (not Chu Cheong Fen or Fen Cheong-one is another type of food & one is for scolding people so pleeeease don't get confused!)

The Char Siew portions are getting less and less over the years

Fried Lobak Kou

Too Oily

Wu Kok (Yam with Char Siew Stuffing)

Taste is ok but it is getting smaller every year

Siew Mai

Seaweed "Siew Mai"

Pai Guat

Yu Chi Gau (Shark's Fin) - I didn't mean to kill sharks so don't follow my footsteps, it's not really nice anyways ^^;;

Pei Dan Sau Yuk Chuk

I can't remember chewing any sau yuk tho

Char Siew Pau

Palm Garden - used to be good but now it only gets worse over the years
but i wonder why i still eat there..Anyone knows a better proper dim sum restaurant in Sandakan?

-EMQ-

Penang Food Centre

2009-06-02T17:51:00.002+08:00

Tried and tested due to popular demand..
Located in...Bandar Ramai Ramai (?-i stayed so long in sdk but still gets confused with Malay & Cantonese names of places -_-;;)

Penang Food Centre

Sap Chau Mee (Wet Fried Mee) with seafood - taste like normal but nice kind of normal

wooo~

Ikan Bakar - A must if you eat at this shop?...yes yes..besides you will be attracted to order it when you smell it from your seat

woo~ It's the dry type of Ikan Bakar, if it is wet i shall eat it with one big bowl of rice

My favourite...!!! Sotong Goreng..I love love lovethe curry powder they put in <33 onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_v-j2JiHZwpw/SiFWOaQg3OI/AAAAAAAAAPw/YNoNyamw9QM/s1600-h/IMG_2377.jpg">

San Mei

2009-05-31T00:04:00.005+08:00

Located right in front of Shamrock Restaurant in Bandar Indah Mile 4

San Mei~

Ngau Chap Mihun

Chu Chap Mee but this Mee soup is abit more special; Hak Jiu (Black Pepper) Soup which really really taste like Bak Kut Teh (sandakan style bak kut teh of course) - and dont worry you can choose to eat the soup with other stuff instead of Chu Chap :P Nice~!

Heart of the Chu~

Minced Meat Mihun Soup

Overall they have verrry generous portions of 'Liu' <333 and i don't know if you notice this but they all use stainless steel bowls! cute eh..

-EMQ-

Siang Siang Restaurant

2009-05-27T01:43:00.007+08:00

Located next to Yu Yuan Secondary School (Mile 4)
Famous for? .....Their bread (?)

Lemon Ping -only available in Sabah (?)

Lemon Teh Ping..so much lemon today ^^;;

They have lots of bread, char siew bread, some other bread..
This is Luncheon Meat plus Egg Bread

^ But....the Luncheon meat only appears at the last 3 bites ;_;
The bread is nice tho~

Ngau Chap Mee

It's really rich in yummy Intestines (?)...I have NO idea what is it called but for you all science students, it has lots of villi and microvilli..The beef tendon MELTS in your mouth woo~ (tho i actually prefer it to be a little more chewable)
and too bad there are no beef ball otherwise there will be one big happy beefy family in that bowl

Anddd~ it comes in a kon lou version too..the mee not the beef!

Anddd~ if you are lucky you may find an Ikea item in your bowl of Ngau Chap

LOL don't you they look like long lost brothers?

-EMQ-

We're (I'm) Back

2009-05-26T21:24:00.006+08:00

I was very lazy...VERY lazy the past few days because it was so hot and humid, i can faint if i stand under the sun for 3mins..urgh..and the wonderful streamyx is not helping me cure my laziness at all~

Anyways i wasn't lazy to the max..i really did my research on sandakan food these few days (in another words-eating) but this time i have to watch my weight because......just because ;_;

BUT..allow me to continue being lazy because i will go off topic for a while just to write about something i came across today because i am a proud Sandakan-ian

I'm sure some of you know who this is.. Someone told me about Sandakan being blogged about so i was REALLY curious..

I've seen the comments and they aren't really that good..some are being defensive some are being mean towards the defensive people and some are being...plain mean..
(freedom of speech is interesting)
As for me, I was LOL-ing because of the things he said that are SO sandakan and are only found in sandakan..

Environment friendly aircon-less airport, only in Sandakan

Again, aircon-less airport that looks like an open church, only in Sandakan

Small town with more than 10 interesting roundabouts, only in Sandakan
(FYI, Mr. Croc is pointing towards the crocodile farm)

1970s building stronger and more tahan lasak than any other buildings, only in Sandakan

And no~ we are not stuck in the 70s, we're just being conservative towards all the historical buildings (LOL, excuses)... In fact one of my friend stays in a 70s building

But there are still 17843920125 things that he hasn't found out about Sandakan yet but i don't really blame him, you have to stay here to find out...
It's not surprising anymore that people think Sandakan is still using boat to go to papan school and have KFCs on top of trees but some tend to expect too much from Sandakan especially since KK has gone through major modernization these few years but tbh Sandakan is still very Sandakan and i like how it doesn't change that much;
1. I like how i don't need to worry about traffic jam that much
2. I like how i don't need to worry about numerous motorbikes when driving
3. I like how i can fill my stomach eventhough I forgot to bring wallet and only have rm5
4. I like how i can go pluck coconut or avocados and drink/eat it fresh myself
5. I like how Sandakan has more Oxygen than KL, the air is so much easier to breathe in
6. I like how i can speak pure Cantonese here without all the "lui" and "kok"
7. I like how MPS can be renamed as MahathirPungutSampah :x
8. I like how only we use "BAH"
9. I like how only we call Ninja King Ninja King instead of Land Cruiser(?)
10. I like how Sandakan has Lemon Ping, Best rm1.50 TehC Ping, Best rm2.50 Pearl Tea
11. I like how we can bump into 5 friends and relatives in a day out
12. I like how news can travel SO FAST in Sandakan because everyone knows everyone
13. I like how all the pendatang asing efficiently build 10 rumah papans a day even after massive evacuation in BDC
14. I like how all our taxes and government profits are used for development in Semenanjung
15. I like how i can get bitten by 7 aedes mosquitos a day and not get denggi
16. I like how Sandakan always have blackouts and have no water

In conclusion, I always find it amusing that people think Sandakan still ride boats but i don't really care if they know about Sandakan or not because i only care about how i can still enjoy my 'ulu' Sandakan.. a~

Sandakan-ians who are not proud of their own hometown are worse than other people who doesn't know Sandakan

To wrap up this post ...

LOL..ilu sandakanians <33333
^and actually....this is the main point of this post ^^;;

cr: kennysia.com

-EMQ-

Mei Ngar (Mile 4)

2009-01-01T00:50:00.003+08:00

Everyone in Sandakan knows that there are so many Mei Ngar in Sandakan (Even i got confused sometimes which is which)

THIS Mei Ngar is the one in Mile 4 Bandar Kim Fung
Rumored to have really delicious Har Mee aka Prawn Mee so i went on and try it

HAR MEE (omg i so so so miss it now! *drools*)

It is nice, love the eggs on top (i love eggs)..
Sya Ting Fong's Har Mee left a greater impression on me tho (maybe because i ate there a few times and only once here) but nevertheless both are good Har Mee..

For those who doesnt like Har Mee,
you can opt for others like Ham Choi Mee (Salted Vege Mee)

Not bad also if i am not mistaken..Only tasted 1 or 2 bites so cant really remember the taste ^^;;
But my friend liked it so i guess it is nice!

Overall, not a shop that i will only want to eat and try once but i will come back again (for their Har Mee of course hehe)

Sya Ting Fong #2

2008-11-05T00:53:00.001+08:00

This is the continuation post about Sya Ting Fong which is located further down Town in Bandar Ramai Ramai..(Please refer to old posts about Sya Ting Fong)

This is one of the shops that you will want to go there again and again after eating there the first time. The food is so far amazing and not so expensive (tho it is a little far)

Kon Lou Mee with variety of stuff you can choose yourself to be added into the soup
Let's see here we have Tou Fu Pok, Pork, Fried Pork Skin with Fishball etc etc

If you are big fan of kon lou mee i suggest you to eat
the kon lou mee in Kedai Kopi Istimewa which is much nicer in texture and taste eventho the serving is not as generous as this hehe

Har Mee (Prawn Mee) however is delicious..and it is one of the main attractions in this shop

As you can see, this Har Mee is not as oily as the rest of the Har Mee i have tried elsewhere
but i havent eaten Har Mee from some of the well known shops so i still cant comment if this is the best Har Mee in Sandakan BUT...i really like this Har Mee, and it shall become my 'usual dish' whenever i come and eat here XDDDD

Dang, i am addicted to Har Mee now...Look at the prawns..TT

-EMQ-

Kedai Kopi Shamrock

2008-10-28T00:41:00.001+08:00

Located in Indah Mile 4
Kinda easy to find but kinda easy to pass it without noticing it too~

Tho i will have to say that their drinks are a litttttle different from most shops

Guess what is this....Cane water (Air Tebu)

Apparently they added some extra herbal stuff so the colour is a bit different from what you see in normal Air Tebu ...i still prefer the original Air Tebu but hey it's something new!

Kit Chai Ping

Honestly i was shocked to see this colour because...just because!
It's not the normal Kit Chai Ping i used to drink..and for a second i thought i ordered the wrong thing...and it's sour..not my favourite..hmm..maybe for sour loving people

Ngau Lam Mihun...

Minced Meat Mee Soup

Try the food, drinks...beware of what you order ;)
Tho the food itself didnt really leave a deep impression on me, and there are not much choices of food for you to try ...

-EMQ-

Jesselton Coffee

2008-10-04T01:04:00.012+08:00

Another one of the 'younger' cafes in Mile 4 Indah

The interior ...is kinda nice especially the sofas

With many choices of cakes

The hot beverages (tea) are usual...

Ice blended drinks

(I see some discrimination towards ice blended here..look at the difference in the cup design!)

I-forgotten-what-is-this drink

Sigh~ They don't even serve my favorite Vanilla Ice Blended Drinks
(At least not when i was there)

O CAKES

Chocolate Banana Cake - I see similarities with the Choco Banana Cake in Equator..
Same supplier i guess?

Cheesy Cheese Cake that i don't fancy because it's sweet and a little sour on top
but my other friend likes it a lot
So up to who you want to believe (Trust me people!not her!)

Moist Chocolate Cake...Oklarr~Didn't really leave me any deep impression

After all these cafe hopping i think at the end of the day i will still go back to the old equator :P
Equator does have more choices of drinks!

-EMQ-

Jia Xiang

2008-10-04T00:56:00.003+08:00

Located right behind Kedai Kopi Istimewa in Mile 4

Quite a number of people come here and eat considering it is being hidden by Kedai Kopi Istimewa and all..so it must be quite good??haha

And just because this blogger here loves to eat kon lou mee.....XD

Picture is actually taken by someone else and i didn't get to try it but it does LOOK pretty good

-EMQ-

California

2008-09-19T00:57:00.005+08:00

Located right in front of Sandakan Hotel in town
They say this restaurant has the same management as Hawaii restaurant (n.b. Please refer to old post about Hawaii!)

California~~ (They really like naming their restaurant according to US states don't they?aha)

More seat provided compared to Hawaii so you dont need to wait too long

I was hungry and broke so i ordered this set lunch which is less than rm10

Comes with soup and bread, 3 choices of main course, Ice cream and Coffee/Tea (Worthy eh)

If you dont order any drinks they will still serve you with refillable ice water

First to come is the Corn Soup and Bread - Absolutely love the warm half toasted bread XD

The the main course - I ordered Lamb Chop

YUuum...how i wish they put more sauce on it tho

Then some coffee

And some berry ice cream..

Or else, you can order other dishes like this Black Pepper Lamb Rice
(around rm4-rm6 perhaps?)

It's not bad too...cheap haha

-EMQ-

Chocolate Rain

2008-09-18T23:00:00.001+08:00

Located in Indah Mile 4...at the newer area..i guess i dont need to explain in detail where it is since it is quite popular..

If you are looking for something to eat you can have this gigantic bread topped with ice cream

Not too bad, kinda cute..the serving choppingboard-plate

The atmosphere there is okay-typical student or adult hang out place

This is...Champange Grape - Champhange grape juice ice blended with layers of milk pudding

(It's one huge cup)

Crazy Mango - Ice blended mango juice layered with green apple puree

Passion Spring - Ice blended with strawberry pudding layers

*All the drinks above are approximately rm7

But their specialty would be the chocolate fondue
(a selection of fruits dipped in hot melted chocolate sauce)
Whoops i didnt manage to eat that!

The food there are quite attractive because of the colours and the fancy utensils but quite some people say that the fruit taste is a lacking..in other words their drinks only 'says' sweet..

It's not too bad to come here once in a while tho :p
Not alot of cafes serve these kind of drinks in Sandakan

-EMQ-

Syn Ming Hing

2008-09-12T20:00:00.001+08:00

Located in Sandakan town is the well known syn ming hing
(it's quite hidden if you ask me, as compared to chung ming hing)

They serve a whole lot more variety of cakes and breads compared to chung ming hing

(I am pretty hungry now, and being overseas and all atm i REALLY WANTED TO JUMP INTO THE PICTURE! :P)

Anyways back to the food;

Muk Shu Kou (Very nice taste and smell, love it)

Egg tarts - Can compete with Chung Ming Hing's egg tart

YUMMM

UFO~~~

After the 'death' of Chung Ming Hing's UFO i searched high and low for the perfect UFO and this is not too bad..(Tho the yellow part is abit little!)

See what i mean by the small amount of the yellowish part?

Right..better stop here and leave before i become homesick
I'll be back for more updates next time~

-EMQ-

Satay/Sotong/Ikan Bakar

2008-08-22T19:24:00.001+08:00

This is located beside the Sandakan Dewan Masyarakat (Community Hall)
I have no idea what name is that shop because i never paid attention to the name!

Closed during that time i took the picture

Recommendations are...SATAY..rumored to be the best satay in Sandakan
But unfortunately i was too lazy to take the pic of the satay XD
The sauce is abit hotter/spicier than the satay sauce from Shin Cheong Loong in Town Centre

But then they also have Ikan Bakar..Not bad

Looks abit dry here tho hehe

And oh i saved the best for the last...

SOTONG!!!-with a very nice curry smell but not really hot..crunchy too!
And the best part is that it is very addictive..i can finish the whole plate in 5 minutes!haha

-EMQ-

Lee Kim

2008-08-16T15:29:00.002+08:00

Located in Mile 8, exact location is...right after you drive/walk pass Servay Hypermarket

I am not so sure about what they are famous for..anyone care to enlighten me??

Anyways, i deicided to try their Siu Gai Kon Lou Mee (Chicken)

A little different from normal kon lou mee
because they use the sauce for the chicken/duck itself as the sauce for the mee also

This is Siu Ap Kon Lou Mee (Duck) - Not bad

And look what i found there, UFO~~

It is TALL but the yellowish part inside is...rather little

I still miss Chung Ming Hing's old UFO

Egg Tarts - Not too bad also..worth trying

-EMQ-

Equatorial Restaurant

2008-08-14T16:28:00.007+08:00

Locals sure know this restaurant very well as its always the place where locals held their wedding dinner and sometimes catering from them. The food? Of course it's.. SUPERB I LOVE THEM! They are located at Bandar Ramai-ramai, 2nd floor. Exact location..? Will be updated when I get to know how to explain it. They even have a branch at Tanjung Aru Plaza, Kota Kinabalu.

(I don't really know the exact names of the dishes. Will update once I know the names)

Mango Chicken (?)
I'm not a mango fan. However it is said that it goes kinda well.
Underneath the chicken skin, there's a slice of mango and under it, it's the something like chicken salad and lettuce. Not bad.

Jelly fish + some-clams
This dish is so appetizing because of the taste.
It's actually an appetizer.
Recommended

Zhit Kong Kuat ( Zhit Kwong bones?)
I seriously recommend this dish. It's actually pork.
The special thing is the sauce.
The pork too is JUICY.
PERSONAL FAVOURITE

Sui Jing Ha (Crystal Prawn ?)
The only place that can make the prawn sparkling like that is none other than Equatorial Restaurant. Seriously, other places just made it looks like some Mayonaise prawn.
The prawn is juicy and it's fresh. The sauce? The chef is so great to make the thing.. SHINING and SPARKLING *kirakira*pikapika*
PERSONAL FAVOURITE

Dunno-what-fish-dish
It's abit spicy. Not that spicy. Even I can't tolerate with spicy stuff can have it.
Not bad. The fish is fresh. The meat is...firm, which is nice.

(Missing name)
By right, if eaten at the restaurant itself I think this thing is actually in a SMALL wok. And I really mean SMALL wok. It has clams, mushrooms, fish maw and etc (which I don't know the names in English) I like this thing. The taste is very nice. Very-chinese.

(Missing name Soup)
This thing is not shark-fin soup or the crabmeat soup. If not mistaken it's actually a tofu soup.
However the taste is SOOO like the fish maw thick soup. It taste LIKE the fish maw soup, but it does have it's own taste as it's NOT a fish maw soup. Not bad. I like it.

Scallop + Celery (?)
It consist of scallops and celery and some other vege and mushrooms. As like the look, it's very CLEAR. This dish is light and clear, however the TASTE is there. It is SWEET. If you want me to put it in a culinary-term. It is as clear as a consomme, but it is full of taste like a consomme too.
RECOMMENDED

Images uploaded here are food from there,but not taken in the restaurant itself cause we have it at home. Means take-away. This place is a MUST GO.

-Tsa-

Little Nanyang

2008-08-11T20:29:00.003+08:00

I had ALWAYS wanted to try this shop..it was there since years ago but i haven't actually got the correct time and correct mood to step into this restaurant..

Btw it's located in Indah, same row as 7Heaven (i have yet to write a review on 7Heaven but i haven't the the chance to!!)

Anyways back to Little Nanyang

This..is..Ka Hiong Chicken Rice (Not too sure about the name, i didn't order this)

Nasi Lemak - rm6.90 (wuuu, my wallet is crying)

I didnt like the cucumber and the jeruk, other than that it was delicious

Teh C Ping, which i didn't order because it was quite expensive and i don't think it will be any better than the rm1.40 Teh C Ping that i can easily get from Pasar Kim Fung (refer to previous posts)

(I did order a drink - mineral water but they forgot about it T_T)

I don't think i will be coming back to this shop anytime soon because it is a little expensive and the service there is not quite up to par..(eventhough the nasi lemak rice is kinda aromatic hehe)

Maybe next time..

-EMQ-

Kedai Kopi Baru Bar Lock Yuen

2008-08-11T17:09:00.004+08:00

It's is kinda hidden..at least it's not situated in some popular busy area..
You can find it somewhere along the road to Batu Sapi across our Pantai "Putih"

Walk inside to find the shop's main attraction..

Freshly baked bread..

From Kaya Buns, Red Bean Buns, Peanut Buns to Plain Buns(I think)..

But my personal favourite would be the Peanut Bun

In addition you can always ask them cut and add butter in the middle (and Kaya too but i still prefer it without the Kaya)

Look at how the butter MELTS in the bun.and the bread itself is so soft and fresh
YES I KNOW IT'S FATTENING but why not pamper yourself once in a while??XD

-EMQ-

Asian Delight

2008-08-05T17:43:00.003+08:00

Newly opened (kinda) eatery in Taman Tyng. Same block with Edo Ichi. Kinda near to each other. So call serving Japan-Chinese style food. It kinda wanted to be like a Kim Gary Restaurant. I THINK.

Beef Katsu Retsu Mein
I don't what is Retsu.
It's the 1st time I ate 'fried' beef.
Not much to be commented.

Cheese Bake Rice with Char Siu Chicken
I kinda recommend this. The cheese go well with the Char Siu Chicken.
Not bad.

Chicken Katsu Mein
Wanted to try lamb. But out of stock.
The chicken is kinda nice with RICE.
But not with mee with sauce. It's kinda weird for me

Food here comes with a bowl of soup. Today we get Salted vege soup. Not bad. However I don't quite like the milky tea here. It taste kinda weird.

-Tsa-

Pasar Kim Fung

2008-08-05T17:21:00.006+08:00

Mile 4 market is a MUST-GO place for cheap and good food. There are alot of different things here. Some stall offering the same thing but need to know which stall is the best.

I like sotong + kangkung
Kinda is a must order. Where is the exact stall?
I don't know how to direct @@
But do try this out.

Another MUST-ORDER
Wo tet/dumpling.
Refer to previous post for locations.

3 items above is a must order. Totally recommended

Not forgetting, the fried radish cake.
This time without taugeh cause EMQ don't like 'em.

Please look for this glass to locate the stall. In my opinion, it's the BEST Teh C Ping I ever had.
The tea taste is so rich. Even the ice already finish melting, the tea is still GREAT.
Unlike most Teh C Ping, when the ice melted, it'll be very tasteless.
This is milky and yet it didn't effect the tea taste.
TOTALLY RECOMMENDED!

Gotta imagine how nice this thing is? 3 person, from 3 glass to 5 glass.
It's VERY nice. Especially during these days crazy weathers.

After all that and you get a bloated tummy.
*yum*yum*

-Tsa

Edo Ichi

2008-08-03T23:01:00.004+08:00

I'm posting about Edo Ichi again. Please refer to previous post about it.

Hokkigai Sushi
I finally get to eat it.
I love this dunno-what-clam dish

Tako Sushi
It's octopus by the way

I forgot what's this

Unagi Sushi
I recommend to request them to reheat them.
It certainly taste nicer when warm.

Cuttlefish in I-forgot-sauce
It's kinda NORMAL.
The sauce is kinda nice tho.

I also forgot what's the name of this

This...whatever-maki
The cheese in the middle is definately LOVE

Salmon maki

I get to eat their Nestum ice-cream again. I just love their ice cream.

-Tsa-

Hawaii Restaurant

2008-08-03T22:51:00.004+08:00

Located at town. It's actually INSIDE City View Hotel. The food here USED to be value for money. I mean their serving is VERY big despite the price since last time. I'm not sure about now since price hike.*sigh*

Black Pepper Lamb + Rice
It's kinda normal.

Chinese wine soup.
If you love chinese wine, I certainly recommend this. The chicken inside is kinda tasteless
but I love the soup alot. Very rich in chinese wine..? It's kinda HOT if you finish it tho.
The soup's serving is SOOO big that it takes 2 person to finish it.

The set lunch and dinner in this restaurant is certainly recommend for the value. It's damn cheap and it's a 3-4 course meal. Where'd you get to find such deal? Taste wise..? not bad I would say.

-Tsa-

English Tea House & Restaurant

2008-08-01T14:38:00.008+08:00

Looking at this creature, locals sure know where is this place.

Mr Peacock is like an icon to this place.
Kinda.

English Tea House & Restaurant
located at Jalan Istana, right on top of a ..hill?

The walkway.
You get to play the i-dunno-what-its-called-game at the side.

Orange Rampage
A mocktail which taste kinda weird for me.
I just don't like the taste where orange juice mix with sprite?
It tasted abit bitter and sour and sweet?

Apple Tea
It smells VERY nice! It's so fragrant that it can unblock a blocked nose better than wasabi.
I think the taste is just as nice as the smell.

Soft Center Chocolate Cake
The cream is nice
I'm a cream-lover =p

I think most choco-lover would love this.
It's not that sweet,somehow just-right for me.
However, the more you have it, you'll feel weird.
It looks like a paste tho.

Black Glutinous Rice Cream Brulee
I forgot the complete name for this thing, but it's something like that.
Topped with papaya.

Taste like curry! I know it's weird to say like that.
But it taste like curry to me. I think it's because of the glutinous rice at the bottom.
I think it's nice tho. But like the choco thing, the more you have it, you'll feel weird.

From above, you get to see the Sandakan Town.

Moving down from the cafe/restaurant, there's a place to view the town.
It's advisable not to go to the place at night.

-Tsa-

Sim Sim Floating Eateries

2008-08-01T14:08:00.007+08:00

Alot famous famous floating eateries at Sim Sim is located at the Bridge no.7 If you're asking for the direct instructions, can't help you tho. We got lost ourselves. However, this restaurant is located opposite to H86 if not mistaken. It's famous for getting FRESH fish.

A familliar sight while on the way to the eateries.
JELLYFISH!
LOTSA THEM!!

Teh C Ping & Milo C Ping kurang manis
EMQ : The teh c not bad
I kinda liked the milo also. The kakak sure know how to make it right.

Seafood Porridge + century egg
Fresh prawns and fish!

It's SWEET. Sweetness from the seafood itself.
RM 5.00, not bad

Mee soup with seaweed
The soup is very sweet and very seaweed-y taste
The seafood itself are very fresh

Despite the look, it taste very nice

Another usual sight of people getting fresh fish.
Beside this restaurant is actually a fish market.
Alot people gather to get fresh fish.
Although it's a 'fish market' It doesn't really have the fishy smell in normal market.

Our plan was to eat Century Egg dumpling but end up having our breakfast here because we can't locate the restaurant.

-Tsa- will be using ADMIN to post.

Equator

2008-07-30T18:43:00.007+08:00

I'm lazy to keep editing post. I'll just add up whatever new things we've tried. Please refer to the tags to keep updated.

Belgium Chocolate Cheesecake

Tiramisu

(Soon to be added drink name)

Flavoured Vanilla ice blended - Irish Cream with Whipped cream
Irish cream taste like coconut. It's like a milky coconut drink.
The coconut taste is NOT that strong but still, you'll still tasted it.

(Soon to be added drink name)

And the bill comes...

-Tsa-

Edo Ichi

2008-07-30T18:05:00.006+08:00

As the name suggest, it serve japanese food. Located at Taman Tyng, opposite Giant and might be known as mile 6.

Entrance

Interior

Tamago (Egg) Sushi
The egg is basically sweetened.

Sake Sushi (Salmon)
The fish itself is not that THICK, I enjoy RAW fish alot, no complains.
But there are better ones around. Have yet to try the other Japenese outlet here.

Ebiko Sushi (Fish egg)
The fillings are kinda generous. Sorta.

Shin Maguro Sushi (Butterfish)
I personally like butterfish. Like salmon, it's kinda thin. I'd love it more if it's THICKER!
But I really recommend trying out butterfish. It's NICE!

Sansetto Sushi
I think this thing literally means 3 kinds of fish. I think it's actually
Salmon, butterfish and tuna.
Originally I wanted to have Ebi and Hokkigai but out of stock =3=

Gyuniku minoki maki (Mushroom beef roll)
I forgot what's the name of the mushroom in the middle.
I certainly recommend trying out this 1. It's JUICY!

(It looks like some sort of alien in some way)

Garlic Rice
Quite fragrant.

Free ice-cream of the day
Today we got Malt ice-cream.
I lurve it!

And there comes the bill @@

Overall, is okay. I love today's beef roll. It's juicy and the mushroom is just nice. Last time was DRY. Sushi wise, the rice is too little*sigh*

-Tsa-

Higashi Tei/　ヒガシテイ

2008-07-30T00:46:00.007+08:00

There are only 2 proper Japanese Restaurant, one in Taman Tyng and one in Indah

Higashi Tei- the one in Indah

Nevertheless one must order sushi to try how well the food is

Mini Octopus

Salmon - The rice part is nicely done..better than Edo Ichi, but the salmon in Edo Ichi is..LONGErrRRr XD

Salmon Maki

This is forgot what is it called but it's crab meat mixed with mushroom, egg and other stuff..

Topped with cheese - love this one!

Alternatively you can always order obento style food..

^ Sakana Tendon Rice (Fish..I also spot some carrots in the tempura)

The obento set comes with mizo soup

-EMQ-

Giant Coffee Bread

2008-07-28T01:51:00.005+08:00

One word says it all

GIANT

Only available in the morning/afternoon during weekends - smart marketing plan huh

This is the closest to what you can get from Rotiboy in KL and Tuah Baker in KK

It does smell really nice when it is hot and freshly baked, even the top is crunchy

Eat while hot, when it is cold it's not that nice HEHE

-EMQ-

Kedai Kopi Shin Cheong Loong

2008-07-28T01:39:00.008+08:00

Located in the middle of town (well almost) at the row of shops beside Shell..

Many people come here to eat their ais thingy (i myself am not a big fan of it)

Ais Batu Campur (ABC) - A combination of ice with fruits (no avocados today) and nuts

Or Ais Kacang - Only ice and kacang merah/red bean

And for those who doesnt fancy those above like me you can order any juices

^Watermelon Juice

(But i do hear complains about how expensive those ABCs are if compared to KL haha)

But i think the thing that attracts MORE people is their SATAY!!!

You can have chicken, beef or Ngau Lam/Beef Stomach ALL of which you should try

(Eventhough it's not healthy and carcinogenic because of the charcoal BUT WHAT DELICIOUS FOOD IS ACTUALLY HEALHTY?!)

And what's best besides the satay is the peanutty sauce

This is how some people eat and enjoy the sauce even without the satay

Many Semenanjung tourists love Sandakan satay so this is also highly recommended!

-EMQ-

Kedai Makan Kim Hou

2008-07-28T01:35:00.005+08:00

Kinda new..located behind Giant ~~Super~~Hypermarket

Plenty of parking space since that area is kinda new

Someone brought me here to try their Beef Mix Mee Soup (Ngau Chap Mee) but you can always try other food which i didnt have the chance to try yet..

After 10 minutes (or more ehemm)of waiting my food finally came

Oklahhh, but i think the soup lacks abit if the Ngau Chap taste

Alternatively you can order mihun

-EMQ-

Sandakan Floating Eateries

2008-07-26T01:44:00.006+08:00

Located in Sandakan Town after passing Nam Tung Si and Siong Hei Si and basically located ON the sea..

Find this bridge (2nd one from the road junction)

DOnt be afraid to walk in haha

You might see these on the way...

Prawn Crackers!!So tempted to steal some..

After you reach the end of the bridge you can see a mini restaurant

Food ranging from Dai Fun Soup Campur (rm3?!)

To Mee Soup Campur..

AHhh, read yourself

But i think you should try the seafood mee soup XD

Besides enjoying the nice cheap food you can also enjoy the view

(Ignore the smelly sea/rubbish water smell - but the shop itself is clean)

And sometimes you might even see something interesting

Trapped in the middle of the deep blue sea...

DOG?!?!

-EMQ-

Taiwan Tasty Food House

2008-07-25T00:36:00.008+08:00

Located at the new block in Indah Mile 4

Right next to Chocolate Rain

If you come here to eat you must try their Beef Noodle (Mee Soup) ~~but unfortunately my timing is not right T_T..so i cant give you all a review on it because i havent tried it before~~

Got to try it yesterday

Sorry for the blurry pic, my cam gave up on me

But the bowl is HUGE haha, they even have a fancy big wooden spoon

Taste wise, it's okay..

But they have other variety of rice, noodles, meehoon...etc etc which are not bad either

Nice furniture, fully aircon-ed wuaaa

Dissapointed for not being able to eat Beef Noodle, we ordered something beef-related:

Ginger & Spring Onion Beef Rice/ Giong Chung Ngau Yuk Fan

Beef Sauce Fried Noodle

The food taste nice (except for the taugeh part < style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">orange's addition
taiwan tasty food, is considered a new restaurant in sandakan. open about 2 years ago and doing good. if i wasn't wrong, i had green apple chicken rice before here. was kinda ok i think. fried pieces of chicken with green apple sauce, serve with white rice. obviously the sauce will makes the rice green in color. fragrence of green apple couple with its sweet and sour taste of erm.... a green apple is quite unique i guess. worth a try.

-EMQ-

Dolphin Ice Cream

2008-07-25T00:24:00.004+08:00

Located inside Pasar Kim Fung right beside the aromatic fish market

They have Mango or Vanilla Ice cream - Rm2.00 per cone

They have less smooth and creamy ice cream compared to bigger cafes like 7Heaven but if you are looking for something cheaper and worthy for the taste then this is the place! (And after that you can even eat your ice cream while walking around the market buying veges, fruits, kuih, lo bak kou, yau char kuey, pisang goreng, wo tet, teh c ping, agsdyufiaihfagjkhgtrt)

Suddenly i wanted to try the Mango one, eventhough i love vanilla alot

TADA!

-EMQ-

Kopitiam

2008-07-25T00:11:00.005+08:00

Located at Mile 4, Kim Fung side not Indah

Kopitiam

Famous for bread - roti kahwin

We had roti kahwin with kaya and a chunk of melting butter (uwaaa fattening but nice!)

Alternatively you can have cheese bread roti kahwin - Exactly the same as the one above but they use bread with cheese on top

Snack them with a cup of Kopi C Ping...wuaaa

(****Next time remember to order it kurang manis/less sugar)

orange's addition
good one em, i must agree this roti kahwin is really nice. i had been eating it since the shop open through out my final few years of high school. and also when i was working part time in that area. the cheese stick, slice open in half, with the addition of thick piece of butter(mention above) and its kaya, sure makes one's mouth watery. i can't help imagining the wonderful feel of sinking my teeth into a roti kahwin now... *craving*~. the shop is situated right at the corner of a block of shops. so at times, u can see cars stopping right in the center of the road and see passengers dashing out of the car to get their buns from the shop. as said, its popular with their roti kahwin only, so there is not much other food for sale.

-EMQ-

Kedai Makan 918

2008-07-24T23:55:00.004+08:00

Only open from 7pm-3am located in Indah (but lately i saw it open in daylight so prolly the opening hours i said is wrong info)
And a popular place for MAN to hang out (hardly see any woman there)

Located in Indah opposite Syn Lok Bak Kut Teh, in the same row with On ON

Famous for:

Kon Lou Mee!! - Perfect for very hungry 'night ghost' searching for food

With: Za Yuk, Pei Dan Gau, Yau Char Kuey, Chu Pei Yu Dan (Not in the canto-eng translating mood now aha)

-EMQ-

Dragon Restaurant Tarts

2008-07-24T23:26:00.005+08:00

After hearing everyone's request i am here to bring you...Dragon egg/cheese tarts!!

Courtesy of Dragon Restaurant at Mile 4 Indah - Opposite Quartet

So lucky to have freshly baked hot egg tarts from the oven

Cheese Tart

Pretty tasty but...

rm1.20 each (Zomg, ok i was just being stingy haha)

Egg Tart..and a very hot one too

(my pain receptors suffered for this beautiful pic)

This worth rm1.20 also (Ignore the ugly teeth bitting marks KEKE)

I..think the filling is too soft..it lack abit 'hau gem' but the pastry is crunchy tho haha

-EMQ-

Kedai Kopi Hiung Sang

2008-07-24T20:02:00.005+08:00

Kedai Kopi Hiung Sang - Located at Taman Tyng, at the lot of shops opposite Edo Ichi (Japanese Restaurant)

Better view of the shop name

Sarawak laksa is one of their specialties..

With quite a strong santan aroma (XD for anyone who loves santan smell)

But a LIIIITTle too spicy for me because i dont eat spicy stuff really well..

-EMQ-

Kedai Makan Kong Teck

2008-07-24T19:15:00.006+08:00

Located at the row of shops you see when you turn into Taman Pak Tak - Mile 7

Came here the third time then i can finally see the shop open

UNFORTUNATELY their fish mee is out of stock - i was too late i guess

But i got to try their Prawn Mee

The prawn taste is not as strong as the one in town

Came back on the next day to try the fish mee - dapau only
(10.30am but there were 2 bowls left only!! - People should start calling this Limited Edition Fish Mee)

As you see the mee is made out of Fish Ball kind of fish (how do you put it in english?)..
I prefer eating normal mee but it was interesting to try haha

-EMQ-

Sya Ting Fong

2008-07-16T15:46:00.010+08:00

Located in Bandar Ramai Ramai

They serve variety of mee soup, you know..the usual stuff..
But there are 3 kinds of mee that i am particularly interested to try:

Har Mee/Prawn Mee

Not everyone will like the strong prawn taste but if you do try it!

Pan Mian - A type of mee cut into small thin sheets typically served with soup containing mushroom, a type of vege (Su Chai Choi), Ikan Bilis, Minced Meat..

I'd say this pan mian is not bad, at least better than XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX HEHE

-EMQ-

New Fong Fong

2008-07-16T15:35:00.004+08:00

This is my first time eating here, but i heard that it is famous for 'loh mee'

Located in Indah

"Loh Mee' is a kind of mee with a thick gooey soup base with egg that is cracked into the soup and quickly stirred so that the egg appear in fine small smooth flakes

Looks like this shop uses thick mee to make this dish, and they put alot of vinegar..if you like vinegar you will like it!

-EMQ-

Chung Ming Hing

2008-07-16T15:04:00.006+08:00

BEST EGG TART IN TOWN (also better than all kk egg tarts i think)...
^That says it all

Located in Sandakan Town opposite the Shell Petrol Station and in the same row as Lumen Bookstore..

I was too late (11am) so there was only 3 egg tarts left and NO NGAU SI DUI(UFO)!

So what do it do, of course i bought all the egg tarts available..i actually wanted 6 of them and 10 Ngau Si Duis uwu..
Also bought a few Tau Sa Peng/Black Bean Paste Biscuit to compensate my Ngau Si Duis

The eggs tart is famous for it's crunchy thin layer of pastry and a soft & smooth not-too-sweet filling

Compared to other eggs tarts i've eaten, the other egg tarts have THICK pastry base and tricked us into believing that the filling is thick!

Tau Sa Peng (I call it Cantonese Dorayaki - Doraemon's favourite haha)

PS; will edit once i get my Ngau Si Duis

-EMQ-

Food For Thought

Tasty Drink House

Yau Char Kuey/Ham Zhim Peng/Lo Mai Chi

Pasir Putih Seafood Restaurant

Semi-hiatus

QQ Ice

Pulut panggang

Kedai Kopi 2020

Ba Lin

Sim Sim Floating Eateries 2

Mile 4 Market Tau Fu Fa

UFO tarts

The Boss Fast Food & Juice House

1 Nation Restaurant Sdn Bhd

Restaurant Yum Yum 2

Hawaii Restaurant

Kedai Kopi Yu Heng

Ultimate Cafe

Nam Chai Bak Kut Teh

New location

Tasty Delights

Yum Yum 2 a.k.a Tsim Sha Tsui

Cool City

Wing Hup Lee

Novelty Cream Tarts

Kedai Kopi Mee Ngar

Imperial Bayview Restaurant (Dim Sum)

Hakka Restaurant

Cafeteria Guan Huat

Nam Chuan Chicken Rice

FHM 2009

Tanah Merah (Sek Chui) Pasar Za Yuk Dai Fun

Seoul Garden

Syn Lok Bak Kut Teh

Town Pasar Duck (Siu Ap)

G-Burger

Sandakan Curry House

Sim Sim Pei Dan Gau

Ang Ban Guan

Kedai Kopi Fui Chew

Veda Blu

Bandar Za Yuk KuehTeow

Restaurant New Century

Novelty

Sandakan Hotel Dim Sum

Penang Food Centre

San Mei

Siang Siang Restaurant

We're (I'm) Back

Mei Ngar (Mile 4)

Sya Ting Fong #2

Kedai Kopi Shamrock

Jesselton Coffee

Jia Xiang

California

Chocolate Rain

Syn Ming Hing

Satay/Sotong/Ikan Bakar

Lee Kim

Equatorial Restaurant

Little Nanyang

Kedai Kopi Baru Bar Lock Yuen

Asian Delight

Pasar Kim Fung

Edo Ichi

Hawaii Restaurant

English Tea House & Restaurant

Sim Sim Floating Eateries

Equator

Edo Ichi

Higashi Tei/ ヒガシテイ

Giant Coffee Bread

Kedai Kopi Shin Cheong Loong

Kedai Makan Kim Hou

Sandakan Floating Eateries

Taiwan Tasty Food House

Dolphin Ice Cream

Kopitiam

Kedai Makan 918

Dragon Restaurant Tarts

Higashi Tei/　ヒガシテイ