Kedai Kopi 2020

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-

Sim Sim Floating Eateries 2

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-

Ultimate Cafe

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-

Tasty Delights

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-

Kedai Kopi Mee Ngar

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)

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

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

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-