Pasir Putih Seafood Restaurant

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 ><

Restaurant Yum Yum 2

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 here.

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.

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-

Nam Chai Bak Kut Teh

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-

Yum Yum 2 a.k.a Tsim Sha Tsui

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-

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-

Seoul Garden

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-