Everyday Food I Love

Kedai Kopi Sin Houng Kee is one of my personal favourite place for a dose of Yu Chap which consists of fish lips, fish stomach, fish skin, fish head, fish puff and assorted fish cakes, drenched in flavourful fish broth. This unique and exotic Fish Noodle is only available in Sabah.

The popularity of PappaRich is attributed largely to the introduction of food which are all-time favourites such as freshly-baked bread and buns, the traditional toast with kaya and butter, nasi lemak, fried kuey teow, curry laksa, asam laksa, chicken rice, prawn mee, cendul and ice kacang.

For the first time in Sabah, the opening of an art exhibition combined five (5) different forms of art: painting, dance, music, hair and makeup, plus food. This is the sixth art exhibition organized by Contagious Creative Agency at South Sea Sanctuary in Kampung Air. Entitled “Free Range”, the event showcased the work of international artists Ganna Sorokina from Ukraine and Mathieu Cambier from France.

Sushi Tei is one of my personal favorite place for good quality and affordable Japanese cuisine. Conveniently located at Suria Sabah, it is a restaurant that I will visit from time to time. As you enter Sushi Tei, you are greeted by a cheerful group of sushi chefs and staff welcoming you to the restaurant. This is a classy and elegant Japanese restaurant that provides table and sushi bar seating. Their signature open-kitchen concept allow you to watch how the fresh sushi being crafted and showcasing the chefs culinary skills to the diners. The menu spreads many popular traditional Japanese dishes like sushi, sashimi, assorted tempura, ramen/udon soup, teriyaki and special hand rolls.

Kedai Kopi New Lion is another place for us to savour in Klang Bak Kut Teh. For those who were unaware, it is actually a sub-branch, also a new business venture of the well-known Kedai Kopi Kam Kee.

Apple Cafe is a regular place frequented by many KKians whenever they happen to visit 1Borneo. Apart from comfortable dining area and valuable Economy Rice, Apple Cafe also famous for its signature's Laksa Melaka.

Kilkenny®, Ireland’s premium Ale is renowned for its authenticity and classy yet understated qualities. This inclination was certainly reflected in its first and exclusive event on 19 July 2013 at The Bee, Publika themed “Experience the World of Kilkenny”. Guests were taken on a journey of all things Kilkenny®, from its 300 years of heritage, attention to brewing perfection and the artistry that makes even the savviest of beer connoisseurs appreciate every sip of this fine Irish ale.

South America Restaurant is a newly opened restaurant, serving simple Chinese cuisine in Kingfisher. Catering to the neighbourhood area, they offers affordable pricing and decent serving portion.

ILotus Seafood Restaurant is located at Kepayan Point along the Penampang bypass. This halal seafood restaurant is actually a branch of the much successful first outlet in Brunei.

Restoran Sri Rezeki is a famous place to savour some local Malay delights in KK. The Rojak and Soto here are the must-try dishes if you happen to pay a visit to the restaurant. Having a few branches in KK, they had recently expanded again with another newly added branch at Metro Town.

Lucy's Kitchen is a nice modern style coffee shop known for its friendly service, good food and comfortable ambiance. Their wide variety of choices in their menu will definitely satisfy ones taste bud. The opening of second branch of Lucy's Kitchen comes along with the success achieved from the first branch located at 88 Market Place.

Intriguing and flavoursome dishes with huge portion and reasonable cheap price, Kedai Kopi Hong Seng is a place we frequent a lot. Recommended by most of our site's readers, this place serve very good Asam Fish Head and Chicken Chop.

RM79 million worth of properties were sold during the 2013 Property Investment and Home Expo (PIHex) held last weekend at the Promenade Hotel. This was immensely encouraging as the Expo only hit RM31 million in 2012. PIHex Tawau showcased vibrant property developments in Malaysia, Singapore and Australia attracted over 1,500 visitors. It featured various property projects ranging from high end to affordable including residential condominiums, commercial shop lots, commercial retail outlets, hotel residences and suites, bungalows, plus terrace and semi-detached houses.

An addictive bowl of Fish Head Noodle will always keep people coming back for more. One of my favourite coffee shop in KK, Kedai Kopi Dat Seng serves great Fish Noodle at a valuable price.

Food court is a place where you can savour in varieties of hawker's food at a reasonable price. Whether it is Char Koay Teow, Laksa, Chicken Rice, Soup Noodle or even Bak Kut Teh, a wide range of Malaysian favourites is available under one roof at Lido Square Food Court.

"Yu Chap" or loosely translated as Mixed Fish, is one of the significant dish in Sabah. Consists of fish lips, fish stomach, fish skin, fish head, fish puff and assorted fish cakes, Yu Chap is one of the exotic dish that you can find in Sabah. One of my personal favourite place for a dose of Yu Chap is at Kedai Kopi Sin Houng Kee.

90's The Restaurant and More is a cozy and family-friendly restaurant serving both Asian and Western cuisine in KK. Their Menu consist of a wide variety of dishes with reasonable pricing.

Brass Monkey Cafe and Bar is known as the most popular Western cuisine's restaurant in KK. Located at Lintas Plaza, this cozy and comfortable restaurant attracted huge crowds daily.

This unassuming hawker, located at Kingfisher Plaza, is not one to belittled. Apart from the famous Tamparuli Mee and Bun, they also offers some Dim Sum's dishes such as Loh Mai Kai (Steamed Glutinous Rice), Steamed Pork Ribs and BBQ Pork Bun.

If you fancy about the unique taste of Soto in Tawau, we had a good news to share! Tasty Soto House is operated by a couple, originated from Tawau. Apart from the tasty Soto, you'll also find the extra hot chili sauce in their restaurant.

Eucheuma Cottonii (a.k.a. Sea Bird Nest) is 100% organic coral grass, a valuable gift from sea. It is grows naturally and contains no artificial fertilizer and no bleaching chemical. Why should eat Sea Bird Nest? This organic seaweed is rich in enzyme nutrients, minerals, calcium, iron, multitude fibers and jelly form proteins. It is especially good for skin care, vegetarian diet and daily fiber diet intake. It is the perfect health food for the children, pregnant women, menopausal woman, the elderly, vegetarian and all human-being.

Fisherman Restaurant which specialized in seafood cuisine is located in Lintas Square. Their predominantly Chinese menu includes crowd pleaser such as crispy butter prawns, spicy fish fillet and signature fried beancurd.

From 12 to 14 July 2013 at the Promenade Hotel Tawau, Ballroom Level 6 from 10:00am to 8:00pm daily. Public admission is free of charge. There is plenty of good news for visitors and buyers during the event! With every purchase above RM100,000 during the event, property buyers will be entitle to enter the Buy & Win competition, whereby they will get a chance to win a Volkswagen Polo Sedan worth more than RM100,000! This contest is sponsored by Volkswagen Kota Kinabalu that wholly managed by DKV Automobile Sdn Bhd.

Malaysia’s first and leading 4G service provider, Packet One Networks (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. (“P1”) will be running a consumer campaign to give away two iPad Minis a week over ten weeks. P1 makes it easy for participants to win with the simple mechanics of visiting any P1 sales point to snap a photo together with a friendly P1 promoter, and posting the photo on P1’s Facebook fan page facebook.com/p1buddy to generate ‘likes’. Two weekly winners will be selected based on the highest number of ‘likes’ for their photo submissions. The contest runs from July 8 to September 15, 2013.

Kedai Kopi Wan Wan is the most popular place, perhaps also the oldest place for fish noodle in KK. Served nothing but fresh fish and prawns with the well-known Kon Lau Mee or Noodle Soup, the restaurant is always crowded especially during peak hours.

Hyatt Regency Kinabalu launched their Bandung Ramadhan promotion with the ultimate in buka puasa feast featuring an outstanding array of choice to suit every tastebud. The Buffet featured mouth-watering dishes from Indonesia, brought by guest chefs from Hyatt Regency Bandung. Indonesia cuisine is known for its use of fragrant spices and has gained immense popularity in Malaysia. Chef Aries Tri Suhandoko and Chef Sandy Nur Hidayat brings us the diverse flavors of Indonesian food. From flavorful salads and appetizers, to tasty soups, aromatic curries, fragrantly spiced meats to delectable wholesome desserts. Members of the media, including newspaper, magazine and bloggers were invited for the feast.

A NEW and refreshing Meatless Dining Concept from Secret Recipe Cakes & Café Group. Extensive Menu range inspired by all fresh and natural products with a selection of natural products and ingredients with no colouring or preservatives, no msg, just healthy and delicious choices. Beyond Veggie offers meatless dining options with the choice of Asian dishes, Italian favorites, sandwiches and juices, all made from fresh ingredients without preservatives or artificial flavorings. Why not treat yourself to a healthy eating at Beyond Veggie?

Nyonya Style of cooking is the result of fusion between Malay and Chinese, originated from Melaka. However it has recently been commercialised and many restaurants preparing these delicacies can be found every part of Malaysia now. At Nyonya House, popular dishes include ayam pongteh which contains chicken cooked in bean sauce, asam fish, ju hu char and etc.

Apart from its signature cakes, Secret Recipe also offers delicious Asian and Western cuisine. The award winning's Tom Yum Goong, is a highly recommended dish you should try the next time you visit the chain restaurants.

Grabbing Hands is the latest gourmet burger cafe in KK, located at Metro Town. Apart from Burgers, the artistic cafe also served great Hot Dogs and Sandwiches.

My previous trip to KL, I had visited TABIB CINA CHIN KEE SIONG at Hulu Langat to fix my wrist injury, while waiting for the shop to open at 10am, I had a quicky breakfast at this Kedai Kopi Dan Makanan Eng Soon Hong, surprisingly food here were quite good. If you sprain or strain a muscle or break your bones, you should make a trip to this famous Traditional Bone Specialist Chin Yek Leong 2nd Generation in Hulu Langat which is well known to treat such an ailment. They specializes in rejoining broken bone, spinal cord, crack in bones. There are 5 masters treating the patients, it take around 30 minutes in attending a patient. For women patients they can request for ladies sifu for their treatment.

Sushi Tei is one of my personal favourite place for good quality and affordable Japanese cuisine. Conveniently located at Suria Sabah, it is a restaurant that I will visit from time to time.

Similar to famous Kuo Man Restaurant, Success Delicatessen Shop also serves great food such as fish fillets noodle, fish paste noodle, seafood noodle, beef noodle, curry laksa and pork noodle.

The Asian Food Channel Awards Grand Prizes to Three Lucky Winners of AFC’s First Facebook-Driven Cooking Competition! 4th July 2013, Malaysia – On Saturday, 29th June 2013, the Asian Food Channel (AFC) held the final round of their first-ever “AFC Foodie Face-Off” cooking competition at The Cooking House, Desa Sri Hartamas. Organized by the Asian Food Channel which is part of the Scripps Networks family of lifestyle networks and Asia’s first and only 24 hour regional food and lifestyle channel, the event was a groundbreaking success which saw the top 20 finalists battling it out using their culinary skill to win the top three prizes worth over RM10,000!

Coffee enthusiasts would definitely love the real coffee aroma experience at Dome Cafe. Being notable for its finest harvest of the best coffee beans from Africa, Dome Cafe has succeeded to provide wide offerings of real good coffees. Apart from fine coffee, Dome Cafe also known for its good food.

Café Barbera has more than 140 years of reputation in coffee perfection. It is a family business originating from South Italy. The unique concept of Cafe Barbera is based on it's selection of exceptional coffees in Italy, current food trends and a consumer demand for a fresher, tastier, lighter and healthier menu while providing a venue to relax in. It gives its guests a warm and inviting yet elegant dining experience. Along with the highest quality of freshly roasted coffee products, it offers a variety of food items such as inhouse baked pastries, handmade shakes, juices, a large array of freshly made soups and salads, sandwiches on Ciabatta breads, pizzas, pastas, main course meals and desserts.

Following the huge success of the Kota Kinabalu and Sandakan instalment of the 2013 Property Investment and Home Expo (PIHex), the Tawau instalment is just around the corner. PIHex Tawau will be held for three (3) days from 12 to 14 July 2013 at the Promenade Hotel Tawau from 10:00am to 8:00pm daily. Public admission is free of charge. The participating developers including some of Malaysia’s top developers will present their projects in Tawau including commercial shop lots, commercial retail, residences and many new projects.

The top reasons to visit Circle, Le Meridien this week is to take advantage of their amazing Vietnamese Food Fest Buffet. Vietnamese foods and beverages features a combination of five fundamental taste elements, each dish has a distinctive flavor which reflects one or more of these elements. Fish sauce, shrimp paste, soy sauce, rice, fresh herbs, and fruits and vegetables are the most common used ingredients. And not to miss out this important herbs Vietnamese recipes, the use of lemongrass, ginger, mint, Vietnamese mint, long coriander, Saigon cinnamon, bird's eye chili, lime, and basil leaves. Vietnamese food is considered one of the healthiest cuisines worldwide with their traditional Vietnamese cooking method, using only the fresh ingredients, minimal use of oil, and reliance on herbs and vegetables.

Pan Mee at Lido is one of our personal favourite of all times. Known as Kedai Kopi (Pan Mien) Lido, the stall open as early as in the morning while still available in the evening.

  Located at the ground floor at newest hotel in Tanjung Aru (just next to La Salle School) is another brainchild of Think Thank Creation (of Chef Leo fame). This up and coming restaurant is the place to be with trendy menu - big on taste and visually appealing, while surrounded by trappings of modern architecture. Also, our visit to this fine place is under invitation of the ever creative group head, Chef Leo.

RAJA LAUT IN BRIEF: The “Raja Laut”, meaning “king of the Seas” in Malay, is a 100 foot traditional schooner. This “modern classic’ celebrates the meeting of the eastern and western civilization on the South China Sea. Behind the traditional lines, Raja Laut is modern and practical, equipped with the latest technology. Her spacious deck area can accommodate an alfresco dining table for fine dining or groups of up to 50 people for canapes and finger foods. Below deck she is fully air-conditioned, with en-suite cabins for 12 passengers staying overnight, and an elegant and comfortable lounge. Day and sunset cruises, water sports, diving, team building activities, weddings: Raja Laut can the setting point of numerous events. Let the adventure begin! Length overall: 100 foot Engine: 300hp Weight: 150t Autonomy range: 2000nm Max Speed: 11kt

Top 20 Malaysian finalists to prepare two creative dishes at a Hari Raya Theme Cook-Off Event! Over RM10, 000 worth of exciting prices to be won! 27th June 2013, Malaysia – The Asian Food Channel, part of the Scripps Networks family of lifestyle networks and Asia’s first and only 24 hour regional food and lifestyle channel, has launched an online and on-ground initiative named the “AFC Foodie Face-off”. Organized exclusively for AFC Facebook fans in Malaysia, this initiative is aimed to further support AFC viewers’ passion for food, and provide them with a new and interactive platform to share their talents in the kitchen with fellow enthusiasts.

Kedai Kopi Kolombong is a local restaurant serving varieties of local favourites during the evening. Especially during weekend or public holiday, there are a huge crowds who came specially for their famous dishes such as Grilled Chicken Wing, Wor Tip, Grilled Fish as well as the Chinese 'Tai Chow'.