Chakitiam – Kota Kinabalu

Seems like the locals here like to have their tea break at this kopitiam. So, what’s do most of the customers order?

The most fantastic cha siu pao I have ever had. Just simply fantastic.

Do remember to order the lemon tea when you’re here. It’s taste it just perfect. Till now I still can’t find anything that is close to it in Semenanjung Malaysia.

Here’s the location to the shop.

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UMS Aquarium Museum

Took sometime to visit the UMS aquarium museum when we were looking around the UMS campus.

I think this is a crocodile’s skeleton.

 

Various corals that were on display.

 

This is the center piece of the whole aquarium. A huge oval shaped salt water aquarium.

Rat Groper

There’s also another aquarium with all the big fishes

Wan Wan Coffee Shop – Kota Kinabalu

This coffee shop is located at Bundusan area, nearby Damai Club and KDCA in Kota Kinabalu. They open daily from 6.30am till 2.30pm.

This coffee shop is famous for mince meat kon lou mee, fish noodle, fish fillet and fish cakes.

  Look at the crowd on a weekday morning. Food must be fantastic right?

A snap of the price list. You can’t really anything remotely close to these kind of pricing in KL.

Giant groper fish fillet soup.

Fish noodles.

Tom yam mee hun soup.

Kon lou mee. The mee’s texture and meat slices is fantastic. Each bite feels heavenly.

Definately a must go place for breakfast if you happen to be in Kota Kinabalu.

Keningau Paus

What so special about paus in Keningau you might ask.

Well you have the typical cha siu pau, red bean pau… wait a minute.

Petai Pau? Mui Choy Pau? Peanut Pau? Pumpkin pau? Oh gawd, seldom you see these kind of paus being sold in peninsular Malaysia.

All the paus are handmade as indicated by the sign, and taste fantastic also.

And they are cheap also… 6 paus for something like RM6 if I remember correctly.

Sabah Day 1 – Kuo Man Restaurant

When we eventually arrived at Kota Kinabalu, it was already lunch time. So my wife’s 3rd uncle took us for lunch one of famous eateries in Kota Kinabalu – Kuo Man Restaurant.

This restaurant is famous for their homemade noodles and fish cutlets. Too bad fish cutlets were sold out when we were there. :(

This is the version of dry noodles. Taste like a mixture of wan tan mee & meehun.

A bowl of beef slices in soup.

A bowl of mixed various sections beef.

Prawns in soup.

Pork slices in soup. Pork in Sabah appears to taste better.

Here’s the address:

Kedai Restaurant Kuo Man
Lot 5, Mile 1.5, Sunny Garden, Jalan Tuaran,
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
Tel: 6088 221 189

Sabah Trip – Day 1

Only slept at around 4.30am+ before boarding an AirAsia plane for Kota Kinabalu at 9.30. Contradictory to public perception, AirAsia planes are actually quite punctual. It left on the dot at 9.30 and reach Kota Kinabalu International airport at 12.50-1pm.

The LCCT seems to have more eateries compared to KLIA for some weird reason. MCD, Old Town Kopitiam, MarryBrown, Taste of Asia etc…

The check-in procedure for domestic flights also seem to be more lenient compared to international flights. They appear to encourage you to take more hand carry stuff above the plane rather than put it in cargo.

Food post upon arrival at KK next…