Experience The Beauty Of Sabah Borneo, Malaysia

Hello.. Papar, Here I Come!

As I promised before, I’ll bring you to the other part of Sabah Borneo Malaysia. How about we take a trip approx. 60 km away from Kota Kinabalu? Today, we’re going to have our breakfast at Papar District. How about that?

Okay, let’s just assume that we reached Papar after 45 minutes travel from Kota Kinabalu City Centre by car. Before proceeding with the visit, we stop by at one of the food stall in Papar Town. It’s a very simple and humble stalls but I like it very much. In fact they serve a similar food with any restaurant in that town. The difference is the environment of open space stall. This is one of the suitable places if you want to experience the originality of Papar town.

We’ve selected one of the stalls and ordered our favorite meals mainly for breakfast. Yummy.. Let’s take a look. Oops, before that I need to warn you that I’ve ordered “Noodle Soup with pork”. If you are Moslem, don’t worry. You can order at the Moslem’s stall. Really sorry for the hassle.

I proceed.. Noodle Soup with pork cost me RM 3.50 or approx. USD 1.10. If you like the soup, feel free to ask for additional soup. Guess what, you can ask for extra soup Free of charge! They are very generous and hospitable. Good news huh? Now, enjoy you breakfast.

I will proceed with our journey in Papar District in my upcoming post. Stick with me.. this time we’ll visit some of the interesting places in Papar District. Welcome to Papar, Sabah!

Yummy In KK?

Wow.. again, we’ll talk about my favorite subject. Yummy.. my delicious food! Alright, this time I bring you to the other part of Kota Kinabalu (KK). Bear with me.. Definitely I’ll take you to the other part of Sabah. Which part do you want or prefer to visit? Kudat district? Ranau? Sandakan? Tawau? Beaufort? No problem! I’ll take you there. But right now let’s talk about foodstuff at Old Town Café, City Mall, Kota Kinabalu.

Basically, the story of this restaurant or café starts from a humble coffee shop called OLDTOWN, located in the old town of Ipoh (somewhere in Peninsular Malaysia). It begins in the year 1958 where there was a Hainanese founder in Ipoh formulated an ingenious style of roasting coffee beans, much to the delight of local coffee drinkers. Now, the said coffee shop has expand their business and open up several branches of restaurants or coffee shops all around Malaysia including Sabah.

Okay, let’s peek at their menu. Yummy…

The food is serve at a very reasonable price. Don’t worry, it won’t carve your precious wallet. You’ve seen part of the menu and you can actually plan your expenses. There would be a range of prices and depends on you to choose which food you would like to taste.

This is my “Noodle with Chicken Sausage and Egg. It cost me approx. USD 1.70 or RM 5.50. Did you say inexpensive? Well.. it’s up to you to judge, but I’ve told you before that there are various types of food, deserts and beverages to be selected of with different range of price. Enjoy you lunch!

How Can I Live In KK?

Oh don’t worry.. You would not starve when staying in Kota Kinabalu. When you visit Sabah, don’t you ever worry about foodstuff. There are plenty of food that you can try of. Afraid of strange menu? Hmm… Alright, you still can have or try out our Western Food here? Sounds delicious for you? But, I still have to remind you that, we have various mouthwatering food here. So, you don’t have to worry about food while staying in Sabah.

Okay, let’s talk about our Western Food here. Recently, my family and i took our dinner at Grand Millennium, Penampang, Sabah. There a plenty of shops, supermarket, houses and restaurants in this area. The place is situated approx. 8km from the Kota Kinabalu City Centre. You can easily reach this place by taxi or if you are renting a car, why not try to find this place? You can ask people around Kota Kinabalu like this, “Excuse me sir, how can I reach the CKS Supermarket at the Penampang new highway?” CKS Supermarket is one of the well-known and established supermarket in Penampang, and I’m sure they’ll show you the direction. If not, you can try drive straight from the Sembulan Roundabout, go through the short tunnel and follow the highway until you find one developed area on your left hand side. Again, don’t worry… there are some directional signs that will guide you including the CKS Supermarket sign!

Alright, this is the interesting part.

Fish and Chips = USD 4.90 (RM 15.90). Reasonable price huh?

Grill Chicken Chop with (separate) BBQ Sauce = USD 4.90 (RM 15.90).

Grill Chicken Chop with Black Pepper Sauce = USD 4.90 (RM 15.90). 

Grill Lamb Chop with Mushroom Sauce = USD 10.30 (RM 33.80). Delicious! Yummy…

Those are only part of the menu. Still plenty of choices. I forgot to capture a photo of the menu. Anyway, have a wonderful dinner!

Do You Cook?

It has been a week since my last post. I was so busy in planning and performing some development assignments here in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. We’re almost at the end of the year and the festive season is almost around the corner.

Now is September, and our Moslem friends have started their fasting episode. If you walk at Kota Kinabalu around 2pm to 6pm in these period, you can easily find numerous food stalls selling various types of tantalizing food to those who might interested. Did I say interested? Oh ya, I just did. Well, you see… everybody is making their queue not only our Moslems’ friends. Hey, come on… there are plenty of delicious food to be chose of. You don’t want to miss this opportunity, right?

Visit the bazaars Ramadan at Sembulan, Asia City Market, Gaya Street, Wawasan Plaza, Sinsuran Night Market, Inanam Traditional Tamu, Indah Permai (near Giant Hypermatket) and many other places. Some people even buy food for their family dinner. Some just buy for their individual consumption. It’s your choice. You make you decision and always remember to spend money wisely. Happy fasting!