Borneo Station Cafe

Borneo Station - a place where you can dine in with all the decent & quality food for a meal, not those junk food I mean. Newly operated quietly with a comfortable interior decoration.
Dined in last Monday evening with my family. There are 2 PCs in place for you to surf the net, and of coz' free wifi provided.

Corn soup with crab meat. Nice, taste like good old home cook recipe.

We've also ordered small-kailan (vege), union chicken and sweet & sour fish.

Overall, I would like to recommend this restaurant to you. If there is a day that you don't feel like cooking at home, that is the place for you. Price wise, it is considered cheap! My bill came below RM35.00 (can't remember the exact price) for the dishes above and including drinks.

Borneo station is located at the junction of Jalan Mendu & Jalan Simpang Tiga.
See the map below for the exact location.


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Kenny Roger Roasters @ tHe Spring, Kuching

Just next to the Celcom Outlet at tHe Spring Kuching.
The slogan on the menu is - "Charity begins with a hearty meal"
So, I've ordered what's on the front page, ya...that set meal. Let's see any differences between the pics shown and the real things.

Drinks : Iced lemon tea & Mango Juice

Soup of the day. So-so.

Quarter chicken with salad. This one is good!

Here come the rice.
OK, I request you to scroll back to see the pic of the menu (1st pic), to spot the differences!!!

Did you get it?
** The pics of any/all menus are for illustration purposes only. That's very true!!! So, people please take note.

Busy City : Kuching

A very busy Kuching in July & Aug 09.
Heaps of event happening in Kuching, first is the opening of Sarawak new DUN building, then come all the Raja-raja in Malaysia to Kuching for meeting (reunion?), follows by the well known annual Kuching Festival.

These photos was taken during the DUN opening night, across the river near Sarawak Plaza.
Crowded with people watching all the shiny decorated boats in the river.
The new DUN building is the one just below the signboard (umbrella in shape).

Can you see it? The new DUN....If you still don't know how much it cost, google it and the figure sure surprise you!

Decorated boats...please excuse my photos, those were taken by using my phone :).

Shiny boat....decorated just for tonight.

This is another view of the DUN, from Riverside Majestic Hotel's Carpark.

And the surroundings of the DUN.

This is Merdeka Palace Hotel, located at the heart of Kuching City, just next to the 'Padang Merdeka'. Raja Perlis was staying there during his trip to Kuching.

As expected when he was about to go out for a drink or something, MANY officers getting ready for traffic clearance, people lined up in 2 rows at the hotel lobby & hotel's lifts (2 of them) reserved for him.

Even ambulance is on standby at the roadside near the hotel.

I'm glad that finally all the Raja-raja are back to their palaces. No more alarming noises on the road indicating me to give way to the VVVIPs. That's Kuching in July 09.

Well, Kuching festival has just started last weekend. Have fun & eat more!

Buffet Dinner @ Cafe Majestic Hotel

Last month, I had a chance to dine in at Cafe Majestic, Riverside Majestic Hotel Kuching.
It was a buffet dinner, menu of the day is "Japanese BBQ Buffet".
http://www.riversidemajestic.com/docs/promotions/rmh/japanese.jpg
It was packed! Maybe it was because of Saturday evening, everybody just want to treat themselves well.

Highlights of the day!

Imagine how much we've ate that night!

With a total of 4 paxs on a table, our bills came at RM299.80
Alright, some quality food & quality environment with a quality bill. :)

The Chicken Rice Shop @ tHe Spring

The Chicken Rice Shop.....~ @tHe Spring

Hmm..consider a small size TCRS restaurant lah...

Roasted Chicken

Honey something chicken (can't remember, ha)

Some greens

Some mixture of papaya & veges with sweet, sour & spicy taste. Don't know what's it called.

FULL HOUSE. Yeah~

Considering mid-high billing standard (for Kuching), as these priced around RM48, for 2 pax.
Not bad for the service, as provided by well trained staff.
Overall, nothing to shout about.
And SCR is moving in to tHe Spring to share that piece of pie also, quite a competition for TCRS, I must say.

Note : Their butter chicken is back.

BBQ Sweet Corn

According to wiki, Sweet Corn, also called indian corn is a variety of maize with a high sugar content.
This one below was bought at Stutong Commercial Center, in front of CHOICE Daily Super Mall, a guy with a open-bonnet vehicle at the parking alot, hanging a signboard saying "AMERICAN SWEET CORN".

1. Peel off the covering leaves/skin of the corn
2. Apply some butter onto the corn directly
3. BBQ the corn for about 10minits (vary depends on the heat)
4. Done

1Borneo @ Kota Kinabalu - Sabah Trip 4

Here we are, the brand new 1Borneo Shopping Complex, the biggest shopping mall in Borneo.
Located at about 15mins drive from KK city.

On our arrival, we saw a group of performer monks were getting themselves ready at the centre hall for some demonstration. I've captured one of them, just see the clip below.


鐵頭功 ~ Iron Head Monks


We went for lunch at the restaurant, JAWS Seafood Restaurant, located on the Ground Floor of 1Borneo.

This is the menu.

Seafood Fried Rice, with prawns, crabs, mussels and some meat for RM10.00
Contained!

This is 'Assam' Mee Hun (rice noodle)...big prawns!

Alot of shops!

There is a bowling alley in the complex also...30 lanes in total.

Pool tables can be found at the bowling alley.

And on the same floor, you can find this 'cave'.
Well, it is not a cave lah....it is called "Borneo Rainforest'

See it?

Here is the ticket costing for entering.

At the entrance, a yellow colored snake has been placed on a table.
Take photo with the snake for RM10.00

So, here what you will see inside the cave.
All species are keep in glass.

One of my family members, lizard family.

Near relative, Triangle Headed Iguana.

We took the free shuttle bus back to city, which is provided by the Mall.
The only thing you have to do is get your ticket 30mins before the bus depart.

The bus brings you to & from 1Borneo, about 20mins per way.
Well, a nice air-conditioned & FREE bus service. 5/5 for the bus.
Overall, the 1Borneo having a similar layout as Midvalley in KL, very similar.
4 hotels surrounding the 1Borneo and a few apartments are on the way up.

That ended my KK trip. Wonderful exploration to the natural & new infra.
PS: Game center can be found there too! I didn't take any photo of them.

Mount KK & Hot Spring @ Kota Kinabalu - Sabah Trip 3

On the 4th day, we hired a 'van sapu' for a day trip to the Mountain & Hot Spring.
We had 10 persons as a group, and the van+ the driver cost us RM600 in total.

We stopped by half way, for a rest/washroom/food& drink/ and some photo taking.
Here is the wide angle view of the Mount KK which I have taken it at the stop.

Disappointingly luck was not so good, we couldn't see the whole mountain as the peak was covered by the cloud.

Here, we reached the Kinabalu Park, the base of the mountain.
We had a good walk-around at the park. Abit cold, feeling like in a aircon room.

If you see this board next time you go there, you are just 4km away from the mountain peak.

Another 1hr+ drive from the Kinabalu Park to the Hot Spring.

This is the map of the Hot Spring area.

These pools with roof are for you to enjoy the warm water from the Hot Spring.

This is where the warm water come from.

We then walked for another 15-20 mins into the area, there is a waterfall. Can't remember the name of the waterfall.

Just nice to cool your feet down abit.

Around 4pm, the driver took us to a small town for lunch before we headed back to the city.
I took this view on the way back. The cloud is in a circular shape covering the peak.

Everyone was tired and napped in the van.