Brunei Sungkai 2017 : Pho Hoa Restaurant

Though it is already 9 Syawal, hope it's not too late to put in this entry on sungkai that we had at Pho Hoa Restaurant last Ramadhan. Actually we had just discovered this vietnamese cuisine restaurant. Before this, everytime we crave for pho noodle, we would head to Times Square, there's this stall in the food court that serves vietnamese food (pho noodle). To be honest, the noodle there is just so-so and the rest of the food are either finished already or they are not selling anymore. Based on our google search, that's the only place in Brunei that sells pho noodle ... so, not much choice for us, then.

This restaurant is located in Kg Kiulap and the Ramadhan buffet is $15.90 for adult and $9.90 for child. They change their menu daily which is kind of great, takde lah orang naik muak kan. We expected a full reataurant that night, but turned out to be just 2 groups were dining in including us.

main course

dessert and beverage station

From our observation, the menu spread is divided into 3 sections; the main course, vietnamese food and the dessert/beverage. The main course are steamed rice, fried noodle, soya sauce chicken, vietnamese grilled fish (but looked and tasted nothing different from the usual grilled fish), pakchoy mushroom, sambal squids, steamed prawns and pumpkin soup. The vietnamese spread consists of Beef/Chicken Pho, fresh and fried spring rolls while the dessert/beverage consists of salad, fruits and coffee/bandung.

vietnamese fresh spring roll

fried vietnamese spring roll

Beef pho noodle. Sangat sedap!

I really love its Beef Pho that I only eat that, that night! It is free flow, but really, how many bowls can you gulp down after fasting the whole day ? The fresh and fried vietnamese spring rolls are also yummy, my kids ate those non stop, haha!! However, the main course was just so-so.

Would come again insya Allah for Beef Pho and spring rolls selagi kedai tidak ditutup hehe!

Brunei Sungkai 2017 : Kimchi Brunei - All You Can Eat Buffet

25 Ramadhan 1438
20 June 2017

Nak dekat akhir Ramadhan barulah nak put write up on Brunei Sungkai ye ... hahaha ... takpa, better late than never!

 On the first day of Ramadhan this year which fall on Saturday, selepas berhempas pulas menyiapkan birthday bash for my boy at his kindy dan jugak siapkan order kuih, we decided to reward ourselves with iftar at somewhere nice ... somewhere we have not tried the food yet. Drum rolls ---- we decided to go to Kimchi Brunei Restaurant at Regent Square, Kiulap!

For starters, we were served yummy Korean side dishes such as Kimchi, fried anchovies, marinated bean sprouts and spinach. The rest of the 'all you can eat' menu must be ordered from their waiter'waitresses.

all you can eat menu

For the BBQ selection, we ordered everything from the menu - Lamb Bulgogi, Beef Bulgogi, Beef Teriyaki, Slice Beef Short Ribs, Chicken Teriyaki, Spicy Teriyaki and Sesame Ginger Chicken. They also have seafood assortment such as scallop, mussel, prawn and squid.  Luckily we ordered everything the first time because they all came in just 1 plate and quite a long time to reach our table. Dah tu nak tunggu daging masak pulak kan .... barbecue lah katakan ... memang mengajar kami erti SABAR. Mula-mula tu lagilah ... api grill tu waiter bukak yang paling slow .... tunggu punye tunggu ... dah kenapa daging ni taking a long time to cook ...sekali check ... padanlah ... mcm ni habis terawih pun tak habis-habis makan lagi.

Someone is enjoying eating his grilled beef wrapped in lettuce leave

Anyway, their Seafood pancake, gimbap and seaweed soup adalah tasty. For dessert antara menu yang dioffer ialah Pat BingSu, fruit platter dan Ice Cream. Of course we ordered all and they all come in single serving.

Their Ramadhan Sungkai comes at $28.90 per adult and $14.90 for children below 12 years old.

Alhamdulillah full and happy faces

24 Ramadhan 1438 - Mee Rebus Bonda Chef Wan

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim

Pejam celik pejam celik dah 24 ramadhan...tak lama lagi ramadhan akan melambaikan tangan meninggalkan kita, sayu pulak rasanya. Semoga dipanjangkan umur, dapat lagi bertemu di tahun hadapan. Aminn.

Ini ramadhan pertama kami di rumah 'baru'...saja kami sekeluarga memanggilnya our new house kepada anak-anak kami, rumah sebelum ini ialah our old house. Baru lagi ke....hmm dah 5 bulan dah. Baru lagilah kan, belum setahun lagi hihi.

Awal ramadhan hari tu, menarik jugak komuniti malaysians di sini...mereka organised an online pasar ramadhan. It is an online food ordering/marketing from a few pre-agreed food sellers through whatsapp platform. The group admin will first consolidate among the sellers on the menu to be offered and then announce it to the main group members. They will open the order until a certain date and time to give room for the sellers to prepare the food, etc. The buyers will confirm their menu and quantity. On the delivery date, the sellers will then deliver all the customers' orders to a checkpoint and the customers will come to collect and make payment. Seronok dan convenient, kan! Tahun ni kami cuma menjejakkan kaki ke bazar ramadhan di area kami sekali je...lepas tu...taubat! Either masak sendiri or online param saja.

Ada antara rakan taulan kami yang sudah mula pulang ke kampung untuk berhari raya...tapi kami masih ligat lagi di dapur. Haaa...buktinya...inilah yang kami masak untuk iftar tadi....mee rebus cik ani, iaitu bonda chef wan. Pwincess rujuk dari blog madihaa.

sangat mengenyangkan, alhamdulillah

Mee Rebus Cik Ani

BAHAN-BAHANNYA :-)

• 1 kg mee kuning
• 150 g taugeh, buang ekor
• 2 keping tauhu, goreng terendam, hiris nipis
• 2 biji cili hijau, hiris
• 1 biji cili merah, hiris
• 1 pokok daun sup, hiris
• 1 pokok daun bawang, hiris
• 4- 5 biji telur rebus, kupas dan belah 2
• 6 biji limau kasturi, belah 2 (MaDiHaA guna limau nipis)
• Bawang goreng secukupnya
• Kuah mee rebus*

BAHAN KUAH MEE REBUS* :-)

• 1/4 cawan minyak masak
• 2 camca besar rempah kari daging
• 2 1/2 camca besar tauco, tumbuk lumat
• 500 g daging lembu (sedap yang ada lemak sikit)
• 5 - 6 cawan air
• 500 g keledek
• 1 cm lengkuas, dititik
• 1/3 cawan kacang tanah, goreng tanpa minyak dan kisar halus
• 1 biji tomato, belah 4
• 2 sudu besar udang kering*(Yatie tambah) (MaDiHaA tak guna)
• 7 biji bawang merah kecil*
• 3 ulas bawang putih*
• 1 cm halia*(*tumbuk halus)
• Garam dan gula secukup rasa

CARA MEMBUATNYA :-)

UNTUK KUAH MEE REBUS :-

1. Daging dihiris nipis dan rebus hingga lembut (kalau guna daging batang pinang tak perlu rebus dulu).
2. Keledek direbus hingga lembut dan kisar halus.
3. Panaskan minyak, tumis bahan tumbuk halus hingga harum, tambah taucho dan rempah kari, kacau rata. Tambah sedikit air jika perlu.
4. Masukkan daging (kalau daging rebus, masukkan sekali air rebusannya), air, keledek dan lengkuas. Masak perlahan selama 20 minit.
5. Tambah kacang tanah kisar dan tomato, perasakan dengan garam dan gula.
6. Masak hingga kuah pekat. (selalunya kuah mee rebus perlu manis sedikit).

PENYEDIAAN MEE REBUS :-

1. Celur mee dan taugeh mengikut kuantiti yang diperlukan.
2. Letak dalam bekas sesuai. Kacau kuah dan tuang atas mee.
3. Letak telur rebus dan taburkan cili hijau/merah, tauhu, hirisan daun sup/daun bawang, bawang goreng dan diakhiri dengan perahan jus limau kasturi. Hidangkan segera....

Kota Kinabalu, Sabah 2017 Trip

Assalamualaikum!

Alahai....lama betul lah pwincess tak ber-blog ye....punyelah banyak cite...tapi tak sempat-sempat nak buat entry. Ni pun buat entry pasal mata tak dapat nak lelap memalam buta ni haih... apa-apa pun, pwincess cube blog latest trip kitaorang sementara tengah fresh ni lagi kan. Kesahnya...Encik Mon bawak kitaorang satu family sesaja cuti ke Sabah minggu lepas...kire  hadiah birthday pun ye jugak :)

21 April 2017 (Thursday)

We took an evening flight to KK from Miri Airport and arrived in KKIA 50 minutes later. We hired a Grab car and checked into Grand Borneo Hotel, that was the nearest hotel to the airport. Hotel was decent but there was no lift...so we had to haul our luggage up to level 3 (!). 

Rest for the night. 

22 April 2017 (Friday)

Checked out and waited for our car at the lobby...but our car was delayed. Pity the kids, they were asking for breakfast...luckily there was a restaurant in front of our hotel so we headed there. 2 bowls of soto, 1 plate of fried vermicelli with beef, 2 glasses of coffee and 1 glass of honey lemon cost about RM29...kinda pricey if you look at the portion and quality of food served...oh well. 

At last, we got our car. Sped off to the post office for an errand and after that to Imago Shopping Mall. Our holiday has begun....yeay!!

Asalnya nak beli hadiah birthday kat Imago ... sekali takde stok pula ... terpaksa pergi ke Suria Shopping Mall petang nanti. Habiskan round keliling Imago, sempatlah tick off dari checklist and then kitaorang terus ke Suria. Dapatlah akhirnya...hati sudah gumbira, kita pun check in lah hotel. This time around kitaorang stay di Celyn Hotel, pasal plan nye nak jalan kaki je around situ (pasar, makan seafood, etc). Hotel ni ada tangga sikit before dapat naik lif, so kalau ada luggage besar, nak kena take note. Bilik ok lah .... cuma aircond tu ada bau asap rokok sikit huhu. That night, we planned to have dinner di Nandos Oceanus Waterfront Mall tapi pasal kitaorang dapat parking cun, tak sampai hati nak drive pulak. Aper lagi ... grab car ler jawab nye! RM2.00 je .. best.

23 April 2017 (Saturday)

Pagi tu lepas breakfast, kitaorang round shopping brooch sikit dengan kedai RM2.50 pastu makan lokan dengan puding kelapa kat Jalan Sulaman macam biasa. Kali ni, gerai yang kitaorang biasa gi macam dah takde, so main terjah je lah mana2. Okaylah, even our boy pun suka makan.

Malam dinner kat tempat seafood berhampiran dengan landmark ikan todak ke apa tu.

Siput dalam cengkerang tu liat rupanya....beli lah try, seb baik dia potong kecik-kecik so boleh tolerate lagi keliatan dia. Latok beli sepiring je ... and tup-tup jadi kesukaan my boy. dia sorang je lah perabihkan.

24 April 2017 (Sunday)

Lepas breakfast, kitaorang terus ke Kundasang. Singgah dulu pasar filipina untuk beli mangga, boleh potong makan di hotel nanti.

.....Hellooooo Kundasang!

the iconic roundabout

Checked into Pines Resort. Ada breakfast and dinner so dah takyah susah2 cari tempat makan. The resort has prepared a set of food for each dayso we just come to dine at the dining hall. (reminds me of my asrama days).

Bilik kitaorang hujung ... tingkat satu. budak2 suka betul lepak kat anjung. Lepas dah freshen up, kitaorang gerak ke fish spa ... we thought it would be fun for the kids to play with fish ... 

Pwincess tetap penggeli ... lil pwincess pun ikut mama ... geli betul dengan ikan-ikan kat kaki. dalam banyak-banyak ikan kelah ... ada tersesat ikan keli ... besar weii .... takut jugak kalau kena sengat. Dah sudah tu, kitaorang gi ladang teh ... saja melawat kawasan ...ada pembaharuan laa dari segi tempat nak snap gambar ... 

Malam tu, terus dinner disediakan kat Pines Resort .... berselera pulak makan panas-panas pulak tu hujan malam tu ...

25 April 2017 (Monday)

Good morning! Pagi tu breakfast kat Pines ... pilih nasi goreng kampung dan nasi lemak. not bad rasanya. Lepas tu terus ke Desa Cattle farm.

Cow Barn at the back

Suka betul the kids feed the animals (susu sebotol - RM1.00)

Anak lembu pun suka jugak....seen here the cattle trying to kiss lil pwincess

Ada juga feed the anak kambing (rumput seikat RM1.50)

Best lah gi desa cattle farm kali ni, especially the feeding animals part. Yang tak bestnya, beratur nak beli susu desa panjang sangat-sangat. So we decided not to join the queue pasal tak silap, my friend ada sebut desa milk ada je jual kat kebanyakan supermarket in KK. Lepas exit from cattle farm, kitaorang saje drive sampai ke atas-atas sana tu ... tapi agak mandom dan tak nampak pun kinabalu peak. The kids pun dah tertido pun dalam kereta ... maybe because hujan jugak lah. Last-last kitaorang drive turun balik ke pekan kundasang, isi minyak kereta dan singgah makan lunch di Intan's restorant & cafe, dan beli buah-buahan potong untuk makan kat bilik. Later in the afternoon, we went out again cari kedai craft to buy some felt for some school project. Singgah Jakel beli kain perca and then went to 1Borneo mall .... balik ke hotel...rest....

26 April 2017 (Monday)

Get ready to return to KK ... bye bye kundasang, till we meet again next time ...

Customary Kinabalu Pine Resort picture

misi mencari susu desa di supermarket bermula ... singgah di Giant tak jumpa ... plan nak pegi ke survey, tup-tup nampak Desa Mart dari tepi jalan ... detour lah apa lagi ....

Dah ada perisa susu baru .. coffee .. if not mistaken it's RM6.30 ... can't beat DARE

They also have Desa Roasted Chickens ... nmpk yummy

They also have other flavours of milk but not packed in a box. Seen here is the yam and mango milk

Next, terkocoh-kocoh nak singgah ke Pasar Dry Food pula, terasa nak beli rumpai laut kering and also avocado. Did I tell earlier, we just discovered about ikan bilis mata biru? All this while, tau ikan bilis kopek, tak kopek, besar, kecik, never heard of mata biru. But I heard so many good raves about these blue eyed gems of late, so we hauled 2 packs; satu saiz besar and satu kecik. They really have blue eyes, man!

So that's about our trip to KK ... happy happy ... dapat celebrate birthday kat sana, dapat birthday present lagi hehe ... doakan rezeki kami sekeluarga melimpah ruah ye...

Brunei Sungkai 2016 : Pondok Sari Wangi Jerudong Seafood

Assalamualaikum!

I've been away too long and made several attempts to blog but they only ended up in drafts :(

Something huge happened in my life early this year and made me so demotivated to do almost anything.

Well, anyway, how fast time flies, isn't it? Thought I just blogged about that Bubur Cha Cha that I made during Ramadhan and that was already one year ago. Last 2 days (18 June 2016), we drove up to Jerudong and checked into Star Lodge Hotel. It was Saturday, and already late afternoon. After we had stretched out our legs, we got ready for our sungkai. We decided to try the Sungkai Buffet at Pondok Sari Wangi Jerudong Seafood, which was very near to our hotel.

The location of the restaurant is very strategic, it is at the Jerudong Park food court, across the Jerudong theme park and oh by the way, we just discovered that McDonalds just opened their door across the foodcourt. There is ample parking and the Surau is just adjacent to it. The restaurant is filled with fine ornaments and luxurious furnishings. From the main door, on the right side, the dining area is arranged in long, straight position with rainforest paintings on the wall; while on the left side of the restaurant there are VIP and private function rooms.

Looking posh

some of the ornaments

Appetiser is Tom yum seafood

There's the steamed white rice as well as fried egg rice

ooohhhh

yums!

Sambel daging and lumpia

somehow I like this despite it tastes a bit different from our usual masak lemak pucuk ubi

The dessert section

Checkout the queue

Look who's not fasting!

family picture

Alhamdulillah, syukur!

Roadtrip 2015 : Brunei - Kota Kinabalu (Part 3)

16 Oct 2015

Hari ni hujan turun dari awal pagi lagi ..... kita pun tunggu lah kat otel sampai hujan reda sikit .... tunggu punye tunggu tapi tak reda-reda jugak tapi mood masing-masing dah ke laut .... anak-anak pun dah start flu ...hmm. So today we decided to do sightseeing secara indoor .... ke Imago KK Times Square mall kita....yee haaahh!

Mall ni baru dibuka tahun ni (2015) dan mall ni besar sangat-sangat. Kedai-kedai yang dibuka pun macam Times Square KL sana nun .... semuanya high end brands. Since kitaorang pun memang target nak have lunch here, so teruslah ke tingkat paling bawah sekali and decided untuk lunch kat Dubuyo. Happy gak because dah lama tak pekena makanan korean ....di Sabah ketemu pula :)

Dah nak exit baru teringat nak snap gambaq, snap gambaq Apartment dia je lah

Happy ye adik manis

Kat sini first time tengok Kurtos Spiroll tataulah kat KL sana ada ke tak ... so kita pun beli nak try ... sedap gak. Lepas tu, kitaorang takeaway YoYo Bubble Tea .... my friend recommended minum YoYo ni, katanya sedap and dia guna fresh milk (i wonder if derang guna susu Desa Dairy Farm?).

- Lokan Bakar dan Puding Kelapa

Haaaa .... ini pun kitaorang revisit ikut trip 2011 dulu tu ... sapa nak baca boleh klik SINI. Location tak berubah, masih lagi di area Sepanggar, Jalan Sulaman tapi ..... gerai hujung yang kitaorang makan dulu tu dah takda. Tatau lah the next best gerai yang mana satu ... so strategy kitaorang is mencari gerai yang ada tanda Bismillah. Tengah cari-cari tanda tu .... tup-tup terjumpa gerai nama 'Bersamamu' di celah-celah deretan gerai yang banyak tu. Terus park dan pilih lokan. Tapi hat ni tak sama macam dulu tu .... dulu sambal cili limau ....hat ni warna kuning2 hijau.

Balik dari Sepanggar tu, kitaorang singgah Servay kejap untuk beli beberapa barang rumah yang kehabisan pastu balik otel dulu untuk bagi can pada my boy mandi swimming pool sebelum keluar balik untuk beli dinner. Kali ni nak try masakan seafood dari area waterfront. Baca blog-blog yang extremist kata masakan seafood situ bukan saja murah, dimasak oleh orang melayu Islam (halal) tapi sedap pulak tu .... membuatkan kitaorang teruja nak try.

Area swimming pool

Byk sgt gerai, kalau rajin try lah survey satu-satu. Encik Mon tak survey terus beli ja. tapi ni bukan tempat kitaorang beli malam tu.

gila-gila kan tengok seafood banyak gitu .... tapi  bila kitaorang makan kan, alahai. kurang fresh. ada masakan yang sedap, ada yang biasa sangat. takpelah, alhamdulillah dapat jugak makan, kan :)

17 Oct 2015

Hari ni our last day here. Masa mula-mula tu macam banyak sangat masa dan tak banyak tempat nak dituju. So kitaorang agak santai. Memula gi beli pearl kat tempat biasa - Jamilah.

- Jamilah Jewellery

Kat sini yang paling banyak makan masa ... hewhew. Biasalah kan, pompuan ;p
Asalnya, kejap je ... grab je pearl jenis apa, warna apa. Pasal amek yang jenis dah siap kan. Yang buat lamanya ... nak cari tone yang matching antara rantai dengan gelang. adehhh. berpinar mata. pastu nak matchy-matchy pulak dengan anak dara nye set. makan masa lagi hehehe. Little girl dah start demam ... so kdg-kdg cranky. Little boy pulak excited gila berada dalam kedai tu ... Encik Mon je lah yang masih waras menjadi time keeper.

- Hard Rock Cafe Kota Kinabalu

Kitaorang pecut ke Oceanus Waterfront Mall untuk pergi ke Hard Rock Cafe KK. Ingat nak beli souvenir. Kelakar gak, masa gi kat Hard Rock Melaka takde pulak terasa nak beli kan. Memula kitaorang place order untuk takeaway lunch kat Nandos pastu g shopping kat HRC. Seb baik dekat-dekat je kedai dua ni. Snappy snappy gambar sikit pastu terus balik hotel and pack dan check out. First time gi KK tak singgah pasar filipina. hari ini dalam sejarah.

challenging nak snap gambar family

sama tak

Masa dah on the road, hujan turun, makin lama makin lebat .... singgah kejap di sebuah masjid before Papar untuk solat jamak, makan nandos pastu teruskan perjalanan balik. Alhamdulillah, really enjoyed this roadtrip :)

Those who missed part 1 and 2, the links are as below.....thanks for those yang bersabar melayan pwincess nye ramblings ~

Roadtrip 2015 : Brunei - Kota Kinabalu (Part 1)

Roadtrip 2015 : Brunei - Kota Kinabalu (Part 2)