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

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!