First and foremost...

Thank you so much for visiting this humble blog of mine. I'll try to give you guys some good reviews on the local food & sceneries especially from my hometown (yay Tawau, Sabah) so please bear with me ok 😊

Oh and just so you guys know before proceeding...

a) I never travel abroad - so you won't be seeing any posts outside of our beloved country (yet!)

b) I take all of my pictures with my smartphone - so no professionally taken photos here as well (sad but true)

c) I dined using my own moolah - so my comments are somewhat unbias (for now)

d) I have this ongoing problem with my internet at home so I can only go online at work (the 'perks' of living at the bottom of a hill)- so I'm sorry beforehand for any comments that cannot be reply timely (my bad)

e) I don't mind if you guys wanted to use any of my pictures - just as long as you credit this blog as well ok 👍

Also due to my own carelessness, I've accidentally deleted most of the photos that I've uploaded to Google Album Archive a few years back. Thankfully I found a way to recover most of them (but not all I'm afraid) albeit in a much lower resolution & quality. So if you're viewing my past posts and there seems to be missing photos from them, I do apologized beforehand for that. I'll try to update them with newer photos should I drop by said places again in the future. So sorry folks... 😢😢😢

So here goes nothing...

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The Cove Coffee

Assuming that this cafe is the rebranding of sorts to its predecessor at Kubota Sentral commercial area (since I've noticed the same crew still running the cafe as when they're previously known as Kobo Coffee), adding some heavier meals into their menu and a wider variety of pastries does the trick of attracting new customers (us included of course). We've tried their Creamy Butter Chicken rice and Spaghetti Bolognese with Fried Chicken and both were pretty tasty. But my personal fave has got to be their big Chocolate Tart as it was decadent and very chocolatey. It's a shame that I can't seem to find them anymore as of late as I have been buying them on regular basis. So here's to hoping that they will bring it back again in the future for fans such as moi. 

** Current status - Still in operation (as of May 2024) 

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MOOD Coffee & Sausage

It's pretty rare to see a local eatery that sells actual American styled hotdogs (or at least ala A&W) so I was surprised when I first saw their menu via Foodpanda. And after ordering a few times from them (such as their Meehoon Siam with Sambal, New York Classic Hotdog and Italian Style Hotdog - the latter being my current fave) I finally decided to stopped by their actual store at Kubota Sentral (they're located on the far end row, the one nearest to Bintang Kubota commercial area) during lunchtime. That time I'd ordered their Chicken Burger plus some cheesy wedges and a Triple Dark Choco drink and all were tasty and satisfying. They've even recently expanded their menu with rice based dishes and some other Western dishes but I haven't tried them out so stay tuned for that. 

** Current status - Still in operation (as of May 2024) 

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Warung NS Family

Since I went to this stall sometime late last year, I'm too sure if they're still around now. But according to my hubby (who was the one that had  originally 'discovered' this stall) they seems to still be active on Tiktok (their main form of social media which I do not have but my hubby has so I'm just going to take his word for it) so I'm just going to go ahead with this post. 

The location of the stall might be a bit tricky since it isn't visible from the main road and you need to go further into the Kampung Sentosa, Hilltop area to actually find them (but we found them just fine with the help of multiple Tiktok posts from local patrons including this one - apparently they're really popular on said platform). And since this is only a small stall beside a house, seats were limited and so was their menu items. We tried their Set Talam Ikan Goreng, Gado-gado and Bakso Kulit Ayam and all were actually quite good but not that outstanding. You guys should give them a try at least to see whether or not you agree with me since I kid you not when I say that the amount of local social media promo that this stall had gotten were pretty mind blowing. 

** Current status - Still in operation (as of May 2024) 

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