Foodaholic Tawau

Seoul Garden HotPot (KK FoodieVenture #108)

After a not so good first experience with another Korean franchise restaurant before this, I admit that was pretty reluctant to step into this eatery. But in a weird turn of events, it was my partner that was insistent on trying them out. So as we take our seat (they’re located on the 1^st floor of Suria Sabah and is a part of the new Food Hall), we were told that we must use the Samsung tablet provided to order. Mind you, this is the first time we’ve encountered such an ordering system anywhere (yup, so ‘jakun’ of us indeed) so it took us quite sometime to finally make our choice.

And once we figured out how to send our orders (ehem…), service was pretty swift. The friendly staff took out our set order (which was called the Super All Day set for 2) items one by one and everything was better than expected. They first brought out the drinks (which was the Iced Peach Mango Tea for me and Iced Lime Tea for my partner), followed by the Marinated Beef HotPot (the soup was on the sour & spicy side and can make you sweat a bit), fried mandu and lastly Chicken Bulgogi Bibimbap plus its kimchi namui. Man, the bibimbap was delicious and flavoursome that I was instantly hooked. My partner also ordered the Hot & Spicy Drumettes separately and he said that it tasted similar to that of its Pizzahut counterpart, although on a higher level of spiciness.

Todak Waterfront Hawker Center (KK FoodieVenture #107)

Labels: food, kkcity, stall

I was actually in two minds as whether or not I would like to include this post since I lacked the necessary pictures (my bad folks – I was so into my food at that time that I totally forgot to snap any pictures until after I finished). Needless to say, I decided to just go with it and use whatever was at my disposal. I’ll try to update this post with more pictures in the future since I’ll be most likely be going back to the place again anyway. So this Jalan Tun Fuad Stephen hawker area has actually been around for a while now. I was initially a bit put off by the puddle and not-so-clean environment to frequent the area before this. But this past year saw the makan place’s outlook has drastically improved, what with the newly cemented area and bigger canopies being provided.

Just like numerous other waterfront stalls in KK, the variety of stalls that sell seafood within this area is mind-boggling. But do take note that the competition for customers seems to be a bit fiercer here than other places (so you’ll probably have 2 or 3 ‘promoters’ yelling for your attention as you went past the stalls). Also, do ask and negotiate the price of said seafood dishes beforehand since they can sometimes charge you a hefty sum for your orders. Me and my partner decided upon this stall called Chinese Food & Melayu Food (somewhere in the middle of the sea of canopies) and proceed to order a Kam Hiong Crab and Fried Mee Hoon for 2 pax since it was already late that night. The noodle was tasty but ordinary while the crab (according to my partner since I’m allergic to them) tasted succulent but lacked meat. And yes, our total damage was above RM50 just for a single crab meal and the noodles so be wary of their prices okay.

Ochado Imago (KK FoodieVenture #106)

Labels: beverages, food, kkcity, snacks

I’m probably one of only a handful of people that did not fancy drinking milk tea that much. I mean, I still try them from time to time but no place has really made me a full-fledge fan (yet). So usually whenever I pass by this kiosk (or its Suria Sabah counterpart) I would just ignore them in favour of other things. Well, that is of course until they’d include a variety of delicious looking onigiri (Japanese rice balls) into the mix; which is a good move on their part since this can attract the attention of non milk tea enthusiast such as moi. I’ve tried 3 different types of onigiri so far which was the Ebikko, Katsuobushi and Black Pepper Chicken Floss fillings. Man, I loved the Ebikko onigiri so much that I’ve bought them twice. But the other 2 flavours were just so-so to me. My tongue just couldn’t seem to comprehend the taste of flakes/floss, mayonnaise and rice all at the same time. My partner had a bite and decided that he did not like the dry, crunchy seaweed wrapping but I personally can’t get enough of them.

Baskin Robbins Imago (KK FoodieVenture #105)

Labels: desserts, food, kkcity, snacks

Dubbed as one of my ‘happy places’ in KK, this ice-cream joint never seem to let me down when it comes to their offerings. So when I was walking past their Imago kiosk (as oppose to the other branches that we’ve been to) and caught sight of their latest ongoing promotion (see below ad) , I pretty much made a pit stop there and then. Also, their inviting looking seating was something that me and my partner really needed after spending some time circling the mall like sharks. We shared a Chocolate Boat (said promotional item of the month) between us and it was refreshing and simply addictive. Here’s to hoping that one day a franchise of this marvellous ice-cream will eventually made its way to the east coast as well.

Api-Api Night Food Market @ Gaya Street (KK FoodieVenture #104)

Labels: food, kkcity, special event, stall

Ever since I read about this in some local newspaper, I’ve always wanted to check the place out, especially when our hotel was not that far off from Gaya Street. And since my mom was preoccupied with our relatives to even bother, I’ve decided to drag my partner instead to explore the night side of Gaya Street on a Saturday night. This particular night market only comes alive (on the same stretch of road as their Sunday morning counterpart) every Friday & Saturday so do take note of that.

I admit that anything that has got to do with food will amaze me one way or another. So imagine seeing rows of food stalls and food trucks in one spot. I was definitely pumped despite already having our dinner for the night. And although I got the impression that they were suppose to be more of them (judging by numerous postings online); I was still impressed by the selection of food available. You guys can check out the pictures below to see some of the vendors present that night. There are also the ones that I did notice but had not taken any pictures of such as the Penang Kuey Teow, soto, laksa and some fresh produce stalls. And since me and my partner were quite full that night, we’d only manage to try some Mini Chocolate Donuts (the donut itself was chewy and has this unpleasant after taste, most probably from the oil that they’d used to fry them in. But their chocolate ganache was superb though) and Coconut Ice-Cream (literally ice-cream in a coconut shell – and other than the unlimited toppings that you can stuff on top of the dessert, it was basically just Nestle flavoured ice-cream). But I wouldn’t mind going back there in the future to try other unique offerings that might be available. Well… Preferably with an emptier stomach of course.