Buffet lunch at Tanjung Aru Beach Hotel

A private gathering earlier this year after some family matters. Tanjung Aru Beach Hotel is a nice place, very relaxing and overseas the ocean. I love hotels/resorts and wished I work in one, it must be fun to go to such a grand and relaxing place everyday and meet all sorts of people.

Colorful assemble

 I took pains to select a vibrant platter, I love how the colors turns out.

Smoked salmon and olives on top of a bed of green and purple lettuce and vinaigrette dressing.

Sushi and barbecued chicken Char Siew

 The Barbecued chicken Char Siew is rather good, sushi is nice enough but nothing to shout about.

Bun with tuna spread and raw fish

The buns made a nice presentation but is rather common in taste, you could easily make these for home parties with a sliced open bun, a piece of lettuce and tuna spread. There are a whole range of sashimi like Salmon, red snapper and others which does not interest me much, I only like butter fish sashimi. I don't remember what is this pink sashimi already.

Dessert and snack platter

 Less colorful assemble, but most of the desserts are good. I'm starving now and regretted that I didn't go back for second or thirds that day.

Lemon meringue tart and bread pudding

 Lemon meringue tart is okay, but not as good as the yummy bread pudding. Its on par with our own bread pudding. Except this does not have peaches and was served with a nice cold cream.

Miniature pizza, chocolate brownies (?) and eclair

I remember the miniature pizza as dry and the taste is pretty forgettable, chocolate brownies or cake is heavenly, the photo does not do it justice at all, the eclair is pretty nice too, chewy with a nice creamy spread inside.

Dim Sum and Miniature pizza

 The dim sum is rather forgettable as well, I'm sure I'm not the one who has said this before, hotel dim sums are usually not as good as proper dim sum places, one of the reason being (psst... no pork) If you want good dim sum, you must go to non-halal restaurants. New Wong Kwok is one of the good ones in town. Or Royal China, however I'm disappointed with R.C's service when I went there the last two times, next time I'll go to Foo Phing instead.

Soup

 Slightly watery, taste is so-so only.

Almond pudding with lychee

This one is nice, not too sweet and the pudding really does taste and smell like almond essence. Unlike some places who served a few cubes of white agar with no taste and called it almond pudding.

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Brooklyn at 1 Borneo

After Tea Box, we walked around the mall and end up at Brooklyn some times later, so we decided to stop in and have a quick lunch. It might be a nice location to throw a birthday party since the place is huge and can seat many people, not that I'm planning to throw a party or anything, its just a suggestion for anyone who might be interested. To read my previous post on this place, click Here. I think the photo quality is slightly better than the last time.

Double Cheese and Ham Sandwich RM12.90

The classic sandwich with ham and cheese, served together with salad on the side.

Beef Bacon Seafood Pizza RM18.90

This Pizza is nice and flavorful, although the shrimp is rather small.

Hawaii Teriyaki Burger RM18.50

Burger with nice beef patties served with teriyaki sauce, pineapples and fries,  lots of fries.

Original Coney Island Cheese Dog RM15.50

Hot dogs topped with bolognese meat sauce and cheese, served with fries and bits of salad.

Pan Fried Dory Fish RM24.80

Pan Fried Dory on top of a bed of mashed potatoes and salad, the sauce is too salty in my opinion. But overall, its passable.

Waffles with Peach and Ice-cream RM10.90

How can we say no to good ole Waffles with Peach and Ice-cream, a must order whenever we're there. Yums.

Brooklyn
G838, Ground Floor, 1 Borneo,
Jln Sulaman ,Kota Kinabalu
088-486353

Tea Box at 1 Borneo

While waiting for my sis and mom outside of Kaison, I decided to sit down for a short tea break nearby, there are Mario's Pizza, VedaBlu and TeaBox. I planned to have Mario's but I thought of having a proper lunch soon, so that one is out. Then I wandered over to VedaBlu, but they didn't have my favorite flavor- Pepito (It's been a while, what happened VedaBlu?), they do have a new flavor called Bambangan or Wild Mangoes that is favored by the Sabah Kadazandusun natives, sounds interesting but maybe next time.

In the end, Tea Box it is, I've never actually tried Tea Box before so I settled for a Vanilla Creme Frappe. I love the subtle vanilla flavor within the milky slush, nice. Pricing is rather reasonable too. Maybe I would try the Peppermint Frappe, Green Milk Tea, Vanilla/Peppermint Latte next time. My Dad might like the Mango Frappe, he is very fond of mangoes.

p/s: Pictures edited with Picnik to give a Lomo-ish look to it, I wanted to make it look more interesting, do tell me if you found it too O.T.T.

Prosperity Burger

Enough of stray cats, after feeding them, its time to feed ourselves next. Its been quite sometimes since breakfast and we planned to takeaway our lunch at McDonald's drive through. Every year, my dad would crave their prosperity burger (I remember last year we went there for 3 times in a row during CNY), I definitely craved the curly fries, seriously, they should make curly fries a permanent item instead of just during CNY, everybody loves curly fries. Lately we have tried to limit our fast food and soft drink intake, its been quite a while since we had McDees so its a nice treat for all of us.

Fries and curly fries

Double cheeseburger

Ayam Goreng McD

The Beef Prosperity Burger

Coca Cola