LaMee - Noodle place

I love them Noodles.. But what better way to eat than having fresh noodles made on the spot and cooked for your eating pleasure. Yes! It's one of the kind cafe/restaurant. LaMee situated at Serusop Shopping area. The have a chef from China to make the noodles and cook them. If you are in the restaurant, you can see how wondeful the chef hand-made the noodles. I took the family today to try them and everyone seemed to enjoy it very much. Bunny had the wet style dried noodle while I tried the fresh made noodles cooked in chicken soup with herbs.. hmmm
Fejj had the kolomee chinese style and seemed to enjoy it...very much.. from the look of the pic. Actually the menu does not confine to noodles only.. but also rice dishes and western style menu. But we only tried the noodles menu as we wanted to try the freshly made noodles.


For desserts, there are chinese pancakes for you to try. Some are plain or you can ordered the red bean pancakes. Funboy seemed to love them with swettened milk and he took the initiative in showing you how to eat them.

To wash down the meal, I would recommend you to try the Teh-C Ping! You can drink it cold or hot. There is a flavour of grass jelly (chin-chow) to give the extra zing!.. hmmm. I'm loving it! However, there are many other drinks such as your favourites teh tarik or lemon honey drinks.
So, go head to Serusop this weekend and bring the family and try this authentic chinese cuisine..

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The joke is on us? I think not. I see this as a very positive thing. When a well known cartoonist makes a sketch out of the thing you do and highlighting it to the public via print media, it seems that we've somehow hit it big time! As they always say, "any publicity is good publicity" because "the only bad publicity is when there's no publicity" *hehehe*

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Kedai Kopi Chop Hup Hin, Sungai Liang

Jewelle's take on a Sungai Liang institution, Kedai Kopi Chop Hup Hin:

This shop is proof that with even without frills or fancy decor, as long as you have an efficient service, decent enough food, the customers will continue to flock in.

Chop Hup Hin : Just your basic, no frills coffee shop

This morning, we had breakfast at this open air Sg. Liang kopi tiam at the Seria-Bandar-Labi intersection. This shop, according to hubby has been around for decades and it is still doing brisk business. In fact, when we arrived, the spacious area in the front is full of cars and we got lucky that someone vacated their table just as we went in.

Full of cars

Food wise, they have the usual kopi tiam fare, fried noodles and kueh tiaw being their speciality. They supposedly have a similar style to the famous Seria mee so I guess that is why they are as popular. But then again, which Chinese kopi tiam is not popular if, as I said earlier, is fast and edible?

When we were there, the customers kept coming in and leaving, it was any shopkeeper's dream come true. I noticed that most of them men, simply sat at vacant chairs (with strangers), ate their noodles and leave. Of course, there are also the usual bunch of small-town contractors or retirees who sat in big group and basically gossiped and scrutinised every new customers.

The only thing I have against this place is that despite the "No Smoking" sign, nearly every table has someone puffing away. Thankfully the place was open air so the smoke was actually not noticeable.

I could see that this place is family run as the whole family seems to be on duty, from the old grandmother to the elderly son down to the children. Despite raking in probably thousands of dollars every day, the family still lives behind the coffee shop and from where I was sitting, I could even see the door to their living room.

I'm sure this is the kind of shop that will last on for many more years to go.

Singing Waitress - Nyonya Delima Satu

Original post by Rezafaizal on What to do?

The singing waitress

I had an overseas guest today and I decided to bring him out for dinner tonight. While on the way to fetch him, I was thinking “where to go?”. I felt like wanting to be entertained, perhaps seeing someone singing tonight to relax my mind. Can only think of 2 places i.e. Nyonya Delima Satu and the Empire Hotel. Decided to go to Nyonya instead as I know that the entertainment there is more fun. I also invited Bruneian to join me for the dinner.

About Nyonya Restaurant

As far as I know they have 2 branches, Gadong and Delima Satu. The one at Gadong don’t have singing entertainment, only the Delima Satu branch has it. The performance starts around 8:30pm on 1st floor. Monday and Thursday is an off day for their singers. The singers are actually the waiters and waitress. Delima Satu branch also offer Dim Sum for breakfast and lunch. Gadong branch don’t offer Dim Sum (I think so). Foods there are not that cheap but affordable. It’s a good place to bring guests or having special occasions dinner.

The performers

I would recommend anyone to try out having dinner there at least once. Remember not to choose Monday or Thursday night if you want to see the singing performance. 10% discount on HSBC credit card.

The address

No. 26 & 27, Ground & 1st Floor
Block D, Kg. Delima Satu
Mukim Berakas BB4713 B.S.B, Brunei Darussalam
Tel : 2340038
Fax : 2340039

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YANUR Nasi Talam / Mandi Rice

This is a post of some difference. Instead of going to a restaurant...why don't have a function at your home with much comfort and pleasure of good company of your family and friends.

I tried YANUR Nasi Talam catering service and what a trip it was. I only prepared the venue while YANUR's staff came with the 'saprah' cloth and such. Rice with lamb were distributed into large pans that can feed 8 people. This is a communal dinner service that gather everyone. With the rice, come condiments of yogurt cucumber, chutney and sauce. You can taste various flavours when you eat your rice.

If your choice is not to serve communal, you can also order it and serve it part of a buffet. The choice is yours.

Interested parties can call SANTOS, the manager at YANUR at 8719986. Enjoy the food!!

Gila, Kanyang Ku Eh! : A Poklen’s Eating Place Review

Original post here.

Sugar Bun, Gadong Location

The only thing you need to know about the location is that it’s on the ‘G-Town Strip’… albeit at the very edge. It is however a stone’s throw away from the purple-bus stop. Silver lining in every cloud and all that.

Menu

The classic western fast food menu has always been a personal preference for most Sugar Bun customers. A bite of their ‘broasted’ chicken almost feels as good as having a smoke outside the front entrance of the mall. Adding some savoury rice and pickles would make you forget about the mall altogether.

Their range of burgers is also guaranteed to flood your underwear with joy… and don’t even think about adding their delicious chilli sauce to the meals. It’d have you screaming so much you’d be arrested for indecent exposure. They also recently added Asian & Italian dishes to the mix… with the great Sambal Eco-Fish being the standout. It doesn’t get too much more poklen than that.

Staff

Well like all fast food place workers in Brunei, they’re pretty slow. They’re really friendly though… but then again I look like an albino ogre.

As a poklen, the appearance of the staff members is a vital part of my final judgment. Fortunately for them, the tasty dishes aren’t only laid out on the plates… Yummm… and I swear I’m not gay… I just enjoy talking like one… and dressing like one… and the Venga Boys are my musical religion.

Price (Essential)

None of the dishes cost double figures… so jaws won’t be dropped. You don’t have to hurt your brain counting past 10… believe me I know how hard that is. Don’t miss out. If you have extra cash lying round and you want to make that step up from Nasi Katok, turn to Sugar Bun for your next exotic dining experience.

Extras

If you’re lucky you get to witness the ‘Sugar Bunny’ in action. Its awesome cause bunnies are associated to playboy when it comes to poklens (even if it looks nothing like one). Cool kali ah.

Verdict

If Sugar Bun was a piece of bling, it’d be a dog tag. That’s how tight it is yo. This place is worth sacrificing some of that CoffeeZone / Coffee Bean time… but not too much. Whoring yourself around outside when it’s clearly too hot or rainy is still a must in poklen culture.

Pizza Hut Primo - The Mall, Gadong.

I've always liked the layout and design of Pizza Hut Primo. Very modern and comfy. I visited the place recently, was supposed to meet up with a friend but she cant make it. I was hungry but I think I ordered just a little too much for a one person meal hehehe...

First, I had the Mushroom Soup, nothing spectacular but its really just nice for a place that is considered as a fast-food restaurant.

Ordered some Onion Rings. Ain't so good but just nice again.

The mini Tuna Pizza. I think this is about $6+ inclusive of the Mushroom Soup & my Orange Crush drink below. Or was it just the drink hmmm... can't quite recall.

The main course, Mushroom Swiss Steak. I kinda like this. The mushroom all covered in cheese was really nice! The steak was not tough and the fries crispy just the way I like it. I think this cost $9.90 on its on.

My Orange Crush. Very refreshing.

So overall I had a good meal, got my moneys' worth. The setting was good and the staff were courteous and attentive. The only downside was that the WiFi wasn't working when I tried to get online, even after that staff said he already rebooted the router. Hehehe... But otherwise it was all good. I'm probably gonna pop-by there again soon because I wanna have their Apple Crumble dessert which I find so yummy.

p.s. sorry if the pics looks blurry. it was all taken using a mobile phone camera.

Nadj Restaurant

Another Indian food outlet worth visitting. Nadj Restaurant, located just behind Hua Ho Sengkurong (not Hua Ho Tanjong Bunut), is one of my favourites.

The restaurant seems to be just another ordinary Indian restaurant, but no! It has the authenticity of Indian and tandoori cooking. Try out the Nasi Beriyani. The Mee Goreng Mamak (pictured) is the best I have tasted so far, and also the Garlic Nan (pictured) is a must have!

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Gerai Soto Haji Tuah - Tutong

Went to Tutong this morning to get my fix of Soto Hj Tuah. For those who don't know, Soto Hj Tuah is an institution among Tutongites and I do not know anyone from Tutong who hasn't had Soto Hj Tuah before.

Soto Hj Tuah has been around for as long as I can remember and it is famous not only for the unique flavour created by a combination of the soup, meat, noodles, "kuchai", and of course, the hot chili paste or "lada rindu" which can burn your tastebuds to oblivion if you're not careful!

Sagar Restaurant

Feast your eyes.

Nothing out of the extraordinary but my latest rave is the North Indian dishes they serve up at Sagar over at Jalan Aman, just opposite Fratinis in Jalan Muara.

Pictured are cheese nan, chicken curry, wet kuay tiaw and some teh tarik.

I ordered the soupy dish but ended up harassing beau and stole off his cheese nan that was just yummy.

Sagar also lay out buffet dishes @ 9.90 per adult every thursday and saturday nights. Varieties too. Beau was impressed. And me? im just too easy to please. Hehe.

Sent in by Nora A.R.