KK Food Reviews

I’ve blogged about Miyabi Japanese Restaurant in February last year on my other blog (read it HERE).

Well, WC and I had dinner there again just now, and here’s what we ordered:

The Age Daashi Doofu (price: RM6) This is a must for us everytime we dine here, only tonight it tasted cold and not like its usual..

This is what I ordered for my main meal:

A dish with lotsa beef on it! And seriously, it was A LOT!

My meal is called the Gyu Niku Set, or Sliced Beef with Ginger Sauce Rice Set (price: RM16). I’m not much of a side dish eater, so I gave those a pass, except for the soup and the fruits hehe.. The beef taste was so-so. Could’ve been slightly more tender IMO.. but the sauce was yummy, which I guess made me didn’t mind it as much!

This is what WC had: Course No.7, which consists of the things like udon, fried chicken, tempura, salmon sushi, chawan mushi and fruits. (price: RM22) According to him, the udon was delicious (he’s a big udon fan, so trust him on this! hehe..) the rest were yummy as well, except for the salmon sushi. Today it was badly done; the salmon was poorly cut and was falling apart!

• Miyabi’s Address: Lot 53, Block G, Damai Plaza IV, Luyang
• Tel: 088-258939
• Opening hours: 11:30am - 2:30pm (Lunch), 6:30pm - 10:00pm (Dinner)

As what I posted on my personal blog, I just love Shabu-shabu, or any dish that involves having a soup, for that matter!
In case you don’t know what Shabu-Shabu is, it’s a Japanese dish consisting of raw meat (usually paper-thin slices of beef) and raw vegetables cooked by each diner at the table in a pot of hot broth.

Sure, after you eat, your shirt smells something like those poorly ventilated kitchens (well, you ARE the one doing the cooking after all, LOL.. ), but if you just want to take your time having your meal, then Shabu-shabu is definitely something you should try out once in a while! Go ahead; I’m sure you’ll enjoy it!

If you do not know where SM Shabu-Shabu is, it is located at Damai, and it is on the same row as the post office there.

I don’t know why, but everytime when the fiancé and I go to Centrepoint, we would always end up eating at Japanese Dream Food, located at 4th floor (Palm Square). And last night was no exception.

But this time around, I ordered this:

The fried chicken set (forgot what it’s called in Japanese), for a change. (I usually order some kind of udon whenever I’m here)

It’s a simple dish, yes, but a very delicious one nontheless, thanks to the special sauce for the fried chicken! I would surely order this again during my not-too-hungry days! Side dishes tasted good too, which is always a plus!

Meanwhile, the fiancé ordered his usual, the Sashimi Set. Seriously, if you bring your appetite with you to this restaurant, you should order this Sashimi Set! No need to order any other sushi as there are a lot of many different type of sashimi inside! And I highly recommend this dish! Yummy!

*Continuation of Umai Japanese Restaurant Post*

Here are some more pics of the food we had at Umai just now. I don’t know the exact names of the dishes, because I wasn’t the one who paid the bill just now..

This is some kind of mushroom sprinkled with garlic

Some kind of fish dish.. argh.. I wish I know more of what everybody had!

This is my grilled salmon. I know for a fact that this is very delicious! Yummy!

And for dessert, we had these:

Mango Delight. Too sweet! And I mean, it’s overly crazily sweet! Too bad..

This fruit pancake was delicious, though. I’d order this again the next time I’m here!

Okay, I know this post is useless because I don’t have the name, but the restaurant’s menu hardly have any pictures of the dishes inside, so here I am, showing you all what some of the dishes looks like!

- This Restaurant Serves No Pork -

After receiving a few comments that I should do a food review at the new Japanese restaurant in town called Umai, I finally had the chance to eat there this afternoon.

This one-month-old fine dining restaurant is located at the D’Junction building, on the first floor..

The restaurant entrance

The decor inside..

What you can find on your table

Okay, on to the food pics! We were surprised by the long list of menus, that it took us quite a long time to decide what to have! But we asked for some recommendations and they are:

Our appetizer, the Maguro Karpacho, which is basically red tuna..

Then for our side dish, we ordered:

California Temaki..

andSpider Maki.

And for our main dish, the BF ordered this:

5 Type Sushi Set

According to him, the sushi were easy to eat and easy to take using the chopsticks. He said overall, this is a well balanced sushi set with a lot of side dish. Presentation once again was very good, and it tasted delicious as well.

Beef Shogayaki Set

As for me, I ordered the Beef Shogayaki Set, and even though it took the longest time of all to arrive (all the other food had arrived much earlier), it was worth the wait. The beef were tender and delicious. And like the BF’s order, my set lunch included a lot of side dish as well. Loved the steamed egg. Delicious!

And for dessert, we were recommended to try the mango pudding. Unlike ordinary pudding, which is soft and jellylike, this pudding tasted the opposite. No jelly taste at all. It’s practically real mango, and this is due to the large amount of real mango used in making the pudding. But it’s really worth a try, especially if you love mango. Delicious!

Can you all believe only the two of us ate that much for lunch? Crazy, I tell you! And the total bill came up to more than RM100, but hey, it’s not everyday we get to eat at a fine dining restaurant. But then again, the prices of the food there are quite reasonable, and we love the food presentation! Excellent experience all around!

So we’ll definitely be back again at this restaurant! And if you love Japanese food as well, and love eating at a calm and nice ambience, the Umai is definitely the place to go.

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Opening hours of Umai:

Monday to Friday: 11.30am-2.30pm / 6pm-10.30pm

Saturday & Sunday: 11am-3pm / 6pm-10.30pm

Finally got to try out the food, especially the burger over at Wagamama Japanese Restaurant at Grace Point. Found out that the menu in this branch is different as compared to its other branches here in Kota Kinabalu: the specialty here are the burgers, which are not served in the other branches.

As usual, when in a Japanese restaurant, ordering Salmon and the Ebiko sushi is a must for me..

Tempura Udon & Salmon Burger

That night, I went there with my brother, and my BF. Both of them ordered burgers, so I wanted to try one of the burgers as well, but turned out that the burger buns ran out, so I had to order something else. In the end, I just ordered Tempura Udon.

Eating Japanese food at this branch is certainly something different, as it is outside in a food court and right beside the road, so it is perfect for those who would like to grab a bite, they could just park on the side of the road, and order a burger take-away!

So if you would like to eat Japanese food in a slightly different environment, then Wagamama Japanese Restaurant @ Grace Point is the place to go.

Okay, so this is not a KK Food Review, but it is a review by moi. And I’d like to share my experience and pics of dining at the famous Empire Hotel in Brunei.

There are even more pics of the hotel that I took. Perhaps I’ll continue upload them tomorrow. Too sleepy now to continue..

OMG, I love the ambience of this restaurant! Very classy looking!

Yup, I’m talking about Hana Japanese Restaurant, which is located in Kingfisher, here in Kota Kinabalu.

This is the outside sign..

This is how the restaurant looks like from outside..

This is the inside.

I actually wanted to sit here, but nope..

BF wanted to sit near the train and grab what good food that comes out!

So as usual, we ordered our main dishes, then we checked out the dishes on the train. Since we’ve oredered a lot for our main dishes, I just took these from the train..

But I forgot I also got the Ebiko on my main dish.. ooops.

This is the main dish. It’s actually a kids meal (complete with Vitagen!) The waitress suggested I take another dish but I said nope, I wanted to try this! So I did!

I wonder how can this be a kids meal when there’s so much food to eat! Even I myself had a hard time finishing it!

They also have cute sushi set up on my plate.

This is BF’s food:

The fried chicken and the salmon head were delicious!

We also had this..

Kinda reminds me of Excapade in Brunei; the thickness of the salmon and the decoration, but NOT the quantity!

Parents, please remind your kids of this warning:

But the highlight of the restaurant was this!

Beautiful and long aquarium!

And should you want to hold a private function here, you can opt for the private room that looks like this:

I am SO gonna have my birthday there next year!!

Contact info on Hana..

Update: Hana is now located at City Mall!