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Archive for January, 2009

Sushi King (Sabah Opening Ceremony)

January 29, 2009 By: olombon Category: Eating Out, Japanese, Restaurant


prosperous yee sang special

Tossing Yee Sang with family and friends is one of the Chinese New Year traditions. The Chinese believes that the higher you toss, the more prosperous you will be. This Chinese New Year season Sushi King has its Prosperous Yee Sang Special available from the 10 th January until the 10 th February. Ingredients used to make the Prosperous Yee Sang are fresh salmon, fresh scallop, fresh vegetables and the crispy tenpura fritters. The big Prosperous Yee Sang Special platter can serve 4 - 6 persons and is priced at RM 38. The smaller single platter Prosperous Yee Sang is also available and it can be picked up on the revolving conveyor belt.

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One week in Sabah

January 28, 2009 By: olombon Category: Sandakan, Tour Package, West Coast

Sabah formerly known as North Borneo is the wildlife destination of South East Asia, and the Kinabatangan River area is known to have the highest concentration of wildlife in Borneo, Malaysia. Sabah is also home to the extremely cute Orang Utans, and the very unique Proboscis monkeys. Last December some 60 diplomats from around the world voted Sabah as the best tourist destination in Malaysia. These votes do speak volume, and finally the world has come to recognise Sabah as a top tourist destination.

To visit all the tourist destinations of Sabah, one will probably need a month to do so. If time does not permit below is a seven day itinerary tour programme by Wildlife Expedition, which combines the best of west and east coast of Sabah. Guest will travel by air, canoe, boat, and coach to reach various interesting places.  The followings are excerpts from a Wildlife Expedition brochure.

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Port View Seafood Village

January 26, 2009 By: olombon Category: Restaurant, Seafood

 

Everyone knows Kota Kinabalu is famous for its excellent fresh seafood, and there are many seafood restaurants to go in and around the vicinity of Kota Kinabalu. Located at the KK Waterfront, Port View Seafood Village is one of the best known up-scale seafood restaurants in the city, and some 60% of its customers are foreign tourists, and businessmen. Walk into the live seafood area, and one will be amazed at the four levels of cascading aquariums, which boast of fishes, prawnes, lobsters, crabs, clams and even live abalones. Most of these fishes are caught from the South China Sea, Sulu sea and the Celebes sea on the east coast of Sabah.

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Sabah Tea Garden

January 23, 2009 By: olombon Category: Accommodation, Chalet, Ranau

One of Sabah most recognized products and always a gem as a souvernir or gift is no doubt the famous Sabah Tea. Mostly wrapped in green package with Mount Kinabalu as its background, Sabah Tea can be bought in tea bags or plain simple tea leaf. Besides as gift Sabah Tea is also served in many of the cafes and restaurants in hotels and resorts around Sabah. A visit to Sabah Tea Garden will give guests a more inside knowledge on how these teas are farmed, haversted and processed.

Sabah Tea Garden located at the district of Ranau, is about 3-hours drive from Kota Kinabalu, and just under an hour drive from Kinabalu Park Headquaters. This tea garden, a six thousand acre plantation, is surrounded by tropical rainforest, believe to be one of the world’s oldest. Sabah Tea Garden has a total tea planting area of about one thousand acres, and is also an international certified organic farm.

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California Grill

January 22, 2009 By: olombon Category: Eating Out, Restaurant, Western

Just a glance at the California Grill restaurant’s interior is enough to entice anyone to come in and find out more about this eatery. With an excellent ambience to start with this restaurant has a well designed layout and great furnitures to go with. The soft lighting and the brown hues inside create a calm and relaxed atmosphere which make the restaurant a good place for friends to gather and enjoy a great meal. All these really compliment with the motto of California Grill which is “bringing together great food and good company in a relaxed atmosphere.”

  

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