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penang prawn noodle

Penang Prawn Noodle is originated from Penang, a northern state in West Malaysia. This dish is most probably created by the Hokkien Chinese in Penang, and today it is a very popularly dish in most of the big cities in Malayasia. The prawn noodle most important ingredient is its soup, it has to be sweet and strong with prawn taste. With that in mind not many kopitiams in Kota Kinabalu that sell prawn noodle did a good job with the soup. Only a few kopitiam has good quality prawn noodle soup, and one of these kopitiams is Wong Kee Restaurant. Located on Jalan Kolombong, Inanam, Wong Kee Restaurant prawn noodle is highly recommended. The boss has eight years of experience on preparing prawn noodle. What are the ingredients included in the prawn noodle? These ingredients are prawns, fish balls,fish pastes, sliced pork meat, and egg. Note: the fish balls and fish pastes are home made, with no preservative used. (more…)

Kota Kinabalu (KK) is well known for its grand beach resorts, beautiful mountains, exotic islands, and not forgeting its well organised eco-tourism industry. For those who love nature and wildlife, a wonderful and exciting holidays experience are waiting for you at KK. Since KK is situated in the northern part of Borneo Island, the most viable way to get here is by plane. With this in mind some people think that visiting KK can be expensive, which is not true at all. With a little planning, budget airlines, and a few good tips, visiting Kota Kinabalu on a shoestring is really possible, and even though on a limited budget, your visit to KK can still be a memorable one.

How to get here?
Since Air Asia started the budget airline industry some seven years ago, backpackers suddenly have a tool to visit Kota Kinabablu without burning a hole in their pockets. Today not only Air Asia has cheap fare to KK, Malaysia Airlines and Jetstar also have great saving and budget air fares to Kota Kinabalu through out the year. Watch out for their sale and special offer online.

• www.airasia.com
• www.malaysiaairlines.com
• www.jetstar.com

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beach bums jetty

If you want to relax and take some time out from your busy schedules, Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park is the prefect place to unwind and laze your day away. Pulau Manukan, Pulau Mamutik and Pulau Sapi are the three most visited islands in this marine park. Beach Bums is one of the three jetties in Kota Kinabalu that provides hourly ferry service to these islands, the other two are at Sutera harbour and Jesselton Point. Located at the marina of Tanjung Aru Beach hotel, Beach Bums service starts as early as 8:00 am and this service will run until the last ferry schedule at 4:00pm. Return from the islands begin as early as 8:15 am and end at 4:30 pm.

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If you are one of those travellers who need budget, cheap, or simply basic accommodation around Kinabalu Park Headquarters, then Mountain Resthouse will be a perfect place for you. Located just 300 metres away from the entrance of Kinabalu Park, Mountain Resthouse has the cheapest bed for rental in Kundasang and the Resthouse caters especially for the budget conscious backpackers. The rest house is partially hidden by trees and plants from the main road, and it is built on a sloppy hill that over look the Bundu Tuhan farming community. Mt. Kinabalu is completely hidden by the hill behind the rest house. Temperature here ranges from 19°C to 17°C at night. Mountain Resthouse has been in operation for almost a decade now.

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If you ask KKLites to have lunch or dinner at Kota Kinabalu Central Market, many of them will wink at you for even suggesting the place. For a long time now and for many of us, dirty, dark alley, hot and a very run down place are projected in our mind when thinking of or talking about the eateries on the first floor of Central Market. Some of us even swears not to go there ever.

But now all that has changed, and thanks to a Korean couples now we found a grade “A” restaurant right at the north end on the first floor of Central Market. The place was extensively renovated just a few months ago and it looks like something you see in Asian Food Channel (Astro’s programme) “Restaurant Makeover”. Starting with a new name, new design and look, air-condition, fully tiles, classy tables and chairs, plus a new menu on foods, everything here is brand new. Now is the time to revisit the age old Central Market and enjoy a good meal and posh atmosphere at this new restaurant, Opulence Point. This restaurant also has a good view of the fish market and the waterfront below.

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