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Secret Recipe @ Kota Kinabalu

May 25, 2009 By: olombon Category: Eating Out, Restaurant


low fat peach cake

Without a doubt, Secret Recipe is the most successful local restaurant in Malaysia. To date it has well over 100 oulets in various parts of Malaysia. In Kota Kinabalu alone there are three outlets. Other than Malaysia, Secret Recipe can also be found in six other cities in the Asia Pacific region. These cities include Bangkok, Jakarta, Karachi, Manila, Singapore, and Shanghai. Over the years many newspapers and magazines sang praises and gave good reviews on Secret Recipe. Here are some of them: “Successfully captured the hearts of many Malaysians.”- The Edge, “Tempted to order all the cakes you see in Secret Recipe.” - Singapore Press Holding, “Highly recommended as the best cheese cake in Kuala Lumpur.” - BK Bangkok Magazine and “Noted for their fine cheese cakes.” - Star Metro. Along the way Secret Recipe had also won a handful of AWards and Recognitions: Best Cheese Cake Award 1998/2000, Entreprise 50 Award 2002/2003/2004/2006. Enough about awards and reviews, let’S see what Secret Recipe is made of.

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Sin Wang Char Chan Teng

March 24, 2009 By: olombon Category: Chinese, Eating Out, Restaurant


cheese baked rice with sliced pork in “sze chuan” style

Hong kong is one of the most densely populated cities in the world, and is also well known for its variety of cuisines and restaurants. Much information on Hong Kong’s food scenes can be found in books, mgazines, newspapers, TV programmes, and even blogs. Yes, blogs are here to stay. Since 2007 a few Hong Kong style restaurants have started operation in Kota Kinabalu, mainly in Warisan Square and 1Borneo Hypermall. Located at Warisan Square, Sin Wang Char Chan Teng, which offers Chinese cuisine (Hong Kong style), is one such restaurant. This restaurant is fairly easy to find, just use Le Meridien Hotel as a target point, since Sin Wang Char Chan Teng main door is facing the elegance five-star Le Meridien Hotel.

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