KILLINEY Kopitiam, Times Square

Two weeks ago, Killiney Kopitiam had finally opened its door to the public and I was lucky enough to get to try it first as I was told ever since the media has reported its establishment, their business has been in brisk.

I guess most of you might already knew that Killiney Kopitiam is actually a franchise which originated from Singapore. It is a traditional Chinese Hainansese kopitiam which is popular for its well brewed coffee and tea as well as toast bread. However as time goes by, it has been modernised but yet the owner has preserved their signature food and drinks so well that it's still pretty rare to find a Hainanese kopitiam in current food and beverage market.

During my visit, I decided to try out few varieties of toasts which were;- Cheese Toast, Chicken Ham & Cheese Toast, Kaya Butter Toast and Kaya Cornflakes Toast. Set meals are also available which each set comes with a toast, 2 half boiled eggs and either coffee or tea.

One might find it hard to grab a seat as the kopitiam is really small that it could only occupied few tables inside. However, if you don't mind you may also enjoy your meal at their al fresco seating area. Price wise, some might find it more expensive than usual kopitiam but I guess it's actually predictable as it's a franchised cafe after all. But overall, we did have pleasant meal there and will make a return visit soon ;)

Killiney's signature Kopi-O 

Kaya Butter Toast

Kaya Cornflakes Toast 

Chicken Ham & Cheese Toast 

Half boiled eggs 

Lastly, I know you guys miss this BIG guy very much....! 

Here is a recent picture of SKY ;) 

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Eileen's Sandwich Shoppe Cafe

Ola people!

Unsure if I ever mentioned this to you guys... Hubby and I are big fans of Subway the fast food chained restaurant. We love their sandwich to the max and whenever we are traveling abroad, we would always try to search for the restaurant just to cure our crave. This actually kinda surprised myself because I'm not a vegie lover but yet when it comes to Subway sandwich, I would always choose to include all types of vegies, pickles in my sandwich haha!

Anyways, here is the good news to sandwich lovers like us!

Eileen's Sandwich Shoppe Cafe has already opened its door and although it's not Subway itself but the concept is there.

It has actually been established for months but I only got to try it out last week and I find that the price is really economic and is very worth trying.

Unlike Subway which serves footlong size of sandwich, in Eileen's there are two sizes available which are 3" and 6". Then there are few varieties of breads available such as plain or whole meal. And you can choose whether you wanna have tuna, egg, chicken or beef fillings for your sandwich. Of course, not to forget, vegetables and pickles.

To top that up, Eileen's also has two types of combo meals which are 3" meal and 6" meal. Both combo meals consist of a bowl of soup, a side dish and a drink. For the 3" meal it cost only $3.50 and for the latter one it cost only $5.50.

I had 6" Chicken Patti Sandwich during my visit and my mom had Roast Chicken Sandwich. We both agree that these sandwiches are very tasty but the meat fillings is too little. For instance, the chicken patty for my sandwich is really thin and there were very few pieces of it. Probably this is something which Eileen's might wanna improve at and I do know that at that cheap price we are paying, we can't really ask for more but I still think it's too little.

Nevertheless, I'll still revisit the cafe to cure my sandwich crave!

The menu 

Different types of vegetables and pickles to choose from 

Potato salad and mushroom soup

3" Roast Chicken Sandwich 

6" Chicken Patti Sandwich (can you see how thin the sliced patty is?) 

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New Tasty Corner Restaurant, Gadong

Two months ago, I finally got an opportunity to try out the New Tasty Corner Restaurant.

I guess most of you might already knew that Tasty Corner used to be one of the popular kopitiam in Bandar for decades. However just like year, it was announced that the owner decided to retired and sold the business. So now, it's under the whole new management.

Gone was the old days. The new Tasty Corner restaurant has huge difference from the previous one. During day time, the New Tasty Corner will be serving KK Sheng Rou Mian (also known as KK Kolomee) and other choices such as porridge, niang to fu and etc. Meanwhile, at night it will be serving steamboat which I am yet to try out.

So far I gotta say they serve really delicious porridge which I would say by far is the yummiest I've ever tried. But I guess with the price tag of $5.50 for a bowl of porridge with cakoi, it's indeed not a price tag which everybody can accept. To me, the portion of that bowl of porridge is actually enough for two. As for the KK Kolomee, Hubby thinks that the soup is rather tasteless but overall I think it's not too bad and we'll be back to try out their steamboat soon!

Cheers!

The food and drinks we ordered

Hakka Yong Tofu

KK Kolomee 

KK Kolomee

The $5.50 per bowl porridge with cakoi 

Another shot

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Ochado

Hey ya!

Sorry for the lack of updates as I've been tied up with lotsa works ever since I started the wedding preparation years back. And yes I know our wedding events have passed but still both of us are tied up with lotsa works that I had no choice but to stop blogging for short period.

And today, I'm back on track to do a review on the latest addition to local food & beverage scene!

Honestly, when I passed by the store weeks back I was pretty surprised to know that 'Ochado' was gonna open a branch in Brunei. The reason why I was surprised was that I thought the next pearl milk tea store to be opened would be 'Chatime' instead of 'Ochado'.

Anyway, my first tried on Ochado milk tea was back in year 2011 during my trip to Kuala Lumpur with Hubby. I guess if you've traveled to KL in these recent years you might have seen this pearl milk tea store which is just located right opposite to a Lomography store in Tokyo Street of Pavillion Shopping Mall.

Ochado is actually originated from Japan and not the pearl milk tea land, Taiwan. Thus, Ochado prioritizes more on its fine quality tea as its name is defined as 'The way of tea'.

Other than milk tea, Ochado Brunei also provides other beverage varieties such as Ice tea (Fusion or Original), QQ tea, Ice blend series and even Lemonade. Some drinks are available in two sizes which are medium or large and price ranged from $2.30 - $4.50. There is of course additional charges if you add toppings to your drinks.

Since it's first opening on 21st Feb 2013, I've already visited it twice and as you guys know it's still a newbie in town therefore the serving speed is pretty slow. It takes some time to wait for your drinks to be ready after you've ordered it and during peak hours or public holidays you could face long queue. Hopefully, the serving speed will improve soon.

During my first visit, I tried its Okinawa Matcha Milk Tea with Azuki Bean (which is red bean) and sugar level of 50%. I could already taste the bitterness of the matcha so I couldn't imagine the taste if I were to order a 20% or 0% sugar level haha! With this experience, I revisited the store again and had sugar level of 75% for all the drinks I ordered since it is stated 75% is the recommended level. And this time, the Okinawa Matcha Milk Tea really tasted much better. Aunt ordered the Coffee Crystal Milk Tea and we also tried the Roasted Milk Tea with Grass Jelly since it was highly recommended.

Currently, I would say my favorite drink is still the matcha milk tea as I've only tried very few drinks. If you have tried others which I did not and find it good, do let me know!

Since it's pay day period now, do expect long queue when you visit Ochado! 

Behind the scene 

My first visit ^ ^

Okinawa Matcha Milk Tea with Asuki Bean ($3.50)

Coffee Crystal Milk Tea ($2.90)

Roasted Milk Tea with Grass Jelly ($2.40)

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New Year.New Status.New Life

Happy New Year Readers!

I know I've been away for too long and too long that I didn't even remember when did I last visited this blog =.=

Guess you guys must be wondering the reason to my hiatus and thinking that I might haven't given up blogging.

Well... to be honest, that's not the case.

Just as the title states, the truth is that Hubby and I have finally got married in last December officially and legally :D

Because we were keen on making our dream wedding came true thus we made ourselves involved a lot in the wedding preparations (and when I said a lot, it really meant a lot....!). Hence, we really did not have much time to do food hunting and blogging.

I wouldn't say it's a fully DIY wedding but it's indeed more than a Semi-DIY wedding. And because we don't like to follow the mainstream thus it actually took us more than 1.5 years' time to plan this wedding.

Many have asked us "Need to plan so much one meh?" 

Of course need lar! Once in a lifetime okie!

For example, once we decided we would like to go for concept wedding we quickly decided on the theme we wanted which was "Old Shanghai Movie Theme". Moving on, to match the theme I hired a talented Indonesian artist who is very capable in paper art cutting. I then made used the digital version of the paper art to self design our wedding invitation card. Had my red evening gown/qi pao custom made overseas, flew all the way to KL to buy my wedding gown as well as getting my glittering bridal shoes there.

There were actually more but I'm just too lazy to mention all here. But one thing I must must mention here is the time and effort that my bridesmaids and groomsmen had actually spent on our wedding! My bridesmaids were so thoughtful that they actually researched and did all the handicrafts and tissues pom pom to decorate both our tea ceremony venues! They are truly my besties and both Hubby and I couldn't thank them more! It was actually them who made this wedding successful and without them, it would definitely be a total mess. We love them to the maxxxxxxx!

Alrighty! I'll try to blog about my Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Kuching trips asap (but no promise ah!) so stay tune!!!


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