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21/06/2022

It has been awhile since my last update here. Not easy managing several social media at 1 time haha

Went for a short staycation at Alpine D’bayu Residence in Mesilau. I would have to say that this place is suitable for a staycation with your family!

Well equipped with cooking & dining utensils, a fridge and they even offer bbq equipments for a reasonable price.

Weather could go as low as 14 degrees Celsius at night and early morning. Please bring your sweater!

10/10 would recommend!

🏠 Acacia Cabin
📍Alpine D’bayu Residence
💰RM300 /night (weekend)
📞+6014 672 0324
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14/04/2022

I was invited by to try this year’s Ramadhan buffet!

With the theme “A Taste of Asian”, I promise that you will be spoilt with choices. I mean, with 700 different dishes, rambang mata!! From Malays cuisines, local favorites, to dishes from Japan, Vietnam and even Korea among others.

I would definitely recommend the Daging Salai Masak Lemak and the Vietnamese Braised Beef with Raddish & Carrot was so good! And the selections of sambal to accompany the wide selections of local ulam was amazing! If you are lucky, try their Pistachio Baklava! So buttery and sweet! Omg!

I wish I could include EVERYTHING in this one post, alas, it is but impossible!

Interested to know more? Or want to secure a table? Contact SICC at +60 88 206 008 / +6013 242 6885 or head on over to for more info!!

Thank you so so mich once again SICC for having us xo
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19/03/2022

FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY!! Got to try in ! So so happy. I made a point to myself that I will drop by if I ever get to KL. I DID!!!

Let me tell you, everything was HEAVENLY!!! I’m not really a chocolate person, but THIS. Oh THIS!!! I could eat this EVERYDAY.

We ordered 2 items from the menu. It has the same toppings (just different base).

We had the famous Triple Chocolate Crepe & Triple Chocolate Waffle. Oh. My. God. I wish I could have it again right now :( Good quality chocolate, soft thin crepe & warm soft waffle. Ugh!

10/10 would recommend!
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Triple Chocolate Crepe (RM25.30)

Triple Chocolate Waffle (RM26.40) add on vanilla ice-cream for a price which I cant recall haha

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20/02/2022

NEW VLOG UP!!!!

If only the mall adjacent to this hotel is alive. Such a perfect location to stay at.
Perfect spot for sunset viewing too. The room was awesome though!!!

Marriott Hotels Kota Kinabalu Marriott Hotel

We had a short staycation at Marriott Hotel Kota Kinabalu and it was fun!! I truly enjoyed the infinity pool and the room was AMAZING!!Booked our stay throug...

18/02/2022

We had an amazing stay at last month! ;3; the bed was wide, the bathroom big, room overall spacious!!

I booked this through agoda for RM319 inclusive of breakfast for 2! Full access to their facilities (pool, gym, steam room) Unfortunately our room was not facing the sea but the city view was good too.

I want to go again so so baaad! I did a full room tour video on my youtube channel! Link in bio.

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03/02/2022

Had the wonderful opportunity to attend SICC’s Chinatown buffet yesterday & it was nice to see kids (and adults) enjoying the fun lion dance performance!

Now let’s get down to the real deal; FOOD! 1st thing 1st, I’m glad there were 2 main stations located in the big hall so you don’t have to run from one end to the other and most importantly, they provided gloves & hand sanitisers at each food stations too!

SICC once again impressed us with their selections of dishes! They had homemade hand-pulled noodles, to dim sums, congees & porridges with tons of colourful condiments. They also have local favourites such as murtabak, chicken curry and dhal, choice of chicken or duck rice, roast lamb.. oh my god, the list goes on and on! They even had a stir fry station where you choose your veggies and meat and they will stir fry it for you on the spot!

Fresh oysters & scallops? Yes. Fresh sashimi? Yes. Slipper lobster?! YES.

Some special desserts we’ve spotted includes, mooncakes, osmanthus jelly, candied sweet potato, 8 treasures rice pudding and even tangyuan!

My favourite dish would be from the main course section; the steamed Garoupa with nyonya sauce and the salted egg prawn with egg floss. I also enjoyed dipping the soft & fluffy steamed mantou in the nyonya sauce.

Didn’t get to taste much of the dessert unfortunately because I was so stuffed, but I enjoyed the ice lemon tea! Somehow it tasted different than other ice lemon tea I’ve tasted before. Also got some fortune cookies to end our meal.

They even had this 150ft long mandarin swissroll /cake designed by chef and his team to look like a dragon! How cool!

Overall, the food tasted great! I had a great time meeting long time no see friends (haha) Staff were helpful and friendly too!

Definitely a highlight to my Lunar new year 🤣

Thank you once again for inviting me 👏🥺
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For more info and updates on any events and going-ons by SICC, do visit their instagram page !

12/12/2021

When we were planning our fambam trio to Kundasang, my husband made a point to drop by this newly opened attraction at Mesilau.

Kundasang Farm Ville & Hooga Cafe. Apart from selling organic grown veggies & strawberries, they also have instaworthy spots to take photos at (sorry I didnt take lotsa photos here. Was busy taking videos for youtube haha)

If parents wanna enjoy looking at lettuces (lol) kids can enjoy themselves at the playground INSIDE the farm itself. You also could pick your own veggies with a certain fee of course.

The cafe was beautiful, but unfortunately we did not have the chance to dine there because they ran out of ingredients. Sad.

Latest entrance fee to Farm Ville (the photo taking areas & veggies);

Daytime: Adult (RM10) | KIDS (RM8)

Nightime: Adult (RM13) | KIDS (RM10)

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21/11/2021

I would choose Mt Kinabalu over any clear beaches in this world.

If you want to see a clear view of Mt K, wake early. 5.30am-7.30am (on good days if you’re lucky)

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13/11/2021

I do not mind eating steak but am not the type to order one. So I don’t have a lot of experience when it comes to this delicacy Hahaha

The Soft Shell Crab Fritters were amazing! Seasoned well, coated with thin and crispy batter. We had it with 2 different dipping sauce; the normal garlic aioli, and the curry aioli (included by default.) The curry aioli was DELICIOUS!!! A must try!!

The steak at did not disappoint. This beautiful piece of ribeye beef steak was cooked and presented to us perfectly! The Black Angus Tomahawk weighs more than a kilo and could easily feed a table of 3-4 person. It came with four sides; kurma basmati rice, cajun sweet potato fries, sweet corn mac & cheese and sauteed seasonal veggies. The roasted garlic on top was like butter & was good apparently. I can’t eat garlic like this… so I couldn’t say hahaha The brown sauce was good too. Definitely would suggest eating the meat with just sprinkles of salt. Will elevate the meat flavor to a whole different level!

The sides were all delicious too! The sauteed veggies were amazing! Especially the grilled zucchini! I’ve never tasted a more scrumptious zucchini in my life haahha

There were a lot of missing items on the menu though, so we had to opt for the Southern Fried Chicken for my daughter ;( wanted to get their Fish and Chips, alas. But what we were (kinda) disappointed for in selections were quickly redeemed by the taste! The chicken was seasoned perfectly and cooked right! Crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside! I just wish Pound could do something about the side selections though. We couldn’t change the coleslaw to sweet potato fries when both of them cost RM12 if ordered separately. Doesn’t make sense. So our daughter literary does not have any sides to eat because let’s be honest, red cabbage slaw and a 4yo doesn’t go well together.

Overall, would totally recommend.
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Price: 💲💲💲💲
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What we ordered:

- Soft Shell Crab Fritters | RM25
- Black Angus Tomahawk (4 sides) | RM48/100g
- Southern Fried Chicken | RM32
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21/10/2021

Lama tidak update. Been very busy with life!! Hope you guys are doing great despite the pandemic. Stay safe. Follow sops.

Currently staying in Hyatt sea view room no. 1014. View is always amazing!!

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31/05/2021

Ordering in-room dining has its perks.

1- Sit on bed and eat.
2- Being anti-social is ok.
3- The excitement of having the food cart rolled into your room 🤣
4- You can eat as barbaric as you want and nobody would see lol

Magellan Sutera’s room service is good! Food taste great too! We ordered:

1- Ayam Penyet
Came with a plate of white rice with belinjo crackers. Quarter chicken, veggies, tempe and mango salad. Of course with sambal on the side.

2- Nasi Goreng Sutera
Mildly spicy fried rice with anchovies (ok basically nasi goreng kampung lol) with a side of salted egg, chicken curry kapitan & fried fish fillet.

OK so we ordered dinner from sutera too and we were surprised to see this Sutera Gourmet Takeaway deal that they have. It has basically the food that we ordered in it but with a WAY cheaper price range. The ones we ordered cost around about RM30-40. While the gourmet menu cost less than RM20. I mean... they do NOT deliver to your room though. Even though you are an in-house guest *shrug* The fried rice tasted similar but instead of fish fillets, it came with an entire small fried fish. I’m ok with it. The fish was fried well that I could eat the entire thing bones and all.

So yes. That was it 🤣
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I am not sure what happened to their IG, couldn’t find it at all :/
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30/05/2021

Yes. Another full lockdown starting 2 weeks from tomorrow. We’re just glad we managed to get this family staycation out of the way!

We decided to spend 2 days & 1 night at Sabah Beach Villas (sadly they do not have instagram. Blasphemy. I know.)

We booked this through and for RM437+ we got ourselves a private beachfront pool villa!! Our villa number was 101 and it was situated at the other end of the resort(?) WHICH has it’s own private & spacious beachfront!!

The facilities includes 2 bedroom (1 king, 1 twin beds), 2 toilets. The master en suite has it’s own whirlpool bath. Kitchen! Almost well equipped. It has full fridge, stove, toaster (wish it was covered. Sanitary reasons.), microwave, cutleries, cups & glasses, knives, chopping board, ladle, can opener, no spatula though!

The dining area has a direct access to our private lap pool! The living room was SPACIOUS! With doors heading towards the beach.

Talking about the pool, the villa actually has 1 adult lap pool, and 2 kids pool! ;)

The sunset from the villa is AMAZEBALLS and since our villa is the beachfront villa, we had the front row seat to one of the world’s best sunset ;)

The facilities do need a bit of sprucing up. You can actually feel that the place is old.
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28/05/2021

Here’s part 2 to our Kundasang vlog!

Please comment, like & subscriiiiibe!!!

https://youtu.be/5Jg_caLpCiw

Our itenarary for day 2 includes:1- Kg Kigiok’s Rabbit Farm - a bit disappointing. Would NOT recommend until they fix their facilities AND show more love tow...

27/05/2021

So we had a short family staycation last week and since we were somewhat in the area, we decided to drop by for dinner!

I do hope they fix the road going in soon :( it was a bit confuaing getting there. But all is well when food was great, waitress attentive & gave good recommendations, even the ambiance was amazing. It was WORTH it.

Here is a breakdown of what we ordered:

•Dragon Grouper cooked in Nyonya Sauce (RM8/100g) -RM184
Delicious sauce! 10/10 would recommend. Again. Haha

•Honey chicken -RM20
Just like a basic honey chicken.

•Salted egg squid -RM25
Delicious and crispy!!

•Butter prawn (wet) -RM30
So-so. Can skip or cook it in a different way.

•Corn soup RM15
Basic corn soup.

•Moringa leaves -RM15
Surprisingly taste NOTHING like the capsule. It resembles sayur manis and the waitress suggested it to be cooked with their free range duck egg (add RM2) IT. WAS. GOOD. Try!!

•Siput tarik -RM40
Like all other siput tarik dishes put there 🤣

•Yoghurt cheesecake -RM18
I’m more of a New York cheesecake person. But this cheesecake is not too sweet and not too tart. It has a good balance.

OH the mango appetizer cost RM3 but it was delicious!

Everybody there was friendly! It was amazing. Would say it is my favorite seafood spot to date! ;)
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24/05/2021

It’s nice living in Sabah. We have the mountain, hills, valleys, beaches... what else you want? 😂

We spent a few days at Sabah Beach Villas (how they don’t have ig is beyond me) and the weather was great! It rained, but at night! So all is good 😌

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20/05/2021

Had a 2 days 1 night staycation at Magellan 2 days back with . We ordered delicious room service (next post!) and played at the pool! It was fun!

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Don’t know why the bed & pillow was not comfortable thisbtime around. I had neck & backpain 🤣Toilet sink smelled like cockroach, there was only 1 towel provided and the nails that were holding the carpet down were showing and they were sharp & rusty. Room had ants too 🥲 (room 7425) BUT!! our stay during new year was good though (room 7351)

We ordered Sutera’s takeaway and it was good too. Altough they do not deliver to your room and you have to pick it up at the concierge.
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09/05/2021

Sabahan sunset! Featuring that kid who’ve always made special appearances in my vlogs. We celebrated Mother’s day at Waterfront because Mai Yai 😍!

We arrived just right when the sun was setting. It was beautiful. Sabah sunsets are just *chef’s kiss*

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03/05/2021

When we stayed at , we ordered their room service. The food was reasonably priced, portion was enough, and tasted quite good too!

When you order room service, you expect it to come in a rollaway cart, with heavy, clean, white plate, complete cutleries... Alas, Promenade chose a different approach to room service. The staff who sent the food came unprepared too. Maybe during the ordering process they could ask the customer’s choice of paying method? I felt a bit guilty, somewhat, to see the staff fiddling through his own wallet for change.

BUT!! I’m very thankful that it tasted good hahaha I had nasi goreng kampung & my sister in law had... what was it? Wat tan hor? I dont even remember. Looks more like a mee goreng basah to me 😂

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29/04/2021

I did not know such place exist in Penampang! We had our buka puasa meal and it was great!

Their ambience was amazing. The service fast. Food, tasty.
Here are a list of things we ordered:

1- Chicken Nuggets
Nugget was so-so but their homemade tartar sauce was AMAZING! I’ve never tasted anything like it. 1 word to describe the sauce; refreshing.

2- Cream of Mushroom Soup
Creamy and delicious. The consistency was great too!

3- Oxtail Asam Pedas with Rice
The next best spot for oxtail asam pedas after Hotel No.5 (no need to mention Hyatt here haha) For only RM30++, the portion, great. Taste was good! Yum!!

4- Grilled Chicken Chop
Pan grilled chicken thighs paired with their homemade bbq pineapple sauce. Chickens were well marinated, their coleslaw was drizzled with sesame salad dressing I think. Alas, I am not a fan of bbq sauce, so it was a so-so to me.

5- Homemade creme caramel
At 1st we wanted to get their lava cake, but you apparently need to order it 18min beforehand and we did not have the time. So we opted for their creme caramel and IT. WAS. DELICIOUS!!!!! Topped with vanilla ice cream, the texture was silky smooth. Not overly sweets. Gosh! You NEED to try it yourself!!

For those who are looking to break your fast here, get to this place latest by 5.30pm because this place gets packed very fast!

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💡 Serve no Pork

📍 Ocean36 Bar & Bistro, WK Commercial Center

🗓 Tue-Sun | Mon (off)

💲 $ $ - - -

📞 Reservations 016-810 2221

19/04/2021

Are you guys tired of Ramadan buffets yet? No? Me neither!!! So to be invited to sample delicious food from was a delight!

With a selection of 100 various dishes, ranging from varieties of kerabu, to their daging dendeng, fried calamari, masak lemak cili padi, whole roasted lamb (majestic I tell you!!), roasted chicken, mongolian whole fish to their satays and lekor and last but not least, desserts! Assorted malay kuihs, cakes, ice kacang and even ice cream! You name it!

Might I suggest their steamed fish with Mongolian sauce, roast lamb, ayam masak lemak cili padi & my favourite; cream brulee for dessert. It was 100% a must try!!! MUST!! Their teh tarik was bomb too!

For only RM90 adult and RM45 for children & senior citizen, I think Palace Hotel’s Ramadan buffet is worth every penny.

P/s Menu will rotate weekly.
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💡 Halal

📍 The Palace Hotel Kota Kinabalu |

🗓 19th Apr - 10th May 2021

⏰ 6pm - 10pm

💲 RM90 (adult) | RM45 (senior citizen & child above 7)

📞 Reservations: 013-8681589
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20/04/2020

As we proceed into 2020 everything has gotten a bit more overwhelming. I hope everything will pass and get better. Stay at home & reminder to self; practicing social distancing does not mean neglecting social connections.
Counting days to my next plane or boat trip or any trips at all!! :(

13/03/2020

Had a fun dinner session with the guys from at the latest branch of Indo Padang just next to the 24/7 Orange in Jesselton Point!
I ordered Ayam Bakar Rica Rica and it was DELICIOUS! Im amazed at the variation of sambals (chilli sauce if you may) that they have! The Ikan Terbang is worth the try too!! Yummy yum!
Thanks KJRI KK xoxo

10/03/2020

I was so fascinated with the toilet in like a 5 star resort, ok!!
Head on over to my youtube channel to know more! 💜 LINK IN BIO.

06/03/2020

One of our FAVORITE spot to have chicken chop. I am salivating while typing this hahaha
Eddie's chicken chop is fried until crispy yet the meat remains juicy inside! Accompanied by a side of fries, baked beans & veggie. Pair it with chinese tea, trust me.
Swipe left till the end for the list of menu here at Eddie's!
■ Chicken Chop (no veggie) RM18.50
■ Chinese Tea (iced)

@ Restaurant Eddie

17/02/2020

Another tick off of my bucket list. To be able to swim with a majestic creature such as the Whale Shark was amazing!! It doesnt look as intimidating based on this photo, but when you are an inch close to this largest living nonmammalian vertebrate (that was a mouthful haha) you get scared, nervous, apart from being in awe.
We woke up super early and head to the whale shark points in Talisayan. Visited all the bagans (fishing platoons) because the whale sharks are attracted to em. It was amazing!! Would I do it again though? DEFINITELY but with lesser people around :)
Ps WE SWAM WITH THE BABY ONLY OK and it was already gigantic!!! 💛
Watch my vlog on my youtube channel! Link in bio! :)

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15/02/2020

If there is 1 building that I could just spend my entire day staring at, it'll be the Petronas Twin Tower! Standing tall at 451.9 metres high, this 88-storey twin structure is a beautiful sight to behold.
Majestic by day and dazzling at night :) definitely my most favorite building in the entire world and if I could make a point to visit this place whenever I'm in KL. I will.
.truly.asia @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

14/02/2020

Decided to give this place a visit and celebrate a family's birthday all together! It was quite the journey to get here but worthwhile.
I would highly recommend to reach here when the sun is setting (we missed it) but I bet the sunset would be magnificent!!
The seafood was caught fresh!! And the service was very fast. My personal favorite dish would be their Grouper cooked in thai sauce and the salted egg squid!! Because we love anything in salted egg hahaha
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@ Our Land Eco Farm