The Coffee Zone

For this post, initially we wanted to go to eat at D'Aprils, but since it wasn't open, we decided to eat at somewhere else closer, which is in The Coffee Zone

This be the signboard and entrance of the restaurant. It's situated in Kiulap under the same block as Saffron and at the ground floor of the building where Le Taj and Capers are. The Coffee Zone has a few branches around the area, including Gadong, and usually specializes in drinks and desserts, but they do sell ala carte dishes in occasions. Yes, I know, another food-concentrated spot like Gadong, but that's how it is.






This be the interior and decor of the restaurant. Looks more or less like any sort of cafe design, the only difference was that they have a buffet table ready, probably for the sungkai buffet at night that seemed to dominate the market during the fasting month

Trigger happy on the cakes and confectioneries they specialize in

I ordered mocha latte, which actually tastes more coffee than milk though, but doesn't taste too bad either


To be honest...I totally forgot what drinks my friends ordered... ^^;

My friend ordered chicken pie, which tastes pretty good, but I probably prefer the one that was made by RBC Express, coz they're much more creamier, thicker and more buttery


My friend ordered steak, which I took a bite and am pretty satisfied with the taste. It's just right. Not too tough, not too soft either. Just nice


I ordered fish and chips, as usual if want to test the new haunt. Nice and crispy, and thankfully you can taste that it's one of those fresh fish and not those that is defrosted or anything.


My other friend ordered chicken chop. I tried a bit and it tastes pretty good too, especially the gravy. Nice and thick.

The only beef I probably have is that they take so long to make our meal. Either it's because of the fasting that made them move slow, or maybe it's because they mostly specialize on drinks and desserts that main courses and ala carte dishes aren't much of their priority

But still, if you have a craving for cafe-style Western food, feel free to go here, but it would be better to go there if you fancy a snack instead.

Kaizen Sushi Restaurant

This time, my friends have a craving for Japanese, and so, during my lunch hour, we decided to give Kaizen Sushi Restaurant a try to see how it fared from other Japanese restaurants here.

This be the signboard and entrance of the restaurant. It's located at the same row as KNY Kitchen and just right opposite my office in Kiarong Complex.




This be the interior and the decors of the restaurant. It's pretty small, almost as small as the Excapade in Kiulap branch, but it does have the aesthetics and whatnot. I especially like the lights. They're cute ^_^


Trigger-happy on the sushi train and the huge ship they used as decor for the open-air sushi counter. Looks awesomely cute

This be the cup they used to serve green tea, which looks pretty much like those they use for regular house-use and those who live the bachelor pod or something like that. Looks more commoner-like than the ones we used in other Japanese restaurants


I took down the salmon shake and the tamago sushi from the sushi train, but somehow the taste just doesn't seem too right. No, it's not spoilt, but it's just kinda lacking something


My friend ordered baby octopus as usual. His way of getting back at the octopus who predicted Germany's downfall LOL


My vegan friend's cousin ordered unagi tamago (I think) with rice, which is just basically unagi (eel) smothered in egg with white rice. Looks nice, but I never got to try it for real


My friend also ordered chicken wings, which looked pretty delicious, though kinda weird it being stretched out like that. I didn't try it, since I have my own food to bother with

The good ol' fashioned crabstick sushi, which I think I ate a couple

I totally forgot what is the name of this bento that I ordered, but it tastes pretty good. Basically it's salmon and chicken with teriyaki sauce and rice with the usually miso soup


Close up shots of the meat


My friend ordered the brown tea soba, which I had the courtesy to have a taste when I ate it in Kitaro (before it was Kitaro). Not sure how this one tastes here though


He also ordered salmon fishhead, and I never really actually tried it, though I still like the Chopstix version of salmon fishhead. How much can he eat?? LOL XD


My vegan friend ordered the string mushrooms, but it's the boiled version. Maybe next time when we eat together at Excapade, I might recommend her the one with teriyaki and butter sauce


She also ordered green tea soba as well, which I do wonder whether or not it tastes any better or worse than the others

Overall, I'd probably give this place a 5/10. Yeah, they got the atmosphere and stuff pretty well, but it just keeps giving me the feeling like it's missing something. Something that other Japanese restaurants have but they don't. Not really sure how to put it, but it really lacks something. But anyways, still some place recommendable to have Japanese food, if you're within the Kiarong area, that is

Tasek Brasserie

This time me and my friends are trying out another sungkai buffet, which is Tasek Brasserie in Raddison Hotel

This be the Raddison Hotel and the entrance. It is situated in the Bandar area, just right beside Terrace Hotel and has a "backdoor pathway" to the Taman Tasek park that me and my friend usually go for hiking before I started working. This hotel used to be known as Sheraton Hotel, but due to the incapability of expansion and business, the manager decided to pull out and then replaced new management of Raddison instead


This be the entrance of the restaurant itself. Just right beside the currently renovated Deals Restaurant that was the apple of the hotel's eye when it was still Sheraton

This be the interior of the place, very small, very quaint, and quite exclusive-looking, although there is not much difference than it used to when it was still Sheraton

Since it was buffet and we were early, and to avoid having the food being mobbed away by the hungry buffet "vultures" once the break fast begins, I went around taking pictures

This is the gist of the buffet display:


















Appetizers and salad, with an assortment of sauces, which is definitely hotel-fresh and quite yummy, and I get to eat kangkung~!








Main course, consisting of beef rendang, plain and fried rice, noodles, mussels (which tastes oh-so-good~!), sweet and sour fish, vegetables and lamb

Free flow of cold drinks like orange cordial, bandung water and coconut pandan, which still tastes more or less like bandung as well, with the hint of pandan


Roti canai and murtabak with assorted sauce




Grilled poutry like beef, lamb and chicken with sate and a whole big lamb roasted on a spit

Yam fritters, for those who are into Malay appetizers



Soto, with the assorted condiments and sauces (which I didn't get to try because I was totally stuffed)

Variety of bread

Beef rice porridge, which my friend claims to taste very good, much better than the usual chicken or fish rice porridge

Tom Yam soup, which wasn't really spicy as I expected, just sour-ish

Hot and spicy soup, which tastes way, way better than the Tom Yam soup














The creme de la creme of the entire buffet: The desserts, which tastes awesome-tastic! Every single one of them. OK, exaggeration. Those that I actually took tastes awesome-tastic. Too bad I was too stuffed at the end or I would've chowed on the bread and butter pudding

It's really interesting to see the guests just clambering around the buffet getting whatever they want (attacking the desserts first) and then just sit there in waiting, staring at their food as the clock slowly ticked away towards sungkai time. LOL. So near, yet so far XD

Following their example as well, waiting for sungkai before eating. You can already see the amount of food I've taken, especially the desserts

A video I took for fun of the warm drinks section that I forgot to take picture of, where there is a free-flow of teh tarik, and I just filmed him work his magic

Overall, I'll give this place a 8/10 for the food quality and the atmosphere. Their food is just as good as it was when they were still Sheraton, and the desserts were to die for! Sadly, this is for the sungkai season, though not sure what will they have in other different themes for their buffet in the near future, since they're pretty popular with that besides their ala carte western food. Possible reprisal may be considered.