C.A. Mohamed

I actually received an email a few months ago where a certain someone who is a Bruneian residing in Perth, Australia actually reading my blog and enjoying it and using it as a guide for her to check out foodiez when she comes to visit Brunei during the hols. She highly recommended C.A. Mohamed for its roti canai, so this blog is dedicated to her XD

This be the signboard and entrance of the restaurant. Technically there are a lot of branches throughout Brunei and considered one of the largest-growing franchise in our country, but the branch we went to is the one which is located within the Yayasan Mall downtown in Bandar, at the 2nd floor of the Mall just by the escalator if you start take the one that is towards Jolly Bee if you're at Ground Floor. Can't miss it

Trigger-happy at the preview menu outside the entrance




This be the interior of the restaurant. Looks just like any other posh Malay restaurant, with super-duper cold air-conditioning and the typical Malay designs incorporated on the settings, lights, walls and floor tiling, and did I mention super-duper cold air-conditioning? XD

We took a window view seat, where we can overlook the city and the water village, as well as the SOAS mosque


Trigger-happy moment. What lies behind Door #1? (LOL, it's actually just a private room for those who have functions and whatnot)


My friend's Teh Tarik India...


And my Tea-C Special, which tastes nice and sweet, just the way I like it, but then again, maybe I should've ordered something warm instead judging by where I was


This be our order (sorry for not choosing roti canai instead, but it's lunchtime XD), which is Mee Goreng Mamak. Well technically I ordered Mee Goreng Special and my friend ordered Mee Goreng Mamak, but in the end it came out looking pretty much the same. LOL! The flavouring is just nice. Not too oily, not too salty and not too spicy. Just nice with the right amount. And the seafood that goes with my order is quite nice and fresh, not one of those that you know it's not fresh by the way it comes out dry and not so juicy :d


My friend ordered a side dish of ayam panggang (grilled chicken). Not sure how it tastes like, since I didn't exactly grab a bite, but it looks like it does


I ordered fish curry as my side dish, and it's got a good spicy kick to it with the freshness of the fish itself to it, which I like it most :d

Contrary to popular beliefs, C.A. Mohamed is actually quite cheaper than expected. Whoever told me that C.A. Mohamed's food are quite dear must've been a real miser because when I paid the bill (it was my treat this time), it was surprisingly cheap, about $16++

So yes, a pretty recommendable Malay restaurant to go to if you crave Malay food

Nasi Katok Nur Al Amirah

Went to Sumbangsih again, and thankfully, my favourite nasi katok stall is open, so yay! Blogging time! But unfortunately I didn't bring my trusty camera, so I decided to use my phone instead to take pictures

This be the signboard of the stall within Sumbangsih area. It's situated at the far end of the place towards the right (if you enter from the back). It has always been my usual haunt especially when I need to grab a bite after a long day's tour guiding when I was still working in Sunshine Borneo Tours


This be the setting of the place, more or less, nothing much to say about this. For those who don't know what "nasi katok" means, it's basically fried chicken with sambal sauce on your rice, or if you feel a little extra helping needed, a bit of vegs and/or hard-boiled eggs. In the old days, people make quite a bit of money creating their own version of nasi katok, since every Malay household learn the very basics of cooking that involves learning how to make sambal, and it's often eaten at any given time of the day and night, be it breakfast, lunch, tea time, dinner or supper. And to obtain the delicious food that costs you only $1, you have to know which house is selling them and go knocking on the door to buy it, thus the name ("Katok" in Brunei Malay literally means "Knock")

The sambal sauces involved, left is spicy and right is regular ^_^

Here is their chicken, fresh from the frying wok! The best thing about their chicken is that because they use special tapioca flour, the chicken will stay crunchy far longer than any other food cooked with regular flour, and their portion is REALLY HUGE~! Which I am totally in love with Xd


Yumminess of the food spoiled by crappy camera -_-**

So if you crave for the best nasi katok in Brunei, be sure to stop by here, because seriously, it's amazingly awesome!! You won't regret eating this one!!

Yai Yai Restaurant & Catering

My friend was fancying a bit of Thai food and he heard that somewhere nearby there is a Thai restaurant that is pretty well-known and delicious around the ranks, so after a bit of searching, we found this: Yai Yai Restaurant & Catering

This be the signboard and entrance of the restaurant. It's located within Jalan Gadong area, under Bangunan Hasanin 2, slightly at the corner side. Never ever heard of this restaurant before. So we were not sure whether it would really be authentic Thai food or not. We'll just need to put it through the test


This be the interior and the seat we took. It looks almost a bit like Lemongrass, but just slightly classier than that. At least it's not too cold, and they have WiFi access for me to demonstrate the coolness of my new laptop ^_^ Though the table is pretty much kinda small for me to fit everything PLUS my laptop



This be the coconut juice that we ordered. The juice is nice and sweet, and the flesh is oh so yummy and tender, that I couldn't resist scraping it and eating it. Unfortunately the one my friend got had its flesh too attached to the coconut, so he didn't bother to scoop and scrape it out to eat. LOL!



My friend ordered his usual green curry with rice just to test the waters, and boy, I have to admit when he said that this was the spiciest green curry he had ever eaten by far. I actually tried a spoonful of the green curry and I immediately choked at the spiciness of it. Man, I'm already starting to sweat just thinking about how spicy it was. That's how strong it is!


I also ordered their in-house Tom Yam just to test the waters, and boy (again), I seemed to have tested waters that were not meant to be tested because, even without adding anything else, not even pepper as I usually do when I order Tom Yam from other restaurants, it was spicy as HELL!! It's the spiciest I've ever tasted!! I was literally sniffling and sweating and in tears by the time I was done with the food. It's even surprising that I'm still able to carry on eating till the end!


No food is complete without trying a side dish, so my friend ordered papaya salad just to try it out to see if it's as spicy as the one in Jerudong. Unfortunately, maybe because they heard my comment, the papaya salad was not too spicy as expected, but it's still nice and delicious to eat, though out of all that clutter, there's only one chilli in there, which explains the non-spiciness


I was torn between ordering regular spring rolls or this special-looking moon spring rolls, and based on the waitress's recommendation, I decided to order the latter. Though I'm kinda slightly disappointed that it came out this way because I was expecting it to be a lot bigger than it should. It tastes alright, I suppose, but I guess maybe because of the spiciness, my tastebuds were numbed and dulled to taste anything else.

Surprisingly after the "tear-jerker" experience, drinking coconut juice apparently cools me off and the spiciness actually stopped lingering. According to the business card (that I grabbed later after the meal), it seems to be a sort of Thai-convert, but they seemed to remain to their roots to produce awesome authentic Thai food.

So if you crave really authentic Thai food that makes you eat till you cry, but you don't want to go all the way to Jerudong, you can give this place a shot

Happy Union Restaurant

As usual, it was girls' night out with me and my gal pal, so we decided to have Chinese, which is at Happy Union Restaurant

This be the signboard and entrance of the restaurant. It's located in Gadong area, the same block with Thien Thien Chicken Rice (Gadong branch), C.Y. Lim Clinic, Booker International and Pizza Hut, and is opposite the block where Grazie Mauri, Excapade and Sari Wangi is. I've only entered this place once to help order take-out for my grandma-in-law so yeah, it's still considered as a 1st time entry





This be the interior of the restaurant. It seems that we have entered at a less peak hour because there wasn't much customers around and such, seems like business slowly picking up or something. Just looks like any typical Chinese kopitiam restaurant, but a little more towards a food court-ish setting


My gal pal's Sprite...


And my carrot juice, which I haven't had a gander in a long time. Tastes pretty good, just right amount of carrots and sugar



I ordered fish head meehoon soup, which I can smell that they've used a bit of rice wine to cook in the soup. It tastes pretty good and the fish is quite fresh and nice to chew and gnaw on, and the portion of the fish is quite big, just the way I like it


My gal pal ordered butter milk chicken with fried rice. Looks really yummy, though I didn't try it, so can't comment on that

So if you fancy Chinese dining but don't want to settle for the usual chicken rice, you can go here to try it out. It's nice and dandy and I bet it'll suit your appetite too