Au Lait

My childhood friends from KK came over to Brunei for a business trip, which was pretty cool since it's been forever since I last saw them (OK, exaggeration much, I know, since I saw them on my wedding day). So to celebrate our meeting, we went to Cafe Au Lait

This be the signboard and entrance of the restaurant. It's located at the Ground Floor of Seri Kiulap Mall outwards of the mall itself. To be honest, this is actually my first time being here even though I passed by this place like almost a gajillion times ^^;



This be the interior and outdoor dining of the restaurant. Looks just like any other Bistro cafe around the area, though not as comparable as Coffee Bean or anything. Thankfully instead of suffering the air-conditioning inside, my friends decided to dine outdoors


My childhood friend ordered some sort of tea, if I'm not mistaken, though I can't remember what the name was... ^^;;


My hubby ordered tiramisu cappucino, which looked interesting especially the bottom that really resembled the layers represented on a usual tiramisu


My hubby's childhood friend ordered milk tea, but somehow they ended up not separating the sugar as he had requested and got a bit of a sugar attack XD


My other childhood friend ordered kalua cappucino, which sounds almost like something out of a Hawaiian menu. Looks interesting, almost like tiramisu, only the bottom layer is slightly transparent than my hubby's drink


I ordered chocolate crunchie (I think that's the name), but unfortunately it is basically no different than a regular chocolate shake, with maybe a bit of ice and/or cookie flakes to crunch on while drinking it, but not much


My hubby ordered bread and butter pudding, which actually tastes pretty good with custard instead of the usual bread and butter pudding that I've eaten. Though I do hope my mother-in-law would include custard cream on her bread and butter pudding


I ordered fish burger, since I didn't have dinner due to a late lunch. It tastes pretty good, nice and fresh. At least the fish was not one of those defrosted fish where you keep in the fridge for almost forever, and they didn't have any pickles, though my friend kept snitching fries from me though XD


My hubby's childhood friend ordered something like a veggie sandwich of sorts. Not exactly sure how it tastes like, but looks pretty fresh and healthy to me

So far, this is my two-cents on Au Lait Cafe. Reprisal is possible, but so far, this is a pretty recommendable cafe at best, and I'm satisfied so far

Zyar Restaurant

My kismesis and I discovered that there is actually a restaurant that we never tried before just across the street of our office, so when he told me we're going somewhere new, I quickly armed myself with my camera and went with him to that place, which is called Zyar Restaurant

This be the signboard and entrance of the restaurant. It's located at Kiarong Complex area, across the street where I work, and it's at the block behind the block where Adika and Nadj Restaurants are. Never knew it actually existed, since it's so far back down towards the end of the block



This be the interior of the restaurant. Looks just like any other Malay kopitiam kind of restaurant, nothing new. Though it feels probably slightly cramped up than usual due to the space about it


My 100plus...


...vs my kismesis' Pepsi Twist. More of a Coke person myself


My kismesis ordered fried meehoon, which apparently was a little too salty for his taste (and mine), and the more he ate, the more salty it was that my kismesis could no longer stomach it


I ordered buttermilk chicken, which looked like it was more butter than milk. It was as if whoever cooked it, just slapped a chunk of butter into the dish and cooked it as it is. You can literally smell the butter emitting from it. While it tasted more or less alright, it was friggin oily, and definitely a ticket to Cholesterol-ville

My kismesis swore that he would never set foot in this restaurant again, but for me who isn't a picky eater, I'll just have to say that it just needs a bit more work, is all. Only recommendable as last resort though.

Sorriso Restaurant & Pizzeria

During my wardrobe make-over shopping spree with my gal pal, we decided to have lunch nearby the first shopping stop we wanted to go to, which is Deseo Living at the Regent Square (some call it the New Kiulap area). And we decided that the best place would be somewhere new, which is in Sorriso Restaurant & Pizzeria

This be the signboard (or there lack of) of the restaurant. It's actually fairly new and was originally Pastamania, but after shifting the branch to another area, they decided to open a newer Italian restaurant with all the makings of it. They have yet to put up the signboard and everything, but so far, it looks pretty reputable



This be the interior of the restaurant. As I said, it had all the makings of an Italian restaurant, but more or less like a bit of a beginner's design, since when we entered, we saw the boss actually testing and picking out which painting they should have to hang in the wall


Trigger-happy on the rest of the decors, including the board up near the ceiling with the today's special on them. It was pretty interesting, but a little too high-up for us and too far off to see (especially when it's at the entrance where the sun would get into my eyes), so I couldn't really tell what was for sale. I got teased by the cook that I will have to pay for copyright for taking that picture though XD




More trigger-happy moments, namely the menu where I finally found out the name of the restaurant


A bit of an appetizer of Italian crackers with radish sauce (I think). Tastes a bit better without the sauce though, or maybe I'm just not used to the taste of it, even though I ended up eating most of it with the sauce anyways, LOL



We both ordered Pepsi Light with a twist of lemon. Can't understand how is it that Pepsi and Coke Light tend to have an odd aftertaste or something. Could be the lack of sugar that revealed the actual acidic taste of the drink somehow



My gal pal ordered mushroom soup with garlic bread as appetizers. I tried a taste. It's actually quite creamy and chunky, just the way I like it, and very flavourful, though prolly not as flavourful as Mauri's soup


I ordered salad (which I totally forgot the Italian term for it), and it's basically squid with lettuce and cabbage soaked in olive oil or something. Tastes pretty good and fresh, actually, the squid being nice and Q and chewy and the vegs crunchy and juicy


Based on the waitress' recommendation I decided to order their special, which is something of a lamb shank with some kind of sauce (not mushroom, more like stew sauce). It was pretty huge portion and the meat is actually quite tender and easy to come off the bone, and I thoroughly enjoyed every bite


My gal pal ordered carbonara (I think), and it looks pretty thick and cheesy in terms of the presentation. I don't think I remember tasting it, so I can't comment much about that but it definitely looks tasty

In between meals we were actually surveyed by the restaurant chef and were asked as to how we knew about this restaurant, and we chatted for a bit and thanks to his strong recommendation, we took on his offer to try their Italian dessert as long as they gave us complimentary drinks


This was the dessert he recommended to me, which I totally forgot the name, but it was just an amazing taste. According to the chef, it was a mini-delicacy in Sicily where he used to eat when he was a kid, and the actual size was much smaller than that. A bit of drizzle of chocolate, crunchy on the outside, cheese chunks with whipped cream, and biting down just right. It was probably the best Italian dessert I had ever had by far.

This restaurant has pretty good potential, and worth going to to show them a bit of support, but do go with a fat wallet.