GK Restaurant

My buddy suddenly had a craving to eat at one of his childhood restaurants, and my gal pal decided to compensate girls' night out to join our Saturday lunch date, so we all bundled up after my work and made our way to GK Restaurant

This be the signboard and entrance of the restaurant. They just so happen to make that pose when I was actually planning to snapshot the entrance XD Neways, it's located somewhere in the Gadong area (or was it Menglait), and judging by the modern look but old signboard, this has definitely stood against the test of time


This be the interior of the restaurant. Looks SUPER empty save for maybe one table of customers who are prolly friends of the boss who runs this place. Apparently after its golden years of being a regular restaurant, they're now rendered to just doing catering for big functions at homes and whatnot, and the workers there were absolutely free to do as they please as no customers except their own would set foot in this place. My buddy said it feels like one of those Chinese movie scenes where restaurants are just a front for a more shady business or something. Yeah right, as if Brunei is capable of that, but then again, anything can happen

Listless waitresses gathered there not sure what to do, pretending to be busy, since they've never served a solid customer before XD


Trigger-happy on the table items. The menu sure shows how old this restaurant is

Our drinks of 100Plus (mine), Coke (my buddy) and Pepsi (my gal pal)


My gal pal ordered some sort of chicken dish with rice. Sweet and sour chicken, I think. I tried one of them and it's quite good. Crunchy on the outside, tender and chewy on the inside. Quite yummy


My buddy ordered some sort of beef with rice, but somehow the waitress mistaken it as a dish he ordered since it was not part of the ala carte section. But no big. We're able to share anyways. The beef tastes nice and juicy, flavourful enough, and at least it's not one of those old meat that is super chewy


I ordered kangkung with sambal belacan, as usual, since I don't get to eat it often. Fresh from the pan, it was a bit hard to take pictures of it, so this will have to make do. They also made the same mistake of making it like a dish meal instead of ala carte. Best part about eaten kangkung is the crunchiness, and this dish definitely delivered

So far, this is what I'm getting from this restaurant. Pretty good, but I think they're probably more suitable to stick to their forte, which is catering, unless they bring back their former glory as a proper restaurant

Fleur-de-lys Bakeshop

Was feeling down in the dumps towards near lunch hour, and thank god my gal pal called up to ask if I had plans for lunch. I jumped to the chance to have my girl time with her, and she decided it would be better to eat nearby coz of the jam, so we went to Fleur-de-lys Bakeshop

This be the signboard and entrance of the bakeshop. This bakeshop has plenty of branches throughout Brunei actually, but the one we're going is opposite my office across the road here at Kiarong Complex. It's basically almost like Secret Recipe, but selling bread and confectioneries on the sidelines


This be the interior of the place. Pretty small and quaint, almost like a Western bistro, though it feels a little odd to sorta be eating in a bakeshop, but I got over it anyways




Trigger-happy on the cakes that were on sale


My gal pal's diet coke...


And my soup of the day. Tastes nice and creamy and pretty flavourful, though I think I should've just asked her to serve it in a bowl instead because the bread seems to be soaking up my soup and I'm left with not much ^^;


My fettucini carbonara. Thick and creamy with cheese and sauce, and the noodles are cooked just right with the chewy tang, but unfortunately probably not as cheesy goodness as Mauri's


My gal pal already had a heavy breakfast, so she settled for waffles with ice-cream. The waffles (which I grabbed a bite from) tastes pretty good actuallly, nice and crispy. No qualms over there


I decided to fuck diet and got myself an Oreo cheese cake because I was stressed out, dammit! Nice and thick with cheese that melts in your mouth with a great crunch of Oreo biscuits in the bottom, this is definitely girl's best friend


Ordered myself some English Breakfast tea to wash the cake down. Prolly defeat the purpose of eating healthy, but who cares.

Here's my two-cents on this place. Reprisal is possible, but so far, I'm giving a bit of a thumbs-up for this bakeshop slash bistro eatery

Restoran Muti'ah

During one of our lunch hours, we decided to go for broke (well, more like we're going broke) and try out a $5 buffet which our ex-super seemed to brag about it a lot, and that took us all the way to Restoran Muti'ah.

This be the signboard and the entrance of the restaurant. It's down at Kiulap area, on the small hill right behind the plaza near Palm Garden Hotel and Fitness Zone, if I'm not mistaken. This whole block is actually an entire row of restaurant specializing in buffets since the beginning of their business. In fact while we were looking for parking, another new restaurant was around the corner giving out leaflets to cars to promote their place. I think they're called Aiko Restaurant or something, apparently a Japanese-Malay fusion restaurant.


This be the interior of the restaurant. Looks pretty cozy, and almost just like any other Malay restaurants, they have their signature extension at the back there. It was really jam-packed with people young and old, which is pretty much the typical Bruneian bargain-hunters

The buffet available there is as follows:

White and fragrant rice...


Rendang and vegs...


More vegs and fried meehoon...

Soto, with noodles and condiments and fillings of your choice and soup of your choice...

Drinks of your choice both hot and cold...

...And desserts


Close-up of what I have got for myself

The food is pretty tasty and flavourful, and it's all for only $5. It's pretty much a damn good deal bargain where you can just eat all you want. It's not the quantity served in the food, but the quality. And I gotta say, it definitely delivered.

New & Improved Pringles

Grilled shrimp Pringles.

Seriously? I mean, seriously??

Only in America, man...

Tafu Restaurant

During lunch hour, me, my BFF and my kismesis decided to try somewhere else other than the usual neighbourhood for our Chinese fix, so we went down to Tafu Restaurant

This be the signboard of the restaurant. It's located within the Batu Bersurat area where most of the hardware and spare parts shops are located, a junction before the area where we had lunch (Shikai, Red Canopy, De Old Cottage, Restoran Piring Emas, etc...). For a single glance there I almost thought it read "Tofu Restaurant". LOL!


This be the interior of the restaurant. Slightly fancier than the usual kopitiam-ish Chinese restaurant we went to, but nevertheless it's still the same size more or less like the usual. Surprisingly almost full-house though, so I wonder if it really is as nice as the patronage seems


My kismesis' Kopi-C ping...


My BFF's K-Lime juice, his fav alternative for Kasturi ping...


And my carrot juice, hold the ice and less sugar


My kismesis ordered char sau sau rou with rice. Looks nice, and according to him, the skin has a really nice crunch to it for the sau rou and the fat in between tastes good. Didn't try it though, so can't comment on that


My BFF ordered pork rib with rice. Apparently it comes with cucumber and tomatoes and fries, and the rice is fried instead of the usual white rice



I ordered the same thing, but black pepper chicken instead. The rice tastes pretty good. Not too salty, just the right taste, and the chicken has a pretty good crunch to it, with the meat inside pretty tender and yummy. And along with the fries? Perfect

A pretty nice recommendable place for a filling Chinese meal. Fancy a bite? Go ahead and try here.