Everyday Food I Love

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Ocean King Seafood restaurant is probably the most well known for tourist who visit Sandakan to enjoy good fresh seafood. This restaurant can cater a large capacity of people. I have to admit that prices of seafood is a little higher than other seafood restaurant of equal food quality but may not have the same ambience as this restaurant. A fresh seafood selection is available in the water tanks, quality food and beautiful seaview.

Sim Sim Water Village is a popular eating spot in Sandakan and it is a highly recommended place to eat, locals have been coming here for breakfast, lunch and dinner for few decades. The eatery here are residential houses converted into kopitiam style setting restaurant with a beautiful seaview. Fresh ingredients are what keep their customer coming back for all these year. Food here are pocket friendly and will not dissapoint your taste bud.

Several famous hawkers place in Sandakan. One of it is at Mile 4 Bandar Kim Fung Market, you can expect some considered good Chinese and Malay food with a very reasonable price. Here you can try what the locals eat during their after tea-break. If you have a little extra time in Sandakan, do try the hawker food at Central Market (2nd and 3rd floor, Mile Eight Market and Saturday Night Market Mile 4 Bandar Kim Fung to experience the locals life!

BBQ buffet dinner is available at Best Brews, Four Points by Sheraton, Sandakan with a selection of grilled meat. There would also be live band performances, games like three-dice and pool, and an atmospheric bar. Is a great place to get together with friends and family to have fun while having some great beer, enjoying the BBQ dinner and cheering on your favorite sport team on the screen.

Salted fish was created before refrigeration technique was invented, fish and other seafood were cured in salt. This locally known salted ikan talang (Queenfish) is the largest of 4 species of queenfish found in tropical waters. Most Talang fish caught by anglers are between 0.8kg to 8kg. Specimens 10kg or more are less common. This species is silvery-grey in colour with bronze patches on the head. It has a firm, white meat which make it excellent for salted fish.

UFO cake which was name so because of it outlooks resemblance the shape of it, a famous dessert in Sandakan, you can easily get one from many local coffee shop and night market. UFO cake has a soft vanilla-flavored cake base topped with sweet creamy custard. UFO cake was created accidentally 50 years ago by a Hainanese cake baker named Fu Ah On, he actually overbaked his tarts which turn out to be a delicious and local favorite, later it became a traditional cake unique to Sandakan until today. Also, must not forget to try the popular thin crust egg tart from Weng Hup Lee Bakery shop around the corner of Taman Sibunga.

There are a few popular Bak Kut Teh places in Sandakan. Nam Chai Restaurant Bah Kut Teh located at Bandar Nam Tung (Tanah Merah) is one of the local favorite too. Bak Kut Teh in Sandakan is quite a little different from West Malaysia, which slightly rich in peppery hot flavor and flooded with soup, it's available at lunch and dinner. Here you can choose seafood (whole fish, fish fillet and prawn) or the usual traditional Bak Kut Teh ingredients like pork ribs, pork belly, pork intestine, pork kidney and etc. Rice noodle in Bak Kut Teh soup is also one of the specialty in Sandakan.

If you like seafood I will strongly recommend you not to miss out dining at Bridge 8, Sim Sim Water Village, it was the highlight of my overall foodie experienced. There are 3 to 4 restaurants located along Sim Sim Water Village (stretch from bridge no.8, 7, 6 and 5). This restaurant is build on the sea with bridges attached to land and all floating residential. There are two restaurants with similar name on Bridge no.8, Restaurant Seafood Sim Sim 88 and Restaurant Seafood Sim Sim it is located side to side. In Sabah you can really see a true sense of unity, where the Chinese, Malay, Indian, Kadazan and others will sit down and dine in a Chinese restaurant as long as it serve no pork.

The Eatery in Four Points By Sheraton, Sandakan is a signature restaurant with contemporary design. The restaurant featured live cooking stations offering Asian and International buffet spreads including pizza, pasta, sushi, sashimi, grills, noodles, dim sum, Asian wok fry, tandoori, carvery and delicious desserts.

Ju Xiang or formerly known as Foo Heong Trading (Bin Fu Xiang) was established in the early of 1990s by Mdm. Ling Hie King, Sandakan.

During the Chinese Ching Ming Festival, I'm back to my hometown, Sandakan. It is time to honour the ancestors at grave sites. Besides praying, we need to sweep the tombs and send offering to the ancestors. After all the ceremony were done, it is time to take a break and enjoy myself. Of course, with my favourite food. Firstly, I had my favourite Pancake with Peanut bought at Mile 4 Pasar. Pancake with Peanut RM1.60 It is like the Kuih Terang Bulan in KK but this version is less oily and more tasty. Thick pancake with grounded peanut and sugar fillings. Yummy! For lunch, we had Bak Kut Teh at Restauran Syn Lok, Bandar Indah. It is my favourite place for Bak Kut Teh. We had a vegetable dish and Bak Kut Teh with prawns, pork and pork ball. It cost around RM36 including three bowls of rice and three can drinks. During tea-time, I had a Hot Chocolate at D'Venice, IJM. It cost RM6.50. Strong chocolate flavour and tasted so smooth. Mmmm... Finally, I had dinner with my family at...