Miri - Brunei Trip (back date to 8-10 Aug 2013) Part 2

After food hunting on the first day was not really successful, really hope that the second day would be better. Woke up early just for the breakfast! But it didn't turn out to be really good. Everything looked good, fantastic but they still lack of some taste. Perhaps my taste bud was a bit weird that time. Anyway, at least we have tried Miri famous food.

2020 Cafe, hidden in some housing area

 Some of the dimsum were ordered, not really bad but still lacking of something.. And the price was cheap! Worth to have a try...

 Clockwise (from left-hand corner): Claypot noodles, beef noodles, dry noodles and laksa. The best was still the beef noodles. Tasted something like those Korean instant noodles but this was freshly cooked, laksa tasted flat!

Largest shopping mall in Miri, Bintang Plaza @ Bintang Megamall, just passed by! 

Just too bad that our first mission of the day failed but luckily the taiwanese shop right beside the hotel was great! Ranging from fresh soya milk to crispy puffs and you tiao with salad! Yummy, too hard to describe!

 Clockwise (from left-hand corner): Kolo noodles (famous in Sarawak), pancakes with egg, ding bian hu (some kind of flour noodles with taiwanese cooking style) and normal pancakes. GOOD!!!

He was just baking the crispy puff! Fresh... 

Time for some walk-about around Miri town! It's a very small town, not congested with people. People around were friendly. Saw buses moving around, so I guess the bus transportation should be ok.

 Ok, my boss was a bit resist to the taste of the herbal medicine. Too bitter! But at least he managed to finish the whole bowl by himself

Oya, almost left this out! Park Enterprise was the place where we spent a night. The hotel rate wasn't that expensive and the environment was so clean! Just that the fridge was a bit old, almost non-functional

The one and only group picture at Canada Hill from Miri. The highest point in Miri, Sarawak 

 Grand Old Lady, just side by side with the Petroleum Museum

 Beautiful and nice place to hang out, Petroleum Museum. And it was closed, make sure to check their opening hours...

 Day view from Canada Hill

B'day for Keat Yee and fare well for Kar Loon 

Lunch! Last meal before leaving Miri for Brunei 

Okie, we left Miri at noon and we managed to reach Brunei in the evening! 

Enjoy and have a nice day... To be continued...

Miri - Brunei Trip (back date to 8-10 Aug 2013) Part 1

I just feel that my life is still lacking of something but I have no idea what it is! I just hope that I can discover that lacking soon, hopefully, real soon.. 2 months more and I'm going back to KL for holiday, I wonder how will I feel. I'm feeling nothing right now but I just know that I'm missing my mum now! T.T

So, back to the main topic. I'm staying in KK, Sabah and travelling across Brunei to Miri, Sarawak via land was a very long and wonderful journey. It was not about what I ate throughout the trip =p but it was all about learning new experience at foreign land even though Sabah and Sarawak are united under one country, and Brunei was once under Malaysia too! So, it took me and my friends about 10-11 hours drive from KK to Miri. Eating and chatting all along the way made the route "shorter" than it was. So make sure that you have good friends to accompany you all the way! =)

First check point, border of Sabah and Sarawak at 6am! Make sure that you get a stamp to enter Sarawak before passing this or else you are not allowed to enter Brunei later on

First makan place of the trip at Lawas, Tong Fang Cafe! 

Their special noodle at Lawas after knowing that the biscuits are not available. Taste well but a bit too oily 

Place for cheap and crispy prawn biscuit, a coffee shop just right behind Tong Fang Cafe

 Freshly made with RM1 for 3 pieces

 Ok, journey continues after having our breakfast! So, remember to collect 2 stamps at every border that you pass. This would be the second one to enter Brunei. In order to get your car into Brunei, make sure that you have enough details of your car to register at the Kastam of Brunei. If it's rent car, make sure to get a letter of autherisation from the company, otherwise you might face tough time to cross this border.

Ferry to cross to Limbang which accepts both Malaysian and Brunei currency. After comparing the currency conversion rate, paying in Malaysian Ringgit was still cheaper 

Total border to cross: 1. Sabah-Sarawak; 2. Sarawak-Brunei; 3. Brunei-Sarawak; 4. Sawarak-Brunei again and 5. Brunei-Sarawak before reaching Miri. Passing the ASEAN bridge was the landmark that we were correctly landed at Miri. Once reaching Miri, first thing came across our mind was lunch!

We have chosen Flabour Point because it was one of the rare shops that still open after 2.30pm

Some kind of weird noodles but tasted just nice. Just knew that asam laksa noodles blends well with tomato based soup 

 Belacan fried beehoon

 Didn't manage to wait for the sunset as the time doesn't allow!

 Dinner at one of the highly recommended restaurant in blogs. Restaurant by the river. Oh well, what ever is recommended must be tried

 Food looks good but taste rating was just 2/5. Service was bad and it took about 2 hours for the first dish till the last dish to be seved

 Drinking session at the highest point in Miri town! Just right beside the Petroleum museum.

 Lights of Miri town, too bad that we can't really spend our sweet time to enjoy the scenery as it rained not long after we arrived =(

Just a cup of hot chocolate

Enjoy and have a nice day... To be continued...

Speggie's at Perdana Park

 Just too happy when someone praised me that I love my job a lot! It really kill off the stomachache and f**king bad diarrhea which I had for the past few days straight away! Phew.. I guess it's not relieved by 100%, I still need some medications!

As usual, the hardest question for most people is usually "Where are we eating today?" Same goes to me and Susan! At random, this place suddenly popped out of my mind, Perdana Park. I guess most people might know the place better when I refer it as musical fountain park. There are quite a number of dining restaurants over there such as the Taiwanese restaurant, Secret Recipe and so on but in fact, we had chose Speggie's.

Interior-ly looks good but air conditioner is not working! Luckily there's no rain at that time

 Here come's our spaghetti. Looks good and taste good as well! RM 18 for this

Hawaiian chicken pizza. Looks good and taste good as well. Crunchy but not thin crush. RM 19.90 for this

After dinner, you may opt to watch the musical fountain from 8 pm till 9 something I guess.

Enjoy and have a nice day.