We finally got to try the new Buccaneer Thai Restaurant for lunch today (barely 2 hours after our chicken rice brunch!). Buccaneer Thai is a branch of the Buccaneer Western Restaurant which is just around the corner of the same building.
The menu even had a chili guide of how spicy you want your food to be. Since it was our first time and didn't want to push our luck, we settled for 1 chili, which was described as "Mildly spicy and will leave a warm glow in the mouth".
Sis Jacq and Wei Chuen came along with me to Kuala Belait late this morning without having their breakfast (Sabahan pro-money-blogger even works during holiday it seems).
When we parked the car in front of the KB hawker stall, we were greeted by the delicious smell of chicken rice. Needless to say, they didn't want to wander further and immediately plonk down at this stall.
Kat's is one of the first Western eatery in Pandan area. For non-Bruneian, this is a residential areas about 5 km from Kuala Belait downtown. Nowadays, there are many more shop lots with dining places such as Excapade (Japanese), Fratini's (Italian), LemonGrass (Thai) and most recent, Orchid Room 2 (Chinese).
I think one of Asian most known dish is the "chicken rice", steamed or roasted chicken accompanied by steamed rice.
In Brunei, nearly all Chinese kopi tiam serves excellent chicken rice but our favorite is "Moi Nam" of Seria because they usually serve very big pieces of chicken especially if you have them for take away. This outlet has another branch in KB but from our experiences, the cook at the KB branch is a bit stingy with the meat so stick to the Seria "Moi Nam" folks!
Despite the small number of eateries in Brunei, there are a lot of fabulous food bloggers that regularly shared their dining experiences on the well-known and not so known restaurants, kopi tiam and hawker stalls around Brunei.
Yet, it's funny that despite the bigger number of makan places around Kota Kinabalu (Sabah), I know of only one food blogger and not surprisingly, it's a my own sister Jacq who, together with her food-connoiseur of a BF, regularly tramped around town for the good, great and sometimes lousy type of eateries.
So if you're not from KK and would like to know what the locals dine out on, check out her reviews at KK Food Blog.
Whenever we have friends over, we like to bring them to Thiam Hock, one of our favorite Chinese restaurant for their reputedly best "Curry Fish Head" in the whole of Brunei.
Not only is their curry fish head tasty, it is their Chinese-influenced decor which makes this small restaurant stands out from the bigger Chinese restaurants in town. To me, even the myriad of myths and stories revolving around the gangster-like owner and the altar of Buddhist Gods from Thailand (as I was told) lend romance to this place.
Yesterday in Bandar, we had lunch at Shikai Restaurant, a halal Chinese eatery at Batu Bersurat, behind the Happy Star SuperStore.
At the front, there is narrow pond with live koi fish with a tiny bridge to cross over. On one side there is a ceramic turtle and on the other side, was a big vase with continuously over-flowing water. I won't be surprised if the owner practices feng shui.
We didn't mind having hubby's birthday dinner at Teo Chew as they do serve delicious food. What's more, it's a mere 5 mins drive from home and with my kids strict bedtime, it's the best choice.
As usual, father in law was in charge of the dish selections. This time he picked 8 dishes :
The Government relocated the hawkers from the Seria mee market to the newly built Komplex Seri a few months ago. And with the new place comes a new condition. Pork meat is no longer allowed to be served in here.
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