Chiwawa @ Gaya Street

What is Chiwawa..?

Majority of us are familiar with food available in Japanese, Korean, and Thai restaurant. How about a Mexican's? For anyone who loves to explore new food, Chiwawa is a Mexican restaurant located just beside Bella Italia in Gaya Street, Kota Kinabalu.

Everytime driving by Gaya Street, we could easily find Chiwawa as we stop at the traffic light. However, we did not have any idea of what does it sell? Out of curiousity, I recommended my friends to have a girls' hangout session there.

Coincidently, we were wearing red, yellow, and blue! D:
LOL

Creative painting inside, with western feel..

It is a very small corner lot which only fits one table inside.
The entire tables are outside the restaurant (by the roadside).

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So, Chiwawa is actually selling burrito - a Mexican dish which is wrapped with flour tortilla into a cylindrical shape to completely enclose the fillings.

How to order???

For a first-timer, u would be ambiguous on "what can I get here & how to order?" 

STEPS:

1. Choose your preferred size. (6", 8", 12", 18", 24")

2. Select the wrapper. (flour tortilla OR Mexican roti canai OR black pepper tortilla)

3. Choose  one meat (either with BEEF or CHICKEN)

4. Select 3 sides. (Spanish rice, lettuce, tomatoes, red onions, refried beans, etc...)

5. Choose one sauce. (sate sauce, salsas, lime dressing, roasted corn, etc...)

6. Select ur drinks.

The very friendly boss and his assistant.. =)

Here's our food...

Burrito has been popular in foreign cities such as San Diego, San Francisco, and Los Angeles ever since Mexico brought it into their cuisine. This is because it is easily made yet nice, and could be taken on the go wrapped in paper or foil (convenient for ppl nowadays with busy lifestyle).

Although some Asians might not like the combined taste or could not accept rice to be eaten in such a way; nevertheless, burrito is not bad at all. I love the way it mixes everything perfectly in juicy texture, and even till the last bite I would hardly get satiated with it. After all, Chiwawa is another nice place serving nice burrito, thus I shall visit there again next time. =D

=P

Address:
69 Jalan Gaya, 88000 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
Operating Hours: Mon&Wed-Sun 11:00-21:00
Phone: 016-810 8472

CHEERS! ♥☺

Fugu @ Damansara Jaya

Fugu, literally "river pig"..

Fugu is located in Damansara Jaya, ss22/25, nearby the building which was previously the Atria shopping centre, beside a Thai restaurant. It has comfortable environment which enables us to hang out with our buddies for a dining and chitchatting session. =D   

Fugu Specials 

which is shown outside the restaurant before you step onto the doorstep.

Fugu serves varieties of Japanese food which u could find in other Japanese restaurants as well. However, the price in Fugu is considered reasonable and affordable if you compare them with other lavish Japanese restaurants such as Umai-ya and Zen.

Fugu's food menu..

For those who always dine in Japanese restaurants, u would find the difference of the normal Japanese ocha with Fugu's one. Their green tea is rather tastes more like the Korean's one, with the additional taste of brown rice.  

There are set meals available in more worthy price everyday, except Sunday and public holidays. For set lunch during 12pm-3pm, they have sushi bar luncheon comes with miso soup and salad, teppanyaki luncheon comes with rice and miso soup; AND special luncheon box comes with miso soup, house salad, kappa maki, chawan mushi, appetiser, rice & fruit, which is suitable for big eaters. ;O

Special luncheon box - Grilled saba (RM19)

P/S: My friend said their dinner was nicer, maybe different cook? She was sad for this haha! xP

Special luncheon box - Salmon shioyaki (RM20)

In addition, they offer lunch maki combo with miso soup served. This is suitable for those who just want to have some sushi rolls as their light lunch. You can order any 2 rolls for RM 15 or any 3 rolls for RM19.

Unagi maki (eel with avacado) & Spicy salmon avacado maki.

- The unagi maki was quite disappointing as we could not even taste any unagi inside. 
  NOT NICE! =S

- The spicy salmon avacado maki was nice with its spicy sauce on top, 

  with the fresh salmon slice and avacado inside.

P/S: Aww, maybe we should just order those recommended maki 
        (with a thumb-up C on the menu).

For set dinner with a lighter meal, u can just order its donburi - rice dishes served with miso soup and salad.

Donburi - Torikatsu don

If you are very very very HUNGRY, then u could have the set dinner which comes with miso soup, salad, chawan mushi, appetiser, rice & fruit.

Grilled mackerel set 

Grilled teriyaki salmon set

The grilled mackerel was YUMMY with its soft and well grilled texture. The appetiser was some salad thingy which we expected to be in mayonnaise taste, but it was in slight salty taste instead. Somehow, it was very nice & special. Their chawan mushi is nice in the sense that its steamed egg is smooth and with adequate portion of sauce (some chawan mushi is tasteless or too much of water =X) with mushroom, crabmeat, and ginkgo. Similarly, the grilled salmon was delicious as it had soft texture which could melt once u bite! "Om nom nom..Mmmmm......!" ;D

Others than the sets, Fugu also serves House special maki which looks delicious (might try it next time! =)), Yakimono (grilled dishes such as grilled cod fish, grilled tiger prawn with salt, and grilled spanish mackerel with butter), Niku ryori (meat dishes such as baked skewers of chicken & onion, grilled lamb rack, and grilled wagyu beef), Fried rice and udon/soba, etc.

Fried udon seafood.. Its sauce is nice and appetising!
I love they fried it with quite a lot of scallops hehe.
But too bad, I don't like bean sprout. =X 

Nabeyaki udon.. The soup tastes nice!

What else is in the menu???

Moreover, Fugu does not miss out serving those common side dishes such as edamame and tofu. Here's the shishamo (boneless fish egg) that we ordered. It was bigger than expected but was okay only, not the best among those we have eaten in other Japanese restaurants.  

Shishamo

For sushi & sashimi served, it was nice and fresh, but Umai-ya's ones are nicer as their sushi rice tastes better & they have more choices for those more unique sushi! =)

Salmon sushi

Lastly, Fugu's menu has the last section which offers their most precious food - special sashimi grilled with sea salt & the grilled tuna eye ball with sea salt. These two items are not priced, as their costs will be varied according to the season.

The tuna eye ball.. =O

Slurrrppp! Fugu's food in overall is DELICIOUS and it has become my recently often visited place. For those who love Japanese food, you won't want to MISS this! =P

603-7710 0076

Me & Rach say HI to U! =P

Address: 
No.6, Jalan SS22/25, Damansara Jaya
47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
Operating Hours: Mon-Sun 11:30-15:00, 17:30-22:00
Phone: 03-7710 0076

CHEERS! ♥☺

   

Tram Car @ 3 Two Square, PJ

Exploring the 3 2 ■..

Everytime planning to have dinner outside, the most headache question is "where to eat?" =S As Nadeje from Malacca was recently opened in PJ, we planned to have it as dessert after our dinner. Therefore, we went to 3 Two Square for our meal.

Noticing the crowd in Nadeje, we knew that it would be rather hard to find a seat. At last, we bought the mille crepes and took away to our dining place. After walking around to search for a preferable restaurant, finally we chose Tram Car cafe.

The Tram Car is a cafe serving both western and local cuisine. The price is quite reasonable as chicken chops are just around RM17.90. For local cuisine, the price is also around RM10.90, RM14.90, RM15.90, etc (within RM20). They have their set dinner as well at price around RM30+ with starter, main course such as lamb chop, dessert and drinks.

The interior design is quite nice and we love the ceiling lights which look classy! ;D

So, we ordered the black pepper chicken chop, Goong bou chicken with rice, sweet and sour fish with rice, and sizzling yee mee.

The chicken chop has nice black pepper sauce! ;) 

The chicken is very soft and nice to chew, 
but it would be better if the Goong bou sauce is spicier.. =)

The sweet and sour fish is ok, just that the fish taste is a bit covered by the flour on it..

Before we had our dinner, we ate our mille crepes while waiting our food to be served. "Om nom nom..."

We had the tiramisu, cafe mocha, & double chocolate flavours. 

Hmm it was a bit disappointing as the mile crepes did not taste very nice 

as they were not cold AT ALL... =(

"Blurppp..."

Overall, the food in Tram Car is ok, u may dine in here when u r at 3 Two Square! =D

Address:
C-11-01, 3 Two Square, No.2 Jalan 19/1Address:
46300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
Operating Hours: Mon-Sun 08:00-22:00
Phone: 03-7958 8588

CHEERS! ♥☺

Vertigo Bar @ Banyan Tree Hotel, Bangkok

Top of the World...

Do you love watching night scenery of the whole city? If YES, Vertigo bar in Banyan Tree Hotel would be your perfect choice to go in Bangkok! ;D

It is a sky bar located at the 61st floor of Banyan tree hotel.

Staircase towards the bar..

Vertigo bar is a nice place to date with your friends AND of course your love one. It shapes like a ship with dining tables and bluish bar, which apparently looks high class and elegant!

So, I came here right after my cousin's wedding in Narai hotel. Their workers were nice and friendly; the bartender indeed tried to entertain us while busy mixing the drinks. xD But maybe it was a Saturday, we got to stand for some while to get a proper seat in the bar as it was quite packed that day. =S 

I love Vertigo bar because I could see the whole Bangkok city clearly, 

and most importantly, there is no obstruction at all.. =D

Besides that, it serves nice cocktails and free snacks are given.

Sex on the moon!

Their signature cocktail - Vertigo Sunset

Cranberry juice

I don't eat wasabi, but somehow, I love their wasabi nuts! xD

It was a nice chilling time here, and I really enjoyed their nice ambience. I think ang-mos would definitely love here! xD

Hehe sorry for no pictures were taken on me and my friends, as we could not able to take a proper, nice picture in such a windy, open-aired bar.. xP Somewhat, Vertigo bar in overall is not bad for anyone who loves to relax in a nice bar! =)

Hehe, so do remember to grab a drinks here in Bangkok!

P/S: Play hard, Drink hard! But be there a limit, healthy first! xP

Address:
21/100 South Sathon Road
Sathon, Bangkok 10120, Bangkok, Thailand. 
Operating Hours: Mon-Sun 17:00-01:00 (weather permitting)
Phone: +66 2 679 1200

CHEERS! ♥☺