Khuntai Restaurant, Thai Seafood in Butterworth Penang

In Penang whenever I have the desire to taste Thai Style seafood, Khuntai Restaurant is my first choice. Khuntai Restaurant is a Thai seafood restaurant that located nearby Jalan Raja Uda Butterworth Penang. I have been here for at least three times to taste their Thai style seafood. The price for the food at Khuntai is reasonable and environment here is very nice. There is indoor and also outdoor sitting area which is nicely decorated. The outdoor sitting area is something like small hut.

While the main dishes are in the progress, we can always order starter to warm up our appetite. There are many starters to choose in the menu and the Kerabu spicy sotong is one of them which I have tried before. The sotong or squid is mix with onion, chili padi, tomatoes and others vegetable. It is highly recommended for those who love spicy food.

In Khuntai, their rice is not just serving in plate to their customers but it is filled into a special, nice looking Thai design pot. The customers then can take the amount of rice that they one to their own plate. This type of serving style and the used of the Thai design pot make the dining environment more alike to a Thai restaurant.

Tom Yam soup is a dish that must not be missed out while dinning in Thai style restaurant. The seafood Tom Yam in Khuntai contains squid, prawns, fish, tomatoes and other tom yam soup ingredient. Well, I like the Tom Yam in Khuntai because it is not just only spicy like most of the Tom Yam soup I have tasted but really bring out the taste of Thai Tom Yam soup.

The famous dishes in Khuntai are the seafood that steam with their own made spicy lemon source. All the seafood here can be cook in this style which is the MUST order dishes. I have tried the lala , Kempar and also prawns that steam with the spicy lemon source. You will never feel enough once you try it!

After having such a heavy spicy meal, a cool coconut pudding can help to put out the fire.

For those who are interested to pay a visit but don’t know the location, you can directly search Khuntai restaurant in you GPS system. If your GPS map doesn’t show this point, then you can search for Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Li Hwa and Khuntai is located near the school. Hope you will enjoy the food too!

Upperstar Pepper Grill & Bar

Last week I went to this restaurant name Upperstar Pepper Grill & Bar. It is located in Damai Kota Kinabalu Sabah. If I’m not mistaken, there is another branch of this restaurant located in Kota Kinabalu Town. This is the first time I visit here after receive a few good comment from my friends. It is a well decorate restaurant. In Upperstar, besides enjoying local food such as Nasi Lemak, Nasi Goreng, you can also enjoy western food.

The environment here is good. The surrounding is decorated with all kind of musical instrument and pictures. It is air-conditioning inside and if you are a smoker, you can choose to sit outside. For what I know is that most of the people came here not just to enjoy the food here but drink alcoholic drinks and watching football game.

Seem I’m not good in drinking alcoholic drinks, I come here just to enjoy the food and the environment.We have other a lamb chop, grill Salmon, Spaghetti Bolognaise and Bruschetta. Bruschetta is toasted bread with some vegetables and meat on it. All the food ordered test good beside the spaghetti. I’m also satisfied with the quantity of the food serve. I’m sure that you can fill up your stomach with a reasonable price at Upperstar. Below are the appearances of the food I have ordered.

Lamb Chop with Black Pepper Sauce

Grill Salmon

Spaghetti Bolognaise

Bruschetta

Fresh Juice

Well, in term of food, the restaurant does satisfy me. However, on the day I visit, the waiter there didn’t perform good services. I have been waited for quite some time until they come to serve me. During that moment, they don’t seem busy at all. Hope this won’t happen again during my next visit.

Gunter's Gasthaus at Kota Kinabalu

Gunter’s Gasthaus is a Germany’s food restaurant in Kota Kinabalu Sabah. Well, I never try or even see a germany’s food but from the name of the restaurant, Gunter’s Gasthaus mean Gunter’s Inn in German. Gunter’s Gasthaus is a home style restaurant. It is decorated with lots of flowers and leaf.Some of those is real but some are fake plants. I feel that the environment of this restaurant is good and relaxing. It is located along Jalan Tuaran.

You will see this huge signboard at the road side. So don’t worry that you can’t find it.

Home style restaurant.

Inside the restaurant.

So what is the special thing about this restaurant? At Gunter’s Gasthaus, there is a pakage that you only need to pay for the most expensive dish but limited to 3 dishes per person. Below are some of the dishes I have tried.

The vegetable salad is free. You can take as much as you like while waiting for the dishes you order.

Mushroom casserole

Spaghetti

Serbian Style Sausage

Grill chicken

Fish fillet

Fish fillet with oyster

Among all those 6 dishes, the grill chicken and the Serbian Style Sausage are the most expensive dishes which cause RM20.00 each. So the total for this meal is RM40.00 excluded government tax and service charge for two person. My opinion is that the food worth the price and you should give it a try when you visit Kota Kinabalu.

Western Cuisine

J J western Cuisine is one of my favorite western food’s stall in Kota Kinabalu. It is located in Damai somewhere near the food court. Although it is not a high class restaurant with a very good environment but it is still my favorite. This is because the food here is delicious and the price is reasonable. The quantity given also satisfies me.

This is Lamp chop. If I’m not mistaken, it’s around RM13++

This is chicken chop. The price is around RM10++

From the picture you can see that the quantity is not less and it is very tasty too.
This is the western food stall I use to visit when I’m in Kota Kinabalu.So when I go back to Kuching, which stall I used to visit? If you are interested to know, visit my friend Crazyfool’s blog about the stall name “SUPERGRILL”. Just from the name you know how tasty the food will be. So if you are from kuching, don’t miss it.

Salut@ Seafood Restaurant (Kota Kinabalu Sabah)

Last week I went to one of the sea food restaurant in Kota Kinabalu name Salut Seafood Restaurant. This restaurant is not located in the town of Kota Kinabalu but about 40 minutes car drive from the airport.This is the second time I came here to take a seafood dinner since I’m in Sabah for 2 years. If you are interested to see the post of our 1st time visit to salut,click here.This is my coursemate blog.This restaurant of course is not the high class restaurant like what you can get in town but many tourists came here to have their seafood dinner. It is building beside a lake.

Below is some picture I took in Salut.

Look at this enormous sea shell. Look at the size of the shell that compare with my hand. You can even put your head inside. This is real shell and it’s very heavy. The shell is put at somewhere near the entrance so everybody can see it before the go into the restaurant.

Three boss here are looking at the price table to order food.

Most of the seafood that we order here are alive before they cooked it. This is the place they display their seafood.

The prawn is still alive. They just catch up and weight it when you order. FRESH!

Crab..Which is one of my favourite seafood.

Mussels and other types of shell.

Then what I want to show next? Yes, it is the photo when we finish our dinner. Sorry for not showing all the food we had order. This is because the moment they send to our table, the food is too attractive till I forgot to take photo first. The moment I start to eat, my hand is oily and can’t get my camera anymore. So all I got here is the picture we finish our dinner. haha!

Now lets see the bill.





RM340.68!!!! Yes, I’m shock too when I see the price because from what I know it that the price of this restaurant is reasonable. So what’s going on?

Take look at this..FRESH JUICE=RM112.00… Oh My God..We only order four fresh Avogadro JUICEs then it cost us RM28 each. This is really terrible. After we ask at the counter, the boss here told us that the AVOGADRO we had drink is BRANDED one.
Below is the size of the cup of the Avogadro Juice. You have to admit that it is really a big cup but it is still expensive.

Well, how branded can an Avogadro be that cost until RM28 each? I got no idea with that.

So the lesson here is that ask the price before order!!!Anyway the food here is still consider cheap or reasonable if we minus out the cost for drinks.

An Event at 1 Borneo..Ron,Tavia and New Banana Club

Today there is an event held in 1 Borneo. It is the event for meeting the TVB actors, Ron and Tavia and a club name New Banana Club. The afternoon section of the event is for fans to meet their favorite actor. The night section is the actors giving performance such as singing and dance.

There’s not much for me to say because I’m going to let the pictures tell you about the afternoon section.

There's lot of people gather here, guess what are they waiting for or look at?

They are waiting for a chance to go lucky draw. What is the lucky draw for? not for getting huge prize but to gain a chance to get the signature from the actors and a take a photo with them.

How they choose you? They just call out a thing that you might wear or have, if you got it, you gain a chance for lucky draw. This uncle here gains his chance for lucky draw because he owns a Seiko watch.

Some of the fans are already sitting inside waiting for Ron, Tavia and New Banana Club.

Here they come,in the picture are New Banana Club.Sorry,my camera only got 3xoptical zoom.

There they are, Tavia already on the stage and Ron is on his way to the middle of the stage..

They are taking picture with the fans that win the lucky draw. The pictures really no clear but at least can see Tavia.

After the meeting fans section, they when into the rest room and all of us wait outside. This is the only picture I manage to take. They are heading out now with all the guard guarding them.

I thought they already leave the building but then...i saw many people gather outside Starbucks Coffee. Ron, Tavia and New Banana Club is inside having an interview.

I didn't squeeze in the crowd in front Starbuck for photos because I’m hungry now at going to take my lunch at the "Tasty Food Village" opposite Starbuck.

Here is the counter for you to purchase coupon before you can get any food.

These are the coupon.

Guess how much it cost me. A bowl of "Wat Tan Ho" , a bowl of "Tomato Beef Meehoon" and a hot "Teh C". The "Wat Tan Ho" cost RM6.50 and the "Tomato Beef Meehoon" cost RM7 where the "Teh C" is RM1.5...Total is RM15.00

After my lunch, i went back to Starbuck but they already leave. Well, too bad that i can't get a good picture for my lovely visitors. So as a consolation prize, I took the picture of their poster. Not bad also right, no want will take the photo of the poster so I can slowly get my angle.

They will have the performance tonight and the ticket will be given to those who do purchase in any shop in 1 Borneo. I’m not sure how much is the minimum purchase to get the ticket for a seat.