Sandakan Eats : Ice Cream & Coffee by Crowd 99 Cafe 【山打根食】

Sandakan, Sabah. 沙巴， 山打根。

They always said that there's always a space for desserts in female theory. Well, we did go for another round of desserts on the second day of our Sandakan trip.

Immediate after our dinner at one of the famous Chinese restaurant which photos were quite limited and not really looking good, I just don't want to write a post with the photos. :( 

- Crowd 99 -

It was totally crowded during the night. Crowded with younger generation together with friends and family. Even the eldery go there for entertainment.

- Matcha Ice Cream -

Had one of the best ice cream in Sandakan. Crowd 99's ice cream will be one of the main highlights from me! Matcha ice cream with generous taste of green tea and creamy. :)

- Coffee -

With one of the leading Italian coffee brand - illy. I simply love illy coffee whereby it was the first brand (besides Nescafe) that I was introduced after having coffee since such a young age.

- Mushroom Soup -

There's always space to improve. I love mushroom soup and as what I had on the last day before flight back to Kota Kinabalu, we went there for the second Crowd 99. Lunch with our relative and we had western meals. 

Back to the main matter, Mushroom soup need to be improved as the soup was watery and milky. Not the way that most of us would prefer. Well, blending those mushroom and add on with chopped onions, garlic and some magical ingredients, the bowl of mushroom would be everyone preference! 

Hopefully it will be improved. :)

- Apple Juice -

- Chicken Cordon Blue -

- Chicken Cordon Blue -

- Crowd 99 Cafe -

The best part of Crowd 99 would be there ice cream and coffee. Both I love! ;)

Location : 

Lot 52, Ground Floor, Lorong Avenue 2,

90000 Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia.

(also known as IJM area)

Facebook : Crowd 99

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Sandakan Eat : English Tea House & Agnes Keith House 【山打根食玩】

Sandakan 山打根

It is a must visit place if we happen to visit Sandakan. I saw a lot of beautiful photos about English Tea House whereby the surrounding just perfect for a perfect afternoon.

- The Arch -

Finally we were there and with the breezy air at the top, it was such a calm place to rest.

- The Outdoor Dining -

- Scone -

I love scones and always love the English tea session with friends and family. In fact, I love homemade food.

- The restaurant - 

- The garden -

 

- The Garden - 

We always thought that ETH is the same as Agnes Keith House, and it is not for your information. 

Located opposite of ETH, we walked to AKH. Despite it was after 5pm and visiting hour was closed. 

AKH is listed as one of the historical trail of Sandakan, very respectful person whom in the past and the design was localized with hint of English. 

- Agnes Keith House - 

Added one more tick to our must visit in Sandakan. ;)

An advise to all of us, Waze is a good application, it assist us to the destination!

Perfect for us with transportation there. 

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3D Eyebrow Embroidery in KKCity - Eyebrow Changes Our Entire Face (+VLOG)

Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. 沙巴， 亚庇。

It was my first time having "tattoo". I heard so much about 3D Embroidery whereby how amazing and natural it would be. Indeed, the result was good and it seems so much natural than the classic method of tattooing our eyebrow. 

Totally love the result!

- One side of the face - 

I have noticed that my face feature looks sharper now, especially on the nose. A good eyebrow, does change a person looks! Surprised with the effect.

Here are some of the short clips I took during my eyebrow transformation. It's painless and I'm recording with my eyes widely opened.

Shin Yi, my make up artist patiently designed the perfect eyebrow as I wanted to have the famous Korean eyebrow design which I'm suitable with. Looks younger and lovely.

3D Eyebrow Embroidery is a type of semi permanent tattoo which can last for almost 2 years and this also depends on the product that our artist uses.

- Numbing Skin -

Numbing cream to be applied before starting with the embroidery process. It takes about 15 minutes or longer. As for myself, I felt minimal pain and just itchy on my eyebrow while in the process of embroidering.

- The Needle -

New needle for every customer that go for 3D Eyebrow Embroidery. It's a must and for hygiene purposes as well.

- The Embroidery Essentials -

- The Colour -

Once the embroidering with needles is done, the colours that's make us looks like "Angry Bird" will be the final process. Rested for 15 minutes and clear it off. The next would be going out for a drink or two! (lol)

- Korean Eyebrow Design -

The final product of 3D Eyebrow Embroidery. My eyebrow looks thicker now as compared with before. It does look natural and made me looks lively and prettier.

- Before (Left) and After (Right) -

A before and after will differentiate our looks. A fuller eyebrow can be seen and I can freshen myself within minutes every morning since I had they new eyebrow. Perfect for those who does not make up like me! (Except for that lipstick which is my daily essential)

- Touch Up Session -

I went for my touch up session which is inclusive in the package and touch up means that the perfect for that will accompany us for the next two years. Final.

- The Barbershop, Tattoo Parlour and Make Up by Shin Yi -

All under one roof. Located at 88 Marketplace, Kepayan area. Noticeable with the vintage design entrance.

Friends often ask where did I do my eyebrow and my 3D Eyebrow Embroidery was by Shin Yi from Make Up by Shin Yi. Soft spoken and delicate person to her customers. :)

Location :
Lot 1, Block D, Ground Floor, Seri Kepayan,
88300 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.

Contact :
016-585 9600 (Shin Yi）

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Sabah Eats : Another Concept by October Coffee Roasters, Latitude 6 【沙巴吃】 十月咖啡馆

Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. 沙巴， 亚庇

Weekend will be a great day for me! It's time to indulge good food with good people. :)

There we are sipping our cuppa of coffee and eating our toast.

October Coffee Roasters, another concept/ branch of our Sabah own Korean brand of Coffee House. One of the best cafe in town which I personally think. Just love to be there!

Photo collages over the way at first floor of the cafe at Latitude 6. Fresh design and it's a cozy environment to have a coffee or two.

By using recycled furniture, October does have their own extraordinary thoughts.

That's all for today! Have a great weekend ahead!

Location :

Latitude 6, Iramanis area.

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Khop Chai Laos (Lao P.D.R.) & Sawadeeka Bangkok

It was a pleasant to visit Bangkok again and this time were more on visiting to the sight seeing and non the less the shopping! :)

Next is Lao PDR and now I am updating my blog via mobile & beside the swimming pool at one of the best 5 Star Hotel in Laos. 

Vientiane, Laos is a small city and from the outskirts where I'm staying now, only takes about 10 minutes. From the sight seeing here, Vientiane is a Buddhism country and in a mid of developing, so many investors especially from the China is here. Language frequently spoken are Lao, Thai and coming up with Mandarin. 

For more updates, check out my page @meitzeupage.

From Lao, with love.

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Sandakan Eats : The Best Coffee and Cheese Cake by Equator Coffee, Mile 4 【山打根吃】 起司蛋糕与咖啡风情

Sandakan, Sabah. 沙巴， 山打根。

It was a random thought before heading to Equator Coffee. :) Vincent, the owner of Equator Coffee is a blogger who tagged me at my Twitter account months before and once invited me to drop by his cafe if I happen to visit Sandakan. 

So and so, there we were sipping coffee and eating delicious cakes! The environment is cozy, with hint of vintage interior and more over friendly helpers. Greeted by friendly helper while Vincent was preparing coffee for customers.

- That's Vincent -

- Caramel Macchiato -

- Cappuccino -

Smooth coffee taste and we simply love the drinks that Equator Coffee serving. Being one of earliest cafe in town and which sustained until today truly remarkable and it is the recommended one when we visit Sandakan in the future. Mr. Hubs told me that he love Equator's coffees and we do miss it a lot!

Mr. Hubs even said that "HAIYA! Equator Coffee still the best!" (after tasting some of the cafes in KK after our visiting to Sandakan.)

 - Tiramisu -

It is the best in town! :D Hint of brandy was noted, but in actual taste, the alcohol tasted even more. To suit the local taste buds, Vincent's wife have to modify the recipe. :)

- Pumpkin Cheese Cake -

I love this! Creamy pumpkin cheese cake. Taste of pumpkin is something special for me to try. 

- Vincent and me -

Thank you for inviting me to your lovely cafe, glad to meet you in person that we could relate from blogging world. :) Do visit Vincent's Travel Blog at "Between Latte". A short story from details I know about Vincent, he was an accountant before he became a Barista and running his own cafe later. An avid traveler and planned trips annually while to keep all the memories, he wrote them in a blog. 

Glad to see another Sabahan blogger. :)

- Vincent's Helper -

 Vincent told me that she read my blog too! And I am very very surprised and invited her to take photo together. Taking photos with our own readers was not an ordinary matter tho. ;)

- Equator Coffee -

Glad to be at Equator Coffee and meeting new friends. :) It's a bliss to all of us!

Location :
Mile 4
(Waze directed us to Equator Coffee)

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KK Eats : Nitrogen Ice Cream by Scoopee, Lintas

The fever of desserts will not end by only coffee houses and cake houses. In Kota Kinabalu, Ice Cream also will be another bonding place with friends and family.

Do you notice about the latest game of Pokemon Go, I did play and it was fun at the first few days. (haha :D) Well, every where I go, there's people playing it. Same goes to the day when we visited Scoopee since we were there collecting some PokeBalls around Lintas area.

- Ice Cream with Honey Comb -

The following will be the video of the nitrogen gas ice cream. I'm guessing the nitrogen was not used to make the ice cream, the gas appeared from the cup below the smaller one with ice cream.

- Ice Cream with Honey Comb -

- Ice Blended Coffee Latte -

 I love both of the ice cream and the coffee. As a preference, the ice cream will be a must try, although it is slightly expensive that the usual.

About the environment, it was superb! We totally love the cozy wood design with decorations in it.

Location :
Lintas Square
Opposite Lucky Bean

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Sandakan Eats : Good Taste Bak Kut Teh 【山打根吃】 好味肉骨茶 Nam Tung Street

They say it is the best Bak Kut Teh in Sandakan town. There were friends who like the another one which Nam Choi BKT 南财肉骨茶 and in fact, Nam Choi BKT located at the corner end of Good Taste BKT (same row).

The high lights of Good Taste BKT is their seafood BKT while Nam Choi BKT is their PORK BKT.

- Media highlights -

It was half way lucky that we were only able to taste Good Taste BKT seafood version, while Nam Choi BKT was close on Monday. :(

- Our selection -

We suppose to try their LaiMang (a type of fish) BKT which was famous and didn't get to try it because of the staff that was NOT HELPFUL while she was taking our order. NO RECOMMENDATION etc. HOW WE KNOW WHAT'S THE BEST SELLER? Every where just good food in Sandakan. *Shake Head*

- SEAFOOD BAK KUT TEH -

We had prawn balls, meatballs, fish meat and prawns. In fact, we prefer the original pork Bak Kut Teh that we had normally, as for seafood BKT, the soup base just taste PEPPER, GINGER and relevant spices. Not my kind of selection. :) I love soup and I am very particular with it. ;)

That's all! POKEMON GO fever in town! ;) Be alert!

Location :

Nam Tung street (use Waze to search for the spot, it's that easy)

 

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