26th
September 2019 (Thursday)
Labuan
>> Menumbok : Ferry ticket RM 2.50 & Depart 8:30am
Menumbok
>> Kota KInabalu Sentral (KK Sentral): Menumbok Express RM 18
When
in KK Sentral, I bought return ticket with Sipitang Express which cost me RM 18
(Depart 1:30pm).
27th
September 2019 (Friday)
Kota
Kinabalu >> Sandakan 10:20am-11:05am
Unexpected
the flight a bit early reach Sandakan, before 11am. We took Grab to
OYO Hotel London. As the room
is not yet prepare so, we walked to San Da Gen Kopitiam (opening hour 8am-5pm)
for lunch. At there do not have printed menu. The menu written on a black
board. Besides main dishes, it also sell some desserts such as UFO tart, avocado
cream puff, durian cream puff and egg tart (RM 2.50).
The
environment in San Da Gen Kopitiam is so beautiful and suitable for photo
taking. At here, you can get Sandakan Heritage Trail map. I ordered traditional
laksa (RM 11.90). The presentation is special as has bean curd skin.
If
you wish to go Lubuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary Malaysian (Adult RM 15),
you can ask more information with staff in San Da Gen Kopitiam as it provide
shuttle bus to there. The nearest hotel with San Da Gen Kopitiam is NAK Hotel.
After
lunch, we walked to Genting Mas Mall that near with bus stop. Although “Genting
Mas Mall” has the word of “Mall” but I feel like it is a supermarket. That time
I went, the mall was blackout so I just go around in ground floor.
Out
from Genting Mas Mall, we walked to Sandakan Harbour Mall. Besides mall has the
big word of “I love
(Symbol of heart) Sandakan” that you can take picture. Inside mall did
not has many shops; we stopped a while in Popular Book Store.
After
came out from Sandakan Harbour Mall, we direct to our hotel. Around 5pm, we
started our
Sandakan Heritage Trail but chose some place to go by car. It is
not advice to start by 5pm, as many temples and museum were close.
As
it was still early, so we went to Kim Fung Market that operates 24 hours. My
friend bought Chinese Dumplings. In Sandakan must try for seafood bakuteh and
the two most popular restaurant are Nam Cha Seafood Bakuteh (Business Hour: 830am-2pm;
6pm-9pm) and Good Taste Restaurant (Business Hour: 8am-2pm; 6pm-9pm). These two
restaurant located in same row.
We
chose to go Nam Cha Seafood Bakuteh. As we did not know what to eat so the
staff recommended us that every dishes come with a small plate for a taste. The
vegetable is so special as also in Bakuteh soup. When you ordered single
portion of seafood bakuteh, you will get a whole fish inside of bakuteh soup.
After
dinner, my friend suggested to Home Garden Café. This café located in front of
house. I like the environment of café which surrounding by plants. I
ordered a cup of lemon tea with chocolate macaron. The macaron is taste good
with chocolate filings.
28th
September 2019 (Saturday)
Early
in the morning, we went for Sandakan Central Market (near Sandakan Harbour Mall)
for breakfast. The 2nd floor of market has Malay food while 3rd
floor has Chinese food or non-halal. We
straight away to 3rd floor and look for 1940 Fried Pork Kway Teow 家传正宗炸肉大粉 (5am-11am). This kway teow come with small portion. The
meat is nice!
For
lunch, we went to Sim Sim Floating Water Village. We looked for house number 84
(Business Hour: 6:30am-1pm). Inside of house has small restaurant that sell century
egg dumplings, fish spring roll, sparingly noodle with fried pork.
After
that, we look for number 90. At there has sell some dried seafood that is a
good souvenir. I bought some dried food for my mum.
This
was my first time to see salted fish hanging on the rack under the sun.
For
dinner, my friend suggested went to
傅贵临门 because many people recommend
eating prawn noodle. Besides that, we ate Dongfeng snail, squids and vegetable.
After dinner, we went to Kim Fung Night Market. At there, I
bought my first ever UFO tart for try. It goes by the name of
UFO tart or
Cowdung tart just so because of its cute shape. A true Sandakan dessert, this
tart is made up of a thin cake base and with sweet custard and meringue top.
29th
September 2019 (Sunday)
Sandakan
>> Kota Kinabalu 11:30am-12:20pm
Before
went to airport, we were having lunch at Kedai Roti Gold Crown
金冠面包中西饼店 (Business Hour: 8am-5pm). At there has many
pastries. We ordered fish soup for breakfast.
Many
people come to this shop for UFO tart. I also bought UFO tart that is fresh
from oven.
The
Sandakan airport is quite small. Inside waiting hall, has a small bookstore
that sell many types of illustration book. The flight also early reached KK
which on 12pm.
From
airport, I took Grab to KK Sentral. This was my first time to use KK Sentral so
I not sure where is the place for bus departure. Luckily has kind people to
give a direction. When at departure hall, I went down use stairs and wait for
bus.
That
time around 1pm, the bus was coming and I went inside. As I did not have time
for lunch after the flight so I ate inside the bus. After finished eating, the
bus depart. I was quite surprised when saw bus depart as the ticket that I
bought was depart on 1:30pm.
As
beside my seat has an enough seat so the bus stopped at bus stop and one man
went into the bus. After that, the bus conductor started checked the
ticket. All the people in bus were
holding red color ticket but my ticket was white color.
I
wrongly went into the bus!! The bus initially depart on 12:45pm and the bus was
late so depart on 1pm. The conductor gave me 2 options, one is go down from bus
and another is buy the red color ticket. The red color ticket (Munumbok
Express) and white color ticket (Sipitang Express) are not in same company.
Last,
I bought a new ticket. When in ferry terminal, I took speedboat (RM 9.70) back.
That time seems like want raining and luckily, no raining at the time I reached
Labuan.
Future
Listing:
- Mei
Mei Restaurant/ Soup Ladies (Business Hour: 6:30am-3pm) : Many choice of soup
such as seafood/pork spare parts, goji, salted vegetable, tomyam etc. All come
with noodle. When use Grab, plot the place at “Equator Café” and walk to here.
- Foodcourt
Sandakan Futsal
- Restoran
Hung Fatt (Hong Kong Roasted Meat): Opposite Kim Fung Market
- Kedai
Makan Kong Teck (Business Hour: 6:30am-11am& Monday close) –fish noodle
& seafood cakes
- 7
Heaven Desset Partor (Business Hour: 12pm-10:30pm) : Frozen Yogurt Ice-cream
- Kedai
Kopi Fui Chiew (Business Hour: 7am-4pm) : Fried Pork Kway Teow
- Kedai
Kopi Baru Bar Lock Yuen (Business Hour 8am-5pm): Red bean paste bun with kaya
& butter
- Pasar
Makan 1.5 Batu: Near Tam Kung Temple
- Tropical
Garden Steamboat
