Went for lunch at Mia Boat Noodle at 1B (1 Borneo mall in KK). It was pretty crowded the past few times I was at 1B.
From all the writings and signs on the wall, we can gather that this restaurant's menu came from that served on the those sampans in the river at Bangkok.
Looking through the menu showed it was pretty simple. At the top you select either rice noodles (rm1.90 per bowl) or rice (rm4.90 per bowl). For either one, you have the choice of chicken or beef meatball (spicy or original) .
Then, you can add on other dishes at around rm6 or rm7 each. Choices include fried in batter mushrooms, or chicken wings... You can then pick one of the beverage from the bottom section of the menu.
From the photo, you can see that each bowl of rice noodles had 1 spoonful of noodles, 1 chicken or beef meatball, and some soup.
Some customers had their table fully covered with these small bowls!
All the add on dishes were nice. I enjoyed them. This was the deep fried oyster mushrooms in an appropriate boat-shaped dish.
Popular Bookshop had a Mega Book Fair over this Christmas and New Year holidays. I bought a couple of discounted books (non-fiction). I may post some of the photos in the book from Life Magazine.
We had dinner at Nandos. I had the Espenada. A skewer of chicken thigh pieces (usually beef in the Portuguese dish). Very well seasoned, impressive presentation, goes great with all the peri-peri chilli sauces. But insufficient quantity of meat though. Maybe 2 skewers needed?
I tried the Portuguese Egg Tart. Very small and not that tasty. It seemed to have been microwaved?
The PC Fair in Kota Kinabalu is on currently (6 - 8 August 2010) and the location is, the same as in the previous year, at 1Borneo Basement Carpark.
1Borneo, claimed to be the largest Lifestyle Hypermall (in East Malaysian Borneo I presume). It is located about 7 km from KK City Center and there are a lot of shops in this place (3 floors + basement), with many up-market brands.
The PC Fair is highlighted in the lobby. Note the dragon statue. There are also a number of pharaoh statues around the place. What these have to do with 1Borneo or the developer is beyond me.
The entrance. The event is well-organized, after so many years' experience. It's a one-way street. I felt that the crowd was smaller this year.
Perhaps more will visit on Sunday. It used to be that the selection of IT products in KK was much less than KL, and of course the prices were higher (so the PC Fairs were the opportunities to buy new stuff at lower prices). Nowadays the selections are just about as good and the price differences are minimal. So the PC Fair can only attract by the "Offers" given by the vendors during the Fair.
The final stretch had the Citibank Credit Card people and the broadband people (Celcom, Maxis, Digi) desperately going after the last remaining ringgits in your wallet before the PC Fair let you escape.
The Exit, finally. There were three "cheerleading women" with pom-poms (on the left in the photo). I had no idea what they were cheering about.
If you had ever wondered what happens to the banner after the event is over?
