Shabu-Shabu Restaurant

Shabu-Shabu means swish-swish, it is a Japanese variant for hot pot or in Taiwanese, individual steamboat. The dish is related to sukiyaki in style, where both use thinly sliced meat and vegetables, and usually served with dipping sauces. However, it is starkly different in taste; shabu-shabu is more savory and less sweet than sukiyaki.




Whereby for the first time in Brunei, such a restaurant was opened on the 13th of March 2009, the restaurant which is a franchise brought in from Taiwan is named

IceBar & Cafe,

The restaurant is located at Unit 15 & 17 on the First Floor of the Kiulap Plaza Hotel, and as per informed by a freind of mine who is the owner of the restaurant, if you would like to have your lunch or dinner there, you should make a booking or a reservation as during those times especially during the evening the place is always packed, so to make a reservation please call either 2233031 or 8616889.

They also have a couple of vip rooms if you would like to have a small private gathering or function, below are a few pictures of the restaurant...




























































































The economy plate;


















With every kind of set, the economy set comes attached, with your choice of either noodle or rice, your choice of soup and a complimentary desert of the day. Below are a few sets that are available..














































































































































They also have about 24 different types of condiments to choose from as your dipping sauce...


a few other choices on offer for desert...



So with that, I do hope you will drop by to the Icebar & cafe and enjoy the food on offer, just doing this post makes me drool remembering the taste...hm...gona have to go there soon...

do book first to make sure you have a place to seat...cheers...

Badminton Night

On the 27th of April 2009,

I went with office colleagues to Harun Gym in Bandar to play badminton, whereby as usual while waiting for my freinds to arrive I had a quick photo session on the scenery that was right infront of me...hope you enjoy...






















































































Once evryone has arrived, we then started with our badminton session whereby myself and my colleagues had another wonderful night of excercise...



























Taking a rest while waiting our turn to play























Cheers, do excercises more to keep fit & healthy...

Food Blogger Feast

Today the 26th of March 2009,

the day that most bloggers in Brunei have been awaiting for has finally arrived, where this day is when the "Ultimate Foodie Blogger Challenge" happens,





whereby the bloggers that contributed their recipes to the "My Recipe" book, gets to showcase their talents to be judged where they contend with eachother to be named the ultimate foodie blogger cook...












where for myself living not far from Uncle Pablo's Casa, left my house at roughly around 3.30pm and was one of the few that arrived early and also getting a close parking spot.
















Where after meeting with Uncle Pablo, I went straight to the kitchen to have a look at a few of the dishes in the making and also having a few early tastes before the actual opening of the challenge...Also enjoying with me was Mr Marul of whatiate2day.blogspot.com,






















































The Dishes that was on show....

























































































































































































































The winning dish, quick & dirty lamb...








Before proceeding with the judging and tasting the food on offer, the contributors had a photo session,

The Paparazzis

Where the lists of Guests that came especially bloggers, just to name a few were:


Arab Families, what i ate 2day, catchchee.com, ciliqueen, kisich, obcces, strictly beautiful (dj honey kfm), soul konekshen, maurina.wordpress.com, delisioucity, my7thlife.net, sefolism.com, anak brunei

Oh, here is a behind the scene look before the start of the event..enjoy...












































































































Where we then enjoyed a cooking demo by obcces, a group of cooks who make demos to encourage & teach cooking to those whom are interested..







































































After the demo, it was time for the food tasting and i apologise, but no pictures o this as I was busy enjoying the delicious food as well as with the rest...where after the tasting, everybody was given a piece of paper to fill in their votes for the names of their favourite dishes, so while the votes were tallied Mr Senor Pablo was interviewed by the Borneo Bulletin who came to cover the event,



And Finally the momentous time of the event, was the announcing of the winners made by the owner and organiser of the event Mr Senor Pablo where the winners were:

No 1 Quick & dirty lamb - Anak Brunei
No 2. Roasted Garlic & Anchovies - Foodie Tales
No 3 . Macaroons - Delisiousity
No 4. Sea bass - Chef Pol
No 5. Lolly's Makrunah - Hajah Zarinah
No 6. Cheesy Fruity Triffle - Hajah Tom
No 7. Tangy Prawn delight - Maria Rahimin
No 8. Herbal Chili Chicken - Soul Connection
No 9. Chinese Chicken Salad - Foodie Tales
No 10. Lamb Herb Jus - Creative Chefs
No 11. King Prawn Tomato - Hajah Sabtuyah
No 12. Red Snapper with lemon sauce - Creative Chefs

The winners in a photosession

and the paparazzis...

With that i give you the first ever "Ultimate Foodie Blogger Challange" hope you have enjoyed the whole event with me..Cheers...