Weird Fruits

During my gastronomic adventure in Sabah,
I came across some new fruits,
Snake fruit
coz the skin is of snake like texture,
Hardy and juicy on the inside,
pale yellow in colour,
extremely sweet,
texture of a nutmeg...
I HATED IT!!!
Tarap,
no it ain't jack fruit, cempedak, nangka..watever
very sweet,
smelled like "jungle"
tasted like "jungle"
hahahahaha
texture of a soursop...
very yummy
They called it the RED Durian,
I've tasted the normal yellow, pale yellow types..
in the end, I was too chicken to try this one,
They said it's very creamy and nutty like peanut butter...
Palm Fruit
It's not edible but the fact that the whole tree full with fruits..
were outside my suite at Nexus,
I had to pick some.

I have seen pics of palm fruit,
learnt about it in school,
but this is the first time,
I'm seeing the real thang!!!

Imbi Market

Out of the blue,
on a glorious Sunday morning,
Monkey suggested that we'll have our usual cuppa,
at Imbi Market.

hahaaha..
I've never been there.
Though I live like 2 minutes away fr this busy market.

May I present u...

hukka pukka Imbi Market

super busy and noisy until can die dot com!!!
It's a combo of a wet market, dry market and eateries...

You don't get ushered to your seats,
nor a place to sit!!

You just stand near the table which u assumed..
will finish their food and get out FAST!!!!
and be prepared to share table with strangers too...*this is so hongkie*

But I swear,
their food is superb.

Must TRY!!!
1) Curry noodle or "kah lee meen" (comes with loads of yummy chicken, pork's skin, beancurd, long beans)
2) freshly baked buns with butter and rich "kaya"
3) Hainanese tea or "hoi lam cha" (mixture of coffee and tea)

and it's deadly cheap!! just don't complain on the level of service here.
later we hoped off to their wet market for groceries shopping,
You can find egyptian strawberries, australian mangoes, persimmons fr Israel, cherries...loads of it!!!

After all the hukka pukka noisy experience, we went shopping :)))))))))))))))))

BOSS is having their season clearance....40% and above...woohooo

didn't your mother teach u not to pick your nose???

actually JS is having sinus,
and according to him...*rolls eyes*...by pressing the nose,
he can breathes comfortably.

is there such rational???
anyway it's funny having your partner,
holding loads of tissues on his hand,
and pressing his nostril with the other,
and still have reasonably good mood to do shopping,
and be my bags porter....
thank u baby :))))

Land of Bountiful cheap food

The moment I touched down,
My hobby changed,
from a workaholic to a...
makanholic.

During Xmas eve, we had the usual homemade stuffed turkey..

or should I call it....Turkey Home Home....
Bernard???
Nah..that doesn't apply coz it's not in BAHASA.
hehe...ayam belanda home home.

Roast potatoes with spanish onions and garlic
I made hors dourves for the kids...

Our formal sit down Xmas dinner with Dato Robin,
chief operating officer of Nexus Karambunai Resort....
Dato's wife, is new to golf....
but she can whack 36 holes every single day.
I think my arm would have detach fr my body....

different type of shellfish....mussels, oysters, clams and...dunno-wat-that-looked-like-snails

This is at a seafood floating restaurant at Salut.
Tonnes of fishes, prawns, shellfish for u to choose.

fresh blue swimmer's crab

my favourite scallops

I thought prawns are blue in colour until u cooked them!!!!

like this!!! but we didn't have the red dyed prawns. I think they were dyed...hahaha

I lurve this super nice thick yummy pure pineapple juice

Eveline & Monkey

Eveline gave up her astounding career to play golf...adoi..
If I hold so many degrees and a MBA,
I wouldn't.

Maybe *if* my husband is super rich.
Probably I'll spend it zzzz and shopping.
*bimbo*

the aftermath....

ooOOooo...I lurve chinese food...
Total damage of the above: only..RM 200 for 7 person..
we had crabs, prawns, fish, clams, shellfish, toufu, lotsa lotsa vege...
SUPER CHEAP!!!