Once arrived at Sabah, my friend and I called an old taxi uncle whom we called him as Uncle Siao. He is a very kind taxi driver whom is willing to bring us to eat at Restaurant Kuo Man.

Each of us ordered a different type of meal, uncle with his beef stew dry tuaran mee, my friend with mix fish fillet with dry tuaran mee, and lastly me with mix pork with dry tuaran mee.

I was not impressed with the mix pork dry tuaran mee, as the pork taste too porky to me. I do not have the exact word to describe the porky taste, but I can be sure to tell that the pork smell had covered the whole freshness of the soup. The intestine however, taste good and I am not a fan for kidney, so, I could not comment much on it.

I did not try the beef stew either. Therefore, I could not chip in my opinion for the beef stew. Somehow, my friend and Uncle Siao said the beef stew was awesome, and smooth. For those whom can have beef, you might want to have a try.

The killer for all these 3 types, was the mix fish fillet dry tuaran mee. The tuaran mee seems ordinary for me, although I must admit the chillies together with the tuaran mee was good. The fish fillet served were all fresh, you do not have the stinky smell of rotten fish meat taste when you take the first bite. The soup was filled with the fish essence. Worth to try the fish fillet mee. (Quite expensive though, just be prepared)

I insisted to visit this kopitiam after a terrifying breakfast at a shop near to this Sandakan Kopitiam.

Ordered to take away century egg dumpling and also stuffed bean curd (fu-pei guen). The century egg dumplings were great! Personally, I dislike century egg, because of the smell and the taste is hard to take. However, this century egg dumplings had diluted smell of century egg, and with the aroma of wanton skin and minced pork meat. Must try this century egg dumplings.

The stuffed bean curd seems too meaty for me and my friend. Lack of bean curd taste and aroma, which makes one seems like having steam minced pork meat (Jing yuk beang). Maybe it will taste better if dip with the chilli sauce. 

Drove to look for fish noodles at 88 market place, and a friend of mine had tried this shop before get us there.

My friend initial order for fish noodles was fried fish with konlou noodles. Guess what? The noodles came as soup noodles and not fried fish. We are rushing so we did not made any complaint to change the fish noodles. I ordered just fish meat only. Mix grouper fish meat without noodles, just to try out the deep sea fish meat. WTF! The first bite of the fish was fishy and stinky, and not to forget the fish scales that were still attached to the skin. At that moment, I suspected that they served us overnight fish meat, in which they didn't sold out the night before, and that meal which we had was at morning around 9am. Heck! I would not step into this shop again for the stinky and fishy fish meat taste still fresh in my mind!

While walking along the Gaya Street Market, you will bump into this coffee shop.

It is too noticeable that you might find yourself hard to get a place, although the turn-around time is quite fast.

They served a variety of foods, and one of the which is being mostly discussed is the laksa. The other available foods which I did not try, but you can see it at the menu board (ngau chap, claypot chicken rice, and vegetables)

I ordered one laksa to try and also iceberg lettuce with oyster sauce as I did not have enough vegetables. The laksa is quite similar to Sarawak laksa, in which I find that Sarawak laksa is tastier (my own preferences). This laksa for me, is quite blanc and even with a spoonful chilli paste added into the soup, the aroma or the taste for laksa was not being picked up. For those whom have not tried this laksa before, you might want to try for a first time, but after that you might not want to revisit the place for the same laksa as it really do not carry a 'wow' factor.

This is one of the dining place that you should not missed when you are at Sabah.

Although I only manage to try two of their dishes, those culinary were awesome.

My friend and I ordered one large lemonade, one ravioli spinach with quattro formagi (four types of cheese)  and one zuppa di mare (seafood soup only which comes together with garlic bread; you can add on spaghetti to complete the meal).

The combination of spinach ravioli with cheesy topings had been such a wonderful dish that I had whallop all until the last drop of cheese on the plate. What about the zuppa di mare? Wow, I was in a total awe when I took the first sip of the soup. Superb! The garlic breads served were aromatic and not too hard to chew.

Quench your thirst with the original lemonade from Little Italy. Should you wonder why I ordered large lemonade? It was to share, though. However, if you would like to have large lemonade for yourself, it is not too bad, as the large volume is not really a lot. Perhaps about 12-14oz.

I would definitely re-visit this place for more authentic Italian foods when I am at Sabah. Must visit Little Italy, and you would not regret it. Just bear in mind that it is always congested and full house around dining time. To avoid disappointment, you might want to walk in earlier.