Korean food lovers listen up! There's an authentic Korean Restaurant at Premier 101 Kuching that serves wonderful and mouth watering Korean dishes. The name of the shop? 'Koreana' ( it's a smack in your face name just in case you didn't know they sell Korean food).

This time, my dad and I ventured to this restaurant for a Bulgogi lunch and boy was it gooooooooooood!

At less than RM50, we were treated to a hot plate of sizzling beef marinated in sweet soya sauce and tossed with caramelized onions. 5 (read refillable) side dishes accompanied the bulgogi and they were boiled sweet black beans, the spicy but refreshing cabbage kimchi, steamed egg plants with a generous dose of ikan bilis and chilli, spinach with sesame seeds and crunchy but sweet radish kimchi. Mix all these with with their sweet and spicy bean sauce, scoop them into the freshly washed green leafy lettuce, place a few pieces of their juicy beef and wrap it up. Done? Pop the whole 'bulgogi wrapped in lettuce' into your mouth and be prepared to be blown away. It was thumbs up all the way.

For those of you who don't like the idea of popping raw veggies into your mouth (for fear of e coli and whatnots), you can order a steaming bowl of fluffy white rice that comes in a stainless steel bowl. The combination of the bulgogi and refreshing side dishes with rice is also wonderful. It was so good I finished 2 bowls of rice.

And since the side dishes are refillable you can just request for add ons and have them with your rice without the bulgogi. They are awesome one their own too!

So if you're in the vicinity of premier 101, why not try out Koreana? You'll definitely be back for more. A note though, do not confuse Koreana with the other Korean Restaurant situated 2 blocks away. They belong to two different owners.

A visit to ST3 would not be complete without a visit to the DOT cafe, famous for their waffles and pizzas.

So off we went, hubbs, baby and I one night after dinner. There was a promotion that night (actually they seem to have a promotion every day) which included a combination of a waffe+ice cream + bananas and fresh watermelon juice. So we ordered that as well as a cafe latte.

Waffle :
The waffle wins hands down. It was light, fluffy and crispy. Just perfect for a toddler's supper. There was a generous amount of sliced bananas on top of the waffle with drizzled of chocolate sauce. And sitting on to of all the goodies was a soft serve vanilla ice cream. While the waffle, bananas and chocolate sauce were great, the ice cream was just ok. Don't get me wrong, it was nice and sweet but it just wasn't creamy enough.

Cafe latte:
I'll be honest here. I'm not a coffee fan but my husband is and he has extremely high standards when it comes to coffee so when he complained that the cafe latte was a tad bit too weak, well, I'll just have to take his word for it.

All in all, if you go to DOT, do give the waffle a try. That's something you won't regret.

A true kuchingnite would know that THE BEST noodle shop in town belongs to the undisputed Noodle Descendants. With a long and rich history of how the late coffee shop owner (lovingly called toh pui soho by patrons) who slaved away to make ends meet for her children when her husband passed away and to eventually become a reputed noodle seller.

These days, one has to wait at least an hour just to get a taste of their noodles. It is so good that even tourists who are pressed for time are willing to wait in queue.

Anyways, my dad and I patiently waited for 50 minutes for our noodles. And it was awesome with a capital A.

The noodles were tossed with sesame oil, black vinegar and crunchy fried shallots giving it an aromatic smell and taste.

The side dish is a combination of bouncy fish balls, minced meat, three layer pork, 'spare parts', zesty salted veggy and my personal favorite, the black seaweed. The serving is quite big so if you're not a heavy water you can just order one side dish and 2 bowls of noodles and still walk away full and satisfied.

I'd like to add that the current operator ( descendants of toh pui soh) were kind enough to take my dad's request into consideration to reduce the saltiness and to make the noodles more cooked (my dad's tastebuds have changed since undergoing chemo). Kudos to their attentiveness.

A must visit!

Idealite has recently opened up two outlets in kuching. One in the bustling shopping center of Viva City and the other in the suburbs of Rock Road. Having had a wonderful experience dining at the outlet in Viva, I decided to bring my dad to the one at Rock Road. My old man has very high standards for good food mind you. If he says it's good then you will have to 'die die also must try'. If he says it's not so good then it'll probably be mediocre. So here's our review on the food we ordered:

1. The best-selling bak kut teh
6/10 stars. Taste wise it was good. The broth was thick and rich in flavor and the ingredients were provided in generous amounts, from the toufu, wolf berries, cabbages, soft boiled egg and needle mushrooms. But the problem with this otherwise aromatic dish was that the ingredients though generous did not absorb the flavor of the soup/broth. It was as if they were just dumped into the soup for a few minutes prior to being served.

2. The white fungus and pear soup
A well known delicacy meant to promote beautiful looking skin. And boy was this dessert good! It was subtly sweet (sweetness which I think naturally came from the pear) and the white fungus was soft and chewy. Perfect for consumption on a hot day.

3. Bibimbap
5/10. Perhaps I am a meat lover so without the marinated beef this dish somehow seemed incomplete. Plus the cucumbers and carrots were not very finely cut. A bit too rough for my liking. Also, I think they could have improved on their hot sauce as it didn't taste very authentic. I couldn't feel a Song Joon Ki in it haha.

While it might not be the best place to dine at, I appreciate their concept of cooking healthy food so no harm in giving this place a try. It's not the best but it's definitely not too bad.

My BFF recently treated me to a birthday lunch and boy was it Oishi! We ordered a simple potato salad, the avocado dragon roll and teriyaki chicken rice.

The potato salad was served chilled. A nice touch especially if you eat out on a hot day. The texture of the potatoes was soft and the salad sauce was very light. Not top heavy on the tongue. The sprinkles of little red fish eggs added a poppy and juicy flavor to the salad too.

The avocado dragon roll. What I liked about it. The crispy deep fried prawns which oozed a juicy and succulent flavor with every bite. What I didn't like about it. The avocado though layered neatly on top of the sushi was a little too warm for my liking. I had expected it to have a yin and yang theme whereby the avocado would be chilled while the prawns and sushi rice warm but that was not the case.

The teriyaki chicken rice. I love the fact that they have us a free bowl of miso soup to go with the fluffy fat rice. I'm a sucker for freebies mind you so an definitely giving them huge points for this. Add the fact that the chicken was tender and the gravy thick and sweet. Oishi all the way!