The second time around…

Well, I’ve been to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah a number of times but this is the second time around this year, that is if you include my recent transit stop there on my way back from Sandakan. Kpenyu picked me up upon arrival at the airport and this was our first stop…

LOL!!! Too bad it was not open, probably because it is the fasting month or maybe it only opens at night. I would have liked to go and ask what STP stands for. In fact, this was the second time I had seen it, the first being that time when Melbie had a photo of it in her post sometime ago when she happened to spot the quite miserable-looking banner at that shop. 

Then we went to that ngui chap shop, located near the Foo Phing Dim Sum place that I used to like a lot. I had it already the other day, so this was my second time…

…but this time, I had the kay liaw (translation: additional ingredients) or the special while kpenyu had the kosong (without noodles) or what they call the sup tulang (bone soup).

Ooo…it was heavenly! Even from the vehicle parking lot, we could smell the fragrance of the thick beef broth. Yummy! They call it ngui chap there whereas here, we just call it gu bak mee (beef noodles). After that, I went to check in at the hotel – the Hotel Deleeton…

…my second time around for I had stayed there once before. Unlike most other shop-lot hotels, this one is very nice and clean inside, the rooms are quite big and I particularly liked the wooden parquet floor. This is the standard single – RM99.99 nett only!

Another reason why I would much rather stay at the place is Centrepoint is right across the road…

This used to be the No.1 place to shop before…and it certainly looked like it is very popular still as when I stopped by, it was crawling with shoppers!

Right behind it is the relatively newer and much more expensive Warisan Square…

…and here’s a peek at what it looks like inside…

I did not get to go to 1 Borneo…but people tell me that it is even more expensive than Warisan Square, many of the shops are not open and the food is not nice. Anyway, I did not intend to do any shopping, so I just roamed around a bit…and then headed back to the hotel to bathe and change and get ready for my date with Melbie and Man-D…but that will come in my next post…with lots of photos! That should keep you all in suspense! LOL!!!