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In Sandakan and craving for a good satay? There’s a place that opens for business from 4 P.M. to 11 P.M. (except when the satay are sold out early) at Bandar Indah, Mile 4, Sandakan. It’s a place called Min Satay Corner, next to Do Re Mi Lounge.

The specialty of this place is of course satay; beef & chicken, but this place is also known for its chicken & beef soup too (also known as Soto at other place in Sabah). As for the drink, the house specialty is “Bandung Special Min Satay Corner”. I ordered a glass of Avocado juice, and it looks so thick and yummy that I took a few sip before remembering that I should have taken a photo of it beforehand! It was as good as it looked, so too bad I didn’t have a photo to show it to you here.

Satay and its peanut sauce

The “nasi himpit” was already sold out when I was there, but if you’re in luck, they usually have the “nasi himpit” to go with the satay

A closer look at the satay

Homemade peanut sauce

If you are in Sandakan for a day trip, you can have a taste of this satay at the Sandakan Market, in the city itself. Hope you’ll enjoy the satay as much as we did!

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Note: Non-halal eatery review.

A few of my friends have been to Manila, and became Filipino’s food lovers. They shares their passion for Filipino food with the rest of us that are yet to visit the Philippines, by bringing us to this Filipino restaurant at Api Api Centre, Kota Kinabalu.

There are a few Filipinos restaurants in Api Api Centre, but our favourite hang out spot just have to be Tambayan! Tambayan is situated just next to the Proton (or was it Perodua?) showroom at Api Api Centre.

This is the entrance that will greet you upon arrival at Tambayan restaurant.

The interior decor of the restaurant resembles a traditional Filipino house, using bamboo as for the furniture, astray and the lamps’ shades or whatever you call it.

Can you see the light at the right side of this photo?

Being a Filipino restaurant, do expect a lot of pork dishes from the menu selections. To those that doesn’t eat pork like me, fret not as there are a few Filipino traditional dishes that you can feast upon. I personally love the sisig bangus or milkfish sisig. As for the dessert, it just have to be the sweet and thick creme caramel, leche flan!

Some of the food selection you can see from the menu on the wall.

I didn’t have the photos of sisig bangus and leche flan with me at the moment, but the following are another favourite dishes of ours.

Beef Sinigang - a thick, sourish stew. Very nice! Eat while it is still hot or you’ll see the fat floating on the surface of the soup! LOL!

Another dish that my friends ordered. I couldn’t remember what it was, so it must be a pork dish!

My usual order for drinks. Mango juice (a must try!) and San Mig Light beer.

The ambience in Tambayan restaurant is indeed a nice place to hangout with your friends. There’s a karaoke box at the back of the restaurant where you can sing your heart out for 50 cents a song (unless they increased the price already!) and a pool table to try out your pool skills while waiting for your turn to sing..

To the owner of Tambayan restaurant, can we get a discount next time we visit your place?

To my readers, yes, this is a free review, a personal review from yours truly. An honest opinion.

2 of my good friends having a great time choosing the food to order from the menu. Boss of Tambayan, please take note of these faces, these are some of your loyal customers.

Give Tambayan a try and tell me of your opinion of the place. Wishing everyone a very happy and prosperous new year 2009! Happy holidays!

Popularity: 93% [?]