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sizzling japanese beancurd

New Metro Restaurant is a great place to have simple Hakka style Chinese cuisine, and it is one of the best restaurants at Donggongon township. Located to the south of Kota Kinabalu, a 20 minutes drive will take one to the township of Donggongon, which is situated next to the Crocker Mountain Range. Travelling by the new highway to Donggongon, a beautiful scenery of padi fields can be seen on the right hand side. The padi field scenery is especially stunning during the harvesting month of March and April. Donggongon town is also home to the local tribe called Kadazandusun.

new metro restaurant

Beef, chicken, fish, pork, prawn and venison (deer meat) are the main selection at New Metro Restaurant. Among the popular dishes here are Lemon Chicken, Guinness Pork’s Rib, Ginger Beef, Prawn with dry chili, just to name a few. Sizzling Beef, Japanese beancurd, and Prawns are also very popular, these dishes are served very hot on a black iron plate, and the sizzling sound still can be heard when served.

Fish lips, puff and all is another special dish by New Metro Restaurant. Another shop speciality is the delicious fish cakes which is self made. New Metro Restaurant is also well known for its catering services, on occasion like birthday, anniversary, wedding party and so on.

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akinabalu youth hostel

Every since the arrival of Air Asia, a budget airline to Kota Kinabalu, many backpackers have added Kota Kinabalu City to their list of destinations. With the arrival of the ever increasing backpackers all over the world, more and more Bed and Breakfast or budget hostels have been set up in and around Kota Kinabalu to cater for the budget conscious travellers.

spacious lounge

Clean, tidy, informative, and friendly stuffs are what travellers come to expect from budget hostels, and Akinabalu Youth Hostel, does possess most of the criterion above. Located on Gaya Street, the oldest street in Kota Kinabalu, Akinabalu Youth Hostel also has easy access to the many points of interest in Kota Kinabalu.

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hot spring water hole

The Poring Hot Spring story began with this small little water hole, that was first discovered by a British Geologist back in the Colonial time, when Sabah was known as North Borneo. During the Second World War, Poring Hot spring was well visited by the Japanese soldiers, where at their mother land bathing at hot springs is a great past time. Thus the beginning of visitors coming to the Poring Hot Spring.

Poring Hot Spring

In 1964 together with Mt. Kinabalu, Malaysia’s first world heritage site, Poring Hot Spring was established as a National Park. Poring Hot Spring is located at the northeast side of the park, and takes about 45 minutes drive (40 km) from the Mt. Kinabalu park headquarters. The drive also passes through a small town called Ranau, a very good place to stock up some essential supplies.

entrance to poring hot springs

By the early 90s a highway that leads to Poring Hot Spring was finally completed, hence the beginning of mass tourists and locals invasion. Today Poring Hot Spring is arguably the second most visited destination in Sabah after Mt. Kinabalu. Day trip from Kota Kinabalu City to Poring Hot Springs and together with Mt. Kinabalu tour is one of the most popular tourist package and nearly all of the tour agents will have this package, so price can be quite competitive.

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grilled squid

To grill or not to grill? If the answer is to grill, then head on to Chuan Hin Kopitiam for some very delicious grilled food. A variety of meat is made ready for selection, ranging from beef, fish, lamb, prawn, small bird, squid, and stingray. Sambal and balacan are the two main ingredients used to marinate the meat and fish, and they are grilled on top of a banana leaf to give them some added favour. The must have platters are the delicious grilled squid and tasty grilled stingray, both come with a bit of spicy taste.

grilled stingray

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kota kinabalu wetland centre

Sandwiched between the Signal Hill and Likas Sport Complex, lies this wonderful piece of wetland that has been gazetted as a state Cultural Heritage Site since 1998. Formerly known as Kota Kinabalu Bird Sanctuary, now it has been renamed Kota Kinabalu Wetland Centre, which is a 24 hectare remnant patch of once extensive mangrove forest in this coastal city.

mangroves

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