The Penyu (buffet breakfast) at Nexus Resort & Spa Karambunai - Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

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Our stay in Nexus Resort & Spa Karambunai comes with buffet breakfast for 2 adults and 2 children below 12 years old. Two days in a row we had the same buffet breakfast. There's hot and cold breakfast selection including variety of pastries, rice (nasi lemak), fried noodles, porridge, hot oatmeal, hash browns, pancakes, ham, sausages, roti canai, egg station, noodles station (yellow noodles, kueh teow or mee hoon with vegetables, tofu or bean sprouts), fruits, cereals, salad, can peach, yogurts and juices.

Not many hotel buffet breakfast that I had served hot oatmeal. It reminds me of my school days. I used to have a bowl of oatmeal every morning while waited for the school bus to come. Only oatmeal mixed with milk powder without any sugar or honey. Healthy breakfast to kick start my day :) Apart from that, they served mainly local fruits such as star fruits, water guava, guava, banana, honey dew, papaya and water melon. There's can peach and pears too. One of my favourite breakfast is to mix can peaches with yogurts. However, their yogurt was a bit too sour for me. Besides that, there's no spoon for your yogurt or fork for your fruits. It's either you use back your existing fork and spoon or request a new set from them.

Overall breakfast was so-so. Staff was very friendly and I was very impressed with their good service. When we walked into the restaurant, they asked for our room number and number of person joining the breakfast. Then, they will escort you to your table and asked whether you prefer coffee or tea. I requested for Milo and they told me they only serve coffee and tea. Ten minutes later, another staff came with a jug of Milo just for me! I was so surprised and shocked that I do not know what to say. That... just made my day!



The Penyu


Day 1 - Spaghetti carbonara, Day 2 - Penne pasta


Day 1 - Beef, Day 2 - fish


Day 1 & 2 mix vegetables


Day 1 - hash brown, Day 2 - roasted potato


Day 1 - fried kueh teow, Day 2 - fried mee hoon


Day 1 - Dim sum, Day 2 - chicken feet


Baked tomatoes and corns


Chicken Chipolata & Day 2 -Pan cake


Beef ham & baked beans


Oatmeal & bread butter pudding with vanilla sauce


Crispy chicken


Porridge section


Roti canai & dal makhani


Curry chicken & curry lamb


Nasi lemak & condiments


Dim sum - pau & assorted muffins


Bread section


Cakes and pastries


Egg station


Half boiled eggs


Noodles station


Fruits and salad section


Assorted local fruits


Bacon bite and bread cubes



Cereals section


Juices or milk section


Restaurant ambience


Fried egg with baked beans


Specially prepared for me - hot Milo

Address:
The Penyu
Nexus Resort & Spa Karambunai
Off Jalan Sepangar Bay,
Locked Bag 100,
88993 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

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