Kalamatas Resto'ba - Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

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It's only 4.30pm and we are feeling hungry. We need some snacks!!! So we googled and saw some good food reviews of this restaurant and decided to give it a try. Great ambience! Restaurant was dimly lit and empty when we arrived. They are only open for dinner and drinks. Shortly after that more customers came in for a drink.

We went through the menu and decided to order an appetizer and one main course. We ordered Kalamatas combo (one of the chef recommended) and crispy fried chicken. Kalamantas combo comes with 2 pcs of spicy chicken wings, fried spring rolls and calamari, served with three choices of dressing. Calamari was nicely battered and crispy but it doesn't taste good at all. There's a fishy taste and when we confronted the waitress, we found out that they only serve frozen calamari. It was very nice of her to offer a replacement for the calamari with some other side dishes but we rejected as most likely we are unable to finish it. Spicy chicken wings and fried spring rolls were so-so only but the chili dressing was quite nice.

Then came our main course, crispy fried chicken. My first impression was... they overcooked the chicken! Turned out it's the special seasoning. Fried chicken was delicious. It was crispy, tender, flavourful and juicy. Love it. This main course comes with mashed potatoes topped with garlic pepper gravy, garlic toast and vegetables. 



Kalamatas Resto'ba


Restaurant ambience


Restaurant ambience


Restaurant ambience


Warm water


Crispy fried chicken - RM 19.90


Kalamatas combo - RM 24.20

Address:
Kalamatas Resto'ba
Ground Floor, Block 2,2-0-19, 
Jalan Api-Api, 
88000 Kota Kinabalu,
Sabah, Malaysia
Tel: +60 88-252 605

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