Tawau/Semporna - Day 6 (Mataking Reef Resort - Tawau Town)

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The thunderstorms last night certainly kept me awake for an hour or two. It's still raining in the morning and glad that we have an umbrella in our room. We had our breakfast around 8.45am. I like their Vietnamese noodle soup or also known as Pho. It has a flavourful broth and vermicelli texture is just right for me. It's soft and easy to eat. At the same time, I had my favourite porridge with crispy anchovies. Having a warm bowl of soup noodles or hot porridge on a rainy day is always comforting. 

After breakfast we decided to explore the island by foot. It took us almost 50 minutes to walk around the island. In some areas of the beach you will get wet as there's fallen trees blocking the shoreline. Some parts are quite challenging for me as I need to go underneath the fallen tree and waves came crashing all around me. Luckily my partner was there to guide me. We walked past the police station and army camp. They have their own jetty and we're restricted to go near the jetty. 

Check out time is 11am and waited for our lunch until 12pm. There's free WiFi at the restaurant and speed is good. After lunch we walked to the resort lobby where the resort staff were busy loading our luggage into their three wheel cargo motor. They have this system of calling out guest's room number before putting their luggage into the cargo motor. We departed from Mataking Reef Resort around 2pm and our boat is fully packed.


Nasi kuning


Telur bumbu Bali


Perkedel chicken


Sambal tempeh


Vietnamese noodles


Vermicelli


Cucumber and tomato


Fruits - watermelon and honeydew


My breakfast


Porridge with salted egg and crispy anchovies


Vietnamese noodles


Waffle (fluffy and soft) with peanut butter


Herbal tea


Mataking Island


Mataking Island


Abandoned resort


Mataking Island


Mataking Island


Mataking Island


Mataking Island


Mataking Island


Pandanus tree


Mataking Island


Small grocery store


Mataking Island


Mataking Island


Mataking Island


Mataking Island


Mataking Island


Souvenir shop at Mataking Reef Resort


Mini library


Free flow of coffee, tea and biscuits


Fried chicken


Sweet and sour prawns


Brinjal


Fried wonton


Pumpkin


Stir fried vegetables


Gado-gado


Cucumber salad


Egg potato salad


Coconut pudding


Butter cake


Fruits - honeydew and papaya


My lunch


Gado-gado


Our luggage


Our speed boat back to Seafest Jetty


Our speed boat back to Seafest Jetty


Finally, we reached Seafest Jetty around 2.45pm. It's a smooth 45 minutes boat ride. The resort arranged a van to picked us up from the jetty at 3pm and there's seven of us. The van driver dropped them at Tawau Airport before sending us to ROOMS hotel. By the time we reach our hotel it's almost 5pm. We took a short nap and later walked to Kam Ling Seafood Restaurant for dinner. The restaurant is just 4 minutes walking distance (350m) from our hotel. Two years ago we went to this restaurant for dinner and we love their salt & pepper mantis prawn. This round we ordered two different cooking styles of mantis prawns - salt & pepper mantis prawn and salted egg mantis prawn. On top of that we ordered tiger prawn with superior soy sauce, Kam Ling Style steamed fish and spinach with garlic.

Fish is fresh but their sauce is a bit too sweet for my liking. It tastes like Thai sweet sauce. The spinach leaves are young and taste great. My favourite dish of the night is the tiger prawn. It's fresh and the meat is sweet with a firm texture. I no longer fancy the mantis prawns because it has too much yolky eggs. Apart from that. the texture is a bit soft and has a strong seafood taste.

Total bill: RM 394.70



Kam Ling Seafood


Chili


Drinking water - RM 1


Tiger prawn with superior soy sauce - RM 62.50


Salted egg live mantis prawn - RM 108


Salt and pepper live mantis prawn - RM 108


Kam Ling style steamed fish - RM 60.50


Spinach with garlic - RM 10


Rice - RM 2.30

Address:
Kam Ling Seafood Restaurant
TB 316 Kubota Square,
Jalan Kubota,
91000 Tawau,
Sabah, Malaysia
Tel: +6019 - 883 2511 / +6017 - 898 2511


We looked back at our previous food blog in Tawau and we decided to return to Ice Idea Dessert Cafe and try out their mango shaved ice that we didn't get to eat two year ago. However, the shop was already closed when we got there around 9pm. We ended up at Regiustea and ordered Milky Mango Grass Jelly. Slightly sweet and it has a strong taste of Jasmine tea. The best part of the drink is the chewy cubes and mango jelly. After dessert we head back to our hotel. It's a bit quiet at Kubota Sentral as many shops close early.  



Regiustea


Milky mango grass jelly - RM 9.90

Address:
Regiustea Tawau
Lot J4 MPT,
No. 47 Kubota Sentral,
Jalan Chong Thien Vun,
91000 Tawau, Sabah

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