Last night, I went to see the same gang that went to the previous Brunei trip with me to see a Bruneian friend who will be here for quite sometime for holiday...none other than the almost-celebrity food blogger of Brunei, Thanis Lim! Well..partly it's for his cookies that he baked lah...hahahaha...anyway, after some chit chat moments in Secret Recipe Warisan Square, he said he wanted to have supper at Kalamatas in Api-Api Centre, a new place that is just recently opened.
So...Dinoza was already tired by then, and here's 4 of us - Wendy, Tom, Thanis and me headed towards the said place. (Yes, I know that you readers seldom heard I am blogging about supper here, but with Thanis along, please keep that weighing scale away from me until he returns back to his country! Hehehehe...)
It was almost empty, particularly because it's already late at night and it's Monday, and also it's a newly opened place, so it's not a wonder that not many people knew about this place, yet. But I kinda like it this way, so we got the place almost entirely for ourselves...and to explore...
Yeah...cat. There are 2 cats that caught my attention when I arrived at the entrance. This heavily pregnant cat and another male kitty. The chef, Mano said that the cats has been with them since they opened the place so the cat has been part of the shop, and they took care of them. I began to like the place already! (yes, they got an extra point from me because they love cats!) =p
There's a bar with neatly arranged liquor of all sorts...I love this one..Regret that I didn't bring my little cam along. Huhuhuhu....
We don't know what to eat actually...so Thanis asked from Chef Mano to recommend something for us...
Beef Pata - spicy marinated beef. Not too spicy, just nice if you have it with your favorite drink and had a chat. I love this one...it has texture like beef jerky. Somewhat sweet and savory and a hint of spice that came together. Very well marinated too.
Stuffed squid. Perfectly cooked, not too rubbery, very fresh and the stuffing consists of capsicum, onions, tomatoes and perhaps some chili due to the little fiery sensation on my mouth when I had a bite.
(Cleffairy gonna kill me for this!)
Jeng~ jeng~ jeng~!!!
Mushroom burger. Homemade beef patty (look at that size!) with mushrooms, cheese, lots of greens and a heap of french fries. I only had few bites of these. The fries are nice, cooked into perfection too.
Tom posing with the burger LOL....well now you can see the size lah!
..and Thanis. =)
Pose between the meal... =p
Deep fried fish.
Good even eaten on its own. ^_^V
Mashed potatoes...chef's recommendation.
Not your ordinary mashed potatoes that you usually had in fast food restaurants.
It still has bits of potato chunks in the midst of the creamy potato and gravy, along with some bits of skin.
A perfect comfort food! =)
...and then...after we finished our meal, Chef Mano had a chat with us and then suggest to let us try one of his chicken dishes...wah....
Spicy chicken...thankfully he asked us what level of 'spiciness' we can tolerate.
We go for 'medium' and it's quite a little spicy but it's so good! <3
Here we go.... =p
...and they allowed us to pose inside the bar, Hehehee....with our face like that manning the bar, I don't think people would want to come and order a drink! =p
A photo for remembrance...please ignore the shortest one there...thank you. =.=|||
Anyway, if you wish to come and try out, here's their number and address.
Make reservations if you had to. They are serving local, Filipino and Western cuisine. =)
Thank you Chef Mano and the staff of Kalamatas for the good food, great experience and kind hospitality. Good service too! I will sure coming back again!! ^_^V
Note: All photos posted are credited to Thanis Lim. He's one of well-known food bloggers in Brunei that has written articles about food joints, Breeze Magazine, to name one. Feel free to visit his blog at http://cookiemonzters.blogspot.com/ but...make sure you had your tummy full before viewing it. Don't say I didn't warn you. =p
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