Brunei Foodie Event! Wingin Bakin Shakin Singin !

An overwhelming response flooded a local foodie event! Throngs of people came for the delicious wings, ribs, cakes, brownies and cookies! There were also guest performances from local talents ~~~ It was really my pleasure to join fellow bloggers Ranoaddidas and Maurina to cover this delicious event.

Wingin' with Wing-it? Bakin' with Muffins Paradise, Pvintaj cupcakes, Sweet as Sara and Wondermama? Singin' with Aziz Harun and Damai Heroes? Be sure to also take pictures at the photobooth by Cakes & Crafts! That was their slogan for the event!

Directions on how to get to the place~~ Loving the design of the poster! House no. 33, Spg 35 (right after shell station Mabohai), Kg Mabohai!

Not surprisingly~~ the response was very good and the queue lines were long as hungry foodies line up to purchase the goodies!

The goodies run out pretty fast ~~ Sweet As Sara sold out her 600 cupcakes within two hours!

The Wing-it saucy chicken wings sold out pretty fast as well!! They got a variety of interesting flavours – ranging from Spicy hot to cheesy to sweet flavours ~ and served with a portion of french fries ~~ follow them @wingitbrunei on instagram. 

 

Besides selling Wings ~~ they also sell good saucy ribs ~~ which they called Rib-it ~~

Close up shot showing the good amount of tender meat and fat ~~ oh my RIBS ~~~ *slurps*

Fellow popular Foodie Maurina sneaks into the kitchen of Wing-it to pose with their delicious ribs ~~ hmmm ~~~

Oh would you look at those beautiful rustic looking cupcakes from Sweet As Sara !!

Oh Drooolss~~~

Sweet As Sara has regular sized and also mini sized cupcakes ~~ Would you believe – 600 cupcakes sold within two hours on the first day!? Follow Sweet As Sara on Instagram @sweet_as_sara

Pvintaj Cupcakes offers many cute mini sized cupcakes for sale ~~

There’s just something about mini Red Velvet Cupcakes ~~ hmmm…

Ohhhh wowzers ~~~ nyum nyum ~~~ Follow Pvintaj on Instagram @pvintajcupcakes

WonderMama offers a great selection of  brownies such as Crack Brownies ~ Red Velvet Brownies (oh swoons) and one of my fav cookies such as the Reese Peanut Butter Cup Cookies (oh my gawd!)

Follow Wondermama on Instagram @wondermamabn for information on her yummy baked morsels!

Last but not least is Muffins Paradise! A muffin behemoth in the Brunei baking scene with a wide variety of choices! I’ve only managed to snap a tiny morsel of her range of muffins and cupcakes!

Not to mention her various yummy brownies ~~ this is her Nutella Brownie ~~ How can you say no to Nutella ….. on a BROWNIE! CANNOT!! TIDAK BOLEH! BEH TANG!! BU KE NEN!! MOU HO NANG!!!

Follow Muffins Paradise on Instagram @muffinsparadisebrunei 

Be sure to check out the booth by Cakes and Craft to take photos!

Entertaining singing and shakin performances by local talent Aziz Harun and the Damai Heroes~~

A very cheerful and chilling jam session ~~~ be sure to join in the Singin and Shakin!

It’s great to see fellow foodies follow their passion and turning it into a business! Go Local Entrepreneurs! A good inspiration for the youth! Mothers who have professional careers while running a home business! Respect! You have to admit it’s an enormous achievement!

Brunei Restaurant Review: MadBites Cafe

Last year, three young men started baking macarons and formed the Madbites team. Madbites Macarons made the scene into the Brunei Foodie scene and they were very successful. This year – they' build on their macaron success and most recently opened MadBites Cafe in the Peugeot Showroom. Needless to say, their grand opening was a smashing success and received rave reviews. Quite a number of people had asked me for directions for the Madbites Cafe – as they didn’t know how to get to the Peugeot showroom. Here are some easy directions to follow.

HOW TO GET TO MADBITES CAFE ~~ STEP BY STEP ~~

This is the crossroads along Jalan Pengiran Babu Raja – if you go straight – you will go to Beribi Shell Station and also a roundabout -– turn right and you will enter Kiarong – so you should turn right here.

You will be faced with red humps like these because it’s a school area. Keep driving straight ~~~ DO NOT turn into the Kiarung Area where Baiduri bank and Kaizen Sushi is located. Just keep going straight ….

Until you see this mini roundabout – turn left … go straight in and you should see Peugeot Showroom – go in and you will see MadBites Cafe.

Welcome to Madbites Cafe ~~ this place would be very good for a romantic date, a business tea meeting with clients, or just chilling with friends. For some – they come here just to tapow (takeaway) desserts.

Say hello to their famous Macarons ~ my personal fav – their Salted Caramel Macarons – they should be made illegal~~ “Do they even have a license for that?” Quote Anak Brunei ~~ dangerously addictive!

Oooo look at those assortment of desserts ~~~ they say you eat with your eyes (or instagram) first ~~ presentation is very pleasing to ones appetite ~~

Hmmm ~~~ fruit custard tart ~~~ *slurps*

Layers of goodness ~~ almond sponge, chocolate gateau and coffee buttercream ~~oooh la la ~

Just simply – chocolate tart with Belgian Chocolate ~~ oooooh choco heaven!

This is my fav dessert – their Hansel and Gretel – a surprise awaits ~~ I won’t go too much into the description and spoil the surprise ~ just order one and sink your teeth into it ~~ lovely ~~

They have a good selection of drinks to choose from: Hot or Cold – Good Coffees and Tea as well – to match their rich desserts.

Their Grapetizer is simply pretty and eating the grapes and then sipping the soda is a charming touch.

Their Mango Tango is another unique smoothie, which uses mangoes and pomelo to mimic that popular Hong Kong Mango dessert. They also have the ultimate protein shake for Gym Junkies!

Tea, Coffee or Me? No ~~? You rather have Macarons ~?

Nah ~~~ here’s your macarons ~ (NOM NOM)

The Madbites team welcomes you! For updated information : Follow @madbites on instagram!

Brunei Restaurant Review: Gurkha Palace Seria

Was visiting Seria town one fine day and decided to pay a visit to Gurkha Palace, which is at the block just next to the Seria Kolomee Food Court. Drive around the town and you won’t miss its bright eye catching sign board. Nonnie King, your favourite Seria blogger wrote a blog post on this place before and I was itching to try it since I saw the post!

The décor and ambience is pretty simple but the place is air conditioned. It’s pretty quiet even on a Sunday night.

Seemed like a typical menu for an Indian restaurant ~~ there are lot’s of Nepalese names on the menu but comes with helpful descriptions to help you with the ordering. The staff will also help with recommending but I find it fun to read through the menu before ordering – always a good experience for the foodie.

The adventurous foodie in me wanted to try Goat’s Ear and tongue, boiled goat’s head, fried goat’s intestines and stomachs but they were unavailable (NOOOOOOO) much to the relief of my dining partner! Deep fried chicken glizzard’s available though for fans of those but I had my eyes on other dishes.

Nonnie also mentioned their brass utensils and plates (omg they’re heavy) which offers a unique dining experience – I know I am pretty sakai or suaku but have you ever eaten with brass utensils? There’s always a first!

Brass utensils look pretty good ~~ and the tissues are needed because I ate mostly with my hands and the need to take pictures can get really messy.

Spicy Nepalese style chicken wings! I must say I agreed with Nonnie – this is simply the best dish of the night! The chicken was well marinated, cooked perfectly and the glaze was NOM NOM NOM NOM good. It’s pretty expensive – $7 for 6 cuts (3 whole chicken wings) but I would order this again. Thumbs up for this dish.

This is where I felt the Chinese influence came in. These really resemble Chinese dumplings but they are called  Momo – such a cute name! You can order them steamed, pan fried or served with a special sauce. I ordered the pan fried version which is very similar to our Chinese Guo Tie/Pot Stickers – called Kothe Momo in Nepalese. I had the mutton version. Unlike the Chinese Guo Tie, which is usually served with ginger in vinegar, these are served with a blended dahl like sauce, which makes sense because it balances the spicy mutton filling for these Momos – might be too hot for some to handle but I can handle the heat.

We initially wanted to order Mutton or Chicken Gravy but decided to have a vegetarian option so we tried this Mushroom Gravy dish. It has a strong taste of spices but it’s not too hot. It’s really a combination of Chinese Indian ingredients. I did not like this very much but my dining partner likes it.

This is Puri, which is a puffy pastry like deep fried bread ….

and this is Aloo Paratha which is a wholewheat flatbread with potato and onion fillings. Both breads usually served with blended tomato with spices sauce (I’m unsure what it’s called). I find the sauce pretty salty but I’m liking the spices and sourness to go with the breads. If they could reduce the salt in this – it would be perfect – but I think most would be put off by it – nevertheless – the breads will go well with the other dishes – note that they’re fried and will be on the oily side – for those who don’t like greasy food – these are a no no – go for their plain or briyani rice.

This is the Masu Ko Bhutuwa – meats marinated for hours with Nepalese style herbs and spices and fried. I ordered the mutton and I liked this dish – the herbs and spices are pretty good and it’s not too tough like typical mutton dishes. Could be better if it wasn’t as salty.

Overall, I felt it was a pretty interesting cuisine adventure. It has show how much influences from both China and India has on their cuisine. I think the food was more on the salty side – and should be eaten with rice – perhaps next time I will give their briyanis or other rice dishes a shot. Some customers tell me if you ordered their fried rice or noodle dishes – request for not salty – that’s a tip! More updates to come till my next visit!