Variety: Grace Point

CAUTION: SERVES ALCOHOL / COOKING MAY CONTAINS ALCOHOL

Status: Serve no pork

Venue/landmark: Sembulan. This map is a bit lacking in detail. So let say you’re coming from the direction of the mosque, then at the round – a – bout turn left 9 o’clock. If you are coming from the direction of Sutera Harbour, then at the round – a – bout turn to the 3 o’ clock direction. Once you pass the round – a – bout the rest is easy as you can see the place on your right side, a large open air dining area with its grand entrance.

Time open – close: unsure. I usually frequent it in the evening around 6 – 8 pm.

Basic RM per meal: RM 8 (starting pay)

Parking is free. I like that.

Food court style, on grander scale. Clean, bright, airy and spacious. Sunset here is a blaze. A nice place for friends to come, relax and chat.

Here you can find all sorts of food, Japanese from Wagamama, Thai, Indian, Korean, claypot meals, all sorts of rice, local food from Etnik Sabah, noodles and Western. As usual Wagamama is nice and in my list of favourites, next is Etnik Sabah with their tantalizing local food including hinava (raw fish tossed with ginger and onion in lime juice) and ampap fish (fish cooked in gravy of tumeric, ginger and other spices, served with rice); Thai section is pretty decent though the fried rice has somewhat a flat appearance; Indian food turns out good with their tosai, claypot section has this amazing black pepper chicken; and the drinks section. The coolest no. plaque (the one they give you with your order no.) so far is from Etnik Sabah, a wooden spoon – shaped one. You can’t helped but be delighted at it as you received one. As for drinks, the waiters will come over to your table to take down your orders.

From the Thai food section: Green curry mussels.

Noodles section is pretty basic, and on one occasion the laksa was disappointingly lacking in taste and contents. The Western corner so far failed to attract me as their pasta struck me as flat, unappetizing – looking.

Overall, service is good except on busier hours. And finally, a properly presented local cuisine.

Rating: 4.5/5