Dinner at Mango Cafe

Sharon Lai suggested we have dinner together before Christmas since I would not be in Kota Kinabalu during that time.

At first I wanted to have Western food and was thinking of going to NY in 1 Borneo. But today I decided we go to Mango Café.

I heard about Mango Café from my cousin Christopher Chong. Since my friend LSL’s company is located at Asia City Complex as well, I have been asking her about the cafe quite often. I requested her to get their phone number for me but when she went there before 11a.m., the café was not open yet and when she went back in the afternoon, the café was closed.

When Aderick Chong from Weida Environmental Technology Sdn. Bhd. came to deliver the following calendars, I also took the opportunity to ask him whether he had tried the café. He recommended it to me as well. (This time he did not give me any planner because his company did not print any. :()

I googled Mango Café and found that they had a website. I made a reservation via sms for a table for 4-5 people.

When Sophia Tsen and I arrived at the café, Sharon and Elizabeth Chung were waiting for us. Except for Sharon who was wearing dark blue t-shirt, the rest of us were wearing black.

Sharon and Elizabeth did not like the drinks they ordered. When Elizabeth complained that there was something dirty inside her drink, the waitress replaced the drink for her. I ordered Pina Colada.

We could not decide on what to eat. At first we wanted to order individually, but when we saw the amount of food being served to the the people sitting at the next table for their set dinner, we decided to order the set dinner. The only difference was that they ordered three portions for three persons while we ordered three portions for four persons. We told the waiter we wanted the dishes to be on the mild side in terms of spiciness since Sharon and Sophia do not like spicy stuff.

The Christmas Menu

When the food arrived, we knew that we could not finish the food because the servings were really large.

There was a lot of oomph in the Milky Chicken Tom Yum Soup. The taste of the lemongrass permeated the entire soup and the tom yum brought out the spiciness of the soup. Even Sophia gave the soup the thumbs up.

We ate a minimum amount of rice.

I really liked the Crispy Fried Rice Noodles with Prawns and Chicken. It was indeed very crispy.

The gravy in the Red Curry Chicken with Lychee was very tasty. I kept on putting the gravy to accompany the white rice.

I almost finished the Spicy Long Beans as they were crunchy and yummy.

The worst dish was the Bamboo Shoots with Egg and Sweet Basil. In my entire life, I have never appreciated the taste of bamboo shoot but I had a few spoonsful. This dish had the most amount of leftover.

After our dinner, we chit-chatted. We paid the bill and the waiter gave us one each of the following sweet. We did not take it because the wrapper was too sticky to our liking.

Pathetic Christmas Decoration at Asia City Complex

We adjourned to ‘Ren Ai’ at Bornion Centre for dessert. When Sophia and I arrived first, I saw the company auditor DC and his wife. I spoke to him for a minute and left them alone.

Sharon and Elizabeth took quite a while to arrive and we were already savouring on our dessert.

Iced Grass Jelly

By the time we wanted to pay, the waitress told us that Sophia and my orders had already been paid by someone. DC had paid for us.

As usual I always treasure spending time with friends and enjoying a tasty meal together. Thank God for bringing our lives together.