Thien Thien Sienz
Out of boredom, we arranged a free shuttle service to The Mall, Gadong on Saturday. Turns out that the hotel I'm staying in is managed by a huge real estate group that also owns The Mall and a string of other properties around town. Hence the free ride. My roommate and I were chauffered over in a cool black MPV with automatic doors. Didn't manage to catch the make and model though. The Mall is quite big really, but the location really leaves a lot to be desired. Located just beside the highway, but the exit is a giant roundabout that is really difficult for Bruneian drivers as they are really not gung-ho enough on the road. And you know what? To get into the shopping mall, one has to go through a small road that snakes around the Pasar Gadong (a food haven for all things cheap and loaded with hydrocarbons). To cut a long story short, we finished The Mall in just under forty five minutes. Arguably better retail space than in Yayasan, but still a far cry from being labeled decent. They do have Secret Recipe, Aussino, Guess, a Mac reseller and Giardano, but that's about it. The rest are Berjaya Times Square material interspersed with keripik and tudung stalls. Precious.
For lunch, we walked out and found a Thien Thien chicken rice branch there (turns out that there is a branch near my hotel too -_-"). Supposedly famous, but judging by the crowd, it should be. Their famous dish is steamed chicken rice. The meat has a good texture and actually has the taste of chicken (unlike those tasteless antibiotic and feed-gorged variety we usually get). Having nothing to do and our laptops heavy on our backs, we went to Coffee Bean. A cup of Today's Brew costs BND3.40. Much more expensive than back home. Ouch. Just sat there and surfed the net a bit. But I do plenty of that back home anyway. The only consolation was that I got to ogle at two twinks who ate at the dim sum restaurant nearby. Our driver arrived at 2:00pm to rescue us from that boring place... My weekends are pathetic! Mushrooming... mushrooming mushrooming...
For lunch, we walked out and found a Thien Thien chicken rice branch there (turns out that there is a branch near my hotel too -_-"). Supposedly famous, but judging by the crowd, it should be. Their famous dish is steamed chicken rice. The meat has a good texture and actually has the taste of chicken (unlike those tasteless antibiotic and feed-gorged variety we usually get). Having nothing to do and our laptops heavy on our backs, we went to Coffee Bean. A cup of Today's Brew costs BND3.40. Much more expensive than back home. Ouch. Just sat there and surfed the net a bit. But I do plenty of that back home anyway. The only consolation was that I got to ogle at two twinks who ate at the dim sum restaurant nearby. Our driver arrived at 2:00pm to rescue us from that boring place... My weekends are pathetic! Mushrooming... mushrooming mushrooming...
Comments
Beli sayur also no use... my kitchen is not fully-equipped.
@Hdaran:
It's been quite some time since I've been to BTS.
@Nicky:
A bit lo. XD
@Ry:
Welcome. Plenty of iPhones in BSB.
@Legs:
Yes, 天天.
@JJ:
Hehe.