Despite this stupid excrutiating cramp I was feeling at the left side of my abdomen, I still it made it to the dinner at The Borneo last Friday night. No, not the Borneo land (I pretty much wished it was). It’s the Borneo Rainforest Cafe. According to some newspaper clippings, the cafe located in the hearth of Sunway City, Kuala Lumpur, is jointly owned by actress Datin Tiara Jacquelina (also known as Puteri Gunung Ledang) and David Teo.
The first thing I saw was its banner and those catchy words on it “Yummy Fresh Wild Funky”. The newly emerged nightspot was not as much as I had expected it to be. I kind of disagreed with the WILD thing. I thought the very idea of having the word WILD as part of its tagline did not seem to fit or make sense. The foods were yummy and the atmosphere was fresh and funky though, but there was nothing wild about the place. I was not actually asking for loud music or some naked ladies dance on the bar (oh please, that I’ll do in Jakarta, not here, where many people know my name hee… hee…). No, that’s not what I meant. I was expecting some cultural shows which I thought would help in turning the place from plain ordinary to extraordinary. Or maybe, they should have the waiters and waitresses dressed in ethnic costumes instead of plain black Ts and jeans. Or maybe, just maybe, by having a couple of Kadazans, Kelabits, Melanaus or Ibans ocassionally appeared before the guests, greeting them with “Kitak suka sik makai sitok? (Do you guys like eating here?)” or “Aramaiteyyy! (Cheers!)”, that would simply describe the place as WILD, wouldn’t it? Or perhaps they were somewhere there and could be hiding behind the big rocky artificial waterfall. Hmmm…
But then, it didn’t bother me so much that night as I was not looking forward for something wild. Putting aside the WILD thing, the whole setting was brilliant! Gorgeous! Plus, I had my dynamic friends around. Since it wasn’t raining, the sky was clear and the stars were shining so bright, we chose to have our dinner at uncovered space. It’s dinner under the stars. Dinner was marvelous and mouth watering as this place served the best authentic food I had ever tasted. I just loved its Umai (uhhh yummy, I can still feel the spicy and sour taste of the raw fish in my mouth). And that drink they called Sarawak Selasih, tasted amazing!
Next, after we had our bellies filled, we decided to adjourne to another venue, where we could all just chill out. And where there was no loud music, of course. Like I mentioned earlier, we did not feel like partying tonight. So we got back to KL city and checked out the Sky Bar. The place situated at the roof top of Traders Hotel (Level 33) was so cool and classy. As we got there, we were seated at an uncovered cosy corner which overlooked KL city. Amazing view!
Haaaaaa (a sigh of relief), the music wasn’t so loud, the setting was groovy, the crowd was saucy and sophisticated, the stars shone even brighter. The chilling out under the stars with these great people - it was absolutely a magical night!
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