Stars Archery opens in 1Borneo

I have never heard of Stars Archery before till I bumped into it while doing my christmas shopping. Look at the crowd. This place was packed! Stars Archery is an indoor archery range with aircondition. Apparently they have been open for sometime with outlets in West Malaysia .


If your totally new to archery, not to worry. You can see the picture below that there are onsite instructors(red and white shirt) to teach you how to hold the bow and aim properly. Everyone from different age groups all had a try at being Robin Hood. Its great to see that there is a company that brings archery to the casual level.
Isn't Archery expensive? not here. RM9 gets you 12 arrows inclusive of bows and those stuff you gotta wear on your arms. With bowling I gotta pay extra for shoes.. hmph. It gets cheaper when you purchase more arrows. So it works great if you come in a group of 4.

Well I didn't get a chance to have a shot today, the place was rather crowded and I had a lot of errands to run. Will definately give this place a go once I gather a bunch of robinhood wannabe's.

Mario's Pizza at 1Borneo

Decided to brave going into 1Borneo for the weekend. Was rather worried that there would be problems with parking. Anyway, managed to find a parking and took a look around to see if there were any new stalls in 1Borneo.

Well, after walking around, this store Mario's Pizza caught my attention. I really love pizza and this stall sells snack sized portions

Picked up quite a crowd

Plenty of patrons, waiting and deciding what to order

I ordered three different pizza's. The heating up of the pizza's was slow because they only have one oven. Duno what the owner was thinking having only one oven. The staff kept opening and closing the oven, leaving the oven to unevenly heat the pizza's. This caused the service to slow down due to staff all queueing up to use the oven. I thought it'd probably be better to have multiple inexpensive mini ovens to speed up the heating up process. I had to wait at least 5 minutes before I my pizza's were ready.. Thats a bit long just for warming it up.

Workers queueing for the oven

What I liked was that they wrapped the pizza in some greaseproof paper for you to carry around the mall and munch at the same time. The staff was polite and did apologise for the delay in heating up the pizza.

Overall I found the price quite reasonable (RM2.60-3.20 for a slice of pizza). Upstairs in Tasty Food Village your able to get a slice of pizza for RM3 and double the size. Unfortunately, in Tasty Food Village they only heat up the pizza upon request and well, the taste just isn't as nice as Mario's. Well leave you all to decide which is better :)

Toilet advertising

Was walking around 1Borneo again today when nature called. This might not be new to some, but this is the first time i've seen a tv screen on well.. err urinals. Guess its not a bad way to advertise since you will be pretty focused on looking at the advertisement.

While I was using the facilities, they were showing movie traliers. Not a bad idea.. Maybe next time they'll be showing 1Borneo stall promotions

1Borneo Free Cinema Tickets

For those who don't know yet, Golden Screen Cinemas is celebrating their opening by offering free tickets from May 31st till June 4th. Before you rush off to 1Borneo to claim your free show, make sure you grab a newspaper and cut out the coupon first. One coupon entitles you to 2 complimentary tickets. Be quick before the seats run out!

Tasty Food Court, 1Borneo 2nd take

1Borneo or One Borneo (I still prefer the later) is suppose to have a soft openning on the 8th of June. Today I popped in to have a look at the progress. The construction is going very rapidly at the moment, cleanup and major shop renovations are on the way. Since the shops are not ready for business, might as well have lunch there.

So walked over to Tasty Food Village and was surprised a small crowd over there. The patrons I assume are mainly workers, contracters and curious onlookers like me that decided to venture into this unopened mall. Being a public holiday today, I saw a lot of families with kids roaming around the mall and eventually dining in the only food outlet that is open in the mall.


Well I can say that the signs remind me of Singapore food courts. Guess most of the investors are probably from Singapore anyway. The furniture is fantastic. Nothing like i've ever seen before in food courts. When compared with Wisma Merdeka or Karamunsing.. well.. there is no comparison. Its a little classier here and I guess we'll be paying for it an extra premium for our food because of that. Well I can say seats and tables are very comfortable to dine on and I absolutely love the design.

Upon first stepping into the food court, you will need to approach the coupon counter and buy coupons in bundles of RM5. Yes, RM5 is the minimum you must purchase in order to buy anything.. even if it means RM1 kuih. Don't worry but you're able to get a refund if you return the coupon on the same day. Its a bit troublesome when you want to make small purchases.

Anyway, the front part of the food court consists of a few snack stores. You're able to buy kuih, Curry puffs, Chinese doughs, pizza's and crepes.
The only store that was open was Yummy Bites. I tried some of this on my previous visit and found the kuih to be of average taste. My favourite is the green one with rice on top (I forgot the name) has a nice balance pandan sweetness n ricey saltiness.


Well enough bout the atmosphere.. after all looks can be deceiving. So, how's the food?First up on the list was the mini steamboat. The presentation is quite nice and fiery. Notice the flame firing up on top. I was worried it was going to melt the plastic. Impressive. Unfortunately I didn't have a taste, but the portion looks like it would fit well for two people. Just add two bowls of rice and share. I think this cost around RM13. Have to give it a go next time.

Flaming steamboat

Next to this there is a Roasted BBQ store. Since they don't serve pork in the food court, meaning no charsiu is available. So the next best thing is the duck. For RM9 your able to get roast duck with noodle. The presentation is nice and the portion is decent. Taste wise its a little on the salty side, but i'd give it a good 4/5 stars. Having said that, I wouldn't eat this very often as it would burn a deep hole in my wallet.

yumm.. mouth waterring

Another stall we tried was the beef noodle store. I've been hearing great things about this new store, unfortunately it was a bit hyped up. The presentation is boring and very unappealing. Tastewise is ok.. but its nothing when compared with our local ngau cap stores. It has a very mild beefy flavor. This might appeal to some but not to me, after all this is Tasty food village and i'd expect some pretty tasty food. I'd give it a 2.5/5 stars since it cost RM6.50 and looked like it was prepared by a real mainland chinese. I guess things just aren't as tasty over there.
Having a few coupons left, we tried "The Toast" shop. A slice of bread will set you back RM2. We tried one peanut butter and one kaya. The verdict, disappointed. The bread was stale and lack any fluffiness that it should have had. Once the bread is bad, nothing more can be said. 1/5 stars for having the nerve to serve stale bread to people. I gave 1 star because it was edible. Definately wouldn't be going back to this store.

The "Stale" Toast

There is also a Dimsum shop selling chicken pau's. They taste just like char siu pau's but with chicken and I must say they were very nice. Just RM2 for a small pau is a bit pricey for me. It was gobbled up before i could take any pictures. 3.5/5 stars.

If your thirsty be prepared to pay around RM1.50 - RM2.00 for a drink. Its a reasonable price for an airconditioned food court.

The cheapest lunch you probably can get is at the mixed rice store where you're able to get 2Veg + Rice for RM4 or 1Veg + 1Meat + 1Rice for RM4.50. They have 28 different varieties of dishes to choose from and the aroma really got my mouth watering.

I have to comment that the place is very clean. Yes.. I know this is new and it hasn't really been tested with a big crowd. They have quite a number of staff standby to pick up your plates though. Since they weren't many people around, my plates were scooped up the moment I finished. They were polite though, asking me first before picking it up, just like in a restaurant.

Eyes scanning for empty plates

Looks like Tasty Food Village is in a league of its on when compared to any food court in Sabah, let alone Malaysia itself. Modern furnishing, efficient staff and a wide variety of food will surely make this a popular spot for hungry shoppers.

New Tasty Food Court in KK

Got a sneak peak of the new food court in One Borneo today. Unfortunately the electricity supply to the food court today was switched off, probably due to the ongoing construction there.


Tasty Food Court works on a coupon system. You buy coupons at the front counter and if you have any left over coupons you can refund it at the end of the food court. The tables and seating are made locally and are beautiful. I will drop a picture next time. Looks like they are all finger jointed. Nothing that I've seen before here in KK.

Managed to try one shops were open. Yummy Bites a shop selling kuih and cupcakes. All kuih is RM1 and cupcakes RM1.30 at time of writing. There are a couple other shops there but it was dark so all the pictures didn't come out well. Will make another trip there when the lighting is up.