Kota Kinabalu  January 7, 2013  Local Dining  Restaurant & Hotel
Always eager to check out local life, Don and I grabbed a cab
into the little city of Kota Kinabalu one of the nights we were
in Borneo.  Honestly, it wasn't really my favourite. Maybe
because it was super humid and hot, and it smelled like garbage
in a lot of places. The streets aren't brightly lit, the
sidewalks are crumbly, and there was the all-too familiar lack
of sidewalks. Lots of the main drags didn't feel pedestrian
friendly at all. You had to jaywalk out of necessity!  Their
little night market was alright, though nothing compared to the
amazing Ladies Night Market here in Mongkok. There was a big
open air food cafeteria where you could choose your own seafood
and get it prepared on the spot, but the hawkers were super
pushy and abrasive, so we moved on.   We decided to have our
supper at a restaurant recommended by the concierge at the hotel
- Sri Melaka.  The town may have been a little rough around the
edges (apparently it's the fa