ZenQ Bintulu - Blackforest Danish Toast

ZenQ Dessert Bintulu has recently added a new toast series to their dessert menu which seems quite popular judging from all the hype being posted on Facebook. So I decided to give a go and chosen the Blackforest Danish Toast which they also have Chocolate Banana Honey Toast and Strawberry Lover Honey Toast.

The wait was pretty long around 10 minutes despite we were the only table waiting for our desserts to be served which I can't imagine on a busy day. The toast came in a big plate with fork and knife but because the table surface was pretty smooth, I had a hard time trying to cut through it.

Blackforest Danish Toast sure looks dark

Top with chocolate ice cream, grapes, kiwis and a layer of peanut butter on top of a toast, it was somewhat puzzling to say the least to even consider it creative. The taste if you would imagine is like getting an ice cream bun from those bicycle ice cream vendor for a price of RM2.00 but instead you are paying RM16.90 for it. The mix of peanut spread with chocolate ice cream was not really my preference, it felt there is just too many different things going on with the toast and halfway through it I stopped as I was feeling pretty dreadful like when you load up too much fat and sugar in a filling.

Maybe I did not know what I was expecting but overall in my opinion it could have been good other than ice cream on toast with bombardment of different taste on it.

Blackforest Danish Toast - RM16.90

The Esplanade Bintulu

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The Esplanade Bintulu is one of those hidden spot due to it's location and public perception towards not knowing what to expect from the restaurant. Situated just beside the riverbanks of Bintulu Waterfront, it serves a variety of Chinese dishes and seafood choices while I did not see any Halal sign however they do not serve any pork and there was a few tables with our Muslim friends.

 I have been here since the week of The Esplanade's opening and as expected of any newly opened restaurant the service was poor. Food came out late and the drinks did not even came until we asked at our last dish. So I decided to come back again after a year later. You can choose to sit within the restaurant which is air conditioned or outside which I enjoyed the view of the park and the cool breeze.

We ordered bean curd with seafood soup, fried prawn with salted egg, stir fried broccoli with almond and deep fried chicken Thai style. I expected the food to be late as there were a few tables waiting and not to mentioned the people seated just in front of us was really unhappy with their order as the food did not came and they canceled it in the end. Yet I was pleasantly surprised food took around 15 minutes to be served while I could not say the same thing for the drinks as it took a staggering 20 minutes just for a watermelon juice and barley lemon.

The food was great especially the prawn fried with salted egg which is in golden crisps and not to mention the portion of the Thai style was huge. I love the relaxing experience and would be coming back again.


Fried prawn with salted egg - RM20.00
Bean curd with seafood soup - RM8.00
Stir fried broccoli with almond - RM15.00
Deep friend chicken Thai style - RM12.00
White Rice per person - RM1.00
Watermelon Juice - RM5.00
Barley lemon - RM5.00