THE RECOGNISED “BAGEL OFF” BREAKFAST & BRUNCH PASTRIES CAFETERIA RUNNING ON THE EASTERN NATION @ SABAH
“Pastries Cafeteria” also known the Breakfast & Brunch Pastries Cafe is a kind of the eating house or coffee house/cafe which carrying their homemade pastries selections in combination of coffees/beverages in menus with respective home recipes on the ground. Here on the eastern nation, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended Pastries Cafeteria “Bagel Off” carrying their very home-baked bagel eateries at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah having great positive response from the market recently.
The local Sabahan couple Mr. Kingsley Chong Zie Jin (born 1994), with his wife Ms. Winnie Shi Shea Qieng (born 1996) were the initial founders, joined by their partner Mr. Brendan are the recent immediate owners of this best recognised Breakfast & Brunch Pastries Cafeteria “Bagel Off” along the Kota Kinabalu territory presenting all their daily fresh baked bagels with signature menus to the locals & visitors under a roof in manner on the eastern ground at Sabah.
The founder cum owner Winnie Shi Shea Qieng, who at her age of 29 years old currently, been initially touched the f&b field during her 18th of age worked as a part-time waitress at Kuala Lumpur, then reached & fully stepped into the industry at her 19th practically experienced on front floor somehow onto the kitchen floor in a western cuisine restaurant at Singapore stayed nearly 5 years exposed in the career. While Kingsley Chong Zie Jin, who at his age of 31 years old currently, been touched the field in the year of 2019 running & fully manage his partnership seafood restaurant at hometown Sabah where he practically experienced the industry with patients.
In order to further their couple’s exposure in the industry, added with experiences & recipes on-hand and foreseeing the market opportunity in the pastries field enabled Kingsley Chong and wife Winnie Shi began their very home-based handmade bagels career in the year of 2021 with named “Bagel Off”. Later-on established their very first Pastries Cafeteria officially also named the “Bagel Off” at Inanam in the following year at 2022, then another at Lintas Plaza in the year of 2023 all the while serving their handmade/hand-rolled bagel signatures to the public in manner. And finally being recognised among the best in town by the Malaysian F&B E-Media for the year of 2025 on the eastern nation at Sabah.
In this Bagel Off Pastries Cafeteria, the owners’ very first top recommended in menus will be their signature “Smoked Salmon Bagelwich” which most wanted by their regulars here. Daily fresh handmade crispy & chewy bagel in options such the plain, everything, cheese bagel etc (on customer’s preference) served in combination with local-smoked salmon, sliced crystal tomatoes & in-house shallot cream cheese spread will brings the wonderful savoury tasty with smoky salmon swallowed kind of their bagelwich eatery that you must have a try when reached Kota Kinabalu. Complete sides with a hot cup of their home-brewed coffee will always the perfect matching here.
Secondly will be their famous “Aloha Manuk Bagelwich”, also among their daily best seller wanted by the visitors recently. Homemade sweet chewy bagel choice on customer’s preference, served with fresh lettuce, cheddar cheese, smoked chicken ham, pineapple slices & plain cream cheese spread will always bring the refreshing with pineapple’s appetising fruity sweet in combination into mouth that you will neither found the same elsewhere in town here.
Another will be their special United Kingdom’s local delicacy classic recipe of “Salt Beef Bagelwich”, which favourite by their customers especially for those beef lovers. Australia imported beef brisket commonly selected, home-marinated at least 5-10 days with (home-mixed) spices followed by 4 hours boil-cooked, then prepared in sliced pieces served with their homemade bagel selection, in combination of sweet cherkin (pickled gherkin) & yellow mustard will brings the excellent beef’s juicy texturing bites with exotic spices into mouth that you will never regret after tasted here.
Moreover, the owners also introduced their all time favourite recommended “Blueberry Cream Cheese Bagel” which like by most of the locals from the beginning in the breakfast or tea-time selections. Homemade bagel selection served with their special home-mixed sweetie & fruity blueberry (made from fresh blueberry) cream cheese spread and taken sides with a cup of their home-brewed coffee will always the best selection of eatery that you really cannot missed when stepped into this best recognised Breakfast & Brunch Pastries Cafeteria “Bagel Off” at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
BAGEL OFF
Address: No. 12,
Lorong Lintas Square,
Jalan Lintas,
Taman Southern,
88300 Kota Kinabalu,
Sabah.
Business Hours: 8:00am to 6:00pm (Daily)
(Closed on Wednesday)