THE SUCCEESS OF FORMERLY ELECTRONIC TRADER COUPLE IN F&B INDUSTRY TODAY SERVING LOCAL HALAL AND WESTERN CUISINE
The local Sabahan couple Mr. Ishak Bin Mushal khan @ Rafiee (Rafiee) and Ms. Ernle Marlina Binti Muhammed (Lina) who are the founders and the immediate owners of the famous “Senario Cafe” at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah operating more than ten years serving exotic local traditional halal recipe and outstanding western food menus.
Mr. Rafiee who formerly an electronic end user products supplier and trader initially based in Centre Point Shopping Mall, Kota Kinabalu in the year 1995 for about 7 years finally quit the career and together with his wife stepped into the food and beverage industry in the year 2003 to recent. While his wife Ms. Lina who also helping in their previous electronic trading having great interest in cooking and experience touched the field since her teenager life. Besides, Lina too who always searching for better and new recipe successfully convinced her husband then established their very own 1st restaurant named “Sinario Cafe” at Bandaran Berjaya, the centre of Kota Kinabalu presenting her home made recipe cuisine to the public, later on the “Sinario Cafe 2″ at Alamesra, Sabah.
Not only serving hundred choices in the menus today in their restaurants, Sinario Cafe too provides catering service for several occassions such as experienced in Istana catering, Chief Minister office catering and private parties up to maximum 2400 pax.
In the restaurants itself, one of the most recommended will be their Signature Nasi Ayam Penyet with the combination of fried chicken drumstick, sambal, veges and dry fried beancurd which recipes and presentation from Jakarta, Indonesia. Secondly will be the Nasi Goreng Lalap with crispy fried chicken brest meat and home made sambal sauce. While in the western food corner, their Signature Chicken Chop Sinario using chicken without bone grilled then topped with the restaurant most famous home made gravys brings the best in town. In soup choices, for sure the Tom Yam Sinario taste sour and spicy will be the most wanted by their regulars, which with the choices to mix mee, mee hun or with seafood. For those who like fish, the Sinario Fried Fish with Rice will be the best recommended in the restaurant suitable from kids to old folks. Fried fish fillet slice using fresh ‘tengiri’ fish served with their signature sambal and rice is the perfect combination. Nonetheless, in the beverage corner, fresh fruit juices, ABCs and ice blended choices always the local wanted for the temperature town Sabah.
SINARIO CAFE
Location: No.25, Ground Floor,
Bandaran Berjaya,
88100 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
Lot 80, Block L,
Ground Floor, Lorong Plaza Utama,
Alamesra, Kota Kinabalu,
Sabah.
Business Hours: 6:00am to 2:00am (Daily)