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7-3-2015
We left Kota kinabalu for Tenom early in the morning.
Tenom is an interior town 150 Kms away from Kota Kinabalu by road. It is famous for its coffee.
The first thing we did in Tenom was a visit to Yit Foh Coffee factory. We loved the coffee very much and it was our desire to visit its factory personally.
We met the boss of the company, a second generation of the Chong family who produced the first Tenom coffee.
He was friendly and brought out some special brewed coffee for us to sample.
On Sunday morning, we went to Tenom Market to have famous Yong Toufu, spring rolls for breakfast.
And it was a Sunday, local residents all around Tenom brought out their produces to sell at the open market place. It is called Tamu in local language.
Before we left for KK, we stopped by a famous restaurant for its steamed corn-fed chicken. However we were disappointed by the way it was being served . We were shocked to see the chicken covered with black oyster sauce ...
The waitress did not inform us of such serving. As a first timer, we just ate it as it was. We washed away the sauce with the soup provided, the meat was quite tender, but the taste was not much to talk about ... it was overrated.
It was the first time I saw freshly steamed chicken served in this way (covered with black oyster sauce). Is it a corn-fed chicken? or left over chicken? or conned chicken? No way to know when it was covered in black sauce.
I asked the waitress later of how many ways the chicken is served. She told me it is either with or without oyster sauce. She did not tell us when taking order and her choice for us was dubious.
We were disappointed such an incident happened in a small town where we met so many honest, simple and friendly folks.
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7-3-2015 星期六
我们一早离开亚庇，前往丹南。
丹南是沙巴州的一个内陆小镇，离开亚庇大约150公里，需要大约三个小时的车程。前往丹南的公路还不错，但需要攀越好几个山，有时斜度达到19度。
丹南以咖啡出名，所以我们抵达后第一件事就是到益和咖啡厂参观。
我们饮用这个牌子的咖啡大约有六、七年了，非常喜欢它浓郁的味道。
参观期间，遇到了东主杨先生，他是第二代继承人。他的父亲是丹南咖啡创始人。他非常的友善，还特地泡制了咖啡请我们品尝。
隔天的星期天，我们到丹南巴刹（菜肉场）的楼上享用这里著名的酿豆腐及春卷早餐，果然名不虚传。
刚好星期天有露天市场（当地人叫Tamu），我们去逛了一趟，见到许多来自丹南附近的人民，把自己的土产、蔬菜、水果等，带到这里售卖。
在还没有离开之前，我们到一家著名的华人餐厅尝试当地著名的玉蜀黍白斩鸡。我们非常的失望。
我们是第一次到来，也不知的这道白斩鸡是如何上桌的，点菜的服务员也没告诉我们。见到了那盘黑漆漆（淋上耗油酱）的白斩鸡，就照吃了。我们把鸡肉在汤中浸洗，吃了肉的口感还可以，味道则一般，宣传有些夸耀了。
到底这是普通鸡？隔夜鸡？我们也不知道，也不知如何分别，就是一团黑。后来对朋友说起，被告知这可能是有点欺骗。黑酱汁把一切都盖过了。
我想没有其他地方这样端出你叫的新鲜“白斩鸡”吧！
后来我向另外一位服务员询问，被告知白斩鸡可以选择淋上或不淋上黑酱汁。点菜的服务员没有告诉我们，也没有征询我们的意思。
在这淳朴的小镇，我们遇到很多友善，老实的当地人，但这道白斩鸡确实是令我们对人与鸡失望。
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