Island Food Garden & Cafe — Restaurant in Labuan

In the morning you can find individual stalls selling various Malaysian food while in the evening, a "tai chow" (masakan berlauk) seller opens until night time

Good: The gado-gado Jawa is as authentic as it can get (RM6 for daging) and the only other establishment that sells this is the one in Chow Kit KL. Highly recommended. Soto Makassar is also sold here and it's basically a mash-up of soto and the sauce of gado-gado.

Bad: Parking here might be a nightmare so best to find parking someone else further and just walk over here.

Ugly: None that I can think of

EDIT: The gado-gado Jawa price has since increased its price by RM1 to RM7 for the...

It was our first time dining at Island Garden Food & Cafe, and we decided to try the Chicken Tapai and Fried Lotus Salted Egg based on a friend’s recommendation. The Chicken Tapai had a nice flavor, and the Fried Lotus Salted Egg was quite enjoyable as well. The portions were decent, and the taste did not disappoint.

What made the experience even better was the friendly gesture from the owner, who gave us two complimentary mandarin oranges—a small but thoughtful touch that added warmth to our visit. Overall, it was a pleasant dining experience, and we’d love to come back to try...

There's that one waitress with a savage attitude, some might find it rude. The food was also savage, no dressings, no soups whatsoever, ask for a minced pork rice and you get rice with 6 fairly small slices of roasted pork meat. You need certain high level of confidence to get better pleasantries here, such a...