I am a Ramen fanatic! Okay, not really, still some distant gap to claim myself a ramen fanatic. but I really like to eat ramen. I wish to travel to Japan just to try on their fresh sashimi and ramen.  Apparently, there are different type of ramen in different city. But by saying Ramen, my definition is the thick base ramen soup, that kind of ramen is what I yearn for. 

Hence, a visit into Bankara Ramen, ordering their signature Bankara Ramen that basically taste sweet infused with the aroma of fried shallot which look tempting, but taste sweet afterall. Not really my liking. I prefer the salty thick base soup type. Luckily, I ordered their thick base tonkoyu ramen which is totally satisfying. If I have to moan, it is their scare amount of char siew. It is literally a thin piece of char siew, and that's it. Rm 24.90 if I were not wrong. 

Their ramen didn't come with soft boiled egg, so we have to order the soft boiled egg, which is bf's favourite separately. 
Conclusion: 
You can try their Bankara Ramen if you are okay with sweet type of ramen. 
If you prefer those salty thick base, then their tonkoyu would suit you. YOu might want to add on soft boiled egg to complement it! 

Actually, there are a lot of people there. I suppose I was going to wait about 20 mins, but well, it reach in 10 mins times, and the cha siu rice in 20 mins time. Fast service, the porridge and fried rice reach half way while we having our dessert, which is just nice. And despite so many people, the aircond still manage to calm us down, haha. Mango Loh芒果捞 RM7.60
THis is the 2nd time I ordered this, cold ice mango cube and sagu at the bottom. Pleasantly sweet and cold make me refreshing! Peanut Butter花生糊 Rm 3.40
Nice when serving hot, and the colour is so peanut, I actually feel weird saw its colour, looking very thick, look just like butter jam, but well, when I taste it, the taste is just nice, sweet and the thickness just like sesame loh. Porridge皮蛋瘦肉粥 Rm 4.30
conventionally delicious, and I like it serving hot! Small portion like the portion during dim sum. Fulfilling for me cause I actually a bit tired to eat just now. Fried Rice with ChAshu 叉烧炒饭 Rm 12.80

THis is the reason my bf rated it 9/10, I even put 3 pics of this. First, the portion is big enough and fulfilling. Then, it's tastly, the chaxiu look like bacon is succulent, when balanced ratio of oil and protein tissue, you will craved for more!A close up look. It actually serving with a home-made chiili sauce, but we both didn't try it, cause we just not used to dip with chilli.FOr Rm 12.80 , the bowl has like 3 or 4 slides of bacon, each slide of bacon is well portionate with oil and protein. The outlook of the restaurant. In SS2! 

I am seriously getting excited while composing this. Let me start off with something negative, it cost us Rm 31.70 for the entire meal with 2 Teh Ais included.
FIrst time eating on table, not literally, but with a layer of aromatic banana leaf to serve it. Seriouslly, I don't find it any different eating on banana leaf or plate. But there is one moment, I accidentally poke the leaf, and a smell like mint, pleasantly waft into my nose.
Serving with 4 vegetarian dishes including yogurt cucumber salad, cabbage, koottu, and okra (lady's finger). Fried crackers knwon as Pa padum, and fried chicken (choose between fish or chicken) in huge portion.
This is for what Banana Leaf Rice, we also ordered Rasem and Moru (in Tamil) aka Lassi. Generally, all the dishes are heavily flavourful, it was not only tantalizing your taste bud, but your 5 senses. But none of this dishes are super spicy, so I can still go on with it, but teh ais is sickly sweet, recommend not to order sweet drink when you go with this, because it make me full at the half way of eating. Would rather drink plain water to pair with it, since I have rasem and moru already.
The moru is enchancing the appetite as ti taste sour, but rasem also sour what. The rasem unlike the typical one (where you can see through the bottom of the soup), the rasem here is thick, taste nice, but still prefer the typical one.

Eating in open air can be quite irritating, luckily there are air-conditional room to fit their patrons.
Verdict:
This restoran is quite desolate, but it's easily available on any road navigation apps. Damage RM 31.70 for this tantalizing gastronomical experience, their portion is huge it last 5 hours for me. Would still coming once in every blue moon!

For a small town like Kemaman, a small district in Terengganu. Perhaps affected by the number of chinese residents and the location , which is in East Coast. A place like this really fancy the Kemamanian(or perhaps me only ) for a weekend dinner.

Anyway, I really glad that Kemaman has a lot of raising classic restaurant that worth for you to pay visit nowadays. Don't compare it with Manhattnan of Malaysia like Penang, or KL. But trust me, it's a lot better nowadays compare to ... my high school time!

I am still very contented with some Malay food that found only in Kemaman here. Nasi Minyak, Nasi Dagang, Keropok Lepok, just to name a few. Something I could hardly found it anywhere other than East Coast Area.

So, yes, If you are reading this, and if you plan to open a new bistro, restaurant . Kemaman is a nice place as there are still a lot of market here! LOL

Before I eventually go off the topic again. Steven's coffee house is really an ideal place for weekend dinner. Til this day, my family will still regularly pay visit to Steven on Friday when my mom doesn't cook.

What I like about this restaurant is
1. it has air-cond
2. it is spacious
3. the food are delicious, not to say very very delicious. But above average~~~
4. the price wise is okay. (Not sure whether it has gov tax or service charge nowadays, as I didn't back to my hometown for sometime)I will try to update this restaurant from time to time as I always visit there
Rarely take food's photo here cause I used to it already, LOL

TOm Yam soup
just like any other restaurant, it has 2 options between chicken and seafood. Not sure whether it's make out of powder or own cook, cause it has it's own sweetness also. It would be Steven's signature Fried Rice when top up with a piece of Fried Chicken. Rm10.50 if not mistaken. My dad always order their signature fried rice as it make him full and finish with a smile on face =)

not to say very tasty.....perhaps....dining with family + spacious environment + air-cond + relax = NICE lor~~~ Alright..I know it's very subjective, but I don't know why I insist you to pay a visit here. Perhaps because it's mostly most Chinese Kemamanian do for dinner, that's why you should also for a Kemaman-like experience.Chicken Chop  
brocolli, Grill Chicken Chop, French Fried, a favourite sause of yours (black pepper, mushroom, and I-forget -what -it-is ), the salad also extraordinary nice =)I always like to include Menu's pic not only for own reference, but also for public reference. I mean..it's something not bias to show.It totally depends on you to judge it, not by the reviewer. But I will still critique on it lar. For me, it's nice!