Kuching Food Trip – 4th July 2010 to 6th July 2010

Yes, Kuching! The capital city of Sarawak but we are not here for that... we are here because it is also called the City of Food! Cheap and nice kampua, the famous pork and fish sio bee, the yummy open market beef soup noodle, icy cool ABC with belacan meehun and not to forget Kuching Laksa! We indulged ourselves all right, I mean how can we not with the "Kuching Legend" Aaron there doing the food rounds with us?

1st day there, Ian's dad and Aileen was there to fetch us. We had our breakfast 1st, having some of the Kuching Laksa (top right section of the photo above) at a coffee shop behind Cold Storage Green Heights. They said the soya bean drink and teh C is nice there but I didn't get to try those coz I ordered already. Then right after that, we headed back to Ian's house and slept, due to the very uncomfortable bus ride to Kuching.

Then afterwards, Aaron joined us for lunch. Before we went for lunch, Ian's mum made us some dragon fruit yogurt drink to rejuvenate and revive us from our fatigue. It was delicious! This reminds me I need to get a blender when I get my own place... that or a food processor. We went to have Hainan Chicken Rice for lunch that day, forgot what the place is called thou but it is really delicious! Then where else to go after that? Aaron suggested another lunch but of coz we are not as crazy as that lolz. We went to The Spring Mall, it is just behind Ian's house, and went for some window shopping and Sugarbun ice cream. Then during the evening we went for ABC and the famous local delicacy, Belacan Meehun (bottom left section of the photo above). It is a mix of belacan soup, bean sprouts, cucumber, meehun, rojak sauce and cutter-fish. The taste? To die for! For dinner we went to a place that serves korean hot pot and sizzling pan, buffet style. So we had a hell of a dinner eating all the good stuff. After dinner, of coz, comes supper. One of the famous spots for supper in Kuching is the open air market. The beef noodle (top left section of the photo above) and fish sio bee (bottom right section of the photo above) are one of the famous dishes there. The beef noodle serves the soup and bean sprout in a separate bowl from the other ingredients so you have have it wet or dry... or both at the same time. Oh yes, not to forgot, the soya bean drink there is really nice as well! Smooth and thick, like mum used to make. Then, we went for a movie, watched this lame ass movie called "Frozen", which pretty much just showed how everyone died except a girl while sitting on a chairlift on a snowy mountain at night. Yes, I just summarized the whole movie in 1 sentence.

For the 2nd day, charged up and ready for adventure, Ian's dad brought us out for breakfast. Went to a place where we can have EPIC Kuching Laksa, as Ian described. How come it is called epic? Well, it has all the good stuff and then some more... lots of big ass prawns, thick thick laksa gravy, extra meat and veges and spices, all those in an extra serving size bowl! I still fantasize about it when I am writing this sentence... Then went for a walk at the newly opening E-Mall, where they sell mostly computer peripherals and gadgets. Just opened at that time so not many shops open and not much to see. For lunch, we went for something less intimidating, went for SCR (Singapore Chicken Rice) near the mall. Well, I thought it would be less intimidating but it turned out we shared a white broiled 1/2 chicken and a roasted 1/2 chicken plus other side dishes, between the four of us. It was, once again, epicly full. The afternoons are a bit slow so we went yet again, to The Spring Mall for window shopping... and have the Sugarbun ice cream. We had dinner at a place called Courtyard at Tabuan Road, a recommendation from Jnee as she joined us for that day! The food there was nothing short of awesome and the price are quite reasonable for a slightly higher class restaurant. Most of the dishes they served have this mix of Thailand and Chinese cuisine theme, so it was a tad bit spicy. Then afterwards we went to sing K at KBOX Karaoke, The Spring Mall. The rates are quite cheap for weekday nights, RM24++.

Last day at Kuching... all good things have to come to an end. But not without having a nice breakfast first! Once again Ian's dad brought us for breakfast and we went to a nice coffee shop where its design closely resembled those of a very popular francise: Ipoh White Coffee. Food and drinks are much more normal, for a change, lolz. I had Kuching kolok mee with wantan, nothing very special. Then we sent Wu Zhang to the airport. My flight is later in the evening so we got some more time to kill. We had a normal and light lunch, then Aaron and Ian brought me sight-seeing around Kuching while waiting for the time to send me to airport. I had my dinner on the plane, although I must say Air Asia's in flight meal still sux pretty much, or maybe it was coz my expectations were higher since all I had in Kuching was all awesome. It is the City of Food after all!