Kuching Festival Fair 2013 Part 1

I was privileged to visit the Kuching Festival Fair, as it was drawing to a close. This annual event was held at the Dewan Masyarakat, near the City South Council building, a landmark of Kuching City.

The Kuching Festival Fair entrance, see the Kuching City South building at the distant ... 

I went with my 3 aunties .... and we had a ball of time there! The attraction was of course, the food stalls. There were more than 200 stalls selling all sorts of food! Of course, I could not try them all, much as I would like to.

A look at some of the stalls ....

A row of stalls ..... 

People queuing up for yakitori ... next to it is a stall selling shao mai ...

TwinklePan popcorn next to a stall selling Teochew Oyster Omelette

Besides the food, there was also a trade fair. There were booths selling toys, clothes, cars, household items, and many more. We were attracted to a trinket stall that sold key chains. 

Lots of key chains ... mostly in the shape of animals and predominantly mice. I wondered why "mice". Hmn .... was it because Kuching was Cat City .... and well ... cats love to catch mice .... lol .... anyway .... the thin pieces of coloured key chains were RM2.00 and would be personally engraved with wordings of your choice. 

The craftsman at work .... he could even carve Chinese wordings though he was not Chinese

Just outside the gate was .... 

Stepping into the garden

I loved the lush gardens! It was well-kept and the flowers were in bloom, and the fauna provided cool shade from the scorching evening sun.

Love to look at the water fountains ....

 Oh pretty!! 

There were also structures of traditional ethnic houses ... 

Ooo ... tricky to walk on the narrow bridge ... 

A mini Bidayuh baruk

And even a wishing well!! 

Wishing well .... do you believe in wishes? 

Well, I wish we could stay longer at the gardens ... maybe next time. All in all, we spent 3 hours at the fair ..... next post, the food! Stay tuned.