Had breakfast at Syn Wah Yuen, at Nanas Road this morning. We're here at least once a week. Today, ordered fried noodles from the Malay stall ...
Can't remember how much, but the noodles were good!
Anyway, over the weekend (14-15 March), we went on a road trip to Sibu and Sarikei. With the Pan-Borneo highway, the duration of the drive becomes more manageable as it only takes about 4 hours to reach Sibu from Kuching. Our decision to go was quite spontaneous. But since we had been talking about it for ages, we finally set off without hesitation. There was no plan. We merely packed a change of clothes and started driving ...
We left Kuching at noon in a double cab Toyota Hilux ...
Stopped by Ted Shin at Siburan for a light lunch ...
We liked the simple and traditional flavours of the 菜板 and the 酿豆腐
Then it's all the way to Sibu. By the time we reached there, it was time for dinner ....
I don't really know the reputation of this place as an eatery ... but my friend likes the pork leg here at Hong Fu Seafood and that's precisely why we came here for dinner. We ordered 4 dishes .... I think the pork and the prawns and veg were yum ... the tofu had a weird texture so I didn't like it much. The sauce for the pork was sweet and tangy, very appetising. The prawns were very fresh and sweet.
We went straight to the night market after dinner, a haven for bbq pork lovers. We bought a strip of pork belly and pig ears and a couple of cans of beer ... we saved them for supper ... The pork belly was yum, but the ears were a mistake ... they were too hard and chewy so we could barely eat them ...
We didn't really know where to go after the night market ... so we headed to Star Mega Mall ... we had nothing to buy ... we were just walking and browsing before checking into our hotel for the night. Initially, we wanted to stay at Starlink hotel nearby but it was fully booked and we had to settle for Otel Hotel for the night.
It was a basic hotel which was wallet-friendly ... check-in was prompt and we bathe and chit chatted the night away while snacking on our pasar malam goodies.
The next morning, breakfast was at Lung Ching Cafe ... we came for the 糟菜粉干 but too bad, they missed our order. The noodles never arrived after we had the 烧麦 and 光饼 and 炒面湿 and 鸡汤面线
... so we cancelled our order and headed to the Central Market ...
So many cars, so many people there ... we merely browsed, bought some Bintangor oranges and left ... Traffic was pretty bad around the market .... so we headed to Bintagor instead ...
Wong Hung Ping stall in Bintangor had ABC, sotong kangkung and rojak ... I didn't know that this little town was famous for its rojak ... upon tasting it, we found the rojak sauce to be subtle unlike the one sold in Kuching ... I liked the sotong used in the sotong kangkung dish as I could taste the flavour of the cuttlefish ... the ones in Kuching now seemed plasticky and tasteless ... ABC was also good ...
From the next stall, we ordered some kompia .... we found the filling to be a tad too sweet ... but we polished off everything just as well ...
Sariket was our next stop .... this was one of my friend's hometown so she brought us to some spots to buy some Chinese herbs and some local confectionery ... We went to Kiong Ann Drugstore and Zhuori Biscuit to shop .... after filling up our cars .... we headed to 星期八 After Day for bingsu ....
Soft and fluffy shaved ice ...
Afterwards we headed to Lorong Coffee ...
The coffee was cheap and good ... we bought each of us a cup and drove off back to Kuching .... dinner was at Mr Crab at Serian .... the food was pretty decent and reasonably-priced too .... we enjoyed all four dishes, especially the Ginger Onion lamb and the Sea Bass in curry gravy ...
By the time I reached home, it was 10.00 pm .... what an interesting weekend of fun with my friends .... we looked forward to our next journey ....
