Foody Goody With Bro

I kept going back to Foody Goody at Jalan Setia Raja for breakfast. This time, I brought Bro,

 A must-have!

The fritters and youtiao are my favourite items here as they are crispy and crunchy and full of flavour! 

And another of my favourite is the laksa ... 

Laksa, medium bowl for RM6.50

I asked Bro how the laksa fared .... and his reply was "okay". Duh. I felt that this was probably one of the tastier ones in Kuching. Lol.

Venture to Hui Sing Hawker Centre

Bro and I ventured out to the Hui Sing Hawker Centre in search of supper ... well ... we weren't hungry, but we just wanted to search for our local favourites. The Hui Sing Hawker Centre was really alive at night .... with cars crowding the roads, and a large number of hungry patrons at the stalls.

I've not been here for a long time .... but remembered D telling me about eating his favourite Tomato noodles here. So I consulted D who told me that there was only one stall selling this ....

 Crispy Noodles in Tomato Gravy

Truthfully, the noodles did not look appealing to me at all .... it was virtually just plain noodles in sauce with so little ingredients accompanying the dish! Then, the tomato gravy had a very funny taste .... to me, it tasted sharp and astringent and very artificial. 

From Ah Huat's stall, I bought Stir-fried kueh tiaw with eggs and clams ... 

Char Kueh Tiaw

Hmn ... again ... not bad, but lacking the oomph that I wanted. The clams were too tiny to be satisfying as well. 

I waited a long, long time for my food ..... so this implies that business is really brisk here at nights. :))

Afternoon Tea at Song Kheng Hai

The Song Kheng Hai Hawker Centre is another good place to snack in the afternoons. A favourite in Kuching is the coconut and sugar cane drink at Mao Zhong, which is Stall No. 1 at the Song Kheng Hai Hawker Centre. True, anyone can mix coconut and sugar cane in a glass, but at Stall No. 1, I'd say that they got the right proportion of the 2 types of liquid, resulting in a very refreshing and unforgettable taste.

A large glass of sugar cane and coconut drink, RM3.00

I told Bro of the fantastic kompia here at Stall 7 and the wonderful fritters at Stall 15; Bro did not quite like the kompia ... because he was not quite accustomed to eating it. He loved the fritters though. I had bought some banana and breadfruit fritters to share among us.

Then at Stall 4, we ordered a Belacan Beehoon ....

Belacan Beehoon

I liked the fact that the noodles and gravy were served fresh and warm; It was not too spicy, and there were generous slices of cuttlefish to go with it. The crunchy vegetables were a refreshing accompaniment .... and I did enjoy the noodles very much. :)) 

Swee Kang Ice Kacang

I've not eaten ice kacang at Swee Kang, at Jalan Haji Taha. I've only heard great things about it. It's supposed to be legendary. Sources say that they started their business at the Open Air Market years and years ago, and others say that they used to operate opposite the Fire Station. Hmn .... not sure which is true but it would definitely be safe to say that Swee Kang has been in the ice kacang business for many decades.

Bro and I went over to try it one afternoon after he picked me up from school. We merely ordered 2 ABCs. I found it really unique that the man assembling our desserts shouted out every order to the servers, who shuffled to the counter immediately and brought bowls of icy delights to the tables.

2 bowls of ABCs

The ABCs here were in shades of brown ..... implying that only palm sugar mixture were used, instead of the reddish grenadine syrup that some other vendors use

A closer look ...

Yummy and refreshing

I found the ice kacang here to be very sweet and very prominent with the flavour of palm sugar, yet it was rich and creamy at the same time. I loved the powdery red beans and also the springy cendol and jelly used. But if I were to come here next time, I'd ask for it to be less sweet. Quite enjoyable nonetheless.

At the shop here, there's plenty else to eat, like cucur udang or prawn fritters, rojak, laksa and others. We did not try the food this time around. Perhaps next time. :))

May Sister Cafe

My students have often spoken about this place. They speak of the huge bowls of kolo mee that they could get, and the steaming plates of rice they could eat with the dishes and of course, the mouthwatering curry rice which made them salivate just thinking about it. Lol. My students love coming to this cafe for lunch, especially if they need to stay back for extra classes in the afternoon. It's just nearby the school, and they can even walk here for their meal, and then make it back to school in time.

Bro picked me up from school the other day, and so we headed here for lunch.

 Kolo Mee, RM3.00
Bro wanted kolo mee, his favourite noodles. In fact, he had kolo mee for breakfast, and now he did not mind it for lunch. The kolo mee was a huge portion. I had a taste of the noodles, and found it to be very aromatic and tasty. No wonder the students loved it! I wouldn't mind coming back to this shop for these noodles again some time in the future. 

Curry Rice, RM6.00

That's a lot of goodies covering the rice! There was steamed chicken, char siew and also braised soy pork. An egg and some crunchy cabbage topped it all. The curry rice was served with so many condiments as well! There was this curry gravy, braised soy gravy, belacan and dark soy sauce. I found the curry gravy to be too diluted, but I did enjoy the spicy and pungent belacan dip. 

May Sister Cafe is opposite Miramar at Jalan Tun Zaidi Adruce or formerly known as Palm Road.

Bro's Kuching Eats

Bro, Sil and Berry are back for a week, and of course ..... he needed to get reacquainted with Kuching food. I brought them to Old Rex for prawn fritters first ....

Yummy fritters 

Both of them enjoyed this very much! 

 Belacan Beehoon

Sil's first try of Kuching's very own; She did not particularly like it. Lol. 

ABC

Bro thought that Kuching's ABC tasted much better compared to KL's .... 

Then we went to ....

Sunny Hill's ice-cream sandwich

So it was really filling after stuffing ourselves with all those food. For reviews of Old Rex, read here and here. For the best ice-cream in Kuching, read here.

Today happens to be Bro's birthday! Happy birthday, buddy!!

Invigilating SPM

For the first time ever in my teaching career, I was invigilating SPM. I was replacing my colleague, who was busy with PT3. I was assigned a school where students were known to be notorious. But then I was perhaps a bit lucky, because I was invigilating the science stream students. I was often told that the science stream students were more manageable compared to the ones in the arts classes. Either way, I had already made up my mind to be very strict and firm with them.

Well, it's been a week and in my short time at the school, I witnessed boys openly smoking in the school compound. They also drove like F1 drivers in the school. At my examination centre, some girls were rude and answered back. And so far, two students had tried to cheat, by bringing in notes in the pockets. One girl was found to have cigarettes in her pocket. Hmn .... other than that, I guessed everything went fine.

On every exam day, we were given food, thanks a lot!

 Nasi lemak

It was rather tasty :)) 

Stir-fried noodles 

The egg was very greasy, but the noodles tasted good.

 Chicken kolo mee

This was quite yummy, the noodles fully absorbing the sauces from the chicken. 

Stir-fried Beehoon

Hmn ... the least yummy of all. I left much uneaten.

Mom used to teach at this school till she retired .... it's just a stone's throw away from where I live. Mom said she could hear me coughing while invigilating. I could actually smell Mom's cooking from the classroom. Lol.