Foodhunt @ Sibu

It begins with a 8 hours long ride on the bus. Deciding on a comfortable bus is VERY crucial I tell you. Although I didn't sleep in the bus we use for going to Sibu, it was comfortable that there isn't much rocking or making me sick that I seriously feel like puking. I had no choice but to sleep on the bus coming back to Kuching, even so I didn't think I had a very comfortable ride even when I spent most of my time eyes closed.

The first meal we had in a shop name 世家 just beside the bus terminal - Mee Sua. Leroy said his boss recommended this dish in that particular shop, so we tried. It was quite nice with the soft chicken meat and also the sweetness of the wine in the soup. We chose the amount of red wine to add so yeaa I add in quite a lot. (Y)

Paus' made by Joyce mum! She sells kuihs every weekday morning so we are very lucky to have a chance to try, and actually made some too! 

First dinner with the sibu gangs. I was very very surprised by the price of this big meal. Not only it tastes superb, 12 people eating and yet there's still many leftovers and overall it was like RM180++ only.

Next morning we had kampua for breakfast. One of the must eats in Sibu :))) There isn't much different compare to Kuching's kampua but here you can choose to add soy sauce or not. Then the meat isn't the typical char sew found on every Kuching noodle's topping, it was just, none marinated pork.

Back from kampua, Joyce's mum prepared a table full of food for us for lunch. Her curries are yummy! Aha I have a thing for spicy food what. :9

麦克思 bread loaf. Jacqueline said it was freshly baked and softer compared to other brands. I sayyyyyyy urm it was nicer than fujisan's la but I've tasted nicer ones? Hmmm then again I always dig the sides of bread loafs so I actually like the sides of this bread cause it was a little crispier. Maybe cause of the soft interior the difference of the sides were obvious ehh. :)

Wet kompia! :) Ate in a very very all stall opened in a hidden housing area. Soggy but the taste's new and quite nice!

Dry kompia. Can be found in most places. This was eaten at Muhibah's food court. But I prefer the one I ate in Sibu's Pasar Malam. The one we ate there is freshly cooked, jucier and nostalgic. Dang I've a little craving for that right now.

After a late night talk in Joyce house until 3am in the morning, Joyce's mum woke up to start making kuih to sell. Haha we all helped and yup the photo above is part of the outcome! Proud yoo.

Vinegar pork rice ate in a agua's restaurant? The decor and ambiance of the whole shop is quite nice but this dish is a little urm, 吃多会腻的 fu. Appetizing la but can't eat too much cause a little too sweet.

Jovian's Bak Kut Teh! Sama kedai :O

We're too lucky to collide with BCF on this trip! More food to eat, more things to see (Y) But those evenings were rainy so we went there for a while only. Borneo Cultural Festival is something similar to Kuching Festival. Foods, Funfair, Product Promotion, actually 98% alike to be exact. But one difference is the nice food sold in BCF were stalls opened by 不同潮牌的公会, unlike Kuching   stalls that attract more customers are of all kinds of stalls.

BCF can't really fill our stomach. So we had supper in KFC at Pintu Gerbang Sibu walking distance away from Tanahmas hotel, where we stayed at that night.

Eileen promised to buy me something back then on my birthday while I'm still in college. So she bought two slices of cheese cake for me. Others were bought by us Kuchingnites at Pepper's Cafe in Tanahmas Hotel itself. Heard Eileen said that besides Secret Recipe, the cheese cakes sold in Peppers' were actually sama-sama delicious too :))))

Before going into the shop, Jacqueline said we have to rush in and fight for places to sit. Imagine how good their business is. I don't remember the name of the coffee shop and I was too full to eat more food, so yeaa a little regret for not eating this. It looks heavenly!

On the last night, we had our dinner at Joyce's brother and brother-in-law restaurant. The name's Fefe Cafe and Zakka. I thought I'd go for something different so I ordered this drink. The name's Poison. It was least expected than what I actually thought how it will come out to be. When I guess it'll be milky taste, it was nothing milky but very sour and refreshing. Was lied by the cendol I guess!

I may not be choosy on the food I eat and I didn't mean to not choose the traditional food as the top choice of food after all food I've eaten.......... Actually the point is. This is the best food I have in Sibu. It's.... Pork Chop. Not an ordinary one, but the one that you cut it into halves, just a little tension on the meat itself you can see gooey cheese overflowing from inside. Surprisingly the tastes isn't 油腻 at all even when it's deep fried and filled with chesse, and that's the whole point. Dang that's cheesy goodness of pork.

After waiting for the rain to stop, after dinner at Fefe, we straight go to Muhibah and continue on for supper! Haha. The drink I have is 七味汤. Although the sibu lang recommended that the famous drink to have there is 水果冰 but I'm not a big fan of fruits and total anti of fruits+milk combination for drinks, so I rejected from ordering what the majority have.

Pandan leave wrapped chicken meat! Didn't see it before in kuching. The meat was salty savory but it didn't cover up the sweet smell of pandan leaves bite after bites. 

More finger food. Fried chicken with salad sauce. Hmm this macam nothing special lah.

At first I thought this is fish cakes, but it isn't. At least it doesn't taste like fish cakes. Not too oily, not too sweet. Nice choice of finger food to have with a bowl of ice kacang though.

Ranked second out of the list of food I have in Sibu! Tomyam vermicelli (Tomyam Beehoon) :))) People had to queue up for this and they cook it fresh straightaway after you place your order. The shop was located not far from the bus terminal and it has no signboard. Heard they just moved there and no matter where they move, they still attract the same amount of customers, which is a lot. One big bowl and only costs RM5. :9

Maybe I ate more food but these were only some I managed to get a picture of. Sibu really is a food paradise despite there isn't much outdoor entertainment. The food there is so cheap you can continue one shop after one. Not only the price is reasonable but the food is also delicious. Of course I'm blessed to have experienced friends that can bring me to the famous ones la. Even after midnight there'll still be stalls open and food to find. My tummy had a great time here (Y)

chapter 64 - It goes on!

You know how rare it is to find a friend that blogs? Just some random thought I had in mind. It would be nice to have someone close that blogs though. 

Anyway, before the one week trip to west Malaysia, my friends from around Sarawak came to Kuching for their University application's interview. From what I heard, most questions were hard. I never would've imagine myself going into a room facing 3 panels that asked questions that are beyond what I know. I might panic and cried. Blessed that the course I took didn't require any interviews. There's actually one though but I wasn't called for the interview so, ummm yea there's 7 choices left for my university applications. 

Lucky there's John, Leroy and Perry to help distributing the jobs in bringing some of the friends around. If it wasn't for them, I can't imagine fitting everyone into just one car.

Friends from Bintangor, Sarikei, Sibu and also Miri. (Y) Had our dinner at Sharing Planet the night before flying off :)

Thennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn. GAWAI (Y) Dang I missed it last year because of college so I look forward to it a lot this year. Although I can't really communicate but I'm glad it went out quite okay. Foods and tradisional snacks, tuak and alcohols, relative visiting, everything I missed I got it all. :)

So it goes on. More movies, more supper. Last year I only went into a cinema twice. This year, within two months, I think I've finished more than 5 movies. Got a feeling it'll goes on. I so wanna watch Monster University! :(

So. Last week Janice came, and after Janice went back to Sabah, Jerry came. So the hangouts never stops. But thanks to them I went to places I never would've thought I'd go if there isn't for people who come from other places just to visit us and Kuching. Thanks to them I think, I think I got closer to the kuchingnites too. Nothing better than closer friendship eh. :) 

Besides. There's also

ER2013

Work. One week only. Ehehhhhhh.

Youth camp! :)))))

More movies. More supper.

Haih.

This guy sure did make me feel bad for asking him to pick me up every time I didn't have transport. -.-

Looking forward to next two trips. Sibu and KK! Jyeaaahh

chapter 63 - To the west

After college wasn't as normal as how I thought it was supposed to be. I thought it'll be the usual holiday where I disappear, and where no news will be heard from me, or maybe I start working until the day I enter university for degree.

It all started with the first hangout of us, the ex-college mates who were also kuchingnites, then after, more hangout continues.

This two months, I've been to a lot of places, be it in Kuching or out. It's been too much, for what I thought, and actually somehow made my mum and dad upset a little. I did told them in advance what I'm going to do but even if dad and mum were somehow a little unhappy about it, they'd still support every decisions I made. Having too much fun made me feels guilty, so despite letting my mood spoil the fun I could have, I choose to enjoy the best out of what I've decide. Didn't regret though. It really has been quite an eye opening journey so far.

One week after resting at home after college, I went to KL, and also Malacca with my ex-roommate and also her very young aunt. After the trip to KK, Sabah last year, this is the second time I went on a trip without my parents. I was totally blank on where to go at first, because Priscilla and Dorina never went to KL or Malacca before, and it was four years ago since I last went there. I never been to Malacca even before that. Blessed for the personality mum and dad had taught me into, and several experience outside home I had, I was never intimidated with what comes next. In fact, I know it'll all be fine. In the end, by God's grace, we're home safe and sound, and I saw a lot of things and learn about myself a little bit more.

Closing with Niall Horan favourite Nando's food (Y) Jyeaaaaaah how I wish there is one Nando outlet here in Kuching :(

p/s. I didn't went to KL and Malacca only ah. More to update thoughhhhhhhh.

Happy 4th anniversary!

There's few possibilities why you're reading this.

1. You thought I was going out with someone and we dated for 4 years. (Like that would be possible. Eh but why not?) 

2. You accidentally clicked on the link.

3. None of the above.

That was just something cliche like baiting you to read the post but whatsoever lah. I'm just bored somehow and I don't even know how to make this exciting anymore. (Was it supposed to be exciting anyway? Erkkkkh.)

Andddddddd after all the random suspense. JENG JENG! I'm officially a blogger for four years now! Although I've abandon my blog for quite a long time. Blame myself for signing up Tumblr Instagram Foursquare Myspace Facebook Twitter Formspring and many more anonymous websites. Even so I still love blogging. I like Tumblr and Twitter too! And somehow Instagram, Foursquare and Facebook gave me the same feeling, which I don't really like so much.

So. Back to where I started. The biggest reason why I got myself into blogging is because of one particular embarrassing reason which I find it too embarrassing to tell, while another smaller part of it was out of curiosity. I'm glad I started then though.

If you noticed, I gave it a new look too! Not much change with the layouts arrangements, I only changed the whole pinkish look to ermmm baby slash sky blue? Before this I tried darker colours for the background and it look so gloomy like how I would like maybe 5 years ago but nahhh decide to go for white instead. So yup. Wasn't really satisfied with the banner though. But let it be first lah. Will change once I get fed up. ;p

It's weekend peeps! For those who stays in Kuching which didn't have a plan tomorrow night, you're welcome to this!

Hope to see you there. God bless goodnighttttttttttttt :*

Random wordy post about.......

Ending 12 months of Matriculation.

Don't know how to begin with, or even really finish this post. Should I write a regular? Like choosing special occasions to talk about? Or those inner thoughts, doubting if I have them right now with me. I imagine myself doing this one day after leaving Labuan, but somehow I'm not ready to recall it all back yet. Choosing now was after I met Freda just now, talking to her seems to bring me back to the life I once had outside home. But so far, I'm not finding myself missing that life.

I remembered that time when I finished my economics paper, which was the last paper of my finals, I felt a great relieve and somehow the heavy weight on my shoulders just disappeared. When they announced that everyone's good to go after the exam, people were hugging and shaking each others hand with joy and bidding their goodbyes with tears. I stood there not knowing what to feel, giving only responds to those who talked to me and hugged me. 

All I was thinking then is to finish all my packing at once, and leave this college as soon as possible. But the sudden attack of the flu bug delayed my progress of packing, I feel so weak I hoped my things have legs they can pack themselves up. Lucky for Freda and Esther who also has a lot to pack and the sudden change of outing schedule, through hard loud sneezes and coughs I finish all up, using a total of 6 hours.

Lol all things on top were so typical detailed diary. Gosh so not interesting.

Okay then I was going to say that finishing this one year was really quick. Like you wake up, followed by the normal go-to-class-routine, then come back to dorm eat-clothe-washing-bath-study and bam! the life repeats itself like a tape playing on replay. And frank speaking, its the friends you have that'll make the difference and making the dull old life colour-fied. Ha. So yea, I was blessed to have many many many awesome friends. (These friends seriously made time flies too but even faster in a very good way!)

Then again I have this thing for farewell. I never ever cried on the last day of school or even saying sayonara to a friend who will be away. (Remembered primary 6 I tried forcing my eyes to tear but nope, not even a single drip) I mean, we're not saying goodbye and never meet again right? I do find it weird where why people cried and I don't. Even asked mum why I can cry after watching the weight loosing tele show but not on real life and happening farewells? She said I was use to it since I was two years old, like leaving school leaving Miri going to three different kindergarten and it goes on so that's why. Yeeaaaaaaaaa

Going into Matrics indeed is a second chance, living outside my comfort zone too have taught me a lot and experience God too in different ways. Is Matrics tough? Try define 'tough' first. For me it wasn't that tough.... I think. But you want me to go through it again for another year? Oh gosh please la. Besides some sleepless night, constant stress, new pimples popping up (depends how your hormones imba will leads to - some of my friends were very dark and deep eyebags), and the manual clothe washing, it seems fine to me. I'm not picky with food and I can do coffee (some of my friends were anti caffine so yea), I TRY to have my clothes wash every day and yea eventually it all went well. Quite. Well. (So much icings were added too so I was more than bless! - ie having to live in one of the dormitory where it faces the less water lacking problem and so so on)

Despite all those. It's all nothing now anymore but memories made!!! (Y) And the pain's worth it because dang I finish college already?! (Still unbelievable what) Now I've four months of holidays to spend.............................. He.

Okay posting this will never make me feel satisfied tho. Someday. I hope. Someday I'll look through those tonnes of pictures took and organize it all and write a better blog post. I hope.