Char Kuey Tiaw

It’s was about 3 weeks ago when myself, Asha and Neesa went to green road for char kuey tiaw. (photo above)

This particular fried kuey tiaw is the one operated by an old Chinese couple utilizing a tricycle which transformed into a “stall” and located just in front of a shell station. While waiting for mine to be ready, suddenly my mind drifted and begins to remember the good all days, to the year 1981 when I was then still in primary school.(s.r.k green road).

In those years, every Wednesday, at about 6.15 p.m, my grandfather (the late John Eward Adam) and I used to walk from our sky garden house towards the end of emerald road just to buy a packet of this char kuey tiaw. Those days, a packet of the fried kuey tiaw only cost us about 80 cents, not forgetting the fried kuey tiaw was wrapped with banana leaf and secured with an old newspapers cutting.

I remembered in those days, the seller is always in jovial mood, entertaining his customers while sweating it out frying his char kuey tiaw. The kuey tiaw seller was then at the age of late 30’s. He was an energetic person, a man with a vision and his perseverance is second to none.

Correct me if I’m wrong, sometimes I even saw non chinese would stop by at the road side, walked towards the stall, and returned with ‘tapau’ or take away. The seller’s aura is just amazing, and always makes me wonder what is the great thing about his char kuey tiaw to the extend that people from different walks of life, white collared to blue collared employees at any time willing to queue even when it was drizzling.

Well, cut short, in the year of the Ox ( 2009 ), I and other fellow kuey tiaw lovers, still and will make sure that we get one packet while it still around.

Nasi Ayam

Nasi ayam,..siapa yang tak kenal,..ada beberapa buah kedai makan yang menjual nasi ayam pada harga berpatutan di sekitar bandaraya Kuching. Diantara kedai nasi ayam yang terkenal adalah SCR, Swan Chicken Rice dan beberapa lagi..Unik nya nasi ayam ini adalah kerana bertapa mudahnya hidangan tersebut..Lagipun, penyediaannya adalah cepat dan sedap. Jika anda mengetahui dimana kedai nasi ayam yang anda rasa patut diberi pujian,.silalah komen dan kongsi bersama.

Laksa Sarawak

Tell me if i'm wrong,.i always believed that our Sarawak's Laksa is the best breakfast meal of all time (particularly in Kuching)...i just can't imagine my life without having laksa for my breakfast, at any time, i can be miserable if i dont get my hand on a bowl of laksa.......anyway, i do hope that laksa sarawak will have its place (abroad) restaurant in the near future........my favourite laksa stall is definitely Chong Choon located at Jalan Abell, Kuching...but guys remember one thing,,you must be there before 10.00 a.m,..otherwise you will not even able to get a seat for yourself....

Canape @ Gatto Grasso

On 3rd January 2009,...i was invited to a birthday party at Gatto Grasso...basically it is a party for Nurul Raffaella, a 3 years old daugther of Juwita. During that dinner, we were served with various type of western cuisine and the one that really caught my eyes....well,..it is known as Canape,...shown as follows

Umai Kaki Ayam

Minggu lalu, kamek berada di rumah sik molah apa-apa,..tapi entah giney kah rasa nak makan umai indah,...lalu gago lah start kereta lalu pecut ke pasar tamu malihah,..gago nak mencari ikan pirang,..tapi sikda d jual....lalu timbul idea makei kaki ayam...kak dibeli tek, cili padi & limau kasturi pun disambar dari penjual sayur di sia....apa gik, sampei di rumah,.terus berkhayal lalu molah umai versi kaki ayam....jadi lah nya cam tok rupa....

Mee Kolok @ Satok (Benteng)

Last week, on Sunday, 1 went to Benteng Satok and i noted that few stalls thereat selling a local beef noodle 'Mee kolok". Without hesitation, i decided to order one bowl and tasted it. To my expectation, the taste is so unbelievable nice, the soft and tender meat plus the spicy grinded chili paste really puts me into a sober state....Well, being a local Sarawakian, i thought it is wise for us to actually promote 'Mee Kolok' to foreigner or even documented it....

Greetings Kuching folks

Dear all,

After all these years, i realized that it is time for me to write about our local Sarawak's food which i think is capable of penetrating international market. I've traveled to most of the district and towns in Sarawak, while working as an adjuster, Of all the travels i've gone through, i was lucky enough to be able to taste or sometimes (reluctantly tried) our local food...from various ethnic groups in Sarawak. Therefore, i created this blog just for us (food lovers) to share our common love for our local delicacies.

For those out there (in Sarawak or abroad) who loves Kuching's food just like myself, feel free to comment, suggest or even highlights to us places of these great foods in our state. I believed that the time has come for us (Kuchingites or Sarawakian) to unite and highlights the charms of our local food to the non believers or tourists out there.

Best Regards

TIMIT