Monday, September 16, 2013

Tourism in Kuching

Besides food, there are a number of touristy thing one could do when you visit here in Kuching. I gather outdoor activities in Kuching is quite something but unfortunately it rains most of the days during our visit here, we therefore didn't have much chance to explore it's outdoors more.

How else best to see the city other than driven by a local, it was such a privilege!

rare scene of drying noodles the old school ways
 Kuching Riverside - what to see?
the riverside, crossing this river to the other side only cost 50cents
cats artwork nearby riverside
city view from a complex and did u see the red chinese temple from the picture? go have some shooting fun with the vibrant red wall - sample of fun in the following picture :)
I'm the wall paper
Friendship garden at Jalan Song, the park's landscape's design are contributed by both Malaysian and China. Local goes to the park for working out.
these engraving is made for every single state in Malaysia
some very Chinese looking architecture 
The following activity is definitely my favourite - hiking at Mt Singai!
free parking space is available at the roadside, there isn't any visible signboard to the mountain, however you could look out for the huge signboard in this picture.

Parking near this area is strictly not allowed, this is apparently a private area

here's the right direction to the entrance of the mountain 
The slippery stairs all the way up the Catholic church 200m high
From the main worship hall, you will find the entrance to the mountain trail, and the trail is quite easy, it was a little challenging that morning due to the slippery floor cause by raining season
This huge tree is amazing, located not far from the church, if you can't reach the top, try at least aim here as your objective
The peak - approximately 1600m above sea level
Kuching biggest roundabout - road on the way to Santubong. 

A quick glimpse of Santubong from the car
Those kids got a little crazy and excited over the biggest roundabout in Kuching
Cotton tree at Kuching Merdeka square - I called it Merdeka tree 
Dragon boat at the riverside, however too crowded to even squeeze in to take a closer glimpse
This roundabout with cats statue is the only thing I remember seeing when I last visit Kuching like close tp 10 years ago. 
Conclusion from the trip is that I like Kuching, much for it's food as well as the state is so rich with green and outdoor activities.

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Food adventure in Kuching

How much can we eat in 4 days? I was sharing with 3 others 6 meals in a day! Crazy hey. And this is the only time that I ever capture every single thing we consume.

Day 1 - arrived Kuching at approximately 3 to 4pm
Late lunch - sugar cane with coconut water, sotong kangkong, sotong meehoon and fried lobak
Very good Coffee break at black bean coffee shop near to riverside
Dinner - 3 different types of kolo mee (red, flat and curly), fried sweet slim noodle, white lady sweet drink and shredded ice with gula malaka with longan
Supper - siew mai, char siew pau with soya bean
2nd supper - ice lemon tea, hot milk tea and salty plum drink with belacan char kway tiao
Day 2 - a day with hiking and easy sight seeing around Kuching town
Breakfast - Sarawak laksa, mee rebus and coffee of course!
Lunch - Mee Sapi, kampua mee, fruit rojak, 3 layer tea, sarsi cincau and sundrop orange juice
Tea break - 3 layer tea
Coffee break - 2 cuppocino, caramel latte, mocha latte and brownie
Dinner - fried oyster, chicken cook with cereal, butter prawn, bidin, fried ubi kayu leaf and spicy bamboo shell seafood
Supper - horlick tabur, didn't snap pic of milo horlick and 3 asam
Day 3 - final day to explore Kuching, bit of shopping and going through our final to do list.
Breakfast - kolo mee, kway chap, ding bian hu, sweet fried lobak and drinks black coffe and 4 layer tea
Black bean coffee - yes, again!
Lunch - traditional Iban food at Dyak. 
With traditional brewed tuak (rice wine)
Tea break - 4 layer tea, sundrop and 3 different types of nyonya kuih
Dinner with Ian's family
Supper with Deb, Ivy and Shirley - soya bean and chocolate cake bake by Deb
Day 3 - food before flight
Sarawak laksa, Vietnamese grass noodle, home made noodle, 2 coffee and 4 layer tea
Roti bakar
After these 4 days of feasting non stpp, I didn't eat proper meal for the next lunch and dinner, cos my belly has no more space...