: : Mum-Mum : : Eat-Eat : :

: : Crowne Square, Pending : :

Took half day off this afternoon as still feeling too tired to work. Went to pick up the Palm Zire for the farewell party tonight from ForeRunner. The shop is at Crown Square, located in the Pending area. Decided to have lunch at the food court there. Airconditioned! Thank goodness : was going to expire in this heat.

The name of the foodcourt is called Thian Food Court and it’s a family-owned business which has been around for ages. They also have a restaurant in another building nearby called Lok Thian Chinese Restaurant with a Japanese (Tenichi), Thai (Bangkok Thai) and Shanghai restaurant in the same building.

Lunch was prawn chee chong fan and ang kuih (white carrot cake). Chee Chong Fan is made the same way as kway teow noodles except that it is not cut until later. It’s prepared by putting a piece of white cloth on a steamer, pouring a thin layer of batter over it, adding prawns on top and steamed for about 5 minutes. Then, the entire thing is rolled up and removed from the cloth. This is the best tasting chee chong fan that I’ve had so far in Kuching. As for the ang kuih, it is prepared before hand in a steamer, cut into rectagular pieces and later fried. This ang kuih only tasted so-so. There are better tasting one out there in hawker stalls.

A bit more about Thian Food Court. It’s an amazing place to eat all sorts of food and it’s also halal. You can find Thai food, Chinese desserts, noodles, rice dishes, Western and Japanese food. In fact, Tenichi is the most popular Japanese restaurant in town but it’s not located in this building. Even the Japanese go to eat at Tenichi, rather than the other 3 restaurants in Kuching. Probably because there is a Japanese sushi chef working there full-time.

As for the Thai restaurant, there are 3 chefs from Thailand working there, preparing the meals. The menu offers an extremely wide variety of Thai Food. It’s a plastic folder with many small pictures!! *Blissful sigh*

Back to Thian Food Court. A small corner of the restaurant is converted into a Mediterranean Restaurant but prices look too steeped to me. Thian Food Court also has an ala carte menu so if you want to order a combination of Chinese, Japanese and Thai food for a big family meal, this is the place. The Vietnamese Crab Claypot is to die for! Yum!

Some pics of the Japanese counter.

Also took some pics from the Chinese Dessert counter. Some reflections on the glass but it’s not too bad.

Never tried Luk Bee Ting before but Bo Bo Cha Cha is a favourite. Usually known as Bubur Cha Cha, it’s actually yam, sweet potato and sago cooked together with coconut milk and sugar. Served hot or cold.

Luk Tau Saun is a favourite. Served hot with u char kuih. Also, the famous green bean soup that one has to eat before midnight. Sheesh!

Well, that’s it for today. No posting later tonight as will be at a Farewell Dinner taking a lot of pictures of food at Carvery. Will take a few hours to sort out the many pictures taken because over 15 different types of meat served!

: : Kuih : :

Granny : Want to mum-mum some kuih? Nice wor!

With my aching feet, I slowly walked down the stairs. Been an extremely long day but finally event is OVER.

Perk up a bit when I saw the chai kueh. Given to Granny by her friend that lives nearby.

There are two versions here :

Salted Veggie Filling

Mangkuang Filling

Salted Veggie Filling

I’ve never liked this filling but others do. The one we had didn’t taste salty at all. Some other taste pop up instead. Anyway, still deserves a posting.

Mangkuang Filling

My favourite! Can eat this kuih alone for lunch and I’m already happy. Oh yeah, Uncle Cyril mentioned today that mangkuang is actually Spanish Turnip. Mangkuang is a great filling for many kuihs including spring rolls (egg rolls).

Chai kueh means vegetable kuih. However, note that sometimes there is a pork or chicken filling in it. Highly addictive especially with the mangkuang filling? Why? Mangkuang actually tastes a little bit sweet when it’s cooked.

Couldn’t eat more than two pieces. Stress level still kind of high so appetite wasn’t there.

Enjoy the pics!

: : Links : :

Some interesting links food links :

Lian Bee Mooncake

Ordered Mooncake for my sis last year. Paid RM200 just to courier to the US!! Aiyo. Oh well, she was happy. That was the point.

Airline Meals

MAS is there! When I travel again, will start taking pics and send it to this website just for a lark.

: : Humour : :

Another long and tiring day. Running around making sure the stage and seating arrangements are fine. Too many changes.

Then again, I did have a ray of sunshine to perk me up. Actually, it was more of irony than anything else.

Notice the name of the drink in the picture.

Those living in UK (or used to) should be able to pick up the joke pretty quick.

Had such a good laugh at Expert Food Court, Tabuan Jaya.

For those who haven’t pick it up yet, here is a hint. It’s the 2nd meaning. Yeah, a bit vulgar but the Brits are famous for teasing people if they like you. On the other hand, they will also be sarcastic if they don’t like you. :p

Wonder if anyone there ordered the drink in English? :p

: : Food Treasure Map : :

A major project. An interactive map on where to find restaurants in Malaysia. Only in my head the moment. But maybe in the near future?

Any thoughts anyone? Seriously need a lot of help for compilation. Especially for a beginner. 🙂 Thinking of maybe a FLASH proggie but not familiar with it. YET.

: : Fish Ball King, Expert Foodcourt : :

Lunchie-lunchie! Well, as the Koreans would say it. Or rather, Koreans that I know. :p

Went to Expert Foodcourt in Tabuan Jaya for lunch today. The ladies all decided to take care of their figure so had tanghoon (glass noodles) soup from the Fish Ball King stall. It’s still a tasty dish though!!

Fish Ball King is a franchise in Kuching and this was one of it’s many outlets. You can pick and choose what you want inside the soup but it’s easy to forget how much it will cost at the end. Ranges from RM3 to RM5 depending on what you choose.

The guy manning the stall looked at me funny when I asked permission to take some pics. Thought I was taking pics of him!! Cheh!!

Pics of the soup were a bit blur so sharpen it a bit but still not satisfied. Think I forgot to set the settings to closeups. Oh well. It’s food anyway.

Another great place to eat tanghoon soup is at the stall in Carpenter Street, in front of a Chinese Temple. Non-halal though. Not too sure about Fish Ball King although it only serves seafood and no pork. So, should be alright but up to you chaps.