Connection back on. Now, the following pictures are more than enough reasons to go and dine at Marriot in Miri. The desserts are as tasty as is shown in the pictures. It’s mouth-watering enough for me to forgo the main meal. Well, close to anyways.

If you have the Premium Card, it’s really worth the discounts. I mean, RM68++ per pax at the buffet at Zest (their coffee house) Restaurant and if it’s only 2 people dining, it’s an instant 50% discount. Of course, the more people, the less the discount until it caps at 25% with 5 or more people having a meal together.

More pics after I sorted out my PC and camera. Oh, PC problem was one of the RAM went kaput so put in a new one. Voila! Hopefully, this would last for a fair bit yet.

It’s great to be back in Kuching but I kind of miss my break in Miri. It wasn’t really a break as most of the time, my brain is dead from information overload during the training session.

Still, it was fun to meet up with everyone, especially Trevor during the Miri Jazz Festival. It was a blast and everyone had fun.

The sad news is that my PC went kaput. Sigh. Suspected either the RAM or motherboard or harddisk. Pricey maintenance. Oh well. Let’s see what happens next then. Until then, pics will be uploaded laters.

Toodles!

I had dinner today at Eastwood Valley Golf and Country Club today. The views were absolutely breathtaking during the sunset. I can see frequent wedding receptions by the lake.

The food pictures would be up tomorrow. In the mean time, here’s a glimpse of the main building. The restaurant is open for public use so feel free to drop by for a meal now and again.

Address Details :

Eastwood Valley Golf and Country Club
Lot 1379, Block 17
Kuala Baram Land District,
98000 Miri, Sarawak.
Tel : 085-421010
Fax : 085-430515

These beautiful lockets are made by Karin Collins. She makes these lovely lovely jewellery (all original) by hand and it makes me want to order one! And all from ordinary kitchen spoons.

You can find more information at her website : http://www.spoonfedart.com/ . However, note that a lot of the prettier ones have already been bought. 🙁 So, be fast.

Her email is spoonfedart [at] arthlink dot net.

Of course with a huge plate of midin!

Amazingly, there’s so much Kelabit food around this time I’m back, I’m totally flabbergasted. This time round, there was a Food Fair at the Krokop Evangelical Church. So, my diet plans were thrown out the window – well, for Sunday anyways.

Storage for the Nuba Laya. It keeps very well in this styrofoam container and remains warm for a few hours.

We also had some Stir-Fried Pucuk Ubi @ Wild Tapioca Leafs (young-uns). The leaves are first boiled in water to removed out the poisonous sap. Then, they are later pounded using the pestle and mortar before finally being stir-fried with garlic. This one was cook with pork skins. Shockingly high levels of fat but surprisingly tasty. Both my eyes were closed and the piggy wiggy skins removed.

This is a species of Jackfruit known as “Cempedak” in the local language. It’s cooked with coconut milk and some curry powder.

Sorry to spoil the picture. I forgot to take the picture before eating. This is actually Minced Fish steamed with Banana Tree Shoots. Wrapped in the same leaf as the Nuba Laya.

There will be another food fair at the church in June. It’s also open to the public so if you wish to get something, pop by the Church then. Will ask my Mum when is the next one and post it online. More on the KEC church here.