: : Hunger : :

My my my, this blog suddenly made more than one person hungry. :p Then I know the pics are effective. Still, gotta get the camera looked into. Too many dots popping up, even when the pic is taken in broad daylight.

A quick bachelor student’s recipe about Adrian’s Rojak Pot. However, they miss out one more ingredient : Lee Kum Kee Oyster sauce. I remember the guys in uni used to finish bottles of it in fried rice, fried mee, fried bee hoon, etc.

Poor Pennylaw. Oh well. Fly over to Kuching to eat lor! :p

: : Pasar Kampung, Tabuan Laru : :

Lunch time destination. It’s a really big, open-air hawker centre under one big green roof, located in Tabuan Laru housing area where the shoplots are. All types of food there but not that many are that good. There used to be a stall selling pan mee but she closed down last year. 🙁 The only shop in town that one can get pan mee in Sarawak. Doesn’t seem to be so popular in Sarawak. Sayang (pity).

Anyway, lunch menu is below. The pictures didn’t turn out so good because I forgot to turn on the flash. Sigh. Oh well. Below are the only good meals worth mentioning. Anything else isn’t worth your money.

Nasi Lemak with Chicken Curry

RC was too darn hungry so he started eating before I could snap a clean picture. Spoilsport. He reads this blog anyway so I know come Wednesday morning, will get an earful. Don’t care. ;p This nasi lemak has one of the better tasting sambal in Kuching. Although the shop owner is Chinese, the chicken meat is halal. You can order nasi lemak with chicken curry, fried chicken or lamb curry. Personally, the Chicken Curry is the best tasting one.

Tomato Kway Teow

This was what I had. Kuching folks claim that tomato kway teow originated from this town. Don’t know how true is that. The dish sure tasted good. It’s similar to sweet and sour dishes but with less sugar. The kway teow is fried first and then the sauce is cooked with the other extras as well. The sauce is then poured over the kway teow. Had to eat this really fast because it started congealling really fast as it cooled down. The stall is non-halal.

Mee Goreng

Mee Goreng means fried mee but in this context, it means Malay Fried Mee. The other four ladies ordered this dish for lunch from a Malay food stall. It’s actually quite delicious but would be more sweet than salty. Came with a spicy hot sambal as well. Took me awhile to redo the picture and even then, I’m still not satisfied with it. So, just stuck it half-done on the blog. Too lazy to redo it properly.

: : More Links : :

Wow! Suddenly, the counter is moving like mad! Thanks for the link, Jeff!!

For first timers, yes, it takes a long time to load. Am switching the no. of postings from 5 to 3. However, still be prepared for a long wait!!

Incidently, the main site layout and graphics design was done by Sheila. Got it off from mizdos graphics site. Couldn’t come up with a really good design so made use of some freebies.

Also, thanks for Superkumquat and Gette for the link as well!! Sorry, belated thanks!! Nice to have met up with the two of you the other nite! BTW, managed to get hold of the Cuban CD from a friend. Woo hoo!!

: : Dandruff : :

If you think for one moment that I have dandruff….. you’re actually not that far off. It’s a never-ending battle with this despicable problem. Thank goodness for Selsun Blue.

Got another mention at another site called dandruff. More ppl dropping by. Thanks for the support. The blog is in a big of a mess but I gotta solve my FTP problem with Jaring first before cleaning it up and moving to another website. Will be weeks down the road.

Thanks for the link, sniffles! *Sniff sniff*, I’m touched! :p Ha!

: : Life Cafe : :

Yep, went back again. Had dinner with Peter, a friend of Mum’s from secondary school (high school). He wanted to eat something simple and Asian so took him to Life Cafe.

Sago Pearls with Green Tea

The pearls are not real pearls lah! It’s actually made from sago but overseas, it’s usually made from tapioca flour. A lot of milk in the tea but tasty good. Thirst quencher, that’s for sure. It became the ‘IN thing’ to drink in Taiwan and it spread to other parts of Asia. Comes in all sorts of flavour like green apple, guava, papaya, banana, passionfruit, orange, peach, etc. Not much variety in Life Cafe but this was good enough for me.

Ice-Blended Passion Fruit

Peter had this. The ice was blended together with fresh passion fruit. The picture didn’t come out so well because lighting was too low and the flash too strong.

Life Cafe Spicy Noodles

This was great. Egg noodles with minced pork and mushrooms with some chilli oil inside. I took the medium spicy version. Some of the dishes can be made with different levels of spicyness : mild, medium, hot, extra hot!! Even medium spicy was a bit too hot but bearable with my good friend : ice cold water!!

Peter had the Traditional Claypot Rice and we also had some Pan-Fried Dumplings. You can read about it in the earlier posting on Life Cafe.

: : Chilli Peppers : :

Yep, lunch again at the favourite spot with the usual gang. It’s just a great place to eat. Plus, it’s halal and the food is also spicy. Great sambal. Here’s a rundown on the food we ate.

FooChow Mee

FooChow Mee is a very wet dish. It’s fried mee, the wet version i.e. a lot of gravy. Taste great. I dunno how they cook it so don’t ask. The mee is not the usual egg noodles. Dunno what they put in. I just eat it. :p

Chicken Porridge

This is the congee version i.e. the rice granules are very small. JW asked for a raw egg to be put with it. Usually common to eat a raw egg with the porridge. Mix it with the porridge and it becomes half-cook.

Mee Mamak

Not the original version from West Malaysia but the best so far in Kuching. It’s extremely spicy!! I get a stomach ache if I eat this. Same goes for Granny and Uncle Cyril. It’s slightly sweetish and salty at the same time.

Nasi Lemak

One of the best in Kuching. Translation : fatty rice. The rice is cooked with coconut milk so it’s very fattening. When people are talking about good nasi lemak, usually means the rice is tasty and the sambal(chilli paste) is great. Only these two important items make a great nasi lemak. It’s a common meal that is quite filling. Other condiments are peanuts, cucumber, half of a hard-boiled egg and ikan billis (salted dried anchovies).

That was lunch. No, I did not eat everything. Cannot lah! Please, I’m not a glutton. :p