Sarikei - Sibu - Sarikei (day 2/3) Afternoon @ Sibu

After our delicious breakfast we head up to Sibu town

Well other than Swan *use to be call city of swan* and a tall building there isn't much landscape that attracts me over there. But there is some tempting reasonably nice food there!

Had our lunch at HONG YUAN CAFE located just opposite SAN YANG's building where we spend most of our time *story comes later*

dear mentioned that there's past review about this coffee shop and since they serve a variety of food so we giv it a shot

These tasty look little basket of food surely caught my attention...


So~ for Entree---> Pisang goreng (fried banana cut in pieces) and also deep fried vege kuih

For the Mains --> Chicken soup Mee Swaa, Dry Dumpling, Kam Pua with pig liver soup

After the lunch, we burn our calories by walking around the town, taking pictures along the way *but not much nice view though..* and we ended up reading mags, and comics to kill our time... (1st time that i travel that need reading to kill time...)
When the time on the watch ticks 6pm HURRAY! the time has finally came for us to feast ourselves with the food at pasar malam (night Market)

Dear read some review and this is what attracts all of us to the night market. RM2/plate *Cheap ae?!*
But of all i think the best food in the pasar malam is the Char-Xio-Siao-Long-Bao (mini pork bun) from this stall
Of course there's much more other goodies around
we only bought the toasted "pig head skin" 3 layered pork belly and some parts from wild bore... Notice there's chilled cold beer sold there? Aren't they brilliant? u can just grab a piece of meat and feast it along with nice cold beer walking the market... Niiice~

At night we tasted the Ultimate MUST TRY! in Sarikei intro by Utmost Premium Gordon
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LOL okay this's a joke obviously.. rite Gordon?

Coming soon: Remember these when you're young?

Sarikei - Sibu - Sarikei (Day 2/3) Morning

Wakie wakie~ Early morning~we went to the local wet market to find out wuds cool over there.


Things that surprise me is that comparing with Kuching, Sarikei's so much smaller in terms of geo coverage, population n much more.. But just look how clean, dry, tidy n organized this place is... its not really a "wet" market as there's not much water on the floor...

i notice that each and every of the seller has their on NAME TAG! Does your local seller at wet market wears NAME TAG??? I don't see any in Kuching though! they look so pro hahaha

Okay so what's really cool over there?
I'm sure most of chinese have heard of 纸包鸡 (Chicken wraped in paper n boiled) rite? Sarikei have a very different kind of 纸包鸡---> check this out!
Yup! Chicken Being wrapped in newspaper ALIVE!!! these poor chicken's waiting for buyer to bring them home and end their life in human's tummy... poor chicken

Anyone have ever notice what brand of handbag wild vege's seller use?
Well look what did Sarikei's midin seller use---> Spotted Yet?? Doesn't it look like Roxy??
Oh here goes another poor animal... 水鱼 (a type of turtle i think) also waiting to be brought hum n.... well u noe wud's gonna happen...

Okay Enuf for these poor little creatures... Moving on and we came across fresh Basil Longan.. Actually i almost had opportunity to try out these fresh juisy n sweet longan back in kch but then missed the opportunity.. but hey! i tried! and its quite nice with a bit more buttery taste..



Its quite a small market so after 1 round at the market we make our walk to nearby coffee shop which dear's Aunt use to have her morning tea there. 21 CAFE
I had KOPI-O as usual to start my day and it taste so much "Kao" n the fragrance instantly find its way to ignite me once it reaches our table...

Aunt Hua ordered Toasted butter n Kaya Bun for us to share.


Well it looks like ordinary seaseme seed bun toasted with kaya n butter.. well technically yes it is something like that but when u sink your teeth into it, *the BEST part comes* crunchiness of the outer layer and the softness inside with the kaya and butter wusses out into your mouth.... MMmmmm~~ u HAVE to try it for your own to believe what i say...

After the delicious and satisfying breakfast we walk across the street *yup almost everywhere's wihtin walking distance here* to the Gong Pia Making Bakery (a kind of foochow traditional bun)

And this is how they make it: Neat>Press>sesame sprinkle>stick it on the inner wall of the "barrel" like oven> wait for a while> and its done



After that We walk just few steps over to the dry market to get some of our child time junkfood

Dear with her "long-time-no-see" Cigerate candy LOL

Bubble gum maker which dear'd used to make me duckies * but i think duckie's dead*Coming up next: Sarikei - Sibu - Sarikei (day 2/3) Afternoon @ Sibu

Sarikei - Bintangor - Sarikei (Day 1/3)

AGAIN! sooooo long din update my blog... hahaha still working on the mobile mechanism to ease up the process of mo-blog cuz i'm seldom in front of my pc..

Owkay~ move on~ well i just came back from my trip up NW of Borneo from my hometown Kuching.

Sad to say its my 1st time travelin to other places WITHIN the same state my hometown , but then its a gud thing for me to at least take advantage to use the newly build road to those places

We departed early in the morning just before sun rise after our quick bfast at 3rd mile, reach there ard lunch time to dear's Aunt Hua's house.

She brought us to this famous GLORY CAFE for the yummylicious Tom Yum Big Head Prawn ; There's few kinds of noodle to choose from if you order all-in-a-bowl; else u can go for a separate BIG bowl of the Tom Yum Big Head Prawn to be share.


Me n dear ordered our All-in-a-bowl Tom Yum Big Head Prawn w/ yellow noodle


oh they serve pretty nice 3 layered-pork and cha siew too!! Juiciness of the char siew and crunchiness of the 3-layered pork almost close to 7th mile's "Xi Chang Fook" which operates after 2pm.

TADA~~~~ bottom's up for my bowl of QI GEK! tom yam big head prawn experience!



after these addictive indescribable tasty tomyam noodle i'm sweating as if being trapped in a sauna room...

Frankly speaking GLORY CAFE's Tom Yum Big Head Prawn is a must try if you happen to drop by Sarikei.




So after lunch we hang around at Sarikei's Pekan for a bit, and we decided to go for another round of treats for our tummy. Next stop 15min away from Sarikei, Bintangor.

Some say there's a little stretch of shop located by the riverbank, some even highly recoment this newspaper featured Rojak stall which has been operating for more than 40 years




Well when we arive at the stall it seems there isn't much patron sitting around... we thought its becuz of the rain that holds the crowd.. or mayb its bcuz Bintangor's such a small populated town


So we ordered our sharing portion of Rojak and ABC

I think the main diff between the Rojak is that the peanuts sprinkled on top are more chunky and also there's sweet potatoes... I'd say the taste are rather normal

as for the ABC... cendol aren't really cendol... as u can see from the picture its actually grass jelly died light green... so there's actually NO cendol BUT! there's 1 piece of canned peach in the ABC...

Overall i think these "sweets" aren't really sweet if u know wud i mean...


We had our dinner coocked by Dear's Aunt. Crab in plum and black pepper sauce. Mmmmm~ simply superb~



SUPPER!! yes we'd eaten almost since we reach destination... haha that's life isn't it? Again my 1st time to try out the "Wild taste" (野味)

Bat, Wild bore and some Rice vermicelli to compliment with


Well as for the Wild Taste.. there's never been tasted so i guess i won be able to tell how nice it is but the bat surely taste like chicken...



Anyway Up next : Sarikei - Sibu - Sarikei

You've Got Mail!

Have you ever came across situation where u misplace something important at places during your vacation and only realize that when you're back to home country?

Well i have... *head growing big and shaping like prawn*

its the phuket trip that me and dear went like about a months ago.. haha [yea.. haven had the time to update the rest of the trip.. but soon it'll come out]

so back to the story.. there wus this photo taken by force with their 'mysterious camera man' hiding at the side of the elephant trek on our elephant ride back at phuket [there's a lot of these mysterious photographer at tourist spot in Thailand. We both tot the pic look quite nice so we bought it as our sweet memories *tahahaha sponge bob laugh* but somehow the photo dropped out of our sight when we checked out of Thantip villa... we only realize it when we got back kch that its not with us..
so we called up Thanthip Villa and checked if the photos's there.. the reception asked me to call back day after as they have to wait for the guess occupiying the room to checkout then only they can help us search the room again. So i called back day after after work and guess wud! they had it.. the housekeeping lady didn't throw it away!! it wus actually dropped between the side desk and the wall... and the housekeeping lady kept it well. i wus so happy the moment they say they had it .. so i emailed them my address and waited for the mail to arrive..

1 week pass.... 2 week pass... untill yesterday i had a flash of this incident over my mind wondering where's the mail.. did they really mail it to me?? did the postman misplace it?? Where did the mail went to???AND TODAY!!! after returning home from work justnow, my mom told me that You've got mail from Thailand!!! I've got mail~Guess Wud's inside!!
our photos!!! hahahaha so i quickly took pics of it and posted it up.



Million thanks to the team at Thanthip Villa for helping us.. it might be nothing for them but the photo means a lot for me and my dear for our 1st cross country trip.. thanks to the manager [who commision the post of the photo using registered mail], the reception [who keep in touch with us untill the photo was found], the house keeping lady [who cleaned our room, making 'flower' out of our randomly put cloths during stay time and most importantly not throwing away the photo] and other ppl involve in search of our photo at Thanthip Villa. Not only you have one of the best environment in town, the most important is your superb service to customer did not stop at the door step. Thankyou.






To be frank, Thanthip Villa is a very nice hotel located very near to the Patong beach at Phuket but slighthly apart from hussle and bussle of Patong which makes the surrounding peace and quiet. I would say its very suitable for groups of friends or family and especially couples. The ambience, standard, cleanliness of the hotel is exceptional, i like the warm hospitality that makes u feel like VIP regardless that we're staying at standard room. My stay at Thanthip Villa was an unforgettable one. I would recon this hotel if anyone wants to stay at Patong beach in Phuket island. *this is not an official ads but i'm just reviewing a little to express my gratitude.*

KL Transsit Prior Phuket

Early this month me n my dear had our 1st trip to PHUKET~

We stop over at KL for the 1st night cuz we have to catch an early flight to Phuket the next day.

Lucky enuf there's AC Neilson's 'BOSS' haha to take a half day leave to pick me n dear up then bring us to the Pork porridge that i've always wanted to go back and have a bowl and also to show my dear the great food i use to have when i wus in kl. and Bcuz of this his poor SLK kena saman..*Thanx boss u'r da man haha!*
Okay movin on with the food..
mmMMMmmm drwolin already seeing these fine poridge with crunchy intestines and chewwy meat.... not to mention the smooth and silky 'nga choi gai' [牙菜鸡 in cantonese] {mayb the chicken really ate beansproud to grow.. haha} anyway i don't know is it the same person or same recipe that i use to have few years ago.. cuz the taste is a bit different... seems less sweet compare to last time.. but its still yummyly delicious la~


At nite meet up with my foundation class gang at k3k


subang really change much compare to few years ago when i wus in my foundation year 1 n 2..

one thing that din have enuf this stop over is time and energy... i wud have meet up with bunch of energetic and fun ppl.. my ff gang... nvm la guys nex time we have crab at kampung subang then darusalem for sum teh-o-ice, nasilemak with pehe and mee goreng double +telur mata ya! haha *drowling...*


Okay batt almost flat liao.. stay tune for Phuket trip~