Bloated in Sibu - Chapter 3/4

Tummy wasn't feeling well today. Sigh~ I don't usually get fever / flu but my stomach forever giving me huge problem. *grumpy* Hopefully it will be gone soon. Continue with the previous post, it is the 3rd day at Sibu. We woke up slightly early as we know we had so much food to try on. Aiyaaa... Totally mess up our usual diet. 

Breakfast was at this famous coffeeshop with no name. Yea, i was wondering how could a shop actually open or registered if there is no name for it. But i wouldn't care much as i can see it's crowded with people! Food served here is yummy especially the mix-pork-with-egg-and-wine-soup (猪肝蛋汤). Trust me, you will love it unless you are not a fan of pork intestines / liver. 

#1 - Mee goreng basah (Wet fried mee)

#2 - Kuey teow goreng basah (Wet fried kuey teow)

#3 - The awesome 猪肝蛋汤 (mix-pork-with-egg-and-wine-soup )

#4 - 糟菜粉干 (some vegetable mee soup)

After our heavy breakfast, we went to Ta Fatt Trading Co and check out the making of "gong pia". These plain "gong pia" can either be eaten straight from the oven or fried & stuff with minced pork. There's another way of eating it, which is dipped in sauce. Whichever way, it's still yummy! 

#5 - The making of "gong pia"

Munching some take away "gong pia", we stopped at the nearby Lau King Howe Hospital Memorial Museum. Decided to go for a tour inside even though it looks slightly haunted. Hahaha! Oh well, anything do with memorial sounds spooky right? But inside the museum was neat and tidy. Quite a lot of interesting hospital equipments were displayed. I think we spent a long time inside the museum, fascinated by the olden days medical technologies. The entrance is F.O.C. by the way. You could give donation tho. =)

#6 - Me, outside the museum

#7 - Lau King Howe

#8 - Museum snapshot (1)

#9 - Radiology services

#10 - Evolution of nurses uniforms 

#11 - Museum snapshot (2)

#12 - Intensive care services 

Ok, next 2 stops are all about food again. Don't judge. We walked a lot inside the museum and it's lunch time anyway. Lol~ 

#13 - Gong pia dipped in sauce

#14 - Lunch @ 老地方 (old place)??? Just some normal chinese dishes. Nothing special about this place. Had pork ribs, vegetables, butter prawns & sizzling hot plate tau foo.

As soon as we finished our filling lunch, we drove all the way like 30 minutes to a place called One Malaysia Cultural Village. With no high expectation, we still ended up disappointed. Hmmph~ What we had in mind was at least there will be some introduction and useful information about different races in our country but sadly no. Not only it's under maintenance, the whole concept of this village seems pretty pointless. What they have is only huts of several cultures which look similar to each other. Sigh~ I really hope this place will be improve and more effort will be put into this project as i can see a huge budget has been dumped here. 

#15 - One Malaysia Cultural Village

#16 - Geeks at OMCV

#17 - OMCV landscape (1)

#18 - Me

#19 - Kheng with 4 ugly ducklings 

#20 - OMCV landscape (2)

#21 - Trapped! 

#22 - Long house

#23 - Chinese hut 

#24 - I swear i didn't pluck the flowers. 

Fuhh~ Did i mentioned how hot is the weather? I think i did. Somewhere. But still i'm going to say this again, freaking hot sun indeed. So, what first thing that comes to your mind other than cold ice drink? Without further ado, we headed to a vegetarian restaurant called 大同居冰品点心城. Sorry i had to put chinese name because most shops in Sibu are only in Mandarin. Here, we get large bowl of snowflakes! Slurrpppp. Not bad... Plenty of flavors to choose from the menu. 

#25 - Strawberry snowflakes

#26 - Coconut snowflakes

Right after that, we voted to go for one last round of dessert before detour back to Rach's home. So, we had our tea break at Tanahmas Hotel. Yup, we went to a hotel for cakes. And honestly speaking, no regrets paying. Both cakes are delicious especially the hotel's monthly special, water chestnut cheese cake. Do give it a try!! 

#27 - Cakes at Tanahmas Hotel

Who would have thought we can still manage to get ready for dinner after a couple hours of break? Rach's mum joined us for dinner that night so we opt for a more fancy dinner at Tom's Too and after dinner session at Maple Leaf Fusion Cafe to try out the popular fried durian cake. Of course i place no interest at the durian cake. Whether fried or non-fried. Whole night was busy praying that they don't burp happily anywhere near me. Haha! 

#28 - Tom's Too ambiance, was nice and comfortable...

#29 - Tom's Too food, on the other hand was merely average in my opinion

#30 - Maple Leaf Fusion Cafe

#31 - Jo & me 

#32 - Rach & her mum

#33 - Me, Jo & Kheng

#34 - Lychee soda for non-durian lovers 

#35 - Fried durian cake. It was awesome according to them, so don't hesitate to give it a bite especially if you love durians! 

#36 - Instax love! 

Yup, that's basically how we spent our 3rd day at Sibu. So much food am i right? Only one day left to complete my post on this trip. Yawns.... feeling drowsy now at quater past 3 in the morning. Time to hit the sack! Good night all...

Xoxo. 

Bloated in Sibu - Chapter 2/4

Fuhh~ I still can recall none of us had a good night rest because of the noisy crowing sounds from roosters behind Rach's house. This particular rooster doesn't crow at the break of dawn but started at 2am sharp till late morning! How to sleep la tell me...

Therefore, we ended up dragging ourself up from the bed, planning to cure our sleep deprive by eating!  First stop at a coffeeshop name 福乐圆茶室 (Fu Le Yuan Cha Shi) for brunch. 

#1 - Kampua mee (干盘面) 

#2 - Kampua mee with black sauce

It does look like our usual Wantan mee but would like to give credits to the noodles here. Personally i prefer the mee in black sauce but both is equally delicious. Most locals will have this in the morning before the start of work or school. Next, we head straight to another coffeeshop name 新明记茶室 (Xin Ming Ji Cha Shi) to try out the famous pastry Gong Pia!! Need not say much, this is a must eat and all of us love this snack which is usually stuff with minced meat. 

#3 - Fried Gong Pia (光饼)

Satisfied with what we had, we decided to take a break from munching and let our digestive system to work as we walk along the morning market. Oh well, it was already afternoon when we reached. Sibu Central Market is the largest market hall there and honestly much cleaner compared to the market in Subang Jaya. Is it just human mentality wiser or their management is better? I wonder. 

#4 - Geeks at the market

#5 - On my right

#6 - On my left

#7 - No-idea-what-is-this

#8 - No-idea-what-is-this-also

#9 - Chilis, vegetables AND wormsssss!

#10 - Fat wiggling worms. My friend almost manage to force me to try eating it but no way... no way i'm putting it in my mouth although i was told the worms taste like chicken meat. 

#11 - Chickens are wrapped with style.

#12 - With Chicky

#13 - A basket full

#14 - Bundle up corns

After all the walking, we're pretty sure that our tummy have some space for dessert! Went to the upper level of the market, to a stall name Ho Ping Rojak. Ordered 五味汤 (wu wei tang) and also cendol. Both are the specialties among locals here. Miss the wu wei tang badly.... 

#15 - 五味汤 (wu wei tang) 

#16 - Cendol, somewhat different from the usual.

Enough of exploring around the central market, we drove down for about 40 minutes to another town, Bintangor. Just to eat the famous rojak at Rojak Place (Wong Hung Ping), Jalan Datu. The rojak sauce here is not as very thick and black but has equivalent good taste. I would fancy it more if i remember to tell the aunty not to add in the taufu. =p

#17 - Rojak

Seriously the weather in the afternoon is killing us. By the time we finished our rojak, we're sweating like nobody business. =( But still we can't help ourself by walking towards the jetty nearby and also  to check out the oldest petrol station there! Ya, how to not get sun burnt? 

#18 - The petrol station

#19 - Antique 

#20 - Old Petronas ship

#21 - Me & Jo

#22 - Jetty (1) 

#23 - Jetty (2)

#24 - Kheng & me 

#25 - Me, Rach & Jo

#26 - Us 

#27 - Jetty (3)

#28 - Childhood memories. Not up to my liking now because its too sweet and it tasted like antibiotic. 

The sun is about to set while we head back to Sibu. All of us are exhausted and just wish we could just lie down on the bed for a short nap. Ohh! One particular thing about Sarawak is that the road signs are short. Like a miniature! 

#29 - Sign board

#30 - Front yard of Rach's house

Dinner was cook and served by Rach's mum. Gotta praise her mum cooking!! All of us already bloated from what we had the entire day but still we finished all the dishes. OH MY~ No idea how much calories went into my body...

#31 - Dinner

The night is still young after dinner. As soon as we freshen up ourself, we went over to visit a nearby temple. The Goddes Of Mercy Pagoda is quite a sight i must say but unfortunately the lanterns were not light up... If not the view could have been better. We are not allowed to climb up the stairs to higher floors but visitors can still pay their respect to the goddes of mercy at the first level inside the pagoda. 

#32 - Main entrance 

#33 - Side view

#34 - Pagoda

#35 - Front view

#36 - Inside

Lastly, we spent the night at Cafe Cafe. It is a nice setting cafe in between the shop houses but the food served is just average. Nothing to brag about but can have a try. Not quite sure about their main courses as we ordered only their appetizers and desserts. 

#37 - Cafe Cafe

#38 - Potato Tuna Salad

#39 - Hazelnut cheese cake 

#40 - Banana pancake with ice-cream

That's all for the second part! No idea how we manage to eat so much.... tonight i will be catching the movie Battleship for the 2nd time~ Hehehe.... Till then!

Xoxo.