Weekend in Kuching

Breakfast with part of our Kuching Family

After 6 trips to Kuching you would think that there was nothing more to see or new things to eat. Of course, our trip was more than food and sight-seeing. We were there to visit friends whom we first met in the US 15 years ago. Each year after they returned to Malaysia Nyet wrote to remind us that we had promised to visit Borneo. In 2003 we did; in 2005 we returned, saw an ad for the "silver hair program"  (now Malaysia My Second Home), and began developing retirement plans.

A Kuching food court. Look, smell, buy, enjoy

Kuching's excellent food is even better when you have friends that enjoy food and sharing their finds. A highlight this trip was sting ray with a curry sauce (food court across from Four Points Hotel.)  I can't describe it adequately, but I will search for it the next time I go to Kuching. (Friends tell me that I will be very lucky to find a similar dish in KL). We were too busy eating to take a picture; plus the fish wasn't photogenic just tasty.

Dim Sum, healthy soup,
and noodles

Coffee shop with a bit of everything,
including dim sum

Filled with endless delights

Sunday morning we had dim sum at a local coffee shop and dinner at the Sarawak Club. We amazed to be served a dragon boat filled with sushi. It was irresistible.

Doug - contemplating going to the border

To remind ourselves that there is more to Sarawak than food we went to the market at Serikin near the Indonesian border. It is perfect for shoppers (not us) who can identify perfect gifts and things that they never thought they needed.

We revisited Johns Dayak Gallery, a furniture store in the center of Kuching. Unlike previous visits we noticed the quality of the items. We found a "perfect" computer desk, and if our search for a similar one in KL is futile (and it has been so far) we will have it sent for less than USD100.

No trip would be complete without Sarawak laksa. I had it twice and  concluded that one cannot have a mediocre bowl in Kuching. Truly there is more to Kuching than food and culinary surprises abound. We went to Sweet Indulgences, a successful business started by a home baker, to buy kuah lapis, a multi-layer cake. We were surprised to see (and eat) black and white cookies - something I always eat when we go to New York. Visiting Sarawak and not eating is to miss a lot.