: : Halal? : :

A few friends brought up some concerns about places that are halal and non-halal that are mentioned on this blog. Well, I was thinking of doing it when I move over to my new home where I can have a bit more webspace to play around a bit. So, I didn’t want to put in too much effort to this website until the move over.

When will I be moving? Pretty soon. The space is up already but some problems with uploading the blogand files there. Am awaiting feedback from my cousins but since they’re busy, I can wait. No big deal.

Back to halal and non-halal eating spots. Actually, a number of restaurants do not cook pork but they do not put up the Halal sticker. Reason is that they do not have a chief Muslim cook. However, the ingredients that is used is, of course, halal. This can be seen from the noticeboard that is placed nearby the cashier.

While waiting for my website problems to be settled, I’ll just make a quick mention in my current blog on whether the place is halal or not.

: : Chilli Peppers : :

After yesterday’s dismal lunch, decided to follow some collegues out for lunch. Desperate times call for desperate measures!! Well, not so desperate.

Today’s lunch spot is a coffee shop called Chilli Peppers. It’s a halal coffee shop with a variety of food. Here are some of the drinks and meals we had.

Iced Barli

Iced Longan

Ice Lemon Tea

Thai Bee Hoon

Kolo Mee

Sambal Fried Rice

Thai Chicken Rice

Iced Barli

A really cooling drink when one is feeling hot and heaty. It’s also a nutritious drink that can be taken when one has sore throat or when one is feeling dehydrated. Also great for making ice lollies! Just put some in the freezy and take it out when it’s frozen. Think it’ll also make a great sherbet.

Iced Longan

Another great thirst quencher! Yummy! Longan is similar to laici but firmer and the skin of the seed doesn’t stick to the flesh. It’s usually just the fruit added with water and some syrup.

Iced Lemon Tea

An old-time favourite everywhere. The lime used has a similar taste to a lemon but not so sharp. At least this iced lemon tea was made from real tea and lime rather than the instant version. Nowadays, coffeshops in Kuching are using the instant one which is tasteless. Can’t even taste the tea.

Thai Bee Hoon

This is a slightly sour dished and not fried at all. The bee hoon is prepared before and water is drained away. Then, the garnishings are added on as shown with lime and chilli as well. Then, the entire meal is mixed up before being eaten. The noodles is made out of rice and has a lower cholesterol level compared to the yellow noodles.

Kolo Mee

Here is another version of the famous Sarawak Kolo Mee. This time, the noodles used are the curly ones. A favourite of an old friend in Penang. She couldn’t get enough of it.

Sambal Fried Rice

This is the normal fried rice cooked with shallots, egg and chicken. The secret to a great tasting fried rice is the shallots. The best one to use is the small purple ones. It’s hell to cut them up but the crying effort is worth it. Of course, there is the usual sunny-side fried egg and popadoms. Popadoms are the Indian crisps : light, thin and crunchy. Notice the sambal sauce on the right hand side? This is great! The chilli is fried with pounded dried prawn, onion and belachan (prawn paste). A great compliment to the meal. We kept asking for seconds!

Thai Chicken Rice

The rice was the normal chicken rice but it was the chicken that was different. Chicken is deep fried and a sweet sauce was later added on. Caution : Extremely sweet sauce! However, still very tasty and comes with soup.

The address for Chilli Peppers :

No. 12, Block B, King’s Centre,

Jalan Simpang Tiga,

93150 Kuching,

Sarawak, Malaysia.

Tel : 082-576910

Directions to get there : It’s located at King’s Centre, the location of many shophouses. It is a few shops down from Systematic College, near the Simpang Tiga roundabout.