: : Miri : :

I’m going home tomorrow night back to Miri!! It’s been awhile since I was there. The last trip was in Christmas last year. So, it’s definitely time to make a trip back home to see what’s happening there. Also needed to take a nice break to see my parents and cousins.

msg was asking me where are the nice places to eat in Miri. Hmm… of the top of my head, these are the places that I do know. New places, I’m not sure.

Wawasan 2020

This is a coffeeshop that’s jam packed every morning. Serves great dimsum at cheap prices as well as other delicious fare.

Ais Kacang Shop at Taman Jade Manis

One whole shop specializing in iced drinks as well as rojak and other fried snacks. There is another branch at the Krokop Market that is also great.

Apollo Seafood

One of the cheaper places to eat seafood especially Drunken Prawn!!! Yum. The best place to have it in the whole of Sarawak. Kuching doesn’t do it right. Can also have fresh seafood.

Best Western, Grand Palace Hotel

The best rack of lamb in the whole of Sarawak. Beats Hilton and Crowne Plaza any day. The amazing thing is that the lamb is not dry at all but moist and with just the right amount of seasoning.

Han Palace, Grand Palace Hotel

Great dimsum buffet at RM30, Hong Kong style! Need I say more? I’ve a fetish for dim sum.

Pete’s Deli

Better than Dave’s Deli any day. Their chicken pie and steak pie is to die for. Just the way it’s supposed to be made, the British way. The owners spent quite a number of years in UK before coming back to Miri for good.

Miri Cafe Brighton Cafe Miri

Great kolomee and roti canai. The curry is better than most I’ve tasted at various roti canai place.

Mee Sua Stall in Lutong

I never knew the name of the shop as seldom go there but it serves great mee sua. Mmmmmm…

Tasconi’s Pizza

Better than PizzaHut any day if you ask me. It’s a small franchise from Brunei. Been in Miri for years.

Hopoh Plaza Association

There is a food court there which serves great tanghoon and fishball noodles as well as kua chap. Yummy.

I don’t know the new places. The ones mentioned above were the ones that I remember over the years. Then again, my parents makes a mean roast belly pork and baked tom yam fish! By invitation only, of course. :p

No posting over the weekend. I need a break. See you all next week!

: : Native Food : :

There’s this little corner coffee shop in Muara Tabuan, Kuching which sells great native food. Think it’s called Bidayuh Food Court. Went there yesterday with Benji but since it was only the two of us there and a bunch of total strangers, felt a bit shy to talk pics. So, she and I went back there with a few other friends today and with crowd, I have more confidence to take the picture.

The green veggie is stir fried daun upi @ wild tapioca leaves which is cooked in garlic, ginger and salt. The leaves are pounded after boiliing it for awhile (boiled to remove the sap) and then fried. My favourite.

The white shoots on the left hand side are palm shoots from a coconut tree that is cooked in coconut milk and chilli. Ooohh!! Definitely spectacular and a must try for everyone.

Behind these two great food is sweet and sour shark. Yep, shark meat although not the great white shark. Not sure which species it is from but it was definitely cooked until it was soft. Also, it wasn’t too sweet or too sour but just nice.

Front and centre is cempedak cook in coconut milk and chilli. Yep, cooked the same way as the shoots mentioned earlier but there is a different taste due to the cempedak. Behind this on the right hand side was some chicken slices cooked with corn and black fungus. And the green stuff is obviously the daun ubi.

Front and centre again, only this time it is pumpkin but cooked in pork. The shop is non-halal. Pattycake mentioned that she never had it cooked with pork before but it tasted good. Daun ubi on her plate as well. In fact, it was on everyone’s plate. :p

This was a great condiment to go with the food. It is kedondong (not sure what it is… assam? mango? anyway, a local fruit) with belachan and chilli. Very sour to the point it had a sharp, tart-y taste and spicy as well due to the chillis and belachan.

Definitely going to be one of my regular lunchspots.