: : 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.