The Gawai Dayak is celebrated in Sarawak in East Malaysia on the 1st of June every year. It is a festival filled with merry making, one that is eagerly anticipated by the Dayaks and non-Dayaks alike. The term “Dayak” today refers to the Ibans, the Bidayuhs and the Orang Ulu communities. Traditionally, it is celebrated [...]
Louis J and I went to the Secret Recipe outlet here in Sibu the other afternoon and it was really crowded. Luckily, we were able to find a table but unfortunately, it was not properly cleaned… There were water rings on it and also some crumbs, probably from the pastry of their Chicken Cornish. When [...]
Have you ever got up in the morning feeling tired, lethargic…and even your mug of strong, black coffee could do nothing to make things any better? Boy, have I got the answer for you… Just boil some seng-see (those more affordable, very fine ginseng “hairs”) and some wolfberries in water… I added two slices of [...]
Sometimes, I really wonder what is there for me to eat and more often than not, I would not want to eat the same old stuff every day. That is one good thing about the Bandong stall that I frequent very often in the morning. It offers an array of choices as it sells a [...]
Well, it wasn’t her mother but Sylvia herself who uploaded these photos onto Facebook and tagged me… *Sylvia’s photo …and she said, “…thanks for sharing your recipe with your readers.” That, of course, was the tuna sweet potato porridge that I had featured in a post recently. She also mentioned that it tasted nice. I [...]
In conjunction with Teachers’ Day, the teachers at the centre where I am presently attached to, were invited to dinner at this restaurant… What I heard was that one of the chefs at the Blue Splendour Restaurant, one of my favourites in town, left and started this new one beside the small roundabout in the [...]
Well, it is no fantasy, I assure you…but in actual fact, a reality that I have managed to find a place in town that sells the best char kway teow…right here in Sibu at Kopitiam Fantasy… It is located in the vicinity of the Fortune Commercial Centre behind the Rejang Medical Centre where you can [...]
I am pretty sure that a substantial number of you out there do not know what this is. Well, it is called umai… Now, umai is a special Melanau delicacy and for the initiated, the Melanaus are the dominant race around the lower reaches and the delta region of the Rejang River. It is made [...]
I couldn’t help myself but when I saw Cleffairy’s post on the corn fritters that she made, I went out and bought myself some cucur sambal… …which were very nice (4 for RM1.00) but the sambal inside was kind of nutty – something that tasted like satay gravy. I think I would prefer something like [...]
Yesterday afternoon, Kongkay and Willchua called me and asked me to go out for tea…and I told them to please come to Boston…which is a new place that has just opened for business recently, located at the back portion of the shops behind Pahlawan Cafe and Secret Recipe. somewhere near Baba & Siam…and if I’m not [...]
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