My daughter would be leaving for New Zealand pretty soon in around a fortnight’s time…and since she had not been to Kuching for a while, she was keen on the idea of dropping by over the weekend. Initially, I had wanted to stay at this new hotel in town for the experience and to pamper her a bit…
I heard that they were currently having a promotion on their rooms but their RM180++ ones were all fully booked and the next best thing would add up to almost RM300. In the end, I decided to stay at another hotel in the vicinity.
Gundot and her daughter, Sam, picked us up at the airport and took us to Peterson Corner…
…which is located right next to the Satok Market…
You can see the back portion of the Regal Court Hotel, formerly Regalis, along what was formerly called Palm Road (I understand it has a new name) in the photo, so one can safely say that Peterson is right behind the hotel next to the market.
There is a stall in that coffee shop that sells hay pia (prawn fritters) and other fried stuff like tau kua (tofu cake), fish balls, sweet potatoes and yam. Some people will swear by the Old Rex tofu somewhere along Nanas Road but to me, it pales in comparison with Peterson’s…
What it fails in presentation, it certainly makes up for it in taste. After all this time, it is as good as ever and my daughter loved it so much.
Gerrie bought us some really yummy Kuching po piah (spring rolls)…
…and we had those too, and that was our lunch! I would say that was a good start to our trip to Kuching.
We checked in at our hotel which was in a way right next to the one where I had wanted to stay…
Never mind! At least I could get a good view of it from my hotel window! LOL!!!
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 