Just for one day…

My friends from Bintulu, Jimmy and Mohan, came to Sibu on a day trip last Saturday. As a matter of fact, it wasn’t even for one day for by the time their bus arrived, it was already 10.15 a.m. and they took the 4.00 p.m. bus back.

I took them for dim sum here but by the time we got there, most of the things were finished and we had no choice but to eat only the char siew pao (steamed barbecued meat buns), the butter/salted egg buns and these…

Actually, these are baked bread/buns and the char siew filling is the same as what they have in the steamed ones…

I would say they were pretty good – not bad at all and something different for a change.

We also had the steamed pork ribs…

…and that was it.

After that, we dropped by my parents’ place as Jimmy wanted to stop by and say hello to my mum and then we went to buy the yummy tee piang with the meat filling but the stall was not open. Then I drove to the bakery to buy the chicken pies that are now the favourite of many but there were only two left – one for each of them. We did stop by the “emporium” that sells a lot of imported stuff as well and I spotted this advertisement outside…

…and was a bit tickled by it. LOL!!!

After browsing around one of the new mega-malls in town, we went for lunch. Yes, I took them to this place – my third visit in four days, believe it or not and we had this very nice herbal venison dish…

The meat was very tender and the fragrance of the herbs used was just right – not too strong or overpowering.

We also tried their fresh young baby corn fried with century egg…

Prior to this, I had never heard of it, much less eaten it but Jimmy said they had that in Bintulu and he was of the opinion that they did it very well here.

They loved the braised pork belly so much…

– the one where the fat would just melt in your mouth…served with mantao (steamed buns). I guess everyone knows that I love that a lot too but I’m trying not to have it too often for obvious reasons.

I also ordered the KL-style Hokkien mee that I enjoyed a lot on my previous visit and they too agreed that it was very nice despite the fact that they did not use the usual thick noodles that one would get when eating that in KL. All in all, the bill for that delightful meal came up to only RM43.60 for 3 persons, inclusive of drinks.

After a brief stop at another shopping mall, I dropped them off to browse around at the 100-yen shop before they caught their bus back to Bintulu.

Thanks to the two of you, Jimmy and Mohan, for dropping by and do come again anytime but please do stay longer next time.