Famous…

We were getting into our car, about to leave town, when a vehicle with a Sibu license plate pulled up right behind ours and out stepped a group of young guys and girls. Now why would anybody want to come to this little town where nothing much seems to be going on? Well, they were there for the same reason why we went that morning – for the Bintangor rojak…

Well, I had a post on it here so I would not go into the details again but if you’re dropping by the town, the stall…

…is to the right of a row of around 6 hawker stalls to the extreme left of the town if you are driving into town from say, Sibu or Kuching. All this while, people kept telling me that it was at the market in the town but read my lips – it is NOT at the market unless you consider that little row of hawker stalls to be a market – like what they call the Open Air Market in Kuching.

These are some of the articles that have appeared in the local Chinese tabloids…

…which certainly prove beyond all uncertainties that the rojak here is very widely known and undoubtedly, very popular.

We ordered a plate for 3 persons to share and were charged RM10.00 for that and we also had this plate of sotong kangkong (cuttlefish with water spinach) at also RM10.00 for a serving for 3…

It was all right, not bad…and had quite a bit of cuttlefish in it and a whole lot of kangkong. I would certainly much prefer it if they had less of the vegetable and included some cut slices of fried tau kua (bean curd cake) instead.

A walk around town took us to this kompia (Foochow bagel) shop…

and even though the taste wasn’t better nor in any way, worse than the ones in Sibu, these were a whole lot thicker and cheaper too – 5 for RM1.00 compared to 4 for RM1.00 in Sibu.

At another shop, we were overwhelmed by the smell of the lung ngor or kay nerng kor in Hokkien…

They were 30 sen each and my missus bought some but I would say that they were quite a disappointment. I would very much prefer those from Sarikei or the ones from some places in Sibu.

The udang galah (freshwater prawns)…

were definitely a lot cheaper than in Sibu. These not-so-very-big ones cost RM20 a kilo while these medium-sized ones…

were selling for only RM25.00 a kilo. At the market in Sibu, they are no less than RM30-35 a kilo, mind you…so if you’re buying a lot, it can really make a big difference.

Well, I certainly enjoyed the drive to Bintangor that day…and I’m looking forward to my next trip there – for the rojak. Yummmm!!!