Her name is King Hua meaning Gold/Golden Flower and she hails from Bintangor, less than an hour’s drive from Sibu, but she is currently teaching in a school in the peninsula. She was home last week for the school holidays and she came to Sibu on Friday morning to collect her orders for the instant Sibu kampua noodles…
*Cousin’s photo on Facebook*
Nope, these were not hers but the batch that I ordered for my cousin in Brisbane, Australia – she shared the above photo on Facebook to acknowledge receipt when they had reached her safely.
I went to pick King Hua up the moment she got into town and took her here for the kampua noodles…
Oh? It has gone up in price, now RM2.80 as opposed to RM2.50 only before. Of course, she thought it was still so very cheap as she would not be able to get anything at that price over at the other side…and she loved it so very much! In her opinion, it was so much nicer than her favourite in Bintangor and the serving was so so huge.
I decided to try their fried belacan (dried prawn paste) seafood noodles (RM4.50)…
…which I thought was very good. Initially, I had to get used to the smell and taste of the belacan they used – of course, they did not use the high quality Bintulu belacan but once I was quite accustomed to it, I started to like it and I certainly wouldn’t mind having that should I drop by this place again…if I could resist the kampua noodles and not order that, that is.
I first saw this plate when Annie came home that day and I dropped by here to see her – she was there as soon as she arrived for her kampua fix…and the words on the plate caught my attention…
Translated, they mean “healthy eating plate” and the advice all around include this one…
– consume less salt (or literally, practise reduction of salt) and this…
– reduce fats and oils and also sugar…
Hmmmm….I would say that eating what was in that plate alone, I would have violated the first two and my glass of kopi-o-peng (iced black coffee) took care of the remaining one. Hehehehehe!!!!!
After that breakfast, I took King Hua to collect her order for the instant Sibu kampua noodles after which we headed to the stall at Bandong to buy some of the Sarawak kek lapis (layer cake) on sale there…
*King Hua’s photo on Facebook*
…before we proceeded to the town centre…and what came after that would have to wait till the next post. Come back tomorrow for the continuing episode…
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 