She’s right here…

I flew over to Kuching using my frequent flyer points (from my NZ trip a couple of years ago), just enough for a one-way ticket there (but not to KL), as my friend, Philip, home from the US was going over to rent a car from there and I would  be able to hitch a ride as he drove back to Sibu. He would be going back that same way (on his own though) and return the car and take a flight out from there to fly home. Unfortunately, he had booked his ticket on a MasWings flight and I could not get on the same using my points so I arrived on the earlier MAS flight, around 3 hours ahead of him. No worries – patience is one of my virtues  but no, I did not just sit there the whole time to wait for him to land.

One of my cousins came to pick me up at the airport to take me to lunch here…

…as they have very nice ethnic Dayak cuisine at this particular stall…

…and I sure would like to give it a try.

This is the lady behind the whole thing…

…and it was pretty obvious that her stall was doing really well as most of the people that I saw there, from all walks of life,  would go for whatever was on the menu for the day…

…to enjoy. She was at another location before but right now, she’s right here in the Stutong area near one Giant Hypermart in the city. You can check out her Facebook page for more details…or give her a tinkle. Her mobile phone contact is on the sign at her stall in the 2nd photograph above.

This was what I had…

…and it only cost me RM4.00! I had the daun bandong (tapioca leaves) and the paku (wild jungle fern) cooked in their traditional ways. I don’t know how they cooked these bean curd sticks…

…but they tasted so very nice. I did see some chicken in the dish as well but I did not take any. Instead, I had two helpings of the pansoh keli (catfish cooked in bamboo)…

…and needless to say, it was absolutely heavenly!

If you’re not that adventurous and would prefer the more familiar stuff, there are other stalls at this very same place. My niece had something from this one…

– their own homemade fish ball soup with kolo mee kosong (noodles, plain)…

The fish balls were pretty well done and the kolo mee was very nice too.

After that quick lunch, I went back to the airport to wait for Philip and while I was waiting, I was bombarded by the “free smells” from this booth…

…and ended up buying some home…

Melissa loves them, I know.

Philip’s flight was delayed by at least half an hour and when he arrived, he got a car and we were on our way…