After that heavy lunch at Sg Tenggang, I really did not feel like going for the celebrated giant prawn noodles at Jakar or Glory Cafe in Sarikei, so I thought I would just drop by Aik Seng in Sarikei for their famous charcoal-toasted bun with butter, own-made pandan kaya and peanut butter too! Unfortunately, luck was not on my side – the shop was closed!!!
That was why I ended up here…
…and when I asked the man at the steamed pao stall…
…there why Aik Seng was closed and whether it was their usual practice to have a rest day on Wednesday, he said he did not know. He thought it would be open all the time. Sigh!!! I guess it was just not meant to be – my finally getting to try the toast that people have praised to the skies.
I seemed to recall hearing something about the steamed pao at this place too – some people said that they were nice so I bought two of their char siew pao…
…and sat down…
…to eat.
I can’t say that I’m all that fond of the slightly yellowish old-school steamed pao skin but the filling…
…was very nice and there was a bit of egg in it too…
I would say I enjoyed it but no, I would not come all the way just to eat this, that’s for sure.
After that brief tea break in Sarikei, I headed back to Sibu and reached home at 4 something, and thus ended my brief trip to Kuching.
Incidentally, I must thank my uncle and his family in Kuching for making this bak koi (Chinese steamed egg cake with minced meat and fragrant fried shallots)…
…for me to bring back home and they were so thoughtful as to pack a few bite-size pieces for me to eat along the way…
…too and I must also thank my auntie in Kuching for that pack of Kelantan-made serunding (beef floss) and my cousin for the goodies from her school…
…and thanks again, all – my cousins and the mum, for the delightful dinner that I have blogged about earlier.
Back in Sibu, my good friend, Annie, in KL contacted me and asked me to get something from her mum who had just returned from a holiday there with her daughter and grandsons which I did…and guess what I got!
Serunding!!! There is no label on that huge pack so my guess is that this would be a very special made-to-order one and my bet is that it is going to be really good!
Hmmmm!!! Now, let’s see what I can do with all that serunding. Yes, you guessed right – I’ve started off with this serunding fried rice…
…and it turned out really very nice with the added Thai Basil leaves and chopped spring onions from my garden and my missus’ extra-hot pounded chili to complement all the flavours of the serunding. In fact, I enjoyed it so much that the next morning, I was delighted to find some more leftover rice in the fridge so I fried it again the exact same way…
…and derived just as much pleasure from it the second time around!
Perhaps I can use it to make some serunding puffs…or some glutinous rice rolls with serunding filling too? We’ll see!
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 