Second choice…

I did mention in my previous post that I went out with a few of my cousins for brunch that morning when I was in Kuching. The initial suggestion was to go some place in Jalan Song for the Kuching laksa but when we got there, it was closed so we settled upon some place else instead and ended up here…

I had the Kuching laksa but I seem to have deleted the photograph by mistake. Anyway, I did not think it was all that photogenic and though it was all right, nothing to shout about, I would say that there are a couple of places even here in Sibu where the laksa has an edge over that one there. The kolo mee that I had…

…was fine but it did not sweep me off my feet – there would be some places in the city where the kolo mee would be a lot nicer.

One of my cousins had the nasi lemak…

…and I did try a bit but no, the nasi was not really lemak and of course, with all those stuff by the side, it would definitely be quite nice.

Another cousin had the ark mee (duck noodles)…

…and yes, that would get my double thumbs up! I certainly would not mind ordering that should I ever happen to drop by here again.

The kopi-o-peng (iced black coffee) here was pretty good, a far cry from the Nescafe-O that I had earlier that morning.

One of them went and bought this bingka sarang…

– a variation of the kek sarang semut (ant’s nest cake) or what is called honeycomb or beehive cake from this stall…

…and it was so very nice that I had to go and buy a few pieces home.

I saw that she was also selling nyonya chang and I could not resist buying a few to try…

…but no, it was so very soft one could not even hold it and would have to eat it with a spoon plus there was hardly any hint of the ketumbar (coriander) and the only thing nyonya about it would be the blue bunga telang stains. Of course, it tasted all right but if it is nyonya chang that I am looking for, my vote would go to the ones at the Green Road old lady’s stall – those are really very nice.

After our brunch, we dropped by this bakery to collect my orders. I don’t recall them having these nice boxes of different shapes and sizes before…

It sure looks like they’ve upgraded a bit since the last time I was here last year.

My girl loves their pies so I got a few of the chicken ones…

…and also the beef…

…to take home for her to enjoy. The beef pies are a lot thicker than the very nice chicken pies here, almost double, I think…and though they come pretty close where the taste is concerned, both pastry and filling, there is a whole lot more filling inside the ones from this bakery…

…and even at RM5.00 each, RM3.50 for the ones in Sibu, I do think this is more value for money especially considering that they are a lot more substantial and beef is a whole lot more expensive here than chicken.

I did not manage to go round much this time around but I guess it is pretty obvious that I sure did not go home empty-handed.