So long…

I’m afraid the photographs in this post are not going to be very nice as they were all taken using my antique handphone. Actually, I was not planning on going anywhere in particular that afternoon so I did not bring along my digicam but out of the blue, my girl said she would like to drop by the Food & Cultural Fair that I mentioned in this earlier post…and of course, her wish is my command!

We went early, just past 5.00 p.m. but it does say on all those banners hanging all over town that the fair would open from 5.00 p.m. till 11.00 p.m. daily…so I was most disappointed that more than half of the stalls were still closed! If you say 5, then you should be ready to roll by 5, not 6…or later! Tsk! Tsk!

The ones that were open did not get me all excited. There were all these regular stuff…

…that you probably would be able to find somewhere around town on normal days…

I did ask about the ang koo koi though and was told that they were selling at RM1.30 each. I got mine at the Rejang Park stall for only RM1.00, the last time I bought some home.

The celebrated Foochow fish ball…

…stall was open. I wonder if their business is still as brisk as before – you would have to take a number and once all the numbers had been given out, that would be it. Come back the next day to try your luck. But that was not all! You would have to queue and wait for your number to be called to collect the balls. Honestly, I really cannot understand why people would put themselves through all that hassle for something that is not all that great, if you ask me, and you can always go to the shop (they have two now – here and here) anytime to buy – no need to get a number, no need to queue, no need to wait…and you may even find them in the frozen section at some supermarkets.

There was this guy grilling some chicken chops…

…and they did look pretty good but no, we did not feel like having those that day. There was a stall selling Kuching sio bee, most probably the ones from here…and another one selling Kuching braised meat – pork, chicken, duck, they had them all but of course, we are staying away from anything with soy sauce, thank you very much.

The Malay stalls are on one side of the fair and even fewer were open when we were there. This was one of them…

Then I spotted this stall…

…with this German guy…

…running it, selling what he insisted were real/authentic German sausages. I’ve read about the guy or his sausages in some blogs before – he resides in Kuching and was at the Kuching Food Fair, maybe for a couple of years running now and was very popular there. Unfortunately, we were not in luck – the flight was delayed that day so the fresh stock he was expecting had not arrived and all he had at that point in time were these…

…that were so very long, 12 inches at least, I’m sure, and yes, we thought they were very nice, nice…but not cheap, RM10.00 each! He did give us a slice of his garlic bread free of charge though, the nice guy and yes, we would want to go back again to try the other sausages that he has for sale at his stall, probably another 8 or 9 more.

You can read more about the fair in this newspaper report, if you are interested.