This is the last post, just this one left, on my trip to Kuching in mid-December last year.
We walked past this Indian place…
…that morning before we went for our lovely brunch here.
The vadai looked really good and we bought 10 of them, 50 sen each…
We rarely have this in Sibu, not so many Indians around, but we do get a good one sometimes. However, I think these days, ours is machine-blended so it is way too fine, so much so that we can’t see any of the dhal in it.
We tried one each and we loved it! Since we had planned ahead to go for brunch, we did not eat anymore and in the end, we took them to our family reunion high tea at my aunt’s house – they were all snapped up in no time at all and anyone who had the chance to sample one said it was really good.
We went into the shop…
…to look at the food and it did appear really good too. We were hoping we would be able to come back another day to eat there but we just simply did not have the time. I guess that would have to wait till our next trip to Kuching.
I did go back to the shop though before we came back to Sibu and I bought a whole lot of the vadai to bring back. Coincidentally, when I reached home, I got word from my friend, Peter, the boss of Payung, asking me to go and get some coconut mango…
…that they had plucked from the tree at his house so I gave him and our Indian friends some of the vadai to enjoy, saving only a few for ourselves. I don’t think I got to eat any, other than the one I had in Kuching – my girl ate them all, she loves them so much.
In the meantime, my good friend, Lim, dropped by to give me his mangoes – he also has a tree at his house, the long/oval ones. My missus took the red pulut hitam that I bought in Miri that day and cooked her version of the Thai mango sticky rice…
It was nice but I do prefer it with the regular pulut or glutinous rice. The red pulut hitam was not that sticky, best used to cook in its own way, not that suitable for this.
Thank you so much, Peter & Lim, for the lovely mangoes and I must thank Lim too for the goodies he brought back from his family trip to Sabah…and also for the serimuka that his mum made. He said that she was in town and his kids love serimuka but we can’t get any good ones here in Sibu so he was learning how to make it from her. Hmmm….when can I place my order, Lim? How much per tray? LOL!!!
RESTORAN MAHA SHAFI (1.559559, 110.344461) is located at 9.21, Jalan Barrack in Kuching to theleft from its junction with India Street, facing the left hand side of The Old Court House located right across the road.
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 
There was an Indian staying not far from my house in Kenyalang where I grew up. Everytime I walked to my tuition teacher’s house, I would passed by and bought some vadai. Hand made. So it wasnt that smooth looking. Those were the days.
Yes, these days. all using appliances – easier but at the expense of quality, not so nice anymore.
The vadai looks vey cripsy.. I have never eaten one before, believe me or not. I think I should be more adventurous in my eating in Year 2020, hahaha….😃😃😃
Yes, give it a try…but not if you are not fond of those Indian spices. We love those!!!