Arrival and First Day in Kuching

We arrived in Kuching at 10:00pm so we headed back to my brother's house straightaway because it was time for the kids to sleep. However, my aunt (dad's sis) and her daughter and son were at my brother's house because they wanted to see the kids. So the girls had a good time eating tit bits, receiving angpows (it was 14th day of Chinese New Year) and displaying their 'cuteness' to our relatives before settling down to sleep.

Kuching Airport at night

On the next morning, we started our feasting journey. We went to Chong Choon Cafe for the famous laksa. My parents-in-law had been looking forward to taste this laksa because hubby had been praising how nice it was and there was several Taiwanese programmes introducing delicious foods featuring this laksa at this shop. I was glad they liked the laksa. The kids had Kolo Mee, Cheese Toast and Peanut Butter toast.

Chong Choon Cafe

My MIL mentioned the Teh-C also tasted superb. In West Malaysia, we would normally order Teh (with condensed milk) because most cafes were not able to make a really nice and smooth Teh-C. We had Teh-C all the time in Kuching.

Sarawak Laksa

We all liked this laksa as it was different from laksa over here. The laksa that we have in Johor is actually Curry Mee/ Bee Hoon in Sarawak.

Kolo Mee - tossed noodles with lard and garnished with char siew pork and chopped spring onions

Kolo Mee was also nice but it was overshadowed by the laksa. We went to another shop that sells only Kolo Mee on the next day. More specialized.

Cheese Toast

Peanut Butter Toast


We headed back home after breakfast and had Sugar Bun meals for lunch. Why such a simple lunch? We were saving tummy space for another delicacy that only started selling at 2:00pm.

The stall was situated perpendicular to the main road where the post office was, opposite a temple below. The stall itself was below a stage that I thought would only be used for special occasions.

The pork satay cost RM0.50 per stick and hubby could easily polish off 20 sticks. Even my 4 yo could finish eating 5 sticks. The peanut gravy is just nice, not to spicy for me and the kids.

Hubby who disliked vermicelli could also finish a whole bowl of this fish ball, bean curd vermicelli. The soup was flavourful without the dehydrated feeling on the tongue due to MSG overload.