Home Sweet Home!

I was in Sibu for 2 weeks before coming to Kuching last Satruday. Hubby accompanied us from Johor to Sibu and he went back one week later. He will be coming to Kuching later this week to attend my brother's wedding and accompany me to bring our girls home.

During my stay in Sibu, I had a great time indulging in Sibu food that I had missed so much. I had not return to Sibu for 3 years since I was pregnant with my second daughter.

It was a pity that hubby was not there for longer duration so that I could bring him to newer and fancier places that are popular among the youngsters now. We only brought him to a few 'Must Try' places for typical Sibu food and one Sunday morning, we went to the Tien Ming Ngu stall that we frequent since we were kids.

The stall was packed so we had to sit at the coffee shop opposite the stall and order from there.

The long awaited Tien Ming Ngu finally arrived!

When the Tien Ming Ngu came after a long wait, we were quite disappointed with the taste. It seemed to have lost its signature 'dried cuttlefish' fragrance and the soup tasted somehow 'diluted'.

We did not finish the servings and the girls (who had their father's gene of eating only tasty food) did not want to eat them as well.

Then we saw many passers by stopped to buy something from a small confectionery beside the Tien Ming Ngu stall. We saw that their 'kuih bahulu' and 'kompia' were quickly refilled and thought those must be quite good.

These 'kuih bahulu' cost only RM1 for 4 and tasted quite good with egg fragrance and very soft unlike those sold at stalls in shopping centres which contained mostly flour and very 'brittle'.

We also bought some 'kompia' to try (RM1 for 5, really cheap) and we liked them as well. My elder girl liked to scrap the sesame seeds out and eat them first.

We ended having those 'kuih bahulu' and 'kompia' with our coffee-O and teh-C and the girls enjoyed them very much.

I don't think I will miss Tien Ming Ngu anymore when I am back to Johor.