Penang Seafood Restaurant@Kuching

Hubby and his friend came to this restaurant before. He told me we can get quite decent "order dishes" food here at Penang Seafood Restaurant. It seems that the cook/owner is originated from Penang.
This time around, we ordered three dishes, and two were just good.
I really miss the Belacan Chicken, the real Penang version Belacan Chicken, so we ordered that. Hmm....it turned out to be rather good/similar.


The other two dishes we ordered were not the typical Penang style food, but the Soup based Chinese Spinach was of my liking.


But the bawal hitam fish we ordered was not so fresh....


Saw a few tables ordered Assam Fish, must be quite good here, should check them out next time. According to the magazine I read, they serves Assam Laksa and Char Koay Teow on Sat morning, I must try next time.
The place: Penang Seafood Restaurant ( Below Central Inn )
Jalan Tan Sri Ong Kee Hui, right after Jalan Tabuan tracffic light, it is located at the right hand side.
P/S: We were there for dinner, not sure whether they open for lunch.

the.Dyak@Jln Simpang Tiga, Kuching

We had a scrumptious lunch at the.Dyak and everybody enjoyed every single dishes we ordered.
According to my colleague, the food served at the.Dyak is a mixture of Iban, Bidayuh and Orang Ulu cuisine. This was my first experience trying the authentic aborigines' food, and it really "wow" me. I love the food serves at the.Dyak.

The first dish that came - three layer pork with curry ( we ended up ordered second bowl, as it taste extremely yummy). The gravy was rich, I can taste the simply delicious blends of spices and all natural ingredients. Thumbs Up!!


I love the fact that red rice was served,instead of white rice.


The two lovely vege we ordered, was fibrous, cooking in a simple way, but taste super fresh and delicious!
The sweet potato leaves

And the gooseberry/ changkat manis


Last but not least, chicken cooked in bamboo with tapioca leaves...great taste too!!


I feel like I had just eaten a nice home-cooked food, simply yummy!
Nice ingredients used, superb cooking skill, good ambiance and service! I will be back, for sure!

Basaga Holiday Residences@ Jalan Tabuan, Kuching

This is a lovely place which has got really cool ambiance to dine. I love the greenery here... The little gem is located at Jalan Tabuan, Off Chong Lin Park. Doesn't even have a proper board, but already attracted large crowd of visitors to the restaurant as well as the residences.

Little bird told me that that the accommodation at Basaga is simple, but decent, really value for money.

Anyway, some of the nice shots I have taken before the dinner.
The main entrance to reception and resturant


The Basaga Residences


The reception area



The dining area



This is really a paradise within the concrete forest in the heart of city centre.
The drinks we ordered



The food served here also is above average for Kuching standard, and the most important thing is the overall ambiance can add value to the dining experience. I will surely come again Basaga!!

Sarawak Laksa@Choon Hui Cafe, Kuching

It's Sarawak Laksa again....the famous cafe located at Ban Hock Road beside Grand Continental Hotel is a famous breakfast spot for Kuchingite. This place is especially famous for the Sarawak Laksa and Popiah. Finally, I was able to sample the so called famous laksa last weekend. Perhaps it was due to too high expectation, we felt that the laksa was just mediocre, perhaps the Golden Arch one is much better !

My bowl of laksa - was rather disappointed esp I could taste the chlorine smell when biting the prawns. Not at all a good feeling!


Some people said the toast bread and coffee are good, but to me, they are just another run-of-the-mill version.

The toast bread was so dry, no good!

Sorry Choon Hui, I don't think I will be there again, perhaps the laksa was just not my cup of tea!

Xin Jiang BBQ@ Premier 101, Kuching

This is one of the best BBQ chicken wings I've ever tried. It's nicely marinated with the so called XinJiang recipe....really addictive and full of flavour.

The humble stall is located at Premier 101 commercial area. Open around 6pm in front of a steamboat restaurant within the hawker place. One set of BBQ chicken wings come in 5 pieces, believe me, you will never get enough of it, and true enough, we always tempting to order more. Simply sedap!!


They do sell other BBQ items such as lamb, pork ribs etc which is not of our liking. However, friend told me that those are real good as well.

Big Prawn Laksa@Golden Arch 金门楼 3rd Mile, Kuching

Our foodie colleague recommended Golden Arch laksa to us. He always say, this big prawn laksa is the best in Kuching.
We will go all the way in search of good food, so we started off our day earlier and with little bit of GPS assistance ( since we are not local), we managed to reach our makan destination.

There you go, the much sought-after big prawn laksa@RM8/ bowl.


The prawns are really big and fresh, and this version of Sarawak laksa is different from a few I've tried in Kuching. We like it! Not as rich as the usual one.

He even ordered a plate of "Yau Zha Kueh" to go with the laksa. Frankly speaking, I have never done this before, the combination of Yau Zha Kueh and laksa....but to my surprise, they click well!!!
Worth trying and so far, I kinda agree with him, this is the best, until I try something which is better than this.

p/s: Open for breakfast Only.

Richmond Place@Ellis Road, Kuching

This place is never a stranger to Kuchingite. Richmond is famous of serving reasonably price and decent western food.
Hubby was introduced this place by his ex-colleague, and he always come here for the grilled fish.
Frankly speaking, that's was the best compared to other things we ordered. The place was really crowded, and business was so good, that they opened another shop few doors next to the original shop to accomodate the crowd.
The grilled fish was rather decent.


I ordered pork chop with mushroom sauce. So so only, I don't quite like the sauce...perhaps next time I shall try black pepper sauce??!??


The hungry ghost also ordered one more portion of fish and chips, ok, not bad though.
( Sorry forgot to snap photo).

Overall, I rated the food 6/10. Just ok only, nothing much to shout about.