Bintawa Kueh Chap

Another Kuching delicacies is the Kueh Chap.. The kueh is something similar to kueh tiaw (or hor fun) but they're in bigger pieces... and served in the soup with the mixture of pork meats and it's intestines, stomach, ear, etc.. (or I like to use the word pig's spare parts! :) And of course, it comes with their special chilli as well.  As the way I eat it, I will put in all the chilli in the soup and finish it!!

This Bintawa Kueh Chap is located at Jalan Keranji, near Tabuan Jaya.  It was originally located at Bintawa, (as described by the name)  The place would normally packed with customers especially during dinner time.  You'll be lucky if you don't have to wait for your seats during the peak hours.  

The Kueh Chap here is delicious.  They have a few options as well, whether you like your pork soup with the kueh, or with rice.  Kolo Mee is also available.  And they have wanton as well.  Unlike the common wanton clear soup that you can get from other kolo mee stall, the wanton here is served with their pork soup.

The Kueh Chap... available from RM 4, RM 5, RM6 (S, M, L)

The Kolo Mee here is not bad too... 

Another option: rice with the pork soup..

(you can have it dry as well) something similar to pork leg rice..

Rojak Muhammad Kucei

The name of Rojak Kucei is extremely common in Kuching when talking about eating the Indian Rojak.  We used to go to eat this delicious Indian Rojak at their stall at the Batu Lintang Market.  They served their signature dish The Indian Rojak and their Curry Mee.  Just these 2 dishes already made the crowd came storming in their stall.  Sometimes you even have to wait for your seats.  You can see each of their workers do certain task.  The one chopping the chicken will stand there the whole morning chopping till the order stop! While the one frying, preparing the noodle, etc etc... will do their task non stop too... As I can see, the customers starts coming in since 9am-12noon... So you can imagine just how good is their business.  Even rushing and busy with their work, the waiters still serve you with a smile.. That's the great thing!

Kucei is the name of the owner.  He was the one who used to stand there chopping the meat for the dishes, but now, his eldest son had taken over the task.  As their business grows, his younger son opens another outlet at King Centre, and more variety of the Rojak itself is available.  They now served Nasi Beryani as well.  From Chicken to Curry Lamb and Curry Fish.. Their Fish Curry is definitely Yummy!  Especially the Stingray Curry, but it's not available everyday... So you gotta depends on your luck.  

Their famous Rojak, with fried chicken, the tofu, mix vege fritters, bean sprouts, cucumber, and the gravy... Slurp!!

The curry noodle (using yellow noodles and served with the rojak ingredients and the curry gravy)

The Nasi Beryani with Fried Chicken... served with rojak as the side dish, and we ordered the extra Curry Lamb Shank.

The curry Lamb.. we definitely will order this everytime we go... unless it's not available. :p

This is the stingray curry... very delicious.. i like their fish curry gravy.. yum yum... It's not easy if u wanna eat this... You only get to eat this when they bought nice sting ray :)

The Mackerel Curry...

My conclusion, all of the above are yummylicious!!! Si beh ho jiak ar... Go try for yourself!!

Curry Chicken !!!

This gotta be my most favourite curry chicken.  You can eat this tasty curry chicken at Lee Cafe, Green Road, from the stall selling steam soup.  Curry Paste is also available for sell by the tauke nio.  A lot of people ordered her curry for parties too.  Have a try!!!

Sarawak Laksa

 

After the super yummy famous Kuching Kolo Mee, now let me share with you the famous Sarawak Laksa.  This is just another favourite breakfast for the Kuching Lang! And just like the Kolo Mee, most of the coffee shop in Kuching will have a Laksa Stall.  

Cooking the Laksa Soup itself is not an easy task.  I tried to cooked it once and it took me 2-3 hours to prepare all those soup, and the ingredients for the laksa.  You can easily buy the Laksa Paste from the supermarket.  The swallow brand is good.  Maybe one of these days I'm gonna cook it and blog it. :)

Anyway, you can easily get a bowl of this tasty food from just RM 4.  Depending on the prawn size.. :)  A simple bowl of laksa consists of beehoon, bean sprouts, shredded chicken, egg strips, coriander leaves, and belachan!!  A delicious bowl of laksa is always judge from the soup cooked from the prawn & chicken stock, laksa paste and coconut milk.

My favourite Laksa is at Fei Mau coffee shop at Stutong.  Just for your information, it's the same as the one at Chong Choon Cafe @ Abell Road.  Even the coffee shop below the Long House Hotel (the corner shop at the traffic light) is also the same.  The Laksa Soup is just so delicious.  But I prefer the one at Fei Mau.. cause the tauke nio is friendly and they have the big prawn laksa for only RM 7.  See the picture below. 

RM 7.00 Big Prawns Laksa @ Fei Mau

(If you wanna order this big prawn laksa, you gotta tell the tauke nio u wan the RM 7 laksa, cause the price is not displayed on the signboard :))

RM 5.00 @ Fei Mau (smaller prawns)

RM 5.00 @ coffee shop below Long House Hotel

(same taste with the one at Fei Mau and Chong Choon)

RM 6.00 @ Choon Hui Cafe

(this is another famous spot for Laksa, but i think the price is too expensive compare to the one at Fei Mau, and honestly, the laksa here sometimes taste good, sometimes no....)

RM 5 or RM 6 @ Golden Arch Cafe (the stall facing the main road)

also another famous spot for Laksa.. the taste is acceptable.. Sometimes they also have Lobster Laksa as well  (when lobsters are available)

RM 5 @ Fu Yu Coffee Shop Sekama 

(another option for Laksa Beehoon is Laksa Noodle)

RM 5 @ Yi Ann Coffee Shop Sekama

@ Thompson Corner Tabuan Jaya (with clam)

All of the above laksa are recommended, the taste is acceptable to me.  But the best one of course is still the one from Fei Mau.  I only like my Laksa being served with Fresh Sea Prawns (salt water prawns), and definitely not the fresh water prawns.  I think the fresh water prawns taste really bad.. especially with the taste of mud!! I'm not into fresh water fish either.. XD

Besides the above, here are some of the Laksa that I'm not going to taste for the 2nd time.  And don't ask me why :p

@ 456 Cafe behind One TJ 

(it used to be tasty, but this one is just too salty.  The 4 prawns that you see... 2 of them were fresh water prawns XD)

@ Thian Fock Cafe Kenyalang (the stall called Laksa King)  too much coconut milk

@ Expert Food Court Jalan Song (soup not good + muddy prawns XD)

Kuching Kolo Mee

The most famous food in Kuching definitely is the Kuching Kolo Mee.  It's taken for breakfast, lunch, dinner and even for supper!!! I can 100% sure that any Kuching Kia who went overseas or anywhere outside Kuching, will definitely missed the Kolo Mee more than they missed their lover.. haha... Every coffee shop you go, you will definitely see a Kolo Mee Stall.

A traditional Kolo Mee uses lard (pork oil).  But some opt for shallots oil.  But of course, the one using lard tastes better. I like my noodle which is cooked just right.  You won't want to eat a sticky noodle which is over cooked or the stall owner is just too lazy to change the water. And of course, it's RED in colour.  The red colour is called the Char Siew Oil.  Makes the noodles taste abit sweet.  Simply delicious!  Besides just noodles, you can also choose Kueh Tiaw or Bee Hoon.

1. My favourite Kolo Mee is the one at Green Road.  The corner Coffee Shop opposite Chonglin Plaza.  A favourite hangout place for the uncles.  They sell nothing else but Kolo Mee.  But you have to be there early.  If you're there around 10am, probably you'll be disappointed already.  You'll see the tauke start cleaning his stall. :)  Sorry for not being able to provide the picture for this one.  Will try my best to drop by there earlier to snap 1.

2. My 2nd choice of Kolo Mee is also at Green Road.  It's the stall at the entrance of Jalan Gold Jade.  The stall is setup just by the road side. If I'm not mistaken they start selling around 3-4pm till night.  Normally we will go there for takeaway for supper.  (updated with pictures)

 The tapao (take away) look!

 Sorry for the blur pic... Coz can't wait to eat it already... haha

These 2 Kolo Mee at Green Road is definitely the taste of the Original Traditional Kolo Mee.

3.  My 3rd favourite Kolo Mee is the one at Siang Siang Tabuan Jaya.  The stall is Ah Lian Kolo Mee. They have seafood Kolo Mee as well.  They start selling in the morning till night.  Mostly I will ask hubby to tapau for supper. :)  (updated with pic)

The kolo Kueh Tiaw. We had it for breakfast coz I wanted to snap a pictures for this post!!
Honestly speaking, it taste abit different from the one we always tapao for supper.

Coz it's cooked by different person. The lady who cooked it during the night time certainly makes it better!!

Following, are more Kolo Mee!!!

This one is located at Foochow Road No.1.  The stall is opposite Taw Tyres & Batteries (refer to the picture below)  There are a few Kolo Mee Stall setup by the road side along Foochow Road.  This one is recommended!

This is from Kenyalang Market. Recommended!

Min Joo Kee @ Ang Cheng Ho, recommended!

Swee Sen Cafe @ 10th Mile Padawan (Corner shop next to Majlis Perbandaran Padawan)

More option for the Kolo Mee nowdays, instead of just Char Siew (BBQ Pork) and minced pork with average price of RM 2.80, you will find Seafood Kolo Mee or Wanton Kolo Mee.  The picture above @ RM6.00 per bowl.  Which is quite worth, as you can see with fresh prawns, wanton, shrimp balls and fish balls.  Recommended and it's also one of the  famous spot for Kolo Mee in Kuching.

Yi Ann Coffee Shop @ Sekama

Another option is a bowl of Seafood Soup + Kolo Mee.  This one is at Noodle Expert, Kenyalang

No. 6 Coffee Shop @ Jalan Song (Opposite One Jaya)

This is not the original Kolo Mee style.  The noodles are thicker in size.  This one taste good too.

Little Hainan @ Bormill (sorry to say but this one doesn't taste good to me)

Choon Hui Cafe @ Ban Hock Road (this one is sticky!!!)