Category: Food Porn

CNY day 5, had lunch at Patio. It’s situated opposite Dewan Masyarakat, I don’t know what it’s called in English, it’s the hall where Kuching Festival Food Fair is held every year.

Left: Menu.
Right: The interior. There were so many people just now. Almost full house. Don’t judge a book by its cover. We were kinda shocked to see so many people in there.

Left: Watermelon juice(RM4.50)
Middle: Orange juice(RM4.50), too sweet, too much sugar!
Right: Tom Yam Fried Rice(RM4.50), hmm… I waited for about 45 minutes for it. Goshhh… So long… There were too many customers and they seemed to be out of hand. The Tom Yam paste was kinda clotted here and there. However, the portion was big enough. I think they are in a hurry. The table next to us complained to the owner and left by cancelling their final order.

Pattaya Fried Rice(RM4.50), portion is big. Worth the money and the taste wasn’t so bad but we waited for this for half hour -_-”

I heard many people complain that Patio’s food sucks. I don’t know *shrug*. As least the two dishes we ordered weren’t that bad. The portion are big, the price are reasonable. It’s air-conditioned with minimal decors. What I don’t like is that they are taking too long to get the food out, even the drinks too.

It’s a place to hang out with friends but for meals, I don’t really recommend it unless you have a lot of time to waste.

On Thursday night, it rained. We closed our stall early. Then went for supper. Couldn’t think of where to go and ended up at Best Berry.

Left: The ceiling.
Right: Fried Chicken Wing(RM4.90). I prefer grill one.
Left: Kiwi Tea Squash(RM3.50). Last time they had Kiwi slice in there but now no more, they blended them into the tea. According to the owner, they decided to do that because all the Kiwi slices were thrown away because patrons didn’t eat them. They felt that it’s very wasteful. Indeed very wasteful and Kiwi fruits aren’t cheap.
Right: Iced Orange Tea(RM3).

I like their drinks there. Especially the iced teas. I don’t know why but some how I have difficulty to pick what food to order there 😛 They have so many types of food. By the way, lots of ice desserts too. Next time will try out one of them hehehe… Never had one before.

We chatted with the owners that night. Chatted till midnight summore *LOL* We talked about so many things, almost everything under the sun. Nice to meet you, Chris and Vivien.

By the way, CNY coming soon. That’s tomorrow. It’s not easy to find a place to dine out during these period of time, even if got, it’s only McD, KFC and Pizza Hut. If not then the coffeeshop will charge you more. I remember once that we had kole mee on the 3rd day of CNY at a coffeeshop and we were charge freaking RM5 for a normal kolo mee that cost only RM2 on normal days.

No worries anymore! The good news is that Best Berry is open on the 1st to 3rd day of CNY from 10am-12am. They are not going to mark up their food and drinks. Don’t be afraid to go there during CNY hehehe… They are ethical businesswomen. The best part is that, you get to take part in their LUCKY DRAW!!! You have the chance to take away RM1K!!! Besides that, there are also other prices to be won too such as vouchers. This will happen on the 1st and 2nd day of CNY.

They will close on 9th March 2007-12th March 2007 as they are going for a fishing trip at Sabah! So… All you kaki pancing… Do look for them if you would like to get to know more fishing enthusiats in Kuching. Fishing is usually guys’ hobby. They are the ladies that like to fish, it’s rare. Don’t you think?

Oh… I’m not paid to blog about it! I still pay for what I had ordered. Just happened to get to know them so might as well introduce them to you 🙂

Went to Madam Tang’s for lunch the other day. Haven’t had any laksa for a long long time… Craving for it.

Left: The interior. Non air-conditioned.
Right: Drinks, ice lemon tea(RM1.20) and fresh barley(RM1.20).
Left: Regular Laksa(RM4). They have Special too.
Right: New menu, not really new actually. Should say the latest addition to the menu, Nasi Lemak.

The laksa portion is more now. The laksa here is recommended, thick enough. Taste better than previously. Still I don’t really like the sambal.

OK… Kacang Tumbuk is in Malay. I’m not sure what it’s called in English. Direct translation would be “Pound(Tumbuk) Nuts(Kacang)” hahaha… In Hokkien, we called it “Kong T’ng”. They are made from peanuts, maltose and sugar. The texture is powdery and have some crispy parts also. Quite messy when eating this. Oh… Becarefully when eating this, don’t talk as you’ll get choke.

For the Chinese, when they are announcing their engagement, they will give friends and relatives boxes/packets of “engagement sweets”. Usually there are two types of sweet in the box/packet. One is the hard type and one is the powdery type. The hard type is made from hard toffee and peanuts. The powdery type is Kacang Tumbuk/Kong T’ng. They are both wrapped in red coloured papers that usually would stain your hand red. However, nowadays some people don’t use these instead they are replaced with sweets and chocolates packed nicely in boxes or gift wrappers/bags.