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Kuching Festival 2024 – Quick Overview

Posted on August 5, 2024August 5, 2024 By sweet surrender No Comments on Kuching Festival 2024 – Quick Overview

It’s that time of the year again! Kuching Festival started from 26 July and will end on 18 August 2024 at MBKS community hall. it starts at 5pm. I’ve went there a few times. Here’s my quick overview of the event. If you do follow me on my Instagram or Facebook, you will already see the posts about it already. I’m going to compile all of them here.

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Here’s some tips for you if you’re going to the festival:

If you want to go to Kuching Festival, do go before 5pm if you want to avoid the crowd and for easy parking. Otherwise, go after 9pm when the dinner crowd disperse.

Do remember to bring cash. Do not rely on e-wallet. You cannot fully trust it. Also, some stalls do not offer such payment method.

Aside from that, bring a portable fan with you. It’s extremely hot there! Having a cap or umbrella is good.

Oh! Bring your own bag or basket or trolley for your food. No plastic bags are provided.

In conclusion, it’s not a place to save money. You will likely to overspend or overbuy and overeat hahaha! Also, don’t expect all the food are delicious. It’s really by luck or by chance. Good luck!

To me, it’s just fun to see so many food and feel the festival vibes that you normally don’t get to experience. How about you?

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Happy Lunar New Year 2024

Posted on February 10, 2024February 10, 2024 By sweet surrender No Comments on Happy Lunar New Year 2024

Wishing you a blessed year of the dragon. Did quite a number of cookies and snack this year’s Lunar New Year. All together, there are 12 types! I didn’t realized I made so many of them. It was all meant to be experimenting with different cookies recipes. Some turned out great, some just so-so. At least they’re edible hahaha!

Happy Lunar New Year 2024

Will be a bit slower in updating this blog. However, you will still get to see daily updates and weekly updates on my other social media accounts. You’ll get to see what I made for the dragon year this year in the links below.

Lovebellbelle @ Instagram
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Lovebellbelle @ YouTube
Lovebellbelle @ TikTok
艾艾倪 @ 小红书
Lovebellbelle @ Lemon8

Lastly, here are some of the decorations of this year’s lunar new year in and around Kuching.

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Till then, see you and take care!

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Mooncake Festivals in Kuching 2023

Posted on September 26, 2023 By sweet surrender No Comments on Mooncake Festivals in Kuching 2023

It’s that time of the year again. Mid-autumn Festival is around the corner. With that, there are two Mooncake Festivals happening in Kuching now. One at Carpenter Street and the other one at Batu Kawah.

I don’t understand why they called it “Mooncake Festival” instead of “Mid-autumn Festival”. There is no such thing as “Mooncake Festival” elsewhere except in Kuching LOL!! Do not expect to see mooncake showcases in the Mooncake Festivals. There’s none. Even the festival in Chinese is called mid-autumn and not mooncake. Go figure…

I’ve visited two of them. The following are the posts I made on Instagram.

Kuching Intercultural Mooncake Festival, Carpenter Street

Date: 20th-29th September (Evening)

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Batu Kawa Mooncake & Lantern Carnival

Date: 23rd September – 1st October (Evening)

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Anyway, you still have a few more days to visit the festival. There’s no harm in having a look and feeling the fun of the festival. I would say to go early. As early as 5 pm if you want to avoid the crowd and to get a better parking spot. However, Kuching people seemed like no need to work haha! They will show up even by 4.30 pm ;p

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Kuching Festival 2023 (28 Jul-20 Aug)

Posted on July 31, 2023August 2, 2023 By sweet surrender No Comments on Kuching Festival 2023 (28 Jul-20 Aug)

The annual Kuching Festival is back! As usual, it’s located at MBKS Community Hall. This year, it runs from 28 July to 20 August. I didn’t go on the first day. Instead went on the third day, a Sunday. Not even 5pm, looking for a nearby parking space was impossible on both sides of the road. People had been pouring in since 4.30pm.

Kuching Festival 2023
The main entrance…

The entrance to the festival ground is hideous! It’s like the arc used for a funeral setup. They shouldn’t put that two little roofs on top of the pillars. That’s the main issue. Why can’t just have the mascot and balloons cutouts decorating the top? It gives a more festive and cheerful mood.

Many stalls but nothing fancied us

There are over 300 stalls this year. Unfortunately, many stalls that used to be there were no more. We went there and wanted to get some of the familiar food but they were not there anymore. We spent 1 1/2 hours walking the whole festival ground and even made 1 1/2 rounds, we still couldn’t decide what to get. Too much fancy food and food prices have increased so much! It’s really not worth it to spend that much money on them.

Kuching Festival 2023
What an experience!

We ended up just buying Taiwanese sausage (RM10 for 3) for the sake of buying something. If we didn’t buy anything, that would be a record! We would go back empty-handed for the first time. Thinking that it’s the safest food to buy as it’s something we’re familiar with. Apparently, the sausage was contaminated, got worms! Only knew after eating it. That was also due to someone on my Instagram alerting me about it after I posted it on my Instagram story. Otherwise, I won’t know. Had also sent the hi-res photo to people who are familiar with such things to confirm and indeed it’s worms! It’s not skin! It’s worms! Not gonna share the photo here. If you know, you know.

I didn’t even see the dead worms when I took them out to take a photo. After taking the photo, I put it back into the bag. Maybe the “roasted” worms were shaken/rubbed off into the bag when we took it out again to eat. That’s why we didn’t see the worms when we ate it.

We had also seen the doctor and showed the photo to the medical professionals there. We were given deworming medicine. Even though the tapeworms seemed “cooked”, we’re not sure the temperature inside the sausage was high enough to kill whatever it was inside. Hence, we’re eating the medicine as a precautionary measure to kill off whatever was not “killed” by the heat in the sausage. I don’t know how many people were affected by this and how many days it’s been like this.

Update from the relevant department (2/8/2023)

A complaint was lodged on Talikidmat on 1st August. They are very efficient. I got the feedback on 2nd August with this reply:

Dear sir, the sausage casings are made of natural animal intestines, in the process of making sausage, the external fatty tissues and inner submucosa of the animal intestines are removed or break and washes. The “white strips” could be the remains of the submucosa left after the washing process. It is found on a few of the sausages shown to us. To conclude, the white strips are not the tapeworm as per reported. Case closed.

This is also the reason why I don’t post the photo on this blog or do a full post on it on my Instagram or Facebook. I wanted to make sure that it is really not worms. If the specific post was done, I’m 100% sure it would get out of control.

With the response given, for those of you who were lucky to see it in my story, are you convinced? if you are not, there’s nothing much that can be done. I don’t have the sample for them to test, just a photo. They went to check and that’s what they found. All I can say is just be extra alert with what you put into your mouth at festivals like this. Do spend and eat at your own risk. If you really encounter any issues, do report them.

Kuching Festival 2023
No plastic bags

Do take note there are no plastic bags given. Therefore, you have to bring your own bags so that you can carry your food around. Some stalls even charge you for paper bags! Like… Excuse me? You don’t charge for plastic bags last time when plastic bags were allowed but you are charging for paper bags now. What’s the logic?

Kuching Festival 2023
Roadblocks

Tomorrow, the 1st of August, there will be a roadblock at the Kuching Waterfront area starting at 6am until the end of the event. This is in conjunction with the commemoration of the 35th anniversary of Kuching achieving its city status. It will happen at 10am at the compound of Square Tower at the Kuching Waterfront.

Next, there will be a Kuching Street Parade in conjunction with the 60th anniversary of Sarawak Independence this coming Saturday evening (5 August, 7pm). There will be roadblocks this coming Thursday and Friday for rehearsal. Then, another roadblock will be Saturday morning till the end of the event. So do avoid Padungan until Padang Merdeka area these three days unless you wanna join in the fun.

A Special Tent
Kuching Festival 2023
Kuching Festival 2023

There’s a special tent this year. Many creative fusion food here. There’s pansuh siobee some more. It’s cooler to sit here but the place is limited. If people decided to smoke or vape in here, you are pretty much trapped inside inhaling all of those.

Garden Show & The Stage
Kuching Festival 2023

How can one miss the Garden Show and the series of performances on the stage on the lake?

Kuching Festival 2023

The Garden Show these few years had been scaled down a lot. Not many surprises there. It’s pretty much what you get every single day.

Kuching Festival 2023

There are two wishing wells here. One is a well, one is a cat. So, wish at your own risk *LOL* You believe your wish will come true by throwing money inside?

Trade Show
Kuching Festival 2023

The indoor trade show is in the hall every year. Back then, there were outdoor ones too but now no more. Its space was taken by food stalls. It’s no longer as exciting as it used to be. Even many booths were empty. Not rented.

Conclusion
Kuching Festival 2023

Be prepared to brace for the crowds and the heat. It’s hazy these days too. Be sure to stay hydrated. Also, make sure you check your food before putting it into your mouth. Don’t expect to find your usual Kuching food there. Aside from that, there isn’t halal and non-halal segregation. That’s the beauty of the festival.

Feel free to go and join the fun. As for spending money on food, spend it at your own risk.

On a Side Note

By the way, Sarawak is hosting the national-level International Museum Day at Sarawak Cultures Musuem from 31 July to 5 Aug. There are a series of activities there. Do note that the parking there is closed. So you have to park somewhere and walk there to join the activities. You can check out further details on their official FB Page.

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Orchid Park at DBKU | Entry is Free

Posted on July 18, 2023 By sweet surrender No Comments on Orchid Park at DBKU | Entry is Free

I had the opportunity to pay Orchid Park at DBKU a visit a few weeks ago. It was my second visit. The entrance is free. The first time I went, there were so many orchids. That was years ago. However, this time around, there were only a few.

They had just placed the new plants there. Not sure when it will flower though. Just don’t put high hope to seeing many orchids when you’re there. You really have to have luck to see them haha! According to the website, there is a total of about 75,000 orchid plants and 65 genera can be found at the Orchid Park. You can find Borneo Orchid at the Orchid Park. Namely, Lady Slipper (Paphioppedillum Stonei and P.Lowii), Coelogyne Dearei, and Phalaenopsis Bellina.

While you are there, do make sure you keep yourself cool and hydrated because there’s hardly any shade. Do bring a hat or umbrella to cover yourself from the sun and water would be good enough.

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The place is suitable for people of all ages to visit.

OPENING HOURS:
9:30am to 6:00pm (Tuesday to Sunday including Public Holidays)
Closed on Mondays for maintenance works.

DRIVING DIRECTIONS:
In case you want to go, here’s the map from Google. Those unfamiliar with the area will likely have difficulty locating it without a GPS.

Feel free to check out other posts of Kuching on this blog.

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