last week (20th november to be exact), i got a chance to set foot on kuching soil. the flight to kuching international airport from lcct took approximately about 1 hour 40 minutes, and when we got there, it was already dark outside.
our first stop that night was a hawker centre (which i can’t remember the name), and i managed to try out a notable local dish, tomato sauce mee. it is basically crispy noodles served with tomato sauce, vegetables, and meat (click here to view external image). maybe because i’m not a fan of tomato, i was feelin a little bellyful after eatin couple of mouths.
for supper, josey brought me to try out their famous sio bee (siew mai) at the open air market, which has quite a unique sauce to dip in with.
you can't see this here in peninsular
the next mornin, i had a plate of kuching‘s famous kolo mee, and was then shown around kuching city, where i got to “savage” kueh chap, a bowl of flat rice noodles served with pig entrails, tofu, and chicken feet. somethin different, but i’ll still go for bak kut teh for intestines as that’ll be more tasty =)
dunno where this is, i think it's chinatown 
kueh chap
in kuching, you’ll get to see many different kinds of cats, and i mean sculptures, not real life cats. it’s kinda hard takin photos of them while in a movin vehicle, and i only managed to snap one. we should have enormous kong piangs along sitiawan roads as well for tourist attraction.
then, josey took me to see this strange house in some housing area which i’m not familiar (like la i familiar with other part of kuching). until today, i still don’t understand why would the owner wanna renovate his house to look like a prison. weird…
front-side view
front view
after that, i tried belacan bee hoon with cuttlefish, which taste horrible. somethin else happened while we were eatin. you know, in sitiawan, we have those majlis perbandaran manjung people goin around to place a saman ticket your car if you don’t display a parkin coupon on your dashboard? it is somewhat similiar in kuching, and there’s this guy who looked at josey’s dashboard, and walked away. know why?
belacan bee hoon with cuttlefish
the time when the majlis bandaraya kuching guy checked our car
the parking coupon left by josey's brother on the dashboard (the date that day was 21st)
we then walked along kuching main bazaar, which has all kinds of attractive arts & crafts store.
kuching main bazaar (there's more on both sides)
opposite the main bazaar is kuching waterfront, situated along sarawak river.
dewan undangan negeri (still in construction), located across the river
this photo was taken from the waterfront
the frugly first-world-wannabe star cineplex of kuching
the rest of day 2 was spent restin in josey’s house. next day we went to kenyalang for some awesome sarawak laksa (more accurately called curry laksa).
sarawak laksa
in the evenin, i took a stroll at taman sahabat. this unique and picturesque park is the product of a close relationship between kuching and kunming of china.
gateway of taman sahabat
fujifilm gives such awesome outcome 
looks like painting, eh?
some kids feedin the fishes
i didn't know laksamana cheng ho came to kuching
i noticed a lot of people jog there as well.
my night was spent at the waterfront~
greenish night view on kuching waterfront
a ferry crusing in the river, with people aboard having dinner
wow, you actually read till here! not bad, let me carry on. followin day came pretty soon, and i had green noodles for lunch. the noodles has a very nice texture, except for the lack of taste in it’s sauce. after that, without knowin it, i was already in damai beach resort, santubong.
damai beach resort
the beach
it was so cozy that i fell asleep on the sunbathing chair
the sandy beach looks clean, and i think it is private for guests of the resort only, but knowin the ‘beh paisei‘ me, i just walked past the reception desk towards the beach.
we then proceed to damai puri resort located not too far away. this resort seems much bigger than the previous one.
we had dinner at taman kereta (i think that place got its name from its multi-storey carpark), where i got to try out the unusual fried oyster, where the osyters were deep fried to a shape of a big cracker. to be honest, i still prefer the foochows’ fried osyter omelette over penang’s and this.
makan place at taman kereta
kuching's fried (keropok) osyter with sauce
bidin, a wild vegetable i've heard of till that day
the next day, before i left back for kl, i savoured another helpin of kolo mee.
it tastes so much nicer eating there then tapao back
