Monday, August 31, 2009

Sarawak Eats!

The hornbill, iconic state bird of Sarawak, East Malaysia.

An introduction to Iban (native ethnic group in Sarawak) cuisine and culture! Iban kueh (similar to pancake) and crispy vermicelli.

Monica with a sourish fruit called "ke-dongdong", fresh from the tree!


The Ibans live communally and meals are taken in the common corridor of the longhouses. Their rice is of the red/purplish type and accompanied by lots of vegetable dishes. Meat was a luxury cooked for us guests!

We certainly feasted on the famous Sarawak "kolo mee" :)

My first taste of Sarawak laksa - not as rich as the sg style.

A new discovery! Sarawak is famous for their "bidin" (fern) dish fried with spicy sambal belacan. YUM!

And to top our experience, fresh raw honey from a smoked bee hive. Imagine that dripping down your throat!

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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Spring Haiku


Spring Haiku

"Sakura dances to our song" by John Tiong Chunghoo

sakura petals
twirl and swirl
to our spring song

sakura petals
swarm down to greet
our spring song

below the sakura tree
the dainty steps
of a girl

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Saturday, August 15, 2009

National Day weekend :)

A few of us gathered in our reds and... mini sg flag pins! at Malaya Inn for lunch last Sunday. And a true blue sg lunch must include oyster omelette!

Carrot cake...

and rojak! Safe to say, we ordered too much food :D

Endang's birthday BBQ - another round of food, cocktails, great music and wonderful company :) Probably my first BBQ of the season!

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Saturday, August 01, 2009

Le weekend

My favourite starter - banh cuon with prawn/pork and assorted "meats".

Caught up with Jocelyn today - we watched "My Sister's Keeper", a movie adaptation of the popular Jodi Picoult novel. Imagine Cameron Diaz playing the aggressive mother of a cancer stricken daughter! Headed to Victoria St at my behest... for more yummylicious Vietnamese cuisine at Thanh Ha 2 (120 Victoria St)!

Jocelyn had bun cha (grilled pork on rice vermicelli) while I tried mi quang (a noodle dish from the central Quang Nam province) for the first time! Prawns, quail eggs, sauteed pork and rice noodles are served up in a tasty turmeric broth and topped with sesame rice crackers, herbs and nuts. I'm definitely returning to have the beef in betel leaves table BBQ ;)

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