Kuching; as with any state in Malaysia, has her own culinary specialties to offer to her visitors.
With much gratitude to Pierce for being a gracious host & tour guide, & to akiraceo for his excel sheet guide of Kuching food, we managed to sample some of Kuching’s famous culinary delights.
The below serves as a guide only & the places suggested is open for individual debate. For those of you who thinks that there is a better alternative, do share by leaving me a comment below. Both myself & readers of this page would certainly appreciate your input. 😉
| Food type |
Brief Description
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Popular Locations
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| Kolo Mee | Kuching’s signature dish. Served with Cha Siew & minced pork. Available in 2 different preparations, White is original. Red is mixed with Cha Siew sauce. | Green Road (morning) Tabuan Jaya Siang Siang Kenyalang old market (morning) Electra house open air (night) 7th miles |
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| Sarawak Laksa | Thin rice vermicelli served in flavourful spiced soup with toppings of shredded chic, prawns,omelette | Chuan Choon (morning) Golden Arch (3rd miles)- (morning) |
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| Tomato Mee | Your choice of noodles in thick tomato gravy, served with seafood & pork. | Sekama – Morning Hui Sing open Air (Stall 4) – Night |
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| Kueh Chap | Smooth rice noodle sheets in herbal-ish soup with pork & innards | 3rd mile market – Night Petanak market – Night |
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| Kampua | Sibu’s signature noodle. Almost alike Hakka Mee. Tossed in lard w fried shallots. | Top One Food Court, Ang Cheng Ho | |
| Belacan Beehoon | Beehoon served with belacan gravy & topped with cuttlefish. | SongKimHai Market – Afternoon Premier 101 – Afternoon |
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| Cha Kueh | Kuching styled Fried Radish Cake. 2 fried styles, Sweet w Chai Poh or Salty w Eggs. You can order “mixed” too. | Petanak market- Night Tabuan Jaya Market – Afternoon |
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| Mee Sapi – Beef Noodle | Choice of noodles in beef stock topped w beef | Electra house open air – morning | |
| Kolok Mee with Pork soup | Kolo mee in thick pork peppery pork soup. | Carpenter street – morning | |
| Ting Mien Hu | Foochow’s styled Kueh Tiao soup | suggestions? | |
| Mee Jawa | curry mee | Batu Lintang- Morning | |
| Malak Noodle | Noodle served with spicy sauce and minced meat. | Life Caf̩ (Ren Jien Cha Fan) РDay-Night | |
| Sio Bee (Siu Mai) | Kuching version of siu mai, but filling is made from minced prawns, chic, glutinous flour. | Electra house open air -Morning til late night | |
| Red Chicken Wings | Chicken wings marinated w Cha Siew & BBQ sauce. | India Street – Afternoon 3rd mile market – Morning |
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| Gingery Chicken Wings | Chicken wings marinated with Ginger and deep fried. | Lok Lok – night | |
| Kong Piang | Sibu’s signature bun. Stuffed with juicy meats | Premier 101 – Night | |
| Steamed buns/(paus) | Kuching’s version of paus. Cha Siew, big pau, etc. Fillings are cooked differently. | Yong Guan Kenyalang -Morning | |
| Kuih Muihs | Sarawak Variety of local ‘Kuih’ | Sunday Market – evenings | |
| SEAFOOD | Seafood dishes | Batu Lintang Electra house open air Premier 101 (all @night) |
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| Oh Chien | Sarawak version of oyster omelette | Local restaurants | |
| Kacama | Herbal spices cooked with white wine and chicken | Local restaurants | |
| Sambal Midin (Bilin) | Sarawak paku pakis cooked with sambal | Local restaurants | |
| Manni Cai (Money Vege?) | Sweet leaves. Usually cooked w eggs or beehoon. | Local restaurants | |
| Ayam Panggang | Lakia styled BBQ chicken. Marinated with special local spices. | Matang Jaya – eve til night | |
| Sugarbun Chicken | Local fastfood chain. Peppery Fried Chicken. | Any branch | |
| Teh C Peng | Kuching signature drink | Chuan Choon – morning | |
| Teh C Peng Special | 3 layered Tea C Peng. Either w Pandan syrup or Gula Atap. | Fresh Food Court 7th Miles (Founder) | |
| Teh C Peng 4&5 layers | w Additional layers of wheat grass & grassjelly. | Jalan Song – all day | |
| AngTao ChenLuk | Sarawak version of Cendol | SongKimHai Market – aftnn | |
| ABC, Jagung Ice, Special | varieties of iced -desserts | do order to try in any desserts stall | |
| Metahon/White lady | Kuching popular Ice kacang | Hui Sing open Air ( Stall 17) – night | |
| Sugarcane + Coconut | Sugarcane juice + Coconut | SongKimHai Market – aftnn | |
| WheatGrass C | Wheatgrass with milk | Kenyalang old market | |
| AloeVera | AloeVera served with vanilla syrup | Any coffee shop | |
| 3 sour drink | A mixture of water plum, lime and lemon | Any coffee shop | |
| Fantasy/Love potion | F&N fruitade and Stawberry with milk | Any coffee shop | |
Anything that I should add? Anyone? 😉
Feedback appreciated!
wow! what a list of foods!! yums! i love kolo mee at here! 😀 :good: :good:
kolo mee is gooooood! Hehehe…
Wah!!! You had all those in a space of how many days??? that’s quite a lot!
Oh no!
These are the suggested list! Wait I update atr post wht I had! 😉
kueh chiap sounds interesting! wonder if it has a good mix of innards (ie. must have pork liver!) 😀
Ahhh… wait for my upcoming post on it! 😉
yeah…that kolo mee with mixed pork soup in carpenter street :good: is certainly one of its kind…i find the kolo mee tossed with vinegar to be something rather unique.
http://charlesloh.blogspot.com/2010/02/glutton-with-broken-heart-kuchings-food.html
Ahh… you are quite the expert on Kuching food too yea?
Ooh this is a must-print list! Or well, I’ll wait till you post on whether they’re individually good!
Haha! I din’t get to try all as my itinerary was pretty much confined to Sarawak Cultural Village. But hey I will be posting on those I tried!
Awesome. Just what I need for the next 3 days!
U got a guide (Naomi & Lightyourichi etc) . no need to worry ;p
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hahahahahaha only Rebecca can come up with this kinda list lololol :good:
Hahaha! I’m a die-hard foodie yea? But hey this list will be useful!! 😉
There a shop which is famous for pau and sio bee at padungan(same row as Everise, the second last shop). It’s open morning till noon. while at night there’s a stall at the shop next to it which offers awesome siobee and pau too! Try them!
Ohhhhh! Thank you for the suggestions!
I hope I will be back to Kuching soon. I have yet t o try so many things! 😉
I will also add your suggestions to the list! Will update soon!
I believe it’s call Fook Hoi or Hok Hai (in hokkien).
Oh, there’s a hokkien name for it?? Why?
By the way, it’s “kueh chap” 🙂
Haha! Thks babe for pointin it out. amended ;p
I want kolo meeeeeeee! Ting Mien Hu is really good.
Wht is Ting Mien Hu anyway???
You can try Foody Goody, just next to Kuching Specialist Hospital for some local delicacies like kolo mee or laksa as well. The review by her might be useful; http://annna.net/foody-goody-tabuan-stutong-commercial-centre/
Oh thank you!! 😉
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rebeccasaw, you can describe the food very well you know. thanks. just that by editing your table, into morning session, lunch and dinner will be perfect.
cheers
Hey Kim!
Thank you thank you for your encouraging comments 🙂
I do love writing, esp about food! HAha.. And I’m longwinded, I got so much to say!
Oh, that’s a good idea really. Yup, will look into editing the table again.
Happy New Year Kim!