Near or Far: June 2015

Hello guys!

Today’s post will be about KUCHING again.

DAY 2

Rented a car from http://kuchingcarrental.com/

(Service is very good. Called them last minute around 10.30pm the night before and get the car next morning at 9am)

Why last minute? Because the one we booked initially didn't turn up when they promise to send the car over 9pm in the previous night.

~~http://kuching-car-rental.com/price/~~

(BACK-OFF)

We were ready for breakfast at 9am but its already too late for hotel breakfast so we went to nearby coffee shop for breakfast.

MUNCH (Random)

Service was kinda slow. The taste of the egg quite weird and it looks like a fake egg isn't it?

SARAWAK CULTURAL VILLAGE

Sarawak Cultural Village, Pantai Damai, Santubong

Entrance fee : RM63 (Adult include GST)

Opening hours : 9am to 5.15pm daily

Two Cultural Shows per day :

11.30am, 4pm

It takes more or less an hour to arrive from the city.

After Cultural Village, we went to DAMAI BEACH RESORT since it is just nearby.

CAT MUSUEM

Lobby Floor of Kuching North City Hall Headquarters on top of Bukit Siol at Jalan Semariang, Petra Jaya

Monday – Sunday : 9am to 5pm

Free of charge, unless you are bringing in your camera.

After that, We took lunch at a random shop because the one we wanted to go was closed and it only open at night. (No photo taken) >.<

It was already almost 4pm when we reached our hotel. We took a nap then went out again around 6.30pm for dinner.

HUI SING HAWKER CENTRE

169-177, Lorong Taman Hui Seng 3, Taman Hui Sing

Matternhorn (Stall 2)

ABC (Stall 2)

Tomato Mee (Stall 4)

Kam Pua Mee (Stall 7)

Pork Satay (Stall 10)

After dinner, we went to CITYONE MEGAMALL to shop and then back to our hotel at 9.30pm.

The end of Day 2.

DAY 3

SIN LIAN SHIN

182, Jalan Green, 93150 Kuching

Kolok Mee

They have white and red (I don’t know what’s the difference). We ordered both white and red each but I think they served us both the white one only, since we were rushing and the food came quite slow so we didn’t bother much to change it.

JONG’S CROCODILE FARM

Siburan, 29km Kuching-Serian Road 93250 Kuching

Entrance fee : RM22 (Adult)

Opening hours : 9am to 5pm (Daily)

Feeding time : 11am, 3pm

AH KHENG

Jubilee Recreation Ground, Kuching

Jagong Milo

Yoka

Belacan Bee Hoon

– I think it is quite famous in Kuching. So we tried for the second time because we thought the first one was bad. But with disappointment, it taste the same. Maybe it is really not our thing.

DAYANG SALHAH

Ground Floor, Jalan Penrissen, Kota Sentosa, Kuching

Search online and many people recommended this shop. So we came here to buy Layer Cake as souvenirs to bring home.

We went back to hotel to keep the cake in the room then out again we go. We went to watched movie at THE SPRING SHOPPING MALL and did some window shopping there.

PREMIER 101 COMMERCIAL CENTRE

Premier 101 Commercial Centre, Jalan Tun Jugah

Kueh Chap

Chau Kuey Tiaw

ALADDIN CAFE

Lebuh Carpenter, Kuching

Fried chicken

Remember I told you there’s one shop we wanted to try on the previous day but only open at night. This is the one. We ordered their friend chicken without rice
(This shop is famous with their chicken rice).

We were back at the hotel around 9pm to return the car. And that’s the end of Day 3.

Last day, we just relax ourselves at the hotel’s swimming pool then home sweet home.

The end of Kuching Trip post. Till next time again.

P/S : We spent a total of RM1,500 (all in) for 2 person.

Kuching Day 1

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Hello guys! I’m back.

Today’s post will be KUCHING.

Experience is more valuable even though it is only a small city.

Hotel : ARIVA GATEWAY.
Booked it from Agoda.com website, you can just check their price there.

Arrived at Kuching around 9.30AM and took a cab to the hotel.

P/S : I can hardly tell if the food taste good, but if it’s not my thing then I will stop eating.

CHONG CHOON CAFÉ

Lot 121, Jalan Abell, Section 3, 93100 Kuching

Sarawak Laksa

Popiah - Not my thing

CHINATOWN INN, KUCHING

117, Jalan Padungan, 93100 Kuching

SONG KHENG HAI HAWKER CENTRE

Lorong 15, Off Jalan Padungan

Sugarcane coconut (Stall 1) – Very refreshing drinks. Highly recommend.

Kong Pia (Stall 7)

Belacan Bee Hoon (Stall 26) – Not my thing.

Next destination : TUN JUGAH SHOPPING COMPLEX, SARAWAK PLAZA

The malls are very small that you can finish both of them in less than an hour. Thankfully, there’s one Popular Bookstore in Tun Jugah Shopping Complex so we spent our time wandering around the bookstore.

After getting enough rest at the hotel, we went to another mall nearby around 5pm which is HILL SHOPPING MALLS. Still a very small mall and we finished it quite fast. Then we walked to KUCHING WATERFRONT for some sight-seeing before we go for dinner. Since it is only 5.45pm that time, we paid a total of RM40 for two and hop on the boat for sunset as told by boat driver? No sunsets because the sun is covered by the trees but we had fun just by relaxing inside the boat. By the way, it takes approximately one hour.

It’s 6.45pm when we’re done then we looked for the restaurant for our dinner which is KHATULISTIWA CAFÉ RESTAURANT. We just have to walk along the Waterfront and you will see it. BUT! It was closed down. Then what? Look into google maps again to see if there is restaurant nearby for dinner and we found TOPSPOT SEAFOOD (Stall 25). I actually see many people recommend this place in the web but since Sabah itself is famous with seafood so I skipped it in my itinerary. Since there were no other choice, we just give it a try.

Butter Prawn

– The butter sauce was good but the prawn I can’t say it’s not fresh because it doesn’t smells, it’s just that the sweetness of the prawn is not there.