Day 3 Kuching: Cultural Village & Ayam Penyet

Hello, it is my day 3 in Kuching
After the rainy day yesterday, the days to come are all sunny :)

Another day awoken by the bright sky at around 7am++

Heading out for breakfast around 9am

BREAKFAST

Ho Joo Cafe, 3rd Mile Bazaar

Sarawak laksa with teh c peng :)

My first time trying Sarawak laksa!

Of all the laksa I've ever had, this is the mildest one

Not spicy, but I love the prawn, fu chuk and strips of chicken

Awesome breakfast, feels so local :)

Full tummy, time to burn it

Sarawak Cultural Village

Here we are in Sarawak Cultural Village

Xu Vin brought friends here annually, so she is like our super tour guide 

This is the Chinese traditional house

Pose pose XD

Pose a bit then tried to work this thing, not easy

My Mom told me she used to help her neighbour with this

Fabulous cat found on top of the table in the Chinese traditional house

Look at him! 

Feel like want to carry him home, sleep also got style!

The Malay traditional house

I love this shot

Xu Vin turned into our photographer, running up and down helping to take our pictures

If I'm not mistaken, this is the Orang Melanau house

We were told that this house model is about 3-4 times smaller than the real one, include the height

*Dang!*

Inside the Orang Melanau house

Look at how they build the staircase, going up is okay, but coming down is horrible

The floor is a bit scary, some of the gap is a bit bigger than the other one, but super tough, no worries!

I didn't take down note, if I'm not mistaken this is Orang Ulu house

The wood used for the floor is way better than the one in Orang Melanau house

We saw this wooden xylophone, even if you whack it, it is still very tough

Okay, we didn't whack it

The house corridor is so spacious, was said to use for gathering purpose because one house usually has a few family

At 11am, they have cultural dance performance at the auditorium

After a long walk under the scorching sun, finally we were able to sit comfortably to watch the show

We bought something while walking along the cultural village

This is Sago Pancake

It costs RM2

I don't remember how they cook, but no oil needed

It looks dry, but tasty

It tasted like waffles to me

 We had simple lunch in Damai beachfront

Rice and ABC :)

No pictures

Cat Museum

Everything related to cat

From Hello Kitty to Garfield

Prosperity cats, batik with cats' eyes, drawings

Cats everywhere

Went up to Kuching Civic Centre

One of the best place to view the city of Kuching, 360 degree view

Nice weather 

I'm starting to fall in love on this place :)

Hot day, what's next?

Definitely something that match hot weather the best

Sunny Hill Ice-Cream

The super famous homemade ice-cream in Kuching

Xu Vin told us that they have different flavour everyday

The day we went, they are having Strawberry

Can either order Strawberry ice-cream or Vanilla ice-cream or mixed

We had the mixed one with peanuts

RM 2.70

Sometimes they will have other flavours like Yam, Chocolate, Corn and end of thinking capacity (etc)

Awesome on a super hot day

DINNER

We took the sampan across Waterfront to look for this place called 

My Village Barok Bistro

7, Jalan Kampung Boyan, 93050 Kuching, Sarawak

This place is recommended by Xu Vin's sister for its Ayam Penyet

Ta-dah!!!!!

We ordered a 2-person set, add 1 plate of rice

Every dishes have a lot of choices on how you want it to be cooked

Of course we have the Ayam Penyet, which taste super awesome with the special sauce

Fish of the day was siakap, we want it to cooked with sweet and sour sauce

For the soup, we have the choice of tom yam or vegetable soup. We ordered vegetable soup, but there are chicken meat inside.. Haha :D

There is Chinese-styled tofu with mushroom, really taste like the one in Chinese restaurant. I like the sauce..

Vegetable time! My first time eating this, was said not available in Peninsular Malaysia. This is MIDIN (jungle fern)

It looks like the Paku we had back in Peninsular, but this isn't

We picked midin to be fried with garlic

There are a lot of choices of how you want it to fried with

I was a bit skeptical when I first saw this jungle fern, paku wasn't my favorite. But this is good and crunchy :)

For the drinks, the waiter recommended us Barok Special.

A twist of Sunkist with lime, lemon, lychee and asam boi, a refreshing and appetizing mix

If I'm not mistaken, the meal cost about RM49 

(Don't remember, I might be wrong)

Must take picture before eating, Xu Vin and me me me :)

Even the family that sat beside us saw us taking picture of the food, she was like 

"Take take, arrange a bit"

Awesome people!

Love