A long drive

To Sibu. We went to Sibu from Kuching today to visit my father's elder brother, Pak Long. The drive took about 6 hours of 460km non-stop driving with the help of my GPS navigation system. Strangely the drive didn't tire me very much. I guess my mind was absorbed in memories of me when I was a 10 year old kid with my 4 family members travelling in my father's Mitsu Pajero on mostly gravel road from Brunei's Kuala Belait border to Kuching. That was year 1988. Now, the road condition has very much improved (tarmac), travelling in a much refined late model Toyota Prado with me(!) as the driver and with only 1 familiar face from the 1988 trip. It has been 20 years...

One of the low cost hotels in Kuching

View of Sibu town during the day

Sibu town at night

Grilled fish being cooked at one of the Ramadhan bazaar around Sibu

And some grilled calamari

Honey roasted whole chickens mmmm

Some of the grilled foods being sold

I ordered 20 beef & 20 chicken satays

My Pak Long with my father at the background

Some of the food that we bought to break the fast with Pak Long. Chicken with tomato paste, satay, grilled fish & cuttlefish, Briyani rice and some appetizers. We had a wonderful dinner with Pak Long :)

Significant other checking out graduation pictures on the wall after breaking fast. I'm in one of the pictures

Satok

My father had a meeting today at about 4 and unfortunately ended close to break fast time. We went to a few restaurants to try our luck but all of them are full. I suggested Secret Recipe in Satok. Luckily there is a table for 4 pax and its the only one left.Wheww... We then had carrot cheese cakes and some drinks before having our proper dinner at Saddat's located nearby.

I prefer blueberry cheesecake or apple pie cheesecake but this one is ok

Some of the festive cookies being sold by street vendors of Satok

Also the famous Sarawak Layered Cake or locally known as Kek Lapis Sarawak are available here in Satok

We've arrived Kuching on the 25th!

Reached Kuching close to midday after an hour plus flight from KL by MAS. Met my father at the airport and later sent me and other half to his home to relax before before picking us up and his wife later to break fast. Went to Grand Continental at Kuching for a 38++ buffet dinner (which is considerably very cheap compared to KL).

Surprisingly the hall is still noticibly empty 30 mins before breaking fast.

Hotel staff standing by a tray Nasi Arab on a grill and what looks like really nice portions of roasted lamb. mmmm

The Nasi Arab and grilled leg of lamb closeup.

Other dishes ready to go!

My plate. From top, clockwise; mixed vege in oyster sauce, deep fried calamari, grilled lamb with bbq sauce, spiced cockels (center) & Nasi Arab underneath the cockels. Yummy