Chung Tze Seafood, Kuching

Located near RH Plaza (behind Siang Siang Cafe), BDC, this is one of our favourite chu-chau when eating out in Kuching. Food is delicious and prices are very reasonable. Lots of people during the weekends and public holidays so come early or there won’t be any empty tables left!

We often eat here and last night we had salted egg crab, lean pork with salted fish, belacan midin, Vietnam style prawns, haisiam teng and fresh coconuts.

Salted egg crab, simply crabtastic!

Vietnam style prawns (mildly spicy). This was very nice, sweet-sour, spicy, a bit like tom yam to me.

The ever-popular belacan midin, a type of jungle fern popular in Sarawak (considered one of our signature dishes along with kolo mee, Sarawak laksa, umai, terubok etc.).

The only disappointment… haisiam teng (sea cucumber soup). Bland and watery.

Yummy-licious lean pork with salted fish, we never miss ordering this when we eat here.

Almost every table was full, the outdoor tables were empty cause there was a light drizzle.

Total bill for 3 persons, RM90 on the dot. RM44 for the two crabs. Three fresh coconuts paid for separately, RM3 each.

Very satisfying dinner. :)

Kompia

One Good stuff: the Foochow kompia. :)

Used to eat kompia after school, really good plain with a bit of lo-teng (braised meat gravy). Often served stuffed with minced pork like in the above photo. I remember paying 20 sen for a piece of plain kompia (with gravy) more than a decade ago. Today, they go for about 60-80 sen for a stuffed one.

In Kuching, I used to buy kompia from a foochow couple operating a stall in Expert Cafe, RH Plaza. They don’t seem to be selling there anymore, anyone know of any other good place in Kuching, drop me a note!

A blogger friend’s written a few posts about the simple but delicious kompia, if you’d like to know more, google “kompia sarawakiana” or visit her blog here: sarawakianaii.blogspot.com

Kuching Kolo Mee with a twist

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We always begin our outings with a quick breakfast. Here in Kuching, breakfast of choice for those on a hectic schedule is a bowlful of lard. ha! Since I was not the one driving that day, I just went with the flow and ended up in this random corner kopitiam somewhere in nowhere.

What’s in it? Pork, pork, pork and more pork. Pork intestines (chitlins as they call it in the States), pork liver, ground pork meat, char-siew pork slices, leafy veges and fish-cake. All that’s missing is a fish-ball. The intestine I could do without, but I forced myself to eat it anyway (tasteless actually) so I can say I ate the whole thing haha. To see which is which, view the notes here (click this).

Also came with a bowl of soup with spring onions, meat and pork-blood cubes! The kolo mee (handmade noodles) were a bit overcooked however, which spoilt the texture of the noodles.