Just realized that I have some food photos from Kuching Festival that I haven’t post. Kuching Festival ended last Sunday. Here are some of the food that we had tried and also some food photos that we managed to take there.

Variety of food you can find such as prawns, chicken, rice and more…

You char kueh and ham chi peng.

Fried mushroom.

Jellyfish.

Sambal Stingray.

A stall selling pork.

Teochew delicacies.

Caramel sculpture.

The popular Gourmet Sausage, always had to queue to buy.

Overall, the fair this year is bigger than last year’s. We’ll see what they have next year.

If you’ve been to Kuching Festival, I’m sure you did notice Japan Boat Takoyaki there. The first branch in Kuching is at Hills Shopping Mall’s food court, Food Inc.

Making the Takoyaki.

Bought two boxes for RM6. One box was RM3.20 but you could get it at RM3/box at Kuching Festival. By the way, today is the last day of Kuching Festival.

There’s two types for you to choose, either salad or wasabi salad for the sauce.

You can check out their website.

Another branch will be opening at Premier 101 next month.

Biggest Buffet Dinner is back in Town!

Happening for the first time since the recent hotel renovation patrons have a choice of dining at the refreshed Orchid Garden Coffee House or enjoy the scenic view of the Sarawak River from the pool side. The coffee house is tastefully decorated with its floor-to-ceiling glass walls and vibrant coloured interior.

The Original Macam – Macam Ada Buffet Dinner by Grand Margherita Hotel is back again this time with even more to offer. Widely regarded as the biggest buffet in town, patrons will be treated to a wide offering of Chinese, Indian, Western, Middle Eastern, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Indonesian and 1Malaysia favourite dishes.

With over 188 flavouful dishes served daily throughout the month of Ramadhan, this buffet dinner also features carvery delights from the Middle East, live cooking stations and authentic Penang hawker specialty such as Char Kueh Tiaw, Asam Laksa and Hokkien Prawn Mee served fresh and hot by chefs flown in from Penang itself.

Start off on a memorable culinary experience with the chef’s selection of appetizing Chinese Cold Cut and also the ever popular red dates which has become an important part of the breaking fast ritual. Do not miss out on the Ramadhan specialties such as the Gurame Goreng Sans Cabek, Opor Ayam Kluwak, Ayam Bumbu Ketumbar and Pepes Ikan Mas from Indonesia as well as cuisines from the Middle East namely the Dajaj Lafat, and Kofta Bil- Tahina.

Also available is the Indian food selection featuring Biryani Rice with Condiments, Thandoori Murg, Roti Naan and also Potato Samosa, Wok Fried Mix Vegetables, Changkok Manis Masak Lemak dan Labu and Tumis Sayuran for vegetarian diners. For those with a sweet tooth, indulge in the seemingly endless dessert list of Soft Ice Cream, Kuih Nyonya, International Pastries, Sago Gula Melaka and our popular local dessert Bubur Cendol Sungai Bedil to name a few.

In the heart of the coffee house lies the island styled show kitchen where interaction between diners and chef is very much encouraged.

The Original Macam – Macam Ada Buffet Dinner is a month long promotion happening from 11th August to 9th September 2010, RM79++/person.

A popular choice for diners, seats are being snatched up quickly and so to avoid disappointment, early reservations should be made at 082-423111 ext 1109 / 1158.

As promised in the previous post, here’s some of the food photos that I managed to take photos of. Not many though. Hopefully I’ll have the time to go there again soon so I can have more photos to share.

This is a type of bun from the Baba & Nyonya stall.

This, I named it jelly noodle. You can find it at the Szechuan stall. Be warned that it is very spicy even though it did not mention anything about being spicy.

From a new bakery in town, smoked beef burger.

The one and only stall selling various durian desserts.

Pineapple rice from one of the Thai stalls.

Assorted deep fried mushroom.

Taiwanese salted crispy chicken.

Deep fried sio bee.

Not sure what kind of noodle is this though. Some kind of fried noodle I guess.

That’s all for now.

Here… Some photos to share with you for the Kuching Festival Food Fair.

Date: 31st July – 22nd August
Time: 6pm – 11pm
Place: Dewan Masyarakat

The entrance. Just going to show you the surrounding, food will come in coming post(s) because I’m still collecting them.

As usual, you can always find the same old stalls every year without fail.

There are also news ones. It seems like there’s more stalls this year compare to the past.

More stalls…

Was caught with surprise when I smelt durian smell. You got to be kidding me! Sell durian in food fair?!?! WOW! I hope the tourists won’t be shooed away by it. Anyway, there’s many people lining up to buy the food there. Seems like it’s quite a hit.

Various associations were given the chance to sell there too. You can find food from various races/dialects there.

Another section of the food far.

This stall has the most “advanced” banner.

Food photos will come soon, maybe in the coming post.