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 Traveller's Tales: Restaurants and eating places in Sarawak, Malaysia
Look for the best places to eat in Sarawak, Malaysia. You may read about recommended restaurants and food. Find out about local food and local dining customs. Also, you might want to read our
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| L Kong |
11 December 2004 |
Stayed at Telang Usan Hotel - Sarawak, Malaysia.
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Try to dine at the Seegood Restaurant, just next to the hotel. The food is superb, and quite reasonably priced for a big portion. The service is also very fast.
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| P Bayliss |
04 December 2004 |
Stayed at Holiday Inn Kuching - Sarawak, Malaysia.
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Kuching is very easy to get around. There is a free shuttle bus for tourists which also makes things easy. We went to the Sarawak museum which is excellent. It's a real mish-mash of artifacts, history, and biology. We walked back from the museum to the river front and eventually back to the Holiday Inn. We have 3 kids aged 3, 6 and 8 and they all walked the distance with little or no moaning. Nice play area on the riverfront. We also booked ourselves on a tour to the Oran-Utan sanctually and a log house. Excellent value, especially the Long house. We had the minivan and driver to ourselves and had a great time. You can hire a car very easily if you wish. Recommended restaurant : "The Steakhouse" in the Hilton is lovely. Upmarket, great for a nice dinner for 2, and wonderful pricing. Wins awards and gains commendations frequently.
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| J Poh poh |
02 May 2004 |
Stayed at Holiday Inn Kuching - Sarawak, Malaysia.
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I travel to Kuching with my family ourself by Airasia. We have booked 2 nights hotel in Holiday Inn Damai Langoon Resort & 1 night in Holiday Inn Kuching. From Airport we took a taxi to the resort & we have visited the Culture Village. I was amazed & happy to enjoy the show perform by the villages.
I like the Sarawak Laksa, especially the hot & spicy one. The Hot Sport's seafood centre is a nice place as customer can choose their delicious seafood on the shelve.
Well, for those who haven't visit Kuching before, it's worth to come for relaxing.
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| L Wei kang |
28 March 2004 |
Stayed at Somerset Gateway Kuching - Sarawak, Malaysia.
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Kuching's a comfortable place to walk around especially for tourists (with maps & clear road signs around the city). Most attractions are within walking distance from my apartment (Somerset Gateway Kuching).
Managed to see most of the places on foot: Waterfront, Chinese Museum, Tua Pek Kong Temple, Main Bazaar, Square Tower, Court House, and Sarawak Museum being the furthest destination (the museum has an interesting exhibition on birds nest, titled "the most expensive saliva").
Also tried out the river crossing at the Sarawak River on their yellow sampan (yellow coz it's Lipton Tea's advertisment). It's only 30 sen/pax per ride, and its the way to see Fort Margherita (about 10 mins walk after alighting from the sampan). Another way to get around the city is by the free city tram. It operates on an hourly basis, and stops at certain locations (remember to look for the bus stop sign for this tram, once we've waited in vain for the tram opposite the Court House, as mentioned on the tram schedule, instead it turns out to be just beside the Court House). Stickers for the tram ride can be obtain from the hotel itself.
Main bazaar's a must place to visit, with many shops selling Sarawak handicrafts & souvenirs. Carpenter Street & Indian Street also worth a visit. Also visited Sarawak Plaza, Riverside Shopping Centre, & Tun Jungah, being the most modern complex.
You can't go hungry in Kuching, as there are many food centres & coffeeshops around. Try out the Chinese food centre opposite a temple at Carpenter Street. It has a variety of food like laksa, noodles, etc. The Open Air Market (opposite the entrance to Indian Street) also has stalls selling chinese/malay food & seafood, and the price is very cheap. At the basement of Sarawak Plaza, there's this buffet chicken restaurant at RM14/pax, with a variety of chickens, salads, desserts, etc. It's "eat all you can", quite worth the try, but you could only stay inside for max of 2hrs (by the way, KFC is just beside it). The Waterfront also has numerous individual food stalls along the pavement selling snacks, ice-cream, etc. You can just order a cup of drink and sit by the river to enjoy the scenery.
You could get some local snacks like Sago snacks & pepper sweets (at this souvenir shop called Sriwijaya, on the 1st floor inside Tun Jugah complex). The price is cheaper than the shops at the airport. Managed to catch a show at Star Cineplex in Medan Pelita (somewhere near to Tua Pek Kong temple). It has far more and up-to-date shows compared to the Riverside Cineplex, which only screen 4 shows (some are local shows). 7-Eleven can be found at RiverBank Suites (the only one I've seen throughout the city). For pub, try Soho, at Padungan Road. It's quite a hip & fashionable bar nested in a chinese shophouse.
The only places we had missed is the Sunday Market at Satok Road coz of heavy rain (I believe it's worth a visit too), and Cat Museum as it's quite a distance away from the city.
Airport to city is about half an hour's journey, with taxi fare at around RM18. But try not to be at the airport too early for your departure, it's sort of a boring place, unless you're keen to see airplanes take-off & landing, at the viewing mall. As compared to other more notorious cities like KL or JB, Kuching is quite a friendly & peaceful city, comfortable to go around. Good experience!!!
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| A Abu hashim |
16 March 2004 |
Stayed at Holiday Inn Kuching - Sarawak, Malaysia.
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We went about the town with rented car. The muslim restaurant that is most mouth-watering is just next to the hotel, on its left, called Minangkabau but must be there by 12.00 noon or else you will go back starving! One nice place is the Taman Buaya, usually not under the itinery for all Kucing Tour. That place was where I saw crocodiles of all ages and the most dangerous one to mankind too!
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| P Prince |
24 February 2004 |
Stayed at Somerset Gateway Kuching - Sarawak, Malaysia.
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Nice place - orangutangs were worthwhile. Negotiated with a taxi which took us there and to the crocodile park for considerably less than the tour agents were charging. Hilton hotel steakhouse was good.
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| K Duebbert |
25 January 2004 |
Stayed at Telang Usan Hotel - Sarawak, Malaysia.
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Lovely town! Do NOT go during Monsoon because it NEVER stops raining, so there is very little to do! Most shops are closed during Chinese New Year!
Excellent Lebanese restaurant "Little Lebanon" at the court house! The Orang-Utan sanctuary at Semenggoh is fantastic! Seeing Orang-Utans is a bit hit and miss, but we saw at least six Orang-Utans during the worst rain in years against all local advise.
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| M Selig |
25 November 2003 |
Stayed at Holiday Inn Kuching - Sarawak, Malaysia.
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Pretty walk along the riverfront. Catch a sanpan across the river - only RM0.30. Museum is a must. Bako National Park - beach, rainforest, lots of monkeys, pitcher plants etc. Best to stay there overnight, as there is a lot to see. Sarawak Cultural Village - gives very good overview of the culture and houses of the various Sarawak peoples. Best seafood restaurant in Kuching: See Good - opposite Hua Kuok Inn. Try their chilli crab - it's different from Singapore/KL chilli crab, and not expensive.
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| P Harwood |
19 July 2003 |
Stayed at Telang Usan Hotel - Sarawak, Malaysia.
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Give Kuching a chance - it grows on you. Definitely one of the nicer S.E. Asian cities - incredibly clean, feels safe & a fair bit to see.
Best restaurant: James Brooke cafe & bistro. Best cafe: The Asia Ice Shop (Main Bazaar). Best shopping: Jalan India for fabrics, the market for fruit & spices and Edric Ong (Main Bazaar) for high quality souvenirs. Best museum: Chinese History museum - and take in the glorious temple opposite whilst you're at it
Best nearby attractions: Bako National Park & Semmengok Wildlife Rehabilitiation Centre (& visit attached Botanical Gardens whilst you're there). Tours to both are readily available in Kuching but are overpriced. Both are quite easily reached by public transport - check at the excellent tourist information office for full details.
Top tips: try to do your sight-seeing early (7.30ish) or late: Kuching is roasting in the middle of the day. And wear lots of insect repellent!
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| E James |
05 July 2003 |
Stayed at Telang Usan Hotel - Sarawak, Malaysia.
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We used the Borneo Fairyland agency for trips to the Semenggoh Reserve Park (orangutan watching) and to Jongs crocodile farm. The driver was friendly and most informative about both places. The prices for both trips were reasonable. We were picked up and dropped at the hotel and it was a good way of going to these places easily.
We ate a couple of times at the Khatulistiwa restaurant on the Kuching waterfront (near the Holiday Inn hotel). Although more expensive than the small coffee shops and stalls in town, the food was plentiful and very good.
We also ate at the Hornbill steamboat restaurant. Steamboat, for anyone who hasn't experienced it, works this way - each table has a hotplate and cooking pot powered by butane. You choose your raw ingredients from a huge spread and cook the meat on the hotplate and boil the vegetables and noodles in the pot. Ideal for anyone who has specific dietary requirements, although some of the vegetables were hard to identify! Definitely an experience and well worth the RM16 per head as you can eat as much as you want. Be careful not to take too much and then leave it though as they charge you for uneaten food per 100g.
On Jalan Padungan, there is a Chinese reflexology practice. The prices are again very reasonable and it was a very relaxing experience. The premises were clean and well run.
The unique Cat Museum is a must for all cat lovers although many of the exhibits are extremely tacky! Disappointing range of souvenirs in the museum itself, but there is an abundance of them (particularly with a feline theme) in the town. Best place for souvenirs are the waterfront shops, but shop around - don't just buy the first things you see as you may find them cheaper elsewhere. Above all, don't forget to bargain!
Kuching is a fascinating place and well worth a visit. Take your umbrella though - it rains a lot!
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