Kom Piah (光饼), Sibu, Sarawak

On a hot sunny evening, we thought of having some nice local Kom Piah (光饼 in mandarin). Its another Sibu delicacy. You can have this fresh from the oven, with some minced meat filling, or with some herbal-like soup.

What I have here is a version which i find most intesting. The soup version. This stall is situated at a residence area. If your not a local, i guess u may have problem finding this place. I got the road name this time. Its at Lorong Tiong Hua.

Upon walking in, you see some table and chairs and an old couple working non stop preparing kom piah and drinks.

Below: Preparing Kompiah while taking order.

Below: Preparation of Kompiah. Check out the menu in red.

Below: Some Kom piah, Pork Slices, and some Kompiah dipped in soup.

Kompiah basically taste like some hard mini baked bread with slight saltiness. My advise is eat them while they are still hot or freshly out of oven or else you'll end up eating hard rock bread! While ordering, you can choose to eat kompiah with or without filling which prices differently. So, what we ordered here is 3 pieces of Kompiah with filling (Pork slices). This cost us RM3.

The soup is slightly sweet and kinda hard to descibe if there is any herb present and it really goes well with Kompiah as its salty. The kompiah absorbs all the soup in it making it soft and juicy to bite on.

To go along with our kompiah, we had to have some icy cold drinks looking at the weather. What we have here is what the local call as Calup (Our KL version of melted ice-kacang... keke) and sour plum juice!

As I was busy capturing pictures of the auntie preparing kompiah, I had a quick chat with her. She then told me she has been doing this many many years. After awhile, she saw my interest in her food (cos I was busy snapping pictures of her and around her premise... hehe), she started promoting about her kompiah and how some Japanese and Taiwanese love her kompiah and featured them in some Japanese and Taiwanese newspaper. I was amazed and she leaded me to look behind where she was standing. She had some old newspaper clippings dated back in 1997. She is 1 proud auntie! Keke..!

Below: For those who don't read mandarin, it says something like 1 of a kind Kompiah
Below: Some local newspaper promoting FuChow delicacy.

Kam Puah Noodles (干盘面), Sibu, Sarawak

To any Siburian, the most talk about food gotta be the famous KAM PUA! A Sibu delicacy that all tourist would be brought to taste!

True enough when I first reach Sibu, I was directed to eat their "must try" noodles called "Kam Puah"! In mandarin... (干盘面). To me Kam Puah is just another WAN TAN Noodle dish. Just that its white in colour.

Below: Kam Puah with Pin Luit.

Unlike the peninsular Wan Tan Noodle where u mix the noodles in dark soy sauce, the white Kam Puah uses Pork Fat/Oil. Yes, very unhealthy indeed. But I heard more and more people are changing to vegetable oil now.

Below: A plate of dry "Pin Luit"

"Pin Luit" is actually the Look-a-like Wantan we have in KL. The only difference is, in KL our wantan comes with soup or fried and with mixture of prawn and pork filling and in Sibu, its strictly pork or for halal stalls... chicken. You may choose to order 1 bowl of soup wantan or dry wantan. The locals like to eat them with some sweet ketchup like sauce. A plate of pin luit comes in 20 pieces or more. Cost ranges from RM3-5 per serving depending on stalls.

When comes to ordering, you can choose to eat Kam Puah with thin pork slices or Pin Luit. Cost ranges RM2-4 per plate depending on stalls.

Here are few different versions of kam puah which i had in Sibu.

A special request from me, I actually ordered black kam puah with thin slices of pork... Wahahaa... (looks like our peninsular wan tan noodle right?) The good thing about ordering food in Sibu is that the stalls are willing to cater to your preference and not stick to the menu.

And my latest discovery. There is even Dry chicken curry Kam Puah now! The taste is rather sweet and not to my liking. I would prefer curry to taste aromatic and spicy. Probably the curry is cater to locals who can't really take spicy food. If you would want to try, you can have this in Lane 13 Seafood Kopitiam. Dont ask me the area. I am really lost in Sibu. The locals would have some ideas hopefully by just looking at the picture of this coffee shop.

Below: The boss preparing Curry Chicken Kam Puah

After having to explore the various version of Kam Puah... i'll advise that u stick to the original which tastes the best. I like it with pin luit!

My Piggie collection

Like what I have mentioned before, I am a big Pig lover... as in I love collecting Pig soft toys and items. I am showing off some of my collections. The pics are not exactly updated. These are taken end of last year (October 2007 to be exact).

I can see the looks in every one of ur face... Close ur mouth ok! keke!

I bought some boards and iron rods from IKEA in 2006 just to make a nice nice display for my collections. The baskets i used to put them in went overflow laying on the floor. Therefore, having a shelf was crucial! The good thing about this shelf is that it allows you to adjust how many rows you need. I currently have 4 layers and I could buy 2 more planks to add to my current rod making a 5th row for display. FYI, I noticed, i need a 5th row urgently! Wahaha! Another thing is... these planks are RM12.90 each and I need 2 planks per row. The Iron rods are also RM12.90 each and triangle iron support which sells at RM8.90 per pair. So all together i had 3 rods, 8 planks and 6 pairs of iron triangle support. Voila... total damage was only RM195.30. *** Wink Wink*** Good deal huh? keke!

Here are some of my collections... Gotta thank my family, some friends, and colleagues who helped me pile up my collections. There are actually more to these! Shall update again next year.

These are some of the World pigs I bought and some are gifts from friends... Gotta thank Mike for the Holland once! Sporty pigs i have. We have Baseball, Basketball, Football and Soccer. Cute rite? keke! and some Dinner table ware. The sleepy pig is a gift from Paul my colleague. It is actually Salt and Pepper dispenser (Pig for salt, bed for pepper) and i bought the blue ribbon pig fruit pickers.

Some smooching piggies, glass collections (Round once are from Beijing-self bought, and the making love piggies are from Bangkok Thanks to Paul! Wahaha), Clay collections from Yeo my good pal.

Gadget pigs. The pink n blue pair are voice recorders from MPH, and the front 1 is a radio; key chains, and socks i bought from Paris.

My Soap collections (The orange one is from Paris, Funny farm from Watsons, KL, and the pink soaps are from Jenny my ex colleague). My brother's girlfriend and brother gave me the sneezing pic and I self bought the standing one from Pasar Malam.

Below are the limited edition Year of the Pig Postcards and stamps i got my friend Alicia to queue in a China postoffice, got into the trouble of yelling at the rude officer for turning her off saying its sold out although they have ample stock. Thanks Alicia for everything!

And last but not least, my wedding collection... Notice the pink one has my name and hubby's name printed? The wedding once are from Seremban (a gift from my married couple ex colleagues, Jenny n Jesse knowing that I desperately need them).

Some random pics below: my comforter set from China thanks to Mom, Handphone holders which i threw away some, round piggies, clay piggies my friend handmade them, and some standing once. Shall update again probably next year!

My very own *NEW* blog

2.12.2008 marks a special date in my diary today. Not sure why i pick today as a day to start blogging. Not exactly free as i have tons of things to do in my to do list. A little regretful now...! Should have just flip through a fengshui calendar to find out if today is a good date! D*mn!

Crossing my fingers if i could keep up on maintaining this blog and keep the entries going! Even after creating this blog, i am still in a little denial that... "I am no blogger!" I guess i am doing this due to POPULAR DEMAND! Wkakaaka!

My friends and colleagues has often walked up to me saying i should start a blog posting up all my food pictures which would leave many saliva drooling. Yes, I am a big big foodie...! I have a big sweet tooth too...! So, please do come back often to check out my blog. Its not gonna be all food for sure...! Its gonna be ME, the big PIG lover!

Hoping that i could keep the entries going! Tats gonna be my 2009 New Year's resolution! Wakaka!

By the way, what u think of my header? keke! Cute piggie pic huh?!