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.
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.
Below: Some local newspaper promoting FuChow delicacy.
9 comments:
I never saw this stall before but saw the address. Will check it out. One of the newspaper looks pretty old.
What? Then u shld try! Keke! Probably best Kom Piah with soup in Sibu! Btw, they dont bake their own Kompiah. They too buy it from somewhere.
Emily, next time bring it back for us to try ler... :P
kom piah... At Tiong Hua Road Sibu! The No.1 kompiah in soup in Sibu! and the sour plum juice. i had it when i was very young. Then had it frequently when i was in form4/form5.. One of the place which i will surely recommend to friends from other place when they come to Sibu!
Colin how come u never bring me eat when i was in Sibu?
I am amazed to see the shop is still around. I used to eat here almost everyday. As a student of Rejang English Secondary School, this Kom Piah store (They used to rent a small space at the back corner of the school) was considered one of our classroom. Nice to see the couple is still active and healthy. Thanks for the pictures. (We were there in 1975)
Thanks for visiting Peter... the couple is very friendly especially when they see me taking pics of them... LOL!
hello :) :)
Today was the first time I tried kom piah and it was in my uni as they were having cultural studies and the s'wakian students sold them... Yummilicious ! :) :) :)
THen i googled kom piah and found this post! :) I've been to s'wak once and was in miri.. didn't have kom piah tat time but ate ding bian hu.. Yummy as well! :) Can't wait to go to s'wak again for the yummy food :)
Thanks for visiting milochel. There are many versions of Kompiah. There are some plain once, baked with fillings, soup as per my post and the once found in Setiawan, Perak are plain but with very fragrant Garlic and onion taste.
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