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Cofee Bars Fook Hoi in Jln Padungan is an old-fashioned cofee
shop, famous for its dim sum, especially sio bee and ha
Raintree Café, Lower Ground Floor, Plaza Merdeka. kau (pork dumplings). Dayime only.
This city centre ofshoot of the award-winning Raintree Heritage, Lorong 1 Jln Song Thian Cheok (behind Hong
Restarant serves great cofee, pies, quiches and LeongBank). Fine Cantonese/Szechuan style restaurant
sandwiches and is already a local legend for its jaw-renowned for its suckling pig, spare ribs and rainbow
breakingly huge chicken shawarmas. prawns. Reservion advised, Tel: 252627.
Jong Siang Teng, 68 Carpenter St. Serves Hokkien-style
Bing, 84 Pandungan Road. Serves a range of cofees, pork leg rice and chicken rice. Dayime only.
teas and light snacks. Juat Siang Café, 34 Carpenter St. Good beef noodle
Black Bean, 87 Jln Ewe Hai. This iny and popular café soup. Dayime only.
is noted for its cofee made from locally-grown liberica Life Café, 108 Ewe Hai Street, Tel: 411754. 11 am-10pm
and robusta beans. (closed Tuesdays). Tea house serving inexpensive food
Cofee Bean - The Spring Shopping Centre Level 2. Local (RM 4-6) plus wide range of cofees and teas.
branch of popular internaional chain. Meisan in the Grand Margherita Hotel ofers high
The Seatle Cofee & Tea Co, Merdeka Palace Hotel. quality Halal-ceriied Szechuan cuisine.
Local branch of this famous chain. Min Joo, corner of Carpenter & Bishopsgate St. Small
Starbucks Cofee Co. Branches at Plaza Merdeka, but very popular cofee shop selling Chinese noodle
Kuching Internaional Airport and The Spring mall. dishes. At breakfast ime the place is packed.
Food Centres Ming Heng Café, 6 Carpenter St. This old-style Chinese
cofee shop is another popular breakfast hang out. A
These are the most popular eaing places amongst choice of laksa, chicken satay and kolo mee.
locals. There is always a wide selecion of value-for- Nu Er Hong at Pullman Kuching, JlnMathies. Students of
money stalls and you can select food from as many Chinese cooking will love watching the chefs at work in
as you like. If you are not familiar with a dish, just be the glass-fronted kitchen. The Szechuan smoked duck is
adventurous and try it. Nine imes out of ten you will simply unmissable
be delighted. One & One Cafe, Jln Ban Hock (behind Hornbill’s
Corner). Hakka-style country cooking (e.g. tender
Kubah Ria, river front locaion next to Satok Weekend braised pork) & seafood.
Market. Over 40 Malay and Chinese stalls serving local River Palace in the Riverside Majesic is the place to go
specialiies. Highlights include the excellent satay, and for Halal-ceriied Cantonese banquet fare.
the delicious Sop Kambing (muton soup) at Doreen Ting Noodle House, 117B Ban Hock Road. This
Abdullah’s stall. 10 am to 10 pm. lunchime favourite serves spicy Taiwanese beef
Lau Ya Keng Chinese Food Centre, Jln Carpenter noodles. 8 am - 8.30 pm.
(opposite temple). A wide range of Chinese food stalls.
Excellent ish balls (aternoons only) and superb ish Coninental / Western
and prawn soup from late aternoon unil late at night.
Open Air Market, (near Electra House) Jln Market. All major hotels serve coninental cuisine, usually in
Oddly named, as the whole area is covered. A wide their cofee houses. Diners have a choice of a la carte
selecion of Chinese and Malay food stalls. Some very or all-you-can-eat bufets. Some also feature high tea
reasonably priced seafood and noodle stalls operate bufets on Saturdays or Sundays. Look out for food
late into the evening. Famous for beef noodles, rice promoions adverised in the local press. Some cofee
porridge and fresh soya bean milk. shops and food centres have stalls selling Western food.
Top Spot Food Court, Jln Bukit Mata Kuching. See Coninental or American Breakfast is normally served
Seafood lisings in hotel restaurants, but most Chinese cofee shops will
Most shopping malls feature good food courts, notably serve eggs with toast and jam or honey if you ask for
them.
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Plaza Merdeka (level 3), The Spring and Tun Jugah (2
loor). Jambu, 32 Crookshank Rd. Tel: 235292, 012 3721850.
Chinese www.jamburestarant.com. Sprawling colonial style
bungalow conceals a stylish restaurant ofering
Kuching has a huge selecion of Chinese food outlets, steaks, pasta and main dishes with local ingredients,
from simple noodle stalls to full-blown banqueing plus a welcoming bar and a pleasant garden terrace
palaces. Many of them feature regular food promoions for chilling out. 10 mins walk from city centre. Open
- see local press for details. More Chinese restaurants 5.30pm - 12.30 am, closed Mondays.
are listed under Seafood.
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