Marudi – a beautiful town

Marudi is a riverine town located at the north of Sarawak and nearby the border of the country of Brunei. It took about 2 hour’s journey from Miri city to Marudi and about 21km from Miri city before the estate road way to Marudi city. Is kind of exploration and experience to have ride on estate road because of its uneven and narrow road, some may even not enough for 2 cars to pass by. It will be suffering as it took more than 1 hour to drive on this estate road to reach to the ferry point.

Estate road way to Marudi

There would be two ferry points where we need to across 2 rivers before reach the Marudi town.

Marudi has its own port where people taking speedboat as their transport. It also has its own airport where it just located very near to the residence.  Seems Marudi has all three kind of transportation in its town: Air, Water, and Land.
The first impression to me is that this little town, a place that is far from the city, giving me a warm feeling. There are lots of shops although all not opening during chinese new year and the road is clean and seems everything tidy and just furnished. It’s a kind of small but a wondeful place to live.



Marudi port where you can see many boat or speedboat there

one of the landmark of Marudi



Taman Tasik Marudi


Photographer: W.Y.SAM

Guang Xiang Ju 广香居 @ Miri Central Market

Guang Xiang Ju 广香居, located at Miri central market, which operated by 7 old people (5 uncles and 2 aunties), if I didn’t miscount. Each of them seem having their own position, 2 cooking porridge and mee, one cutting chicken, one pouring sauce, scallion and preparing for dishes, two assisting, taking orders, serving and collecting plates and money, and one is doing the washing. I would say they are cute and impressed with their energy and memories as they are able to remember all customers orders although the environment is noisy and many customers ordering.

What sold here are: Boiled sliced chicken (白切鸡), porridge, and noodles (including mee, meehun).


The main course, boiled chicken or known as 白切鸡, meat not too dry, with some sauce on it, is simple but delicious, Yummy.

Since the stall is selling chicken meat, definitely they are selling chicken porridge. As you can see, the porridge is quite viscous and smooth. Tasty and should have a try on this.

Plain mee hun, my favourite, no too oily, simple but nice.

Lot of people during at night, so if you want to eat the boiled chicken, go early. It start operate at about 7.30pm and I been there roughly at 9.30pm, nothing left. The price is considered cheap, and the boiled chicken, you can order how much money as you like, but usually we will order for RM 5 or RM 6 (for 2 persons).

 

 
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Restaurant Dragon Waterfront @ Rawang

Restaurant Dragon Waterfront, situated inside Rawang residential area, need to drive through house area, only you noticed the restaurant.  So, how we found this restaurant? Actually we were attracted by its banner at the roadside, so we thought to give a try. I guess it was just newly open.

The restaurant seems quite special; it is wooden structure and has a small fish pond at the back. Although its environment seems lovely, but we smell some urine smell once in a while, I guess is from the toilet nearby.
 
Inside restaurant


Little fish pond

Despite the unpleasant smell, let’s see how the foods are:
Ha Kou (Small) – fried mantis shrimp with salted egg       RM 12

Did not taste anything like prawn or shrimp, just rough and thick flour plus some salted egg

 
Steamed Chicken (Small)              RM 28
Smell herb, moderate rating

 
Hong Kong Choi Yun (Small)        RM 10
Although we ordered small, but it seems too little for that price

 
He Bai Beancurd (Small) – Fried own made tofu / bean curd and pours some minced meat sauce              RM 10

This was the most satisfied dish for me. Taste good, the tofu is soft and the sauce is good.

 
Fresh Water Alitia Fish –  Chaozhou steam fish      RM 24
Taste was a bit pale

White rice           RM 1.20 / bowl

Personally feel that the price for a bowl of rice is slightly expensive in Rawang area.

The restaurant is also charging 5% government tax.
Overall, not having good experience there, because the price was not cheap but the foods were not able to satisfy us.


Personal comment: I personally do not like waiter/waitress standing beside and waiting for me to collect my change after I have paid.
 
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Restaurant Dragon Waterfront
Lot 1335 Off Jalan Setia, Rawang 4,
Taman Setia, 48000 Rawang, Selangor


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Sri Melaka @ One Utama

Usually I will go One Utama, Petaling Jaya for movies while in Kuala Lumpur and like to hunt for delicious foods there. One Utama is a huge shopping complex, has lots of different style and type of restaurants, Chinese, Vietnam, Japanese, Thai, Malay, Western style and etc. This time, we went to Sri Melaka, which at two floors below the GSC cinema (second floor S313).

Curry Laksa
Well, the rice is quite spicy to me, and the curry laksa taste just common, not too special, but the meehun not cooked well so a bit stiff. Price is expensive with the same food comparing with outside restaurants, is because of the location or the brand? But tell frankly, as what I see, the restaurant was not too "crowded" with people compare to others restaurants nearby the Sri Melaka, even during the peak hours, so you should know the popularity of Sri Melaka among others restaurant in One Utama.

 


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Everwin Kopitiam – Laksa & Chicken Mee Suah

 

Laksa and mee suah always are our very first favourite foods and we would want to try in different place, to look for the best mee suah in Sarawak.

Located in Sarikei, within the Everwin Supermarket shop lots -- Everwin Kopitiam 永胜咖啡店. There are many stalls inside the kopitiam, and this time we had try on this: Maggie Stall.

Well, you can see from the photo, there was 2 big prawn, quite fresh plus some fish cakes and slices of fried egg. That is most of the laksa looks like. I would say ok for this, soup taste good, maybe because I like santan.

Chicken Mee Suah, a red vine mee suah!! Big mushroom and soup tast e good too, but the chicken's meat was a bit dry.

The price for these meal:
Laksa  RM4.00
Mee Suah RM 4.50

What I would like to mention here is, the price was a bit of expensive. Kind of surprise, as I though Sarikei's cost of living is lower than Miri, maybe different stall price differently.
 
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Everwin Kopitiam 永胜咖啡店
Jalaln Abdul Rahman,
Sarikei, Sarawak



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Laksa @ Lutong Cafe, Miri

Located in old Lutong area, near to the Lutong market, Shell and Petronas Company, everyday you can see there are lots of people in Lutong Cafe. There are two stalls here are quite well-known: Porridge cook by using charcoal, and Laksa stall. Unfortunately, the porridge stall was off on the day I went, so I will just introduce the Laksa stall in this post.

The Laksa stall is operated by an aunty, and besides Laksa, it also has others choices: Fried mee, noodles with soup, and wantan. I try the fried mee before, and like it a lots. You can smell the delicious of the mee while the aunty still frying the pan. What can I say is good, but a bit heat and you will feel sore throat after eating.



Back to the Laksa, if you order Laksa they will serve you with Shrimp paste, not spicy just a bit salty but tasty. On top of the meehun are the fried egg and chicken slices, and some sprouts. It taste quite good, not too spicy and just for RM 2.00, I will say is quite cheap in Miri area where you will not find as cheap as here.

If you are staying nearby, or passing by, maybe you can try this Laksa or fried mee in the Lutong Cafe as breakfast, it will be a good choice. Well, I will go there again to try the porridge and share in the next post.



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