Salt N Pepper

Have anyone of you heard about Pete's Western? But think it's not a unfamiliar name to some readers as previously it had opened at another premise somewhere near 4th miles, if not mistaken, but now has moved to a new premise. The current new premise is located at a corner unit of a single block shophouse within a housing estate (i.e. Everbright Garden) area not far from the bustling Premier 101.

Shop's exterior outlooks

Shop's interior outlooks

So far, Salt n Pepper has visited the shop a few times and is of the opinion that the foods serve here are not bad. The below photos show some of the foods that we have tried before.

Mushroom Soup

Lamb Chop with Mint Sauce

Spaghetti with Cheese

Chicken Chop with Mushroom Sauce

Fish n Chips

The shop opens daily from 10am till 2am.. Yes, 2am. You didn't read it wrongly neither do I typed wrongly. So one can go not only for lunch or dinner but also for late night supper or super early morning breakfast:P

 
This restaurant used to be located at the unit just beside the ground floor of Hotel Grand Continental, Kuching main lobby entrance. But we never had the chance to tried it out although back then we already have heard good comments about it.

Until recently after the restaurant moved to a new premise, which is located somewhere behind the shoplots at the traffic light juntion of Jalan Simpang Tiga (before the Spring) and Jalan Mendu. It is not visible from the main road as you have to turn towards the back shoplots which you will discover almost half of the shop block is occupied by this restaurant.

Can you guess which restaurant that we are going to blog about in this blog? For those who have ever frequented the restaurant before, it is none other than Hoi Tin Lau Restaurant.



But fear not as they do cater for couple. Most of the dishes can be ordered in three different portions namely small, medium and big. So far, we have been there twice. Below are some of the dishes that we had tried.
 

Steamed Peanuts

The steamed peanuts above are served prior to the main course of dishes but it is not free of charge.

Chef Specialty Taufu

Venison Meat With Ginger

Stir Fried Kailan with Chicken Floss

Roasted Suckling Pig

 

Honey Dew Sago

They have a setup a dedicated website with the following link http://www.hoitinlau.com/.
Happy browsing.

What comes across one's mind when the weather is hot? Having a cooling drinks or desserts to kill of the thirst?

The place that we are going to blog about is famous for its desserts such as ABC (acronym for Air Batu Campur, literally means "Mixed Ice"), Cincau (grass jelly), etc. Apart from that they also serve other foods such as rojak, lok lok (foods skewered on a stick).

The place is Boon Khai Delights. The shop has a few branches but the one that we ever paid visit to is the branch at Premier 101.

A few photos about the shop and the foods and drink that we ordered.

Lok Lok

ABC

Explore more yourself when you pay a visit.

Another blog about chinese-styled stir-fry foods is New Lee Ming Food Court. We think that the foods served here were quite nice as well.

Below were some the dishes we ordered before.

Nan-Ru Pork

Soft Shell Crab

Chef Specialty Beancurd

Mixed Vegetables

The shop is located at Tabuan Stutong Commercial shoplots, corner unit, somewhere near the Stutong Roundabout.

Kwong Chin Seafood, one of our favourites places to go when we want to have chinese-styled stir-fry foods. Although the shop's name sounds like one that is famous for seafood dishes but most of the times we came here, seafood was not one of the compulsory dishes.

Below are some of the dishes we have ordered before.

Yam Fried Chicken

Two-Flavoured Roast Duck

Crab With Eggs

Chef Specialty Beancurd With Minced Meats and Salted Fish

Mixed Vegetables With Cashew Nuts

Bidin

The place is always packed with people especially on weekends and special occassion such as Father's Day and Mother's Day.

Address:
Jalan Datuk Amar Kalong Ningkan
Kuching, Sarawak 93250.

It's somewhere located at 3 1/2 Miles after The Banquet Restaurant on the side of the road coming down from Serian.

Fancy about eating beef noodle? The beef noodle that we are going to blog about below is our Kuching's version and we think it is quite different from those served in Taiwanese restaurants.

The Kuching's version of beef noodle is using the egg noodle which is the same type as those found in 'kolo mee' (another famous local delicacy found in Kuching). There is one particular stall which is Salt most favourite and we have frequented this stall countless times.

The stall is Ah Heng Beef Noodle located at Green Hill Corner coffee shop. The coffee shop is at the corner shop lot located along the row of shophouses opposite Medan Pelita and beside Harbour View Hotel. For those who are locals, you would have known which shop that I am referring to.

What Salt likes about the beef noodle here is the freshness of the ingredients (consists of stewed beef and beef intestines) and the egg noodle is not that oily. The beef broth that comes with it is tasteful and pure as well.

One have the options of ordering the beef noodle either in wet or dry. Wet means that the noodle and broth are served in one same bowl whereas dry, the noodle and broth are served separately. Our choice is always the dry version. Not forgetting to mention the chilli sauce that compliments very well to the beef noodle. The chilli sauce is specially prepared and quite different from the normal chopped chillies served with vinegar.


Another food that we always like to order (not always) as side dish is the 'char kueh' (carrot cake in english). The char kueh served at Green Hill Corner coffee shop, in our opinion, is one of the best we can find in Kuching.


Apart from these two types of foods being mentioned above, the coffee shop has other stalls to offer which include selling chicken rice, kolo mee, porridge, satay, fried noodles, laksa and buns. But depends on the time you go, not all the stalls are open throughout the day.

A few months back, we have paid a visit to a western dining restaurant named Big Oven. From the sound of it, the restaurant should be equipped with a big oven which the foods are prepared using it. Well, let's see if our guess is correct or not.

Upon entering the restaurant, we can see an open concept kitchen whereby guests can see through clearly into the well organised kitchen which is just separated by a big piece of glass. And in no waste of time, we were scouting for our target, the Big Oven! Yes, indeed the name is well planned and there is a classic english style oven inside the kitchen. There is also a section selling pastry such as cheese cake, tiramisu, etc.

After that, we began to peruse through the menu on what should we have for our dinner.


We heard the pizzas are nice (should be prepared using the Big Oven) and we did not miss to order it. So the below were what we had ordered for the night.

Chicken Chop

Thin Crust Salami and Pepperoni Pizza

We didn't order too much fearing that we couldn't finish the foods so that's all.

And not forgetting to mention the location of the restaurant:
2767, Bormill Commercial Centre,
Jalan Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce (Jalan Keretapi),
93200 Kuching, Sarawak.

It's on the same block with Bing's Cafe @ Bormill but at the other end of corner.

Ever heard of the My Small Eat Cafe? This cafe is located along the row of shop block facing Jalan Song, Kuching with other shops like Upwell @ Jalan Song and the famous Aloha Bakery Shop along it. It is situated just right at the corner and next to Aloha Bakery.

Small Eat in Chinese is 小 吃 which means snacks or in Salt's own opinion is more towards "eating less". But the foods serve in this cafe is not really just snacks. They have a wide array of varieties and one can order from soups, vegetables, meats as well as fried noodles and rice however, the portion is not that much. But one good thing about this shop is the price. The price tagged for each dish is considered not expensive ranging from RM2 to RM8. So possibly that's what attract people coming to this cafe and of course the foods taste reasonably good with that price tag.

On that particular visit, Salt and Pepper ordered a few dishes namely:

Brocolli with Shrimp (Sharing) - RM 6

Fried Rice with roasted pork (Salt's). A special mention to this dish as it is one of the better places to have fried rice - RM 5

Fried Chicken (Sharing) - RM 3

Combination of Fried Kueh Tiaw and Mee (Pepper's) - RM 2


Can see the portion not that much right? But it is just nice for 2-person. If you have a lot of people in a group, probably you would have to order more dishes or order a few plates for the same dish.

And lastly, guess how much was that? Including drinks it cost us RM18 per meal which we think is still reasonably priced. If we were to have the same kinds of dishes else where, it might easily cost us more than RM20 with 4 plates of dishes.


Do drop by if one has the chance.