I’m Back da SIbu
Presenting to you my hometown~~ 
Sibu.
Apologes ’bout the inactiveness this week as was dedicated most of my time to my family 
Here’s the some photo taken at the town square this week.
With Christmas Trees sponsored by some of the business tycoons here.
Will update soonest Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
The RM60 Mil Buddhist Temple in Sibu!
I just dig out these photo from my archives. They were snapped two weeks ago, on my way back to Sibu from Miri. I have been looking forward for the opening of these temple since last year but it has not open its gate until then.
With the Rm60 Mil price tag on it, you can expect The Yu Lung San Tien En Si (Jade Dragon Temple) at Km26 Sibu-Bintulu Road to be some huge gigantic and it was claimed that this temple is the biggest of its kind in Asia. Thus, indireclty the largest in Malaysia. Here’s link of the news.
I was fortunate enough that a day earlier this temple had just been officially opened. Which if not, I won’t be able to enter its compound and capture these photos.
The architecture are almost as authentic as the ones we would see in China.
In fact, you will feel like you’re in China without having to travel there.. To get a picture like these:
and this..
just without Myvi wil be a bit real..
Prawn Fishing
I was sightseeing with my brothers tonight when we spotted an attractive signboard of a restaurant adjacent to the Lanang Bridge, Sibu. We drove in for a sneakpeak and noticed a group of people was gathering at the side of the restaurant. Then a banner caught my attention. It says “Prawn Fishing Rm10/hour.” We decided to approach the group of people and see their catch. As soon as we settled, a prawn was wrestled and brought out of the pond. The night got more exciting as more prawns were fished out. I thought my brothers wanted to experience prawn fishing so I rented a fishing rod for them.
Suprisingly, few minutes after we dropped our first bait, a prawn pull and we got our first prawn! Then the waiting for the second prawn didn’t took long too. The second prawn was the largest catch we had tonight. We did missed too hook up a few times but we managed to got 3 prawns tonight. Well, Rm10 for 3 prawns. Not bad at all..
Home Sweet Home
Random Stuff
Woke up 4A.M this morning to catch the 715A.M flight to Sibu.
Had breakfast with parents.
Then went to mama’s in the evening.
Drove around town after dinner.
Writing with exhaustion & heading towards the bed now.
A review on Sibu for the Dummies
Okay let’s begin with The Book for Dummies style:
For those who has never been in Sibu or is/are interested to have their maiden journey to Sibu. This is the blog that will provided you with tonnes some useful information of Sibu.
“Sibu is a town, and the capital of Sibu District (229.8 square kilometers) in Sibu Division, Sarawak, east Malaysia. It is located at the confluence of the Rajang and Igan Rivers, some 60 kilometers from the ocean. The population is dominated by Chinese especially the Fuzhou as well as indigenous Melanau, Malay, and Iban. The district population (per year 2008 census) is 255,000.”
Sibu Gateway
Adjacent to the gateway is a Lin’z Swan Garden.
Lin’z Swan Garden is donated by the Lin’z Clan, as usual, most of the park/garden is Sibu bear Clan’s or Donor’s name.
Sibu Methodist Primary University School. The building standing high behind it is Wisma Sanyan. The tallest building in Sarawak atm. :X
Cuisine
Sibu is known for its delicious and affordable local cuisine. The more famous ones include:
- “Kam Buan” noodles (干盘面) – available at almost all coffee shops and food stalls. The best kampua can be found at Sarawak Laksa – Mouth-watering Sarawak laksa at Aloha
- “Diang Miang Ngu”(鼎边糊, similar to Taiwan’s 鼎边銼)- a savoury soup is available at many stalls as a late night supper. A popular joint is in an alleyway by Jalan Blacksmith.
- “Bien Niuk”(扁肉, also called wanton, 雲吞. It is known as 餛囤 on the Chinese mainland，while Taiwanese call it 炒手) – a meat dumpling soup.
- “Kom Biang” (光饼)- a Foochow delicacy made with flour, baked in an oven and eaten either with or without meat and a special gravy. It is somewhat similar to a bagel. However, it can be either in a crisp or soft version. Nice soft kompia dipped in pork sauce can be sought from Chung Hua road and the Sunday Market at Pedada road.
- “You Zhar Gui” (油炸桧, also called 油條 in Chinese) – deep fried twin dough batter often dipped in soup or chili sauce. It is also a great with porridge or “Bak Kut Teh”
- “Bek Ting Yuok” (八珍药 in Chinese): The soup of eight essences – nice, sweet, tasty and nutritious Chinese soup made of at least eight types of Chinese herbal materials.
(note: the names are rendered in the Fuzhou dialect, which is often radically different from Standard Mandarin.)
Intersting places to visit as reviewed by kelvinsse.com
Sibu is known for its delicious and affordable local cuisine. The more famous ones include:
- The Queen Lounge & Cafe.
- Cafe Cafe. A popular hang out cafe adjacent to Tua Pek Tong Sibu.
- Taman Selera Muhibbah. An open air community food stalls. Where the Foo Chow food are widely available under one roof.
