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.

As you may notice I haven’t update for quite sometimes as I’ve just went back from KL yesterday. We didn’t waste any second to shop around in major shopping malls in KL. It was a great experience and a memorable ones as my sisters who is studying in Kedah managed to find sometime to travelled all the way to KL meet us up for lunch. 

I tried their new dishes which is lamb with cheese and spaghetti.

This was the baked rice that Bell ordered. 

My brother had roasted chicken rice.

Mich had lunch earlier on so she didn’t order any food. She had this Choco Mint Coffee.