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The Wisma Saberkas building is showing its age and probably needs a little make-over.
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Went to the food centre at Batu Lintang for breakfast. The Indian rojak there is quite good.
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Checked out the Sarawak State Library across the river. Nice environment, excellent collection of books on Sarawak history ... but sadly not many users.
Strolled past the Riverside Majestic towards the Padungan area. Still nice and shiny.
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Almost missed taking this one as we drove by. Among the different former cinemas, I must say the Miramar building looks in pretty good shape. Not sure what it's now used for.
That's all for today folks.
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I think there's a nightclub or KTV lounge in the Miramar building. It hasn't been used for a cinema for ages.
ReplyDeleteWJ, heard owned by Singaporean ?
ReplyDeletenah, it is (or was) owned by a local foochow who was very much into the show-biz. he was the one responsible for the renovations. and yes, no more as a cinema, but KTV lounges.
ReplyDeleteI remember a stall at Batu Lintang that served great deer meat with ginger (lok bak cha kio si), and also fried oysters (oh chian). Even after so many years (and I'm sure that stall is long gone), i can still see/smell those dishes in my mind ...
ReplyDeleteI "think" the stall is still around based on the signature dish you mentioned.
ReplyDeleteFor those interested in Sarawak history, the Batu Lintang training college was a POW Camp during the Japanese Occupation. Many people died there but some survived to tell the tale.
ReplyDeleteI miss the night food stalls at Batu Lintang. It was THE place to go for dinner and supper. Sigh... fried wet kueh tiaw with tomato sauce and crispy oyster egg omelette.
ReplyDeleteForever Yong & Anon MAY 21, 2009 3.04AM:
ReplyDeletewhich stall? Lok Garden ir Lintang yuan?
If my memory serves me it was called Ah Loke
ReplyDeleteShould be the right one. Anyway I'll be back in Kg at end of this month for a few days.Will pay them a visit. Yummy..
ReplyDeleteHi..All
ReplyDeleteIt seems that the favourite past time for Kuchingnites and in fact most Malaysians is eating...and why not because we have the best and most varities of food in the world (in my humble opinion). I wish that I can assessed to them as easily as some you guys back home. All these talk of "kampong" food, just makes me so hungry and I cannot contain my mouth salivering each time I read these blogs. So guys besides this excellent but unforgiving past time (becoming obese or resulting with diabetes...lol), what else do you do besides mahjonging. Keeping up with sporting activites, socialising, activities involving your children?, etc. WJ, a few topics for you to start here. Another thing that just come to me, can anyone tell me what is that "pub" called at Rubber Road where at one time, ex Josephians used to go there. Does it still exist? I remember I used to play darts and we had competitions there.
Is it the " Sahara Pub " ?
ReplyDeleteI remembered what it was called now, in fact it was my wife who reminded me, it was called Manhattan. Anyone know what happen to it? It was quite nice at the time where most of the Josephians, past and present went there to meet up and socialised. Having coffee and read newspapers in the morning, there were board games to play and evening was quite busy too. Hey some of you towkays or towkay neos should partnered up and set up a joint in a similar fashion and it may hit off. What do you think?
ReplyDeleteAll this talk of makan is making me hungry!!!!
ReplyDeleteSo many former cinemas are now night clubs and KTV lounges. I vote we do a tour of them all one evening - purely for research, of course. Then we can send our report to WJ .. hehehe
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful blue skies we still have in Kuching. I've been living away from Kuching for such a long time, and usually in larger cities, where the air is polluted and little hope of seeing many stars in the night sky. Do you still see lots of stars night? I miss that.
ReplyDeleteI like John's idea of starting a pub. And we can do it in a totally renovated Cathay building too. Ha ha ha.
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