What a mistake to make! Fancy missing the Chinese New Year on the 26th and 27th of January! The streets were being decorated in preparation for the large precessions and celebrations that we read about.
It was in KK that we read about at long established Japanese restaurant called Nishiki, and decided to check it out while we had the chance. We were not disappointed, it was beautifully decorated and was packed with Japanese families having the works. The only seats left were at the counter, where we could see the sushi chef's at work and an ice cabinet full of fish. We chose a sushi selection each and got stuck in...
The presentation was tops, as was the sushi. It made a novel change from laksa and we weren't going to find it in India, lol.
On another night out, we went for some cocktails, celebrating my return to health and an amazing time in Borneo and of course our future adventures in India.
There were some very fancy fabric shops, this one was worth admiring in the day...
And night!
We were disappointed, but not really surprised that we didn't get to see the western tarsier. In Bako we established that they live in the deepest darkest depths of the jungle, way up in the canopy...just as well really. From a display at Mulu we learnt that they were nocturnal, very agile and fast moving. Tarsiers apparently feed by grabbing insects out of the air with their tiny hands! We liked the idea of this.
Also on our miss-list was the beautifully sad looking slow loris. This is the only picture of them that we ever saw where they looked at all happy.
We did see a very shrunken, sad stuffed tarsier at the Sabah museum, along with a huge (rabbit size) white moon rat that lives in the jungle. The museum was very dated in its wood panelling and carpeted cabinets, but very interesting with archaeological displays of Chinese ceramics that were believed to have been traded for spices well before the 10th century. There was a big section displaying the archaeological finds from ceramic burial pots.
We had fun checking out some of the crazy mall's in the hope of finding some new t-shirts to replace our battered ones. We didn't find any without strange slogans that didn't make sense, or horrible fabric. This would have been a good slogan for Wij's t-shirt though.
We spotted several of these.
Checking out one of the many dried, spiced Chinese meat displays. They asked us if we would like to try some. Wiji tried the spiced pork, and brought some more on the advice of the women who told him to put it in a sandwich for breakfast the next day, lol.
Freaky-meat on close up.
Checking out the South China sea for the last time, we agreed that we just didn't feel inclined to swim in it.
There had been an increase reported in the local papers of Dengue fever, this park complete with concrete stilts looked like a prime breeding ground of stagnant water!
The street next to our hotel was always full of washing and masses of cooking smells.
On our last night we decided to try some of the fish at the KK's famous night market...straight out of the sea and onto the BBQ...
We picked the crayfish to share, and the women on the stall mixed us a chile and lime dressing.
It was delicious.
The night market ran from early evening to midnight each day selling produce and cooked foods...
Wiji tried the giant fried pancakes with egg and greens in the middle...
The Meridian hotel loomed over the market and rows of diners...
Wiji felt he really needed to have an actual mee goreng before we left (after we ate the packet ones in the Solomon's)...this guy cooked it up in the flaming wok on the spot for him...
'Mmmm mee goreng made for mee!'
Masterchef with lightening skills.
Wiji also wanted to try the classic Malaysian drink called an ABC. Here the lady mixed all the ingredients into a cup, they included sweet corn, condensed milk, jelly, shaved ice,rice pudding, cooked macaroni and other weird stuff.
Even Wiji found it all a bit too much...
I loved the fruit and veg displays...
We read that there were 1500 different types of ginger in Borneo!
Delicious trad greens that we loved, called paku.
Later on after the market, we wandered back to Nishiki...
For some sushi...
Goodbye KK, an eventful city break to round off our Borneo adventure.
1 comment:
I sure with the night markets and street food stalls would catch on in the western world! I'd be eating there every night. I think some of our best meals in SE Asia have been at the night/street markets. Bon Appetit!
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