Kuching Festival is held nearly a month in conjunction of Malaysia Day which falls on 16 September. According to friends, Kuching Festival is held several weeks before Malaysia Day and is usually one of the prime events in Kuching. To our knowledge, during the Kuching Festival, Sarawakians actually dismiss mall trips visit this Festival every night.!
At first, we were stunned at the amount of food stalls in the festival. With easily 100+ food stalls, it is a big variety to choose from just for dinner or supper. Upon looking closely to the food stalls, we found out from local delicacies such as the Sarawak Laksa to Barbeque skewers, are being provided by vendors of different ethnicity and backgrounds.
What impressed us more is that the Kuching Festival actually imports Taiwan Food Stall Franchises and China Food Stall Franchises. A good example is this Hydrogen Ice-Cream Stall Shown above which we enjoy so much. Hydrogen Ice-Cream is actually the using of hydrogen to cool down the flavoured creams so that it have an Ice-cream texture. It was actually originated from Taiwan.
This particular store which sells pancake with ice-cream attracts young crowds nearly every night. When we see the young crowds around the store, we saw from Malays, Chinese to other races all crowding and waiting in line for their turn to buy. This is such a common scene in Kuching.
The best part of this food night market in the Kuching Festival is that the organizers actually provide tables and chairs for people to actually sit down and eat. Tons of people are having their own feast around these tables.
Kuching Festival gives out a certain lively vibe similar to those in the famous ShiLin Night Market in Taiwan. The only difference is that the diversity of cuisines which can be found here is none comparable with any nightmarkets found in Taiwan. From Indian cuisine to Local Iban cuisine, From China BBQ Pork to Taiwan Ice-cream, what we are experiencing is actually a harmonizing of international flavours as one.
It is always great to visit Kuching, Sarawak, near the dates of the Kuching Festival around September. It is always mesmerizing and inspiring to experience a crowd which is diverse in terms of race and enjoying food of a long line of different flavours. Certainly, the Kuching Festival is a portrayal of Diversity being uniquely united.
For more information regarding Kuching Festival, you can refer to the following website:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Food-fair-Kuching-Festival/403449269759768
No comments:
Post a Comment