Carpenter Street.

The place is famous for their pork satays as well. 50 cents for a stick. Compared to Hui Sin garden's I prefer this:) Slices of marinated pork on a stick grilled over a charcoal fire. Dipped into peanut gravy together with the ketupat. Yummy. The ketupat's delish as well. I've tasted ketupats that were really hard or either too overcooked and believe me you feel like drowning yourself in the peanut gravy. Kills the whole meal. But with the ketupats served here its a different tale altogether. Definitely one with a very happy ending :)

The most freaking awesome fishballs ever! The rest of the fishballs anywhere else can just suck balls:p Do not underestimate this. It may just be fishballs and fishpaste stuffed tauhus topped with parsley and comes with glass noodles. Just wait till you taste it. RM5 for the special. Please get the special.

What's the first thing that comes into your mind when you think about Carpenter Street? Some say Kueh Chap some I assume would say Hakka mee and a very rare few would say they've never been. Congratulations to the first two groups! You've tasted ambrosia! And for the last group, I can only but feel sorry for you. Anyways, now take a step back into the past and its not hard to realise that your parents, your grandparents, they all ate there during the prefastfoodconquersall era. Before food became so loaded with msg. When food used to be REAL. It is at this very street where you'll find what I can only describe as really really good food. I know you'll find numerous food stalls as you amble( Seriously. Don't run ) down the whole street, but theres this place you just can't afford to miss. Its right opposite the "Shang Di" temple. My grandparents refer to the place as "Lau Ya Keng". I call it heaven though :) The place is overflowing and always busy with customers. Coming and going. Its so hard to find seats. Your either too late and the stalls are close or too slow, the seats are all taken. And that's just too bad. If any of you have friends from another continent or your trying to convince someone to stay permanently in Kuching your safest bet and sole strategy would have to be the food here. So do, please, I mean REALLY bring them over to Carpenter Street. No regrets :) And don't try and be nice. If you see any seats, just run for it ok?