Saturday, September 22, 2012

Damai Beach and dinner

It didn't take very long to go through the papers for the Nyegol trial, which was scheduled for the following day (Monday). We were let off early - Saw felt like staying to help out with any remaining errands, and the rest wanted to sightsee since it was their last day in Kuching. 

Chris and I decided to give the sightseeing a pass because we were going to be around for a whole week more (and my legs were still protesting at any sort of movement, even ten consecutive steps on level ground). And so we found ourselves hitching a ride with Daveency to Damai Beach, about 40 minutes' drive from Kuching.

A gorgeous view of Santubong hill from the window
Here we are...


Daveency went to meet up with a bunch of his friends who were already there, so Chris and I had an hour or so to ourselves, to enjoy the sunset and the mosquitoes.





Ai Fern and Christian - 'the caucasian guy' of two posts ago - had also been hanging out at the beach, so we met up with them for dinner. Ai Fern brought us to the popular Lim Hock Ann Seafood restaurant in Buntal, a small Malay fishing village about 20 minutes' drive from Damai towards Kuching city centre.


They have quite a wide selection of fresh seafood here, and Ai Fern says it's well patronised both by tourists and locals. It escapes me now what we had for dinner that night, but I do remember that we tried Sarawak or chien (oyster omelette) - it was pretty interesting having it thin and crispy, instead of scrambled and fluffy like Penang's. Each to his own in this case, of course, but I personally like the Penang or chien with their fat juicy oysters more!

Dinner company was pleasant. Christian decided that none of the dishes we had ordered were to his taste, except for the fried meehoon and stir-fried vegetables (the most ordinary and generic dishes at the table, haha). The two guys also spent some time bantering about Monty Python at length; unfortunately most of that was lost on Ai Fern and me.

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