N0 19 / MAY - JUNE 2016 KUCHINGIN&OUT an INDEPENDENT lifestyle prit & digital magazie WWW.KUCHINGINANDOUT.COM I m FREE 6 issues a year KINO MAG GAWAI SPECIAL My ame is MUK TITO Last of the RigED Ladies i Kampug Semba, 26 miles from Kuchig the art of TATTOO AN Idetity crisis NATURAL DYES COLOURS OF THE EARTH Food Trail Map Daw to Dusk CALENDAR l MAPS l HISTORICAL STREETS l NIGHT SPOTS l LISTINGS
The Past Celebratig the Future Curret ad traditioal, our multicultural city displays well this aachroism both i our urba ad rural eviromet. Geeratioal gap, a wor out expressio, has little meaig whe the youger carry dayak baskets while their parets sport some facy braded backpack. That's the uiqueess of our culture! The Art of Tattoo - a idetity crisis (pg. 19-23) taps ito a traditio that has evolved from the jugles of Boreo to the wester world ad back agai to a future that has o boudaries. Has time stood still for the Rigleaders of the Rig Traditio (pg. 24-29) i Kampug Semba? The last of the riged ladies sit i their "moder" livig room offerig us a glimpse of their lives. Natural Dyes - colours of the earth (pg. 30-33) documets 8 colours made from our commo plats ad roots. Used to tit our may amazig fabrics ad baskets by local Edric Og, a world-reowed expert ad UNESCO accredited iteratioal craft curator. From dusk to daw, The Food Trail Map (pg. 39-39) is yet aother additio to KINO's cotributio to Kuchig City's amazig culture Gayu Guru Gerai Nyamai to all our "old ad ew" readers! MARIAN CHIN Editor-i-Chief Although Kampug Semba, i the BRS (Begoh Resettlemet Scheme) is just a hour s drive from the state capital, meetig Muk Tito ad the other riged ladies was walkig ito a time zoe of forgotte traditio (pg. 24-29). The desire to documet our Culture, Food ad Heritage was always the reaso why KINO bega three years ago. Access KINO magazie aytime, aywhere! KUCHING IN & OUT: OUR CULTURE, FOOD & LIFESTYLE KUCHING'S FIRST KOPITIAM WEB/DIGITAL PRINT TABLET MOBILE KINO www.kuchigiadout.com 3
I this issue... l 5 HEALTH l6 CALENDAR l15 I b KUCHING EXCAT: from Japa 17 BY THE WAY l 18 KINO THE ART OF TATTOO A Idetity Crisis Parkiso's Disease Awareess May, Jue ad July Malaysia Golde Chef Competitio 24 30 l34 l KINO GAWAI SPECIAL My Name is Muk Tito KINO NATURAL DYES Colours of the Earth NIGHT SPOTS l37 FOOD MAP l40 «NEXT STOP» l42 CLASSIFIEDS The Tourist Trail "Daw to Dusk" Food Trail Map BUS ROUTES MAP, first steps... Listigs Article plus Video: KINO VIDEO is the additio to certai articles, givig differet dimesios of the story. www.kuchigadout.com KINO CALENDAR LISTING: We would like to hear from you, should you have ay free public evets iside ad outside of Kuchig that ca be added to our caledar upo selectio. ifo@kuchigiadout.com SOME KINO MAGAZINE PICK UP VENUES: Shoppig Malls All Ifo Couters, Starbucks, Bigs & Coffee Bea, Secret Recipes, MPH ad Popular Bookstores. The Sprig: Food Court. Boulevard. Plaza Merdeka: Raitree cafe. Tu Jugah: Gallery 4th Fl. Food Gallery, Colugos. HILLS. CITY ONE. GREEN HEIGHTS: Cold Storage, Mady's Orgaic, HairDo. Hotels Margarita, Riverside, Hilto, Pullma, Imperial, 4 Poits, Merdeka Palace, LimeTree, Abell, Raee, Telag Usa, Citadies, Basaga, Siggahsaa, Tues, Lot 10, Batik Boutique, Daimai Resort, Damai Puree, Cove 55, 1 Hotel, Permai Resort, VIllage House. RESTAURANTS / BARS /Cafes Tom's, Juk, Livig Room, Barber, Mioru, Zic, D'yak, Basaga, Absolute Tribal, Tribal Stove, Carvery, Kig Curry, Madame Tag's, Yu Cai, Sidewalk, Mike's SmokeHouse, Little Haiam, Life Cafes, Cafe Cafe, Coffee Cliics, Much, Speak Easy, Druk Mokey, Idah Gallery, Museum Cafe, The Swig, Factory, Razzmatazz, etc... Hospitals Timberlad, Kuchig Specialist Healthcare, Boreo Medical Cetre, Normal Medical Specialist Cetre, Sarawak Heart Cetre, Sarawak Geeral Hospital, Dr Robert Koh Asia Cliic, Hele Ngu Wome's Cliic, Dr, Cha Cliic, Dr. Gary Kag Cliic. 20db. Kuchig Airport Arrival Cetre, Taxi couters, various shops, Old Tow, Tiklepa. Starbucks. Sarawak Tourism Federatio Office (Waterfrot & Old Courthouse). Sarawak Museum & Textile Museum. Colleges & Uiversities Uimas, FTMS, Segi, Suway, ICATS,UCSI, Swibure, Limkokwig, Eksekutif, Uitm, Masterskill, College Tekologi etc. Stores/Spas/Beauty Emma Daiels, Bor Beautiful, Nobel Reflexology, Raw Kitche, Baker's Talk, Peter Zhe cakes Petrol Statios 6 Petroas statios throughout Kuchig ad may, may other places. KINO COVER PHOTO: CHEW SWEE KEE KINO Digital magazie is INside ad OUTside of the prited magazie. Log oto www.kuchigiadout.com to read the latest copy olie. Joi us o the KINO facebook page it is your platform to tell a story, share your thoughts, memories, talk about a recipe, see ad post videos, ad joi us for competitios, evets ad more. CONNECT WITH US FOR MORE! Kio Magazie KINOMag App editorial MARIAN CHIN Editor-i-Chief KAREN SHEPHERD Copy Editig ART / WEB / photography JEAN VOON 013 813 2995 CHEW SWEE KEE, AMY, JACINTA LIM CONTRIBUTORS DUNSTAN CHAN, LUCY FAWCETT, DR. LAW WAN CHUNG, EDGAR ONG, KAREN SHEPHERD, WONG CHIN SIN ADVERTISING MARIAN CHIN 019 857 957 6 maria.chi@kuchigiadout.com ADMINISTRATION ifo@kuchigiadout.com PUBLISHER WHATMATTERS SDN BHD (518203 D) Published bi-mothly by WHATMATTERS SDN BHD (518203 D) Next issue of KINO: JULY-AUGUST 2016 All rights reserved. Reproductio i ay maer i whole or part may be allowed subject to writte permissio. The publisher is ot liable for statemets made ad opiios expressed i the publicatio. KINO has 10,000 circulatio for every issue. KINO has over 100 drop-off poits i Kuchig City. Prited by Ifografik Press SDN. BHD. Kuchig, Sarawak, Malaysia
l l l l 5 HEALTH by Dr. Law Wa Chug Parkiso's Disease Awareess Day Parkiso's disease is a progressive, euro-degeerative disease. It is more commo i the older populatio ad occurs sporadically, but youger patiets below 40 years of age with oset of symptoms ad heredo-familial cases are also see. Typically the disease affects a perso s movemet; the movemets become slower (also kow as Bradykiesia), ad maifest as lack of facial expressio, mootoous speech, lack of arm swig durig walkig, small steps ad a shufflig gait, ad difficulty with rapid alteratig movemet. Tremor at rest is a commo feature. It usually starts i oe limb ad progresses to ivolve other limbs over time ad it is ofte exacerbated whe the patiet is ervous or distracted. Rigidity is preset as stiffess of the limbs ad body. Patiets ofte complai of body aches ad ted to adopt a stooped posture with bet kees. Parkiso's Disease also affects more tha just movemet ad muscles. Patiets could lose their sese of smell, get costipatio, feel a frequet urge to uriate, ad some might develop sleep related problems such as talkig ad gesturig i sleep. At a advaced stage, memory will be affected ad some patiets begi to halluciate. Parkiso's disease has o cure but effective treatmets are available. Various medicatios ca help to alleviate symptoms of Parkiso's disease ad preserve the patiet's quality of life for at least 10-20 years. For more advaced ad symptomatic patiets, ifusio therapy either through subcutaeous ijectio or ito the digestive system are ow a optio i some tertiary cetres, icludig Sarawak Geeral Hospital. Selected Parkiso's disease patiets have bee offered Deep Brai Stimulatio (DBS) surgery with good results. This surgery ca be performed i highly specialised govermet ad private hospitals i Malaysia. Maagig patiets with Parkiso's disease ot oly requires optimisatio of medical therapy, but also a multidiscipliary ad holistic approach targetig other, o-medical domais. It should be a combied effort of doctor, urse, physiotherapist, occupatioal therapist, psychiatrist ad social worker, with the full support ad participatio of patiet s family members or caretaker. Parkiso's Disease Awareess Day has bee held as a yearly evet i Kuchig sice 2014 to icrease public awareess ad uderstadig of the disease, so that early symptoms ca be idetified ad prompt treatmet ca be iitiated. A Parkiso's support group has bee set up i Kuchig i 2015 ad i Sibu i 2014, respectively. The Parkiso's Support Group Kuchig is led by a Parkiso's patiet. It provides a platform for patiets ad families to meet together to share kowledge ad to fight the disease. The participats gather oce a moth with the support of voluteer health care providers from various fields. Activities that have bee carried out durig the gatherigs iclude Tai Chi exercises, physiotherapy, fall prevetio exercises ad lectures regardig Parkiso medicatios. We hope these programs ca create more public awareess regardig Parkiso's disease ad the various treatmet optios ad supportive care available. With appropriate treatmets, may Parkiso's disease patiets ca cotiue to ejoy a quality life! We wish to thak Sarawak Geeral Hospital s director, Dr Chi Zi Hi for his support, doctors, urses, allied health persoal, patiets ad family members who have dedicated their time ad effort to make Parkiso's Disease Awareess Day ad the support groups possible ad sustaiable. We would also like to thak Lio's Club Kuchig-Kota Samaraha as the co-sposor of 2016 Parkiso's Disease Awareess Day. KINO Parkiso's Support Group Cotacts: KUCHING Mary Lu 016-895 1877 SIBU Mr. Wog 016-347 1853 KINO www.kuchigiadout.com 5
MAYJUNJUL2016CALENDAR-IN-OUT & AROUN 8 APRIL - 31 JULY Japaese Occupatio i Boreo Durig World War II Exhibitio The public are ivited to view this special collectio exhibitio o Japaese Occupatio i Boreo Durig World War II. This exhibitio highlights how the people of Boreo survived daily life ad respoded with grit ad resourcefuless to the Japaese Occupatio, a period of great adversity ad abject scarcity. It celebrates their resiliece, teacity, resourcefuless ad self-reliace; values that remai importat ad relevat today. Glimpses of these past lives are preseted i writigs, memoirs, records, ad photos of the ucertai ad shattered world these survivors of the war edured. The exhibitio is ope to public daily from 11 am - 7 pm. Closed o Public Holidays. HOW MUCH: Free etry WHERE: KUCHING Special Collectio Room, Level 1, Pustaka Negeri Sarawak WHO: Pustaka Negeri Sarawak CONTACT: Rozaa Octovia Raymod Umpu at 082-440488 ext. 19 or email rozaoru@sarawak.gov.my ( State Records Repository ) 1-31 MAY Miri May Fest To promote Miri as a vibrat ad gree Resort City, Miri May Fest will be held for the moth of May i cojuctio with Miri City Day 11th Aiversary. There will be activities ecouragig culture ad arts, sports, music, dacig, sigig, charity food fair ad trade fair. HOW MUCH: Free admissio WHERE: MIRI WHO: Orgaized by various govermet agecies, Miri City Coucil, NGOs Social Clubs & Commercial Houses Public Relatios Sectio CONTACT: 085-4 www.miricoucil.gov.my 3 MAY - 21 JUNE MakerSpace@Pustaka : Begiers Class for Adobe Photoshop Lear the basic level of Adobe Photoshop. Classes will be coducted every Tuesday, 2.30-4.30 pm at MakerSpace@Pustaka, Pustaka Negeri Sarawak (Kuchig). Limited umber of seats, first come first serve basis ad by appoitmet oly. Please email fairulab@sarawak.gov.my to book your place, ad it is free of charge. HOW MUCH: Free, registratio required WHERE: KUCHING MakerSpace@Pustaka Negeri Sarawak WHO: Pustaka Negeri Sarawak CONTACT: fairulab@sarawak.gov.my 6 MAY Toight with Mike Joi us for a ight of music, public speakig demostratio ad talks featurig the te must-visit places i Sarawak ad the leged ad beauty of sape ad sape makig. Showcasig local, youg muscias ad sigers with sape playig by iteratioally reowed, master player Matthew Ngau. HOW MUCH: RM20 WHERE: KUCHING Islamic Iformatio Cetre WHO: Mometum Kuchig
D KUCHINGMAYJUNJUL2016 CONTACT: Nazree 014-998 2079, Laura Kho 012-887 6889 or Mike Lim 019-819 9777 6-8 MAY Mukah Kaul Festival 2016 Kaul is a traditioal festival celebrated by the Melaau commuity livig alog the coast area i Sarawak. I the past, Kaul was held as a religious ceremoy to appease the spirits of the sea, lad, forest ad farm makig it the most importat festival i the Melaau traditioal caleder. The festival is a ritual of purificatio ad thaksgivig as well as oe of the propitiatio for good fortue. Today, it is more of keepig a heritage alive. Its marks the begiig of the Melaau caleder which begis at the ed of the Northeast mosoo. Kaul takes place i the third week of the moth of April every year. The festival site is o the right bak of the Mukah river estuary. Durig the week-log festival, activities iclude stalls sellig traditioal foods, etertaimet programs, traditioal games. The highlight will be the Serahag (decorated flat roud basket made from sago leaf which is raised o a bamboo pole) processio lead by local Melaau commuity elders. Some of the activities ot to be missed iclude playig the giat swig (Tibow) ad ejoyig Melaau traditioal food served o the log (Kema Baw Bateg also kow as Maka Beradat i Malay). HOW MUCH: Free admissio WHERE: MUKAH Tapak Pesta Kaul, Tama Kala Daa WHO: Persatua Melaau Mukah CONTACT: Mr. Pegira Saifudzi Pegira Mahtar/ 084-872595 / joh_jeifer@hotmail.com www.kaulmukah.com 6-8 MAY Tidal Bore Festival (Pesta Beak) Pesta Beak is oe of Sarawak's icoic evets ad celebrated o a grad scale. Cetered i Sri Ama, there will be logboat paddlig competitio, tidal bore surfig, water sports, food ad trade fair ad ightly etertaimet. HOW MUCH: Free admissio WHERE: SRI AMAN TOWN Batag Lupar River Frot WHO: Sri Ama Residet Office CONTACT: www.sriamaro.gov.my www.facebook.com/pestabeaksriama 6-8 MAY 5th Miri Bike Week 2016 Miri Bike Week was first orgaised i 2010 ad aimed to KINO www.kuchigiadout.com 7 gather all the big bikers all over Boreo. The objective is to ecourage the youth to cultivate a iterest i the motorsport ad also perform its CSR by doatig a portio of their icome to the charity orgaisatio. HOW MUCH: Visit facebook page for registratio fee ad competitio fee for various categories WHERE: MIRI Permy Mall WHO: Kelab Motosikal Jaguh Miri CONTACT: Ramzie B. Hipi 017-851 6811 kmjm03@yahoo.com www.facebook.com/miribikeweek 8 MAY Super Rat Race 2016 5km charity fu ru, come dressed as your favourite super hero! Registratio fee icludes tshirt ad fiisher medal. Register olie at http://goo.gl/forms/ u3qlbyklj5. Prited forms are also available at Brooks Cocept Store (Gree Heights Mall). HOW MUCH: RM50 WHERE: KUCHING MBKS WHO: Kelab Laria O-RUN-UTAN CONTACT: www.facebook.com/ratracekuchig Alex Liew 016-888 1023 or Desmod Sahatheva 019-893 6268 9-10 MAY Natioal Coferece o Admiistrative Professioalism 2016 A aual get together for Secretaries, Persoal Assistats ad Admi Professioals to etwork, refresh, re-eergise, recharge ad sharpe their saws i order to maage the every day surprises for their bosses. This coferece is also held durig 12-13 April at the Reaissace Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. HOW MUCH: Early bird RM2,999, Normal rate RM3,399, iteratioal participats USD1,350 WHERE: KUCHING The Waterfrot Hotel WHO: MRS Maagemet Sd Bhd CONTACT: kristie@mrstraiig.com or 082 454 343 www.traiigprovider.org 12-13 MAY ASEAN-CHINA Etrepreeurs Coferece 2016 The goal of this coferece is to provide a mutually beeficial commercializatio platform where Malaysia ad particularly Sarawak local etrepreeurs ca explore ad gai isights ito various busiess ad trade opportuities with the Chiese couterparts through strategic busiess etworkig ad sharig sessios, awareess workshops, trade forums ad Wilto courses i May & JUNE 2016 惠尔通假期课程 : 5 月,6 月 For more details cotact: 016 892 6999 bake_chilled@ymail.com
MAYJUNJUL2016CALENDAR-IN-OUT & AROUN particularly though this Coferece ad to further tap ad advace ito Asia s largest market. The coferece will be a combiatio of valuable iformatio presetatio by domai experts ad policymakers from Malaysia ad Chia; Forum ad busiess etworkig. Through this coferece we seek to provide a opportuity for local ad foreig etrepreeurs to etwork ad exchage relevat kowledge to give them a competitive edge i their various sectors ad idustries. This coferece will be supported by associatios such as SEA ad relevat govermets (Malaysia). HOW MUCH: Coferece Participatio Fee RM1,500 WHERE: KUCHING check with orgaiser WHO: A joit effort of Sarawak Etrepreeurs Associatio (SEA), FAME Iteratioal College (FAME) ad Chia s Pekig Uiversity (PKU) CONTACT: David Chew 016-864 9717 ifo@ace-coferece.com www.ace-coferece.com 13 MAY Metal Health Trialogue: Work ad Metal Health The Sarawak Metal Health Associatio orgaises a mothly Metal Health Trialogue at Permai Psychological Services, 1st Floor, Lot 2992, Jala Tu Ahmad Zaidi Adruce, Kuchig. The theme for the moth of May is "Work ad Metal Health". A metal health trialogue is a ope ad coducive eviromet for participats to voice out their experieces ad cocers about ay issues regardig metal health. Good metal health is ot the absece of metal illesses, it refers to a geeral sese of well-beig. The trialogue is ope to members of the public, healthcare professioals ad just about ayoe. Do joi us if you care about your metal health ad that of those aroud you! Please call for details of our Metal Health Trialogue for the moth of Jue ad July. HOW MUCH: Free WHERE: KUCHING Permai Psychological Services, 1st Floor, Lot 2992, Jala Tu Ahmad Zaidi Adruce WHO: Sarawak Metal Health Associatio CONTACT: Dr Ga Chee Kua 012-8081023 13-14 MAY Boreo Jazz Festival 2016 Boreo Jazz Festival 2016 Boreo Jazz is oe of the logest ruig Jazz festivals i the regio. This will be the 11th year it is held i Miri. There will be two ights of four performaces each by regioally ad iteratioally recogised jazz musicias. Visitors goig to this cosmopolita city of Miri ca use the day to visit the Lambir Hills or the historical Niah Natioal Park located just a hour ad two away respectively. Ad if you are a scuba diver, the dive sites i the Miri-Sibuti Coral Reefs Natioal Park becko. The earest dive site is a mere 15-mi away, just off the coast of the city. HOW MUCH: Visit website for ticket prices WHERE: MIRI Parkcity Everly Hotel WHO: Sarawak Tourism Board CONTACT: 082 423 600 stb@sarawaktourism.com www.jazzboreo.com 14 MAY Bellies to Babies Workshop 2016 Bellies to Babies Workshop 2016 featurig Pregacy Wellbeig & Fitess Live Demo : Pre & Post Natal Exercise Tips from Physiotherapist, The 30 Miute Lesso : Baby Massage by A Certified Istructor ad Get Your Queries Aswered by Our Paediatricia, Dieticia ad Psychologist. 1.30pm 4pm. HOW MUCH: Free admissio, registratio required WHERE: KUCHING Boreo Medical Cetre WHO: Boreo Medical Cetre CONTACT: 082 507 333 www.boreomedicalcetre.com 14 MAY Sarawak Voluteers, Walk of Love This oe day evet orgaised by The Miistry of Welfare, Wome ad Family Developmet is i support of the 18th Malaysia Paralympics to be held i Kuchig from 5-12 August 2016. The Walk of Love a purple themed evet will be a activity whereby members of the public or those iterested to take part will be walkig 2 km or 3 km. Other activities are Zumba, lauch of logo ad itroducig the state cotiget ico, lucky draws ad colourig competitio. HOW MUCH: Free, registratio required WHERE: KUCHING Le Park, Civic Cetre WHO: The Miistry of Welfare, Wome ad Family Developmet CONTACT: Cik Rosalia Mohd Tahir/Pua Siti Rubiah Mohd Rusli 082-446 980, 082-446 178 jabata waitaks@gmail.com 14-15 MAY SBC Biodiversity Day 2016 Comig your way agai this year! Joi us i fatastic sciece games, commuity participatio, public awareess talks ad more. Check out the tetative programme at http://www.sbc.org.my/idex.php/ evets/biodiversity-day-2016 HOW MUCH: Free etry WHERE: KUCHING Sarawak Biodiversity Cetre, KM20, Jala Boreo Heights, Semegoh WHO: Sarawak Biodiversity Cetre CONTACT: 082-610 610 biosar@sbc.org.my www.facebook.com/sarawak.biodiversity.cetre 14-21 MAY Exhibitio by the Kuchig Brach of the Malaysia Nature Society The Kuchig Brach of the Malaysia Nature Society, oe of the oldest coservatio groups i the coutry, is orgaisig a 10-day exhibitio highlightig their varied activities ad showcasig atures' works of art as photographed by members. HOW MUCH: Free etry WHERE: KUCHING The Sprig WHO: Malaysia Nature Society, Kuchig Brach CONTACT: Eddie 014 395 1415 mskuchigbrach@gmail.com 15 MAY Miri City Day Half Maratho 2016 5km fu ru, 10km ru ad 21km half maratho. HOW MUCH: Visit website for registratio ad fees WHERE: MIRI Maria Park City WHO: Robust Lifestyle ad Majlis Badaraya Miri CONTACT: www.mirimaratho.com 16-17 MAY Festival Taria Tradisioal Sarawak (Sarawak Traditioal Dace Festival) HOW MUCH: Free admissio WHERE: KUCHING Godow Amphitheatre Kuchig Waterfrot WHO: Kuchig City Coucil North (DBKU) CONTACT: Mohd Hafiz Ali 082-446 688 ext 320 mohdhafizali@dbku.gov.my 16-19 MAY 5th Biaual World Restaurat Missio Coferece 2016 HOW MUCH: Check www.worldcrm.org for details WHERE: KUCHING Riverside Majestic Hotel, Kuchig WHO: Persatua Rumah Gembira CONTACT: Sheila Yeoh Jeah Lig 014-333 8959 ifor@worldcrm.org www.kuchigiadout.com KINO 8
D KUCHINGMAYJUNJUL2016 20-22 MAY Ito the Woods Tuku Putra School ad the Sarawak State Symphoy Orchestra proudly presets Ito the Woods, the Toy Award Wiig Broadway Musical. Music ad lyrics by Stephe Sodheim, book by James Lapie. HOW MUCH: RM35 (back rows), RM55 (middle rows) ad RM100 (frot rows) WHERE: KUCHING Former DUN Ballroom WHO: Tuku Putra School ad the Sarawak State Symphoy Orchestra CONTACT: 082-313 900 or 016-223 2108 21 MAY Ruers Wild Bario 2016 Ruers Wild is a trail ru that will take ruers ito some of the wildest destiatios i the regio. Ruers Wild i Bario, Sarawak, Malaysia is a ru for the experieced trail ruer or experieced outdoor ethusiasts. Ruers will fid themselves flyig ito a tropical moutaious regio where temperatures ca soar ito the high 30s i the mid day ad drop to a low 18 degrees Celsius at ights. The 50 kilometer course will ru through picturesque villages, pristie forests, rice fields ad past may log houses of the Kelabit people who populate the highlads. Ruers Wild seeks to brig the hardy adveturer ito the uexplored while still providig the best ruig experiece for each ad every oe of our ruers. HOW MUCH: Visit website for registratio ad fees WHERE: MIRI Bitag Megamall WHO: Asia Tourism Alliace CONTACT: Kuha Foo 012-331 1398 www.ruerswild.com 21 MAY Frieds of Sarawak Museum Collector's Forum "I woder if this old porcelai vase gradma left me is a origial..." "I bought this old documet at a atiques market but I do't kow how to preserve it." May of us have items haded dow through the geeratios, or collectibles purchased durig our travels. Most of these items ed up o a shelf or i a cupboard, ad are largely forgotte. Have you ever wodered if these vases, oil paitigs, baskets ad beads are origials? If so, brig them alog to our Collector's Forum o May 21, 2016 betwee 2pm ad 5pm at the Old Courthouse Kuchig. You may fid the KINO www.kuchigiadout.com 9 aswers to all your questios, ad lear a thig or two about your treasures! HOW MUCH: Free etry WHERE: KUCHING - Old Courthouse WHO: Frieds of Sarawak Museum CONTACT: Aita 019-887 0811 fosm.evets@gmail.com 22 MAY Mometum Ru Kuchig 3.2 2016 The cocept behid the Mometum Ru was iitiated by a group of ruig ethusiasts from the City Joggers Club (CJC) with the mai purpose to help Kuchig ruers trai towards their 1st Full or Half Maratho. The Mometum Ru is ot iteded to be a competitive evet. This is maily because its primary objective is to build up mometum towards the Full or Half maratho the particular ruer is seekig to participate i. The 3rd editio of the Mometum Ru cosists of 3 series where every series will be more challegig, as the mileage towards Half ad Full Maratho icreases. Ruers will be collectig all 3 differet series ru medals wherei the 3 idividual medals ca be joied together to become a complete big medal. 15KM (Short Category) or 20KM (Log Category) HOW MUCH: RM60 for all categories WHERE: KUCHING - MBKS Carpark WHO: City Jogger s Club CONTACT: www.mometumru.com.my 25-28 MAY The Coferece of the Pa Pacific Busiess Associatio (PPBA) 2016 The basic goal of PPBA is to provide a forum for scholars, executives, ad govermet officials from Pacific-Rim coutries to discuss importat issues relatig to a better quality of life i this regio. Emphasis has bee placed o more effective utilizatio of huma resources, techology, ad multilateral ecoomic activities across borders. HOW MUCH: Visit website for registratio ad fees WHERE: MIRI Pullma Miri Waterfrot WHO: Curti Uiversity of Techology Sarawak Campus CONTACT: Paulie Ho 085-443 939 ext 3014 or paulie.ho@curti.edu.my www.papacificbusiess.org 25-29 MAY The 56th Malaysia Medical Associatio AGM ad Scietific Meetig 2016 Razzmatazz bistro & bar wester food (o-halal) Jala Caa behid GIANT Stutog Jala Caa We are here Razzmatazz Chef George W. Germa OPEN DAILY 4PM-MIDNIGHT www.facebook.com/ Razzmatazz-Bistro-Pub-Louge 016-889 0600
mayjujuly2016calendar-in-out & HAVE YOU GO RAW TODAY? OR HAVE YOU EVEN JUICE TODAY? OR WANT TO DETOX? SERVING RAW FOOD FRESH JUICES SMOOTHIES RAW VEGAN DESERTS COLD PRESSED JUICES SALAD BAR SUPERFOOD AND MORE... WE GUARANTEE 100% FRESH WHOLE FOOD NO SUGAR/WATER/ PRESERVATIVES VEGAN/GLUTEN/DAIRY FREE ESTABLISHED 2014 AS 1ST RAW VEGAN ESTABLISHMENT IN SARAWAK HELPING BRINGING DIET BALANCE TO YOU AND YOUR ENVIRONMENT FACEBOOK: THE RAW KITCHEN MALAYSIA INSTAGRAM: RAWKITCHENMALAYSIA RETAIL OUTLETS: RAW JUICERY, LG-K004, VIVACITY MEGAMALL RAW KITCHEN NEW OUTLET, G10, GREEN HEIGHTSMALL WE ARE GREEN HOW MUCH: Check website for details http://www. mma.org.my/evets/661-56th-atioal-mma-agmscietific-meetig-meritz-hotel-miri WHERE: MIRI Meritz Hotel WHO: Malaysia Medical Associatio Sarawak Brach CONTACT: Ms. Dorothy Ta 082-258 542 56mmaagm@gmail.com 27 MAY GBG Kuchig Growth Hackig Workshop Series #3: Get Your Busiess Olie via Google My Busiess & AdWords Express Speaker Chew Yig Yi is curretly a advertisig olie specialist i Google Asia Pacific. She works closely with small ad medium busiesses (SMB) ad agecies, providig strategic ad cosultative advise to help their busiesses grow ad gai olie presece. HOW MUCH: Free WHERE: KUCHING icube Iovatio, icom Square WHO: Google Busiess Group Kuchig CONTACT: gbgkuchig@gmail.com 29 MAY Friedship Ru 5km fudraisig ru for Chug Hua Middle School No.1. Fee icludes quick dry ru tshirt, bib umber, voucher ad fiisher medal. Register at Brooks, Gree Height Shoppig Mall, or olie via whatsapp. HOW MUCH: RM50 WHERE: KUCHING Chug Hua Middle School No.1 Pedig WHO: Chug Hua Middle School No. 1 CONTACT: Adelie 010-985 6800, Lig 014-999 7498, Wog 014-338 3863, Magdalee 014-688 7349 5 JUNE The Sprig's Live Active Ru 2016 It is that time of the year agai. the Sprig s Live Active Ru 2016 is back BIGGER & BETTER!! We have got fitess ethusiast ad MIX FM Radio Aoucer Liora Low as the Sprig s Live Active Ru 2016 Official Ambassador, ew categories to excite avid ruers with ad that s all happeig o 5th Jue, Suday at The Sprig Shoppig Mall s Premier Car Park. HOW MUCH: For fees please see www.liveactiveru.com WHERE: KUCHING The Sprig Shoppig Mall WHO: The Sprig Maagemet Services Sd Bhd CONTACT: 082-238 222 or jogjj@thesprig.com.my 6-8 JUNE Pesta Babulag 2016 The highlight of the festival is the buffalo race ivolvig teams from Limbag, Sabah ad Bruei tryig to outrace each other, ridig o bare buffalo back. Activities iclude various activities such as cultural performaces, cookig cotest, beauty pageat, hadicrafts exhibitio ad lucky draws. Aother highlight of the festival is Ratu Babulag that draws may Bisaya lasses to vie for this aual beauty crow. Pesta Babulag is a festival sigificat to the Bisaya commuity i Batu Dau, Limbag. Orgaised by the Bisaya Associatio, this aual evet is a meas to promote tourism for Limbag. HOW MUCH: Free etry WHERE: LIMBANG Kampug Batu Daau WHO: Bisaya Sarawak Associatio D/A Pejabat Bahagia Miri CONTACT: Mr. Atoio Kahti Galis atoikg@sarawak.gov.my 17 JUNE GBG Kuchig Growth Hackig Workshop Series #4: Gai more exposure olie with Google My Busiess ad Google MapMaker Speaker Desmod Chai is the Regioal Lead for Google MapMaker here i Malaysia, moderatig feature edits, providig guidace ad best practices to the Google Map Maker users i order to make Google Maps better for everyoe. HOW MUCH: Free WHERE: KUCHING icube Iovatio, icom Square WHO: Google Busiess Group Kuchig CONTACT: gbgkuchig@gmail.com 2 JULY Sibu Autistic Associatio Fud Raisig Foodsale Sibu Autistic Associatio (SAA) is a charitable orgaisatio started by some parets with childre with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), ad cocered members i the commuity i the year 2000. I 2001, a cetre was set up with the purpose of providig services for ASD childre to help them reach their full potetial. The mai fiacial icome ad support for the ruig of the cetre is maily from persoal ad public doatios ad its yearly Fud Raisig Charity Sale. We have helped hudres of childre from age 2-18, over our years of service. It is ot without sweat ad tears that we have pioeered the work to help them be accepted ito the commuity, ad i providig a better ad brighter future for them. HOW MUCH: Tickets are RM10 per booklet www.kuchigiadout.com KINO 10
AROUND KUCHINGmayjujuly2016 WHERE: SIBU Agape Cetre, Jala Ala WHO: Sibu Autistic Associatio CONTACT: Madam Wog 084-213 786 10 JULY Semata Festival 2016 This is a commuity-based evet o traditioal sports, food ad arts, held at this seaside bazaar of Semata. A fie traditio of the area is the Gedag Melayu - drum orchestra that is accompaied by lyrics sug o the go ad the joget (dace). There will be performaces by the Sambas Cultural troupe to reflect the close proximity of Semata to Kalimata Idoesia. Semata is about a hour ad a half (120 km) drive from Kuchig. Well-kow for its log stretch of secluded beaches, Semata is the most wester tow of Sarawak. It is the gateway to Tajug Datu Natioal Park as well as the homestay experiece of Telok Melao village ad Kampug Pueh loghouse. The former depicts the Sarawak Malay culture ad the latter, the Bidayuh Selako culture. HOW MUCH: Free etry WHERE: SEMATAN Ludu WHO: Semata District Office CONTACT: 082-711 101 http://facebook.com/sematasarawak 11-13 JULY Public Health Coferece 2016 The Public Health Coferece is orgaised by Tomorrow People Orgaizatio- iteratioally recogised o for profit orgaizatio with headquarters i Belgrade, Serbia. The official laguage of the coferece i Eglish. Attedace of delegates from more tha 40 coutries is expected. This highly excitig ad challegig iteratioal Coferece is iteded to be a forum, discussio ad etworkig place for academics, researchers, professioals, admiistrators, educatioal leaders, policy makers, idustry represetatives, advaced studets, ad others. Public Health Coferece 2016 will provide ulimited resources ad opportuities to iteract with promiet leaders i the field ad greatly expad o your global etwork of scholars ad professioals. HOW MUCH: For fees, please see http://www. publichealth-coferece.org/fees.html WHERE: KUCHING Pullma Hotel WHO: Tomorrow People Orgaizatio, supported by Sarawak Covetio Bureau CONTACT: Tel/Fax: + 381 62 680 683 KINO www.kuchigiadout.com 11 cotact@tomorrowpeople.org www.tomorrowpeople.org www.publichealth-coferece.org/ 11-14 JULY 5th Malaysia Golde Chef Competitio, Asia Pacific (Kuchig) Master Chef Challege Trophy & Culiary Forum 2016 The objectives of this evet are to provide a veue for mutual learig ad fellowship amog Chiese culiary chefs, to improve the stadard of local Chiese culiary skills, to lear more about the differet cuisies i the Asia-Pacific regio, ad to promote Sarawakia ethic cuisies ad cultures. Some 600 participats from Malaysia, Chia, Sigapore, Taiwa, Hog Kog, Macau, South Korea ad Australia are expected. Affiliates ad sposors for the evet iclude Pa Malaysia Koo Soo Restaurats ad Chefs Associatio, State Tourism Miistry, Sarawak Covetio Bureau (SCB), World Federatio of Chiese Caterig Idustry, Iteratioal Exchage of Associatio of Reowed Chiese Cuisie Chefs, Taipei Restaurats ad Beverage Workers Uio, Yu Yog Tai Kitcheware, Lee Kum Kee Group, ad Nestle Malaysia. HOW MUCH: Free etry for public to watch, for forum ad etry ito competitio, rig orgaiser for details WHERE: KUCHING The Imperial Hotel WHO: Persatua Tukag Masak How Yu Kuchig CONTACT: Goh Ah Seg 082-256 328 ahseggoh51@hotmail.com 17 JULY The Silet Ru Imagie what your life would be like if you could o loger hear a sigle soud. Birds flyig aroud but o chirpig, the TV playig your favourite show but you ca oly see movemet without soud, the radio is useless to you, your world is completely deaf. How would that impact your life? The Silet Ru is a charity evet orgaised to create public awareess of deafess, i aid of Sarawak Deaf Sports Associatio. Alog the ru you will lear what it is like to live as a deaf perso. HOW MUCH: RM40 for 3km ru, RM50 for 6km ad virtual ru WHERE: KUCHING CityOe Megamall WHO: Beam Evet Maagemet CONTACT: https://www.facebook.com/ evets/963568993750313/ 21-30 JULY Boreo Cultural Festival 2016 Creative Hamper Supplies Network 26 Jala Cetral, Kuchig (Corer of traffic light, opposite SUPP) Moday-Saturday 8.30am-6pm 082-241 866
mayjujuly2016calendar-in-out & Opposite Lorog 16, Jl kampug Tabua Dayak FREE HOME DELIVERY* *special coditios apply 011 3694 2847 The Boreo Cultural Festival (BCF) is a week-log celebratio of food, music ad daces celebratig the diverse cultural backgroud of Sibu commuity such as Iba/Bidayuh/Orag Ulu, Malay/Melaau ad Chiese. BCF stads as Sibu biggest tourism evet. This is a perfect time to migle with the locals from all walks of life. Frige evets iclude trade shows, fu fair ad stage shows. Boreo Cultural Festival is a aual evet orgaized by Sibu Muicipal Coucil. It is free for the public. The Sibu Tow Square (veue) is withi walkig distace of major hotels i the tow cetre. HOW MUCH: Free etry WHERE: SIBU Sibu Tow Square WHO: Sibu Muicipal Coucil CONTACT: 084-333 411 smc@smc.gov.my 22-24 JULY 8th Kuchig Bridge Cogress The Kuchig Bridge Cogress was first held i 2009, ad has bee held aually sice. Why have a Bridge Cogress? - To promote Cotract Bridge both locally ad iteratioally (oe of the Club s objectives) - To provide a opportuity to compete with players from other coutries ad elsewhere i Malaysia i a friedly settig - To improve players skills through the experiece - To promote Kuchig as a destiatio for bridge players from aroud the world HOW MUCH: Check with orgaiser's for fees WHERE: KUCHING - veue to be cofirmed WHO: Kuchig Cotract Bridge Club CONTACT: A Lesley White, Cogress Chairperso 016-853 4562 boreoa@hotmail.com 22-31 JULY 16th Sukma Game The 2016 Sukma Games, officially kow as the 16th Sukma Games is a multi-sport evet that will be held i i Sarawak. This will be Sarawak's secod time to host the Sukma Games, ad its first time sice 1990. I Sukma XVIII, 24 sports evets will be cotested out of which 19 are compulsory sports ad the remaiig five are optioal sports. The compulsory sports iclude aquatics (swimmig ad divig), weightliftig, badmito, cyclig, football, hockey (me s ad wome s), karate, law bowls, archery, shootig, athletics, silat, tepi bowlig, wushu, volleyball (idoor ad beach), teis, squash, sepak takraw ad taekwodo while the five optioal evets are petaque, golf, gymastics, boxig ad optimist sailig. The games veues are i Kuchig, Kota Samaraha, Sibu which hosts badmito ad volleyball while Miri is hostig karate ad optimist sailig. The official opeig ad closig ceremoy for Malaysia s grad sportig evet will be held at the refurbished Sarawak Stadium i Petra Jaya, Kuchig. HOW MUCH: Free admissio WHERE: KUCHING, KOTA SAMARAHAN, SIBU Various locatios WHO: Sarawak State Govermet CONTACT: Secretariat 082-313 973 sukma2016sarawaksecretariat@gmail.com www. sukmasarawak2016.my 28-30 JULY Bario Food & Cultural Festival (Pesta Nukea & Kebudayaa Kelabit Bario) The 3-day festival celebrates the uique food, farmig, forest ad cultural heritage of the Bario Highlads (3,200ft ASL) oe of the last survivig itact traditioally farmed ad forested highlad watersheds i Sarawak ad East Malaysia. Ejoy the delicious orgaic food cooked by the various loghouse commuities of the Kelabit Highlads. There will be traditioal games ad daces by youg ad old. There are plety of trekkig trails to keep your adveture spirit high ad cap off a great day by catchig the awesomeess of the Milky Way if the timig is right. HOW MUCH: Free etry WHERE: MIRI Bario WHO: Murum Kelabit Sarawak, the Kaum Ibu ad Belia Bario, supported by the Alde Valley Food Advetures UK, the Sarawak Tourism Board ad the Sarawak State Govermet CONTACT: https://www.facebook.com/pages/ bariofoodfestival/271633572251 31 JULY Sarawak Maratho Miri 2016 2d Editio 5km fu ru, 10km ru, half maratho ad full maratho. HOW MUCH: Visit website for registratio ad fees WHERE: MIRI Bitag Megamall WHO: Asia Tourism Alliace CONTACT: www.sarawakmaratho.ata.my Call for dates Bidayuh Music Festival 2016 Orgaised by the Bidayuh Artistes ad Musicias Associatio (BAMA), the Bidayuh Music Festival (BMF www.kuchigiadout.com KINO 12
AROUND KUCHINGmayjujuly2016 2016) is set to be the best yet this year. HOW MUCH: Free etry WHERE: SERIAN Tama Komuiti Seria WHO: Bidayuh Artistes ad Musicias Associatio (BAMA) CONTACT: Dr Alim Impira 019-884 5620 Call for dates Seria Raftig Challege Batag Sadog/Sugai Kaya A raftig competitio whereby 3-5 members i a group of participats will get the chace to maoeuvre the raft through Kaya/Batag Sadog River oce used by riverie commuities. HOW MUCH: Rm100 per team WHERE: SERIAN Kpg Tema Mawag (startig), Tebakag Bazaar (fiishig) WHO: Seria District Coucil CONTACT: David Aak Ladog 082-874 154 Call for dates REDEEMS (Youth & Sport Carival) A aual festival to showcase the rich authetic Dayak Bidayuh culture, traditio ad heritage. HOW MUCH: Free admissio WHERE: BAU REDEEMS Cetre, Sigai WHO: REDEEMS CONTACT: 082-460 780/ redeemscetre@gmail.com Every Suday SSPCA Adoptio Campaig Through the support of local Kuchig malls, the SSPCA orgaises regular off-site adoptio campaigs for its aimals to fid lovig homes. Do come ad meet our rescued furkids ad give them a chace to be cared for ad loved. WHERE: KUCHING - Kuchig Malls WHO: SSPCA CONTACT: Breda Pg 019-886 3118 Oce a moth (call for dates) Fud Raisig Flea Market Come ad shop for a good cause! 100% of the moey collected from the market sales will be give to a differet cause each moth. All the items for sale at the market are doated. Clothes, accessories, baby items, household goods, etc. are accepted, ad should be i a good, clea coditio. WHERE: KUCHING Le Cafe Rouge, Jala Gree Hill WHO: Le Cafe Rouge CONTACT: 016-856 4802, 019-888 7003 KINO www.kuchigiadout.com 13 Oce a moth Takakura Home Compostig Workshop Tetatively 28 May ad 26 Jue (call to cofirm) Check www.mbks.sarawak.gov.my for dowloadable schedule. Time: 9.00am 11.30am. HOW MUCH: Free admissio WHERE: KUCHING Stutog Commuity market WHO: MBKS CONTACT: 082-354 265 or 354 269 Roger Kho Several times a moth MBKS Mothly Recyclig Campaig MBKS Mothly buy back Recyclig Campaig Check www.mbks.sarawak.gov.my for dowloadable schedule. Time: 8.30am 11.30am. WHERE: KUCHING Various veues WHO: MBKS CONTACT: 082-354200 Ext 566 1st Suday of every moth Urba Sketchers Kuchig Sketch Crawl Urba sketchers are a group based i Kuchig who draw the city they live i. We gather at a Kuchig veue every first Suday of the moth to draw o locatio, capturig what we see from direct observatio. Our drawigs tell the story of our surroudigs, the places we live ad where we travel. Sketchers of ay skill level are welcome whether you're a total begier or a expert. HOW MUCH: Free, brig ow drawig supplies WHERE: KUCHING check our fb page for details WHO: Urba Sketchers Kuchig CONTACT: www.facebook.com/groups/urbasketchers Every last Saturday of the moth Parkiso's Disease Support Group The Kuchig Parkiso's Disease Support Group aims to provide health educatio, professioal help ad advice to people with Parkiso's disease ad their families. All patiets, caregivers ad family members are ivited to the group gatherig that is scheduled at 3pm-4.30pm every last Saturday of the moth with various activities such as sessios with medical specialists, pharmacists, physiotherapists ad more. HOW MUCH: Free WHERE: KUCHING Jala Tegah, off Gree Road (call for address ad map) WHO: Kuchig Parkiso's Disease Support Group CONTACT: Mary Lu 016-895 1877 Oe Shoe Ca Chage Your Life EMMA DANIEL C1 & C2 Tigkat 1, Kompleks Majlis Islam, Jala P. Ramlee, KUCHING 082 507012
l l l l 15 I b KUCHING by Lucy Fawcett ExCat: The first bite of sushi! Have you ever take a ufamiliar tur whe you're drivig ad eded up i a totally uexpected locatio? I 1974, whe I left Kuchig to go to Christchurch for uiversity, I ever for oce imagied that I would ed up spedig a major chuk of my life i Osaka, Japa. I met my husbad, Graeme, i my first year i Christchurch. He had just retured from Japa after spedig 2 years studyig there ad was preparig to go back log term. To cut a log story short, we got married as soo as I graduated. But the we decided to go back to Kuchig first for a period of time. We eded up stayig for 5 years. Those were some of the happiest years of our lives. We produced the first gradchild for my parets much to their delight ad durig that time Graeme got to really kow ad love Kuchig the people, the culture ad the food. Now he's as much of a Kuchigite as I am! It was 1984 before we fially made the move to Osaka. I will ever forget my first impressios of this fasciatig city. Crowds of people everywhere like you oly have i Kuchig durig festivals. For the first time i my life, I felt like a coutry bumpki! I could't speak Japaese but because I look Japaese people would jabber at me i Japaese all the time. It sure helped me to lear fast you either sik or swim! My Dotobori, Osaka first experiece of eatig sushi was a blast! We were take to this exquisite sushi restaurat ad my eyes early popped out whe I saw the plate placed i frot of me praw, squid, fish eggs, sea urchis, octopus, shellfish, all RAW. Like a good guest, I dutifully popped the first piece of sushi i my mouth ad it felt like a bomb had exploded i my head! My itroductio to wasabi (horseradish). Raisig 3 kids i Japa has both bee a joy ad a challege. I missed the support of gradparets. Whe the kids were little it was hard to get a break from cookig. I Kuchig we could always pop home for dier or eat out. Not here. Livig i a tiy apartmet, the so-called Japaese "rabbit hutch", was also stressful, especially i the witer. It was a joy to sed our kids to the local school. Through that we made lots of frieds i the eighborhood. Our secod so eded up marryig the girl ext door ad we ow have 2 gorgeous half Japaese gradkids! I have ofte bee asked, "If you had the choice, all thigs beig equal, where would you live?" Obviously Osaka is where our hearts are at this poit i time. But, hey, I'm hagig o to my Malaysia passport! Who kows what the future holds? KINO Lucy ad Graeme have bee livig i Osaka, Japa for the past 26 years. They are ivolved i church work. They have 3 grow up childre ad 3 gradchildre. KINO www.kuchigiadout.com 15
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l l l l 17 By The Way Traslated by Wog Chi Sig 5th Malaysia Golde Chef Competitio Awarded the Certificate of Iteratioal Famous Master Chef for Chiese Cuisie, Chef Goh Ah Seg is the fouder of Persatua Tukag Masak How Yu Kuchig. This evet is i cojuctio with the associatio s 22d aiversary this year. Together with the Pa Malaysia Koo Soo Restaurats, Chefs Associatio ad Kuchig Koo Soo Culiary Friedship Associatio, Chef Goh as orgaiser, shares that the objectives of this evet are to provide a platform for mutual learig ad fellowship amog Chiese culiary chefs, improve the level of stadard of Chiese culiary skills, lear more about what the local cuisies Asia-Pacific regio has to offer ad promote Sarawakia ethic cuisies ad cultures. Chef Goh Ah Seg ad his Malaysia team competed ad wo i Taiwa i 2012 The evet will also help to promote Sarawak tourism as it is expected to draw huge crowds withi the coutry ad overseas, especially with direct flights from Hog Kog to Kuchig. Hudreds of participats are expected from Malaysia, Chia, Sigapore, Taiwa, Hog Kog, Macau, South Korea ad Australia. As a 1st geeratio Haia chiese, Chef Goh s father came from the Haia Islad, Chia. Cookig is Goh's meas of preservig his Haiaese origis. Workig i the kitche sice his teeage years, he remembers the will power he had to exert to stay i the trade. My frieds would be out havig fu but for me, there was o social life ad it was hard work. But the good side was that I had food ad a place to stay ad oe could get by without much of a salary. Havig his restaurat Hoi Ti Lau i Kuchig also resulted i sedig his ow so for culiary studies i Chia ad other Asia coutries. Chef Goh believes that the stayig power of youg chefs to achieve their goal i this trade is ofte spoilt by the lack of commitmet. He feels that it is oly through exposure from other chefs ad cultures that oe ca improve ad raise the level of culiary techique ad skills. This he hopes for his so. Customers have chaged i their way of diig i these past 20 years. They eat less ad are more health coscious. Where we used to have 11 course meals, we oly have 8 course meals today. Quality ad ot quatity is what is sought after. Comparig tastebuds betwee West Malaysia ad East Malaysia, Chef Goh remarked "a big differece i the saltiess of the dishes. I Sarawak, we ted to put a lot less salt but the tred to add sugar has icreased. We are 4 to 5 years behid West Malaysia i our culiary skills, perhaps agai, because of the lack of exposure. That is why this evet is so importat for Kuchig. Commercial cuisie may have altered traditioal tastes, but i this professio, we must always improve ad create ew flavours ad techiques that ca oly beefit our culiary culture." KINO Competitio rules ad regulatios A) 2016 亞太區 ( 古晉 ) 廚皇挑戰盃 2016 Asia Pacific (Kuchig) Master Chef Challege Trophy 1. 總參賽廚師只限 8 組報名參加 ( 每組 4 人 ) Limited to 8 groups (4 i each group). 2. 參賽資格, 參賽者必須是現職酒樓餐館戒三星級以上酒店廚師, 並經各地區的政府合法註冊飲食協會的推荐, 才能報名 Requiremets: Chef i a 3 star (ad above) restaurat, ad recommeded by respective local govermet s approved food associatio. 3. 國際參賽選手 (4 人一組 ) 報名費每組馬幣 RM 3,200.00 元 Group registratio fee: RM3200. B) 第五屆馬來西亞金廚競賽 The 5th Golde Chef Competitio 1. 總參賽廚師只限 50 位名額的馬來西亞國內廚師報名參加 Limited to 50 Malaysia chefs. 2. 參賽資格, 參賽者必須是年齡丌超過 45 歲的現職酒樓餐館戒三星級以上的酒店廚師, 並經各屬會推荐, 才能報名 Requiremets: Age 45 ad below. Chef i a 3 star (ad above) restaurat, ad recommeded by respective associatio. 3. 國內參賽選手報名費每位馬幣 RM 800.00 元 Registratio fee: RM800 For more Ifo: +6019-8863813 persatuatukagmasakkch@gmail.com KINO www.kuchigiadout.com 17
18 KINO ART of Tattoo by Kare Shepherd The Art of TATTOO: a idetity crisis KINO photos : AMY There is a famous photo of British Politicia Malcolm Macdoald i coversatio with three Iba Temeggog Jugah, Jiggut ad Sibat. The three look every ich the archetype of Iba mahood tough, taut ad tattooed. The Bugai Terog stads out o each of their shoulders, the ragam etched black o their throats. Jugah s ear lobes are elogated; eve loger i photos from his later life. These are motifs that have made it roud the world, famous beyod our borders though by a differet ame the Boreo Rosette reamed as a Eglish flower wrapped i a jugle matle, to be give as a prize. It sums it all up really. The tattoo is back ad reiveted, ad ot just i Boreo. Oce the mark of the outsider i the Wester world, it has trasitioed from subcultural subversio to maistream mark, adorig the bodies of all strata of society from teacher to traveller alike. Here i Boreo too, ik is defiitely i. But i this society where tattoo has a differet history, oe where it was log socially acceptable, are the youg me wearig it i the same way? I Boreo, the Iba tattoo is probably the most famous. The legeds tell of Uggag who visited the spirit world, Paggau Libau, ad retured with the art of tattooig, so that the people of Paggau would be able to recogize others of the tribe. However, it seems likely that the Orag Ulu were doig it first ad the Iba appropriated the practice bigger ad brighter ad bolder tha their origiators. Much effort has goe ito the makig out of meaig i Dayak tattoos by various athropologists ad other assorted academics. The idea seems to be that they serve as a roadmap to a life lived ad thereby a meas to decode the Dayak lifestyle. I reality, while ot so structured ad uiversal, the Iba did assig meaig, usig the tattoos both spriritually ad socially, as a mark of achievemets ad a symbol of protectio. Nicol Ragai Lag, at the age of 74, is ik-free. He is a expert i Iba culture the Iba voice of RTM, a specialist i adat, laguage ad folklore but this oe experiece of beig Iba was ever his. He feared he did t have the mahood, put off by the pai. The throat tattoo (the ragam) is otoriously agoizig, wor
Are the youg me wearig it i the same way?
20 KINO ART of Tattoo A idetity crisis (cotiued) As the moder primitive movemet surfaced i the late eighties, scarificatio, piercigs, tattoos ad flesh tuels moved ito the maistream. as a sig of bejalai, the voyage of discovery. Nicol recouts log hours spet at the Siam Compay at 28 Mai Bazaar where the youg me wet to have their tattoos before settig off overseas, but he ever took the pluge. But his explaatio has a udercurret to it of somehow ot recogizig the place of the practice i his moder life. I his area ear Saratok, tattooig was ot that commo, ulike i Skrag. His father s side had oe. But his materal gradfather, Nicol explais simply, fought for the Rajah o two differet occasios, so he eeded them. The bugai terog (ofte traslated as the flower of the Dayak brijal though bugai more accurately equates to patter i this cotext) actually serves a purpose beyod aesthetics. Origially the ik used would be laced with kebal, empelias ad jayau plat extracts to icrease potecy ad to prevet ay blade from peetratig the ski. He eared his ragam for his trip to Pahag to source yatu latex. Those were tough times ad the tattoos were more tha ski deep. Baxx's Dayak desigs kept close to traditio yet dyamic Jeremy Loh is oe of the most famous hadtap practitioers i the world, learig techiques from Samoa, Tibet, Japa, Thailad ad Tahiti Nicol Ragai Lag, at the age of 74, is ik-free... feared he did t have the mahood. Reef Bryh is a tattoo artist at Pegayau Ik. At the teder age of 22, his forearms are already covered i them. Yet ot oe is tribal, despite his ow Dayak roots. It does t make sese for moder people to have traditioal tattoos, he says thoughtfully. Livig i their days was ot that easy. They deserve them. By
Reef Bryh, Max ad Nickie Bria woder if moder me deserve them Boy Skrag is pure traditio, takig his ispiratio from the elders i his commuity. Mark, a tourist i Kuchig from Sheffield, Yorkshire foud out the traditioal meaig of the Buga Terog through iteret.
For the moder Dayak, the ispiratio is more style ad skill tha substace ad spirituality. 22 KINO ART of Tattoo A idetity crisis (cotiued) implicatio, therefore, he does ot. But yet, he does t wat the practice to die out. As Dayak tattoos are experiecig a resurgece i popularity, ot just amogst youg Dayak me but also worldwide, ot oe Dayak, youg or old, expresses aythig but pride that their tattoos are spreadig their roots. For the tourists, it seems the stadards are easier. Come to Boreo, get a tattoo! That seems to be the overridig taglie ad they are almost always had tapped. Just to experiece it, says Mark from Sheffield, droppig i to see Boy Skrag for the fiishig touches o his Bugai Terog. His is i the traditioal spot but slightly adapted to the Yorkshire Rose of his homelad more meaigful for him, yet less liked to its traditioal cotext. Was the traditioal meaig importat to him? Of course it was, ad i the ultimate od to moderity, he looked it up o the iteret. But, for youg Dayak themselves, the lie is much more precarious ad the reactios more upredictable. Boy Skrag, o the oe had, is a Dayak poster boy from his traditioal haircut dow to his tattooed toes. I fact, his retreatig tattooed back i a logboat features i a promotioal advert for Malaysia - truly Sarawak! He is pure traditio, takig his ispiratio from the elders i his commuity. He started with the Bugai Terog because people told him that this was the first ad he has goe with it ever sice, eve elogatig his ears i a homage to his gradfather. Baxx, his parter, did his ow Dayak desig with a dyamo, but mostly because he wated a tattoo ad he thought that traditioal would be more likely to get past his parets! But Nickie Bria, o the other had, was actively discouraged from the Dayak desigs by his gradfather, eve though he sports a skull o his shoulder with the brai exposed! Apparetly his elder felt that he already has them so the yougsters do t eed them. After all, the Dayak desig did almost die out, a ich away from extictio some time i the seveties. Tattoos had take o a ew meaig traditio traslated to old-fashioed; the warrior became ufit for govermet work; Pagas coverted to Christiaity; rural migrated to urba ad respect tured to fear. The Dayak tattoo looked set to disappear. Brought back from the brik by a youg govermet servat buckig the rules but trailig traditio, the tred has grow ad grow. Ad i may ways, a tred it is, othig more, othig less. The tattoo world iteratioally has a thirst for tribal www.kuchigiadout.com KINO 22
Alog Sega, reowed Pea hero with earlobes filled with rough hew circles of wood ad today's flesh tuel. ad you ca t get better tha Boreo for that. As the moder primitive movemet surfaced i the late eighties, scarificatio, piercigs, tattoos ad flesh tuels moved ito the maistream. Jeremy Loh is oe of the most famous hadtap practitioers i the world, eve though he is Chiese, earig his stripes through skill ad kowledge. He has travelled the world over to tattoo ad be tattooed, sportig ik himself i the traditioal techique from Samoa, Tibet, Japa, Thailad ad Tahiti. For him, it is style ad skill more tha substace ad spirituality that is drivig the curret movemet. His ispiratio is all aesthetic. At oe stage, he says, the traditioal tattoos remided them of their gradfathers, like old cars, old stuff ad they did t wat old stuff. But less tha five years ago, it started to become famous agai. But he cites Miami Ik ad skate style as beig more ifluetial tha loghouse customs. The log ears are a excellet case study. Coli has tried the weights but he foud them ucomfortable ad he does t really like the style. Nickie Bria admits his ispiratio was maily musical, amig the bad Blik 182 for his odyssey i earlobes. But whe asked where he thought the bad got their ispiratio, he ca oly blik i sudde realizatio. Oe look at a image of Alog Sega, reowed Pea hero, his earlobes filled with rough hew circles of wood, makig o mistake about his stature, is eough to explai what traditio this urba, Califoria rock bad is tappig ito. The appropriatio has come full circle. But fashio forward or old-fashioed, dress ad idetity are iextricably liked. As aesthetically motivated as they are, Jeremy ad most of the others will attempt to explai the sigificace or dissuade the ueducated from makig a mistake with the meaig. Boy Skrag ad Baxx will ot tattoo a taboo. After all, the Dayak desigs are deeply rooted i Boreo, o matter where they are wor. Max got his before a stit i KL, ot to mark his bejalai to those back home, but rather to mark his home to those he ecoutered out there o his bejalai. For the youg Dayak male, their desigs still speak to them of a lieage, a culture, the tribe that they are part of. Whether ispired by the West or draw from their ow acestral lads, these tattoos are a display of Dayak pride. The meaig is clear. KINO Always fasciated by the art form, Kare bega her ow voyage i tattoo back i 1992, itroducig a Lodo tattoo artist to the Bugai Terog much to his excitemet. It was her tattoo that prompted her first meetig with her heavily tattooed husbad oe eveig i Carpeter Street ad the rest, as they say, is history. KINO www.kuchigiadout.com 23
24 KINO Gawai special my ame is Muk Tito by Dusta Cha Rig Traditio Rigleaders of the The Last of the Riged Ladies i BRS Kampug Semba, 25 miles from Kuchig Peluk ak abeh KINO photos : chew swee kee
I the early morig, Semba is above the clouds, barely touchig the roof of the world. The village was a tough fourhour hike from the Begoh Dam, brought closer to the city by the road costructed for the dam site, ow iroically eve closer that the dam has bee impouded at a mere 20-miute boat ride, but evertheless still isolated. However, there has log bee a steady stream of visitors headig up to this village deep i the wilderess, draw ot just by the atural woders but also by a dimiishig group of people, the last of the riged ladies of Sarawak. While the practice has lasted for may ceturies, from "Muk Tito" Sigai ak ika tawad ak luha
26 KINO Gawai special my ame is Muk Tito (cotiued) Burma ad Thailad ad across i Kalimata, prevalet amog their relatives i the villages of Guu ad Bisikug o the other side of the border just beyod Sibuti, these wome were oce exclusive to this sigle village i Sarawak though ow they are eve closer to Kuchig, brought dow by the risig waters of the dam which will flood three eighbourig villages Sait, Bojog ad Rejoi. Now five wome remai, the last of a age-old practice, housed i a ew home. The BRS (Begoh Resettlemet Scheme) is just a hour s drive from the state capital. It is a far cry from their old home i the clouds. This is a place with may moder coveieces, sealed roads ad cocrete drais ru aroud double-storey cocrete houses each o a decet-sized compoud, oe for each family. Arraged i eat rows, the roofs come i four differet colours; a memory of the four villages the occupats origiated from. There is somethig tellig i that scheme of colour-codig. It seems to be a ackowledgemet that moderizatio has the effect of erasig traditioal idetities ad a ew method of differetiatio has to be put i place. For the BRS is just a patch of barre groud with barely a tree i sight. Apparetly the plat growth here is slow because the fertile topsoil was removed whe they leveled the place for the ew settlemet. Their old farmig life is over. They are o loger i the lad of verdat hills, beautiful waterfalls ad misty moutais ow their feet are firmly o the groud. Of course, their home i the hills of padi ad pepper was ot etirely easy. The vertigious www.kuchigiadout.com KINO 26
Semba is above the clouds, barely touchig the roof of the world... Deep ito the wilderess, through waterfalls ad caopy bridges, it required a four hour hike from the Begoh Dam to reach Semba. JACINTA Lim The BRS (Begoh Resettlemet Scheme) is just a hour s drive from the state capital. KINO www.kuchigiadout.com 27
28 KINO Gawai special my ame is Muk Tito (cotiued) Dashi, oe of the five ladies, removed her rigs for a period of time, oly to decide to put them back o agai. For Goi-a, Muk Tito's daughter, the rig traditio was ot to be followed. For most of the villagers, goig to maistream schools cotributed to the ed of this practice. slopes made farmig back-breakig, leg-achig work, scalig the moutaiside to plat ad reap. Yet these wome worked with the rest of them, i spite of their added weights. While the practice might seem to some remiiscet of the lotus foot, where Chiese wome were forced to edure uimagiable pai to achieve fourich perfectio, this is i o way the beauty ideal of idleess ad leisure. Istead, it seems more like a symbol of fortitude. The rigs are i fact coils of brass or copper tube, purchased from the hardware store. They take time ad kowledge to apply, a skill passed dow from mother to daughter a exercise i bodig over bidig, if you will. Sigai aak Nike, as she is o her IC, is kow as Muk Tito, a mark of respect to her positio as matriarch ad gradmother to Tito. She remembers durig Gawai, whe people came from the surroudig area, icludig from across the border, she was evious of the girls who had rigs. She felt a bit of a outcast. So whe her mother asked her at the age of 5 or 6 whether she wated to wear the rigs, she remembers agreeig with excitemet. She wated to be as beautiful as the other girls ad to be accepted ito the elite group of beauty. She felt hooured; she did t hesitate; ad they did it immediately. I her whole life, she thiks she oly took them off a few times, maybe 4 or 5 if memory serves, ad oly whe discomfort overwhelmed the discomfort of beig without them. Oe lady, Dashi, had take her rigs off a few moths ago ad was about to put them back o. She had just completed replacig oe leg ad the other was wrapped with a cloth. But the thought of showig her bare leg to stragers was uthikable - as if she felt aked ad exposed without the rigs. www.kuchigiadout.com KINO 28
The rigs are i fact coils of brass or copper tube, purchased from the hardware store. They take time ad kowledge to apply, a skill passed dow from mother to daughter for geeratios. I may ways, the rigs are liks, but perhaps to the past, part of a old world ad a former commuity. Up util ow, it is almost as if their lives have had o footig i the outside world of bureaucracy ad officialdom. Not oly is the ame o her IC differet, but also the age, dow as 64 but up for debate. Her 55-year-old so-i-law puts her at over 70, rememberig her beig about 16 years old whe he was bor. Eve the, she had already bee wearig the rigs for a decade. But it is ultimately that outside world that put paid to the practice. Her daughter Goi-a did ot follow her mother i this example. By the 1970s, whe the childre started to go to maistream schools, the practice died dow. Apparetly the schools discouraged it util evetually oe of her classmates had them, eve though all their mothers did. It seems likely that the bidig will pass ito history with the village itself. The Begoh dam may be a symbol of developmet but it has submerged three villages of the Bidayuh Biatah people, takig a traditioal lifestyle with them. While 49 families from the first three villages have chose ot to move to the Resettlemet Scheme, they are retreatig up above the dam where they will establish the ew villages of Nyegol, Stig, Mokayug. I feel very blessed to have bee give the privilege of meetig the last of the people with this cultural practice, a practice that with the passig of these wome will be cosiged oly to our memory. Now the word last has really hit home. These are ideed the last of a people whose home is idelibly altered ad the last vestige of their uique culture will soo be at a ed. KINO Dusta Cha, speaker, writer ad traier. Grew up i Mukah- lived i Britai for a big slice of his life, where he was traied as a barrister. Now residet i Kuchig, he divides his time betwee speakig, writig ad ruig traiig programs i leadership ad commuicatio. KINO photos : chew swee kee KINO www.kuchigiadout.com 29
30 KINO atural dyes by Edgar Og Natural dyes: colours of Sice the daw of early makid, from the early days of hutig ad gatherig for his livelihood ad the provisio of shelter ad clothig, ad procreatig to cotiue his brood, ma has searched for ways ad meas to improve his quality of life. The urge to create ad to make beautiful thigs has motivated him to search, discover ad make use of whatever materials he ca garer, pluck or harvest from the atural world to ehace ad beautify the world aroud him. Today, as he cotiues this perpetual search oe of the may quests has bee for atural dyes for his clothig, his items of utility ad his food all simply to ehace his livig experiece as well as a added measure of some value for him to barter ad to trade. Edric Og, residet of Kuchig, a fifth-geeratio Malaysia Chiese who was formerly a architect ad has ow became a highly regarded ad world-reowed expert as well as a UNESCOaccredited iteratioal crafts curator, speaker ad competitio judge, has bee ivolved i doig his ow persoal research i furtherig the search for the perfect atural dyes for well over thirty years. He has bee sigularly resposible for creatig ad 8 colours pik Sappa Wood / Brazilwood Caesalpiia Sappa Boilig pieces of the sappa wood i a dye pot for the extractio of pik, yellow, deep orage to dark red. www.kuchigiadout.com KINO 30
the earth itroducig to the arts world at large myriad differet items i fabrics, textile, wood, ad ceramics as well as experimetig o ew colours from local ad atural igrediets. Leaves, flowers, fruits, plats, uts, fers, trees, shrubs, roots a amazig array of ature s gifts he has foud out - ca all be used for producig superlative atural dyes for may products. TOPI TUNJANG HATS typically carry a array of atural dye colours available at the private studios of Edric Og Gallery i Kuchig. Today he travels the world from the Uited Kigdom, to Europe, the Uited States, Japa, Idia ad Thailad just to promote his exclusive discoveries ad creatios. (cotiued) from commo Plats ad roots yellow Waar Birar Vies (akar peawar ladak) Fibraurea tictoria Red-brow Bakau - Magrove Rhizophora mucroata KINO www.kuchigiadout.com 31
32 KINO atural dyes colours by Norma of Lawthe earth (cotiued) Sappa wood Caesalpiia sappa (pg.28) Pik, yellow, deep orage to dark red The sapag tree is small, oly 3 to 5 meters i height ad the colour of the wood is yellow to deep orage ad dark red. Heartwood yields a valuable red crystallie dye, brazili, chiefly used as a dyewood, popular for colourig cotto, silk, ad wool fabrics. Akar peawar ladak Fibraurea tictoria (pg.29) Yellow This is a creeper, with spear shaped leaves, which climbs up big trees, seekig sulight i the deep jugle. The freshly cut wood is porous, bright yellow ad ca be foud i the Ba Kelala highlads as well as i Ulu Kapit. The colour extracted gives yellow, wood ad bark atural hues. The plat also has medicial properties ad is valued by the locals. Bakau - Magrove Rhizophora Mucroata (pg.29) Pale to dark reddish brow Bakau or magrove is a tree or shrub that grows i chiefly tropical coastal swamps that are flooded at high tide. Magroves typically have umerous tagled roots above groud ad form dese thickets. Most plats cotai some tai, but require them to be i sufficiet amouts to be commercially viable. Magrove is a good source with 22-33%, especially the red magrove. Natural Idigo - Marsdeia tictoria Blue Natural idigo is perhaps the oldest dye kow to ma. It is obtaied from a umber of differet plats; the idigo dye from the Idigofera tictoria plat is the most sigificat it is ative to Asia, Idia ad Chia. This is a pereial shrub with big, dark gree, spear-shaped leaves, 3 to 4 log oly the mature gree leaves are selected for the dyeig process. Natural idigo is fermeted, the dyed i a mordat that affixes the Idigo as it oxidizes i the air. The extracted colour is blue, used sice 1289 as a colour. Its most popular use i moder times is i the famous Levis deim blue jeas. Egkudu Morider citrifolia Brow The root ski of this big tree, idetified by its big, oval, yellow gree to dark gree leaves, bearig fruits similar to mulberry but gree ad bigger i size; it s used for the rage of colours startig from brow to coral pik, red, orage ad garet. It ca be foud i the upper reaches of the Rejag River i the 3rd divisio of Sarawak, beyod Kapit. Ketapag- tropical almod Termialia catappa Olive Gree A evergree tree, pagoda-shaped, the leaves of which tur red ad fall ito the water, leavig a strog brow dye as its colour comes off. The gree leaves ca be used for a olive gree dye. The leaves are big, usually 6-10 iches i legth ad 4-6 iches i Brick red BlUE Idigo olive gree Blue Egkudu Morider citrifolia Natural Idigo Marsdeia tictoria Ketapag- tropical almod Termialia catappa Buga telag Clitoria teratea www.kuchigiadout.com KINO 32
breadth, ad the tree grows as tall as 115 ft. Elsewhere, it s used for colourig leather, silk, batik, calico pritig, furiture ad hadicrafts. It is also used for colourig wies ad meats ad cosidered safe for food products ad pharmaceuticals. Buga telag Clitoria teratea Blue It is a pereial herbaceous plat, with elliptic, obtuse leaves. It grows as a vie or creeper, ad its most strikig feature is the colour of its flowers, a vivid deep blue; solitary, with light yellow markigs. They are about 4 cm log by 3 cm wide. Some varieties yield white flowers. I local cookig it is extesively used to colour rice ad i makig yoya kuihs (cakes) givig them a very vibrat ad appetisig bluish tige. Kepayag Pagium edule Black or dark grey large poisoous fruit (full of cyaide) but after preparatio boiled the buried i ash, baaa leaves ad earth for 40 days - ca be used for makig delicacies i meat stews ad other ethic dishes. The dye is derived from the kerel of the ut after it has bee prepared. The trees grow wild ad are ot commercially plated. The seeds are much valued for Peraaka cookig ad ca be foud i may specialist yoya restaurats throughout Malaysia ad Sigapore. KINO Edgar Og was bor i Kuchig, has worked ad traveled throughout Sarawak ad Sabah durig his early career with British, Japaese ad Germa coglomerates, ad ow as a fixer for his ow compay Boreo Film Locatios. A social activist he also writes ad co-produces films. Grey-Black Kepayag (dye mordat) Pagium edule Uder the EO label, silk, ikat, backstrap loom weavig, wood block had prited scarves ad wraps are ispired by Sarawakia ethic desigs ad tited with atural dyes. KINO www.kuchigiadout.com 33
l l l 34 NIGHT SPOTS l The tourist trail Kuchig should be the ultimate tourist draw though sometimes it seems the road less travelled, which really is what should make it the ultimate tourist draw! With our uparalleled arrative of historical mashups from the Brookes to the Baba Nyoya, it is sad to see how few tourists actually make the short step across the South Chia Seas. Yet still, those who do, fid very little i the way of tourist fodder, oly the tourism holy grail the authetic experiece. Locally, our best veues are ofte the ugliest ad our best crowds are ofte i the worst areas, so a visitor might fid it hard to kow where to go. But here is the list of the top picks with tourism potetial, from morig to midight (a break from KINO traditio), for visitors to locals alike! Choo Hui Kopitiam Jala Ba Hock Athoy Bourdai was here. Twice. Need we say more? Of all the Sarawak foods, Laksa is likely the most famous ad Choo Hui has oe of the best i tow. A short stroll from the cetre of tow, it is evertheless better o foot as parkig is famously difficult though the locals, of course, will ievitably attempt to plok their cars as close as possible. A typical hawker cetre i a stad-aloe house, the veue is ot kow for its beauty; the food is the star with other specialties icludig popiah ad roti kawi. It is ivariably packed so expect a wait but oe that is worth it. Day-time oly, you ll have to get up early for your morig fix. But for the chace of a bowl of laksa with your buttocks estlig the same seat as a famous TV chef, Choo Hui is really the oly stop o the trail! James Brooke Bistro Waterfrot Named for the first Rajah ad sittig o a prime spot o the waterfrot overlookig the heart of the Rajah s historic stompig grouds, this place is desiged for tourists ad almost exclusively populated by them, perhaps largely due to the price which may locals would baulk at. Laksa is the specialty with a multitude of differet types the Sarawak special, the Wild Boreo, the list goes o - though the Charles Brooke Laksa is, i fact, kow to us locals as Mee Jawa. Nevertheless, the food is delicious ad the flavours authetic, eve if the ames are t. It is the décor that really draws them i a pretty podok with ope shutters all roud ad Dayak carvigs artfully placed it is the ideal spot to sup ad sip ad watch the river drift by. Chia House Old Courthouse The Old Courthouse is the jewel i Sarawak s heritage crow ad has recetly bee coverted ito a veritable lifestyle destiatio featurig food, driks, shoppig, gallery space ad eveig etertaimet i the various rooms - local bads ad Cuba jazz have bee amog the featured players with presumably may more to come. The cocept is from Peag where the origial Chia house is a popular destiatio ad Kuchig is revelig i the imported cachet. The food is Wester with a vast array of cakes but it is the veue that is really the Sarawak star. With its woderful courtyards ad courtly rooms, this is geuiely a place for courtig ad beig courted! www.kuchigiadout.com KINO 34
Black Bea Coffee Ewe Hai Street Perhaps the world s smallest coffee shop with oly four tiy tables, Black Bea Coffee is always packed. O oe of the most historic streets i Sarawak, the aroma of freshly roasted coffee fills the air with the big draw of local brew, aouced i big letters. While oce Sarawak grew a abudace of the bea, icludig a large coffee estate uder the Rajah at Matag, the crop has largely disappeared from these shores commercially, with most local coffee with its distictive taste sourced from Idoesia. So, Black Bea may be the oly place i tow specifically sellig truly local coffee ad the tourists love it, perhaps particularly because they ca have their local brew i the Italia style from Cappucio o upwards. Truly the best of both worlds. My Village Barok Kampug Boya A short hop across the river by sampa a tourist delight i itself is the traditioal Malay Kampog Boya ad at its heart is a ramblig woode structure cofusigly called My Village Barok cofusig because a barok is a Bidayuh space, but that is Sarawak for you! The food is a fusio of Sarawak favourites from Ayam Peyet to Pasoh ad Umai ad the décor is a mix of Malay kampug house with loghouse combied, leadig to a warre of woode walkways ad balcoies to sit o ad ejoy the river breeze. Certaily worth the trip, especially as you ca pick up a kek lapis o the way. Zic Tabua Road Zic has just hit the top spot o Tripadvisor. O the surface, this place might ot seem like a tourist draw - Mediterraea food made by a Spaish chef, ru by a local lawyer ad his Frech wife. Housed i a classic Chiese shophouse, reovated with old world charm, the meu ad the veue reflect a love of Sarawak ad its quirks. They actually have a laksa pizza, probably the first of its kid i the world, as well as tuak cocktails with local fruits. The live music is a big draw with eve a ewly lauched classical eveig to back up their already popular jazz ight. But Zic offers a true worldwide meltig pot with a varied Kuchig crowd ad you will eve get persoal service from the ower. Really quite Sarawak after all! Mokee Bar Jala Sog Thia Cheok Mokee Bar (sic!) is aother hole-i-the-wall place from the same stable as may other establishmets i tow, icludig last issue s Five Foot Way. Paited a dark, jugle gree with stylized versios of Boreo s flora ad faua i gold (similar but differet to its sister bar) trailig across every wall ad pillar, the mai differece is i the ethos the oraguta statue outside might give you a clue. For this is a bar with a cosciece, with 50% of all the proceeds goig to fud the Oraguta project, improvig the lives of our ow great, giger apes (ot mokeys) ad greatest tourist attractio. Every tiger you buy adds to the goodwill! So if you wat a hagover without the remorse, the this is your destiatio. KINO www.kuchigiadout.com 35
fresh Bread For all occasios 8 Outlets i Kuchig: Outlet: Giat Hypermarket Tabua Jaya Tel: 01110-53-8117 Outlet: Giat Hypermarket Kota Padawa Tel: 01110-57-8117 Outlet/ Pastry Productio: Hui Sig Tel: 01110-59-8117 HQ/Productio: Stutog Tel: 01110-54-6461 Productio: MJC Batu Kawah Tel: 01110-54-6468 Outlet: Tu Jugah Tel: 01110-54-6463 Outlet: Oe Jaya Tel: 01110-54-6462 Outlet: Everise 4th Mile Tel: 01110-54-6467 3 Bakers' Talk pastry Chefs graduated i Master Sugar Artist David MacCarfrae workshops i Kuchig
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