food!

I can't believe I have yet to dedicate a blog entry entirely to FOOD. Foodies take note: Kuching Borneo is a worthy destination for the food alone. The noodle shops of course, are plentiful. I have yet to discern the difference between Malaysian noodles, Chinese noodles and Indonesian noodles, but it is easy enough to get presented with a bowl of hot noodles, with vegetables and or meat and little dishes of sauce to go along. Last night we went to a chinese barbecue place, and sought assistance from a local who ordered for us: sauteed local fiddlehead ferns, roast pork, and bean curd with vegetables. The night before, I had a halibut encased in an egg situation that was salty/sweet/crispy and so unusual and delicious. Every tourist we see excitedly asks "have you eaten here or there yet" and there is no way we will have time to fully explore all the eating choices. ok, this entry won't be entirely about food. Yesterday we took a hike to see the world's largest blooming flower, the Rafflesia flower, that grows for 9 months and then blooms for 5 days. Interestingly, it smells like rotten meat. Yum! They said this is to attract flies that help it to germinate other seeds. We then continued hiking up a steep trail in the steamy rainforest and were rewarded for the sweat-fest with a most amazing waterfall and swimming hole. I just can't imagine that we were in such a wild place in the day, and then eating bbq and then strolling on the river sipping a bubble tea, but that is the crazy mix of Borneo. Today is a bit of a rest and business day, did laundry, booked our next leg of the trip to Bali (!) and bought me a new pair of glasses as mine decided to peel the coating off the outside. Going to check out some Taoist temples this afternoon as the heat breaks, and then...more eating!
Love, Us