TRAVEL
City of the WATER DRAGON
By Helen Oon
imperious and does not answer to command. On the contrary, I am at his beck and call pampering to his every need, making sure he is fed with only the freshest of turkey or chicken lightly poached and seasoned with a hint of Bistro gravy. I suspect he was an emperor in his previous life. I am rather partial to the feline species. I adore their independent spirit, dignity and beauty. Cats are very much in my
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has, my big ginger and white cat strikes a pose sitting on the window sill like a porcelain cat. He is haughty and rather
blood having grown up in a city named Kuching, the Malay word for cats. It is the enchantingly quaint capital of Sarawak in Malaysian Borneo. It is 36 years since I left the city
to live in England but every time I return, it is still like a home-coming. As sure as I have grown older and
er...broader, the once sleepy town has also matured and expanded into a beautiful city with all the attributes of a well-planned metropolis infused with the vitalising yang energy of the Sarawak River. Yet despite its growth, the old colonial charm and the laid-back tempo of the city still resonates. The hawker stalls
I used to frequent as a schoolgirl are still there selling the same local delicacies of delicious congee with mince pork with extra
charge for
an egg and the much loved ‘kolok mee’, a local staple breakfast dish of blanched egg noodles fl avoured with fried onion oil and garnish with barbeque pork and prawns. And of course, the famous Sarawak Laksa, a signature dish of spicy coconut soup served with rice noodle, prawns and shredded chicken that serves as a quick fi x for breakfast and lunch for the locals to kick start the day. Strolling through old Kuching with its narrow streets is like walking back in time for me recalling
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