Last Wednesday was uncharacteristically sunny. Although is it supposedly the dry season now, here in Malaysia, it is still raining almost every other day! It used to be that mid-year was when rain was so scarce that we faced water shortages and haze due to open burning. Instead, it it now almost the same as the monsoon season which is wet and gloomy.
Anyway, since it was nice and dry on Wednesday, I decided to bring the kids to the Kuching Food Festival. This festival or food fair, is held every year during the month of August to celebrate the day Kuching was promoted to 'city' status. We didn't go last year because of the hand, foot and mouth scare. There were many cases then, so it was best to avoid crowded places.
Well, this time, went early, at 6pm, to beat the crowd (or so I thought), but when we got there, the place was already packed! We barely managed to find a place to sit. The huge crowd was evidence of our love affair with food. Malaysians adore food, and since this was basically a congregation of all the different types of hawker foods imaginable, it was definitely a food lover's utopia. (Besides, there's nothing much else to do in this small town... sorry, 'city')
This stall however, caught my eye. It was a stall selling all things durian; durian crepes, durian puffs and durian mooncakes!
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