Tian Mian Gu & Bengbeng!

The thing about living in Melbourne is that I tend to miss eating my favorite foods from Sibu and one of those foods is the Tian Mian Gu or literally translated as 'wok side glue'.

There's this place in Sibu located in a hidden alley near the old bus station where they make the best tian mian gu in town. I've been coming here to get my fix ever since when I was a little kid. Good thing is they're still there after all these years. And the place and people haven't changed at all, the same dirty stove and the same chef but its the son who's running it now. I guess the father's expired a long time ago.

This is what tian mian gu looks like. Doesn't look like much but its delicious, I guess only Sibu people will know of this dish but if you ever go to Sibu, you must give it a try. Watch how they make the 'gu' by pouring batter on the side of the wok, cooking it to form that white kueh tiaw looking type of noodle thingy that you eat. Comes with some type of fungus and other ingredients I don't really know what they are but I don't care, sapu saja!

So give it a go if you have the opportunity, get a small bowl for testing first before you go for the big ones! Because its in a soup form you will enjoy it best on a cooler rainy night! You drooling oredi onot?

After the tian mian gu session my phone rang and it was none other than my Sibu blogger buddy Bengbeng! What great timing, we decided to meet up and he came out all the way from home to pick us up. Bengbeng took us to this place called Rest & Relax near the new bus station. Gee..first the old bus station now the new, what a coincident!

The place is nicely decorated but being a week night there weren't many patrons but us and a couple of noisy friends of the boss customers drinking and smoking at the bar. I forgot that its not illegal to smoke inside a pub here so I had to bear it even though I didn't like the smoke.

Bengbeng is an anonymous blogger so I won't be posting his photo here. He's one hell of a nice guy. We met up again a couple of days later for dinner, this time with his very adorable son and later he invited us into his home to meet his wife and do a little blogging. Thank you and your family for your kind hospitality. Be sure to come visit us in Melbourne so we can do the same!