Comments on: Rock Road Seafood Restaurant in Kuching, Sarawak

By: Philly Guy

Philly Guy — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:17:30 +0000

Yo NYC

You are exegerrating too much man. Nett income 5k still cant afford to have children? haha yeah right! Im from Kch, my parent net income is 4k and my mother is a housewife and I ve 4 siblings. Yet we ve no problem living in Kuching happily. Dont bluff man. Kuching is not Singapore or HK, take it slow,

Btw, Rock Road is quite expensive for seafood, you guys can try some other places in town without travel to far to Buntal, Santubong or KABONG?? [are u nuts? its more than 4 hours drive man!] that cheaper like Benson Seafood at Abell Road, or Pending Seafood [alot of choices] or u can try somewhere at Lumba Kuda there, dont remember the name.

By: Local Epicurian

Local Epicurian — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:32:27 +0000

There are a hundred-and-one fantastic eating places in Kuching but you need to be familiar with the city to know where they are located. However Kuching city is not terribly famous for seafood. For this you will need to go out to nearby Buntal, Santubong, etc… or further to Kabong, etc… That where we locals go to tuck into seafood.

By: AMK

AMK — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:53:19 +0000

Take note NYC:

Kolo Mee @ BDC (residency area very near to Kuching International Airport) is RM2.50 & it’s very deliciouS! Correction on Ur @ least RM3.50 Kolo Mee. The shop is A1.. My all time fav!

By: NYC

NYC — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:22:09 +0000

After 10 years, ordinary labour personnel base income remained same in Kuching. But the local delicacies price shoot sky high like nobody business.

The price of a cup of coffee in the regular coffee shop can compete with the developed country like Hong Kong or Singapore. It was like Malaysian Ringgit RM1.20 - RM1.80 per small cup. A bowl of Wanton Mee or local Kolo Mee minimum @ least RM3.50. I was shocked and pitied to those middle class as well as low wages income people.

It’s been 6 years one of my best friend got married there. Total combination monthly income for both is roughly about RM5K. Yet they couldn’t afford to have a child.

This is terribly crazy, as the lifestyle there is low but then the expenses is higher than expected.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:18:32 +0000

hey.is that restaurant really so terrible as wad u have mentioned??

By: jhlam

jhlam — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:26:14 +0000

Vkeong, i think you went to the wrong place for seafood as Rock Road Seafood Restaurant is more like upscale restaurant. There are other places that offered affordable seafoods and nice too. For example like Permata Seafood behind Crown Plaza, etc.

Ohya, the bamboo clams taste much better if the shell are cooked with it.

By: chingy

chingy — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:21:57 +0000

Hm, SEAFOOOOOD! XD
I’ve never eaten that type of oyster too. Although I don’t really eat them. XD
RM90+ for that few dishes, quite expensive.

I think can get quite a lot of nice ones already near Bukit Merah there. o_O

By: vkeong

vkeong — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:29:45 +0000

@Simon, it’s not that different I tell you. If compare Kuching’s and Penang’s laksa, I prefer Kuching’s. But you can’t compare them like that because it’s like comparing apple to orange. They are totally different food that just happen to share the same name. I love Kuching’s kolo mee leh.

@Steven Goh, Yes I find their seafood really expensive. From my conversation with another KL couple who went there for vacation, they also felt it’s more expensive than in KL.. I wonder if we went to all the wrong places??

By: Steven Goh

Steven Goh — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:12:14 +0000

I still prefer Penang Seafood compare to Kuching. I have been there last year to my sister’s place and try their seafood. I find that the seafood is very expensive, small portion and not nice too.

Simon, yes Penang laksa and Sarawak laksa are very different. The soup is a bit taste like our Penang curry mee. For more details about Sarawak Laksa please visit:
http://www.stevengoh.com/food/chinese-food/kuching-day-2-green-road-gu-bak-mee-and-sarawak-laksa/

By: Simon Seow

Simon Seow — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:43:33 +0000

Hmm..Is Penang lang and Kuching lang taste bud really that different? Kenny Sia blogged that he don’t like Penang Laksa when he went to Penang. He prefer Kuching’s Laksa.