Kyo: You have good memory! Yes, I tend to stay away from all kinds of meat except for seafood and chicken. That said, I’m not that strict about this diet, so around 1 in 20 meals I still have myself a little minced meat or char siew.

Miss Qian: Thanks for your votes gal! I miss the cheap food in Malaysia, especially the RM2 Ramly burgers! I used to travel there a lot but it’s been a while.

March Hare: You would totally love Japan. It’s so unique and different from most other touristy places in the world!

JL: Interesting! Because in this case the noodles didn’t really leave as deep an impression on me as the char siew. I wonder if it’s worth making a trip to Kuching just to check out all the food?

Edmund: I think I just might visit the one at Bedok bus interchange (it’s the most inconvenient for me among those you listed). View all comments by Veron

Interesting post - was wondering when you would be reviewing the Sarawak kolo mee!

Actually, the Jia Xiang Sarawak Kuching Kolo Mee may be the most “popular” brand here in Sg due to its many outlets, but its not the best in terms of taste (if u ask the local Malaysians who know their kolo mee). I’ve got a few friends from Kuching who mentioned the best kolo mee was located in Chinatown food street (the push-cart vendor) but he’s since closed down unfortunately.

There are a few more Kuching kolo mee stalls around the Bedok bus interchange, Bedok Nth St 1 - and another at Jurong East St 13 near the mrt. View all comments by Edmund

The Kuching one is defintely nicer than the Singapore one. It is so much cheaper, I remember I had it like 4 years back and it cost a mere $1. It is really addictive, super delicious. The authentic one doesn’t have so much meat and vege, cos it was the noodle that taste so much more amazing. It doesn’t like become ‘lua lua’ and stick together when you dabao them and bring it back to the hotel after more than an hour of travelling. Not too oily. Arg … making me hungry already. View all comments by JL

Actually i just came back from kuching,Sarawak few days before, and i had try the real kolo mee there, it is very nice, and the price is reasonable too, just around RM2-3 only, i think if convert to sing dolar, may be is $1-2 only..

Nice post, i m voting for u, all the best!!! View all comments by Miss Qian

Everytime I walk past the Jia Xiang branches in Singapore, I just have to chuckle at the exorbitant prices being paid for what is, in all respects, simply a very ordinary bowl of noodles.

Whilst I am used to paying sometimes hundreds of dollars for a meal, I will never pay the asking price at Jia Xiang. Also, the meat is pork, and I thought you don’t eat that variety of meat? View all comments by Kyo

Concidentally, I was having mee at Bedok, at Hawker Centre 85 when you upload this blog entries !

I prefer Bak Chor Mee there to this version of Sarawak mee.

But end of the day, nothing beats a bowl of Wanton Mee or Char Siew Mee on a cold early morning in those eateries in Hong Kong, where after the main meal, you can have a cup of hot silky smooth “pantyhose-ed” milk tea, in the midst of endless “ya-da-ya-da-ya-da”.

Great weather, great food, great “ambience”…

Regards View all comments by X Wings