Vegetable seller at the Kuching Sunday Market


This is the tenth in a series of more in-depth posts on our trip to Borneo.
February 21

I love markets. We were lucky on the timing of our trip to arrive in Kuching on Saturday. We were in time for the Sunday Market.

It actually starts Saturday afternoon and goes until Sunday afternoon. We thought it would be a great way to start our visit. It was not too far of a walk from our hotel. It is located on Jalan Satok and runs for several blocks.

We started at the end with the fish sellers. The diversity of fish is astounding. I recognized a few fish such as mackerel, shrimp, squids, rays but there were many that I could not recognize. A few vendors were selling chicken and eggs and we saw one small stand off to the side selling meat. Dried fish is an important part of Malaysian diet. There were bags and bags of ikan bilis – dried anchovies. And one vendor were selling sago palm worms. We definitely did not try the worms.

From fish, we continued along and next were many vendor selling vegetables. Chilies, gingers, jungle fern, okra, shallots, lime, everything you need for stir fries including sauce. Fruit – I loved the exotic fruit. My favorite fruit was dragonfruit – the fruit of a night blooming cactus. There were also vendors selling drinks. I had a cold drink made with fresh shaved coconut and G had an iced drink made of crushed sugar cane. We also picked up several bags of cookies and loved tasting the Kek Lapis – a traditional Sarawak multi-layered pastel jewel colored cakes.

Off on the side alleys were also small little nurseries selling orchids and other tropical plants for the garden or house. There were pet supplies, rabbits, clothing, shoes.

It was a riot of color, scents and tastes. We loved it.

Fish

Fish	Fish
Cockles	Crab
Dried Fish	Ikan bilis seller
Fresh Chicken	Sago Worms
Ikan bilis seller	Ikan bilis seller

Vegetables and fruit

Chilies and Fungi	Ginger and Galangal
Midin – Jungle Fern	Bitter Melon
Chili	Vendor
Limes	Star Fruit
Longan	Jackfruit
Bananas	Snakeskin fruit
Green Starch Noodles	Dragonfruit

Shopper

Done Shopping

Time to Moto Home