Christmas Eve Dinner @ Magenta Restaurant ~ i've always been looking forward to taste the fine dining experience here... reputed to be the best in town. Set in a converted old malay house with very oriental interior decor, the warm & cozy ambience is just great, be it for a merry get-together makan for buddies or an intimate dinner for lovebirds... soft music in background blends in nicely...

& the food ~ italian, very finely infused with some local flavours is simply excellent! Let the pixes do the talking:
Oyster Bisque with.....*something* Leeks & Blue Cheese Croutons soup for openers (lengthy name... too busy eating away to remember snapping any pics =p)

Appetizer: Duck Confit Salad with Honey Mustard dressing (exotic eh?)

Main course: Rosemary-Roasted Turkey (of course! what else is more fitting for a Christmas dinner?) & Santa Fe Stuffing Timbale.. bla-bla-bla... *too long to recall*

Desert: Eggnog Panna Cotta (exotic sounding too eh?)
A full course meal here costs a premium (for the general masses like me), but i tell you, it's worth every single cent! This is what fine dining experience should be like....

enjoyed a hearty meal with the usual suspects...
Christmas is the time to...

show some "brotherly love"

& "brotherly-sisterly love" as well... =p
*08-08-08*

So what's next for New Years Eve?? =)

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Spent the night dining out with Marvin and his buddy junior from Penang. Was told that a group of them came over last week, most have already left, & buddy junior is left stranded to spend CNY here coz there'll be no flights to Penang til the 18th. Kuching folks are always a friendly & hospitable bunch... we go great lengths to ensure our buddies from abroad are well fed with the ho liao, ho chak Kuching's best. Food agenda, is always main agenda.
Yeah, i know a place or two where to have the best laksa in town, best kueh chap, best gu-bak mee, tomato mee & etc. Was still indecisive, driving into town. A familiar name popped up as i drove by a new row of eating joints in Petanak area. Bestberry Cafe - a name i remember coming across in sarawakian.net. A pretty fresh cafe with minimalist design & an ang-ang bo hai lang theme. The food came looking almost too nice to eat. Reasonably priced, but have yet to try any of the house special.

Marv & object of desire, @pple MacBook - i want one too!

Chilled out at bing afterwards. Where else to get hot-spot service other than Coffee Bean. Can surf & chat over a cup of warm latte... and also enjoy the sights of pretty passer-bys by every now & then.

Wrapped up the night having kueh-chap at Petanak market - my long time craving revisited.