Have Perut Will Travel...: KCH Day 4 │ PINGGAI Cafe: Running Errands

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Saturday, 4 May 2024

KCH Day 4 │ PINGGAI Cafe: Running Errands

Dayak Cuisine

We picked you up again after collecting Brendan from Adelyn’s homestay, fresh from our Serikin Weekend Market adventure.

We punched Pinggai Cafe into the Waze app and headed toward the Waterfront area. Parking was impossible to find nearby, so we drove into the basement parking of Plaza Merdeka instead.

From there, we exited the mall and walked a short distance along Carpenter Street before turning right onto China Street, where we found our lunch destination — Pinggai Cafe, famed for its modern take on Dayak cuisine. Serving trays embossed with flower motifs lined the walls, giving the place a unique and charming ambiance.

Lunch at Pinggai Café

We took our seats and quickly scanned the diminutive menu before settling on:

Grilled Cha Siu (Pork Ribs)
Pork Pansuh
Manok (Chicken) Curry
Midin Fried Belacan
3 Nasi Beras Hitam
A pot of Chrysanthemum Tea
2 Coca Cola

There’s something about Dayak cuisine that really appeals to Brendan — he once again asked for a second helping of Nasi Beras Hitam. I added a hot Caramel Macchiato for myself.

Our Dayak lunch came to RM90.50 (≈ USD19/EUR18). Reasonable, considering the rising price of pork. Was it three times better than our Bario lunch yesterday, which cost a third of the price? The jury is still out.

Afternoon Errands

After lunch, we drove to Kuching International Airport to print out our boarding passes for tomorrow’s flight back to Kuala Lumpur.

We then met up with Jacob to hand over a box of chocolates we forgot to bring during our dinner two nights ago.

We finally returned to Adelyn’s homestay at 2:40pm to rest while I continued editing our ever growing mountain of footage. We’ll probably stay in tonight and order takeout via GrabFood.

What’s Next

Stay tuned for our next video, where we go on a market hunt just a stone’s throw away from Adelyn’s homestay.