Have Perut Will Travel...: KCH Day 6 │ India Street • Main Bazaar • Kuching Walkabout!

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Thursday, 5 June 2025

KCH Day 6 │ India Street • Main Bazaar • Kuching Walkabout!

A Kuching Walkabout

We woke up at 8:00am and were out the door by 9:20am. Twenty minutes later, we arrived at Plaza Merdeka and parked in the basement. Since the mall wasn’t open yet, the security personnel advised us to take the elevator up to the ground floor and exit to the street.

India Street, After a Long While

Our first destination was India Street, a place we hadn’t visited in ages. With over 140 years of history, it was renamed in 1928 to honour the Indian merchants who settled there. In 1992, it became a pedestrian mall — now a lively stretch filled with textiles, clothing, spices, and souvenirs.

Cat was immediately drawn to Nizamir Textiles. We walked in and eventually bought:

2 sets of kain sarung
2 meters each of woven cloth in Sarawakian motif

Total: RM95.00 (≈ USD22/EUR20).

Still in India Street, we stopped for breakfast at Jubilee Restaurant:

Roti Canai (each)
hot Nescafe
Iced Milk Tea

Total: RM9.20 (≈ USD5/EUR4).

Our Roti Canai took half an hour to arrive — apparently forgotten, despite the restaurant being almost empty.

After eating, we doubled back to Nizamir Textiles to buy another seven meters of the same woven cloth for RM140.00 (≈ USDx/EURx).

From Carpenter Street to Main Bazaar

We continued onto Carpenter Street, then turned left onto Jalan China before emerging onto Jalan Main Bazaar. From Borneo Point, Cat picked up a dress in local motif for RM35.00 (≈ USDx/EURx).

At Little Borneo, we bought several keychains for RM22.00 (≈ USD/EUR5).

At Kwang Yan Trading, we picked up:

5 packets of Sarawak pepper
2 packets of Pansuh paste

Total: RM75.00 (≈ USD19/EUR16).

We then walked back along Main Bazaar until we reached Peanuts Anchovies, where Cat ordered a Green Tea Lemon and I tried the Iced Ribena Sprite Lychee. Total: RM14.85 (≈ USD4/EUR3).

A Visit to Borneo Headhunters

By the time we finished our drinks, it was already 12:15pm. We made the short walk to Borneo Headhunters Tattoo to gift Robin and Ernesto a packet of Terengganu serunding — a small thank you gesture.

The Heat Wins

We continued strolling along Main Bazaar and onto Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman until we reached the iconic Cat Statue. We took the customary photo — which became this video’s thumbnail — but the heat was becoming unbearable. Walking back to Plaza Merdeka was no longer an option.

So we hailed a Grab for RM5.00 (≈ USD/EUR1), and once we reached the mall, we headed straight to the basement carpark and set course for Matang Metrocity.

What’s Next

Stay tuned as we meet up with Marvin, the hero who rescued our yellow submarine.