The House Of Buns Miri

Chicken bun

Someone commented on my blog article “The Best Steamed Buns In Miri” that House of Buns sells the best buns in Miri. So I dropped by House of Buns to buy chicken buns and char siew buns. House of Buns is situated near Dr Teo’s Clinic in Miri Waterfront Commercial Centre. Having tested the buns of House of Buns, both ...

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A Bird And Its Toy!

Birds are very inquisitive by nature, and they tend to explore everything with their beaks. For many birds, paper is a fun item with which to play. In Kuching this morning, I witnessed a bird playing with a strip of paper. My eldest brother Chin Tian, my third brother Ching Sien and I were on our way back to my ...

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Pardon My Poor Photography Skills

Su, a reader of my blog, made a comment that I have a good blog and that he appreciates what I do as a Mirian. However, he suggested that maybe buying a new camera will make my blog even better. And I replied that the problem is not the camera but the photographer.  Anyway, thank you for your comment, Su! ...

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The Best Steamed Buns In Miri

The stall selling the bao in front of Toni & Gus near the Piasau roundabout

Where can you find the best steamed paus (buns) in Miri? A lot of Mirians will tell you it is Sau Pau Bakery Café. But I beg to differ. I do like the pau at Sau Pau Bakery but my top choice is the buns sold at the makeshift stall in front of Toni & Guys Unisex Saloon near the ...

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Welcome To Lung Meng – The Biggest Food Court In Miri

Lung Meng 龍門客棧

Eating places are mushrooming all over Miri with new cafes, restaurants and watering holes springing up almost every month. With competition rapidly increasing, it is getting tougher to run a successful café or restaurant. But there is one food court that is doing extremely well since its opening earlier this year. I am talking about Lung Meng Café. Its name ...

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It Has Been A Long Time

Making a drink for a customer

It has been a long time since I last saw her. About 3 decades ago, to be exact. I was driving along Medical Store Road in Miri in the early 1980s when I saw a roadside stall selling rambutans. I pulled over and parked my car. Alighting from my car, I realised that the woman selling rambutans was the hawker ...

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The Sun Is Gone, But I Have A Light

Inspiring beauty of nature

With about forty five minutes to spare before I had to pick up my son, I dropped by Taman Selera to have an ais kacang and to just relax. Sitting at the food bazaar, I had a great view of the sea and beach. The sky was overcast with dark clouds. I guess the dark clouds matched the sombre mood ...

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A Coffee At Brewhouse Keeps The Burden At Bay

Brewhouse

I have read great reviews about Brewhouse so I decided to drop by the café today with my wife and my son Leslie. But the little café was almost full, except for a tall table with bar stools. We did not feel like sitting on those high bar stools so we thought of coming back later. As we were turning ...

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The Maker – Heavenly Delights

Our mugs with biblical verses

He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them— he remains faithful forever. Psalm 146:6 This is the Bible verse that greeted us when we entered The Maker yesterday morning. Yes, Miri now has a café with a revolutionary theme: Christianity. A replica of a Royal Mail postal box seems to stand guard near the ...

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Ode To My Father

Ode to my father

It has been quite a long time since I last watched a Korean movie. Last night, I decided to watch the Korean blockbuster “Ode To My Father”, currently the second highest-grossing film in the history of Korean cinema. Ode to My Father (Hangul: 국제시장) is a 2014 South Korean generational epic capturing more than half a century of recent Korean ...

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