Tower Market — Restaurant in Borneo

This food center has always been a must visit for me every time I visited Kuching. It is definitely not as good during its prime days 20-30 years ago. The city did some renovations and cleaned up this place so making eating there much more pleasant. Many of the food stalls have the same owner from the time I ate there when young. Food is quality is acceptable - nothing unique but the staple Kuching street food. It can be intimidating for visitor because they have "territories" marked up depends on where you sit. Best advice is to walk through the place, decide the entree and drink stall you want to order from, then sit in that proximity. The staff will naturally direct you towards their direction. The only one or two stalls that can cross territories would be the one selling unique items like rojak or sotong (squid) rojak. Eat here to experience part of Kuching history if...

A classic old place of nostalgia for many Kuching residents. The red kolo mee looks vibrant but it lacks flavour. It tasted bland and not sweet. Had to get another saucer of vinegar to add flavour. I would describe the kolo mee as below average for lack of flavour and bland taste. The sio bee is delicious though. The fried version is slightly more expensive than the usual one. A nice place to lepak and have supper at night. During daytime, more stalls are open but it would be much warmer. The gula apong ice cream here is legendary as well and still has a lot of customers but the syrup...

Gone by are the days when this place was popular among locals. I went back after years of not eating there. My charsiu chicken rice is nice and average, RM4.50. Portion is little but price is cheap. Rice is fragrant. Soup is salty. Tables and chairs are arranged in such a way that it's hard to manoeuvre so as to maximise the use of space. You can find usual local kopitiam food here, ie. Laksa, kolomee, fried kueh tiaw, tomato mee, kueh chap, etc. There's gula apong stall that opens at...