What 1984AllEngland refers to is foochow noodle of Cha chu mee ( literally means fried cook noodle in Foochow).It's like Hokkien mee but less dark and more saucy.
I find that the kampua stalls are all fast disappearing. The kampua stalls at the coffee shops of Ban chuang, Kiaw Siang, Kok Cheng, Sin Kiaw e.t.c. are all gone. The famous Ang Kow's kampua has been gone for over a decade but I like that ( it was in the same coffee shop highlighted by Syncer. The last time I ate was above the Sibu Market.
You all better eat more of Foochow food because one day these food will disappear. Thanks to globalization, younger set of Sibu people prefar hamburgers, pizza, xiao long bao ( or lai mien) rather than cha chu mee, kampua, tiang biang ngu, kompia with pork and soya sauce, eng chow nik, cha hung ngan, chu hung ngan.
Sibu has never been a powerhouse of badminton like Kuching. It's shown in the inter division badminton where Kuching always win. Sibu's best player has been Ting Wei Ping who made to the fringe of the national scene. I see that Sibu now has a badminton academy. I hope it succeed given the lack of interest to sports by the people in Sibu.
Kaliu (mentioned in extremenanopowe's post) means to go out or play. In the olden days, Sibu is small and everything is in the town centre. So once sunset,you shop, watch a movie, visit the night market, eat supper all in town. This is done after dinner in the house. The whole town will be full of people and very noisy. These days Sibu at night is so quiet and everything is at the Sarawak House area. Kaliu badminton means to play badminton.
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