Julie in the Mac: August 2011

After the hustle and bustle of Penang, we returned to Kuching for more family time and eating.

Here's some folks "enjoying" the King of the Fruit, durian.

and here's a fruit I've never heard of before or tasted. It's a custard apple, and tastes exactly like a mash up of custard... and... apple. Very delicious.

Here's more trouble...she already looks like a natural blowing on her fingernails.

My cousin Greg, who runs art classes for children, had Brendan and Erin attend one session. Here's their colorful creations.

Here's a photo of us with Greg and one of his original pieces.

Which, by the way, is hanging in his wife's cafe.

If you ever get the hankering for cheesecake, italian coffee and perhaps a milkshake while in Kuching, you need to stop here.

Greg's wife Nee is an extraordinary baker. Luckily, she has decided to share her talents with the general public and opened up a little cafe.

We made this one of our necessary stops and turned a cozy and peaceful little cafe into slight chaos with children hopped up on tons of sugar. Nee graciously brought out samples of many of her goodies which we happily gobbled up. Suddenly exotic Malaysian Kueh became a distance memory.