Best Kolomee in Kuching

It's hard to get an agreement on the best signature dish of Kuching, but my pick is Hong Hing Cafe located in the city centre. When ordering this dish, make sure you specify that you want "cha sio iu" or the red sauce, otherwise it comes without. The red sauce is what makes the noodles at Hong Hing Cafe stand out because it gives it a fragrant sweet flavour. You can order wonton or mixed meat soup to go as a side dish.

The stall opens for breakfast but sells out usually by 12pm, so if you want to take it for lunch, it will have to be an early lunch. You will see on the signboard above the stall reads "Kuching (Green Road) Kolomee" because this is a branch of the famous kolomee stall along Green Road called Sin Lian Shin. The noodles are so famous that it now has Hong Hing Cafe as a branch, and another at MJC Batu Kawa, where they operate a whole foodcourt by themselves.

The founder of the kolomee started off by selling his noodles to office employees using his motorcycle. He is now the only noodle seller that I know that drives a Mercedes E-class and has 3 branches across town.

Both the HQ and the foodcourt do not serve the soup side dish which is why I recommend the one at Hong Hing Cafe just for that extra variety.

Location Maps:

Hong Hing Cafe (click here)

Operates morning till late morning.

Sin Lian Shin Cafe (click here)

Operates morning till late afternoon.

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Sin Lian Shin Foodcourt (click here)

Operates morning till night.