I arrived in Sibu late yesterday night, the flight was delayed (again) due to an engine problem. I woke up early this morning and was on site at 7:30 am. I'm on a break now and I went to Central Market to get a sugarcane drink. It's a hot day, and I reckon one of these would go down well.
It seems that the coconut + sugarcane or cham cham as they call it in Hokkien has hit Sibu. IIANM, the pioneer of this 1/2 sugarcane, 1/2 coconut juice with coconut flesh is the SKH food centre in Kuching. It seem to have propagated to Sibu now, with even the central market doing it.
I got one to go. I like this stall coz they actually skin the sugarcane plant before grinding it in that grinder you see on the bottom left. The majority of stalls just shove the whole sugarcane in, but this one manually and painstakingly removes the outer skin from the sugarcane before processing it, ensuring a smoother drink.
This is the reserve sugarcane bunches they have on the side.
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