Night out on the town

We never made it to Buntal last night. Something about waiting for an hour for someone to pick us up. Apparently this 'someone's' car clock was an hour slow, so he thought he had lots of time. Didn't know Malaysia had daylight savings. ;)

Having decided that it'd be too late for dinner if we took the hours' drive out to the seafood village, we settled on Japanese instead. From memory, this place is really popular and almost always fully booked. I was surprised when we arrived and there were lots of tables available. DY didn't like the food, although I think the rest of us were ok with it. But if it really was that bad, then maybe it the lack of patrons was an indication of the current standards of that restaurant.

After dinner, we went around the popular hangouts - Soho and Mojo - but they were not as crowded as they normally are, even at 11.p.m. or so. After a while, we decided to leave and go to a bar at the Civic Centre, called Links. It was completely empty, which was a real pity because it was such a gorgeous place! There was a triangular-ish bar, a round booth with high timber walls for a bit of privacy, and beautiful furniture. But the best part of all was the view. Links is situated on the 2nd level of the Civic Centre tower, which means that patrons practically overlook all the buildings in Kuching! I can only guess that it is unpopular because of the slightly higher price of drinks, and its isolation from the other night spots. Oh, and the waitress (or the bartender) messed up my order. I asked for Lime Caipirinha, she came back and told me there wasn't any lime, so I asked for peach instead, and when my drink came, I was given a mixture of lime and peach! It wasn't too bad in terms of taste, but I thought it a very strange event nonetheless.









Gorgeous, isn't it? This is just one end of the bar.