The annual Kuching Festival and Food Fair 2022 is a celebration in conjunction with Kuching City Day. The three weeks long celebration is packed with Fun and Activities, Performance and Art, Music and Entertainment. The stage for the Kuching Festival spread around Kuching South City Council (MBKS) grounds. So, don’t miss it.
The Food Fair will be the main reason everyone near and far gather at the MBKS grounds as famous food from all around Kuching City and its near by town and villages, all come and have their food stalls here in one place. This year is unique in sense that the Yearly Kuching Food Fair had been delayed for 2 years since the pandemic lockdown in year 2020 and 2021. Everyone is so eager to come back but still have guarded perception of social distancing.
After the lapse of two years, Kuching Food Fair is back in year 2022 with a great attendance.
Name : Kuching Festival 2022
Event duration : 3 weeks of celebration From 29th July 2022 till 21th August 2022.
Entrance : Free
Location : Kuching South City Council (MBKS) grounds, Including Dewan Masyarakat, MBKS Theatre, MBKS Auditorium, Kuching Park and State Hockey Stadium.
Official Website : https://sarawaktourism.com/
Few thousands of visitor a day attended the Kuching Food Fair daily.
Rows and rows of nicely decorated food stalls.
Kuching Food Fair is a showcase of food and culture from near and far. Every stall is unique of its own, offering premium options of food that is unique to the community or the best selling food from their original shop. Everyone love to come to the food fair as this place is a truly all in one display of diversity of food culture in Kuching City.
Well decorated stall with a cat and a hornbill.
Creativity have no limits when try to promoting the food being on sell. Some stalls have creative artworks while some have creative catch phrase to attract buyers.
Classical tea shop design.
Classical design Chinese signage of a stall selling Taiwan sausage.
Classical design Chinese signage of a stall selling Taiwan sausage.
One of the stall featuring a huge inflatable 3D octopus balloon.
The whole food fair is filled with people.
The creative signage of a Carlsberg stall.
Creative neon lights decorating the booth.
Creative presentation of the food at the stalls.
Not only visitors can have freshly cooked food from the food fair, visitors can witness the preparation process of their chosen food. It is worth the wait while enjoying the chef preparing the food with their unique skills and cookware.
The chef busying preparing the dough in front of a hot oven.
Barbecuing beef cubes.
Preparing barbecue sausages.
The making of Takoyaki balls.
There are diversity in the food being offered at the Kuching Food Fair, ranging from all types of preparation from baked and roasted meats to iced desserts. It is so broad that you may need the three weeks to taste all the food being offered.
Big prawn dish.
Scallop dishes.
Close up view on one of the dishes.
Strawberry cakes.
Barbecue chicken wings.
Sausages.
Steamed colorful wanton.
Various baked meats.
Common fries.
Cupcakes and cakes.
Various local foods.
Other than Kuching Food Fair, there are many activities around the MBKS grounds. There are huge decorated gardens around MBKS grounds and having a main stage for daily performances.
The garden featuring a long LED starlight tunnels.
Visitors can take photos with the various cat statues in the MBKS Garden Show.
The wishing well at the garden where visitors can throw some coins and make a wish.
The kuching festival nightly entertainment stage.
It is a food fair not to be missed, and even if you have missed it, there is a annual comeback of Kuching Festival with Food Fair. Remember to bring your family and friends to the event.
