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Where to Eat Sibu's Foochow Food in 2026: 7 Spots for Kampua, Kompia and Mee Sua, and Which Day Each One Shuts
Sibu is a Foochow town and it eats like one: kampua noodles tossed in lard before 7am, kompia buns pulled hot from the oven, red-wine mee sua for dinner. We checked seven places on their live Google listings on 29 September 2026, including the day-by-day hours. One kampua shop shuts on Tuesdays, one bakery sells out on weekends, and the town's most famous dian bian hu shop is gone.
8 Things to Do in Sibu, Sarawak 2026 — the Swan City Most Itineraries Skip on the Way to Somewhere Else
Sibu is the town most Sarawak itineraries treat as a transit stop between Kuching and Bintulu, and it is the one place in the state where the two biggest attractions cost nothing at all. Malaysia's largest indoor market sits opposite the express boat terminal with more than 1,100 stalls; a free museum on Jalan Central tells the story of the town's Iban, Melanau, Malay and Foochow communities; and the town's own 126-metre tower, its 1850s-founded Taoist temple and seven-tiered pagoda, and a peat-swamp boardwalk on the edge of town are all within a short drive. We checked the address, trading status and posted hours of eight stops on 22 August 2026 and re-pulled every listing on 27 September 2026. Here is what each one is, what it costs, and when it shuts.