Miri Shopping

I think that prices of souvenirs in Malaysia are pretty reasonable because you get the real stuff at good prices than if you compare to other countries e.g. cheap souvenirs say in Australia are usually made in China.

In Miri, you can get local handicraft like beads, carvings or woven cloth & bags for a few dollars and you can find all this at the local cultural center in the middle of Miri old town. In the center, each shop is divided in booths and manned by locals, mostly indigenious tribal women who are friendly and can speak some English

What to buy: Colourful glass beads, wooden carvings and tribal woven cloth or the Pua make great souvenirs

What to pay: You can get glass beads bracelet for under US$5. The most you pay is US$50 for a glass bead bag

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What to buy: I have to admit there's nothing that 'A must buy' from Miri except for handicrafts. We have a place called Miri Herritage Centre that offers a wide variety of local handicrafts.

What to pay: Depends on the handicrafts as some are cheap some are very expensive. A cloth known as Pua Kumbu can cost about RM500-RM700.. the original one.. hand made.

Miri old town consists of many small shops.They only sell for daily needs such as goods and meals. Noting to go there. Remember you need to buy ticket before parking your car.

What to pay: You must pay parking ticket before parking your car

It is a big shop and it is the latest. It has 5 storeys. In Level 2 , it consists of men 's clothes meanwhile level 3 consist of female's colthes. Level 1 is just shoes and etc. Level 4 consists of stationary and lastly level 5 consists for food. I suggest to all tourists to stop here for a while.

This shopping complex is the most welcomed shopping complex in Miri since it consists the only cinema, the only bowling alley, the only archery centre in Miri.During weekends,teens are here to hang around.There is a food court at the 4th ground (same floor with the cineplax and bowling alley).Other than that,u also can dine in at the fast food centre at the ground floor.(
namely Pizza hut,KFC,Sugar Bun and Tops's food court ) besides that,shops like Guardian,Watson,The Body Shop,Speedy,Popular Bookstore etc. also can be found here.

What to pay: depends on the activities u go.Like going for a movie will cost u RM 8-10 during weekends but RM 7 during weekdays and RM5 on Wednesday.

Miri has a few open markets whereby the locals Mirians and the neighbouring Bruneians go to buy and sell local produces. One of the better known local market is called "Tamu Muhibbah".

This is where people of all races from the villages in and outskirts of Miri region go to sell and market their food stuffs. Here is where the Miri comes alive (especially on weekends) - in all the blaring noises of raised voices and car horns, the hustles and bustles of the marketers, sellers and buyers talking in all local languages and dialects. Here you can find different kinds of strange and weird things, colorful arrays of goods for sell.

Even if you're not buying anything, just go and visit this Tamu Muhibbah on Saturday and Sunday mornings. The place and its surrounding car parks will be packed with the locals trying to do their weekly shopping

What to buy: You can find jungle produce such as terung iban (sour yellow round eggplants), jungle ferns* (paku and midin), bamboo and palm shoots, hill-planted rices in various varieties and colors (bario rice, black glutonious rice, etc.), wild animal games (bats, snakes, wild boars, etc.), freshwater prawns and fishes, river crabs, native wooden sculptures/carvings and rattan weavings, and many many more.

*Try frying some midin and paku with the locally made specialty, the belacan (shrimp paste).

You can also find small farm produces; for example, kampung ayam (spring chicken), chicken or turtle eggs, salted fish, long-beans, kang-kong (morning glory), chilli padi (small superhot chilis), big and small cucumbers (different shapes and colors). Then there are many variety of tropical fruits such as rambutans, bananas (pisang emas, pisang tanduk, pisang hijau), mangos, durians, jackfruits, pineapples, papayas, mangosteen, langsat, etc.

What to pay: You are expected to spend from RM50 - RM100 per shopping

The Boulevard Shopping Centre is a shopping complex where there are many shops selling food stuffs, clothes, and other household requirements. There are also fast food restaurants such as Kentucky Fried Chicken, McDonalds, etc. on the ground floor. Also on the ground floor there is the hypermarket selling foodstuffs.

What to buy: There are also pharmacy, hair saloon, foot reflexology centre, electronics shop, Music store, and other shops selling knick-knacks on all levels. On the highest floor, there is a food court where you can find hawkers selling chinese, malay and indian food. Also on the highest floor, there is a post office where you can buy stamps, mail letters, pay your utility bills, etc.

Bintang Plaza is another shopping mall - in fact it was the 2nd one in Miri after Wisma Pelita. Bintang Plaza has a supermarket on ground floor, a department store called Parkson on the 1st floor, a movie cineplex and a large bowling centre on the top floor.

What to buy: On the ground floor, there are fast food restaurants like Kentucky Fried Chicken, Pizza Hut, and SugarBun. There is also a Pharmacy, a Drugstore, a shoe store, Music store, etc.

On the first floor, there is McDonalds fast food, a sports store, a handicraft souvenir store, a hair saloon, Video store, Clothes store, and other small shops

On the other floors, there are shops selling clothes, a bookstore, children clothes, shoe shops, toys, etc.

What to pay: RM10 - RM100