It is a festival celebrating arts, culture and lifestyle of Kuching and its local people to the global audience. One of the many must-try local foods if you visit Malaysia is the Sarawak Laksa - a favourite dish of the world-renowned chef, Anthony Bourdain. This post is written for What About Kuching, a month long event happening from 29th September until 28th October 2018. Some types of food you can find here include the Japanese sushi, the Arabic chicken curry rice, the local chicken rice and also different kinds of desserts such. We saw great potential in this event and it truly embodied the objective behind What About Kuching. The organizers had a great plan to introduce the winners of Tuak Fest 2018 in time for Gawai festival next year and become parts of a collaboration with The Bibber's Tale and Rajah Puteh Production. For breakfast time, I was told I might visit Chinatown to try some of the Laksa or Kolo Mee. I ordered the Kolo Mee Special (or Seafood Kolo Mee).Note: MSG is in a lot of dishes. It’s the signature dish of Kuching and locals just go crazy for itIt’s boiled and springy noodles, tossed in light oil soy sauce garlic and MSG. Bubur Ayam is a rice porridge dish, with ginger, onions, bits of chicken and a subtle flavor. Kolo Mee is a super popular Sarawakian comfort food. It was a great experience to have done a proper yet laid-back Tuak tasting event, the first ever done in Sarawak. 10 Top Sarawak Foods Kuching Sarawak Food Guide 1. 51 31 17 Yummy Sarawak Kolo Mee (Tampines Round Market & Food Centre). But we do hope the one we chosen will win *finger crossed* Raw fish is cleaned and taken it and diperap with lime and red onion. Umai also known as ' Sushi Sarawak ' you indulge supplied rather than raw fish. Umai is a kind of traditional food Melanau community. As of the time this post is written, we still do not know who is the winner as we did not attend the prize giving ceremony on the 27th October 2018. These foods are exported out of the country and is one of the sarawak traditional foods that have a high demand. Others are for personal consumption or during a localized festival, and a couple which have a huge room for improvement. The Best Sarawak Food in Kuching The Famous Ones: Sarawak Laksa and Kolo Mee Yet Another Noodle Dish Kuchings Finest Seafood and More Have Coffee or Cake.

Pinasakan was a dish traditionally made when people used to travel down from the highlands to trade with coastal tribes. Not usually found in restaurants, pinasakan is a dish of preserved ikan basung, a fatty fish found everywhere in Sabah.

Based on our own tasting, we found a few to have a great commercial value and have big potential to be marketed internationally. Any visit to Sarawak should include a taste of manok pansoh.

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