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One of celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain's Top 10 dishes, Sarawak laksa
consists of a vermicelli rice noodles (bihun) cooked in shrimp-based
broth made from sambal belacan, sour tamarind, garlic, galangal,
lemongrass and thickened with coconut milk. The dish is served with a
general amount of bean sprouts (taugeh), prawns, omelette strips, and
shredded chicken.
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2. Kolo mee or mee kolok
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A simple noodle dish that is available for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, kolo mee
consists of yellow egg noodles tossed in a light sauce before it is
served with slices of barbecued pork (char siew), chicken cutlets, or
minced meat. Non-halal versions might also contain lard.
The
dish usually comes in two flavours - plain or seasoned with red sauce.
You could also request for it to be seasoned with soy sauce or - in
certain places - black vinegar.
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3. Midin, a crispy wild jungle fern which can be served as kerabu or stir-fried
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Midin is typically stir-fried with garlic and/or
belacan with chilli. Anchovies and salted fish may also be added into
the dish, which can be found in most coffee shops that sell nasi campur.
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4. Kueh chap
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Kueh chap are wide, flat rice noodles cooked in a
herby broth consisting of pork meat, skin, internal organs as well as
deep-fried tau pok and hard-boiled egg quarters/halves.
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5. Ayam pansuh or manok pansoh
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Manok pansoh, an Iban dish, is unique in the sense
that its ingredients are cooked in a bamboo. Cut chicken pieces,
lemongrass, and tapioca leaves are stuffed into bamboo before it is
cooked over an open fire. This cooking method seals in the flavour,
which results in juicy and tender chicken with gravy perfumed by
lemongrass and bamboo.
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6. Manok kacangma
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Manok kacangma is a Chinese dish consisting of
chicken cooked with a kacangma-based broth. The herb, which also known
as motherwort, is believed to be able to ease the effects of
menstruation in women. Rice wine may also be added for a more delicate
taste.
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7. Tomato koay teow
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Rice noodles a.k.a. koay teow is served in a tomato sauce-based gravy
with vegetables, chicken, and seafood. It is also available with crispy
noodles and bihun.
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8. Terung dayak, a round yellow fruit, is typically used in sour dishes such as assam sour fish and miscellaneous sour soups
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9. Dabai, a seasonal fruit with black skin and yellow flesh
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Dabai is a hard fruit, but soak it in warm salt
water for 10 to 15 minutes and you'll get a soft, date-like snack. Fun
fact - the seed can be eaten too!
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10. Belacan bihun
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Belacan bihun consists of rice vermicelli served in a
sweet shrimp-based (belacan) broth topped with julienned cucumber,
cuttlefish slices, and century egg quarters/halves. You can also have it
with a spritz of lime and chilli sauce.
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11. Fried oyster pancake or 'or chien'
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Made to be shared, fried oyster pancake is a thin, crispy pancake with oysters concentrated in the centre. It is usually eaten with light soy sauce mixed with pepper.
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12. Kompia
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A Foochow delicacy, kompia refers to a bun - either
soft or crispy - baked in a round stone oven and typically stuffed with
meat cooked in a special gravy.
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13. Sarawak layer cake or kek lapis Sarawak
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Layer cakes may be commonplace for most of us, but Sarawak layer cake's multi-coloured, multi-flavoured variety deserves a category of its own!
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14. Mee sapi
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Although the dish typically uses noodles similar to kolok mee, mee sapi
is different in the sense that it is served with a beef-based broth.
Topped with generous amounts of beansprouts and beef slices, you can opt
to have the broth added straight to your noodles or in a separate bowl.
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15. Sio bee, Kuching's version of siu mai
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The difference between siu mai and sio bee is that siu mai contains pork and shrimps while sio bee is 100% stuffed with pork.
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16. Umai
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A Melanau delicacy, umai is made with thin slivers
of fresh fish (usually iced instead of frozen) combined with
thinly-sliced onions, chilli, salt, and juice from calamansi lime or
assam fruit. It is usually served with roasted sago pearls - sago starch
mixed with coconut milk, which are then rolled into balls and cooked -
instead of rice. The dish is sometimes prepared with cooked prawns.
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17. Mani (money) chai bihun or *bihun cangkuk manis*
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Mani chai bihun, of Hakka origin, consists of bihun stir-fried with eggs, prawns, chicken pieces, and the sweet mani chai herb.
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18. Kampua mee
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Although it looks similar to kolo mee, kampua mee is
actually meant to be drier than kolo mee. Typically served with slices
of barbecued pork and a bowl of soup, the noodles can either be served
plain or tossed in soy sauce or chilli sauce.
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19. Bubur pedas
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A traditional Malay dish originating from Indonesia, bubur pedas
is a popular dish during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. The dish
consists of porridge cooked in spices such as turmeric, lemongrass,
galangal, chillies, ginger, coconut and shallots, topped with fried
anchovies, fried onions, and peanuts.
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20. Nasik aruk
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Though it is classified as fried rice, this traditional Sarawakian
Malay dish is not fried with oil. The ingredients consist of garlic,
onion, and anchovies fried with cooked rice. The rice is fried until it
achieves a smokey or slightly-burned taste.
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