Food, glorious food!
Food, glorious food!
One bowl of Sarawak Laksa and you’ll never want another kind!
Kaleidoscope-coloured cakes, bamboo-steamed chicken and the BEST BOWL OF LAKSA you’ll ever have. You can have all this and more, in Malaysian Borneo. By Rachel Jacgung, Editor Food. It can make or break your experience in a destination. Sometimes a great meal is the thing you remember most about a place or is the thing you look forward to most when planning your trip.
Low Season Traveller
Food is such an important part of travel because it allows us to use all five senses to really understand the culture and history of a place and its people. It brings people together and is a way to celebrate, nourish your soul or welcome somebody into your home.
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We want to share with you some delicious insights into the best dishes you might not have heard of in our favourite destinations and which seasonal specialties are on offer during the low season. In this issue we explore the colourful cuisines and funky fruits that you must try while visiting Malaysian Borneo.
Borneo is the world’s third largest island and is home to the Malaysian regions of Sabah in the north and Sarawak in the south. Malaysian Borneo offers a broad range of cuisine with influences from indigenous communities, China, Indonesia, India and more.
Must try dishes Sarawak Laksa
When most of us think of Malaysian food, our minds go straight to a rich, coconut-milk laiden laksa. These, along with the many other laksa variations across Malaysia, are delicious. But the Sarawak version of a laksa is next level. This (in our opinion) mind-blowing noodle soup is usually made with chicken, prawns and omelet slices in a spicy, tangy and sweet broth of herbs and spices – finished off
