Our FIRST TIME trying SARAWAK food! 🇲🇾 (Spoiler: we loved it!)

[@BingoandBinew]

Do you have any suggestions for our next Sarawak food experience? Adakah anda mempunyai sebarang cadangan untuk pengalaman makanan Sarawak kami yang seterusnya?

[@nusabudiman]

Umai is a must try too. A kind of Ethnic Melanau's sashimi. Freshly caught raw fish thinly sliced and mixed with calamansi lime, salt, raw onion and chilies. The best is in Mukah's fish market where you can experience the umai made freshly in front of you!

[@BingoandBinew]

@@nusabudiman That sounds absolutely delicious! We love freshly caught fish; I bet we would love it! 🤤 Thank you for the recommendation! 🤗

[@Yasin_Affandi]

​@@BingoandBinewI wonder if you guys have tasted the famous Sarawak laksa and the Sarawak kek lapis (layered cake). The late Anthony Bourdain had described Sarawak laksa as the breakfast of God.

[@BingoandBinew]

@@Yasin_Affandi No, we did not try either of those - but we will add them to our list! Thank you for the recommendations! 😊

[@Yasin_Affandi]

@@BingoandBinew Wonderful. 😀

[@Yasin_Affandi]

Thank you for the link. The satay with soy sauce and chillies that you guys had was quite different from the street food satay, with charred marks from grilling over charcoal fire and served with a peanut sauce, sometimes comes together as a set with nasi impit.

[@bungaialoevera]

4:19 That caramel-y taste is from the palm sugar. In Sarawak it's called "gula apong", "apong" being the type of palm we get it from. This is different from gula melaka because gula melaka is made mostly from the sap of coconut.

[@BingoandBinew]

@@bungaialoevera OoOOOo thank you for clarifying that! It’s such a distinct taste! 😋

[@bungaialoevera]

@@BingoandBinew, hope you both would make your way over to Sabah and Sarawak. We have other indigenous dishes you both can try. But do take note that we have different palate profiles than the peninsula.

[@BingoandBinew]

@@bungaialoevera We have added these places to our list to visit in the future! We are always eager to try new food - thank you for the heads up about the different flavour profiles! That’s even more exciting! 😊

[@bungaialoevera]

Indigenous cafes aren’t many in Kuching, Sarawak though… 😅 But not that hard to find. The gooey food you ate is the signature food of the Melanau people (lots of sago palms (main aource of carb) where they live - swampy & mangrove coastal areas like Mukah) but also eaten (less so) by other Dayaks (supplement/additional). The nomadic Penans also eat linut but they harvest the sago from sago palms that grow in the forest. Another food you might miss at Kedey Kamek is the chicken cooked/steamed in bamboo. Have that when you visit Sarawak in the future. 😊

[@BingoandBinew]

@@bungaialoevera Thank you for taking the time to let us know all these details! We really appreciate it. And we will definitely add that chicken to our list of foods to try! 😊

[@Yasin_Affandi]

Wow, you guys are already in Kuching, Sarawak. Hope that you guys have had a good time and a pleasant stay.

[@Yasin_Affandi]

If you guys are still in Kuching, you should try the food at a native Sarawak cafe, recently opened by Nick, the Global Gibbon, a Dutch guy who has married a local Sarawak lady and have been living in Kuching for more than 10 years. Sorry, I've forgotten the name of his cafe in Kuching.

[@genelee5552]

Lalaport la

[@Yasin_Affandi]

@@genelee5552 Hehe. My mind was distracted by many things at that time.

[@BingoandBinew]

@@Yasin_Affandi Hehehe, we have added Sarawak to the places we must visit after this meal! 😋

[@Yasin_Affandi]

@@BingoandBinew Hehe. Wonderful. 😀

[@keangwooichoo6138]

Sarawak laksa - the breakfast of gods

[@BingoandBinew]

@@keangwooichoo6138 We will have to try this next time! Thank you for suggesting it! 😋

[@keangwooichoo6138]

@@BingoandBinew that is what the late Anthony bourdain said after he ate it.

[@BingoandBinew]

@@keangwooichoo6138 Amazing! We must try it! 😊

[@Daniel-ny2zt]

Looks insanely good 🙌

[@BingoandBinew]

@@Daniel-ny2zt We were so impressed! 😋

[@allancristophe6810]

wow deliciously interesting cuisine...not just tickling the tastebuds but likewise the presentation and how you eat it... complete dining experience!

[@BingoandBinew]

@@allancristophe6810 Thank you so much! We thoroughly enjoyed it! 😋

[@Janggut40]

Love your impression on the Sarawak Food halal version you tried there. Cosy place to eat and looks delicious too! You may try kue tiaw marudi version non halal or halal in Marudi Sarawak. Thick and broad kue tiaw. Thank you for this beautiful video. Watching from Marudi Sarawak.

[@BingoandBinew]

@@Janggut40 Thank you so much for the wonderful comment and food recommendations! 🥰 We were so impressed by the food and it definitely inspired us to visit Sarawak someday! Adding it to the list! 😊

[@vs123]

Wow yummy yummy

[@BingoandBinew]

@@vs123 So delicious! 😋

[@chayapatchaya8782]

Yummy.🤤🤤🤤❤❤❤

[@BingoandBinew]

@@chayapatchaya8782 It was SO delicious! Thank you for watching! 🙏🏽😋🥰

[@Xyxexi]

Honestly once you get to Sarawak especially Kuching. You should really stop by Sarawak Cultural Village, Borneo Museum, Semonggoh Wildlife for the Orangutans and Jong’s crocodile farm to see living Crocs!

[@BingoandBinew]

@@Xyxexi We really hope to make it out there next time! I (Linda) love Orangutans! 🦧 Thank you for the suggestion! 😊

[@SekolahRimbaStudio]

Wait what? You have never heard of Sarawak? As a local, highly highly highly recommended. Visit the museum, cultural village and any ones of animal sanctuary or rainforest reserve ❤

[@BingoandBinew]

@@SekolahRimbaStudio No, we hadn’t! But once we researched it, it quickly got added to our places to visit! The food was exquisite and we can only imagine how good it would be in the actual state! And so many more cultural experiences to have - just like you said! We can’t wait! 🤗

[@SekolahRimbaStudio]

@@BingoandBinewtry to go around december/january for the season of Dabei (Da-Bay) its an acquired taste fruits that is great with beef soup, and spicy soy sauce, dont get me started with their seafood spread, oysters omelette in that category, all kinds of dish cooked in bamboo, kek lapis (layered cake) with their intricate designs, oh so many more. Everytime i return back from Sarawak, i need to fast for a few days 😂😂😂

[@SekolahRimbaStudio]

P/s: Dabei is very an acquired taste, even some locals are not too fond of it. I personally would actually pester my sarawakian friend to ship me to east malaysia when they are in season. I love it too much 😂. You tried one of my fav dish in this video, Mee Kolok is an absolute banger everytime, especially in Sarawak

[@BingoandBinew]

@@SekolahRimbaStudio Oh my goodness! All of that sounds so delicious! We are always excited to try new things and that sounds just right! There isn’t one thing you mentioned that didn’t sound enticing. 😋 What would you say Dabei tastes like? I’m so curious! 👀

[@torrothebear7240]

​@@SekolahRimbaStudio oh man, I miss mee kolok so much! I was salivating just watching the video. The best mee kolok I had was in a chinese stall in Matang, Kuching. Had it almost everyday for the 3 months I was there lol and don't get me started on Laksa Sarawak 🤤 like the late Anthony Bourdain said, it is indeed the breakfast of the gods!

[@keangwooichoo6138]

Layered colour cake

[@BingoandBinew]

@@keangwooichoo6138 Adding it to our list, thank you! 😊

[@keangwooichoo6138]

Kolo mee

[@BingoandBinew]

@@keangwooichoo6138 Is there a different kind that you’re recommending? 😊

[@keangwooichoo6138]

@@BingoandBinew I think in sarawak the sauce is reddish. Dry noodle is the same

[@BingoandBinew]

@@keangwooichoo6138 Ohhhh! Thank you for clarifying! 🤗