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Malay Food
Nasi Dagang
The dish is made by cooking rice and glutinous rice together, to which coconut cream is
added once it is cooked. Nasi Dagang is eaten with its own specially made side dishes of tuna
fish curry and a light vegetable pickle.
Keropok Lekor / Keping
A popular and the most visible fried snack in Terengganu, the keropok is made of fish meat,
ground to a paste, and mixed with sago. Coming in two main different forms, the long chewy
ones are called 'lekor', while the thin, crispy ones are called 'keping'. Keropok is best eaten hot
with its special chili dip.
Laksam
A delightful yet simple dish, the laksam is akin to the western pasta dish. Like the latter, it has
both the flour dough and the gravy that goes with it. However, unlike the pasta, laksam is
made using both wheat and rice flours, and the dough is steamed instead of boiled. Laksam's
gravy is made of fish meat, which is boiled, pureed, and later mixed with coconut milk.
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Chinese Food
Round "Moon Cakes" are a traditional food eaten during the festival as a reminder of
family unity. People also enjoy pomelos on this day. "yu" is the chinese word for pomelo,
sounds the same as another chinese word to beseech the moon god for protection.
This year on store shelves, consumers can also find Moon Cakes made of fruit, ice cream,
yogurt, pork, mushrooms, green tea, flowers, jelly and even xo brandy. Moon Cakes are
also being prepared in new ways, as illustrated by the fruit cup, steamed and frozen
varieties. In addition, there are also tiny Moon Cakes shaped like chinese chess pieces
and the domino-like mahjong tiles.
Across the victoria street is a hawker centre and beside it is a small coffee shop where the
Hokkien Mee is sold. There be one or two Hokkien Mee stalls there. Tasty enough, but
they do not have extra garnishings like prawns.
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Dim Sum directly translated, means "a little bit of heart". those little dough dumplings,
filled with vegetables, all kinds of meat, shrimps, and other small dishes, salty or sweet,
are being served. The dishes are served in bamboo vaporization bowls, which are placed
over a steam trolley. Every several minutes the kitchen makes different dishes, and the
diners choose their favorite course. The making of Dim Sum requires both skill and
expertise, and it is taught in special schools. Dim Sum are made in the traditional customs
by experienced chefs. Dim Sum are easily found at chinese restaurants and hotels as
breakfast or lunch.
Indian Food
Roti canai is a type of flatbread found in Malaysia, often sold in Mamak stalls.
It is known as roti prata in Southern Malaysia and Singapore, and is similar to
the Indian Kerala porotta.
Chapati is an unleavened flatbread from the Indian subcontinet. Versions of it are found
in Turkmenistan, in East African countries Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
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Murukku is a savoury snack popular in India and Sri Lanka.
It is also widely known in places such as Fiji and even Malaysia, where there is a
considerable number of Tamil descendants.
Iban Food
Preserved Ensabi
This vegetable is just like the green bayam we see in the market, but the ensabi is
somewhat has bitter and sweet (to me) taste. To my knowledge so far, there are three
ways of preparing it for consumption. First, just cook it like you cook a bayam, with
anchovies, garlic, MSG and salt. Second, the ensabi salad, just mixed the ensabi with
some anchovies, add MSG and salt and you are done. Last method, preserved with salt
and a little bit of rice to make it sour. This one is more like the preserved vege from
China..
Pansoh Manuk
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"Pansoh Manuk" ( bamboo chicken) is a very popular dishes in Sarawak.The Pansoh
Manuk or village chicken cooked with rice wine ( if desire ) in bamboo is a delectable
iban delicacy. this technique is also used to cook freshwater fish. The bamboo imparts a
distinctive, delicate flavour to the food.
Kadazan Food
Bambangan
Another dishes from Sabah which has very unique flavour is "Bambangan". The iban
people in Sarawak called it - " mawang".
Bambangan is a type of wild mango with brown skin and a somewhat pungent smell.
This is not eaten fresh as a fruit but made into a pickle or cooked with fish for a
distinctive flavour. Nevertheless, some iban people like to eat it as fruit.
Bambangan is one of the kadazan dusun people's choices for a sour tang to their food.
sometimes, the mango is fried with onion and chilli and served as a side-dish or sambal.
The Bambangan also can mixed with grated seeds to make the flavour more delicious!
Hinava Tongii
"Hinava Tongii" or pickled spanish mackerel ( ikan tenggiri) is a very popular Sabahan's
food.It is an absolutely delicious combination of spanking fresh fish (ikan tenggiri), red
chillies, shredded ginger and sliced shallots, the whole lot drenched with lime juice which
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"cook" the fish. The lime juice is the curing agent so that the dish can be stored for a few
days.
Melanau Food
Ambuyat
Another unique flavour from Sabah is Ambuyat. It's very famous among bisaya people of
klias peninsular.
Ambuyat, is a gluey "porridge" with sago starch. It's using a pair of chopsticks cut from
the rib of the sago palm to twirl it up into a sticky mass for dunking in a tasty sauce.
It stands out from the other mainstays of Melanau cuisine linut the sago starch which
was once a staple food, pipuih smoked fish wrapped in young fronds of the nipah palm
and seeut larvae of a beetle that feed on the rooting pith of the sago palms.
Umai was originally a food of convenience for Melanau fishermen on fishing trips to the
sea. Traditionally, umai is thinly sliced raw fish marinated with assam paya, a very sour
fruit of a wild palm, onions, chillies, and a pinch of salt a very simple recipe that could
be prepared with the minimum of fuss.
It was an ideal recipe for the fishermen as it would have been inconvenient and
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dangerous to cook anything in their small boats. The fishermen also did not have to cook
any rice as umai was traditionally eaten with baked sago pellets, a staple food of the
Melanaus besides the linut.
This traditional Sarawak Snack, is a delicacy of the Melanau People of Sarawak. It is
taken as a snack and served to guests with tea and coffee. The unique taste of Tebaloi is
so special that it has become a very popular snack for all race in Sarawak. The main
producing areas of Tebaloi are in the Mukah and Dalat Districts along the coastal region
of the Mukah Division. These areas favour large plantations of sago palms which produce
sago powder, the main ingredient used in the processing of Tebaloi.
Sarawak Ethnic
Sarawak has more than 40 sub-ethnic groups, each with its own distinct language, culture
and lifestyle. Cities and larger towns are populated predominantly by Malays, Melanaus,
Chinese, and a smaller percentage of Ibans and Bidayuhs who have migrated from their
home-villages for employment reasons. Sarawak is rather distinctive from the rest of
Malaysia in that there is only a small community of Indians living in the state.
DayakIban
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Sea Dayaks (Iban) women from Rejang, Sarawak, wearing rattan corsets decorated with
brass rings and filigree adornments. The family adds to the corset dress as the girl ages
and based on her family's wealth.The Ibans comprise the largest percentage (almost 34%)
of Sarawak's population. Formerly reputed to be the most formidable headhunters on the
island of Borneo, the Ibans of today are a generous, hospitable and placid people.
Because of their history as pirates and fishermen, they were conventionally referred to as
the "Sea Dayaks". The early Iban settlers who migrated from Kalimantan (the Indonesian
part of Borneo south of Sarawak) via the Kapuas River and crossed over the Kelingkang
range and set up home in the river valleys of Batang Ai, the Skrang River, Saribas, and
the Rajang River. The Ibans dwell in longhouses, a stilted structure comprising many
rooms housing a whole community of families.
Chinese
The Chinese first came to Sarawak as traders and explorers in the 6th century. Today,
they make up 26% of the population of Sarawak and consist of communities built from
the economic migrants of the 19th and early 20th centuries.The first Chinese (Hakka)
migrants worked as labourers in the gold mines at Bau or on plantations. Through their
clan associations, business acumen and work ethic, the Chinese organised themselves
economically and rapidly dominated commerce. Today, the Chinese are amongst
Sarawak's most prosperous ethnic groups.
The Sarawak Chinese belong to a wide range of dialect groups, the most significant being:
Hakka (Hakka)
Hokkien (Hokkien)
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Teochew (Teochew)
Hailam (Hailam)
Foochow (Foochow)
Henghua (Henghua)
Malay
The Malays make up 21% of the population in Sarawak. Traditionally fishermen, these
seafaring people chose to form settlements on the banks of the many rivers of Sarawak.
Today, many Malays have migrated to the cities where they are heavily involved in the
public and private sectors and taken up various professions. Malay villages (kampungs) -
a cluster of wooden houses on stilts, many of which are still located by rivers on the
outskirts of major towns and cities, play home to traditional cottage industries. The
Malays are famed for their wood carvings, silver and brass craftings as well as traditional
Malays textile weaving with silver and gold thread (kain songket).
Melanau
The Melanaus have been thought to be amongst the original settlers of Sarawak.
Originally from Mukah (the 10th Administrative Division as launched in March 2002),
the Melanaus traditionally lived in tall houses. Nowadays, they have adopted a Malay
lifestyle, living in kampong-type settlements. Traditionally, Melanaus were fishermen
and still today, they are reputed as some of the finest boat-builders and craftsmen.The
Melanaus were believed to originally worship spirits in a practice verging on paganism.
Today most of them are Muslim and some are Christians, though they still celebrate
traditional animist festivals such as the annual Kaul Festival.
Dayak Bidayuh
Concentrated mainly on the West end of Borneo, the Bidayuhs make up 10% of the
population in Sarawak are now most numerous in the hill counties of Bau and Serian,
within half an hour drive from Kuching.
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Historically, as other tribes were migrating into Sarawak and forming settlements
(particularly the Malays from the neighbouring archipelagos as they shore up along the
coastal areas and riversides) the peace-loving, meek-natured Bidayuhs retreated further
inland, hence earning them the name of "Land Dayaks n land owners". The word
Bidayuh in itself literally means "land people" in Biatah dialect. In Bau-Jagoi/Singai
dialect, the pronunciation is "Bidoyoh" which also carry the same meaning.
The traditional community construction of the Bidayuh is the "baruk", a roundhouse that
rises about 1.5 metres off the ground. It serves as the granary and the meeting house for
the settlement's community. Longhouses were typical in the olden days, similar to that of
the Ibans.
Dayak Orang Ulu
Young Sarawakian playing the sape.
The phrase Orang Ulu means upriver people and is a term used to collectively describe
the numerous tribes that live upriver in Sarawak's vast interior. Such groups include the
major Kayan and Kenyah tribes, and the smaller neighbouring groups of the Kajang,
Kejaman, Punan, Ukit, and Penan. Nowadays, the definition also includes the down-river
tribes of the Lun Bawang, Lun Dayeh (mean upriver/far upstream), Berawan, Saban as
well as the plateau-dwelling Kelabits. The various Orang Ulu groups together make up
roughly 5.5% of Sarawak's population. The Orang Ulu are artistic people with
longhouses elaborately decorated with murals and woodcarvings. They are also well-
known for their intricate beadwork and detailed tattoos. The Orang Ulu tribe can also be
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identified by their unique music - distinctive sounds from their sape, a stringed
instrument not unlike the mandolin.
A vast majority of the Orang Ulu tribe are Christians but traditional religions are still
practiced in some areas.Some of the major tribes making up the Orang Ulu group include :
Kayan
Lun Bawang
Kelabit
Kenyah
Penan
Sebob/Chebob
Sabah Ethnic
The people of Sabah are divided into 32 officially recognised ethnic groups. The largest
non-bumiputra ethnic group is the Chinese (13.2%). The predominant Chinese dialect
group in Sabah is Hakka, followed by Cantonese and Hokkien. Most Chinese people in
Sabah are concentrated in the major cities and towns, namely Kota Kinabalu, Sandakan
and Tawau. The largest indigenous ethnic group is Kadazan-Dusun, followed by Bajau,
and Murut. There is a much smaller proportion of Indians and other South Asians in
Sabah compared to other parts of Malaysia. Cocos people is a minority ethnic residing in
Sabah especially at the Tawau Division. Collectively, all persons coming from Sabah are
known as Sabahans and identify themselves as such.
Sabah demography consists of many ethnic groups, for example:
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Kadazan Dusun
Bajau
Suluk
Kwijau
Malaysian Ethnic
Malay
Malays are an ethnic group of Austronesian people predominantly inhabiting the Malay
Peninsula, including the southernmost parts of Thailand, the east coast of Sumatra, the
coast of Borneo, and the smaller islands which lie between these locations. The Malay
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ethnic group is distinct from the concept of a Malay race, which encompasses a wider
group of people, including most of Indonesia and the Philippines. The Malay language is
a member of the Austronesian family of languages.
Chinese
Malaysian Chinese is a Malaysian of Chinese origin. Most are descendants of Chinese
who arrived between the fifteenth and the mid-twentieth centuries. Within Malaysia, they
are usually simply referred to as "Chinese" in all languages. The term Chinese Malaysian
is also sometimes used to refer to this community.
Indian
Malaysian Indians are a group of Malaysians largely descended from those who migrated
from southern India during the British colonization of Malaya. Prior to British
colonization, Tamils had been conspicuous in the archipelago much earlier, especially
since the period of the powerful South India kingdom of the Cholas in the 11th
century.By that time, Tamils were among the most important trading peoples of maritime
Asia