Let's start with the famous of all, the Sarawak Laksa.
The Sarawak Laksa is essentially rice noodles(bee hoon), cooked in a shrimp-based broth that is made with coconut milk. It is served with generous amount of bean sprouts, few boiled prawns, egg omelette and shredded chicken. To add on spice, there is the thick sambal paste with lime.
To the next dishe of the menu is Umai.
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It is popular among the fishermen of melanau, an ethnic group in Sarawak. Umai is basically a raw fish salad. It is made with freshly caught fish, usually mackerel, umpirang or bawal hitam then sliced into thin slivers. The addition ingredients include onion, chili, salt, and lime or assam juice. This give the salad the signature sour taste.
Vegetable is essential. The famous Midin belacan.
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Midin is a species of fern that can only be found in Sarawak. Midin belacan is prepared by stir-frying midin then add on belacan. Midin unlike other vegetable that get soft when cooked, midin remain crunchy.
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