Kek Lapis Sarawak or Sarawak Layered Cake is a very, very special delicacy in Sarawak, served especially during festivities like Gawai, Raya, Chinese New Year etc. It’s actually a very hard to make cake, as you have to bake it layer by layer, and it’s very colourful. However, supposedly the colours are safe to consume. Kek Lapis Sarawak actually originated from Indonesia, so if you go to Indonesia, you’ll find it there too. Nowadays, it come in all kinds of flavours, hhm, my favourite is with chocolate and cheese! The great news is, there is now a shop opened in Tesco Semenyih now that sells my favourite patriotic cake. I…

This is one of the best Chee Cheong Fun stall in Kajang market area, mostly I have this for breakfasts. Recently, my sister and bro in law came and John brought them there, and they totally love it. They sell it in two sizes, big and small, with two kinds of ingredient, either with char siew (pork) or prawns or mix. Normally I prefer to mix. The secret of the taste lies in the tenderness of the ‘fun’, the white part made of flour and the sauce…not too salty, just nice. This dish is quite rare in Kajang, I don’t know where else one can find this in the early…

This year is the very first year of my entire long life that I am not spending Chinese New Year back in Kuching, my beloved hometown, with my beloved family, complete with home made cookies, goodies, mom’s cooking, open house and all that. Well, thanks to courier services, my dear mom decided to send some of her goodies over and I just received them today. It was very exciting to be receiving a big parcel like that. In it are some of my favs, kuih mo, peanut cookie, almond cookie, fruit cake, pineapple tart, etc. Why, my mom even included two bottles of black and white Sarawak Pepper. 🙂 I…