24 June, 2011

5 items must buy

When you visit Sarawak, you must not forget to buy 5 items from Sarawak, the land of the hornbill.
1. Sarawak Layer Cake or Kek Lapis Sarawak.
Sarawak layer cake is unique, its look, the design and how it is bake. It requires special skills, careful attention to detail to make a tasty delicious cake and the look of its art and skill. The finish product would translate of how skillful the maker and time requires to complete the particular cake. The cake is definitely beautiful.
Cakes are made with multiple layer at least 2 layers with varieties of colors. Some are designed with complex and intricate pattern  from horizontal, vertical, cris cross, and etc. 
mariam cakes
The layers are made of chocolate, cheese, coconut, and many choices of flavours. You may find cake at Dayang Salhah enterprise, Mariam Kek House, Rabiah Amit Cake and many more.
1.Terubok Salted Fish / Ikan Terubok Masin
One of the favorite food that people craving for when they visit Sarawak. Terubok  (scientific name is tenulosa toli or American Shad Fish) salted fish is a unique souvenir gift to bring back from Sarawak. Its taste is one kind and totally the best appetizer known in our local menu in Sarawak. It is cooked with various style and  you can also eat them with some lime and chillies. You must try this..
3.Pottery
Sarawak is one of the best pot producer in Malaysia.  It has a unique design because it is made by various ethnic such as iban, kelabit, melanau and some from chinese. As a result you will find different motives crafted on the pottery. The motives are very unique and some are very expensive because the pot has it own history and some was made in hundred years old.  You can also find the modern design and shape like the tea cup, ashtray, photo frame and etc. Just take a walk along the Gambier Street in front of Kuching Water Front and there you can get it.   
4. Sarawak Pepper 
This commodity is one of the highest  quality that you can find in Sarawak. Sarawak pepper is grown by small farmers in Sarawak. They contribute the largest export of pepper in Malaysia.  Sarawak pepper is well known throughout the world because of the quality. They come in two types: black pepper and white pepper. Pepper are made into pepper powder, pepper sauce and also pepper grind.  One of the famous black pepper sauce producer is Fezul Foodtech Sdn Bhd.  
5. Bead
blue barrel bead
Beads are native most famous accesories for all time. Native of kelabit, one of the indigenous groups in Sarawak are the best bead maker. They would make a bracelet, necklace, head , even a costume out or it. The colorful beads are beautiful and the design are unique. In the olden days,  certain beads were considered status symbols for the the Kelabit people. beads symbolise its status  from middle class, aristocrats and commoners. Now beads are still popular and become one of the story to share and valuable history for Sarawak.

22 June, 2011

Sarawak Event June 2011

Sarawak has line up many great events for the whole year to attract tourists to come to Sarawak. We have customised events ranging from festival, sports , cultural even conference for you to choose. For this month of June Sarawak is packed with multi events  and exciting for everyone. Here are the events that we manage to list down for you to participate and enjoy. Most of the events are in the Sarawak Tourism Board Calender list and some are from the individual private and public organization programs and event.



1. INTERNATIONAL ASIA MAX AND ROTAX MAX GO-CART CHALLENGE 2011
Date:  18-19 June 2011
Venue :  Sarawak Stadium Racing Track, Petra Jaya, Kuching Sarawak.
photo from kartingasia.com
Organiser : LR Event Management
Category : Sports


2. GAWAI CARNIVAL REDEEMS 2011/ PESTA BIRUMUH
Date : 25-26 June 2011
Venue: REDEEMS Centre, Kampung Apar, Singai, Bau, Sarawak
Organiser : REDEEMS - Association of Research & Developement of Singai Sarawak
Category: Festival
source STB
“Birumuh” means farming in Bidayuh dialect and is usually associated with rice planting. However, as the Bidayuh’s achieved progress and modernization over the years, it also came to mean gaining education and knowledge. (source : STB)


3. INTERNATIONAL DANCE FOR HUMANITY MRC MIRI CHAPTER
Date : 26 June 2011
Venue: Miri Indoor Stadium Sarawak.
Organiser :Malaysia Red Crescent Miri Chapter
Category : Festivals
Fee: Free Entrance.
Category: Festival
The Malaysian Red Crescent, Miri Chapter would like to invite you/troupe to participate in our "International Dance For Humanity" with the theme, " Together for International Peace & Harmony". Miri, is a beautiful and vibrant resort city located in Northern Sarawak. It offers visitors a great opportunity to sample and experience our beautiful diverse culture from various ethnic groups.
Visit our proud heritage, the world renowned Mulu caves and sample our delightful local dishes in the company of the warm hospitality of our people. Your participation will help to generate and promote mutual understanding and harmony among races and nations.
MRC, Miri Chapter has been organizing this event since 2004 known as the 'Dance for Humanity' to promote understanding through cultural dances. Local dancing troupes representing various social, ethnic and  cultural groups have been giving us enthusiastic participation to showcase their performance, which in itself is a great edu-entertainment.
The overwhelming support and popularity of the event has prompted the Chapter to organize this year's event on a larger scale to include participation from international community by upgrading the event as the "International Dance For Humanity'.
 ..thanks to Sarawak Tourism Board..

21 June, 2011

Transformation

We are glad to announce that this blog will be transforming. The transformation process is include the theme, layout, articles input and also the interest of the writers. Since the new theme of the blog is all about the outdoor, we also wish to promote our most diversifying and ecological rich in our state of Sarawak. We wish to promote the interesting place,  activities related to outdoor  and promoting event.
We thank you for all the support from all of our follower and fans out there.