After all of the hiking in the caves of Gunung Mulu we were pretty hungry. So we flew direct from the tiny Mulu Airport to Kuching, Sarawak in southern Borneo for $40US total (thank you AirAsia – what an airline!) and had a massive lunch for $4US at the local food court. I LOVE MALAYSIA! Mee is noodles. Nasi is rice. Goreng is fried. So, Nasi Goreng is fried rice. But wait, it comes in at least two dozen versions. And really there is at 3 basic kinds of noodles (beehon is thin like ramen, kaoy teow is thick and yellow, and then plain old spaghetti-like mee). Add in your basic soups (laksa, tom yam, chicken), desserts (cendol shakes, layer cakes, coconut everything, loads of palm sugar – wow, there must be a lot of diabetics here), seafood, nice vegetarian Indian food, not so nice greasy Chinese food, traditional cuisine (Nonya and other specialties), and you have the makings of some the thickest menus and busiest cooks in the world.
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