Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
KEK LAPIS - COLOURFUL LAYER CAKES
The people of Kuching - from all communities - love to add a dash of colour to festivities, so it comes as no sur-
prise to see stalls selling
kek lapis
(striped layer cakes) sprouting up around town (eg along Main Bazaar and the
Waterfront Promenade) during festivals, including Hari Raya (Ramadan).
Kek lapis
is made with wheat flour, egg, prodigious quantities of either butter or margarine, and flavourings
such as melon, blueberry or - a local favourite -
pandan
leaves. Since
kek lapis
are prepared one layer at a time
and each layer - there can be 30 or more - takes five or six minutes to bake, a single cake can take up to five
hours from start to finish.
Over 40 flavours of
kek lapis
(with butter RM20, with margarine RM10) are available year-round - to satisfy
demand from Peninsular Malaysians - at
Maria Kek Lapis
Offline map
Google map
(
252734;
ht-
tp://22.com.my/mariakeklapissarawak
;
8am-5pm)
. Free tastes are on offer. Cakes stay fresh for one or two
weeks at room temperature and up to a month in the fridge.
Self-Catering
Ting & Ting $
(30A Jln Tabuan; 9am-9pm, closed Sun & holidays)
An impressive selection of wine
(from Australia, California, Chile and France), Western-style snack food, chocolate, toi-
letries and nappies (diapers).
SUPERMARKET
Everrise Supermarket $
(Jln Tunku Abdul Rahman; 9.30am-9.30pm)
On the lower floor of the Sarawak Plaza
shopping mall.
SUPERMARKET
Drinking
Cosmopolitan Kuching has a clutch of spirited drinking spots. Just for the record, Fort
Margherita does not serve cocktails.
Jln Padungan hosts a growing selection of cool places to drink - many would not be out
of place in Melbourne, London or San Francisco.
Junk
BAR
