As a rule, everyone loves to try
variety type of foods when travelling, Including me. I have been travelling around the Borneo and
I noticed that there is one type of unique food that exist in every division,
districts or countries of Borneo but has been called in various name. This
makes me named it as the specialty of Borneo.
The
citizens of land below the wind called it as Ambuyat while in the land of
hornbill called it as Linut which is famous in the division of Mukah. It makes one loses their appetite when
looking at the texture of the food by first impression.
It
is made from sago starch, derived from the trunk of the sago palm. The starch
is soaked and cooked by scalding it with boiling water. Everyone can try to do this simple dish. Once
you taste this Ambuyat, you may want to crave for more. This is because when
the starchy bland substances are dip into a sauce, of which there are many
varieties brings out the taste from bland to delightful taste. Typically, Ambuyat or Linut is eaten with
sour sauce. But some other places eat it
with spicy shrimp paste or sweet sauce such as ‘Gula Melaka’. After dipping in
the sour gravy, it becomes one lump of slithery goodness that I find it quite
similar to eating jelly. And to eat Ambuyat, one uses stick, not hands nor
other cutleries. Some will use chopstick
to twirl the starch.
The
uniqueness taste of Ambuyat or Linut may capture one’s heart. This is a must try whenever you reach to the
land of Borneo.
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