mee kolo = kolomi

Mee kolo or I rather call it kolomi is a kind of noodle serve with barbecue meat and minced soy sauce meat. Kolo in Chinese is stand for dry, and mi is noodles. Among all the local cuisine that you can find at the food stalls in Kuching, kolomi is the most famous one as their taste is delightful and it is cheaper compare to others. Now the price of kolomi for one serving is only RM2.50 for most of the stalls. Most of the stalls also offer other varieties such as kolo kueh tiaw, kolo bihun and kolo mipoh. I know these name may be sound strength to you if you are a foreigner, I will try to look for some more detail description on these food next time. The other day I also mention about a term call "cha shio", it actually is the essence of the barbecue meat sauce. Another one is the term "kosong" (pronounce in English is co-song), it is a Malay word means empty, here stand for "straight" noodles without anything else added on it.

great taste... great memory...

Sarawak kolomi can be found easily at the local food stall in Kuching, no matter where you go, sure you can find your favourite taste of kolomi. The original taste of kolomi especially the "white" one bring back my childhood memory... its taste let me recall those time when my "ama" bought me the tasty mi I ever ate. Then some kind of evolution happen on this kolomi and it suddenly go "red". It taste a little bit sweet because of the adding of "cha shio" juice. In my primary school time, I with my classmates like to go to the "大排档" (store) near by to have one before we go back to school for the afternoon sections. We always order the "kosong " kolomi which is only 60 sen per bowl (it's cheap!), and it always come with a bowl of soup free of charge (of course it's also "kosong"!). It taste good when you adding pepper into the soup.