Friday, October 5, 2007

KOLOMEE on the RISE

Does anyone here has a hands-up towads a liking for kolomee???

Typing the word is already enough to let the steamy fragrant of this local delicacy to arise in my mind. OMG! hungry..


Typical delicious kolomee :D


Kolomee is one of Kuching signature food which earns thousands of fans all over the cat city. Its distinct taste and aroma even caught the hearts of west malaysians, singaporeans, indonesians... basically everywhere. I often see people da bao-ing 20 or 30 packs in a go and when someone ask for what, do not be surprised when they say "dabao back to kl lo!".

Whats so special about it? As Kuching-ians i bet you know it as well as i do. The Q-noodles that is so addictive one can't stop trembling them into the mouth. The smell, the noodles, the familiar bowls that almost look the same everywhere and the must-take small plastic served fresh chilies. Ah.... i'm drowling.

Kolomee makes wantan mee look so bad when i take them during alternate kl trips. The significant flexible noodles added with the unique taste of kolomee sause plus the usual sweet char siaw and just a few mix of mince beef and vege. This combination does not only taste wonderous but looks quite colourful don't you think so?

I remember going out with friends and kopitiams for a meal or drink. People often order Duck rice la, Char siew rice la, laksa la... but i stayed on with kolomee. Mainly because its cheaper but it taste really better than other food if you wanna compare.

Besides that, kolomee has been so localise i often use it as a standard against almost every goods below RM10. haha. "Pilot C4 6bucks a? can eat three bowls of kolomee LO" see what i mean :p

Sadly, my main point of this post is about the recent price-rise in kolomee stalls. It was quite a bizzare when the all-town Rm2.00 went up to Rm2.20 few years back. Although its just 20cents, people do notice and mind about it. Thats because its one of the closest "element" in daily-kuching people besides oil price that is. Recently, the price jump up another 30cents to RM2.50 per bowl. Some even take the chance to increase one big step to RM3.00. Comon! thats already a chicken rice price - . -


Can you Resist?

( A bowl of kolomee in singapore can cost 5.90 for a small bowl.)


So, to comfort myself, i'll just take this as a symbol of city modernisation. The more develop your city is, the higher the cost of living. Similarly to find a banana to cost 6 bucks in Japan. (According to lawrance)


Who knows some day one bowl of kolomee can cost you 12bucks?




photo by * Beezy *'s from flikr and me :)

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