Visit Malaysia Year Haiku - Kek Lapis Sarawak (State On Island Of Borneo) Poem by john tiong chunghoo

the sweetness
in colourful diversity
kek lapis

a bite into thecolours and
sweetness of Sarawak
Kek Lapis

so many races
in one sweet colourful bundle
kek Lapis

kueh lapis sarawak
a layer for every page
of our history

Kueh Lapis
a bite of colourful
Sarawak

Kueh Lapis
between the layers
iresistible Sarawak

I was at a kek lapis factory right across the river from the Waterfront in Kuching. I was amazed they had all sorts of names for their kek lapis, a multi layered cake of every style and colour. Some of them bearing ingenius geometric desisgn really showed the artistic mind of the people making them. Some of the cakes are named after famous Malay movies, and even some after the Malaysian national flag jalur gemilang. Kek lapis is a must buy for tourists coming to Kuching, the capital of Sarawak. It cost RM30 (US9) to buy one packet of the cake at Mid Valley Shopping Mall in Kuala Lumpur while here it cost only RM10 (US2.5)