Food @ Mulu

Our Mulu travel package was inclusive of lodging and food, and hence all our meals were taken care of.

For breakfast at Cafe Mulu, there was a choice of nasi lemak, fried beehoon, pancakes, muesli, or a Western breakfast set. On the first morning, I tried the nasi lemak, where as on the second morning, I ordered a Western breakfast.

Nasi lemak
The sambal was quite yum . . .

Western breakfast set

Fruit platter

All breakfast items came with fruits - watermelon, honey dew or banana.

We had lunch on Saturday at the rest area at the foot of the Clearwater Cave.

Lunch

There was rice, stir-fried long beans with baby corn and chillies, stir-fried cabbage, salted fish, and chicken curry with potatoes.

It was back to Cafe Mulu again for dinner. Each person was served rice, with 2 types of vegetables and a meat dish.

Rice

On our first evening there, we had a chicken stewed with baby corn, carrots and ginger flower. It was quite tasty because the ginger flower brought a refreshing flavour to the stew.

Chicken stew
See the ginger flower petals in pretty pink

Other than the chicken we had a stir-fried brinjal in curry, and a stir-fried baby bok choy.

Stir-fry brinjal in curry sauce

Stir-fried baby bok choy

The meal was sufficient, but we were disappointed as it was not exotic. We had expected to eat wild meats like venison, or freshwater fishes like ikan semah. Unfortunately, all we got was chicken.

We made a request known to the guide and expected "something special" for dinner on the second night. However, it was just fish fillet in soy sauce, beansprouts with salted fish, and stir-fried paku or ferns for us.

Deep-fried fish fillet with soy sauce

Stir-fried beansprouts with salted fish

Stir-fried ferns

I liked the fish and the ferns, even though many of us found the cooking very bland. My table finished a container of pickled chillies which we flavoured our fish and vegetables with.

Because of its inaccessibility, commodities are flown into Mulu, and hence sold at exorbitant prices here. A can of Coca-cola costs RM4.00, while small packet of groundnuts sells at RM3.00. My colleague M*** who had a craving for instant noodles ordered a bowl of Maggi Mee curry with an egg for RM3.00.

Maggi Mee Curry with an egg

And he also had a plate of stir-fried noodles which cost RM10.00.

Stir-fried noodles

Well, just a glimpse into what I ate during my stay in Mulu ;) If you're looking for wild boar meat or snake meat or any other exotic food, you're in for a disappointment.