Mukah folk flock to wet market for umai fix

KUCHING: Umai, a traditional exotic native dish of the Melanau, is popular not only in Mukah – home to the Melanau community – but also statewide. At times demand can outstrip supply but at the moment supply is considered normal even though the popular ikan empirang used to prepare the dish is said to be […]

Mukah has enough umai despite monsoon

MUKAH: Mukah has enough supply of umai (a popular traditional native dish of the Melanau) even though it is now the monsoon season. In addition, umai is still being sold at its usual price. Umai, a dish of sliced raw fish with a mixture of onions, chillies, salt and calamansi juice, is always highly demanded […]