Kelabit Cooking for Charity

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Kelabit Cooking for Charity

by LadyBird®

Thu Jan 27, 2011 1:55 pm

Get set to go on a gastronomical journey during the Kelabit Food Cooking Competition on Saturday, January 29 to be held at Café Tauh in Miri from 10am to 1.30 pm.

Organised by Kelabit ladies of Miri, the cooking competition is open to all Kelabit ladies with food entered for competition to be sold and proceeds will be donated to MRCS Sunflower Centre, Miri. According to the Organising Chairp person, Lilla Raja-Hodder, there are two categories for the competition. Participants can prepare one dish per category.

In Category One (Authentick Kelabit Recipe) – participants can chose from the following dishes – kikid kerid pering, puluh, udung ubi and labo narar sinutuk.
While in Category Two (Innovative Kelabit Recipe) participants can enter an innovative dish using the following ingredients – chicken, pork, fish (ikan sultan) and Bario Rice (eg nuba’ kedap, nuba’ ubi, nuba’ with mince meat etc).

Those interested to participate can contact the organizers before January 27. Winners of the competition will receive cash prizes.

A special treat for guests and participants at the event will be the presence of Datuk Michael Bong Ah Kow, Malaysian Chef and owner of renowned LAUT restaurant in New York. Famous for providing Manhattan with the most authentic Malaysian and Thai cuisine. LAUT is the first Malaysian restaurant star to be awarded the Michelin one star worldwide. Michelin stars are the highest honour the Michelin Guide New York City 2011 can bestow on a restaurant.

Also expected to attend the event is Deputy Chief Minister, Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Dr. George Chan Hong Nam and Miri Mayor, Lawrence Lai. The event’s patron is Datin Sri Mariam Balan Seling. All prizes are being sponsored by Datuk Lorna Enan Muloon.

For more information, please contact the organizers Lilla Raja-Hodder at 019-8060710 or email lillaraja@gmail.com, Mary Peter at 019-8785406, Nancy Lumie at 019-8159581, Caleena Pasang at 013-8342906.