-- 乾撈麵 Kolo mee  in Sabah and Kuching City

-- 乾盤 Kampua Noodle in Sibu City

Kampua
乾盤
Rm 2.00 Sibu Waterfront, Sarawak
2015-04-04

Mi Kolo
斗湖的古晉乾撈麵
Rm 5.50 Cafe 99 茶室, Tawau
2019-10-10
 

Kolo Mee
乾撈煮麵+生肉
Rm6.00 Southern 南方, Tawau
2019-10-10

Southern Coffee Shop
南方咖啡室
 

SARAWAK 砂拉越 with original taste and smell of Koko Mee. Thin egg noodle without yellow coloring)
SABAH 沙巴州 with a different taste and big noodle with yellow coloring (Sabah local like to see yellow color  in their food )

“The Authentic Taste of Kolo Mee” TripAdvisor
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Kolo mee 乾撈麵

Kolo mee, this ubiquitous tossed noodle is part of Kuching city folks’ life. With its name became popular, imitation "Kolo Mee" begun to appear in rest of Malaysia last 20 years.

Kolo mee of Kuching only recent years spread to Sabah. The first "Kolo Mee" coffee shop opened in year 2010

Somehow, The kolo mee in Sabah does not taste like the kolo mee they used to eat, unless it is eaten in Kuching. There was no substitute for the authentic kolo mee made in Kuching, cooked in Kuching, and eaten in Kuching. Anything kolo mee outside Kuching were poor imitations.  In Sabah, for example, imitation "Kolo" use black soya source because local like dark soya source in their food. (for example the Tawau local popular Mee Thau Hu is darken with soya source)


Kolo mee ‘special’ with extra garnishing like boiled prawns costing at least a few ringgit more were unheard of in those days … life was simple then.

Kolo mee earned the signature dish of Kuching when it transcended the racial barrier and made it into the menu of Malay coffee shops through its halal version. Although it has not make it to the ranks of `nasi lemak’ or `mee jawa’ in halal eateries, mee kolok has gained a large following among those who eat only halal food.

There is no secret in the success of kolo mee – it is basically boiled noodles tossed with cooking oil, fired shallots or garlic, seasoning (usually an unhealthy dose of sodium glucomate) and light soya sauce.