Kuching’s cuisine is characterised by diversity. It combines multiple cultures and their culinary traditions and creativity with all the strange and wonderful ingredients that Borneo has to offer. It is a city where traditional street food and kopitiam culture blend with fine-dining and festivals. It is all of Malaysia and yet completely unique. Dive in to find out what to eat in Kuching.
Our traditional wet markets are the essence of Kuching. They are the best place to meet Borneo’s unusual produce in its purest form. They are the first place to meet Kuching’s many communities, brought together for that early morning kickstart of coffeetalk.
Our kopitiam and hawker centres serve up our most famous dishes on a daily basis. Our heritage recipes have been perfected over many generations, some created here in Sarawak and others carried across the sea in the heart of family and then recreated in the environment of Borneo.
Festivals, pop-up dining, and new venues in new areas feed Kuching endless search for something exciting to eat in new areas. Our culture of endless experimentation keeps our sector fresh, blending international influences with our unique Borneo identity.
Kuching is a creative city. It always has been. From tattooing to traditional music, our creativity is deeply rooted in a unique Borneo identity and a passion for invention and innovation across our multiple communities. Our creative ecosystem is expanding to meet the needs of a new generation of creatives who are busy blending our own sources of inspiration with international influences into an explosion of modern-day Sarawak identity. Traditional arts and crafts meet publishing, film, design and visual arts in events and festivals throughout the year. Creative cities are resilient and vibrant; none more than here.
The 350 cities around the world which currently make up this network work together towards a common objective: placing creativity and cultural industries at the heart of their development plans at the local level and cooperating actively at the international level.
As a Creative City of Gastronomy, we are committed to supporting the food culture which makes us so special. We are preserving our traditional food systems, protecting our food chain, promoting our producers and extending our innovation in the F&B sector. We see food as both important industry and creative inspiration. We invite you to discover Kuching in every sense.
