15 Sabahan Dishes You Need To Try Before You Die

• 1. Tuaran mee

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  • One of the most popular noodle dishes in Sabah, Tuaran Mee consists of curly egg noodles fried with Chun Kien slice (Sabahan Hakka egg roll), barbecued pork slices (char siew), egg, and vegetables. Occasionally, beef slices and sweet rice wine (li hing) is also tossed in.

• 2. Beaufort mee

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  • Noodles are typically smoked before thick gravy is poured over it. Beaufort Mee is served with lots of vegetables as well as pork slices and char siew.

• 3. Sang nyuk mian, literally meaning "raw pork noodles"

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  • Yep, you read that right! Thinly sliced raw pork is cooked in a hot broth that has been boiled for hours, then served with rice noodles. Pork balls and other parts of the pig such as intestines and liver can also be requested. 
    
    Sang nyuk mian is also served dry i.e. kon lau mian (dry noodles in dark sauce) with a bowl of soup on the side.
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• 4. Ngiu chap (mixed beef noodles)

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  • Beef bones are boiled for hours with slices of beef, stewed chuck meat, beef balls, and boiled tripe tendons to make a flavourful broth, poured over bihun, yellow noodles, or koay teow. Ngiu chap is also served "kon lao" style - dry noodles with beef mince with beef broth on the side.
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• 5. Fish sauce fried rice vermicelli (bihun)

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• 6. Pinasakan

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  • A traditional Kadazandusun dish, pinasakan sada (simply known as pinasakan) consists of braised basung fish mixed with takob akob (a tangy wild fruit mainly harvested for its skin), fresh turmeric, salt and if desired, slices of bambangan (#10). 
    
    Pinasakan goes well with white rice or ambuyat(#11) and a dash of sambal.

• 7. Hinava

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  • Also a popular dish with the Kadazandusun community, hinava is made of fresh and raw tenggiri (mackerel fish) fillets (thinly sliced) mixed with sliced chilli, ginger, diced red onions, grated Bambangan seed, salt and lime juice. Raw bittergourd slices may also be added.
    
    Eaten with white rice or on its own, the fish can also be substituted with prawns or squids.

• 8. Nonsom

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  • Also known as bosou, nonsom is made with raw fresh water fish mixed with rice and then pickled in salt and pangi (a local herb). The mixture is then stored in a glass jar and marinated for two weeks. 
    
    Nonsom is eaten with white rice and even fried bihun.

• 9. Tuhau

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  • It may smell bad, but one taste might change everything. Tuhau is made of thinly diced wild ginger, diced chilli and scallions, which are then pickled with salt and vinegar.

• 10. Bambangan

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  • Bambangan is a type of wild mango that has thick brown skin and comes with a distinct sharp smell. It is normally harvested raw to be pickled with salt mixed with grated bambangan seed and chilli slices.
    
    It is usually eaten with white rice, deep-fried fish, and even on its own.

• 11. Ambuyat

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  • Ambuyat is simply a bland, starchy blob made from mixing sago starch powder into boiling water. As it starts to coagulate, use a bamboo form or wooden chopsticks to roll the starch around, then dip into an accompanying dish. It goes well with tangy, spicy, or salty dishes such as pinasakan and bambangan.

• 12. Roti kahwin, literally translated to "marriage bread"

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  • Cold butter slices and kaya on toasted bread may be common in other states too, but there's just something about Sabahan roti kahwin that makes it fluffier and - as our Sabahan co-worker puts it - "like a pillow". It is usually served with half-boiled eggs and coffee.
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• 13. Coconut pudding

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  • Coconut pudding can be found in various stalls and food establishments in Kota Kinabalu and select locations across the state.

• 14. UFO Tart, also known as cow dung pile because of its, er, shape

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  • This Sandakan specialty is made of a soft and vanilla-flavoured cake based topped with sweet, creamy custard and meringue shaped like a, uh, cow's dung pile.
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• 15. Pork dumplings

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  • Served pan-fried or boiled, our resident Sabahan swears that pork dumplings from Sabah are much, much better than the ones you'll find anywhere else. These pork dumplings are filled with minced pork and onions wrapped in handmade flour-made wrappers. Best enjoyed with black vinegar sauce and shredded ginger
  • Which one would You like to Try
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What You need to Know About Being Tired.

• Here is why You should be  worried if you are a Victim of Fatique

• Whatever your answer was, you should still keep in mind that stress is the most common cause of fatigue

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  • When the mind perceives a stressful event, the body automatically begins the biological 'fight or flight' stress response: releasing adrenaline, tensing muscles, boosting heart rate, constricting blood vessels, and so on.
    
    Without proper rest, exercise and nutrition to counteract these effects, the body continues to stress itself out until it is fatigued or exhausted.
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• Now here's the shocker: did you know that there's a difference between fatigue and just being tired? 

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  • It's easy to confuse the two as they both revolve around feeling a lack of energy. Here's how to tell them apart:
    
    Fatigue is a feeling of constant tiredness or weakness and can be physical, mental or a combination of both.
    
    Whearas just feeling tired is easily resolved by getting a sufficient amount of rest and sleep.
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  •  if you're consistently eating well plus getting more than enough sleep BUT still constantly feel weak and lacking of energy to get through the day, you're probably fatigued

• Sound familiar? You're not alone. Fatigue can affect ANYONE at ANYTIME.

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  • Most adults will go through it at some point in their lives and it's usually caused by a combination of lifestyle, social, psychological and general wellbeing issues.
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• But why should you care that constant stress leads to chronic fatigue? Because if untreated,chronic fatigue can lead to even worse health conditions:

• 1. The most important organ in your body, your heart, could fail at any time!

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  • The long-term effects of having your eating and sleeping schedule be constantly disrupted by fatigue have been linked to various cardiovascular issues such as high blood pressure, heart attacks and blocked arteries which will either cut off blood flow to the rest of your body or result in a lack of oxygen leading to the heart.
    
    Essentially, your heart becomes a ticking time bomb that may detonate at any given moment without warning!

• 2. You'll also become mentally slow, forgetful, and even make life-threatening mistakes.

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  • Your safety and the safety of those around you will be greatly impacted by the following symptoms of chronic fatigue:
    
    Mental sluggishness, forgetfulness, slow reflexes, delayed reaction time, inattention to details, and poor decision-making all increase the chances of you making safety-related mistakes that may result in dangerous consequences. 
    
    Micro-sleeping A.K.A nodding off for a few seconds at a time is extremely dangerous when driving or for high-risk professions.
    
    Loss of situational awareness which is the constant state of knowing what’s going on in your immediate environment, why it is happening and what is likely to happen next.
    
    Basically you'll end up a total blurcase: almost completely unaware of what's going on around you and unable to react to situations as quickly as you should.

• Okay by now you're probably freaking out so let's all calm down and take a deep breath, panicking is only going to make things worse

  • For long-term solutions you should consult a medical healthcare professional but here are some simple home treatments to kickstart your recovery:
    
    1. Do some light exercise and stretching for just a few minutes daily. Start small and slowly increase the intensity and frequency as your endurance builds.
    
    2. Allow yourself a stress-free period everydayduring which you just take time to relax and clear your mind of whatever may be bothering you. Try not to actually do anything during this period, except maybe some meditation if you feel like it.
    
    3. Limit your caffeine, alcohol and nicotine intakes and try to follow a regular sleeping pattern (sleep and wake up at the same time everyday).
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The World Museum Day.

Many of us take museums for granted, but International Museum Day on Wednesday (18 May 2016) reminds us just how important they are in our societies. Museums provide an insight into worlds we normally only see in books or taught about in classrooms, bringing to life different histories and cultures and giving us a first-hand experience of this information. To mark the day, here are 15 of our favourite museums of art, popular culture, architecture and history – from China to Sweden and the United States.

EMP Museum, Seattle, Washington, US

The EMP Museum in Seattle was founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in 2000, and is dedicated to contemporary popular culture. Be sure to check out the current exhibitions on Nirvana and the 50th anniversary of Star Trek – a must for Trekkies

The Science Museum, London, UK

With a new robot exhibition for 2017, London's Science Museum is the place to go for fans of science and tech. This photograph shows a robot called Cygan built in 1957, on display during a press preview in May 2016.

Museum of Qin Terra-Cotta Warriors and Horses, Shaanxi, China

Ancient terracotta soldiers and horses are seen in the No.1 pit of the Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum. The Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC) warriors and horses, collectively considered one of the world's Eighth Wonders, were discovered in 1974 on the east side of the tomb of China's first emperor Qin Shihuang near Xian. More than 8,000 clay warriors and 500 horses were buried in three pits to guard the tomb of the emperor

Vasa Museum, Stockholm, Sweden

The Vasa Museum is a maritime museum in Stockholm, Sweden. Located on the island of Djurgården, it displays the only almost fully intact 17th-century ship that has ever been salvaged: the 64-gun warship, Vasa, that sank on its maiden voyage in 1628.

Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, Oswiecim, Poland

The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum is a memorial and museum in Oświęcim, Poland, which includes the German concentration camps Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau. The memorial includes the personal possessions brought by deportees and found at the site after liberation. 

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

The Louvre in Paris is the world's largest museum and is housed in the Louvre Palace, originally built as a fortress in the late 12th century under Philip II. Its collection includes Egyptian antiques, paintings by the Old Masters, and ancient Greek and Roman sculptures, among other treasures. 

Newseum, Washington, DC, US

This 250,000sq ft interactive news museum is located on Pennsylvania Avenue between the US Capitol and the White House. Showcasing historic and current news, the museum traces the evolution of communication, from radio to mobile into the future. 

Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum, Osaka, Japan

According to the Japan Convenience Foods Industry Association, the global annual consumption of instant noodles amounted to 102.7 billion servings in 2014. This museum shows how the simple ramen noodle became a global food and staple of diets around the world.

Sulabh International Museum of Toilets, New Delhi, India

The Sulabh International Toilet Museum in New Delhi showcases how a toilet is not just a toilet – it is freedom from disease, Each new toilet liberates someone from doing the job of disposing of someone else's waste. In the centuries-old caste system, with its ingrained fear of 'pollution', the deepest revulsion has traditionally been reserved for those who do India's dirty work, such as taking away human waste from homes in buckets.

Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece

Tourists are silhouetted as they walk inside the Acropolis Museum with the temple of Parthenon on the background in Athens. Priceless artefacts found on the Acropolis of Athens are housed there, including objects from the Greek Bronze Age to Roman and Byzantine Greece.

State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia

The State Hermitage, founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great, has approximately three million objects in its collections, including the most paintings of any museum. This museum of art and culture also contains artefacts from the historic site of Palmyra in Syria.

International Spy Museum, Washington, DC, United States

International Spy Museum is an interactive experience – you can enter Operation Spy, an immersive exhibit, through the bus station in the fictional country of Kandar. Visitors assume the role of US intelligence officers on an international mission.

Imperial War Museum, London, UK

A general view of the main atrium at the Imperial War Museum. The museum tells the stories of people’s experiences of modern war from the First World War to conflicts today. It is one of five Imperial War Museums across the UK.

Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Italy

The Vatican Museums are situated within the walls of the city and feature some of the most significant Renaissance art in the world, among other priceless treasures. Pope Julius II founded the museums in the early 16th century.

Dali Museum, St Petersburg, Florida, US

The Dali Museum in Florida is home to the largest collection Dali works outside of Europe. You can trace the artists journey and the influences that turned the Spaniard into a Surrealist star.

Finding The Missing Egyptian Airline

An international search effort is under way to recover the wreckage of missing EgyptAir flight MS804, which disappeared while flying over the southern Mediterranean.

Sixty-six passengers and crew were aboard the Airbus A320, which is believed to have crashed near the Greek Island of Karpathos, when it disappeared at 1.45am as it flew from Paris to Cairo. Thirty Egyptians, 15 French nationals and one UK national were among the passengers on the plane.

The exact circumstances surrounding the fate of the plane are unknown, although within the first 12 hours of the search, French President Francois Hollande said the plane had crashed. Later briefings by officials in the US and Russia, reported by various outlets, have confirmed that a terror attack was the most likely cause of the crash.

The flight was cruising at about 37,000ft when it disappeared. Greek aviation authorities announced the plane swerved violently before falling out of the sky.

The BBC reported that the families of those missing from the flight, who gathered at Cairo International Airport for news of their loved ones, were left distressed by incomplete and contradictory information.

Greek state media reported initially that two orange objects had been discovered in the search area but EgyptAir later, erroneously, refuted the claims.

The one Briton named in flight MS804's manifest has been identified as Richard Osman, a 40-year-old man who grew up in Carmarthen, Wales, according to theCarmarthen Journal.

EgyptAir officials have retracted their earlier announcement that the wreckage of missing flight MS804 had been found near the Greek island of Karpathos

Prime Minister David Cameron stated his sympathies for those missing and their families while speaking on LBC radio. "This is obviously a dreadful event. We don't know very much right now about what's happened," he told the London station.

"We know that there was one British national on the plane. It looks as if it has gone down in the Mediterranean."

"We simply don't know but all the experts are talking to each other and trying to work out what has happened and when we know more, we'll be able to say more," he added.

Britain has sent RFA Lymebay to take part in the search for the fuselage of the plane. Britain has offered a C-130 Hercules aircraft and to support Egyptian authorities, which are leading the search operation, and includes planes and vessels from the US, France and Greece.

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