Rice is cooked and when it is still hot and of a certain consistency, the cook with stir it until it is like mashed potatoes. So it is actually "mashed rice"
Nuba laya is usually cooked by loving mothers from the Lun Bawang, Kelabit and Kayan communities.
It is only very recently tht Mirians and visitors can buy them in eateries which have sprung up in the resort city serving indigenous food.
There are many more Borneo dishes, undoubtedly considered wild and exotic by foreign visitors, some are common while some are less common to the public.
"Nuba Laya" sounds like Nu-bak La-yak. Nuba means "wrap" Laya means "rice". Hence Nuba Laya is wrapped rice. The dish comes with a small bowl of porridge, beef floss, a piece of fish, a service of vegetable of the day and of course a wrapped rice. It sounds like there is a lot to eat but its just that.
The porridge are really good especially a type which are slightly bitter. The beef floss is what I really love most in there.
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