Bowls with Rooster Motif

Many hawker stalls and coffee shops serve noodles in ceramic bowls with rooster motif. The local people call these bowls "rooster bowls".

According to the Hakka people the original bowls were actually made by Hakka people in the Guangdong province about 100 years ago. The original design was a drawn rooster with a red necka nd trunk, black tail and legs walking on green grass. Purple peoonies and green leaves form the background. Sometimes small flowers and leaves are seen at the bottom of the bowl.

Because these bowls are very durable, they are very popular.

There are several different sizes of the original bowls from China which have become collectors' items.

Today the bowls are produced in the Lampang  region of Thailand.

The rooster bowls look very nice when they are stacked up in any noodle stall in coffee shops in Sarawak.