^ abcAwang Azman Awang Pawi. "Sarawak Malay Material Culture and their Weltanschauung : Some Preliminary Research Themes and Findings"(PDF). Faculty of Liberal Arts, Prince of Songkla University. Retrieved 25 August 2013. In Sarawak, hot porridge or bubur pedas, that is the traditional food of the Malays is known to have been originated from Sambas and later it was adapted to be the food of the Sarawak Malays. The same can be said of the kek lapis Sarawak or the Sarawak 'layered cake'. The form in which such food come into being indicated the socio cultural and economic evolvement during the traditional era which is nurtured until today[permanent dead link]