Maria Kek Lapis Sarawak — Restaurant in Sarawak

Original Cheese Kek Lapis = RM10.00

Most of us would know of this Indonesian Cake known as "Kueh Lapis" but in Kuching, its known as "Kek Lapis". This is another Kuching Speciality. This is the type of Cake that really takes alot of patience to make. Just looking at the intricate layers upon layers and you can tell that alot of work is gone into the making.

Kek Lapis in Kuching are usually sold in a Thick Long Slab and mostly range from RM8.00 to RM15.00 and up. And from most of the Kek Lapis shops I visited, the prices are more or less the same throughout.

There are many Kek Lapis Shops around and I chose this one specifically because they have 2 Adorable Cats within! They're so Adorable they're really Enjoying Themselves, Sleeping and Manja all over the place.

The Staffs here at Maria are also very Friendly with a Smile and I chose their Classic Kek Lapis which is something called "Original Cheese" Of course there are many more flavours to choose from. There are so many Beautiful Variations of Kek Lapis, it almost feels like you're touring an Art Gallery. They even have a Free Sample station so you can have a try which Flavour you prefer before you make your decision.

For this Original Cheese Flavour, the thing that I noticed first was that it had a very Strong Cheesecake like Smell. The Actual Cake don't actually have any Cheese Taste though, which was a slight disappointment, but the Butter taste is Very Prominent. Its not the Super Buttery type of Taste, but you can definitely feel its presence here. Personally, I also thought it tasted just nice and not too sweet.

After tasting this, now I understand why this is called "Kek Lapis" rather than "Kueh Lapis" because this totally doesn't taste like how you'd imagine it to taste. It really does taste more like a Cake than a Kueh. Texture is Soft, Sticky and Spongy, and I thought it tend to stick to my Throat often. This is perfect if washed down with some Tea or Coffee.

RM10 for this size of Kek Lapis I feel is worth it just because of how much work it takes to make this.

Personally, I don't know if this is really the Best Kek Lapis ever, but the Combination of the Friendly Staffs, and the 2 Super Adorable Cats is a Yes from me for Maria. I can recommend to come here if ya'll want to give Kek Lapis a try.

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I have to say for someone like me who has a sweet tooth and love pastries, walking into this shop is like visiting the wonderland. Never before have I experienced seeing so many colours, flavours and combinations of kek lapis (we call it kueh lapis) in my life. It was also very difficult to make decision inside the shop because there was just so many to choose from. There are so many flavours I liked but I just had to exercise self control. Prices are pretty consistent across all with some slight premium flavours with slightly higher prices. What I loved most was the sampling table, not corner. One can almost try every flavour here before deciding what you want but I be too embarrassed to do that. It was a tough mental fight that I had to narrow down to only getting two. Am quite impressed that the lapis are pretty well made and could last for quite a while if you store it properly in the fridge. I think its quite a wallet friendly shop and the sizes for the lapis you want can discuss with the shop owner. The smallest one is like a slab which is typically 10RM is already pretty big for 1-2 people for sharing. Pretty enjoyable as a snack and good as souvenirs from...

Wonderful local handmade Kek Lapis Maria. We love this down to earth, non super commercialised Baker thats capture our own tastebuds 🤭 Our preference 👍Banana Cheese 👍Lumut (Pandan) 👍 Masam Manis Original Their sampling is displayed hygienically compare to others Big Brands 🥹 P/S: Chat with them to understand the names of the flavours; sometimes the names will shocked you but the actually taste...