This shows how attached many Sarawakians are with this exceptional person,” civil servant Merdan Omar said. At the longhouse, Bourdain experienced the traditional Iban hand-tapped tattoo of a durian flower on his chest by 31-year-old Heinsen Merdan of Skrang Tattoo Studio in Carpenter Street here. You will always be remembered.”Bourdain first visited Sarawak in 2005 when he was there to tape the Travel Channel’s No Reservations programme. Jamie Renai, 28, remembered how Bourdain described Sarawak laksa as “the breakfast of the Gods”. CNN, the US network for which Bourdain hosted the popular Parts Unknown, a wine and food-focused travel TV series, mourned with “extraordinary sadness” Bourdain’s untimely death.

Source: The Star June 09, 2018 23:48 UTC