Ambuyat, is a gluey "porridge" with sago starch. It's using a pair of chopsticks cut from the rib of the sago palm to twirl it up into a sticky mass for dunking in a tasty sauce.

The murut or " hill people " living in Sabah 's interior, make a subtance similar to Ambuyat, grating and washing the starch out of topioca roots rather than the sago palm. Both boiled tapioca and sago starch are enjoyed on occasion by various kadazan dusun peoples , although rice - particularly hill rice grown on the slopes of the crocker range - remains the number one favourite.

Ambuyat also famous at Sarawak especially among the melanau people . It is because they are like sago very much too.

The Ambuyat is suitable as a snack, breakfast, tea-time or even supper.

You may find this food at most of the "Tamu" markets or street markets in Sabah.