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Brunei Essentials
A considered first route through Brunei: the foods that carry its everyday habits, celebrations, ingredients, and memory.
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10 foods to know.
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Brunei
Ambuyat
Linut
Brunei's national sago-starch staple is rolled around a candas (chandas) utensil and dipped into sour-spicy cacah sauces.
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Nasi Katok
Brunei's iconic Mabohai-origin street meal pairs steamed rice, fried chicken and a generous spoon of sambal.
Brunei
Ayam Pansuh
Manuk Pansuh
Iban/Borneo bamboo-cooked chicken is a shared regional identity that Brunei visitors can seek at specialty venues.
Brunei
Binjai Sauce
Cacah Binjai
Sharp binjai relish and chilli make the classic sour-spicy dip for an ambuyat bite.
Brunei
Glutinous Rice Rolls
Kelupis
Coconut-and-pandan glutinous-rice kuih is wrapped in nyirik leaves and steamed for Bruneian gatherings.
Brunei
Ring Cake
Kuih Cincin
Crisp deep-fried ring kuih combines wheat flour with brown and red palm sugar.
Brunei
Lamban
Named Bruneian leaf-wrapped glutinous-rice cake served as a festive sweet, distinct from ketupat.
Brunei
Pineapple Curry
Pajeri Nanas
Pineapple simmered in a rich spiced coconut curry represents a named Bruneian preparation in the shared Malay tradition.
Brunei
Punjung
Brunei's rice-flour cone kuih hides a soft jelly filling and is sought at traditional markets.
Brunei
Penyaram
Rice- and corn-flour batter with coconut milk is deep-fried into the UFO-shaped Bruneian kuih.