If you are strolling on the streets of Brunei and exploring wonderful places, at that point you will surely urge for some mouth-watering Brunei Food. Food is the key to know more about people & culture of a particular country.  

One thing that hangs out in Brunei is their food. Brunei people have a tradition of passing their Brunei food recipe from one age to another. Bruneian cooking is like and intensely impacted by the food of neighboring countries Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia, with extra impacts from India, China, Thailand, and Japan. Brunei is acclaimed for its unique food. A large portion of the dishes are rich and searing and are eaten with rice or noodles.

So, lets feel the taste of some famous dishes of Brunei

Ambuyat

One of the most eatable and famous dishes of Brunei is Ambuyat. It’s a sticky dish. Ambuyat is made with sago palm tree starch which is cooked into a glue-like substance and commonly had for lunch with a spicy sauce and an assortment of vegetables. Ambuyat is generally made for special events where it fills in as a substitute for rice.

Locals of this country eat Ambuyat with pronged bamboo sticks called chandas in their local language. the nicer way to have Ambuyat is by quiring it around the stick. As it is flavorless, it is eaten up with side dips and sauces named Binjai and Tampoyak. This dish of Brunei tastes best if served with meat. Ambuyat is a unique dish in the foods of Brunei that not to be missed by travelers.

Nasi Katok

Nasi Katok came from two words Rice and knock. People use to knock at the door of Nasi seller to give orders. Today the dish is among the best foods of Brunei. This dish is served with simple plain white rice and a fried chicken piece accompanied by sambal (sauce made of red chilies and other spices) to enhance the taste of this simplistic food of Brunei.

Kelupis

Glutinous rice is used to make Kelupis. In Brunei foods, this is eaten as one of the famous snacks by the local people. This is wrapped in Nyirik leaf. This dish of Brunei is usually served as refreshment on special occasions and weddings.

Kelupis usually served with two things, one is anchovies and the other with freshwater dried shrimps but you can always enjoy this lovely food of Brunei with curry and peanuts.

Pulut Panggang

As snacks play an important role in the daily life of locals, the Pulut panggang holds a special place in the foods of Brunei. Like Kelupis pullet pang gang is grilled, roasted barbecued rice bundles with a spicy filling of pounded dried prawns or parched coconut wrapped by banana leaves. This dish of Brunei is so popular among the foods of Brunei that it runs out of stock early in the morning.

Bamboo Chicken

Let’s have a taste of this mouth-watering aromatic delicacy of Brunei. The dish is made by marinating the chicken, and after marination, it is stuffed into bamboo poles with onions and other spices. Then these bamboo poles are wrapped with bamboo leaves and ready to cook on charcoal fire, as a result, it slowly cooks the inside chicken and makes it juicy, tender and so flavourful that you surely lick your fingers anyway. You can feel the aroma of charcoal that drives you towards ease of satisfaction.

Kueh

Whenever we talked about the foods of Brunei or any other country, we must talk about desserts.  Kueh is a mouth-watering dessert of Brunei that you must try. The Bruneian Kueh is like traditional cakes from around the district, for example, in Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Kueh, a glutinous rice cake, flavored with palm sugar or panda and served with grated coconut. It is famous among the sweet tooths of Brunei.

Ketupat

Brunei is the spot after Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines where you can locate this entrancing Ketupat. It includes rice dumplings cooked in a pocket made with woven palm leaves. A while later, cut the leaves, open and served Ketupat with rendang (A spicy meat dish). This is one of the best Brunei foods with exceptional flavor.

Hati Buyah

If you are a road food lover, you should try this Bruneian dish. This food of Brunei is made up of marinated stir-fried beef lungs having spicy flavor. You can usually find this delicacy of Brunei on the streets or halal restaurants of the country.

Nasi Lemak

This is a famous and aromatic dish of Brunei that has a presence in southeast Asian food. In this delicacy, coconut milk is used to cook fragrant rice This dish is served on pandan leaf with fried chicken and spicy sambal. If you are roaming on the streets of Brunei you may come across street food vendors selling nasi lemak. You must try this food of Brunei.

Honey Garlic Chicken Pizza

You may be surprised when I am talking about pizza dishes in the foods of Brunei. As pizza may remind you of Italian food but the fact is that this pizza is not famous for its base, it’s famous for toppings i.e. honey in combination with garlic and chicken pieces.

Ayam Penyet

This Brunei dish is very popular among Bruneians. The chicken used in this dish is marinated with spices and herbs. Uniqueness comes when they smash the chicken and deep fry it. this dish is stomach fill meal. Ayam Penyet is served with spicy sambal and steamed rice

Roti

Here comes Roti. I think most people aware of the fact that roti is one of the forms of Indian bread in foods of Brunei.  You will find fresh, crispy layers of ROTI MURTABAK or ROTI CANAI which is served with curry. These rotis sometimes have a sweet filling in them.

Brown rice with sesame fried vegetables

This is one of the healthy dishes of Brunei in which garlic is stir-fried. Then comes vegetables and at last sesame seeds are added. Tender rice is then mixed well into veggies. The healthy combination of nutrition and taste is served with soy sauce and lemon juice.

Noodles & Tofu

This light diet dish of wheat noodles contains fresh tofu. In this vegan dish of Brunei, tofu is fried to a golden brown. The additional flavour of soya sauce and sambal with a squeeze of lemon juice enhances the flavour all together.

Cooked vegetables with coconut

When we talk about salads in the foods of Brunei,  This vegan dish is very famous among health-oriented people. Putting all healthy bites together like carrot, green beans, sliced bamboo shoots, bean sprouts in a hot pan and served with coconut powder and lime juice followed by green chilies.