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Brunei Food
Brunei food is also termed as Bruneian cuisine. The cuisine is a mixture of cuisines from neighboring countries including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand, China, and India. The Staple Brunei food is rice and fish. Brunei is a Muslim country, so Brunei food is always Halal. The dishes in Brunei food are often served with rice or noodles. The spice level is acceptable not too spicy and not too mild; it is just in between making the dishes aromatic and full of taste. The common drinks or beverages are coconut milk, fruit juices, tea, and coffee.
Top Foods of Brunei
- Ambuyat it is the national dish of Brunei, and also a must try Brunei food. It is made of the sago palm’s trunk wrapped around two bamboo sticks. It is usually served with sour mango sauce or chili sauce if one wants it spicy.
- Nasi Lemak it is also a must try Brunei food influenced by Southeast Asian cuisines. Nasi Lemak consists of rice cooked in coconut milk served with chicken in Pandan leaves and sweet chili paste.
- Pulut Panggang it is also a traditional Brunei food in which a mixture of coconut and shrimps is filled inside the rice which is wrapped by Pandan leaf.
- Bamboo chicken a unique Brunei food in which chicken along with spice is cooked inside the crafted hole in Bamboo. It is also served with rice.
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