Food of Brunei
Bruneian food shares much with Malay cooking, with rice, fish, chicken, and coconut at its base and sambal, ginger, lemongrass, and tamarind as seasoning. The national dish ambuyat is a sticky starch eaten with a bamboo fork and dipped into sour sauces. Night markets serve satay, nasi katok, and fresh kuih.
Ambuyat
Sticky sago starch rolled on bamboo chopsticks and dipped in sour sauce.
- Main dishes (9)
- Breakfast (4)
- Street food (4)
- Soups (3)
- Salads (3)
- Desserts and sweets (4)
- Drinks (4)
- Fruits and produce (5)
Staples
- rice, sago, fish, chicken, coconut, noodles
Signature flavors
- sambal, tamarind, lemongrass, ginger, belacan, chili
Main dishes
Sticky sago starch rolled on bamboo chopsticks and dipped in sour sauce.
Key ingredients: sago starch, sour sauceRice with fried chicken and sambal.
Key ingredients: rice, chicken, sambalChicken soup with herbs.
Key ingredients: chicken, turmericPrawns in sambal.
Key ingredients: prawns, chili
Slow-cooked spicy beef.
Key ingredients: beef, coconutFull guide →Rich coconut gravy.
Key ingredients: beef, coconut milk
Coconut rice with sambal.
Key ingredients: rice, coconut milkFull guide →Sour fish stew.
Key ingredients: fish, tamarind
Vegetables in coconut milk.
Key ingredients: vegetables, coconut milkBreakfast
Flaky flatbread with curry.
Key ingredients: flour, dalFull guide →Quick rice meal.
Key ingredients: rice, egg
Small sweet cakes.
Key ingredients: rice flour, coconut
Fried noodles.
Key ingredients: noodles, eggStreet food
Grilled skewers with peanut sauce.
Key ingredients: chicken, peanut sauceFull guide →Fried rice flour rings.
Key ingredients: rice flour, palm sugarFried fritters.
Key ingredients: flour, bananaFish crackers.
Key ingredients: fish, flourSoups
Spiced chicken soup.
Key ingredients: chicken, rice noodlesFull guide →Clear chicken soup.
Key ingredients: chicken, ginger
Spicy noodle soup.
Key ingredients: noodlesFull guide →Salads
Fruit and vegetables in a tangy sauce.
Key ingredients: pineapple, cucumberFull guide →
Pickled vegetables.
Key ingredients: cucumber, carrotFresh herbs with sambal.
Key ingredients: herbs, sambalDesserts and sweets
Sweet fried rings.
Key ingredients: rice flour, sugar
Sticky rice sweet.
Key ingredients: glutinous rice, coconut
Pandan jelly in coconut milk.
Key ingredients: pandan jellyFull guide →
Layered steamed cake.
Key ingredients: rice flour, coconutDrinks
Pulled tea.
Key ingredients: tea, milkFull guide →
Rose syrup and milk.
Key ingredients: rose syrup, milkFresh.
Key ingredients: young coconutBlack coffee.
Key ingredients: coffeeFruits and produce
Prized in Brunei.
Key ingredients: eaten freshFull guide →
Sweet red fruit.
Key ingredients: eaten freshFull guide →
Sweet and golden.
Key ingredients: eaten freshFull guide →
Fried or fresh.
Key ingredients: eaten freshFull guide →
Sweet.
Key ingredients: eaten freshFull guide →Dish guides from Brunei
More cuisines of South-Eastern Asia
Descriptions written by Intercontinental Chef. Dishes are listed as commonly eaten today; many are shared across neighbouring countries.
- Ambuyat in Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei: e_chaya, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Rendang daging sapi asli Padang: Midori, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Nasi Lemak dengan Chili Nasi Lemak dan Sotong Pedas, di Penang Summer Restaurant: Meandkancil2020, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Lodeh: iNews, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Making Roti Canai: AssFeder, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Gadong Night Market 4 October 2024 21: Pangalau, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Mi Goreng GM: Gunawan Kartapranata, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Sate Udang: Gunawan Kartapranata, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Soto Ayam Savoy Homann Hotel: Gunawan Kartapranata, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Nyonya Laksa: Giddy98, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Rujak Buah (Indonesian Fruit Salad): Sofiah Budiastuti, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Acar mentimun: tokyofoodcast.com, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 8. Wajik 3: Danangtrihartanto, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kampung Paya Jaras Tengah, Selangor 20250112 111330: Wiki Farazi, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kue Lapis: Shitadevi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Teh Tarik at the Iskandar Curry House at One Riverside (DSCF0286): Yu Chu Chin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Bandung Drinks: Kyle Lam, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Durian in black: مانفی, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Buds on branch of rambutan tree: DXLINH, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- The jackfruit is holding on to the tree: This work was made by Tushar Hossain and released under the license(s) stated below. Please feel free to use it for any, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 14-QWSTION-BANANATEX-STRIPPING-LAUSCHSICHT: BANANATEX, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- കൈതച്ചക്ക: Suniltg at Malayalam Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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