Where to Eat in Brunei Darussalam

 

Share Options for eating out in Brunei Darussalam travel,  range from informal and casual eateries to more established restaurants and haste cuisine.There are Tourist Food attractions in Brunei :

Hawker-Style Food

Hawker centres offer fine local delicacies at very reasonable prices. Favourite dishes include Brunei traditional food, satay, noodles, rice, whole roasted chickens, grilled fish and steamboats.

Hawker food can be found along the Brunei River in downtown Bandar Seri Begawan, and in a purpose-built complex next to Jerudong Park. 

The Persiaran Damuan park on Jalan Tutong is well known for its popular steamboat dinnersand satay. 

In Gadong, there is an indoor hawker centre on the ground floor of Yaohan Megamart - which offers a variety of food ranging from quiche to sushi! 

Restaurant Dining - Asian

Gadong has a good mix of restaurants offering Asian cuisine. This includes Chinese, Lebanese, Indonesian, Indian, Thai and Japanese food, as well as speciality outlets for seafood and Nyonya. Many are family-run enterprises with a comfortable, friendly atmosphere. 

Downtown Bandar also has many kedai makan (local eateries), and good seafood restaurants can be found along Jalan Muara and in Muara town. Tutong, Seria and Kuala Belait have a good and varied selection of restaurants. 

Chinese cuisineis especially popular in Brunei, and there are many fine authentic restaurants. In Gadong the Emperor's Court and the Szechuan Dynasty are renown, as are the Jade Garden in the Riverview Hotel and the Phong Mun in downtown Bandar. 

Restaurant Dining - Western

The major hotels all have cafes which serve a mixture of Asian and western meals, and sumptuous value-formoney buffets. Deals Restaurant in the Sheraton Utama specialises in very high quality nouvelle cuisine. The Buccaneers in Kuala Belait serves excellent British fare in a tudor-style setting. 

Fast Food

Fast food has really caught on in Brunei. Pizza Hut, KFC and MacDonalds Brunei all have outlets in the city and atJerudong Park. Jollibee, Sugar Bun and Express Burger are local equivalents. 

Please note that the public sale and consumption of alcohol is prohibited by law in Brunei, therefore restaurants do not sell alcoholic drinks. 

Most restaurants open until about 9.00 or 10.00 pm, and reservations may be required at weekends, especially in hotels and the larger Chinese restaurants. 

source :
http://bruneirestaurantreview.blogspot.com/

Senja Lounge Restaurant at Riverview Hotel in Brunei

Wouldn't you know, the month I decide to go find out  food in Brunei, and give up alcohol is the month I find a restaurant I can drink wine with my dinner.

I have heard good things about the Senja Lounge Restaurant in the Riverview Hotel on Jalan Gadong bandar Seri Begawan Brunei , but until last week I had never been. I have to say, it wasn't what I expected but it was good. I had envisioned a wide, light restaurant high above the ground with an expansive view of the narrow, murky, brown river enclosed by lush, green jungle. What I got was a dark, intimate old fashioned style cafe with solid, heavy furniture surrounded by blackboards with the menu and specials scrawled on in chalk. I liked it.

The menu is extensive to say the least. I am not good at studying and carefully choosing my dinner, I usually browse and then go with my gut feeling. Too many choices give me a headache. Also many of the dishes are loaded with creamy, heavy sauces and dressings. I like my food simple and uncomplicated.  I decided on two entrees and a dessert - mushrooms stuffed with crab and mozzarella, caesar salad with prawns and chocolate mud cake with ice cream. They were all good and only set me back $20.00, a bargain!

My dinner companions enjoyed a bottle of Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc (go the NZ wine) and an Italian Vespolina with their dinners. The lamb chops looked particularly appealing to me and if I were a meat eater, I would have had them with a glass of red.

The nice thing about the Senja Room (aside from the obvious for drinkers) is you can have the relaxing, upmarket experience without breaking the bank. There are so many things on the menu from big to small and reasonably priced to expensive, you just choose what you are in the mood for.

The restaurant is so small that I suggest you make a reservation especially if you are dining after 7.30pm. We were the first in the restaurant at 7.00pm and then by 8.00pm it was full with diners.


where:  the restaurant is in the riverside hotel on jalan gadong in bandar seri begawan

wine:    take your own and your own bottle opener

Address: Jalan Gadong, Bandar Seri Begawan BS 8670, Brunei

Phone:+673 223 8238

source :
http://stilltravelling-sarah.blogspot.com/2012/04/senja-lounge-riverview-hotel-bandar.html

Wajid From Temburong

holidays in brunei, Besides Udang Galah and Chendol Food in Brunei, one of Temburong District's most famous product is wajid, the Brunei food too.
This brown sticky rice is sold for $2 for 8 small pieces... See how expensive it is?

Wajid the Temburong Brunei traditional food

The main ingredient is the one on the right, marked B$37

source :

http://phoenix4bn.blogspot.com/2008/04/wajid-temburong.html