2 Best Restaurants in Brunei

To eat like a local, you can't do better than this bustling restaurant, café, and bakery, which has been offering traditional specialties since 1946. While it may not win any style awards, it hardly matters when you catch the fragrance of freshly baked buns filled with a variety of meats, fish, vegetables, or cheese, like the roti kacang kahwin or the roti kuning. For a substantial meal, the zhi ma kway teow, a huge dish of rice noodles and fish in a rich sweet sauce, is a popular favorite, or just watch what the locals are ordering and go for whatever looks good.

This lively night market is the most popular in Brunei and sets up every afternoon around 4 pm in the parking lot of the Gadong Fish Market. Barbecued snacks from chicken wings and satay to glutinous rice parcels stuffed with meat or vegetable are particular favorites. Just wander among the stalls and let your nose and eyes select for you. One slight drawback is that unlike many Asian night markets, those in Brunei are designed for take out meals and no longer have anywhere to sit; you will either have to eat standing up or take it somewhere else. But that's a minor inconvenience with so many delicious snacks available and very few costing more than a couple of Brunei dollars each.