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Pulut Panggang

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At Mei Fang Cafe, one of Tutong's most famous kopitiams and open since the 1950s, vendors fry roughly 400 pieces of pulut panggang a day at just 60 cents each — and the batch still typically sells out by mid-morning, which is why some Bruneians drive across the country to catch it fresh.

Pulut panggang is glutinous rice steamed in coconut milk, spooned around a spicy sambal filling of shrimp or beef, wrapped in banana or pandan leaf, and grilled until the leaf chars and the rice turns fragrant and faintly smoky. Pekan Tutong's kopitiams, especially Mei Fang Cafe and Puteh Restaurant, are considered the best source in the country.

Why it's made this way: Tutong's kopitiams have refined this snack for generations, turning what is a common treat elsewhere in the Malay world into a specific reason Bruneians travel to this one town.