The Borneo cuisine has Chinese, and local, and Indonesian, and Indian traces of culinary traditions. “Nasi” rice is usually served here as one of the main courses. Local people use it as a side dish for meat, and as a separate dish, boiling it in bullion, making chips from it or frying it with eggs. They also steam Nasi in banana leaves. The majority of the population are Muslim, so pork is not common in Kalimantan, but other types of meat are loved and cooked well here. Seafood is quite popular here, as on any other island. Grilled octopus, a kebab from rapans, shrimps with sauce – all is cooked from the freshest products. It is important to remember, that people here like spicy food. Local chefs like different sauces, adding them generously to any dish, and if a sauce is spicy, it’s even better. You may try here locusts, shark fins, and a swallow nest in bullion. However, those delicacies are mostly imported from China, though, it doesn’t make them any less delicious. But it is for you to decide, whether to taste them or not. There is a peculiar tradition in Kalimantan – together with the spicy food people drink ice-cold water with a bit of lime or an ice tea with a bunch of herbs. There is one peculiarity concerning the beverages. You can get arrested for drinking beer, wine, vodka, etc. in the public places. In whole, alcohol is not quite popular here. However, palm tree vodka arak and local wine brem, made with rice, are pretty good. If you
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