There are a lot of good restaurants with Indonesian cuisine in Bintan. If you are not a fan of Asian cuisine, you can find places with a European menu. It should be mentioned that unlike most Asian countries, they don’t use a lot of spices in Indonesia. Cardamom, nutmeg, ginger root, turmeric, coriander you will find in different quantity in every local dish. If the food is too spicy, it is common to drink water with ice, tea or coconut milk with it. Remember that cutlery here does not include a knife, and the Indonesians think that some courses you should eat with your hands.
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For a dessert order rujak, made with fruit and palm sugar sauce, fruit pudding, sweet pastries or natural ice cream. Rice pudding with durian cream has a great taste. If you order juice, choose something local and exotic like juice from mango, sugar cane or pink guava. You can order café latte with avocado, just remember they add sugar in it by default. Ginger tea, crush drink with beans and sweet syrup, and nectar from Indonesian tangerine also taste good. Coconut milk is also popular among the travelers and the locals. Alcohol is not very common on the island because of Muslim restrictions but you should try palm vodka Arrack anyway. You should also try Brem, rice wine, which will remind you port wine or tuak beer, made from palm inflorescence.