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ambuyat
ambuyat / pinantung / linut

Ambuyat is known as linut or pinantung. Ambuyat is made from pouring hot water into
ambulong or known as sago. What is sago? Sago is acquired from a tree trunk which is a rumbia
tree. Rumbia tree is a family of palm trees such as coconuts, are used to make sago. Usually
ambuyat will cooked by using very hot water , if they boil the water using the kettle, ambuyat
rarely become succesful. There are many ways to cook ambuyat, some people they use pan, or
use hot water directly on ambulung. The safest way to cook ambuyat is cooked on pan. The
process of cooking is also known as spill. So, some people do not say cook ambuyat but
they will call spill ambuyat. There is a material to spill the ambuyat which consist of 1kg of sago,
hot water freshly cooked and 1litter water. Therfore, how to spill ambuyat? First of all, by taking
4 cups of water that are already mixed with the sago and soak for 10 minutes then, by filtering
the water to retain the sago it self thereby keep the sago into a container. Lastly, mix sago with
hot water. Stir well and cook until the texture of sago looks clear and stickly like the texture of
glue. Ambuyat is national dish of Brunei and become a delicacy in the malaysian states of Sabah
and Sarawak and also the federal teritory of Labuan.other than rice, Ambuyat is an alternative
food to some tribe or race in Borneo. Ambuyat typically eaten by a tribe of Brunei, Bisaya,
Bajau, Kadayan and etc . In Sabah ambuyat called Pinantung. Pinantung is very famous among

Bisaya people of klias peninsular. In Sarawak, Ambuyat called Linut. These food also popular at
Sarawak especially among the Melanau people. It is because they are like sago very much.
Ambuyat is a uniquely bruneian delicacy. Normally ambuyat is eaten or rather swallowed using
a two-pronged bamboo stick called a chandas. As the taste is tasteless, it is taken with a sauce
made from sour local fruits like mango. The ambuyat is rolled around the cndas until about the
size of a small fist , then immerse it into the sauce and swallow the whole thing without
chewing. Ambuyat is also eaten with vegetables and dishes of fish, meat, prwan or depend on
that person what their prefernces. ambuyat is originaly from Brunei . Locals tie of this food
closely to their history and culture, but in the past its origin has been highly debated with
Sarawak, our neighboring state of Malaysia, issues of claiming similar rights to this dish. Several
hundred years ago, Brunei Sultanate expanded the empire across the entire island of Borneo and
beyond, for this reason absorption of our individual national cultures is not unexpected. On the
other hand, despite of starting it all over again, Ambuyat is more widely known in Brunei than
Sarawak or any other parts of Borneo. This delicacy may have lost its reputation elsewhere but
here in Brunei, it remains popular over again. And maybe one day, many Bruneians aspire that
this humble local dish may take its place amongst other customs to be safeguarded by Unesco as
an intangible cultural heritage of the world.

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