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Top food to try in Batam

6 dishes to eat in Batam, what is in them, and where they belong.

Last updated 2026-08-09

1. Gonggong

Gonggong
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Sea snails boiled and eaten with a chilli dip, extracted with a toothpick — the Riau Islands speciality.

2. Chilli crab and gong gong

Chilli crab and gong gong
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Crab in a sweet-spicy sauce, the reason many day-trippers come.

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3. Mie tarempa

Mie tarempa
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Flat noodles fried with fish, egg and a sweet-sour sauce, from the Anambas islands.

4. Sup ikan

Sup ikan
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Clear fish soup with tomato and salted vegetable, a Riau staple.

5. Otak-otak

Otak-otak
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Spiced fish paste grilled in banana leaf or coconut frond.

6. Kopi tarik

Kopi tarik
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Pulled coffee with condensed milk, at kopitiams across Nagoya.

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