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Indonesian Cuisine
About Indonesian Food
Indonesian food is one of the most vibrant and colourful cuisines in the world, full of intense flavour and varied textures. With 6,000 islands, there is a huge range of regional specialties, but wherever you are in Indonesia, most meals, including breakfast, are based around rice.
There is also an abundant use of sambals, an accompaniment based on chilli and garlic which can be raw or cooked. It's said that because of the hot and humid climate chilli and sambal help maintain your appetite. Indonesians need a 'kick start'; to their palate from chilli and from pickles, a burst of sour crunch. So each meal is generally rice, sambal, pickles with small amounts of meats, seafood or vegetables, often in curry form. People eat either with their right hand or with a spoon and fork. 
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Indonesian Restaurants
Displaying 10 of 35 Indonesian Restaurants.
| Restaurant | Suburb | |
| 1. | Abell's Kopi Tiam | Manuka |
| 2. | Vanidol's | North Hobart |
| 3. | Sparrow | Northbridge |
| 4. | Bali Grill | Rosalie |
| 5. | Warung Agus | West Melbourne |
| 6. | Huong Huong | Marrickville |
| 7. | Ayam Goreng 99 | Kingsford |
| 8. | Slamet's Indonesian Restaurant | North Narrabeen |
| 9. | Buddha Belly Cafe | Terrey Hills |
| 10. | Djakarta | Richmond |
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Serving rice
To serve coconut rice Malaysian style, scoop individual servings into a small soup bowl to mould rice before upending it onto plates.
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Yau Jar Kwai or Crispy Crueller
A fried dough cooked on Singapore, its best eaten fresh and hot - with a black coffee for breakfast or chopped and added to rojak or Chinese congee for extra crunch.
