INDONESIA
Food
& Drink
Compared to other Southeast Asian cuisines, Indonesian meals lack
variety. Coconut milk and aromatic spices at first add intriguing
tastes to the meats, vegetables and fruits, but after a while
everything starts to taste the same - spiced, fried and served
with rice. Be particularly careful about food hygiene in rural
Indonesia, avoiding poorly cooked fish, pork or beef, which can
give you flukes or worms.
Rice (nasi) is the favoured staple across much of the country,
an essential, three-times-a-day fuel. Noodles are also widely
popular. The seafood is often superb, and chicken, goat and beef
are the main meats in this predominantly Muslim country. Vegetarians
can eat well in Indonesia, though restaurant selections can be
limited to cap cay - fried mixed vegetables. There's also plenty
of tofu and the popular tempe, a fermented soya-bean cake.
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