This is the pictorial version of the “9 Mandatory Foods to Eat in Indonesia (click this for all the food descriptions).” All dishes must be eaten with large amounts of sambal (ground chili sauce) to maximize flavors.
1. Hot Plate

Spicy Seafood Hot Plate
2. Nasi Campur

Rice and Curry Buffet
3. Gado Gado

Vegetable and Rice Cake in Peanut Sauce
4. Lotek

Mixed Salad
5. Indonesian Sate

Goat Sate with Peanut Sauce
6. Ikan Bakar

Grilled Fish Meal
7. Soto Ayam

Breakfast Chicken Soup
8. Babi Guling

Roasted Suckling Pig
9. Cap cay

Fried Vegetables and Egg












I shouldn’t have read this post before lunch. All I can think of is soto ayam and sate. My staple when I was in Jakarta.