I went with people from my office to a Padang Restaurant (Padang is a region in Northern Sumatra) this weekend and had a good time eating a lot of the Padang dishes I use to eat when I last lived in Indonesia. In Padang restaurants they put 12-15 dishes on your table and what you pay only for the items you eat (there is usually two of each items on each dish). My favorite dishes are: steamed papaya leaves, green chili sambal, jackfruit curry, and the fried chicken (only because I like the seasoning its fried in and I rub the seasoning on hot white rice and typically give the chicken to my mom)
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| Padang food for lunch. |
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| So cute. And yes there is actually a coconut drink inside. |
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| Mix vegetables with peanut sauce and grilled fish |
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| Nasi goreng (fried rice) with lots and lots of red and orange chilies. |
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| "Bubur Ayam" aka rice porridge with chicken, green onion, sweet soya sauce, sambal, and slices of fried Chinese doughnut. My favorite. |
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| Bubur Dagen: specialty dessert porridge made from glutinous rice flour and coconut cream mixed with red palm sugar syrup. |
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| "Mie" aka noodles with egg. |
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| Eating on the side of the road :) |
