Jakarta, the capital, has a huge number the biggest and most varied is Jalan H.A.Salim, also known as Jalan Sabang. Sukarno Hatta 479 and Jalan Jenderal Sudirman 103-107, Bandung, West Java. This former palace features a floating restaurant with an Indonesian buffet and Javanese dancing or puppet show it s expensive but unforgettable. This is the best top-class restaurant in the biggest, brashest city in Eastern Java the lunch and dinner buffets are startling expensive and worth every rupiah. Offering a good range of inexpensive travellers food and located almost on the edge of the massive crater s rim with brilliant views across to Mount Bromo.
Indonesian food is based on rice or noodles with side dishes of vegetables, meat or fish.
It is flavoured with chillies, soy sauce, garlic, cinnamon, ginger, turmeric and lemon grass. Two dishes available in even the humblest eatery are nasi campur , boiled rice with small amounts of side dishes, and nasi goreng , fried rice containing meat, vegetables or fish. The noodle equivalent of these dishes is widely available also. The other mainstays of the Indonesian diet are gado-gado , steamed vegetables served with a spicy peanut sauce, and satay, small barbecued meat kebabs. Chinese restaurants are popular across the island with a big choice of dishes and Padang food, originally from Sumatra but now spread nationwide, is a firey hot cuisine but well worth seeking out.