In short 'No Thank You!' In the ID-70s, I toured Indonesia under the guidance of a college staff member from there. The food was horrible and most of us complained bitterly. Guide 'Freddy,' claimed that the seasoning were off, but it was all that way; dine in, take out or street food, all tasted the same - horrible.
Note that this turned out to be the ONLY National or Regional cuisine that I have ever rejected with this degree of genuine revulsion; it really was that horrible and I guess our staff/guide enjoyed his fill; most of us ate little and enjoyed none. I would not eat it again; sometimes the wisdom simply says, "No!,"
Indonesian food can be delicious - a home-cooked meal in Sumatra ranks with my favourite ever
but tends to be slow service - as in a tropical torpor culture not used to speed - if I chose Indonesian at a local food court, friends who ordered Chinese food would have finished eating their meal before I received mine - so - people in a hurry couldn't afford the time to eat there.
So a weekend offering - when people are not in a hurry - may be the go here.
Well, the Australians can now taste the food of their neighbors to the North.
Slide 4, rice and searingly spicy beef looks appetizing, but the other photographed dishes look like a mishmash of uninspiring vegetables.\
Bon appétit to all!
Now? Australians could do it for decades. Laksa is practically an Australian national dish.
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Definitely a favourite of ours - lovely people and really authentic and delicious. A few kilometres from Brisbane centre and easy to get to on public transit.
Good luck to Ms Martino and Sendok Garpu. It is no easy task to change Australians' eating habits, but more and more are being attracted to authentic Asian dishes. More spice the better, I say. The beef rendang sounds inviting and I must try it next time I am in Indooroopilly. Incidentally, the place-name Indooroopilly is derived from an aboriginal language, "from the words 'nyinderu' and 'pilla' or 'billa', the former word meaning 'leech', and the latter meaning 'creek' or 'gully'," according to historians.
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Indooroopilly is not really "outside Brisbane". It is in Brisbane - only about 4 miles from the city centre. "Suburb" in Australia does not mean suburbia. It is just a word for any geographically distinct part of a city - it could be in downtown (CBD or central business district in Australia) and still be called a "suburb".
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