Air Water. Water should be boiled before drinking. Alternatively, ask for air minum (drinking water), of which 'Aqua' is the most popular brand and available in most areas.
Air jeruk Citrus fruit juice
Arak Rice based alcoholic drink that is usually home-brewed. It is very strong, but can taste better when mixed with lemonade.
Ayam Chicken
Bakar Barbequed, roasted or grilled. Used together with names of other foods e.g. Ayam bakar is roasted chicked
Bakso Meatball soup
Brem A slightly weaker version of arak. Similarly unpleasant.
Cumi cumi Squid
Daging sapi Beef
Durian Spikey green fruit. Quite tasty, but many are put off by its pungent smell.
Es krim Indonesian ice cream, made of flavoured ice and lumps of fruit. Western style ice cream is usually called 'ice cream' as opposed to es krim.
Gado gado Popular Indonesia dish of vegetables, bean sprouts, spicy peanut sauce and sometimes egg. Served cold.
Ikan Fish
Ikan belut Eels - a Balinese delicacy
Kentang Potatoes. Used in Indonesian dishes of a dutch origin.
Kodok Frog - a rare delicacy
Kopi Indonesia coffee. Served black and very sweet
Kopi susu White coffee, made with condensed milk
Krupuk Shrimp crackers
Lombok Chilli
Mie goreng Noodles fried with vegetables and/or meat, topped with a fried egg. Greasy.
Nasi Rice
Nasi goreng Rice fried with vegetables and/or meat topped with an egg. Often served with krupuk.
Nasi putih White rice, usually steamed
Roti Bread, nearly always sweet
Sambal Spicy chilli sauce available almost everywhere. Sambal asli is a similar sauce with a garlic flavour.
Sate Popular tasty Indonesian dish. Made of skewered pieces of meat, grilled and served with a spicy peanut sauce.
Soto Meat and vegetable soup. Served with rice.
Tahu Tofu. Often sold as a snack at warung or on transport by hawkers
