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This small, crowded restaurant on an Alhambra side street serves a sharp, spicy brand of Padang-style cooking - meltingly tender slabs of beef rendang bathed in a dense sauce of coconut milk and spices, boiled eggs fried in a fire-breathing coating of belado, whole catfish fried to the crispness of potato chips and served with a mound of sweet, powerful fermented-shrimp sambal. When you're in the mood for a proper nasi Padang, there is nothing like it in Los Angeles.
Indonesian food is fundamentally earthy: Think of spicy red sambal sauce paired with ayam goreng (fried chicken), or fish paste balls and a creamy peanut sauce over lean bean sprouts and crispy green... More »
Click here for LA Weekly's full, searchable database of restaurants. Downtown L.A./Chinatown/WestlakeKim Chuy The basic deal at this noodle shop is, of course, the noodles: slippery rice noodles or firmer, square-cut egg noodles, submerged in... More »
Dear Mr. Gold:Whenever we are in Amsterdam, we always try to take in an Indonesian rijsttafel or “rice table.” Do you know any Indonesian restaurants in L.A. that serve this? I know there are Indonesian deli/fast-food places around, but I was... More »
Photos by Anne FishbeinOf the thousands of East Asian restaurants that have disappeared from Los Angeles in the 20 years I’ve been writing this column, one of the most mourned has been Agung, an Indonesian café in a Hollywood mini-mall that... More »
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