Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Food & Drink Glossary
Almost every restaurant in Bali - from humbled to fabled - will have a few of
these classic dishes on the menu. Some can be found throughout Indonesia,
others are unique to Bali and/or Lombok.
air botol, aqua
- bottled water
air minum
- drinking water
arak
- spirits distilled from palm sap
ayam
- chicken
ayam taliwang
- whole split chicken roasted over coconut husks served with a tomato-
chilli-lime dip (Lombok)
babi
- pig
babi guling
- spit-roast pig stuffed with a Balinese spice paste (Bali)
bakmi/mie goreng
- rice-flour noodles fried with vegetables, and often meat and sauces
bakso ayam
- light chicken soup with glass noodles and meatballs; a street-stall standard
bebek betutu
- duck stuffed with Balinese spice paste, wrapped in coconut bark and banana
leaves and cooked all day over smouldering rice husks and coconut husks (Bali)
brem
- a type of rice wine, distilled from white and black rice (Bali)
bubuh injin
- black-rice pudding made from black sticky rice and served with coconut milk (Bali)
cap cai
- stir-fried vegetables (Chinese)
cendol
- coconut milk drink mixed with palm sugar and crushed ice
daging sapi
- beef
dingin
- cold
es campur
- a mixture of sliced fresh fruit, coconut fruits, seaweed jelly and fermented cassava
served with shaved ice and sweet syrup
fu yung hai
- a Chinese-style omelette with a sweet-and-sour sauce
gado-gado
- steamed or salad vegetables tossed in a spicy peanut sauce
goreng
- fried
isen
- galangal, a gingerlike spice; also called
laos
and
lengkuas
ikan
- fish
jambu
- guava
jeruk manis
- orange
kacang
- peanut
kari
- curry
kelor
- hot soup with vegetables (Lombok)
kentang
- potatoes
kepiting
- crab
kerupuk
- rice crackers; also called
krupuk
kodok
- frog
kopi
- coffee
krupuk udang
- prawn crackers
lawar
- a salad of chopped coconut, spices, meat (pork, chicken or liver) and sometimes blood
mangga
- mango
mie kuah
- noodle soup
nanas
- pineapple
nangka
- jackfruit
nasi campur
- steamed rice served with a selection of meat and vegetable side dishes
nasi goreng
- fried rice that includes Chinese greens and often meat; often served with satay
and a fried egg
nasi putih
- plain white steamed rice
pahit
- 'bitter'; word meaning 'no sugar' in tea or coffee
panas
- hot (temperature)
rijsttafel
- literally, rice table; a Dutch adaptation of an Indonesian banquet encompassing a
wide variety of dishes
sambal
- chilli sauce or paste; contains chillies, garlic or shallots and salt
sares
- chilli, coconut juice and banana-palm pith; sometimes mixed with chicken or meat (Lombok)
sate
- grilled meat on skewers with peanut sauce; also spelled satay
sayur
- vegetable
serebuk
- vegetables mixed with grated coconut (Lombok)
serombotan
- spicy salad of chilli, water spinach, bean sprouts, long beans, coconut milk and peanuts
soto ayam
- light chicken soup
susu
- milk
teh
- tea
tempe
- Indonesian soy-bean cake
timun urap
- sliced cucumber with grated coconut, onion and garlic (Lombok)
tom
- pounded duck, pork chicken or their livers, with spices and steamed in a banana leaves (Bali)
tuak
- palm beer/wine
urab
- greens with grated coconut, chilli, shallots and garlic
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