Originally Posted by
Binagirl
I loved the Indonesian rice table restaurants I tried in Amsterdam.
I hated eating in Jakarta however. I do not eat beef or pork and ended up with Nasi Goreng for pretty much every meal during a week long visit there a couple of years ago.
If you're planning to go back to Jakarta, I can suggest to you (and FT) ways to cope with avoiding meat while still eating Indonesian food.
As for nasgor (nasi goreng; portmanteaus are common in Indonesia), if you were eating on the street (and probably in many restaurants), they'll cook everything in the same wok so meat inevitably lent a bit of its fragrance to your meal. Not uncommon anywhere in the world.