There's a famous fried chicken in Yogyakarta. It's so famous that there are branches of Ayam Goreng Nyonya Suharti as far away as Jakarta (which locals seem to refer to as The Big City). I have a connoiseur's love of fried chicken, having grown up in the Deep South, and so when I caught wind of read more
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sunrise over yogyakarta
The view from our plane's window After our decadent meal-indulging in Bali, it was time to head on to Yogyakarta. We woke up at 4:00 AM, and by 6:00 AM we were flying over Java island. As it turns out, there's often fog in the mornings that keeps planes from landing on time, and so we circled for read more
chandi indeed
Top: the dining room at Chandi isn't normally this empty, but we eat dinner at 5:00 nowadays; bottom left: a chocolate fondant cake with crispy ginger and caramel swirls; bottom right: the chicken sisit bumbu Bali Our hands-down favorite meal in Seminyak goes to Chandi, an almost unnoticeable read more
searching for locals in bali
Ikan panggang kemangi, or steamed whole siakap (local snapper) with fresh red chilies, ginger, lemongrass and kaffir lime, then topped with basil It's really hard for me to resist a steamed whole fish covered in some sort of medley of fresh herbs. It's my go-to dish on basically any sophisticated read more
