Restaurants in Sumatra
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Bedudal Café
For bread, beer and English menus, try Bedudal Café or Canyon Café. They also prepare the local speciality, dadiah campur, which is a tasty mixture of oats, coconut, fruit, molasses and buffalo-milk yogurt.
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Batak Warung
In Pangururan, a simple warung, across from the police station, looks more like a bus stop than a restaurant, but it does a busy lunch-time trade of Batak dishes, such as sassang (stewed pork) and nila (fish stew).
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Canyon Café
The Canyon Café has good english food and they also prepare the local speciality, dadiah campur, which is a tasty mixture of oats, coconut, fruit, molasses and buffalo-milk yogurt.
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Country Steak House
Wherever there are executives, rest assured there are steaks. Psst, there's beer here too. The restaurant also has wireless access for laptops.
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Tony's Restaurant
Although it looks closed, Tony's is still firing up pizzas. It is located directly behind the bus terminal.
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Rumah Makan Famili
A well-known Padang spot, on the ground floor of Ibunda Hotel, for beef rendang with duck egg. The restaurant is a refreshing space drowning out traffic with an indoor waterfall and lots of high-flying businessmen meeting over lunch. You can also get the wacky meats: bowel, brain or heart simmered in coconut milk.
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Pasar Malam
For Chinese food, let your tummy do a tour of Medan's night market, east of the railway line, off Jl Pandu. Lots of simple warungs occupy the front courtyards of the houses in the little lanes around Mesjid Raya; the menu is on display with a few pre-made curries, coffee, tea and sometimes juices.
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Simpang Raya
Naturally enough, Padang food is plentiful. Locals disagree about which outpost does the best nasi Padang - you'll just have to try them all for yourself: Roda Group, south of the clock tower; Simpang Raya, with another branch on Jl Minangkabau; and Selamat.
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Selamat
Naturally enough, Padang food is plentiful. Locals disagree about which outpost does the best nasi Padang - you'll just have to try them all for yourself: Roda Group, south of the clock tower; Simpang Raya, with another branch on Jl Minangkabau; and Selamat.
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Roda Group
Naturally enough, Padang food is plentiful. Locals disagree about which outpost does the best nasi Padang - you'll just have to try them all for yourself: Roda Group, south of the clock tower; Simpang Raya, with another branch on Jl Minangkabau; and Selamat.
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Pagi Sore
Padang is the birth mother of the cuisine that migrated across Indonesia. Even though everyone swears that Padang cuisine tastes better outside of Padang, pay homage to the native cooks with a visit to one of these famous franchises: Pagi Sore and Simpang Raya.
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Simpang Raya
Padang is the birth mother of the cuisine that migrated across Indonesia. Even though everyone swears that Padang cuisine tastes better outside of Padang, pay homage to the native cooks with a visit to one of these famous franchises: Pagi Sore and Simpang Raya.
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Taman Rekreasi Seri Deli
For basic Malay food, this venue, opposite the Mesjid Raya, is a slightly upmarket approach to stall dining. But the keropok (cracker) sellers, blind beggars and spoon players might find you more of an oddity than vice versa.
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Corner Café Raya
A Western expat and his Indonesian wife run this home-away-from-home café, complete with breakfast fry-ups, cold beer, international TV and travellers' advice. There's talk of opening up some of the upstairs rooms for rent.
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Tip Top Restaurant
Only the prices have changed at this old colonial relic, great for a drink of bygone imperialism. The menu, with typewriter font and 1950s dishes, should be enshrined in a museum rather than used to sate hunger.
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Merdeka Walk
Inspired by Singapore's alfresco dining, this collection of outdoor cafés occupies Lapangan Merdeka and is anchored by one of the shiniest McDonald's you'll see outside the Soviet bloc.
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Sun Plaza
The whole city have flipped their wristwatches over this shiny new shopping centre, where there's a pan-Asian food court, European-style restaurants and a startling amount of affluence.
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Rumba Pizzeria & Homestay
Sometimes Rumba's is full of energy cranking out Toba music and side dishes of cheerfulness. But even if it's deserted, the pizzas are divine after the monotony of nasi Padang.
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France Modern Bakery
If you're still easing into rice for every meal, break your fast at this local bakery within walking distance of Batang Arau Hotel.
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Mie Razali
This local rice and noodle chain spins up an avocado-chocolate shake that tastes like ice cream after a romp through a green field.
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Rumah Makan Asia
Aceh's version of masakan Padang (Padang dish) has an array of zesty dishes, such as ikan panggang (baked fish).
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Open-Air Cafés
Several open-air cafés along the river en route to the park entrance serve fruit salads, nasi goreng and a chill ambience.
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Bamboo Restaurant & Bar
A stylish place to watch the sun slink away, Bamboo has cosy cushion seating, a down-tempo mood and a reliable menu.
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Tropicana
One of two seafood restaurants in town where the NGOs go. Just look for the tell-tale SUVs parked out front.
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