Noodle, No.1 rice replacement in Indonesia

Compared to American and European countries who are most comfortable with not eating rice and prefer bread, the Indonesian people are very fond with rice. Daily foods, whatever the side dishes are, are incomplete without rice as the main dish. Fried rice or Nasi Goreng (often abbreviated as nas-gor) is the most famous dish that can be made from rice.

Paddy

Rice 2

Rice 1

Fried rice

Potato used to be the rice replacement

So, what happens if there is no rice on the table? The famous replacement was actually a potato. Not fried potato or french fries like what you buy from McD or KFC, but ordinary potatoes. BUT surprisingly, that habit has changed. The most famous replacement is now noodles. It is very popular and well-received by all kinds of people. It comes in many variations of flavors, size, and conveniences. There’s the normal size, big size (1,5 times of the normal size), and there’s noodle that comes with a cup.

Indomie, normal size

Cooked and ready

Noodles for a cup size 1

Noodles for a cup size 2

Noodles for a cup size 3

Then, there is the most popular noodles, Mi Goreng rendang for the normal size and the Indomie Mi Goreng instant cup noodles for the cup size. Explaining foods by words seems tedious and unnecessary, so see the pictures below.

The packaging

The noodle block

Dry seasonings

Powdered seasoning

Chili powder

Seasoned oil and sweet soy sauce

Seasoned oil

Sweet soy sauce

(See the commercial video too)

 

And here’s the one for the cup size.

The packaging 1

The packaging 2

The ingredients info

Dry packets (fried onion and powdered base)

Liquid seasonings (seasoned oil, chili sauce, sweet soy sauce)

Fork bonus

Noodle block

Easy, practical, quick, and delicious are everything you get from it. No wonder that the noodles are very famous in Indonesia. Ever thought about investing in one of the companies?

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