Dish finder in Jakarta

Rice fried with sweet soy, shallots and chilli, topped with a fried egg and crackers. The evening cart outside every kos does a version.

Betawi coconut rice with fried chicken, tempeh, egg, crispy shallots and sambal, wrapped in paper or a banana leaf.

Rice porridge with shredded chicken, crackers, soy and fried shallots, from morning carts. Whether to stir it is a running argument.

Jakarta's own soup: beef and offal in a coconut-milk and milk broth with potato, tomato and emping crackers.

Beef meatballs in a clear broth with noodles, sold from carts and shops everywhere. Add sambal, soy and vinegar to taste.

Springy egg noodles tossed in chicken oil and soy, topped with sweet diced chicken and greens, with broth on the side.

West Sumatran dishes stacked in the window: rendang, curried jackfruit, fried chicken, greens. Point at what you want; you pay for what you take.

Chicken or goat skewers grilled over charcoal, with peanut or sweet-soy sauce and rice cakes.

Crisp fried catfish or chicken with raw vegetables and fiery sambal, served under roadside tents that appear at dusk.

Whole fish brushed with sweet soy and grilled over coconut husk, with sambal and rice. Choose it from the ice at seafood restaurants.

Sticky rice and duck egg cooked in a small wok, flipped over the coals and showered with toasted coconut and fried shallots. A Jakarta speciality.

Fish dumplings, tofu, cabbage and egg steamed and cut up, drowned in peanut sauce, from bicycle carts.

Blanched vegetables, tofu, tempeh, egg and rice cake under peanut sauce ground to order. Ask for it without shrimp paste (tanpa terasi) to keep it vegetarian.

A thick, buttery pancake folded around chocolate, cheese and peanuts, sold by the box from evening stalls.

Avocado, young coconut and jackfruit in coconut milk and syrup over shaved ice.