When you start asking around for restaurants to try local food in Rantepao and Toraja, there is one name that keeps coming up – and that is Warung Pong Buri. And this was coming from people I spoke to and continuously on TikTok. Therefore, when I went to check out the Rantepao street food scene,…
While there are bugger all international franchises in PNG, such as KFC, there is at least one brand you will see across the nation and that is Big Rooster. Now while the default opinion would be to assume it is just a KFC knock-off, the history and indeed taste say otherwise. The brand itself actually…
In actuality Soundana Restorant in Rantepao is the kind of place tour guides take you because it is “safe” and they perhaps get a commission. This though does not mean it is all bad. The food is actually pretty decent, the location among paddy fields is breathtaking and it scores 4.5 on TripAdvisor. It is…
Since the slide towards Islamification, getting a beer in Indonesia is often harder than finding a nude photo of Tatiana Zappardino nude. Still, in the right circumstances Indonesian-made beer such as Anker is available. I was to try Anker Beer at a Christian, but also rather touristy restaurant in Rantepao. As Indonesian beers go it…
