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…
I like a good burger franchise, I love a well-made patty and of course I never shirk a challenge. And with Zarks Burgers I got all of the above today. I had been wanting to try this very Filipino franchise for a while, but being a Filipino franchise you tend to only see it in…
Port Moresby is one of those cities that can be a bit shit unless you find out where to go from locals. Case in point here being Alibi Bar and Grill, which I have somehow only just discovered. This being despite the fact expats have since told me it was the “default choice for dining”….
I have already talked a lot about how great I feel Makassar Airport, or rather the Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (IATA: UPG) is, but on my most recent visit they took things to a whole new level. At the Blue Sky Lounge Makassar it turns out they had seen some of my TikTok videos and,…
OK, so is there much of a street food Rantepao and Toraja scene? Well, despite getting here involving going, or staying in, some serious boony towns like Enrekang, there is actually a decent amount going on in Rantepao. This is in part at least because tourists do come here for the whole macabre funeral related…
When I walked past Rocket Chicken 2 in Parepare I assumed it was a shit local KFC knock-off that had at least 2 locations. As it turns out, I had stumbled across one of the big franchise success stories in Indonesia. And while it did not make my previous list of top fast food restaurants…
