That's the time-honoured Ayam Goreng experience. A slippery, garlicky mess of kangkong is a good side order, as is sweet-and-sour vegetable soup (sayur asem) thick with cabbage, peanuts and corn.

Growing up in Sydney, Australia, Lara Lee’s Indonesian grandmother made nasi goreng at least once a week. “We would always have rice with every meal,” Lee recalls, “and then my grandmother ...

But an Orchard Road food stall has customers queuing up for a taste of their famed nasi ayam goreng despite chances of them getting shouted at by the "grouchy" stall uncle. Located in Lucky ...