Indosari

This place is hands down brilliant for a quick, cheap tasty meal.
We ate the rendang, a green vegetable curry and a jackfruit curry all served with a freshly pounded sambal.
The rendang was delicious– huge chunks of slow cooked, falling apart as you lifted it off the plate. The dark brown coconut gravy was perfectly spiced– creamy and savory.
The vegetable curries were tasty and perfectly cooked– no overcooked veg. Jackfruit curries are unusual here and it took me right back to Southeast Asia.
The stand out star of the meal was the sambal– pounded chilli, lemongrass, belacan and sugar was beyond delicous– I could have just eaten sambal and rice.
The décor isn’t amazing, but for the price and quality of the food I will not hesitate to recommend to everyone!

Possibly one of the best Indonesian take-​out food places I have ever had the pleasure of taking away from. The little shop’s location on Glenhuntly Road makes it a hit with residents in the Carnegie/​Caulfield area and is also a hit with students living around here too. Meaning: cheap and good!
Which is what you really want from a take-​out food joint after all! If you’re unfamiliar with Indonesian food, try the Beef Rendang (Spicy beef stew), fried eggplant, ikan bilis (anchovies and peanuts) and chicken curry. Expect to pay about $ 8 per head depending on what you order. But you basically can’t go wrong with the combination specified.
The owner is normally at the store (which doesn’t do the food justice) and is very friendly and offers recommendations when you haven’t a clue or can’t decide what to get. All in all, the home-​cooked, flavourful goodness and affordability will knock your socks off.