MEDAN, Indonesia — Travelers and food lovers considering Indonesian cuisine might think of many succulent dishes, including gado-gado, a mixed salad topped with a rich peanut sauce, beef rendang, slowly simmered in coconut milk, or soto, a traditional soup typically eaten for breakfast.
But of all of Indonesia’s best-known foods, one stands out as the national dish: nasi goreng (fried rice), which is served all over the country from roadside stalls to high-end hotels.
