some people told us to go to a small Indonesian restaurant in the kaya grandi,we have been there and it was great and i only can tell you go there and try it,let me know what you think about.
They told us that they get RIJSTTAFEL verry soon and thats what we LOVE some other good places we have been Caprico with delicated Italian food and It Rains Fishes with the best fishfilet in musterdsauce we ever had so try them

If you are referring to the new Indonesian snack in the nicely renovated blue-painted building north of Kaya Grandi, then I second your vote! One of my colleagues at Buddy Dive had suggested I try it, and I was very pleased she did. I was happy with everything we ordered (don't ask me what it was...) and the combination of spices the chef used was incredible. Also I had the first egg roll that tasted like the ones we Americans are used to getting in the states. (No offense to the other Bonairean snacks or chinese restaurants.) We got our order to go, had a cold beer while we waited, and everything was still nice and hot when we got home. Enjoyed every bit and plan to make a habit out of going!

wow we never had indonesian food but from now on we will have great food great taste and the service was absolut great to we will be back
thanks

I, too, highly recommend this wonderful restaurant (Warung Ketjil) for its great food, friendly owners and its convenience and outdoor ambiance. I will again post this pic of the man who runs this great place (Salamat Makan?)......what a smile!! Can't wait to return to his place this November. I was considering asking him to cater our Thanksgiving dinner on the island!! We brought home one of his menus to be ready for the next time....but, there is no question as to what we will order...it will be the Rijsttafel for two! Carole

Also ate there w/ my son-in-law. Excellent.

Carol....Indonesian thanks giving ristafel....hmmm...not a bad idea! Diana's father is Indnesian and he makes lots of the same dishes, only HOTTER! Do you think we can get lompeia (egg roll) made to look like a turkey?

Michael: Where there is a will, there is a way! I'll bet we can shape them into a Pilgrim, if we truly wanted to!! I am dead serious about a Rijsttafel Thanksgiving dinner. I think it would be fabulous. We will throw in a turkey, too, of course for tradition's sake...and for enjoyment, too, but think it over......hmmmmm. Yummmmm. the HOTTER the better for me, too!

PS How is your countertop now?? Is the hole any bigger now?? LOL. Here is Joe enjoying his Rijsttafel at Warung Ketjil last May 2001. Carole

Took to long to load the photo! Message posted before I could upload. Here it is....Carole

Just a side note. I never had Indonesian food until I went to Bonaire. However, since living in Jakarta for the past year and a half I have found that the Indonesian food that is on Bonaire is a Dutch style. This is from observation and discussions with locals.

It's kinda funny, when tourists would ask to 'eat Dutch food', they would be directed to Indonesian. I think what is similiar is the spices and sauces.

Here in Indonesia, Warung Ketjil means 'Small Place' (Warung means place and there are thousands of warungs along the streets) and Selamat Maken in "Bon Appetite" in Bahasha Indonesia. Maybe you misundertood his name or he misunderstood your question. You did have a ? there.

The traditional Indoneisan restaurant has a menu that is strange to me, not to the locals - whole fish (small) fried, boiled or grilled is a basic fare. Also, you eat with your fingers - one gathers vegetables, mixed in with the rice and scooped up and eaten. A box of tissues (kleenex) is for your use on each table. It really is kind of neat.

Of course you have the ever present sate with the peanut sauce and they have a soup that is fantastic, mixed with vegetables, corn on the cob and a 'nut' that has to peeled before eating...hahaha, I thought it was good when I chewed it all up. There are also boiled fish balls that are very tasty. And as in the Dutch versions, there are a lot of deep fried items, too.

It is difficult to find "Dutch Indonesian" food restaurants here. From what I know, they are not frequented by the local population, but by Westerners and the locals say it's not so good. Cultural thing, I'm sure. So, if you ever come to Indonesia and you want to eat local food, it will differ slightly from what you had in Bonaire.

The spices are great! And the food is delicious, most of the time. Indonesians eat 'all' of the fish or animal - I mean all, nothing really goes to waste. I pass when the innards soups and stuff come by my way.

Having said that - what you eat as Indonesian food on Bonaire is absolutely great tasting food and is considered Indonesian food by most. The hotter the better, for sure.

Diana's favorite is the head of the whole fish, eyes and all. A lot of the indonesian food here is also influenced by Surinam cooks as well.

For some strange fate, when we are served fish, the head always seems to point my way and has this stange habit of staring at me.....

I guess island people eating the whole fish - head and eyes - is no different than sodbusters eating the whole pig (except for the squeal of course).

Thanks - forgot about the Surinam influence.

Ohhhh Barry...

oooh...i had one of those at the amedeus restaurant(whatever)...
i only found one eye on my plate after i finished...does this fish only have one eye or did i? ....yuck!!!

fish was good...i need to learn how to take the bone out properly...

Thanks Ellen Eye needed that that. Eye'll be seeing you later with a payback....so you better dot your i's and cross your t's.....cuz Eye'm keeping an eye on you!

Bob, yeah...two...you did...so, the fish was good, how was the eye? No bones to take out, yeah? That's why I turn it...rather have the other end thankyou.....

This was great ,we never had indonesian food before ,but from now on we will THANKS WARUNG KETJIL you will see us back