Cuisine: North Sulawesi

• Main Dish

1. Ayam Rica-rica

Hot, spicy, tasty are the words that are often used to describe this tongue-burning dish from Manado (in fact, rica means chili). This roasted chicken coated with grinded chili and red pepper is surely a hard-to-miss dish when you are visiting Manado. Served with hot steamed rice.

Ayam Rica-rica

    2. Tumis Bunga Pepaya

If you think that bitter is the least thing that you would ever want to taste, think again, because this dish from Manado is out of the ordinary. Sautéed papaya leaves and water spinach, or kangkung in local tongue, served with grilled fish or smoked tuna will make you want to have more of this Indonesian dish. 

Tumis Bunga Pepaya