Medan

Tip Top Restaurant

Used to be the restaurant in medan, this unique restaurant can trace its history back to the dutch colonization. located in ahmad yani street, the food has a nostalgic taste clinging on every bites, such as the ox-tongue sandwich and the bitter-ballen, but the best experience you could have here is watching the buzz of kesawan square from your rattan chairs in its verandah.

,as the name implies, serves tasty Sundanese food and beverages such as Nasi Liwet and Es Delima. Located at the heart of the city at the corner of S.Parman and Hasanuddin makes it a place hard to miss if you travel around the city. Its reasonably priced and wide array selection of delicious food is well known to both the locals and visitors alike. Koki Sunda now opens in Tanjung Morawa and Pekan Baru.

Merdeka Walk

The hottest hangout in medan. a complex of cafeteria, restaurant and food stall, it is truly a food center that offers high varieties of asian and western food with a unique medan touch. located right at the zero point of medan, it is a landmark of medan city. image:http://www.pemkomedan.go.id/images/news/2173.jpg

Roland's German Restaurant

(http://rolands-indonesia.com). the only german restaurant in medan located at the main entrance to tasbi complex. tel. 061-821-4379

Gelato Bar

(http://www.gelato-bar.com), italian gelato dessert and many popular pasta dishes are available here. with their stylish dessertd. its good place to hang out and relax. tel 061-4533166

Obonk Steak Restaurant

Located on pattimura street and hm joni street. the cheapest and most affordable salad and steak available in town. for more information call 456-9989

Apek's Coffee House

Jalan hindu, kesawan, medan. historic coffee house with excellent lintong coffee served up by 79-year old apek. this place was set up by apek's father in 1922. serves roti srikaya kaya toast. contains stalls with indian roti cane bread with goat curry and martabaq and malay soto soup. outside are malay fried rice and chinese kwetiau noodles. piece of medan history

Merdeka Walk

The hottest hangout place in town, cafe, resto, exhibition, entertainment at lapangan merdeka.

Kesawan Square

Is located along ahmad yani street, before merdeka walk. it offers unique atmosphere for pleasure. open only @ 6pm til' 1am everyday. numerous vendors provide various kinds of cuisine, the majority of which are chinese. each vendor has "halal" or "non halal" label on their stand. however, the toilet facilities provided in the area are abysmal.

Pagaruyung Alley

Located at medan's "little india" or refered as "kampung keling" by locals. they offer, of course, indian and indonesian cuisine. begin their business when the sun sets till 2 a.m. they are well known for satay chicken, lamb, liver, intestine, etc., fried rice and martbak telur egg pancake topped with diced potatoes, and onions, often served with curry.

Blu Apple Frozen Yoghurt

The best frozen yoghurt in medan. if you want to eat a tasty but healthy icecream without the fat and calories, visit one of their two branches in medan, at sun-plaza or cambridge square.

Lontong Sayur Kak Lin

Serving tasty and cheap lontong sayur rice cakes in hot vegetables curry, this humble eatery in cik di tiro street is not much to look at for the uniniatiated. but judging from the crowd that line in queue to buy their breakfast and lunch here, you can be sure that you have met the darling of medan local dish.

Mie Aceh Titi Bobrok

Which has been dubbed by one of the indonesian lifestyle magazines as the most popular local dish in medan. a simple dish of noodle served with chili sauce and crab, rumour has it that the secret ingredient which make the aceh-style noodle irresitistible is a dash of acehnese marijuana, which is the commonest drug that could be imported illegally from the region. but that, of course, only heightened the mystery and the notoriety of the delicious mie aceh.

Garuda

Never forget to visit the famous local padang restaurant. well known for its rendang padang-style beef dish cooked slowly in coconut gravy and chili and ayam pop padang-style chicken dish cooked in coconut gravy, garuda also mantain its status as one of the first local restaurant who expands itself by franchising.