JAKARTA GOOD FOOD GUIDE by Laksmi Pamuntjak

A guide to over 500 restaurants, cafes, casual eateries, and street vendors (kaki limas) in inner Jakarta, written by the poet and novelist Laksmi Pamuntjak. The photographs are by Yori Antar (JGFG 2001, JGFG 2002-2003) and by Paul Kadarisman (JGFG 2008-2009, JGFG 2009-2010). A guide independent of the hospitality or restaurant industry in Jakarta. It accepts advertising but NOT from restaurants. Restaurateurs cannot buy an editorial listing or a favorable rating in this guide. A guide that selects restaurants based on reputation, popularity, and consumers' recommendations and reviews them on their merits. Laksmi visits restaurants and pays her meals in full. Laksmi Pamuntjak (b. 1971) is a bilingual Indonesian novelist, poet, journalist, and food writer. She writes for numerous national and international publications including the Guardian. Amba, her 2012 debut novel, tells the modern story of two ill-starred lovers, Amba and Bhisma of the great Hindu epic Mahabharata, who were driven apart by one the bloodiest purges in the 20th century—the massacre of up to one million accused communists in Indonesia between 1965 and 1968. The novel was a finalist of the 2013 Khatulistiwa Literary Award and has been translated into several languages. Alle Farben Rot, the German version of Amba, won the LiBeraturpreis 2016. It is the only German literary prize awarded to women authors from Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Arab World. The novel was also named #1 on Germany’s Weltempfaenger list of the best works of fiction from Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Arab World translated into German. Paperback 19,5 x 15cm (portrait) English 612 pages 2009 Pena Klasik 3 kg ISBN: 978-979-97083-5-9