In Reply to: Authentic Nasi Goreng posted by wendyl on Friday, 10. August 2007 at 11:16 Bali Time:
they cater for the tourist taste & trade in order to survive.
True authenticity comes from the home - variances of dishes brought down from family.
The best way is to find some where that your not presented with a western type piece of paper ( menu ) written in English etc. This can be done by your own exploration. Trial and error.
If you are not native they will cook to the taste "they think" you will like.
The sad fact is "chinese" type takeaways in AUS for eg. bare little resemblance to the true dish. So we may go away dissapointed when we do get to taste the true dish.