In Reply to: stone or granite mortar and pestle posted by anada on Monday, 10. August 2009 at 15:39 Bali Time:
A Mortar and Pestle is essential for Indonesian cooking to make the Belacan.
It is too expensive to buy a Mortar and Pestle in Bali and freight it to Australia.
It is better to buy a Mortar and Pestle in Australia.
Better still, if you know of an Indonesian or Malaysian family returning to their own countries, offer to "adopt" their Mortar and Pestle. They will gladly get rid of it because of the weight.