In Reply to: JBR Air Asia and Febris posted by jarrah on Sunday, 20. December 2009 at 12:45 Bali Time:
I had the same meal as you in September. The Ikan Bilis or dried fish is an Indonesian staple. The fish are grown in the rice paddies and dried in the sun.
One of my most enduring memories was watching rats leaping from tray to tray of Ikan Bilis in the public market in Yogjakarta.
Ikan Bilis is strange to a bule but very normal food for an Indonesian.