This Indonesian national dish had a brief claim to fame in Aussie culture

The history of nasi goreng is murky and complex, but it’s famous enough in Australia to have been part of a Telstra ad in the 2000s.

Nasi goreng might be a deeply loved dish throughout Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, but it has earned a place in Australia’s pop-cultural history, too. You might remember the BigPond TV advertisement from almost 20 years ago now, in which a kid asks his dad to explain the Great Wall of China. “That was … during the time of Emperor Nasi Goreng,” the dad mumbles, “and it was to keep the rabbits out.

Nasi goreng, for the few uninitiated, is a dish of day-old rice that’s fried at high temperature with a range of spices, plus sweet soy sauce, fish sauce and shrimp paste, then meat – usually chicken or beef – and egg, fried and placed on top. The dish is served with crisp shallots, pickled vegetables and chilli sambal. If there really was an Emperor Nasi Goreng, we would bow down in obeisance.The history of nasi goreng is murky and complex.

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