Places to Eat
The Acehnese breakfast staple is nasi gurih (rice cooked in coconut milk) sold in coffee shops
everywhere. Food stalls and Padang restaurants are open across the undamaged part of
town, and fruit carts are ubiquitous. On Jl Panglima Polem 125, the recommended Banda
Seafood Restaurant also offers fine chicken, meat and vegetable dishes. Near the Kartika
Hotel, on Jl Nyak Adam Kamil IV 41-VII, the Warung Ibu Pocut, in a traditional stilted wooden
house with open sides, offers great local fare and a fresh breeze. Across the road, the more
upmarket Big Top cooks up Chinese and Indonesian dishes. The Sultan Hotel has a popular
café that serves good French fries, while the chef at the hotel’s Koetaradja Restaurant boldly
tries his hand at a Sultan Burger. The Niagara Café on Jalan Hasandek 8-9 has every fruit
juice imaginable and a satay stand outside. There are some nice coffee houses with soothing
rice-paddy views around Ulee Kareng, along Jl Tengku Iskander on the town’s western
outskirts
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