Taste

Padang cuisine displayed in a Jakarta restaurant

Twelve plates before you finish sitting down, and you pay only for what you touch. The fastest fine dining on earth, read as trust economics and interface design. Read more...

Traditional coffee brewing in a rustic Indonesian setting

Kopi Tubruk, Unfiltered

The defense of mud at the bottom of the glass, against every paper filter in the city. Indonesia's oldest brew method, taken seriously at last. Read more...

Traditional boat-roofed houses in Tana Toraja

Toraja, the Other Highlands

Gayo got its piece; the funeral-feast coffee culture of Sulawesi deserves its own. Boat-roofed houses, buffalo economics, and a cup that tastes like forest floor. Read more...

Indonesian sambal with lime on a wooden table

Sambal Is a Memory Technology

A thousand regional versions, ground fresh on stone, and the dish most likely to make an islander abroad cry. The house's own thesis, proven in chili form. Read more...

A long table set with plates and silverware

Sobremesa

The hours at the table after the plates are cleared, versus the ninety-minute seating limit. A defense of lingering, in a restaurant economy built to prevent it. Read more...

A hand holding a bamboo whisk over a bowl of matcha

The Matcha Report

Ceremonial grade in a can, whisked at two hundred cafes, priced like wine. Where the matcha wave stops being taste and starts being uniform. Read more...