While there are bugger all international franchises in PNG, such as KFC, there is at least one brand you will see across the nation and that is Big Rooster. Now while the default opinion would be to assume it is just a KFC knock-off, the history and indeed taste say otherwise. The brand itself actually…
I like a good burger franchise, I love a well-made patty and of course I never shirk a challenge. And with Zarks Burgers I got all of the above today. I had been wanting to try this very Filipino franchise for a while, but being a Filipino franchise you tend to only see it in…
OK, so is there much of a street food Rantepao and Toraja scene? Well, despite getting here involving going, or staying in, some serious boony towns like Enrekang, there is actually a decent amount going on in Rantepao. This is in part at least because tourists do come here for the whole macabre funeral related…
When I walked past Rocket Chicken 2 in Parepare I assumed it was a shit local KFC knock-off that had at least 2 locations. As it turns out, I had stumbled across one of the big franchise success stories in Indonesia. And while it did not make my previous list of top fast food restaurants…
On my way from Makassar in search of bulls getting slaughtered I decided to stop at the seaside town of Parepare. I assumed that while smaller than Makassar, it would still have a banging street food scene. It would appear I was wrong, with there in fact being very little to do in this sleepy…
If you’re looking for Porki Station in Glodok Chinatown then the bad news is that you are now shit out of luck. Yes, the sign is still there, but there’s a red cross on it and the restaurant is now called Masakan Chinese Food. I found this out the hard way while looking for pork…
