Food & Drinks in Indonesian

Food and drinks are a recurring talking point, not only while eating out on vacation. So let’s learn the most common words and phrases related to this topic.

Contents

Basic Food & Spices
Basic Words & Phrases
Dishes
Dishes & Cutlery
Drinks
Flavors
Fruit & Vegetables
Meat & Sausages
Sweets
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Basic Food & Spices

English	Indonesian	Pronunciation (Audio)
bread [Sg]	roti roti tawar
breads [Pl]	roti-roti
roll [Sg]	rol
rolls [Pl]	rol-rol
butter	mentega
cheese	keju
honey	madu
jam [Sg]	selai
jams [Pl]	selai-selai
egg [Sg]	telur
eggs [Pl]	telur-telur
noodles	mi
rice	nasi
yoghurt [Sg]	yoghurt
yoghurts [Pl]	yoghurt-yoghurt
sugar	gula
salt	garam
pepper	lada merica
spice [Sg]	bumbu
spices [Pl]	bumbu-bumbu
oil	minyak

Basic Words & Phrases

English	Indonesian	Pronunciation (Audio)
(to) eat	makan
food	makanan
(to) drink	minum
drink [Sg]	minuman
drinks [Pl]	minuman-minuman
hungry	lapar
hunger	rasa lapar
thirsty	haus
thirst	rasa haus
(to) cook	memasak
(to) taste	merasakan
tasty	enak
delicious	enak
Bon appetit! / Enjoy your meal!	Selamat makan! Selamat menikmati!
Cheers! / To your health!	Tos! Untuk kesehatanmu!
breakfast	makan pagi sarapan
lunch	makan siang
dinner	makan malam
restaurant [Sg]	restoran rumah makan
restaurants [Pl]	restoran-restoran
bar [Sg]	bar
bars [Pl]	bar-bar
café	kafe

Dishes

English	Indonesian	Pronunciation (Audio)
soup [Sg]	sup
soups [Pl]	sup-sup
salad [Sg]	salad
salads [Pl]	salad-salad
french fries / chips	kentang goreng

Dishes & Cutlery

English	Indonesian	Pronunciation (Audio)
cutlery	alat makan
fork	garpu
spoon	sendok
knife	pisau
plate	piring
glass	gelas
cup	gelas cangkir
mug	cangkir

Drinks

English	Indonesian	Pronunciation (Audio)
water	air
mineral water	air mineral
soda water / sparkling water	air soda
still water	air suling
juice [Sg]	jus
juices [Pl]	jus-jus
beer	bir
wine	anggur
champagne	sampanye
cocktail	koktil
milk	susu
cocoa	kokoa
coffee	kopi
tea	the

Flavors

English	Indonesian	Pronunciation (Audio)
sweet	manis
sour	asam
spicy	pedas
salty	asin
bitter	pahit

Fruit & Vegetables

English	Indonesian	Pronunciation (Audio)
fruit	buah
vegetables	sayur
apple [Sg]	apel
apples [Pl]	apel-apel
orange [Sg]	jeruk
oranges [Pl]	jeruk-jeruk
strawberry [Sg]	stroberi
strawberries [Pl]	stroberi-stroberi
banana [Sg]	pisang
bananas [Pl]	pisang-pisang
potato [Sg]	kentang
potatoes [Pl]	kentang-kentang
cucumber [Sg]	mentimun
cucumbers [Pl]	mentimun-mentimun

Meat & Sausages

English	Indonesian	Pronunciation (Audio)
meat	daging
sausage [Sg]	sosis
sausages [Pl]	sosis-sosis
small sausage [Sg]	sosis kecil
small sausages [Pl]	sosis-sosis kecil
ham	ham
chicken	ayam
fish	ikan
beef	sapi
lamb	kambing

Sweets

English	Indonesian	Pronunciation (Audio)
chocolate	coklat
pie [Sg]	pai
pies [Pl]	pai-pai
cake [Sg]	kue
cakes [Pl]	kue-kue
biscuit [Sg]	biskuit
biscuits [Pl]	biskuit-biskuit
icecream	es krim

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