Sandy • The 17,000 islands that make up Indonesia are home to the fourth-largest population in the world. But few of us in Utah know anything about Indonesia’s food.
The owners of MakanMakan, an Indonesian-influenced restaurant found in a commercial center next to a diamond dealer and chain breakfast joint, hope to change that. With their unexpectedly delightful take on the street food of their youth and their travels to Southeast Asia, they may just do so. Being perhaps the Salt Lake Valley’s only Indonesian-Malaysian restaurant seems to have its advantages: One Saturday night, more than an hour before closing time, we were turned away because the kitchen couldn’t keep up with demand.