(in Indonesian cuisine) a salad of raw and cooked vegetables in a spicy peanut sauce, often served with fried tofu and hard-boiled eggs.
there's an attractive display of salads, and daily savouries like gado gado and kidney bean and cheese bake
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So, we've been indulging in salads, veggie curries, and gado gado, a local dish of blanched veg, covered with peanut sauce and served with a soft boiled egg, and fried tofu or tempeh.
To start off, you might want to try the gado gado ($7), a classic Indonesian dish, a cold salad made with cabbage, potatoes, tempeh, green beans, tofu, eggs, tomatoes and spinach.
On the other hand, the gado gado was like an indonesian salad.
Granted, gado gado (dressing and salad go by the same name) sounds more exotic and exciting, but the adventure of this dish is in tweaking familiar ingredients for a refreshing change.
Among the culinary delights of Indonesia recommended is gado gado, a dish of steamed bean sprouts and other vegetables served with a spicy peanut sauce.
We dined in style on gado gado (mixed vegetables with peanut sauce).
Origin
From Javanese gadho-gadho, probably from nggadho 'eat without rice'.