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  • noun A type of small family-owned business — often a casual, usually outdoor restaurant (or convenience store) — in Indonesia.

Etymologies

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Indonesian

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Examples

  • While guidebooks and hotel concierges may warn you that eating at a warung is a little like playing Russian roulette with your stomach, they are probably being overly cautious.

    NYT > Home Page By GISELA WILLIAMS 2010

  • While guidebooks and hotel concierges may warn you that eating at a warung is a little like playing Russian roulette with your stomach, they are probably being overly cautious.

    NYT > Home Page By GISELA WILLIAMS 2010

  • While guidebooks and hotel concierges may warn you that eating at a warung is a little like playing Russian roulette with your stomach, they are probably being overly cautious.

    Summit Daily News - Top Stories 2009

  • While guidebooks and hotel concierges may warn you that eating at a warung is a little like playing Russian roulette with your stomach, they are probably being overly cautious.

    post-gazette.com - News 2009

  • While guidebooks and hotel concierges may warn you that eating at a warung is a little like playing Russian roulette with your stomach, they are probably being overly cautious.

    post-gazette.com - News 2009

  • There's a small "warung" at the harbour where we can order a lunch box and choose our drinks.

    ...LiFe iS BeauTifuL... 2009

  • They even have small shops in which we called them as "warung" back in my country.

    ...LiFe iS BeauTifuL... 2008

  • Too labor-intensive and time-consuming to prepare at home, the dish is most often purchased from a street-side vendor or eaten at a warung.

    Ayam Goreng 2009

  • "In Yogya, if we want really good food we go to a warung," she says.

    Ayam Goreng 2009

  • At this simple warung it's mostly about the bird, which possesses a straightforward flavor mostly unfettered by spices.

    Ayam Goreng 2009

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  • Indonesian: a small eating house or roadside food stall, usually very informal.

    November 29, 2011