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  • Looking down at a table filled with plates of food including large beef ribs, rice and sticky sauce, a noodle and vegetable bowl and a salad with peanuts.
  • Looking down at a table filled with plates of Indonesian food including a noodle and egg dish, fried chicken and rice, all served with small bowls of sauce.
  • Yellow exterior of Kantin restaurant on Lygon Street with people seated at outdoor tables.
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Kantin - Carlton

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Kantin is the Indonesian word for canteen and it's reflective of the small, casual diner that Kantin is.

What sets Kantin apart from other, similar Indonesian restaurants in town, is its focus on the Minahasan/Manadonese cuisine of North Sulawesi. Manadonese food is known for its generous use of rich spices, spicy condiments, a wide variety of proteins, and European-influenced baked treats.

Signature dishes at Kantin include bakmi ayam rica (Manadonese spicy chicken, fried wontons, and bok choy, on a bowl of noodles), nasi iga sapi panggang (sticky, caramelised grilled beef ribs on rice with sambal manis pedas), and udang woku santan (prawns in Manadnoese spices with coconut gravy).

Or try the nasi kuning Manado for more of a mixed plate. It's fragrant toasted coconut and turmeric rice served with a hard boiled egg, spicy caramelised anchovies and peanuts, garlic crackers, cucumber, sambal terasi, and your choice of protein.

Hours

Day Times
Monday
  • 11.30am - 9.30pm 11.30am - 9.30pm
Tuesday
  • 11.30am - 9.30pm 11.30am - 9.30pm
Wednesday
  • 11.30am - 9.30pm 11.30am - 9.30pm
Thursday
  • 11.30am - 9.30pm 11.30am - 9.30pm
Friday
  • 11.30am - 10.30pm 11.30am - 10.30pm
Saturday
  • 11.30am - 10.30pm 11.30am - 10.30pm
Sunday
  • 11.30am - 9.30pm 11.30am - 9.30pm

Location

Kantin
122 Lygon St
Carlton 3053

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Contact details

  • telephone number: 0431 431 353
  • email address: hi@kantin.com.au
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