Sop Konro Karebosi
One of the most famous Sop Konro restaurant. They serve Sop Konro beef ribs in traditional dark soup and Konro Bakar grilled beef ribs, served with tasty peanut sauce. There are some other Sop Konro restaurant, you may ask your tour guide for further information
Nasi Kuning
Yellow rice served with various dishes. One of the most favorite breakfast in Makassar. The most famous one is Nasi Kuning Riburane, located at the corner of Jl. Sulawesi and Jl. Riburane or you might want to try Nasi Kuning Popsa, located IN the Popsa pier on Jl. Penghibur. Some nasi kuning seller sell at night. If you have a midnight hunger, you might take a walk to Jl. Ahmad Yani, there is a nasi kuning seller called Nasi Kuning Emon across the Balaikota Building Mayor's Office.
Songkolo
Stirred glutinous rice, served with fried grated coconut, salted fish and sambal traditional chili sauce. It's quite difficult to find songkolo around Makassar nowadays. It's usually available at the traditional market or traditional food seller. Try Bacan Market Pasar Bacan in the morning if you want to have songkolo.
Mie Kanton
Kantonese style fried noodle. It's deep fried or usually grilled noodle, served with condensed soup containing vegetables, fried meatball, and pork meat. Can be found around chinatown as mentioned above. The famous Mie Kanton restaurants are Kios Lombok on Jl. Lombok, Lotus Restaurant on Jl. Lombok, Kios Ateng on Jl. Sangir, Kios Ramayana on Jl. Gunung Lompobattang, etc
Cafe Mama
A cozy cafe. They serve traditional cakes, cookies, sweets, and drinks. They also serve home made ice cream. The price is quite expensive. For cheaper traditional cake, you can find it at Toko Ende, near Lasinrang Street.
Coto Makassar
Traditional makassar soup. Quite similar to Sop Saudara, but has different taste. Usually served with rice cake. It's very easy to be found around Makassar. The famous coto restaurants are Coto Gagak on Jl. Gagak, Coto Nusantara on Jl. Nusantara, Coto Daeng on Jl. Karunrung and Jl. Pengayoman, Coto Dewi on Jl. Sunu, Jl. Sultan Alauddin and Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan.
Buroncong
Early morning breakfast cake. Baked on firewood. It's made of grated coconut, flour, etc.
Pisang Ijo
Banana wrapped in thick green rice flour layer, served with condensed coconut milk and syrup. The most famous one is made by Bravo Restaurant on Jl. Andalas, but it can also be found at Nyuk Nyan restaurant on Jl. Irian and Jl. Bali, sometimes hotels serve Pisang Ijo as well..
Sop Saudara
Traditional South Sulawesi soup, it contains meat, liver, lung, etc. However, you may choose the ingredients you want in your soup.
Pisang epe
Pressed grilled banana, served with melted brown sugar. Available with chocolate and/or cheese topping, and durian seasonal flavor.
Pangsit Mie
Pangsit Mie is noodle served with BBQ pork, chicken and wontons. Easy to be found around the chinatown Jl. Sulawesi, Jl Lombok, Jl. Sangir and surrounding area. They usually available only until lunch time. The famous one is Pangsit Mie Kenangan on Jl. Lombok, Pangsit Mie Toraja on Jl. Sulawesi and Pansit Mie Madya on Jl. Buru
Restoran Nelayan
Famous seafood restaurant. They serve various fish, shrimp, squid, lobster sometimes, chicken, traditional vegetables, etc. There are other similar restaurants around the city, you might want to try Dinar or Ratu Gurih, both on Jl. Lamadukelleng.
Pallubasa
Makassar style meat soup. The soup is spicy and contains grated coconut. The most famous Pallubasa is located on Jl. Serigala, known as Pallubasa Serigala. Note: Avoid lunchtime as it is very difficult to get seats on lunchtime.
Surya Restaurant
One of the biggest chinese food restaurant in Makassar. They are famous for their crab dishes. Ask for the female crab it might cost more than the male crabs, female crabs have the delicious crabs egg inside them.
Ikan Bakar Paotere
Famous seafood restaurant, they are famous for their grilled milkfish served with peanut sauce and coconut milk soup. Other seafood restaurant also sell grilled milkfish, but this one is remarkable.