(This venue is closed.) Look over that menu, then consider reaching for your MetroCard.
Through the Dutch East India Co. or as a colony of the Netherlands, Indonesia was within the European sphere of influence for more than 300 years. But in the curry chicken "kroket" ($2.45) and the curry chicken with rice ($7.50), I detected only a whisper of Asian spices (the kroket did have a firm, crunchy shell). No hot sauces were on hand to amp up the intensity, either.
When you're not on a weekday lunch break, the F train at the nearest intersection (Sixth and 57th) can whisk you away to the Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Ave. station in less than 20 minutes. A few minutes farther on by foot, Upi Jaya is a colorful way to spice up your day. At the summer food bazaars outside Astoria's Al-Hikmah mosque, when I asked around about the New York's best Indonesian restaurant, Upi Jaya was the unhesitating consensus choice.
As for a Dutch recommendation (of a different sort), consider Netherland
Danku
47 West 57th St. (Fifth-Sixth Aves.)
212-888-3777
www.Danku.com
