After touching down in Bali on June 23, the family continued their travels to the ancient city of Yogyakarta before finishing off the trip in Obama's childhood home of Jakarta. 

The vacation was apparently a chance for the 44^th US president to take a trip down memory lane, including digging into some old favorite dishes. 

Obama lived in Indonesia from 1967 until 1971, during which time his half-sister Maya Soetoro Ng said he enjoyed dishes such as bakso (meatballs), pepes ikan (steamed fish wrapped in a banana leaf) and sambal tempe (fermented soybean cake with chili sauce).

"I have been eating a lot," Obama said in Jakarta on Saturday when he also delivered the keynote speech at the Indonesian Diaspora Congress before flying off the next day.

Here are seven of the Indonesian dishes Obama and his family had during their stay in the archipelago, according to kompas.com. 

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Bakso 

During a meeting with President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Friday, Obama reportedly finished off a bowl of bakso that was served at the Grand Garden Café, which is located within the compound of the Bogor Botanical Gardens. Bakso is widely known to be one of Obama's favorite Indonesian dishes.

Satay

In addition to bakso, satay (skewered, roasted meat) was also served at the Grand Garden Café. A generous serving of the dish was shared by Obama and Jokowi. 

Traditional snacks

At the café Obama and Jokowi also enjoyed warm tea and traditional snacks, such as onde-onde (glutinous rice balls), kue mangkok (rice flour cupcakes), talam ubi (steamed sweet potato cake), panada cakalang (fried bread with Manadonese-style tuna fish filling) and lemper ayam (glutinous rice stuffed with chicken meat and wrapped in banana leaves).

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Iced drinks

During the Indonesian Diaspora Congress on Saturday, the former president said he was still on the look-out for es cendol (silky green rice-flour jelly served in coconut milk and palm sugar) during the remainder of his stay. The drink was rated by CNN as among the world's 50 most delicious drinks in 2011.

'Mie lethek' 

In Yogyakarta, Obama and his family made a lunch stop at the Bumi Langit Restaurant. The family feasted on mie lethek, which literally means dull or ugly noodles. Restaurant owner Iskandar Woworuntu said the dish was one of the group's favorites. 

Mie lethek is a traditional dish from Bantul, Yogyakarta, that can be served boiled with soup or fried, the latter of which the Obamas chose.

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'Urap,' soup, chili

Obama and the family also had urap (vegetables with shredded coconut), gurame fish soup and sambal terong (eggplant with chili sauce) at Bumi Langit Restaurant.

The beverages they ordered included a blending of mint and lemongrass with fermented milk and mixed berries, picked fresh from the restaurant's garden. 

Bumi Langit, which literally translates into "Earth Sky," was chosen because its food is known to be free of chemicals, with many of its ingredients grown and processed locally, as well as for being a restaurant with good waste treatment.

Jatiwulih rice

During a visit to the Jatiwulih rice fields in Bali, Obama and his family bought 2.5 kilograms of red rice, which is known for its pleasant taste and nutritional value. (liz/kes)