[1] Indonesian cuisine recognizes many types of noodles, with each region of the country often developing its own distinct recipes.

In Sanskrit, laksa means "one hundred thousand", referring to numerous strands of the vermicelli.

The term laksa or lakhshah is also believed to have come from Persian or Hindi which refer to a kind of vermicelli.

Some types of noodles, such as bihun or rice vermicelli had become integrated as ingredients into Indonesian soto ayam.

Indonesia is the world's second largest instant noodle market coming only after China, with demand reaching 12.52 billion servings in 2019.