[1] A nasi kapau foodstall usually consists of stages and rows of large bowls, plates or saucepans filled with various dishes.

In nasi kapau food stalls, after the customer is seated, they are asked which dishes they desire.

The waiter then prepared steaming hot rice on plate with cubadak (unripe jackfruit gulai), and boiled cassava leaf, and sambal aside.

[2] The chosen dishes will be put directly — using long serving spoon — upon the steamed rice or in separate small plates.

They usually provide kobokan, a bowl of tap water with a slice of lime in it to give a fresh scent.