I’m not fond of Vegemite, but I love licorice and assumed it was known all over, not just Australia as is Vegemite. I am surprised Indonsians were not familiar with it. Wiki says, “While the origin of licorice is uncertain, it is believed to have originated in the East and has been grown since early times in China, Persia, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, northern India, Russia, north Africa and the Mediterranean countries.”