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2010-07-07
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One of my favorite Indonesian restaurants so far. The place is old and charming, and the servers still speak Indonesian. Sometimes, I feel that most people in Hong Kong associate Indonesian food with being spicy, fried rice, or sate. It's much more than that.I wanted to order Indonesian curried stewed brain, which was on the menu, but sadly, they don't have it that day. I doubt that they have it any other day too. Brain is something I rarely find in Hong Kong.In the end, we've ordered Rawon, whi
Sometimes, I feel that most people in Hong Kong associate Indonesian food with being spicy, fried rice, or sate. It's much more than that.
I wanted to order Indonesian curried stewed brain, which was on the menu, but sadly, they don't have it that day. I doubt that they have it any other day too. Brain is something I rarely find in Hong Kong.
In the end, we've ordered Rawon, which is Indonesian stewed beef in black soup. The black color comes from a spice called "kluwak". The rawon from this restaurant is superb. Absolutely tender beef with flavorful soup. It's as good as what we get in Indonesia, if not better. A must try.
The most popular dish from this place, ironically is chicken wings. It's probably because it's part of their set, and we are all suckers for sets. I didn't try the wings as we don't actually eat lots of chicken wings in Indonesia.
We've ordered a platter of corn fritters (perkedel jagung) and fried potato cakes (perkedel daging) as a side dish, and while I truly enjoy the authentic and delicious potato cakes, the corn fritters weren't all that. Too much flour, too little corn, too puffy.
I love the sambal condiment they provide as well. Really authentic, spicy and flavorful. In Indonesia, we could just eat rice with the sambal condiment.
The Indonesian sate, is one of the best I've tried so far in Hong Kong. Perfectly grilled, beautifully charred, with all the right flavors and served with pretty authentic peanut dip on the side. A must try!
I ordered es siwalan (Iced sea coconut) for my drink, and it was more like a dessert than a drink. In Indonesia, we usually just have tender sea coconut pieces with water, syrup and ice. But here, the sea coconut was served with shaved ice, coconut milk, syrup and sago. Maybe it was to give me more out of the amount I pay, but next time, I'll ask them to skip the sago and the coconut milk, just the way I'd have it in Indonesia.
We are so going back to this place with everybody.
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