Rumah Makan Ikan Bakar Cianjur, Jakarta Indonesia
On my 2nd trip, with Sir V as our makan guide, I tasted a Solonese yummy specialty. Sir V insisted we should have this for our final dinner during that trip. It was late, almost 9pm (10pm in Malaysia) so he called ahead to enquire whether the restaurant’s specialty was still available. Foodies Star was shining on us. Brightly.
Why dine so late, you ask? All because Mr V had us bodily (wo)manhandled for 1 1/2 hours. Ahhh bliss.
Now back to food.
Nasi Liwet. Served in an unassuming stainless steel pot.
When Sir V lifted the lid, we were unprepared for the aromatic waft. Imagine the smell. Freshly boiled rice in coconut milk (not quite unlike our Nasi Lemak yet not as heavily infused) enveloping the topping of stir fried dried shrimps and salty anchovies (hopefully I decipher the ingredients correct) with garlic, onions and chilies. *wipe drool*
Stir vigorously to mix then serve.
On a simple day that one pot rice should suffice as a one full meal. Luckily we were tourists under the care of Sir V the Magnanimous Host. No meal is simple.
On a simple day that one pot rice should suffice as a one full meal. Luckily we were tourists under the care of Sir V the Magnanimous Host. No meal is simple.
Bill which tourists (we we we) did not pay:-
And that concludes my Jakarta (2nd trip) posts. *sigh*
For now. *sigh* I suspect there are still posts lurking somewhere in my hard drive but hey, that's discovery for another day. =-D
Compared to most bowls of noodles served back in Malaysia, we find the noodles portion a tad small.
Opposite it, this.
Simple set-up, ran by locals, noisy. We were sceptical of the food quality so we decided to order just a few dishes good enough to tide us over until dinner time.
Morale of the forthcoming story is NEVER ever judge a restaurant by what is playing on its blurry 21" box television (it was airing a rowdy local concert obviously held in an open field somewhere in the city).
In Indonesia, noticed that beef is the default meat, not chicken like on our shores. Please specify your preference if you are non-beef consumer like my friends. Else, a beef fan like me, be prepared to gag on the quantity. Lucky it was good though oily when cool.
Note the small pot of syrup? Realising that we lack the powess of the locals' sweeter tooth, we got into the habit of asking for our drinks and syrup to be served separately throughout our trip in Indonesia.
Doesn't it look good?
Most would identify with these billboards when mention Bandung. 
No, we didn’t shop here. We were caught in a slow traffic so we photographed from the car. Datuk K and Angel S brought us shopping at another swanky neighbourhood with big air-conditioned complexes. No, I don’t know where and was too excited to snap photos. (-_-)”. Only know I bought pajamas, blouses, hair accessories and earrings at good prices. =D
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