Grilled flavored rice with multitude of ingredients (beef and anchovy) and spices wrapped in banana leaf. So light, very firm and quite fragrant. I could taste the smokiness from it. I'd recommend you to use the chili. It really amplified the flavor, gave it a much more deliciousness kick. Generous amount of beef, it's tender and sweet. Around 70gr. And the anchovy gave nice salty taste to it. If I ain't mistaken, they also sell nasi baQar without the beef and it only costs like 15K. What an offer.
And I should mention one fact about this place. Every 5 dishes they sell, they'll give 1 meal to 'needy people'. It's all in a package. Not only cheap and tasty but also charity. Not only that, they do have special promo like buy 2 get 1 free and gofood available.
Three types of cheese ayam geprek. Shredded cheese, cheese sauce and melted cheese. The shredded cheese was unique, I've never seen one. If you like cheese then you may like this. Me? Not so much. I'm a chocolate guy, cheese never tempts me like chocolate does. Let me be honest, I don't know what to say. I could taste no difference between this ayam geprek and the others. It tasted all the same. Fried chicken, smash it, put some cheese on top and sambal. It costs around 15-20K per portion. It's cheap and tasted normal for me, super affordable. Try this yourself and tell me what you think.
They sell fried chicken and rice in a bowl with lot of flavors to choose from. Tried them and here's my thought.
Sweet Glazed with Mayo (35K). It may be named sweet glazed, but somehow I tasted more salty and savoury flavor from the sauce. Yes I could taste the sweet side, but the savoury flavor was more dominant. You gotta eat it with rice, otherwise it'll be too salty.
Salted Egg (35K). It looks good right? But I didn't taste it, so I have nothing to say.
Sambal Matah (35K). Rice, fried chicken and sambal matah. The perfect combination for me. The sambal wasn't that spicy with strong oniony flavor. So harmonious with the rice.
Rica Rica (35K). The rica was good. Not too spicy but it's very fragrant. It had unique spicy flavor. Once I ate it, I knew it was the rica one.
Buldak (35K). This time they used korean sauce on the chicken. To be honest, I didn't like it. Not because it tasted bad, I just don't like buldak. As you've already known, buldak had some bitter after taste. And I don't particulary like that kind of after taste. So yeah, not working for me.
Sambal Matah with Rica (40K). The combination of sambal matah and rica rica. The price is slightly higher than the others. But, I'm definitely gonna buy this one again. 2 of my favourite flavors into one bowl? Yes, yes and yes!
Menu yang dipesan: Salted Egg, Sambal Matah, Rica rica, buldak, Sambal Matah with Rica, Rice Bowl
Hersey Dark Chocolate. If Gulu Gulu has the best light cheese tea, by far, Heiho has the best creamy cheese tea. The cheese foam wasn't light but not too dense either. Creamy, bit cheesy, bit heavy and the chocolate was also nice. Not too sweet and chocolatey.
Nasi Liwet. Flavorsome rice was cooked within a little traditional rice pot and topped with braised small dried anchovy. It tasted salty, savory, earthy, herby and fresh and nice crunchy texture from the anchovy. It's incredibly flavorful. Just a little tip from me, eat it slowly. Let some of that rice burnt, it'll bring crunchy texture and nice burnt flavor to it. The portion was quite huge. Enough for 3-4 people.
Mie Keriting Paket Pangsit. Springy texture and big portion. The taste of the char siu was quite good but not that special. The 1 thing that amazed me the most was the dumpling. Well, it's not really the dumpling, it's the dumpling's broth. The moment it arrived, you can smell strong sesame oil from that broth. It's very pungent, unique, rich and tasty.
Nala Bomb. Frozen espresso in a shape of ball, sweet hot chocolate and plain milk. Basically it's mocha. The espresso was good. A bit bitter, slightly sour and bold. The chocolate was sweet, a bit too sweet for my taste but still acceptable. The trick is to pour the hot chocolate into the espresso ball to melt and add sweet flavor. When you think that you use too much chocolate and it becomes overly sweet, you can pour the plain milk to neutral it again.
Soto Oseng Haji Mamat. Nice chunks of beef, chili, tomato and kikil (I don't even know what do you call it in english 🤣🤣). A bit greasy but tasted so damn good. Very beefy, a bit salty and insanely fragrant from the shallot. You can choose between a clear soup or the one with coconut milk. I do prefer the clear one. The light broth really match the rich chunks of beef. One word : LEGIT!
Soto Oseng Haji Mamat. Nice chunks of beef, chili, tomato and kikil (I don't even know what do you call it in english 🤣🤣). A bit greasy but tasted so damn good. Very beefy, a bit salty and insanely fragrant from the shallot. You can choose between a clear soup or the one with coconut milk. I do prefer the clear one. The light broth really match the rich chunks of beef. One word : LEGIT!
Not too bitter and the coffee was kinda light. Not strong enough to wake you up, it's more like a relaxing/chilling kind of coffee. I come to coffee shop for the coffee itself, rather than the ambiance. But the ambiance here is fantastic. Quiet and cozy with interesting concept.
Don't forget to take a pic with the iconic Indiana Lady on the wall if you happen to come here.