Bakso Joni

To some, comfort food is about those food items that could remind them of their homelands, something pleasant in the past, a short getaway from reality while filling their tummies up and balancing back all those hangriness caused by the emptiness of the tummy. What about if the Heart is the empty one? Okay that's not for today's story. 

Bakso/meatball soup, for me, is one of my comfy foods. Yeah I'm a foodie and you expect me to only have 1 kind of comfy food? Cmon mate... 

This one is Bakso Pak Djoni, located kinda hidden deep in the SOHO complex of Loop Graha Famili, I wouldn't have come across this place if it's not for @chrisongkoo , thanks bud. Was a bit skeptical when I entered the door but was left happy and satisfied with a full tummy. Who might have thought that a bowl of Bakso, another bowl of their house-made fritters and sauces, would go so well with a bottle of melon-flavoured milk from Batu, Indonesia. 

The beef balls are meaty and slightly chewy, but not over. Just the right consistency that I like. The stuffed fried tofu puff and dimsim too, was good. Chewy and meaty, a tad doughy but was okay. Some of the balls have fillings (no pun intended) such as cheese, quail egg, mushroom pieces, etc. Go for all of them, I'm telling you. Screw all the diets, calorie intakes, blah blah diet starts tomorrow. 

An extra bowl of fritters might be too much for some of you, but not for me. I love the crunch from them, and a Bakso meal without an extra portion of fritters is just not me. Pair them with a mix of ketchup, sambal, and sweet soy sauce for the ultimate flavour blast. 

The whole lot, a meal for 2, costs me around IDR 70k. I remember a portion of Special Bakso was IDR 15k. The fritters might go for IDR 500-1000 per piece, but for what it's worth, I'm glad I stumbled upon this underrated place.