Betawi - Indonesian street food in karama
This is a small Indonesian restaurant in karama. It is not an upmarket place, but it has a very homely feel to it and I really liked that. The food too is presented in a homely way without any frills and tastes so too.
We started with the tahu isi which is a tofu based dish. The tofu is fried and can be filled with various ingredients (and/or meat) based on your preference. I liked the taste of this one, and it tasted great with the sauces that they give you on the side.
On that note, the sambal here was really spicy the way it is supposed to be. It wasn't toned down like a lot of other places do, so have it sparingly.
The next one was the bakwan goreng. It is a fried snack that looks like Indian bhajjiyas. They're fried vegetable fritters. The taste was not bad but it was very chewy and got really hard within a few minutes. I'm not sure if it was meant to be that way, but we didn't enjoy it much.
For our mains, we called for one Mi Goreng which are basically stir-fried noodles. It has a few vegetables in it too and tasted great. I liked the flavour that it had to it due to the traditional Indonesian sauces used. It was served with some crackers on the side. You can have the dish made with meat of your choice; we chose Ayam (chicken).
Then we had the nasi padang. This dish has steamed rice along with a curry. There are also vegetables along with it - not the fancy ones but the traditional Indonesian ones which I loved. There's a spicy egg balado on the side as well as sambaj ijo (made from crushed green chillies and is really spicy). Those who like Indonesian food will definitely love this dish, but if you're new to it, you might have to get used to the flavours. Personally, I enjoyed this one.
A drink that is commonly had in a lot of south-east-Asian countries is tea with milk. It is called teh tarik - I had the cold version of this one. For some, it might be a bit odd to have cold tea with milk, but I've always liked this Asian beverage and I just had to have it here as well.
If you're looking for a restaurant to get the true Indonesian experience that is easy on your pocket, you should definitely try this one. For all of the above, we ended up paying just AED 110.
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We started with the tahu isi which is a tofu based dish. The tofu is fried and can be filled with various ingredients (and/or meat) based on your preference. I liked the taste of this one, and it tasted great with the sauces that they give you on the side.
On that note, the sambal here was really spicy the way it is supposed to be. It wasn't toned down like a lot of other places do, so have it sparingly.
The next one was the bakwan goreng. It is a fried snack that looks like Indian bhajjiyas. They're fried vegetable fritters. The taste was not bad but it was very chewy and got really hard within a few minutes. I'm not sure if it was meant to be that way, but we didn't enjoy it much.
For our mains, we called for one Mi Goreng which are basically stir-fried noodles. It has a few vegetables in it too and tasted great. I liked the flavour that it had to it due to the traditional Indonesian sauces used. It was served with some crackers on the side. You can have the dish made with meat of your choice; we chose Ayam (chicken).
Then we had the nasi padang. This dish has steamed rice along with a curry. There are also vegetables along with it - not the fancy ones but the traditional Indonesian ones which I loved. There's a spicy egg balado on the side as well as sambaj ijo (made from crushed green chillies and is really spicy). Those who like Indonesian food will definitely love this dish, but if you're new to it, you might have to get used to the flavours. Personally, I enjoyed this one.
A drink that is commonly had in a lot of south-east-Asian countries is tea with milk. It is called teh tarik - I had the cold version of this one. For some, it might be a bit odd to have cold tea with milk, but I've always liked this Asian beverage and I just had to have it here as well.
If you're looking for a restaurant to get the true Indonesian experience that is easy on your pocket, you should definitely try this one. For all of the above, we ended up paying just AED 110.
Follow me on Instagram to know about great places and food in Dubai.
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