It’s been a while since this thread came up… maybe it’s time for a re-examination of Indonesian Food as I love it.
To be honestly, I haven’t explored it much recently either. I have been more than happy with the occasional Fooda stops that Simpang Asia has been doing to our office park (It’s such a deal!). Further I was spoiled by having an old co-worker’s wife being Indonesian. She loved to cook for us (We were a tight knit bunch) and she always made sure she had a an extra container of her Randang, coconut rice and gado gado for me whenever our paths would cross. Her cooking wasn’t gourmet or refined… but it was delicious none the less…
So last week Hubs was watching some YouTube travel videos and one of the guys was in Kuala Lampur and they had this sticky coconut rice cooked in bamboo tubes which looked amazing. So when I crossed paths with a post from SoCal Indo Food and they had a similar looking item, I had to order! Since it was a at home delivery situation, I had to order additional foods… so I also got…
Nasi Goreg with Fried Chicken
Now, we got our delivery right at lunch time. The items were touch warm. But not super warm enough to eat. They were well packaged (as you can see cling film), mostly to keep the items warm but also to keep them from spilling in the nice BMW the guys were driving around with. The guys communicated really well and were VERY sweet. For what we paid all in, we felt the portions were generous…
This dish was very good. Again, we reheated it and it did fine in the microwave. It was flavorful and SPICY. The chicken was also a large leg, very meaty and the batter was still slightly crisp. But it did suffer from being pre-cooked and packed up.
Lemper Ayam
As you can see, it’s not in Bamboo tubes but in a packet. In Indonesia they are wrapped in leaves almost like a Musubi. Also they are much more interesting because they are stuffed with shredded chicken!
I reheated these in a steamer for a five minutes and they came back to life really nicely. Now, was it worth the effort to get these… yes. Would I order again… maybe… It has a flavor profile that always gets me, sweet and then savory. Believe me, I like sweet meat dishes like Char Siu and chicken and waffles. But this was like eating a spoonful of curry and chasing it with a cookie. I can TOTALLY see how this would be a comfort dish for some folks… it hits all the right notes and it was delicious. Just not exactly what I expecting…
I also ordered the curry, Kare Ayam. I was sad that they didn’t offer Randang so I ordered it in hopes it would scratch that itch… sadly… it did not. The curry was thin and honestly quite greasy (I had to skim quite a bit of fat from the top). There was a good amount of chicken in it, but the egg was over cooked to oblivion. Would pass.
Finally, to get a sense of the menu, we ordered the cream puffs.
In the menu picture, they looked more like Pate Choux. But they were a more cakey… The bake was nice, and the pastry cream decent. It wasn’t too sweet, it kinda reminded of tres leches cake more than coconut though. Very lovely with Jasmine Tea.
Overall, I am glad I tried it. I waited to post this today as a full 24 hours have passed and I’m still standing (just to alay some worries about ordering from a home kitchen). If you haven’t check it out… here’s an article from a month or so ago from the LATimes talking about the growth of these home kitchen enterprises. I had no problem with it since I had a lot of co-workers before all this went down ordering Keto Lunches from these types of outfits… but now they have expanded to way beyond that.
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