Last month we had dinner with Nath at Seafood Pelangi on Wahid Hasyim street. I've been wanting to visit this place since I read the review in Kuliner: Rayuan Pulau Kelapa 2, but I hesitated since the book stated that ths place has a free smoking policy. After a friend ensured us that they have a smoke-free private room, I dragged SC there. The place serves Makasar style seafood which can be categorized in Chinese food (soups), seafood (fish, prawn, crab), vegetables & hot menu which are several selections of Makasar traditional menu. We ordered: Ikan kue bakar, lawara unti (jantung pisang / banana's blossom) 10K, acar ikan tuing tuing 15K. There were otak otak ikan (grilled fish cakes) @4.5K served on the table. We tried a piece and decided that we prefer the one sold at Muara Karang. The fish came with three types of chili sauces (mango sauces, red chili sauces, and slices of bird eyes chilis with green tomato). The third one tasted really really hot. The fish was OK - it tasted too sweed for my taste buds. Maybe next time I'll order the fish in rica-rica style instead. The lawara unti tasted delicious and reminded me a little of Balinese lawar. In my opinion, the most delicious thing in here is their acar telur ikan tuing tuling. It tasted so fresh, although SC & Nath can't stand its chewy crunchy texture. I like it very much :)

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Several weeks ago, on our way to Kelapa Gading, we stopped by a Manado restaurant for lunch. I've always liked Manado dishes because it was very hot & spicy. The restaurant was empty as lunch time had passed hours ago and maybe because that day was a public holiday. There was no decor to speak of. The place looked spartan: old but clean. There were several displayed dishes. I chose Tinorangsak (Manado's spicy pork dishes) 40K and SC who can't stand spicy food settled on Brenebon soup (Manado's kidney bean soup) 40K. Yes, it's not cheap, but the portion made up for the price. We even had to take a doggie back. The taste was delicious and I think it's authentic. The woman serving us was very friendly and I ended up buying some rica-rica and panada home. :)

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I tried this restaurant called "woku woku" at mall artha gading 2 weeks ago. the restaurant served Manado food: all cooked in woku style, we ordered "cumi woku belanga" 22.5K, "Tumis Kangkung Bunga Pepaya" 12K, and "Perkedel Jagung" 6K. overall the taste was quite delicious, reasonable price. but not as hot / spicy as I want.

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One of my favorite restaurant in Jakarta, served very hot and spicy Manado cuisine. Last week, I had a chance to have lunch there, when we arrived there, the place already packed with alot of people. We ordered cumi woku, ayam dibulu, ayam rica-rica, ikan bakar with sambal dabu dabu, tumis bunga pepaya, a bowl of sop kakap asam and ended it with a delicious "klapertart" (coconut tart desert)

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