3 weeks ago, we went back to Senen area to try Padangnese dishes by Ibu Kaca Mata. The place is located near Uni Upik. Just walk past the familiar Kapau staills and turn left into the first small road and walk a little further inside the alley to find more and more Padangnese stalls, where one of them is Ibu Kaca Mata. This time, we arrived earlier around 7PM so it was still open. Some of the dishes were sold out, so we managed with whatever was still left. We chose: ayam bakar, ikan bakar, gulai limpa, rendang jengkol, perkedel, complete with the usual sambal merah & sambal hijau and vegetables. I think this place doesn't serve Kapau dishes, but more like Padang Panjang dishes (please correct me if I'm mistaken). Overall, it was delicious :)

Rating: 3/5 (1 votes cast)

This Ramadhan season, we're craving for Padangnese dishes near Senen's flyover. One of our friends suggested that we try Ibu Kaca Mata. So one friday night, we went there around 9PM, late enough to avoid the fast-breaking rush. However, when we arrived, Ibu Kacamata had already closed her stall, so we went to the well-known Uni Upik instead. I ordered my usual rendang bebek hitam with rice 24K. I was disappointed to find that it was not as good as I've remembered. The dishes tasted a bit bland for my taste buds. I guess we'll try other places next time.

Rating: 3.5/5 (2 votes cast)

Last month, we had a quick lunch at Simpang Tiga restaurant. It's a Padang restaurant that is very famous in North Sumatra. If you travel around North Sumatra by car, you'll find a lot of Simpang Tiga along the road that has become traveller stops and they serve decent Padangnese cuisine. However, I found this one to be quite contrary from my expectations. The interior of this restaurant is very glamorous and a bit tacky. The service is very friendly though. They didn't serve the dishes the way Padang restaurants usually do. We have to order what we want to eat. So we chose Gulai Otak 12K, Daun Ubi Tumbuk 8K, and Ikan Patin Asam Pedas 10K. SC was quite satisfied with the dishes since they weren't spicy at all. Their ikan patin asam pedas was quite delicious. But I'm disappointed because the dishes tasted too sweet for my preference. Maybe it was because they've adjusted the taste to suit Jakartan's taste. Since it was quite pricey, I think I won't be visiting this fancy Padang restaurant if I have other choices.

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We went to RM Surya to try their Mie Rebus. The noodle appearance was very attractive, the egg noodle (not instant noodle) drenched with coconut soup, sprinkled with dendeng garing, some green vegetables, and topped with poached egg and pink rice cracker. With that kind of color, I expect the noodle will taste hot and spicy, but the taste turned out to be very smooth, all the spice were blend perfectly in a perfect harmony, for those who who like it hot and spicy, may add more chillies. In my opinion, for 11K a bowl, this kind of noodle was very affordable. :)

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While still at 'cafe pisa', I mentioned that I want to visit Kramat Raya to try the famous 'nasi kapau', I said "Don't you galls want to buy something for sahur tomorrow?", they seem interested with the idea of having 'Lemang' for sahur. so we headed to Senen, it was located at the hook of Kramat Raya Street, there were several food stalls opened in the evening until dawn (I guess) serving Nasi Kapau (almost similar to nasi padang, but it came from a small village called Kapau in west sumatra with have slightly different styles of cooking, their specialty here were bebek cabe ijo & rendang bebek hitam ). when we arrived the place was very crowded with diners, we choose the most crowded one (Nasi Kapau Uni Upik), when my friends buying Lemang & other meal for sahur preparation, I start drooling again when I saw the selection of food there and can't help my self to order one portion of Nasi Kapau with "bebek sambal lado ijo" 18K, it was delicious especially when you eat eat using your hand :)

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Last Saturday after my "sendal jepit insiden", we headed for lunch deep in the middle of Senen Traditional Market, the place was call "RM Sabana" served "Nasi Kapau", Kapau is a name of place in Bukit Tinggi - Padang where the people was very famous of their delicious cooking :) The meal usually used alot of spice and coconut oil. That day we ordered "Gule Otak", "Usus", "Tunjang", and a plate of "Lontong Sayur", very delicious especially when you eat with your hand :)

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

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