Indian Style in Medan - Pagaruyung Medan

The problem when I was visit another city in my country was hard to find some specific culinary that can treat our tongue well. This visit to Medan City, Me and my friend stay at Grand Swissbell Hotel, big city, big traffic ... where I must find something to eat? Behind the hotel called Keling Area, mean mostly the population is an Indian ancestry. Big Temple always interested me, colour black with gold God Statue. near by the temple we can find Pagaruyung street, and just need take a walk, we in it.

Along the row, we found tent stalls who offer the middle east menu like Briyani steam rice, Curry goat, Egg's Martabak, Atjeh Fried Noodles etc. we choose Pak Ramli Stalls, in the first left corner. The sweet indian girl offer me the menu and I want to eat Briyani Steam Rice with Curry Goat. My friend choose Egg Martabak with Chicken curry. Above our table, there's a plate with 5 Clam Satay. We can eat it and will be pay by counting the bamboo stick.

Briyani Steam Rice with Curry Goat

So look at my plate .. I love the way they served. We have pineapple's pickles, red onion pickle's, slice of tomatoes and some of chips from Mlinjo Fruit. The Briyani steam rice taste so herby. clove, cinnamon, fennel, deaf ... hmm feel warm in my throat. For freshment we can eat some of pickles. The curry taste thick and milky from the coconut. The goat meat so tender and easy to eat. 

Egg MArtabak with Chicken Curry

Than we must try ths one too, Egg Martabak with Chicken Curry. Its scrambled eggs mix with some of leek, meat and fried inside of wide thin dough. Need a skill for folded above the fried pan, but its fun when we looking at the proccess. Chicken curry more light but taste more sweet. Hmmm taste yummy and happy tummy ... 

Clam Satay

This 5 clam satay, moved to my happy tummy. Taste sweet and delicious. Cant wait till we visit Medan City next opportunity.

Remarkable Soto at Bofet Rajawali - Padang

It's become our routine agenda if we visit Padang City in the morning, must breakfast Soto at Bofet Rajawali. The owner was "Keliang Peoples" named of Indian's Ancestry who live generations in this city. Near with Pasar, this place always full of busy peoples who grab a small bowl of warm soto, like this picture below.

Soto Padang

Manage with fastfood style, when we find empty table then Soto Padang will arived in front of us. The waitress just make sure to us, that we need more than the numbers of us, or not.

Soto padang was a clear warm soup with a little bit bean sprout, vermicelli noodles, leeks and fried red onion, served in small bowl and a small plate of fried meet called dendeng. Inside the soup you can find Perkedel (made from smashed potatoes and fried in covered by scramble egg). Red crackers, light chilli paste (sambal) and you can eat it with steam rice or not. Ussually I choose with no steam rice, but this morning I couldn't refused it. My tummy need to smile ... Tasted so good, herbies and warm my body inside. Hmmmm so delicious

Soto Padang with steam rice

The lovely owner ask me to try Es Air Mata Pengantin (Bride's Tears Ice??) interesting drink. Made from Rose Syrup, Sweetened Condensed Milk, Ice Block and Hard Pudding that should be gratter first, it mould like tears ... hahaha its look like. Must be inspired the owner if called Bride's tears ... so drama. But taste fresh and sweet ... you will be ask for the second glasses.

 Okay ... Can we meet here for breakfast? I'll bet you do.

Warung Super Sambal (SS) Sentul City

In the very hot weather before rainy seasson come ... so hot here. Finding for lunch time, we want to try something hot in my mouth, like the weather now. Near my neighbourhood, there's small restaurant can find in Pine Forest Cluster - Sentul City. Long way from Jakarta but worth it to dig in.

This "warung SS" you can find

Cozy athmosphere inside

They sell many of hot kinds condiment calls Sambal. A lot of choices and looks interested to taste.

Sambal, based from red or green big or small chilies, smashed with other condiments like garlic, shallots, prawn paste, tomatoes, sometimes mix with fruits like manggoes, pineaplles or others. Ussually all "these sambals" eat with steam rice, and fried's protein like fried fish, fried chicken, fried tempe or tahu (soya bean cake) and for freshing our mouth we can add fresh or boiled some of vegetables, you can add the dressing to with spices coconut.

This time, I choose little fried fish, "Urapan" mix boiled vegetables with spices coconut, 2 kinds sambals, one called sambal pencit that make from fresh chillies, shallots, garlic and salt, smashed it and add some slices of manggoes. Another sambal called Sambal Terong, its fried sambal and fried eggplants. Can wait to taste it.

Look at this yummy "friends" for our lunch

Ooo I forget our other "friends" here ... called Sate Pentul, made from minched mutton, seasoning with herb, pepper and salt, than beform on bamboo stick, condense with a little beat fat. After that we can grilled. Sweet soya bean sauce , some tomatoes slices, shallots slices, and white cabbage slices. Wooww ... you can imagine our special lunch today.

Sate Pentul

The sambals taste very great, not to hot (for our), taste fresh, match with the fried protein, and Sate Pentul. You wanna forget the taste.

Come to my neighbourhood and find this small resto can make your tongue dancing.