Remboelan
Remboelan Review:
This week’s post is from our trip to Indonesia earlier this year. It is an Indonesian restaurant in Jakarta called Remboelan. We went to the one in Plaza Senayan. The venue is a bit tricky to reach and there are no elevators going up to its level. So, it is quite a battle if you have your grandparents or disabled person dining with you. Also, given that it is located in one of the best malls in Jakarta, you could expect hefty price tags (by Indonesian standards).
The menu is like the who’s who list of famous food around the country. They have a lot of different kinds of food. You might want to take your time browsing through them. On this occasion, we went with a gazillion of people ordering gazillion of food. So, I might not be talking about each of them individually as this post would look more like an essay.
Hors d’oeuvre
In Indonesia, the appetizers look more like desserts than savoury dishes. Remboelan can do this assortment of snacks, or locally known as ‘jajan pasar‘, served before all guests arrive.
Soup
We ordered two soups from Central Java: asem-asem iga and tongseng sapi. They were both beef soup. I wasn’t really paying attention to them.
Asem-asem iga Putri Solo – 79k – Sour Beef Ribs Soup
Tongseng Sapi Telaga Sarangan – 60k – Curry-like beef soup
Meat
The strength of Indonesian food is in the meat and fish departments. Beef Balado from Padang and Javanese Beef Steak (known as Selat) from Solo are probably two of the most prominent dishes in Indonesia.
Balado is pretty spicy, so please make sure you are well equipped to eat it!
Balado Dendeng Hijau Padang Panjang – 65k – Dried beef with spicy balado sauce
Bistik sapi Jawa (Selat Solo) – 68k – Javanese beef steak
Ayam Krispi Saus Mangga Muda Midodari – 58k – Crispy Chicken with young mango sauce
Fish
Indonesians (read: my family) love grilled fish. We are blessed with overabundance of fish in the region. On this occasion, we chose gourami and snapper. The snapper had a spicy flavour native to the Eastern part of Indonesia, Manado.
Ikan Gurami bumbu kemiri – 95k – Grilled Gourami
Kakap utuh Woku Belanga Bunaken – 225k – Spicy Snapper
Kakap utuh Woku Belanga Bunaken – 225k
Vegetables and Noodles
These two vegetables, along with eggplant, are probably three of the most ordered by us. In addition to that, we love our noodles too!
Kangkung Bumbu Terasi – 42k – Water spinach with shrimp paste
Cah Taoge Jambal – 42k – stir-fried bean sprouts
Mie Goreng Remboelan – 43k – Remboelan Noodles
Drinks
Indonesians usually drink black coffee. Drinking with condensed milk, a la Vietnamese coffee, is probably the only other way.
Kopi Tubruk – Black coffee
Es Delima Larasati – 33k
The final verdict for Remboelan
I know the price seems to be quite excessive by Indonesian standards. However, Remboelan presented a collection of wonderful dishes that you would otherwise need to travel 1,000 kms for them.
Did you know?
Similar to other well-known restaurants, Remboelan has plenty branches all over Jakarta. They are mostly located in high-end malls.
Rating for Remboelan:
8.0 / 10
Taste: 7.5 / 10
Price: Rp 40k – Rp 225k ~ $4 – $20
Place: 8.5 / 10
Details:
Plaza Senayan, Lantai 4, Jl. Asia Afrika No 8, Jakarta
+62 21 5725088
