This is an Indonesian rice meal with a dizzying array of spicy meats, seafood, curries, eggs, and vegetables. Originally a farmer’s or poor man’s meal in Padang, Indonesia, it became a hit with local city dwellers too. Some cooks use tenderloin for the signature beef rendang, and deep sea squids for sambal sotong too.
Nasi Melayu / Nasi Ambeng
Enak
47 Arab Street, Singapore 199744(Map) https://enak.oddle.me/en_SG/ 8am – 8.30pm Tues
Pak Desmond's Nasi Melayu and Nasi Lemak stall gives nothing away that they offer this stunning nasi ambeng meal in his little coffeeshop hawker stall. They queue for his nasi lemak but the informed will order his ambeng set for a food party. You can order the small sets but the whole shebang set comes on a huge platter with a mount of coconut rice surrounded deliciously by opulent renditions of rendang, sambal goreng, spicy tofu and tempeh, terung, acar nanas (pickled pineapple salad) , sambal sotong (spicy squid), urap (raw salad with fried grated coconut), begedil (potato cutlet), and acar timun (pickled cucumbers). They cook each of the items on site daily so nothing feels store bought and heated up. Tear into this in a group and you'll know why community meals like this can be so meaningful and fun.
HJH Yang Chek Family Blk 17 Upper Boon Keng Road, #01-26 Upper Boon Keng Mkt & Food Ctr (Map) 7.30am - 1pm Daily
The bold array of ingredients that stack up in their display shelf is an indication of the confidence they have on their food, especially the Nasi Jenganan and Nasi Rawon. The fried chicken wings – fried beef lung jerky, bergadil (egg battered fried potato patty), sambal goreng greens, tofu and tempeh, ayam korma and even sayor lodeh etc. all make up the elements for the range of nasi or rice and noodle dishes they offer. Their Nasi Rawan or Rawon, is rice drenched in a beefy stew braised with spices and buak keluak, topped with paru (beef lung jerky) for a truly earthy beefy taste, sambal goreng and fried chicken with serondeng (fried grated coconut) and a thuggish sambal – sweet, savoury and very spicy. The Nasi Jenganan has plain rice spiced with that same sambal plus a spicy peanut sauce (that’s two spicy thugs on a rice meal) a bergadil, beef lung, fried chicken and serondeng.. a truly Indonesian feast on a plate. Prices are reasonable (averaging $4 in early 2021) and their regulars are largely hardcore fussy Muslim foodies. A good sign, we say.
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