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| - When I sat down for the first time at Indonesian Kitchen I was presented a fairly large menu with dozens of dishes featuring various meats and seafoods in a variety of sauces. Rather than trying to narrow down a selection of my own, I simply asked for recommendations.
First, we were advised that people normally order multiple dishes to share. Main dishes do not come with rice or sides so those need to be ordered separately. After taking some recommendations, we settled on the following:
- Sambal Goreng Ayam: chicken in a spicy chili sauce. We were warned this dish was spicy, but I found it quite approachable. The chicken breast chunks came in a spicy red sauce with onions and a few pickled veggies on the side. The sauce was nicely spiced if a bit greasy.
- A beef dish that I, unfortunately, cannot remember the name of. It was thin sliced beef short ribs in a sweet teriyak-type sauce with chilis. The sauce was sweet and the beef was tender.
- Fried rice with lamb. This rice was similar to standard Chinese fried rice, but topped with a whole fried egg. I enjoyed the lamb sprinkled throughout the dish , the portion of pickled vegetables on the side plus two shrimp crackers
- Seafood special fried noodles: this noodle side dish included generous amounts of calamari plus smaller portions of scallops and shrimp
I wanted to try the beef rendang after being told it was one of the more popular dishes, but the restaurant was out that day.
The food was all flavourful, but I found the meat portions could have been bigger given the pricing.
Service was excellent, with both the waitress and chef coming out to ask how everything was.
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