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| Entering Philadelphia |
We drove down to South Philly where approx 10,000 Chinese-Indonesian immigrants who escaped persecution were living. Some arrived as refugees seeking asylum after fleeing turmoil in Indonesia. In fact, many of these immigrants left their successful businesses and careers back home. Some of those who gain permanent residency thru asylum have established Indonesian restaurants, small stores (called warung), etc.
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| Entering South Philly |
Located on Snyder, just off of Passyunk, we found a decent Indonesian Restaurant called Indonesia Restaurant. http://www.loveindonesiarestaurant.com/
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| Indonesia Restaurant |
The food they offered was typically East Javanese. We ordered tahu berontak (fried stuffed tofu) and martabak (a crepe-like dish with egg filing) as our starters, sate babi manis (sweet pork satay) and sop buntut (oxtail soup) as our main course, and two orders of es dawet (a cocktail of rice flour, jackfruit with coconut milk and palm sugar) as our desserts. The food had an authentic and exotic taste. Considering its generous portions, the prices were within a reasonable price too.
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| Our lunch special |
After Indonesian Restaurant, we walked a few blocks over where we found a small take out place called Fan's Cafe. LOL .... don't get to exciting with the name Fan's Cafe. There weren't any dining tables, chairs, or a wait staff. When you walk in, there is a bullet-proof window with a menu posted on it and you can place your order thru the window. Unfortunately, when we got there, which was around 3ish, they were running low on food. I was only able to order one nasi kuning lengkap (yellow rice), 2 orders of nasi padang (padang dishes), 2 orders of batagor (crispy tofu and wahoo fish dumpling in peanut sauce), mpek-mpek and nasi goreng ikan asin (salty fish fried rice). I have to say, despite the aesthetics, the food is a must try!
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| Fan's Cafe |
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| Place your order here |
I've dined out at several Indonesian restaurants in the New York area, but I'm not sure if their dishes can even justify the rich and savory flavor of these 2 places.
We promised ourselves that we will return as soon as possible, even if it does take 2 hours to get there.
Yum .... Yum ...... Gobble ... Gobble .....
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