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Joy Cafe

This cafe is so popular among Indonesian student. Joy Cafe is located in Haymarket, in the ground level of Prince Centre building - which is easy to find.

They have Soto Ayam, Bakmi Ayam, Sop Buntut, Ayam Penyet, Ayam Bakar, Rawon and so much more.

Anyway, the popular dish from this restaurant is mainly Bakmi Gila ( Crazy Noodle ) - too bad they do not use any crazy chicken.lols

Bakmi Gila is a chicken noodle with a lot - i mean A LOT - of chili sauce and of course MSG which makes it tastes delicious

i like the soup though,pretty good

overall, Cafe Cafe offers you pretty broad variation of Indonesian food, but the price is a little bit expensive and the taste is sometimes doesn't worth it.

Introducing you.... MARTABAK

Martabak is a popular meal in Indonesia, however it is often a special meal, because of its relatively high price.

Martabak manis, or sweet martabak, is a popular snack in Indonesia.
In Jakarta and West Java, Indonesia, these sweet, thick pancakes are also known as "terang bulan" or "kue pinang bangka". These pancakes are also known as "apam balik" in Malaysia.
Usually made by street vendors in the evening, martabak manis are pan-cooked, using a specially shaped pan.
After cooking, the pancake is be topped with a variety of possible ingredients: cheese, chocolate, crushed peanuts, condensed milk and sesame seeds.
After the ingredients are added, the pancake is cut into half, and one side is flipped onto the other. A large amount of margarine is added throughout the whole process.

Martabak telur, or egg martabak, is an crepe-like dish which mainly comprises vegetables.
It also includes chicken or duck egg for the batter - up 

to six eggs for a large one. Martabak telur is made by spinning pastry until very thin, like filo pastry, then shallow-frying it in a custom made flattened heavy wok.
The ingredients are added, then the pastry is wrapped around the ingredients to make a parcel.
Usually, it is cut into squares afterwards for consumption. It is often eaten with slices of cucumber, and a dark brown sauce made of vinegar and palm sugar.

I found a useful video on how to make sweet martabak, check it out =)

Pempek Clovelly

The Best Fish Cake in Sydney..

Specialises in fish cakes (pempek) in a variety of styles with a feisty chilli-vinegar sambal. 

Also does martabak (savoury and sweet) and some noodle dishes. 

Low-key, insider kind of place that closes early (8pm) most nights.

198 Anzac Parade, Kensington, 

9697 0009.

Indonesian Fried chicken Recipe

Ayam Goreng

(Indonesian Fried Chicken)

Ingredients

1 md Chicken

1/2 c Tamarind water

1 tb Clear soya sauce
A pinch of chilli powder
1 ts Ground ginger
1 ts Ground coriander
1 Clove garlic, crushed
A pinch of turmeric

Directions

The name means simply 'fried chicken', and that is all it is. 

The marinade, however, gives it a characteristically Indonesian flavour. Marinate the pieces of chicken in this mixture for 2 hours, turning them from time to time. Strain the chicken, so that the marinade drips away from it. Then deep-fry the portions, 4 or 5 at a time. Chicken fried in this way is excellent with Nasi Goreng. [Nasi Goreng is fried rice. S.C.] 

Makes 4 servings.

Ayam Goreng 99 Restaurant

The chicken is the star at this popular Indonesian eatery in Kingsford!!!

Address: 464 Anzac Parade, Kingsford
Phone: 9697 0030
Cuisine: Indonesian/Malaysian
Hours: Wed-Sun, 11.30am-4pm and 6-9pm

This is the definitive cheap and cheerful Indonesian, all tiled floors, padded vinyl chairs and bright lighting. The shopfront-style eatery is super-popular with students, expats and those in the know. And why not? The signature grilled chicken and the restaurant's namesake, fried chicken, are both a mere $5 while the very tasty nasi goreng is $8. Accompany any of these with a tasty gado gado (steamed fresh vegetables topped with housemade satay sauce) $7.50 and you've a great meal for probably less that you could do at home. Then there are the chicken or lamb satays, always popular at $7. The service is cheery and the food is always plentiful and flavoursome and cheap, very, very cheap.

Java Restaurant

Java Restaurant serve you the best of Indonesian cuisine!!

Address: 151 Avoca St, Randwick
Phone: (02) 9398 6990
Cuisine: Indonesian/Malaysian
Price Guide: Mains $10.90-$12.90

Don't be deterred by the unpretentious shopfront, plastic plates and Laminex tables.

On offer are 71 dishes plus 16 chef's suggestions including noodles, soups, beef and pork, Balinese grill, vegetable and rice dishes. 

Among the great-value starters are nasi rames (rice, gado gado, beef rendang, chilli egg and prawn cracker) and otak otak (fish cake in banana leaves) $6.80. 

Fourteen chicken dishes $11.90 run to chickenrendang in coconut milk, or five-spice fried chicken roll. More than a dozen seafood dishes include Balinese grilled octopus or squid $11.90 and crab meat omelette with peas $12.90. 

While you could go for the multi-dished rijsttafel for two $48, the mid-week lunchtime special is a bargain at $7.60.

Ayam Goreng Jakarta Restaurant

The best Indonesian Fried Chicken ever!!!

Address: 275 Anzac Parade, Kingsford

phone: 9663 4430.

Places like this could survive exclusively on the patronage of local students. The formula's simple: give them the food from home, make sure it's authentic and welcome them in for repeat visits. But we all get lucky when these places tailor their food to this market because it's good, delicious and affordable. You could be in downtown Jakarta in this simple eatery: plastic plates, embossed plastic tablecloths, cutlery in stainless steel boxes on the tables along with bottled sauces and a box of tissues. A mirror-tiled dado reflects the plasma-screen TV on one wall. Ayam means chicken, so it's no surprise that bird features heavily: marinated breasts or thighs, grilled or deepfried $5, or satay with rice cakes $8. Fried or battered squid are $10. A huge portion of kwetiaw sirem fat, slippery stirfried noodles with a flavoursome mixture of egg, bok choy, sliced fish balls and meat is $9. This is bargain dining, with only one dish over $10.

Shalom Restaurant

The oxtail soup is the special menu of Shalom.. Don't miss it!!

From Central Station, exit to George St and turn left. A 10-minute walk.We've followed this archetypal cheap eat the standard Laminex table tops, cafeteria service, tissue boxes on the tables from Kingsford for its East Javan rawon buntut $9, a rich, inky-black oxtail soup (the secret and blackening ingredient is the kluwek nut). We want to go back and try more dishes but last visit yielded a good if mild beef rendang $9 and a bowl of fried tofu with chilli sauce $4. The menu is extensive and further exploration would,we are sure, turn up some gems. Very popular with homesick students from Indonesia, this place is a welcome addition to the new restaurant strip along Broadway, north of the shopping centre.