Tuesday, May 29, 2012

The Food - Not second to none! Fresh Vegetable blend wry Asem Haji Matali


the food
The Food - Desired to eat the delicious vegetable acids? Here the typical acid vegetables blended with spices Betawi Haji Matali simple recipe. Sour sauce accompanied by fresh vegetables krenyes. Plus pepes know, plus fried pomfret sambal grind. Less guaranteed a plate of rice. Come stop by!

Maybe in this world there is only one road Vegetable Asem, namely in Joglo, West Jakarta. Certainly the naming of this road is not arbitrary, but have a history. Apparently, the name is derived from the food stalls located in Batavia the road side. Yes, Eating Vegetables Asem Betawi Haji Matali is so famous all over Jakarta.

From the outside, you'll recognize this restaurant is always full of parkirannya the lunch hour. Not only local residents who stop by here, gallant men and women who carry private cars also mingle with other visitors.

They sat on benches, sharing a table with other customers. Their feet trample the ground floor. Around them there Betawi-style wooden walls and the glass display window on the left side dish. Everything looks simple. Ah, like the pilgrims were eating at home Matali!

Arriving here, proceeded looking for a place to sit before taken. After that, the message of food to the blue shirted waiters. Just choose a side dish of fried fish, Pepes, fried tofu and tempeh, or bakwan shrimp. Do not forget the message asemnya vegetables. No need to wait a long time, the order in a few minutes directly presented in the table.

A plate of warm sour vegetables (USD 5.000) to be an appetizer. Beans, sweet corn, melinjo, peanuts, and green eggplant sauce washed down with a clear round. Sour sting! Apparently, the sour taste is derived from fruit acids that crushed raw and boiled in broth. Ingredients were not all kinds, just salt, garlic, and chili. No wonder there is a little spicy flavor detected. Sluuurpp ... Acid, fresh, and is perfect when inhaled hot air.

White rice (USD 5,000) is appropriate for the gembul because the portions are huge. Rice is cooked in the traditional way and is cooled by means tossed in a large container of rice. For lauknya, I ordered a fresh fried pomfret fish (Rp 7.500). Fish fried in savory garlic crunchy even this. Fed with warm rice was delicious.

Crunchy savory meat is still coupled to the fins and tail are also crisp. So more fun to chew. Bakwan shrimp (USD 7,500) of medium size. Pretty much the content of shrimp, crunchy savory when bitten. Tasty!