I am Marissa Iskandar and today I'm in Northern Jakarta to try new Indonesian
culinary and I have another foodie lover joining me today
this is Nick
hey guys
he has a food & travel channel called Nick & Helmi
and today we are at Mall Kelapa Gading at La
Piazza at the Jakarta Street Food Festival and we are gonna try really
good indonesian street foods and there's a lot of dishes he hasn't tried and me too
so we're pretty excited and actually this is a new friend and honestly when I
first met you I thought you were Filipino
no wow
I get that a lot but I'm
actually from here I was born in Jakarta so but I'm now based in Sydney but I'm
excited to be back and you know actually it's funny now
somebody who's not from
here is showing me around so this is gonna be exciting
because I haven't been
back here for a long time so I'm so excited to eat a lot of my I guess
traditional I grew up with you know
let's go check out that food
all right
what did he just call me cik (a chinese sister) :/
all right
already Nick so this is Nasi Goreng Gila
why they call it Nasi Goreng Gila is because Nasi Goreng (fried rice) and it's crazy spicy basically
yup I love chili if you guys you know seen my videos I love chili so I am excited to
see how spicy this is gonna be
and for me I'm like learning how to eat
spicy food so this might be a little bit too much
it's a bit of a trade-off
here yeah
hahaha alright I love how they gave you some Kerupuk
yeah that's so nice
some crackers here
I'm gonna eat it like that
okay
wow it's really hot
so lets toast to eating Nasi Goreng Gila
alright, lets do, cheers
selamat makan
cheers
mmm....
Wow that is intense
it feels really peppery
I feel the heat
yeah
it's really peppery
I can definitely feel the heat
yep
woaaa.... wooaa....
that's good thou but really really good
really tasty
yes its not to spicy so
it also has chicken sausage a little bit of carrots
and they were making it with tons of garlic so I can taste the garlic flavoring
and then I also put the sweet soy sauce which is kecap manis here
and give it a
sweet taste
and egg as well, yes
I just love the Nasi Goreng , the Indonesian Nasi Goreng
its one of the best foods in the world
yeah and you could never go wrong with eating Nasi Goreng
mmm... no
its rice Indonesian people we got to eat rice
okay so we've got our otak-otak right here, yea
this is made out of mackerel
fish as well but the way they cook it right is they put it on a charcoal grill
and then they just they put banana leaves on top of that so you can see how
how crispy the banana leaves have become
yeah it's pretty interesting the presentation
but the way to eat it is actually with this sauce here this peanut sauce with
some kecap manis(sweet soy sauce)
and a little chili, yea
hahaha....it's looks really spicy hopefully its not to spicy
if its Indonesian it's spicy basically
definitely everything is spicy here and if it's not spicy enough they don't like it
what about the your food back home is that spicy ??
um I think everything is very salty and sweet, okay
yes western food
look at that
otak-otak
now you really have to work for it opening it
hahaha...
woaaa... it smells nice
it does smell really good
but it is a really hard opening this, it is I made a mess
yeah
this is very sticky inside here see that very sticky
yea dip it in
have you ever had tamales?? mexican tamales??
no.....
okay so this actually looks like mexican tamales
add some more, no thank you, I asked if
you would like more tamales
yes
that's what I thought you said
that I eat back home in Texas
okay, the presentation wise
but it more the color is more white and tamales is more like a golden
brown color okay and it's also tamales are usually wrapped in a corn husk and
this is a banana leaf
WOW so its a little different
mmmm....
that is so soft
wow but the chili
hahaha... yeah the sauce is really nice
that peanut really just coats, yea its so nice
the peanut with the chili the kecap manis really coats it really really well
the sauce is really smooth I think so some peanuts sauces there a little bit more clumpy
that's right this is actually very smooth
very smooth the texture I like it, its really good
I know its so hard to describe it
its just so good , so good
I mean look at me I already finished basically all of it haha...
so
Nick what are we gonna try ??
we're going to try the RAWON right now
yes, right here
whats neat about Indonesia is every city and every province they specialize in their own
dish
right there are just endless of different options out here to be honest
its endless
so we ordered the nasi rawon
is that how to say it?? RAWON
rawon, rawon,okay I can't roll my r's
so its a little dificult for me to say
I've never tried this as well
and but this is apparently a Surabaya
traditional dish here
it's black beef soup
and I think they use black nuts to
make this soup
the soup is really dark as well
and the soup is supposed to have
this kind of nutty kind of taste
which I'm dying to find out
it's smells like soto right? it smells so good yes
almost like a soto, yes like soto
here we go
they've got a lot of fried shallots in it as well there
ooo... wow.... look at its beautiful
mmmmm.......
it just melts in your mouth
its so good right ??? so good, the beef is so tender right?
very tender
because they cooked it over night as well
so its so tender
so juicy as well
and that soup.... oooo... I love the broth.... the beef broth soup
ya... its so good.... so tasty
its so flavorful
you can feel that really nutty flavor as well
yes, yes I can taste it... you really really do...
really it's amazing
maybe I'm not gonna share this with you
hahahaha.... just joking....
lets go for the salted egg, ya
so in the whole rawon rice
dish here is a lot of toppings
alright you got the tempeh
you got salted egg
you got the beef here
the perkedel, perkedel that's right
the mash potato fritter
okay, lets try
damn that is SALTY
woa..hahaha...that is salty
you have to mix it with everything else
you have to mix it with rice... thats right... and potatoes but the tempeh is so crunchy thou I love how everything
complements each other
perkedel
its really really good
its kind of like mash potato right
mmmm...
thats good
its really good
cendol is a traditional Indonesian dessert made with green jellies mixed with
coconut milk and topped with various fruits
so much stuff underneath, I know
you got a big bite of the cendol... ya...
mmmmmm............
oh it's so nice
ooo the tapai is really sweet
alrighthy Nick so overall what did you think of this cendol Indonesian drink ???
ahhh... it brings me back home really it's like a very nostalgic feeling you know
good to be back home
I know it's a short trip but it's so good to have my
traditional dish again
nice so thanks for showing me around
oh thank you
I didn't even know about this event so it's great
yeah it happens at least every year and they
have so many good Indonesian food vendors that you can choose from and try
wonderful Indonesian dishes... thats right
that's right
hahahha....
for me overall this drink
was just a nice drink to cool down it was very good
very
creamy and then with the jellies and sweets and I love the texture of the
jelly actually
yep I love sweet stuff
ok guys this wraps up the food culinary adventure today here at the Jakarta
Street Food Festival
thank you to my good friend
Nick for joining me today
thank you...I love it it's amazing
yes and check out
Nicks channel I'll link it in the description below
its called Nick and Helmi
right??? that's right... awesomr Nick & Helmi
I'll see you on the next adventure until then
keep living keep exploring & keep eating
bye......