Papua is the easternmost province in Indonesia in the world's second-largest
island it's diverse and different from the rest of Indonesia with delicious
traditional dishes with spectacular scenery landscapes and islands white
sandy beaches crystal-clear water and a divers paradise a historic and culture
interest experience with vibrant exotic tribal rituals performed from the locals
and now I have the opportunity to try Papua food in Jakarta for the first time
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hi I'm Marissa Iskandar and today I am at Alenia Papua Coffee and Kitchen and today
I'm going to be trying 3 dishes from Papua and I ordered an appetizer which is
called PAPEDA GORENG and I also ordered 2 entrees one is PAPEDA IKAN
KUAH KUNING and it is basically a fish with a yellow sauce in it so I'm not
sure too much about it but I'm gonna try it and then I also ordered the MIE GORENG
CAKALANG
and then I also ordered a drink
okay and so right now I ordered
the iced coffee it's called ''MAMAKOTA'' and its a popular
Papua coffee
so it looks GOOD
IM EXCITED TO TRY
This is the name called coffee MAMAKOTA
why we call mamakota
if Papua people want to go to Jakarta they say ''MAMAKOTA''
a traditional papeda ikan soup which is a yellow fish soup and it's I believe
it's made with tumeric and they also put lime in it so it's spiced with that and
then right here is papeda this is the signature and I saw that it's really
popular and it's almost like BUBUR (porridge) mixture so I'm guessing it might almost
taste like that so this looks really interesting I'm excited to try this
and then I also ordered cakalang so it's a mie goreng (stiry fry noodles) and it's topped with the
telur (egg) and has some peppers in here and then it looks really good and delicious I
cannot wait to try this and then it's also served all the dishes with you have
sambal(saucy chili) and then acar(vegatable pickles) here and then Indonesian chips so let me try my first
dish which I'm really excited to try
ha......
sister how do you eat this?
I don't know how
please
like that
aww huh
okay
ooo, really
do you want more sister?
thats good
one right here
do I mix this first?
or
atau
do I have to mix it together?
its up to you, no problem
cut first, ya
sticky
yes because its sagoo
oooo....hehehe
o really, thank you
okay so this is my first time ever trying papeda and just
by looking at it, it looks really good and the texture is almost like a glue
light consistency it's very transparent in color and it looks like it's gonna be
really sticky the texture so let me try and I did mix it with the fish soup so here it goes
''MAKAN''
Wow the flavor is very unique it's very good but the papeda is very interesting
in texture and then she told me that you can either swallow it or eat it but I
also saw online a lot of people they do swallow it and I swallowed it so it
gives it a really good consistency while you're eating it and you're swallowing
it it's quite nice actually and then the fish soup is very flavorful you can
taste the turmeric and the lime that is just seasoned in it making it really
good VERY IMPRESSED
okay and then the fish is called KERAPU
MMMMMMMMMMMM...................................
very good and very flavorful and the fish is very tender and nice in your
mouth it's very good I love it combined with the fish soup PERFECT in flavor
very good and the texture with the papeda is good I honestly didn't
think I was going to like it as it came it kind of looked intimidating like
what is this you know?????
what am I going to eat but it's a very good
I am very impressed
I am gonna add some some sambal (chili sauce) to my fish soup so just add a little bit just mix it
in and give it a little bit more flavor
mmm ....
now that's better the sambal gives it a nice kick that you need
mmm.....
ENAK ( SO TASTY)
okay now I'm gonna put this aside and I'm going to dig into my mie goreng cakalang
and this is what I was excited to try too because the color is
really colorful it looks good and you know in Indonesia mie goreng is always
really delicious
now I have to see the way Papua makes
their mie goreng
mmmmm....
looks so good
slurp..... slurp..... slurp......
mmmmmmm.....
there's a nice flavor
almost like HEAVEN IN A BITE
the first bite you taste
is a heaven in a bite
you can taste like it was mixed on cooked on a
charcoal grill it's really good and you taste all the spices that is
just mixed right in here giving it an awesome flavor guys it's very
flavor packed
slurp......
mmm......
SO GOOD....
now to try a little bit of some
sambal with my egg
just add a little bit
AHHHH....that looks so good guys my MOUTH IS
WATERING......
MMMMM.....
SLURP....
MMMMMMMM.........
now that is mie goreng from Papua
"ENAK SEKALI"
SO GOOD, SO DELICIOUS, SO TASTY
Mmmmmm....
okay so here is the fish
ahh that looks so good
mmmmm.......
ummm...
compared to the first fish that I tried, this is a little bit more tougher the meat
mmm and a little bit more bland in flavor I think it's better if you
combine it with the mie
so I'm just gonna take a bite with my mie
the fish mixed in with the mie it gives it a nice better flavor
I do like it mixed in
with the mie rather than eating it by yourself
okay so now I'm going to try
the Indonesian chips which is called EMPING
MMMMM....
crunch
just as good
I'm gonna be a little brave and put a little bit of sambal on here
crunch
MMMMM..........
nice crunchy texture in your mouth mixed with a little bit of spicy flavor
It gives it that nice crunch and taste in your mouth that you need
mmmm.....
okay so my papeda goreng just came out and so what it is, is actually the pepada
which is right here and this is made from SAGO starch which is made from and
extracted from sago palm tree and a interesting fact that it takes about
5 to 15 years before they extract it from the sago palm tree to see if it's
worthwhile to extract it from the tree which is very interesting
okay and so
the way I'm going to eat it is I'm just gonna cut a little piece and then
right here is a lot of the little fish mixed in with looks like sambal paste
i'm just gonna top it off like this
mmmmmm......
so
"MAKAN"
so as you bite into it you get so many different flavors first I get the crispy
crunchy flavor and then I get this extremely salty flavor and then you get
a little bit a taste of the spicy flavor there's so many flavors going on in here
and it's very quite delicious and it's really not too soft but not too crispy
it's just perfect in combination
crunch
mmm....
it's quite good
okay so here are little fish and actually it is the fish is originally
very salty
so good
okay I am going to try it by itself i'm gonna be brave
WOAH..............................................
extremely salty and
ASIN BANGET ( SO SALTY) guys ASIN
now Papua food can be found in the eastern province in Indonesia and it's a
really special unique food that is flavored and spiced with these unique
ingredients and the taste is UNBELIEVABLE guys I was very impressed
and now if I ever go to Papua I have a common understanding and a taste
to what Papua food actually tastes like and I won't be surprised because at this
restaurant you get to taste the basic traditional Papua dish Alenia Papua coffee and
kitchen is a great place to check out the atmosphere is really nice and the
interior decor is decorated with this Papua influence decor it's very
traditional and Papua food you can't get it's not a very common food here in
Jakarta because there's so many Javanese food here to choose from and this is
more of an Eastern eastern part food that is in Papua and it's very unique to
eat it here I'm sure gonna be coming back to try different dishes off the
menu because papua food is good
okay so thank you for watching and I hope you enjoyed this video and make
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more good food and travel culinary adventures and I will see you all on my
next trip....bye:)