Located at Golden Mile Food Centre, the family-run business keeps the menu simple with its offering of nasi ambeng sets – in different sizes. If you don't have a friend to share a huge plate with, you can order a single serving and still enjoy the signature sides like sambal goreng, rendang and paru (beef lung). The crowd favourite is the thin and crispy fried salted fish which adds texture and complements the other sides. The dishes are recipes passed down from the owner's late grandmother.
COST $39.90 for a platter for four
HOW TO ORDER Pre-order from the website
Every culture has its 'celebration' food and nasi ambeng has long been a traditional Javanese dish eaten communal-style and usually served at festivities. Nasi ambeng is normally eaten by hand and the standard practice is to sit around the platter on a mat – which is why the communal element is a huge part of the dish.
They say that food unites everyone and it cannot be more true when it comes to nasi ambeng. A standard platter would be enough to feed four people – and more. At the centre of this impressive-looking dish is a mountain of rice (sometimes substituted with nasi kuning which is yellow rice), and portions of meat and vegetable dishes surround it. It is usually served with dishes like rendang, a chicken curry dish, sambal goreng, eggplant balado, bergedil (potato patty) and urap (a raw salad with spicy grated coconut). It takes a while to finish the mountain – which makes it more enjoyable when you have more friends sharing the platter.
In Singapore, nasi ambeng can be enjoyed at any time and by any amount of people. Yup, some of these places serve a mean solo ambeng platter which means no fighting over the best parts of the chicken. Not a bad thing actually.
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