Kitchenesia.com - They say that the first ever restaurant on the Moon will be a Padangnese Restaurant.
Jokes aside, it will much likely be coming true, anyway.
You can easily find Padangnese Restaurants scattered in Indonesia, ranging from ones that everyone can afford to such that can cost half of your monthly expenses.
Indonesians love Padangnese Restaurants.
Not just the food but it's that warm funny feeling you have when you eat there. Much like the good old times when your mom cooked you good home meals and you don't need to worry about anything else.
You can forget all social manners known to mankind and culture when you eat at Padang Restaurant.
Go on, eat with your hands - with one foot resting on the chair next to yours if you like - while spices making sweat roll down your face. And no one is complaining.
Yet, Padangnese Restaurants can offer more than that: Coffee.
Right. Apparently, there's always a need for a coffee shop here in Indonesia.
This time and age must have been the golden age for coffee afficionados and if you are one among the happy crowd, you might need to check out Kopi Goh Leng Cafe at Pacific Place, Jakarta.
And if you're not, stopping by wouldn't hurt. At least there's one more coffee shop you can tell your social circle about.
Let's go back again to the part that you are.
And this time it's about Sumatran Coffee.
The lingering-flavour of herbs with almost zero acidity make Sumatran Coffee one of the finest coffee beans in the world.
It grows naturally in the rainforest of Sumatra, making these beans taste bold yet smooth in every sip.
Trying to order one, already? Well, you might just be out of luck. The original Kopi Padang is rarely seen in Jakarta, even in Padang Restaurants.
Kopi Padang has that bold flavour, that you get only by a very long process.
But, unless you're making adsense money out of vlogging about food and stuff, you don’t need to go to the city of Padang, around two-hour flight from Jakarta, to taste one.
With a much less expensive effort, you can have a taste of the coffee at Kopi Goh Leng Cafe, a coffee shop in Pacific Place, Jakarta.
Located in a mall, the place yet can offer the journey of delightful Peranakan flavour with its champion item on the menu: Kopi Padang.
Established in 2009, Kopi Goh Leng Cafe has long been commited to preserve the originality of Kopi Padang.
The coffee beans are sent from their native soil in Sumatra and the finest beans are processed by way of the hundreds-years-legacy of native Padangnese recipe.
Kopi Goh Leng Cafe offers two types of Kopi Padang: you can have it milked or without if you prefer.
Kopi Padang certainly has a blod flavour, but those with sensitive stomach shouldn’t worry as the coffee contains almost zero acidity.
The unique part of this coffee, besides its original-guaranteed beans, is that the coffee is served - wait for it - in a wine glass.
Talk about 19th-century coffee being fancy!
Martabak Kelapa Is (Probably) Going To Extinct Soon, Taste It Quickly!
Some call it "heart attack in a box", but being Indonesians' guilty pleasure, fatty and greasy martabak is no doubt far from being extinct.
It can easily be found at night, sold literally on every corner of the street, guaranteed to be sold out before midnight.
While traditional syle martabak contains peanut, chocolate, fruit jam, or egg, at Kopi Goh Leng Cafe, the martabak offers a combination of coconut filling.
In every bite, Martabak Kelapa by Kopi Goh Leng Cafe gives you a thin, crispy crust savory bread smothered in sweet taste of coconut.
Even if it contains complex ingredients from the chef's specials, it actually tastes simple. The simplicity, however, makes this martabak a real treat that screams for more.
Summer Drink That Brings Fresh Feels: Limo Puruk
In Padang, limo puruk is an offering to ancestors or to God.
At Kopi Goh Leng Cafe, limo puruk is indeed heavenly.
Aptly named "fresh squeezed Kaffir limes (Nicknamed Porcupine Orange)" in its menu, a glass of limo puruk offers the sensation of a summer drink with bitter freshness.
The secret, you ask? Well, Chef Marco, the executive chef of Kopi Goh Leng Cafe, combines the freshness of citruslike fruit with savoury of salt.
Yes, you read it right. Salt. That element from the sea.
Funny as it sounds, the salt makes the drink leave a shockingly good aftertaste in your mouth.
If all the fatty food you ate before makes you feel guilty, this drink will probably make you repent, both literally and figuratively. (Reporter: Sera B)
