Indonesia

Come join us for some of our favorite Indonesian food as we have a classic dish in Gado-Gado and something we've never tried in Selat Solo (as known as Solo Bistik Jawa) at Warung Selat Mbak Lies restaurant in Surakarta (Solo). If you're visiting Surakarta (Solo) they have a unique type of Indonesian cuisine worth sampling: Warung Selat Mbak Lies Restaurant Address: Jalan Veteran, Gang II No. 42, Serengan, Kota Surakarta, Jawa Tengah 57144, Indonesia Phone: +62 271 653332 GEAR WE USE Olympus OM-D E-M5 II: http://amzn.to/1OchS7t Canon G7X: http://amzn.to/1YdjsYX Olympus 14-150mm II Lens: http://amzn.to/1Y79zeM Rode Video Mic GO: http://amzn.to/1WDKtVM Joby Gorilla Pod: http://amzn.to/1PgoY5F SanDisk 16GB Extreme Pro: http://amzn.to/25KEErs SOCIAL MEDIA & TRAVEL BLOGS AUDREY: blog: http://thatbackpacker.com/ instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatbackpacker/ facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thatbackpacker twitter: https://twitter.com/ThatBackpacker SAMUEL: blog: http://nomadicsamuel.com/ facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nomadicsamuel twitter: https://twitter.com/NomadicSamuel instragram: https://www.instagram.com/nomadicsamuel/ Indonesian Food: Eating Gado-Gado and Selat Solo (Bistik Jawa) travel food video transcript: So it is dinnertime here in Solo, Indonesia and we're trying a new restaurant that was highly recommended on TripAdvisor. We're eating a place called Warung Selat Mbak Lies. Hopefully I got that right. It is a pretty long name. We're really enjoying the restaurant so far. It is very quirky and there is a lot going on on the walls. Like there is ceramics and plates and arts. And we're sitting on these low to the ground tables. There is all of these snacks on table which I think you can purchase if you get hungry until your food gets here. So yeah, we've placed our order. We kind of had to guess what we're getting but is should be tasty regardless so we're waiting for that to arrive. Gado-Gado. Gado Gado. Yes. Selat Bastik. So I am super impressed because our food showed up in record time. Yeah, that was awesome. I mean we're really hungry and the food was at our table within minutes. In like two minutes. That was awesome. So what are you having? So I'm starting off with Gado-Gado which is basically a vegetable and compressed rice salad and it comes in a peanut sauce and although this food isn't unique to this particular region of Indonesia, I mean it is one of those foods that you can find almost anywhere in Indonesia but we thought we'd show it to you anyways. And it is a popular street snack as well. You can try it in restaurants and on the street. So I'm going for I'm trying to just get a bite here with lots of peanut sauce, a bit of a cracker and some of the vegetables. Let's see. First bite. What makes this so good is the peanut sauce. The peanut sauce is amazing. It is like you get that strong peanut taste but it is also really sweet as well. Sam, loves peanut butter so I knew he would enjoy it. Is it sweet? It is very sweet and then you have like the contrast of the crunchiness of the cracker and then the basically the vegetables that go along with it. Why don't you take your spoon and swirl it around and let's see what else is in there. I see some beansprouts. Yeah, there is beansprouts, it looks like there is lettuce. It looks like there is all kinds of things going on. No, it is not an egg. No. Let's break it in half. Or is it meat? The mystery. It is an egg! . Hahaha. It is a very dark egg. It has been cooked in soy sauce or something so. I love this. Yeah, one of my favorite Indonesian dishes for sure. My food is here as well. We ordered something called Selat Bistik Jawa or Selat Solo so if you take a look down here it is basically a braised beef tenderloin with a watery gravy and it also comes with vegetables. We have some green beans, some carrots, it looks like some mashed potato here and there is like chips kind of sprinkled on top and what else. Other vegetables. Some onions. So apparently this is like a twist on western slash dutch food that has been like adopted here in Indonesia and just changed to their taste. Yeah, it is like with Javanese ingredients. Yeah. So let's try this. Dig right in. You know what I'm going to start with this egg. Okay. This dark egg. I've never had such a dark egg before. And apparently the soy sauce is quite sweet. Is it sweet? That is a sweet gravy. I mean it is quite watery. It is almost like you're having a soup. It is like a main dish but kind of looks like a soup. So yeah. Let's get a bit more. Some mashed potatoes, some chips and maybe some beef. Okay so time for price point. Yeah, so we're stuffed. And that came to again under five US dollars. So really good value, we ate a lot and now we're ready to go back home. This is part of our Travel in Indonesia video series showcasing Indonesian food, Indonesian culture and Indonesian cuisine. Music in this video courtesy of Audio Network

• published: 10 Nov 2016
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