Warung Indo Revisited

It was Q's send off to her new endeavour as Med Rep and we decided to celebrate it at Warung Indo. This would be my second time in Warung, and this time around, I am trying a different dish - pecel lele (fried catfish, rice, vegetables and sauce). I guess the sauce can be requested to be whatever sauce you feel for your fish. Chili sauce works for me best, though. Indonesians create some of the best chili sauces, so it couldn't be more appropriate.

Pecel Lele

Another thing I like about Indonesian food is the way they prepare and incorporate vegetables in their dishes. Not much fanfare, just some simple blanching, better yet served fresh, and that's it - which are actually healthier. And the colors are just vibrant - all the fresh greens, and reds, and oranges. So nice to look at.

Some would argue though, that Warung's isn't as authentic. It advertises "Indo-Chinese", after all. In any case, there isn't enough, if any, authentic Indonesian restaurants in the country. This is the closest we can get, so why don't we just shut it and eat, yeah?

The last time I was here I tried mi goreng and ayam penyet, which were a good introduction to their cuisine. I instantly fell in love with mi goreng. It's like a different take on our pancit canton, albeit less salty and just a little sweeter, and healthier. There's something in the way they prepare the chicken that doesn't seem to be that oily as its Filipino counterpart.

The other colleagues ordered kwetiau goreng and some kind of a spicy chopsuey, which I forgot what the name was, but something like chicken with mushroom, I overheard.

I find the spicy chopsuey delicious. I love the mild spicy kick. The colleague, unfortunately, is not a big fan of spicy food so I get to taste some of it, so as not to be wasteful. Well, you know what they say (and I warn that this could really sound unbecoming) - "One man's garbage is another man's treasure".

Sorry for the not-so-appetizing analogy.

Kwetiau Goreng

I wasn't able to taste the kwetiau goreng, but no worries, there's plenty of time for that next time. It's not like it's the end of the world, yeah?

I may love food that much but I ain't a glutton - well, not yet, at least. LOL!