Bandung is called as one of never ending
culinary destination in Indonesia. I always agree for that statement due to me
always craving for other culinary destinations here. On October, 2011, an owner
of two breakthrough restaurant in Bandung invited me to taste their resto. Me
certainly head over heels to visit such resto, one is Indonesian, the other is
Italian. Then, when I was visiting my boyfriend in Bandung two weeks ago, I got
a chance to visit the first resto, namely Sangrai.
The resto is located at Jalan Riau 63, next
to Heritage FO. Actually it is in one area with the FO. People can easily find
the typical sundanese resto with a wooden wall and table and a big board with
the resto name ‘Sangrai’ in front of the resto.
As I stepped my feet in the resto, I felt that this wasn’t kind of
resto, me might be called this as café. Because there is only several table,
about 50 capacities of people. The ambience is quite nice, supported by the
warm weather of Bandung and the wooden tables that make it feel homey. My
tastebud suddenly appeared when I looking into a display of several menus of
Sangrai. As the waiter gave me the menu list, it was inside my expectation. The
menu is typical Indonesian resto since the market of which is mostly the
tourists and people who looking for authentic Indonesian cuisine.
Actually, it was boring for me to read such
Ayam Goreng, Iga Bakar, Nasi Goreng or Roti Bakar in the menu that I easily
find in Jakarta. However, when the waiter explained they have other variants of
Rice Package (Nasi Komplit), I agreed to try it. Sangrai, whose name comes from
a Sundanese proverb ‘Sangrai’ which means a hereditary, served variant of Rice
Package such as Nasi Timbel Bakar Komplit, Nasi Hijau Pandan Komplit, Nasi Ungu
Ubi Komplit, Nasi Tutug Oncom Komplit, etc. My tastebud rolled into the Nasi
Ungu Ubi and Nasi Hijau since I was curious how did the taste of rice combined
by sweet potatoes hehehe….
Before the two of Rice Package hit my
tummy, a plate of Tahu Gerus Pedas strokes my tummy first. This menu is
actually a snack for appetizer. The good news is to follow and mention twitter
account of Sangrai @SANGRAIBDG or upload your photo in their facebook http://facebook.com/sangraibdg, you
can get free Tahu Gerus Pedas every purchase all menus. Yay! The Tahu Gerus
Pedas has its spicy level one to three chilies.
Me not a spice food lover, so I ordered the one with one chili. The food
remembered me of Tahu Gejrot, a kind of mince tofu with special sauce. This one
only a mince fried tofu with chili. It was tasteless. My tastebud only taste a
spicy flavor from the chili. I thought that Sangrai should consider to add a
little of salt in the tofu.
Soon the Rice Package served into me. Wow,
I love the appearance of both Nasi Ungu Ubi and Nasi Hijau Pandan. Colourful.
Both Rice Package consists of gepuk (a
mashed beef), fried tempe and tofu, salted fish, lalapan (lettuce and tomato) and sambal. My tummy was spoiled by Nasi Hijau Pandan since I’ve never
taste the same Nasi Hijau as this one before. The one I’ve ever tasted only nasi
hijau covered with pandanus flavor, but this one has a best texture of rice and
combined with Suji leaves which its fiber united with the rice. It’s very
savory, aromatic, sweet, aahh I couldn’t explain more except it’s tasty! I
definitely will back for this one!
Meanwhile, the Nasi Ungu Ubi which made
from a combination of purple sweet potatoes and rice tasted so-so for me. I
didn’t know why the texture of the rice was different with Nasi Hijau Pandan.
It’s more sticky. Maybe it caused by the sweet potates in which. Ya
at least the additional menus like the gepuk and the others satisfied my tummy
hehehe...
So, next the dessert is
the famous Batagor Karasa hahaha. I didn’t insist if somene give me various
kind of Batagor as long as it comes handmade from Bandung hahaha. I dunno why
the texture and taste is different with any other Batagor in other city.
This one, was quite tasty
for me. The texture of the spring roll skin is very crunchy and I love the
sauce. Very nutty, savory and goes sweet after passing my throat by. I also
tasted two kinds of yoghurt, Strawberry and Mango, which is definitely
handmade. Wow, I never heard before a resto prepare a handmade yoghurt except
they using a ready-to-drink yoghurt. I saw how they made the drink. However,
sorry to say that handmade yoghurt was too sour and the portion was too big.
Hello, Sangrai someday you should consider that people will getting full in the
second sip of yoghurt if you still served that in a tall glass. Better to put
it in a small glass and people can enjoy the drink better. Fortunately, my
tummy was helped by a giant glass of Sweet Ice Tea. It was neutralized my
tummy. Phiuh.
Overall, I enjoyed to
have lunch here. The serving was good. The price was very kind for Indonesian
food’s range. I might said that Sangrai should consider to resize its area to
become more bigger. I believe this resto will hit the city as they soon will make a breakthrough in opening this resto till late night and serving various night snacks such as Roti Bakar, Indomie Telor Kornet, Pisang Bakar, kinds of coffee, etc. I might be back for
the Nasi Hijau Pandan. Thanks for Pak Joy and Pak Ricky for your kind
invitation.
So, how bout you
eatersuntildiee. Having a chance to visit Bandung? Visit Sangrai and tell me
your story here. Ciao.
Sangrai
Jl. Riau 63
Bandung
(next to Heritage FO)
@SANGRAIBDG
waaah saya pun sudah lama penasaran dengan tempat makan yang sering saya lihat ini! akan menyusul! :D *oh ya, salam kenal sesama jajaler :)
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