Indonesian food was also a cuisine that we hardly ever see in San Diego.
We came towards the tail end of their dinner hours. It was around 8:45 pm and the restaurant, luckily, still had a few tables open.
We were so hungry after a long day driving and seeing the MMC and the Bay Model.
You can check out Jayakarta's menu here:
We ended up getting several dishes such as the Mie Tek Tek (seen in menu below) which Jayakarta is known for.
They did not have any Indonesian beers so Bert got the Filipino beer, San Miguel.
All the tables had chili sauce containers...
Our appetizer was the Perkedel, which were fried mashed potato patty filled with meat.
These were quite tasty as they were but chili sauce could have been added for more spiciness.
These were the Mie Tek Tek - stir fried egg noodles with chicken, vegetables, and fried egg.
Bert also ordered the Nasi Rames - coconut rice with fried chicken, coconut beef (hidden in this photo), along with fried peanuts with anchovies. I noticed the menu listed a "hard boiled egg" but a fried egg was served on the side. The sauce/paste on the fried chicken skin was so good! You could taste the spices. The downside was that one of the chicken pieces didn't seem to be cooked thoroughly.
Here's the other side of the combo plate. TC enjoyed the noodles the most. She didn't care for the chicken too much. You can see the spicy coconut beef below. Even though that chili sauce had some sweetness to it, it was still pretty hot! Surprisingly, TC enjoyed the fried peanuts with the tiny fried fish. There's a similar fried fish that my mom sometimes serves as a snack but not with peanuts. They were pretty salty!
TC had the Es Shanghai which was crushed ice with various ingredients like sliced jackfruit, some sort of coconut jelly, sweet beans, as well as a very a sweet brown syrup on top (palm sugar?), along with rose flavored syrup. This was not served as her dessert but as a side for the meal. We took turns sampling it - it's like Filipino halo-halo but served in a low bowl rather than a tall glass. This would be a great dessert for a hot day.
Even though we were tempted to order the Gado Gado salad or perhaps a satay or two, we didn't because we didn't want to have leftover food as there was no microwave in our hotel room. We did have a fridge but didn't want to deal with eating cold leftoevers. We enjoyed our Indonesian meal - I liked the noodles the most followed by the spicy coconut beef. Bert's favorite was the beef with the rice.
Who else ate at Jayakarta?
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The next day would bring us back to Oakland...
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