Nasi Ayam Taliwang Bakar di Sore Nusantara

Assalamualaikum w.b.t.

Rindunya masakan Indonesia. Terasa bumbu-bumbunya pastu kalau cabe hijau dia tu fuh menyengit pedas berasap! Gambar di bawah ni diambil semasa saya makan malam di Cipedes, Bandung. Time ni makan nasi dan ayam goreng. Fuh topping cili tumbuk tak hancur ye, memang cherry berry kalau tak tahan pedas.

 

This week, saya dan kawan-kawan sekerja had our lunch di Sore Nusantara. Kedai baru buka di area Hi-Tech Kulim dan memang betul-betul serve makanan Indonesia.

Cantik kan interior kedai ni. Ada geometric-Indo elements. Saya order Nasi Ayam Taliwang Bakar simply because curiosity kills the cat and saya nak tahu Taliwang tu apa? So ChatGPT says :

"It is basically grilled or roasted chicken coated in a spicy, smoky sambal made with chillies, garlic, shallots, tomato and shrimp paste (terasi). The flavour is usually spicy, savoury, slightly sweet, smoky and VERY sambal-forward. Taliwang itself comes from Karang Taliwang, an area in Mataram, Lombok, associated with the dish."

Gitu definition ek. Precise, terasa di taste buds.

Overall, menarik sangat kedai ini. Mostly serve pure Indonesian food so ko kena study lah sikit dekat counter tu. Basically lost in the translations tapi still grounded. Of course, the usuals ada bakwan, ayam tusuk, bakso etc. Portion nasi dia memang ngam sebab banyak betul. Kalau hang tengah lapaq tak menyabaq memang best la makan, tambah pulak ayam dia size large! 

Lepas tu nanti kita dapat juga complimentary keropok sayur semangkuk. Krup, krup.

Back to Ayam Taliwang, I don't know how to describe it? Nak kata macam ayam masak sambal? Not so, sebab tak pedas. Nak kata masak berlado, again tak pedas. But smoky? YES. But not the smokiness yang macam salai tu.

Bagi saya, kalau you expect masakan di sini untuk get the taste of marinated Malay ingredients, maybe you won't get the heat of it. But if you are looking for authentic Indonesian food, yes, this is truly a sore nusantara for you.

Till next time!