Saturday, June 23, 2007

Ayam Penyet

i tasted this food for the first time few months after i left my job in batam. i tasted it for the first time in batam, on my visit there. so it was good news when i got an info from my auntie that there's a new indonesian restaurant in lucky plaza selling this food few years back. but then the craze of ayam penyet went on. well, not a craze really but it is famous in singapore. typical indonesian, nobody patented this food as indonesian dishes. and now you can see a lot of malay's stall selling 'nasi ayam penyet'. is it the same? a big NO. mostly a just normal fried chicken being bruised, hence the penyet. i tried at several places though and so far the one i like the most is the one at golden shoe. if only we patent that dishes, it will still be one of our unique dish. they've already spoilt the mee bakso, gado-gado, and soto ayam. now this. don't take away our asinan and other signature dishes please.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Agree, at the moment there are many Malay and Nasi Padang stalls selling "nasi ayam penyet" which is not really ayam penyet. The real ayam penyet in Singapore is still the "Ayam Penyet Ria" in Lucky Plaza and Joo Chiat Complex.

On the other hand, I'm quite proud that there's another Indonesian dish becoming more popular in Singapore.

Simply Baby said...

TRUE!!
another branch is around bugis right? at least i saw the sign there - opposite show towers(or house?)