Also known as Restoran Putri Minang (I’m purposely using
their other name just because it sounded cooler and more authentic), the barely
a month old eatery has opened its doors within the ‘hotel row’ of Fajar Complex
(they’re directly below the Heritage Hotel).
God knows just how much I’d missed Indonesia’s Padang cuisine (there was a
Padang food eatery that had opened a few years back at Kubota Square but has
since been closed) so I was more than happy that this particular restaurant has
decided to take the plunge and open such eatery within the notoriously
competitive commercial area.
The foods were as veritable as it can get, since the
friendly veterans manning the restaurant were Minangkabau in ethnicity.
Although food selections were not as vast as one would hoped from a Padang cuisine restaurant
(as they’re typically known for their multiple choices of readily cooked ‘lauks’) the foods that me and my partner
had tried were nevertheless flavoursome. Now do forgive me if I’ve wrongly
identified the dishes (as the waiter was talking a bit too fast for me to fully
caught up to what he was saying) but we did tried out their Beef Rendang (my
partner cleared this dish up all by himself so that was a good sign), Gulai
Ayam (its whiter than what I usually had but the chicken was juicy with
superior spice level), Grilled Fish (the sambal
lado on top definitely elevated the taste of said fish) and Fried Begedil
(you just can’t go wrong with a potato patty now can you?). They’d also given
us some Daun Ubi (boiled cassava leaves) as our ‘ulam’ for free so the
experience dining there was a positive one for us. Now all I had to do is to cross
my fingers and prayed that this place will lasts longer than expected, as the
previous tenants to the shop had issues maintaining a steady stream of customers
in the past.
** Current status – Has been closed (as of November 2019)
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