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Sate & Gule Kambing Lemans

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Sate & Gule Kambing Lemans Sate, one of the most popular Indonesian food. Skewered meat, grilled, smoky, savory, and a little bit sweet. The most common is one with peanut sauce. Chicken and beef are often found in Indonesian restaurant. But there's another version made from lamb that generally can be love/hate relationship with sate lovers. This place is known for its sate kambing . Well, at first I doubted it, thought that it won't be good. In fact, it was quite nice. Ordered sate sapi (beef satay) and sate kambing (lamb satay), surprisingly the lamb was so much better than beef sate . Smoky, tender, and it didn't smell. Steamed white rice, peanut sauce, and pickles were best companions for meaty dinner. Using hot plate for serving to keep the meat warm, at least until the time it goes into the mouth. A bowl of comforting Gule  is a must to order, I did manage to order Tongseng but unfortunately it was sold out. It's surely not an everyday meal to me but once a

Middle East Food Feast This Ramadhan at Sailendra JW Marriott Jakarta

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Ramadhan With Middle East Food Feast At Sailendra JW Marriott Jakarta When I got the invitation for this Ramadhan food tasting at Sailendra JW Marriott Jakarta, I was extremely excited because of the menu, middle east food!! I've been to not so many places here in Jakarta for middle east food, but when I was in KL I had a nice experience at Al-Rawsha the 24 hours Lebanese restaurant. Personally, I don't really compare restaurants one to another because every of them has their own specialty and of course we do have different appetite, we might have different experience, and wise enough to say we see things in different way.  Hot appetizers such as samosas and falafels were served freshly fried from the kitchen, but this time I want to introduce more about cold appetizers even if in general I know that it doesn't fit everyone's tongue. First, Hummus (chickpeas puree with tahini / sesame seeds paste, garlic, and lemon juice). Babaganush and Mutabe are both made from eg