This small but stellar purveyor of all kinds of rujak (traditional spicy vegetable and fruit salad commonly found in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore) is a dream come true for ‘healthy food’ fanatics, though the Rujak Soto (a particularly lush, intriguing mixture of salad and soto -- the generic term for Indonesian chicken soup, again a loose term encompassing a staggering variety scattered across the archipelago) is the clear winner.
The real allure lies in the seamless melding of petis (black fermented shrimp paste), a full-bodied tripe-infused broth, and all the sprightliness of a bowl of vegetable rujak. Of the boundless snacks on offer, try the exemplary soft-shell crab pepes (pepes jangkang) and vegetable pepes (botok pakis). Relegated too often to a mere side dish, from the Yucatan to this archipelago of 17,000 islands, pepes—steamed and marinated flattened seafood or vegetable cake wrapped in banana leaves—is often a work of art in itself.
Opening hours: 07.00 – 17.00
