Heard of Ayam Penyat Ria through friends and their facebook posts that the food there is nice. Queue can be formed during the meal time. Decided to head there for lunch while shopping in Orchard.
There are 2 outlets located at Lucky Plaza and we headed to the shop at level 1. At 11.30am, there is no queue and we were showed to our table promptly. Ordering of food is self-service - We were given a picture menu to help us decide on the food, complete the order paper and proceed to pay at the cashier.
The service was prompt and drinks were served within minutes.
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| Left: Lava Boy (Blueberry mocktail with logan and jelly Right: Teh Botol Sosro (Indonesian Iced Tea) |
Nothing special much about the drinks though. Within 5 minutes, the food were served.
First up is the Tauhu Telur. A dish of crispy fried egg and beancurd with peanut sauce. The peanut sauce is sweet and nice and it reminds me of satay sauce. It really complements the beancurd well. The dish is not oily and it went well with rice. I even finished the shredded cucumber and carrot with the sauce. Look at the 'rooster' plate, so old school.
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| Tauhu Telur |
Next up is the Ayam Penyet which I have came specially for. The dish comprised of a fried chicken with fritters, fried taukwa (beancurd), fried tempeh (fermented soybeans)and kangkung. Look at the scoop of sambal belacan. This is really spicy and a little of it was enough to make me sweat. The chicken is not served hot and I guess it could be due to them preparing it before hand. The chicken was small and the meat was quite dry. Was quite disappointed as I had eaten better ayam penyey before.
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| Ayam Penyet |
However, the special item on the menu - Ikan gurame penyet (if I remember the name correctly). The fish is piping hot and the meat is very nice. The first bite reminds me of fish and chips. The skin is crispy and the dish is not greasy at all. Totally prefer this to the chicken and it went well with the sambal belacan as well. Same as the ayam penyet, this dish came with the sides but was totally covered by the big fish. Should try if this is still the special item on the menu. Or maybe the shop can consider making it their permanent dish.
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| Ikan Gurame Penyet |
We spent about S$30 for the whole meal. If you love fried spicy food or if you love to eat fish, this will be the place you got to visit. But be early as the crowd starts to swim in when it is lunch time, and the place was almost packed when we left.
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