Miss Capricious

Definition of capricious
[Oxford Mini Dictionary] Having sudden changes of mood.
[Astrology] Loyal, dependable, industrious, determined, meticulous, austere, shrewd, practical.

Sunday, January 28, 2007

Ayam Penyet House

This morning I read in the Straits Times about how Google serves gloriously delicious and healthy free lunch for its employees (check out the pics here!).

It's an attempt to keep the employees satisfied during working hours which in turn improves productivity.

And I totally agree with it!

Lunch time is a great stress buster; it's timeout from all that coding to let the eyes (and tummy) rest on food, oh glorious food. Luckily for me, there are several great places to makan in the vicinity of my workplace. And it certainly helps that I have colleagues who knows what good food is and where to find them :p

Here, I shall introduce the Ayam Penyet House, which serves authentic Indonesian cuisine.

This is ikan bawal penyet (smashed pomfret).. the pomfret is probably covered up by the chilli and dried prawn seasoning..

this is empal penyet (smashed beef).. the beef is also covered up..

and I ordered soto (chicken soup) with rice due to a bad stomach that day.


On another day, we tried the Lontong Cap Go Meh.

'What in the world is Cap Go Meh?', I asked my colleague. It turns out Cap Go Meh is 十五夜 (quite close to how it's said in Hokkien), which means the fifteenth of the lunar month. So, as you might have guessed, the Chinese Indons have this sort of lontong on the fifteenth of the lunar month.

The lontong is a delightful mix of rice cakes, drumstick, salted tofu and chicken insides all dipped in a kind of sweet curry gravy. I gave the extra chilli a miss, though. But it was still really yummy :p

The strange thing was that no one ordered the ayam penyet. Haa.. But I've tried it before, it's really yummy too. I'll post the pics when I lunch there again.

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