During rainy season, enjoying a bowl of warm tongseng (meat stew cooked with sweet soy sauce) and a plate of satay can be ideal choice for delectable lunch or dinner. Warung Sate Khas Solo Pak Dadi that you can find at Jl. Ir. H. Juanda, East Ciputat has comfort food you want to warm your body.
In the two-storey building, this typical Javanese restaurant always crowd with those who love satay and tongseng that much. If you want to enjoy your order in different way, you can go upstairs (2nd floor) where you can sit on the floor and enjoy the food (lesehan).
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Alinear decided try a bowl of Tongseng Kambing for Rp28.000 and Chicken Satay for Rp30.000. In a deep bowl of tongseng, you can find piles of goat meat, slices of cabbage, and fresh green tomatoes. You can choose either meat only or mix using fat.
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A thick brown kind of soup with remaining oil from its shallots sauté taste so flavourful, it is savoury and sweet. When it comes to your table, there is no bad smell (prengus), only mouth-watering aroma to light up your appetite. Make sure to add fried onions to make the soup more delicious.
Besides tongseng, a plate of chicken satay which served at the same time also looks so tempting. 10 chicken skewers served with sliced green cayenne peppers and shallots. The peanut sauce is not too smooth so when you are munching it taste sweet, savoury, and crunchy.
Warung Sate Khas Solo Pak Dadi also offering other delicious menu such as soup, gule (sicy, succulent curry-like sauce), tengkleng (made of bones with light sweet soy sauce) and fried rice. Sounds good, right? All dishes are served in generous portion. Not surprisingly, a lot of customers also bring the dishes back home. Do not forget to stop by at lunch or dinner.