Hello, friends especially foodies!
Maybe you already known that last Saturday I accompanied mom to the eye hospital, from there we went to a place which famous for its’ meatballs, it was hawker’s food and located in a government’s building. The building itself had an open area canteen which had some food stalls.
THE FRONT OUTLOOK
Here how it looked like, I took a picture of the building, the gate and also in front of its’ canteen.
It was our first time there, and I had thought that it didn’t open and didn’t have dining area cause I couldn’t see it clearly from the outside.
THE FOOD STALL
This was the food stall where we bought the meatballs
Be careful cause here there were 2 meatballs seller, you should find the name “BAKSO CENDANA” on the stall. Some said these meatballs were legendary, even it admired by the family of the former president (called Cendana family cause they lived in Cendana street).
We then ordered then waiting in our table, while the seller prepared our meatballs.
This food stall only sold meatballs, looked how they put a big beef fat in their soup in order to get a thick beef broth. The beef balls they had only in 3 variants, a big one with egg inside, a rough one and a smooth one. We will get them all in a bowl, plus vegetable and also noodle (or rice noodle).
THE FOOD & THE LOOK
Here was our lunch that day
Two bowls of mixed meatballs, contained a large egg ball, and others were rough and smooth balls. Plus they had the vegetables and noodle. Looked just as how they usually look..
THE TASTE & THE FLAVOUR
It was the best meatballs that you could find on the street. It had thick beef broth in savory flavour. Overall the meatballs were soft, the rough ones were savory and tasty with the rough texture, while the smooth ones were savory and soft. The egg meatballs were big and inside each had a boiled egg inside. So tasty and we liked it! One of the best street food we found! There, i also added the sweet soy sauce and chilli sauce to bring some sweet, spicy and sour to my bowl.
THE DINING AREA
By the way, they had a modest dining are there, an open area just how the traditional canteen usually looks like, you would wet when it is raining, luckily no rain that day, although the weather was cloudy. It wasn’t comfortable for me cause I love cozy well designed place, but fortunately the food here was delicious.
THE PRICE
Here you needed to pay the food and drink separately:
Our food 2 bowls of meatballs = 2 x 20,000 IDR = 40,000 IDR or just around 2.8 USD.
Our drink 2 tea in a bottle, a mineral water = 3 x 5,000 IDR or just around 1,06 USD.
CONCLUSION
With that affordable price and delicious taste, we would order it from home next time, cause I would be more comfortable eating at home than in their dining area. So the food was a YAY for us!
So are you dare to try eating delicious meatballs here too?
Business Information
Bakso Cendana
Komisi Perlindungan Anak Indonesia Building – Canteen area
10th, Teuku Umar street
Menteng, Central Jakarta
Open daily 9 am – 6 pm (usually sold out before this close time)