Pondok Makan Indonesia

Saw this on socials and have been wanting to try it. Visited a few times prior and they were closed as they sold out before the closing hours. This time came to try on a weekend afternoon and there was not much of a wait as there were only 3 customers ahead of me. I ordered a mee rebus and a tahu goreng. Added a bergedil and the total cost was $8. Rather reasonable though the bergedil was smaller than the typical ones I have eaten. First I didn't like the flimsy styrofoam plates. Next I didn't like it that the plates were so oily wherever I tried to hold, and there were no trays to put 2 plates I had to hold a plate on each hand and both were so oily almost slipped out of my hands. First tried the mee rebus. I would say it was pretty decent and nothing much to fault. The only problem came with the tahu goreng. I felt it was one of the more inferior ones I have tried. The gravy was too watery to begin with, hence it doesn't have much flavours too. The tahu was also not of the best, it was cold and the texture was pretty hard, and the tahu itself had a sour taste not on the whole but on several pieces. It just turned out to be a very flimsy dish as well, usually you get like loads of beansprouts but this just covered the tahu in the dilute peanut sauce and randomly sprinkled some greens on it. Not sure if it was the sourness had a bit of stomach discomfort the next day. Would say the mee rebus is worth trying but the tahu goreng definitely has to be a miss. I hope it's just some one off incident and doesn't happen to other customers.

Was in the mood for some Malay food, and happened to pass by this stall. I ordered the tahu goreng. The tahu was freshly fried and the peanut sauce was just right; not over powering and thick like other stalls. This was an enjoyable lunch.

economical yet very delicious. we never missed their mie siram everytime visit singapore. a 3.5 dish that kept you coming back

Lontong Sayur Lodeh (SGD $4) @ Pondok Makan Indonesia. . This stall has been recognised since July 2019 by the Michelin guide, but I've enjoyed their rendition from as early as April 2012. . Their broth is thin yet tasty with earthy savoury sweet spice flavour, with chunky compressed rice cakes that hold softly together with grainy sweet flavour. . The stewed vegetables (cabbage, carrots, string beans, jicama turnip) are soft and chunky too, with pleasant vegetal sweet spice flavour. . A bouncy hard boiled egg with eggy sweet flavour, a spongy tofu bean curd with grainy sweet flavour, and fragrant crumbly toasted grated coconut lending earthy nutty sweet flavour, completes. . . . Mee Soto (SGD $5) @ Pondok Makan Indonesia. . Established sometime around the 1960s, this stall has attained a Michelin Guide recommendation, on the strength of their variety of dishes which are consistently well executed. . Their rendition has a full-flavoured chicken soup / broth, thick and cloudy, resplendent with turmeric, carrying meaty salty savoury spice flavour. . Garnished with chewy yellow egg noodles, crisp bean sprouts, tender bone-in and boneless with light and dark chicken meat, crisp coriander, and soy chili. Has combined grainy sweet vegetal earthy herbal meaty savoury salty spice flavour. . Plus a chunky soft begedil / fried potato patty with starchy salty spice earthy savoury flavour.

My photos tell it all haha. I enjoyed my mee rebus added one more egg thoroughly. I don’t really like too thick kind of rebus. Esp some are so potato-ey or starchy. This stall sells just nice. I’ll be back to try other stuff for sure.