- Fried sweet and spicy tiger grouper
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Seribu rasa (thousand flavours) is a south-east asian restaurant incorporating cuisine from all over the region but mainly focuses on Indonesian food. It is one of the many restaurants under the Arena Gourmet group which include the likes of La Hoya, Penang Bistro and Maison Tatsuya.
The Seribu rasa I went to was the one located in Gandaria City on the ground floor and the actual layout of the restaurant is rather interesting since it has what I would consider two sections: an indoor area that opens up to the rest of the mall and an actual indoor area that is closed off. The atmosphere in the restaurant is often very lively with customers ranging from families, couples and those conducting business meetings.
- Seribu rasa interior
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The food heavily focuses on the flavours and the palettes of the south-east asian crowd, with a lot of inspiration from Indonesian cuisine. An ample amount of their dishes are very flavourful and one might even say that there could be a thousand flavours in their dishes...See what I did there? Alright I'll see myself out.
Jokes aside, their menu includes a very respectable number of dishes which all taste very good indeed. You won't find anything too adventurous in the selection of dishes but you'll definitely see some local favourites and staple dishes like ayam goreng and dendeng balado, the latter of which is definitely one of my favourite dishes. Their dendeng balado is the perfect mix of spicy and tasty and since it has just enough spice to leave you gasping for water but not enough for you to be put off so just eat it with some rice and voilà you're set.
- Dendeng balado
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However, where seribu rasa shines is with their seafood. They have a wide array of seafood dishes which are just so flipping good. Their best dishes are hands-down their seafood options. The cook their fish in a number of ways but they mainly focus on a sauce that compliments the particular dish. My personal favourite is the sweet and spicy tiger grouper since the exterior of the fish tends to be crispy whist the interior is still very much soft and succulent. The sauce compliments the dish very well as the spice tickles your tongue and the slightly sweet tang of the sauce leaves a very pleasing aftertaste.
- Prawn with salted egg
- Sambal fish tanjong benoa
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Their other shellfish seafood options are also top-notch ranging from the numerous ways they cook their prawns to the different styles in which they prepare crab. Their crab is where they are able to distinctly showcase their ability to tackle other cuisines other than Indonesian and they do it well. Their Singaporean chilli crab for example is a near dead-ringer for its original counterpart and their other dishes which take features from Malaysian and Thai cuisine, just to name a few, are also very tasty.
- Phad thai
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Seribu rasa does not fall on the cheapest side of things but their prices are very reasonable so you should expect to spend arounf 100,000 - 200,000 per person for a full meal. But seribu rasa is most definitely a place where you should share your dishes and so chances are you will be splitting the costs.
Overall, seribu rasa is very effective in what it does by providing very good south east asian dishes that amount to a dining experience that those of any age would enjoy. I highly recommend this restaurant and even though it might not achieve a thousand flavours, it comes pretty darn close.
Seribu rasa
Gandaria City, Lantai Ground, Jl. Sultan Iskandar Muda, Gandaria, Jakarta
- Mon - Sun 11:00 - 22:00
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