Rumah Joglo
Sunday, April 24th, 2005So many times I passed this place by but not until yesterday, 23rd April 2005 eventually I stopped by for lunch. I had some visitors from Surabaya and anyway I have to find a place for lunch. If you have already visited Baso Lela and Waroeng Kopi you can keep going thru rocky road until you will find steep left turn. Otherwise you have to take the way to Dago Resort Residence and it is the first right turn, the road is not a smooth pavement. It was a macadam road but it is OK, you can go by sedan as well.
Parking lot was so scary man, I am telling you the truth because if you miss by a meter… then so long my friend.. hehehehe :p how scary …better be watch by your self
The dishes actually Nasi Liwet (stated in Menu), it was two kind of Nasi Liwet, Nasi Liwet Ikan Asin and Nasi Liwet Ayam Jamur. Well if you don’t know Nasi Liwet looks like it is cooked rice, the way cooking rice is by let the rice cooked inside the pot, its kind of baking the clay pot. So you will find brownish burnt rice inside the pot. Those of you who have traveled to other Asian Countries this kind of rice cook is usually called CLAY-POT RICE. Years ago one of my friend Eva had a cafe in Jalan Dago called Warung Kembang. It was Nasi Clay-pot is the main-course menu. Even it was served with some varieties flavour.So it is not the same rice you probably eat everyday using rice cooker. Sundanese people used to have Nasi Liwet when they in such emergency situation like camping, working in field or maybe just to lazy to cook. But usually they are using pan instead CLAY POT guess enamel ware is more convenience to be carried.
We were four of us and we ordered :
2 portion Nasi Liwet Ikan Asin
2 portion Nasi Liwet Ayam Jamur
4pcs Ayam Goreng
Cold and hot drinks
Lalapan of some cucumbers and selada with sambal is compliment. Well back to the name of this cafe Rumah Joglo. Joglo is derived from Javanese house it is a traditional Javanese house. So no wonder Lalapan is just two kind of vegetable.
The menu is not special, I don’t know why it costed that much I mean its only baked rice get real ???
Maybe it need bit of strength when they serve the menu. From the kitchen to our table the waiter had to go by stairs, the places is like a garden because almost all we can saw is leaves. But the places actually was in a slope so you have to go down and up by stairs.
They view was not so good because half of horizon is people houses and the rest is city. Maybe if you visit this place it is better be at afternoon so you might see city light view from this place.
Anyway the food is not special but expensive… and also the place is not so cozy I mean if you want to spend hours here siting in a chair u probably think about twice. The chairs it is not cozy it is more like chair in your home when you are having meal.
For you who doesnt live in Bandung maybe this is such interesting cafe you want to visit.
All our orders cost about IDR 100.000 for this lunch with those dishes I mentioned before. So it is about IDR 25.000 each, is it cheap ? well what do you think ?