Food in Indonesia : Martabak
Not the Indian murtabak I often encountered in Singapore.
This martabak is so sweet, oily, and rich that it’s super sinful.
It’s available in many flavours, but my favourite is the cheese one.. Here it is..
And yes, I forgot to tell you, it’s super thick. Usually it’s made in a whole round pan, then eventually the cook will fold it so it becomes half-circle and then cut it into 5-6 pieces.
5 to 6 thick pieces, I might say.
And then the cook will stack them in one box, that will look like this :
Another flavour my dad bought yesterday is chocolate…
This one even more sinful… Sigh. They even put peanuts inside.
Close up of the layers..
Geez.. So sinful, rite? But tastes so good… Well but if you can’t take sweet things, better pass =P
Inside the martabak.. (I messed it up with my fork =P)
One box of martabak (the “special edition” one) usually costs +/- 25000 Rupiahs, which is +/- 4 Singapore Dollars.
A great side dish… Even though it’s very fulfilling for a side dish =P
Do try one if you drop by Jakarta or Bandung! =D
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hendri
on December 28th, 2007
OMG, I so miss Martabak! I like the chocolate one and the egg one as well!
arzhou (adrian)
on December 29th, 2007
It looks a lot like the peanut pancakes that were selling pretty hot in singapore at 1 point of time. But its much smaller.
theresia
on December 29th, 2007
i miss martabak, especially thecheese and peanut wijen (sesame?)
i miss indonesian food in general
Sophie
on December 29th, 2007
Martabak is like Indonesia’s answer to min jian kuay in Singapore, so its not really an oddity, just that its definitely much more oily and the contents are interesting to say the least.
Pancake King in sg is really nice. You might wanna try locating in outlet
Alvin Poh
on December 29th, 2007
hey slyvia! thanks for coming by my blog, i saw your comment on my blog, so i popped by to check out your blog too
take care and see you soon!
hendri
on January 11th, 2008
I finally ate martabak again when I was in Indo! Woohoo!
odelia utama
on January 23rd, 2009
Dear all,,,,can anybody gv me a hint where to find INDONESIAN MARTABAK in singapore???
i really really miss indonesian food soo much. i’ve been craving for it since last month aaaargh…..
pengen martabak telor, coklat+wijen+susu banyak, keju slurrp slurrrppp,,,,,
Becklee
on March 18th, 2009
Martabak in Malaysia has meat filling in them. I haven’t seen Indonesian martabak here though.
Round n Square - Lau Pa Sat
on October 15th, 2009
Pls Check this out for all the Indonesian who are carving for martabak manis ( the killer sinful one ) and Martabak Asin/ Telor ( yummy addictive one)… gue jadi laper malm gini ….
Singapore, this not a plain tasteless, flour smell dry mi cheng kuay. Just the shape looks similar.
nelotte
on December 9th, 2009
Alo… salam kenal. Sorry mo kasih info sekalian nih ttg martabak manis hehehe.Skalian promosi hehehe..
Ada dijual kok martabak manis di Singapore.
Namanya Jtown Cafe. The Cafe is located di MidPoint Mall, Somerset. Opposite Somerset Mrt, Orchard Road side. Disana kan ada John Little and Taka Jewellery. Nah we are located just behind that Taka Jewellery. Ada tangga turun kebawah MidPoint Mall. Cafenya deket Burger Kingnya yg dibasement.
Kalo mao liat menunya ada di blog saya:
http://nelotte.wordpress.com/2009/12/07/a-surprise-from-my-silent-blog-reader/
Ada diskon 10% sampe tgl 31 Dec 2009 ini.
Silakan mampir yah! Tenkiu bgt!!
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