Jogja offers you many
choices of affordable yummy foods. This city is a city of education
which means we have many people staying here for studying. Maybe this
is one of the reasons why it's so easy to find student-price-food.
If you are like Fany and I – we love foods – this is heaven. But
even heaven is confusing sometimes! Doh! Why? Just scroll down and
read next paragraphs...
“What's for dinner?”
This is a cliché question which sometimes takes longer time to
answer. I knew I was hungry and I wanted to eat but my gut gave me no
clue what to eat. So, as a response to Fany I heard myself saying,
“What would you like to have?”. “Anything...no idea...”, Fany
replied. (Yeah, we got confused).
Spending about 60 minutes
on what to eat, finally Fany and I decided to taste Vietnamese food.
She drove us to Indochine Bistro. We found this place while searching
on Instagram. We picked it since none of us had it before.
Dining out with Fany was
such a moment for me. We don't hang out as often as we used to be.
So, when I got the chance, I was always excited about it. The two of
us shared stories about our life and future plans. She got married
months ago and she told me how it felt to take a role as a new wife
while waiting for our hot tea.
As I said earlier, that
was my first Vietnamese food. In order to enrich this moment, I
didn't only order the main menu. I started with Goi Cuon—Vietnamese
Fresh Spring Roll with sauce made from Hoisin sauce and peanuts as my
appetizer. It was as fresh as morning air in the forest. So fresh so
that Fany exclaimed, “This is raw veggies!!! I can't eat this!!!”
I told Fany there was a
prawn inside and if she kept on eating it she might like it. “Nope!”,
she said. She disliked eating raw vegetables (even though they
wrapped it in fresh rice paper!).
“This one tastes better
with the sauce! Try it!” I convinced Fany but she refused my idea.
Sigh...
Indochine Bistro had 5
options of main menu. Fany ordered Indochine Nasi Goreng and I chose
Pho – Vietnamese noodle soup. Indochine served my noodle soup with beef
slices, vegetables, and meat balls. The tasted was surprising! Well,
I expected for unique taste but it tasted like Indonesian food!
Hehehe... Fany found her nasi goreng delicious but both of us didn't
fancy the texture of the rice.
Based on what I ate, what
I loved the most was the dessert. To enrich my culinary adventure I
picked Durian Sticky Rice in Coconut Cream. The taste was
oh-wow-wow-I-like-it!!! This is only for those who survive eating
durian. If you can't stand for its smell you might not find this
dessert yummy. The smell of durian lingered on my nose and I was
like... “Oh man, I am so happy!”. Luscious. There was a party
inside my mouth hosted by soft durian sticky rice and creamy coconut
cream for IDR 20,000.
Indochine Bistro also had
some juices and Vietnamese Coffee Drip. The price of their juices was
IDR 16,000 and you could have the coffee at the cost IDR 15,000. I
didn't try its coffee since I had gastritis and I've been drinking no
coffee for months. But I was curious...
Jogja is the right place for culinary adventure. If you'd like to dine out at Indochine Bistro you could find this on Jalan Seturan Raya in front of Superindo/ Depok Sports Center.
Have you had any
Vietnamese food? If you have, what's your favorite? Oh, I wonder if
you'd like to eat durian once you are in Jogja. Would you?
