Kropoeak odeang prawn crackers are a little more familiar, like thick prawn crackers with a heavier density and more pronounced prawn flavour. Emping bitternut crackers are brittle with only a faint bitterness to their mostly nutty flavour. The crackers are served in traditional baskets, the attention to detail both heartwarming and endearing.
Our waiter recommends that we order five small dishes in order to have a complete meal, and as we agonise over our decision, we snack on crackers for "thinking music". Sweet spicy drink made of brewed ginger, fennel, cinnamon and clovesīandrek is the kind of drink you crave when you're sick, a heady aromatic concoction that is spicy with ginger, fennel, cinnamon and clove and sweetened to almost a thick syrup. Ellie's roedjak air is refreshing with lime, the bottom of the glass filled with microscopically fine slices of fresh lime.
Set banquets are the easy option, but tonight I'm dining with Ellie, Mr J, Billy and The Pom, and everyone is determined to customise their own meal.įinely grated exotic fruits with pandan sugar and lime juiceĭrinks arrive quickly as we hem and haw over our options.
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On offer are 28 entrees and mains, 12 sides and condiments, plus six more daily specials on the blackboard. Mood lighting and hushed tones make this quite an intimate venue, ideal for quiet dinners for couples or small groups. The restaurant is in the former premises of Blue Eyed Dragon, which has relocated further up the road, instantly recognisable in its layout but significantly altered in ambience. They complement the overall feel of the restaurant, a combination of Dutch and Indonesian decor that matches stiff linen and lemon butter walls with traditional wooden carvings and antique copper chandeliers. We're handed menus that look and feel more like wooden artefacts, solid wooden structures with two doors that open up at the front to reveal the multi-page menu. The year 1945 refers to the year Indonesia declared independence and whilst there are a few restaurants still serving rijsttafel in Indonesia, this is the first restaurant to do so in Sydney. It's a step back in time to the Dutch East Indies tradition of rijsttafel or rice table, a time when the exotic spices of Indonesia were shown off in a decadent banquet that numbered forty small dishes or more. "Our restaurant is run by three women," Natasha explains, "so we are all about girl power!"ġ945 is more than just girl power. Each year, her birthday is celebrated in a national public holiday. The women is Raden Ayu Kartini, one of the first and foremost pioneers for the women's movement in Indonesia. "Everyone thinks the woman in the painting is my grandma!" laughs 1945 head chef and co-owner, Natasha Roesli.
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