
Earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic, many Indonesians would usually go to Singapore if solely to check out the island state’s iconic dishes, together with Hainanese Curry Rice.
In case you’re a type of regulars who’ve been lacking Seaside Highway Scissor Minimize Curry Rice’s Hainanese Curry Rice however haven’t been capable of go to Singapore because the pandemic began, fret not, as the favored eatery has lately opened its first restaurant in North Jakarta’s Pantai Indah Kapuk (PIK).
Occupying shophouses in Jalan Besar, Seaside Highway Scissor Minimize Curry Rice is legendary in Singapore as a type of unpretentious locations for cheap fast and engaging meals. Because the identify suggests, the breaded pork or hen cutlets and different objects are reduce utilizing a pair of scissors.
At Seaside Highway, you possibly can decide any meat and veggies you wish to go together with rice and have them drenched in copious quantities of curry gravy and sauces. It’s a easy, messy, and satisfying dish for these on the lookout for a filling meal properly into midnight because the eatery opens till 3am.
Hainanese curry rice is believed to have been created in Singapore by Hainanese cooks, versus it being a dish from Hainan. It’s influenced by completely different cultures together with British and Peranakan represented by the accompaniment to the rice together with pork chop, chap chye or braised cabbage and braised pork stomach, and the curry gravy, which is usually milder than curry from India.
Jakarta’s Seaside Highway is situated at Pantjoran PIK, a newly opened Chinatown-themed culinary vacation spot. Distinct from its OG Singapore location with its rustic and aged attraction, the Jakarta restaurant seems squeaky clear and fancier whereas the menu is pork and lard-free.
Costs within the set menu vary from IDR45,000 for Hen Chop Curry Rice; IDR55,000 for Crispy Beef Chop Curry Rice, Braised Beef Curry Rice, and Sambal Prawn Curry Rice, amongst others; and IDR75,000 The All Star Curry Rice and Seafood Set Curry Rice. You may add different greens, deep-fried dishes, in addition to quite a lot of curries as your facet dish, although the Spiced Corn Ribs (IDR35,000) seems to be the favourite right here. All costs are earlier than taxes and repair cost.
For refreshments, you possibly can go for beer or your favourite Singaporean fashion drinks to reinforce your expertise equivalent to Teh Tarik, Espresso C, Iced Milo Dinosaur, or Housemade Barley, in addition to different fusion drinks equivalent to Iced Chendol Espresso or Iced Espresso Gula Melaka.
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Seaside Highway Scissor Minimize Curry Rice
Pantjoran PIK Extension E01, Golf Island, North Jakarta
Opening hours: from 11am (Mon-Fri), from 8am (Sat-Solar)
Telephone: +62 877 2311 7555 or +62 21 5020 1855
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