ria ayam penyet at joo chiat



today, soon after the workplan session ended, we made a quick trip to joo chiat to eat at ria ayam penyet. because of the heavy downpour, i managed to find a space near the restaurant to park my car. opposite 350 joo chiat is this other place called farmland steamboat porridge which hailed from jalan pudu, k.l. further down the road is another eating place named my mom's place. looks like joo chiat road is a cluster of good food joints.

we were the only three customers in the shop. each of us ordered an ayam penyet and for the common pool, we had a plate of gado-gado. according to jameela who has eaten other version of the same dish, this one was better than the one at changi and geylang serai. the meat was softer and the sambal was tastier.

ria ayam penyet is an indonesian franchised restaurant. they have another outlet at the 4th level of lucky plaza. in indonesia, ria ayam penyet outlets are found in surabaya, medan, batam and jakarta. this one at joo chiat is open from 12 noon to 9.00 p.m. the lucky plaza opens one hour earlier, at 11.00 a.m.

at $5.50, the ayam penyet dish came with white rice. together with the chicken drumstick, you get tahu, tempeh, kangkong, cabbage and some crispy bits of batter. the ladies liked the gado-gado; i ate only the crackers as i am not a gado-gado man.

shidah was the one who got us all excited about the food. she raved so much about it that we could not wait to rush down to joo chiat to devour the smashed chicken. we actually suggested to her to split her class so that she could join us on this learning journey to geylang/joo chiat.