Finally I am back again
It's been a while since my last TACO TUESDAY post, so I am very happy to welcome you all here. Taco Tuesday is a regular post I make on Tuesday, it's a thematic post on on Free Compliments community where we share our foodie posts.
Today post is about Soto Betawi
Ok we are talking about Soto here, a soto which comes from Betawi people traditional recipe. Soto is actually a soup, mostly a traditional dish which is consisted of meat, innards, small portion of vegetable and ofcourse brooth. Why soto is a traditional indonesian dish, because the modern or recent one usually called as sop or soup.
Although you will find from google and other international reference that Soto Betawi is dominantly consist of meat, the fact is that what we see and find in market... are dominated by innards such as eyes, tongue, lever, lung, and even Penis.
The soup itself is not only using broth, but it is a mix of broth and coconut milk. Some people using Milk instead of coconut milk, to get a thicker body of soup. However in the past, I mean really the old days even before I was born, people selling Soto betawi using a soup consist of brooth, coconut milk and horse milk. So yeah, it has evolved several times following the new generations' preference
I usually share a youtube video here but this time I won't do that. Let say I want some variation in my Taco Tuesdays post, so this time, it's all about my post... really?
My Soto Betawi
Initially I want to share the outlet name and pictures here, because it's a very famous Soto Betawi outlet here. Not only famous for years of experience, it does really have a great taste.
However I had some disappointment in there that time, and I think sharing it with some negative opinions could hurt their reputation, so I keep silent about their identity for this time.
Above is their presentation in their shophouse, they set a cart in front and prepare the dishes there. As you can see, my first disappointment is that one, I hate people who put Pan or Pot on the floor like that. Maybe I am an old fashioned one, because I see this one as something that disrespectful to food and customer.
OK here is my biggest disappointment... God Damn It, if you don't want to use some tweezers, at least you can use some plastic glove... What the hell you do with that bare hand?
you know, a couple week ago @mintymile spotted my friend the Beelzebub junior in my Taco Tuesdays post, here is the real picture before I put him out from the center of the image.
Now people will see I am sharing some flies and bare handed serving, and people might start thinking that I am doing that Lmentalist stuff like on his Tiktok... Do you know what does Lmentalist do on tiktok? here is the video which makes him famous, and he keeps updating it every few weeks on TikTok
LoL he loves sharing street food with barehand serving.
Ok back to our topic again, the soto betawi. I will stop the negativities here.
Ok here was my order, a Soto Betawi which was full of innards, with some sinking Gnetum crisp. They served it with some white rice with extra fried shallots and some key lime to enrich the soup taste.
Here on Jakarta, all soto or soup outlet mostly give a free flow pickles. It's jsuta regular pickles which consists of Carrots, Cucumbers, Hot Peppers, and Shallots.
Anyway this was a scoup of my soto. you can see a small piece of cow lung and a tomato.
Whenever you eat Indonesian food which is full of coconut milk or some goat fat, you must eat the tomatoes too. Else in long run, you will have some health problem with hypertension. I do not have Hypertension even though I often fall sick, that's because I keep eating tomatoes, onion, garlic and shallots served on those dishes.
Anyway sorry for the bad shots I have above, the place was full of light, the spoon kept reflecting the light, so I have trouble taking a good picture. Looks like the pickles was my best shot taken that time.
Overall the taste was great, however I had bad mood from yelling and scolding the cook for serving dishes barehandedly.
That's all for my Taco Tuesday, Thank you for reading it and don't forget to leave any comments below as you please
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