A waroeng called Batavia

Warung Batavia are located in 3 different places in Bali (as far as I know), but there’s one that I like to go to , it’s the one in Jl. Kunti, it’s close by to my office in Seminyak. At this point, many people who have eaten there would probably argue that I’m closer to Warung Batavia on Jl.Kerobokan, I know, I know… but there’s a plus point in the one in Jalan Kunti, It has parking spaces that’s all…

Still… in the first week of April, I was so eager to treat myself for a bowl of Oxtail Soup, for all of you who are raising your eyebrow in disgust right now, you better try it first. This is a very common soup for Indonesian. The Oxtail is usually cooked in pressure cooker to make it very tender, and all the juice would actually make very good, oily stock, not something completely good for those of you who are watching your calories, because apparently, oxtail meat contains a lot of fat, but you all know that everything that’s fattening is too good too be missed )

So, there I was eating a big bowl of Oxtail soup, mmm… all those chunky tender meat, the stock, the vegetables in it that absorb the stock… man, that was quite a large lunch for me.. oh, I love to eat it with rice.

First of all, you put some of those lime juice on your rice, put some chili into the soup, then…slowly… very slowly… you slurp the soup with all your heart ) okay, that was too much *chuckle*

I love Waroeng Batavia soup, but then again, this is not what I categorize as cheap lunch, it’s Rp.35.000 per portion (about US$4), and I still have to pay another Rp.5000 for the rice… and the drink which was Rp.10.000…

Quite expensive for someone with low salary like me Imagine that we have to spend Rp.50.000 per lunch… not something I would go to everyday… plus the 10% tax, and all those little condiments that goes with it, like peyek (crackers with peanuts), emping (crackers from melinjo), and the fish crackers… so that was another Rp.8000,-

That’s quite a lot for lunch, which means, my next meal must be really really cheap… hmmm….