Suiting the Indonesian taste buds very well, salted egg trend seemed to stay quite longer than its other friends getting into the hype at around the same time. Yes, this Singapore-originated dish was indeed delectable in the perception of most Indonesians. Well, at least I could see 9 of 10 people I met loved it to bits. Some even had special hunting session for this food every time they visited Singapore.
When the trend first came to Jakarta, most of them were only available for take-aways and delivery service. Just around beginning this year, most of the sellers started expanding and opening their own outlets for dine-in, including Saltedegg.Ind with its Sei Eat. It didn’t take that long indeed for the trend to spread to Serpong area. I used to wish I could have Salted Egg dishes not only when I was around Jakarta and just in a blink my wishes now came true. Even I could have quite various options with different cooking styles. Knowing Sei Eat was now here, close to home, it surely triggered my anxiety to have a try!
Sei Eat did start from a petite humble outlet with small dining area as most consumers ordered via online food-delivery app. Now the outlet had moved to much more sizable space located at the arrays of shophouses nearby Summarecon Mal Serpong. The design was simple yet quite unique with green plants at each corner and a wall covered by Instagenic cactuses. Not to forget, the iconic ‘OMG! I’m getting fat’ wall, which I bet would be the most favorite spot of all visitors for a picture. Just one thing kinda bothered me, there were few flies in the restaurant :(
Forgetting about the flies, let’s move on to the taste bud spoilers!
Chicken Sei (IDR 40k)
Visiting Sei, for sure the very first dish to try was the signature one. This was basically fried chicken fillet cooked in Sei special salted egg sauce. It was a lovely one as the chicken was tender, the portion was generous, and the salted egg sauce suited my palate well being neither overly creamy nor overly thick. It tasted yummy, being able to well mix sweet and savory flavors. Served with half-done sunny side up as well as hot and slightly mushy rice, it seemed just perfect! If you’re the ones in the boat with high curiosity, you could also give a try on their Singaporean salted or Indonesian salted egg sauce. According to the waitress, first one was more into sweet while the latter was more into salty.
Ayam Sambal Matah (IDR 38k)
Despite the name carried the phrase ‘Salted Egg’, the dishes served weren’t limited to only anything cooked in salted egg sauce. Sei Eat did serve the tummies which weren’t that much into salted egg, such as this spicy signature Indonesian dish, Sambal Matah! As the picture might have told you, the taste was so hot so it might suit those who fancied spicy dishes very well. The chicken fillet featured here was also fried in crispy batter, but different style from earlier one as the coating came in crunchier texture. I personally preferred the texture of my first dish, but I did love their sambal matah, being flavorful and rich of spices! The moist scrambled egg impeccably balanced the spiciness of the chicken and thus made the overall bowl blended into one scrumptious dish.
Iced Milo Dino (IDR 25k)
At first I imagined having a giant glass of milo with milo powder on top, just like typical milo dino. However, it turned out that Sei Eat’s version was basically Milo drink without that ‘extra happiness’ on top. Well I didn’t mind as it did taste good (well, Milo never failed), but just thought it’s bit pricey coming with this basic combination.
Freezing Red Velvet (IDR 35k)
Going more anti-mainstream, my sister picked their Freezing Red Velvet, which was simply said Red Velvet Frappe. Their Red Velvet was Chocolate and did not contain ingredient like beetroot so you needn’t worry if you hated those beetroot-based one. It wasn’t something extraordinary, but surely not bad and was so refreshing especially in the midst of such hot and dry weather!
Delighted by the dishes, I guessed Sei would start entering my list of routine delivery order now, especially it’s close to home and office! For you who’re big fan of Salted Egg dishes, give it a try and complete your portfolio of brands!
Taste: 7/10
Place: 6/10
Service: 7/10
Price: 7/10
Thanks for reading! :)
SEI EAT
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