Indonesian food: Eating brain at Nasi Padang Ibu

Status: Halal
Location: Jesselton Point, Kota Kinabalu.

I haven't been going to Jesselton Point that often to notice that this place has an Indonesian food restaurant. I guess all those time I was more focused on the hunks playing futsal in the Suria futsat indoor field LOL

So anyway, here I am at Jesselton point. To eat.

The place has changed a lot during my 5 years stay. 4 years ago there's only the jetty there for those who wish to visit Sabah's popular 3 islands (Manukan, Sapi and Mamutik) or to take the ferry to Labuan. Now there is a futsal indoor field and many eateries to entertain the visitors while waiting for their boats.




And so, here is the place, viewed from outside. Nasi Padang Ibu. A rare grade A eatery in Kota Kinabalu city. I didn't take take the photo centrally because I also wanted to take in the cute London - like phone booth LOL



The main highlight of my lunch that day was... Gulai otak. Brain. Cow brain. Seriously.

It looked like any normal gulai, in fact at first I thought it's plain normal chicken until the waitress told me otherwise. So out of curiosity, I ordered it.

Can you see it? I spread it out as best as I can to get a clear shot of the sulci, gyri, grey and white matter. Taste... creamy. Texture... like cream caramel. A Kelantanese would love this. But very high content of cholestrol.

And of course, the other dishes with the steamed rice. Last row from left: gulai otak (brain), sambal terung (brinjal), sambal bilis and tempe (anchovy and soy bean). Middle row from left: sambal paru (cow lung), gulai sotong (squid). Front row from left: a different kind of sambal terung (steamed brinjal), ayam kampung goreng (chicken, steamed then deep-fried) and dendeng (beef, roasted then braised)

Overall, the food was tasty. The ice kacang was a treat on such a hot day. They have a wide range of dishes, exceedinf 30 types for you to choose from and the prices are reasonable. An extra "umph" was the bag of keropok belinjau on each of their table to be eaten with the sambal belacan dip or on its own. For all these, we were chrged RM70+ inclusive of drinks and taxes.

Service was good, and the place separated the smokers and non - smokers. Come here if you are looking for good Indonesian food.



Rating: 4/5