Soto Betawi: AMAZING Indonesian Food You Have to Eat in Jakarta, Indonesia

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Read more about this amazing Soto Betawi here: Soto Betawi is an Indonesian soup dish that originates right in Jakarta. Soto is a term that can refer to many varieties of different soups originating from across the Indonesian archipelago. The Betawis are the group of people who are originally from the area where modern day Jakarta is located. So the English name for Soto Betawi would be Jakarta soup, or Jakarta beef soup. There are many restaurants in Jakarta that serves soto Betawi, but I chose to go to Soto Betawi Haji Husein (its also sometimes spelled H. Husen. I arrived at the restaurant, and it was already packed with customers. They were doing all the food assembling and some of the cooking at the front of the restaurant, and they had some bar counter seating, but it was so full and busy, that I decided to just grab a communal table seat in the middle of the restaurant. Ying and I both ordered soto Betawi, and they first brought us some black tea. Next they brought us each a plate of rice topped with crispy shallots, and in a few minutes they delivered us our bowls of soto. The soto was milky looking and yellow in color. On my first bite, I thought it tasted similar to Thai tom kha gai - a coconut milk soup. The soto Betawi was milky, but not too rich - I think it was a combination of perhaps coconut milk or mostly regular fresh milk to give it a creaminess, but it wasnt too rich to the point where it was hard to drink the soup. Additionally, there were lots of aromatic herbs and spices within the soup, I could taste the kaffir lime leaves and the galangal. The main bulk of the soup was beef, and there were bite sized pieces of beef in the bottom of the bowl. The meat tasted like it had been slightly dehydrated, like half to beef jerky, so it had a little bit of a smoky flavor. But at the same time the beef in the soto was very tender. Soto Betawi is an amazing dish and one of the Indonesian foods you have to eat when youre in Jakarta, because thats where it originates. There are many places where you can try soto Betawi, and Soto Betawi Haji Husein is one of the most legendary spots in Jakarta. Soto Betawi Haji Husein (H. Husen) Address: Jalan Padang Panjang No. 6C, Kel. Pasar Manggis, Kec. Setiabudi, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta, Indonesia 7 am - 2 pm from Saturday - Thursday (closed on Friday)
Date: 2019-08-19

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Comments and reviews: 10

Tony Al-Indunisiy
Saya penggemar soto betawi, saya baru saja membelinya. Dibungkus, ngga dikasih emping, g dikasih sambal, acar. Harga 33rb, rasa biasa aja, banyak soto yg lbh enak dan komplit dgn harga 20ribu. Saya ngga ngerti bs serame itu. Padahal rs standar tp dgn harga mahal.
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Lely Dian Sari
Halo. Im Indonesian (from Bukittinggi, West Sumatera, and i love your videos. Little piece of white thing that you say in minutes 5: 57, that is melinjo crackers. Indonesian people love's crackers, so they add in may dishes. I really like the way you enjoy the food.
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Linda Waty
The crackers is made of gnetum gnemon nuts. it's commonly use soto, and porridge. the nuts itself usually added in 'sayur asem' vegetable soup contain mostly of chayote, young papaya, gnemon nuts&leafs, peanuts, tamarin, palm&brown sugar. yumyummm
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Wahyu Sasulle
Hello mark i'm your fans from indonesian and i want to recomended some food from indonesian of course they called pempek this food come from palembang city south of sumatera and i thing a lot of unique food from that city and you must be trying
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Isidro Obusan
It really triggers my salivary glands already the way you describe the taste of of every food you eat, and the expression you make is pretty like telling me ok gonna book my flight to jakarta indonesia right now
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Bay DewayZone
LOL mark eat sambal and chilli from pickels he can't handle it. sweating like it was a rain. You might be can't finish Seblak Jeletet. But i admit it Soto Betawi is never enough if we just eat for one bowl.
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Guntur Prayoga
I was wondering. Did you really enjoy your foods? Did it really taste good? How do you eat that way? Because every time you eat, everything is delicious. Until now, I never watch you criticize your foods.
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Marza Juli
Its kind of weird but as Indonesian that lived in America Ive learned so much about Indonesian food from you and you gave me so many suggestions of places to eat the next time I go back home. Awesome video
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holidae inn
its 2 years now after your first post however i am glad that you love the soto betawi, a great dish from my hometown. having this dish will make you want the rice more and more and more
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Iephe Tyo
malah salfok sama banner di cermin. BODREX. hbis mkn pedes lngsung minum obat bodrex kali yak. hhaaa. tapi gw selalu suka ekspresi mark. sangat menghargai mkanan. good luck bro
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