I guess it’s a bit hard to find people who don’t like noodles, but of course, everybody had  their own favorite noodles.

For me and my family, we have quite a lot options for enjoying noodles, but here are some favourite noodles that we loved the most.

Bakmi Ayam Karet (Chewy noodle with boiled chicken)

Located in Jalan Samanhudi, Jakarta

‘Karet’ in English is meant as Rubber, so the fans of this noodle aren’t those who like the soft noodle. Most elderly do not like this chewy noodle. We may request for the softer noodle, though. The longer it is being boiled, the softer it was.            

We could request the chicken topping, either breast meat or thigh meat pieces, or without specifying, they will then give a mixture breast and thigh meat pieces. Or we could order the chicken meat in separate bowl, as an additional portion or as a side dish when ordering plain noodles. I like to order plain noodles and the side dishes separately. They have some choices of side dish; chicken meat in soup, chicken innard in soup, chicken blood in soup, meatball in soup, wonton soup, fried dumpling, fried meatball –this one is toothsome and fastly sold out-, and one side dish we’ve never missed is cakwe, a kind of fried cake, we dip it in soup for a while before eating it. It gives an extra unique taste to the noodle. More leek in the soup was also giving an additional good taste, for me, as some people do not like leek flavor.

Cost range: Rp35.000,- – Rp65.000,- /person

     

 

Bakmi Permata (Noodle and Chinese Food)

There are some outlets in Jakarta (Green Garden, Kebon Jeruk, Permata Hijau, Blok M, Pamulang, Pasar Baru, Wisma BNI46 Sudirman)

The noodle is curly, thin, and having smooth texture, but not too soft. I don’t like the plump and mushy noodle. For boiled noodle, we can choose the favored topping, chicken meat pieces or mushroom cuts (both was cooked in soy sauce). As I am not a big fan of meat, I mostly order the noodle with mushroom. They have a delicious crunchy fried wonton, we’ve never missed this delicacy.  Besides boiled noodle, this resto offers some other delicious choices in their menu list, such as Ifumi (fried dry noodle served with mixture of vegetables, chicken cuts and seafood in sago sauce), Nasi Tahu Jepang (steam rice served with egg tofu and chicken cuts cooked in sago sauce), Capcai (various vegetables, chicken cuts and seafood cooked in sago sauce) and some other great choices.            

    

One fun thing from this resto, which I believe could becoming their plus point, is the free dessert as a compliment which they serve to every guess when we almost done with our meal. It’s just a small bonus to be enjoyed, but we love getting it.

  

Cost range: Rp30.000,- – Rp65.000,- /person

  

 

Bakmi Aheng (similar to Bakmie Ayam Karet, Jalan Samanhudi)  

Located in Jalan Mandala Utara, Tomang, Jakarta

 The look and taste is pretty close to Bakmi Ayam Karet, but Bakmi Aheng has bigger cuts of chicken and the thing we prefer is the slices of mustard green (sayuran sawi hijau/caisim) as the topping, side by side with chicken cuts.

Price: Rp30.000,- /portion; Cost range: Rp30.000,- – Rp50.000,- /person

 

Bakmi Amen

Located in Jalan Mandala Utara, Tomang, Jakarta

This one is Mie Bangka, with two kinds of noodle, original noodle and wide noodle. As usual, Mie Bangka is served with bean sprouts, mustard green, and chicken small cutlets cooked with soy sauce as the toppings. As an option, pork small cutlets is also offered for topping.

Price: Rp17.000,- /portion; Cost range: Rp20.000,- – Rp35.000,- /person

 

Bakmi Gajah Mada (Bakmi GM)

As declared by its name, the first location of this resto is in Jalan Gajah Mada, Jakarta. Currently there are quite a lot of its outlet in Jakarta as well as some other cities.

For the lovers of old style noodle, Bakmi GM is one option. Fried dumpling from this resto has also been the most popular choice.

Cost range: Rp30.000,- – Rp60.000,- /person

 

 

It’s easy to impress me. I don’t need a fancy party to be happy. Just good friends, good food, and good laughs. I’m happy. I’m satisfied. I’m content. ~ Maria Sharapova

Serpong, 05th October 2015, 23.58  –  updated 11th December 2015, 20.07

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