KESC 10 review: Indo Rasa

Elsie and Jess walked to the Tea Inn, but we checked the new Indonesian place next door and it was open and bustling! Indo Rasa is a large, spacious nicely decorated interior, fancy lights and everything. There were lots of people there but the seating isn't squishy and the noise isn't too bad, although we were near the door so heard a lot of traffic.

So we sat and enjoyed the new, crisp menus and the new, clean cutlery holders. It is nice to use things that haven't been handled by a thousand greasy students before you.

The prices are very good, small things for $6, mains for $9, or $16 for a seafood main. Jess got a sort of combination plate and Elsie ordered grilled chicken thigh and turmeric rice, and we went halves in some sweet chilli stir-fried eggplant. It was plenty. There was some really hot chilli on the side, which made us both cry a little, but everything else was delicious: the peanut sauce, the rendang, the turmeric rice. Elsie particularly loved the turmeric rice ("Where have you been all my life?!") and the eggplant, but could have done with some greens. The chicken was nice but perhaps a little dry, which I like anyway. I only noticed because of the braces.


Then Felix and Andrew joined us, and we finished our meals while they ordered theirs. This was the only unfortunate part of the night, that the boys' meals took rather longer to come out then ours. But they ate quickly anyway. Felix ordered a meal which included some giblets, Andrew ordered a soup, which looked pretty boring.

Felix's meal:


Andrew's meal:

So this is an excellent new restaurant and it is possibly my favourite now, except for no Shan Dong Chicken. So it's a dead heat with Golden Tower.

Summary: 4.5/5!