tried house of soto at east coast road. I first heard about this eatery from my weekly magazine, and this afternoon I decided to test it out.


first impression wasn't that great. the place was located next to a few car service shops which were occupied by parked vehicles. it's difficult to maneuver around the parked cars as they're tightly packed. we went it, chose our own table, and sat down, wondering what should happen next. after a while I walked to the cashier and requested for the menu. the lady (I guess she's the owner of the place) told her waitress off for not keeping eye on customers. then the menu came.


they have quite a lot of variety in the menu, I was tempted to order ayam kalasan. there were also gado-gado, nasi uduk and several others. but we decided to stick to the specialty - soto. we ordered soto ayam, soto betawi, ice soda lychee and ice timun. before the main course came, we were given complimentary biji salak - sweet with generous coconut milk.




both soto ayam and soto betawi were superb! flavourful - no condiments needed, although they provided slice of lime, chilli, sweet soy sauce, salt and pepper. they're packed too - the soto ayam came with perkedel, shredded chicken, boiled egg, tang hoon and thinly sliced fried potato. the soto betawi came with tender beef cubes, sliced tomatoes, fried potato in bite size and emping. not to forget the fried shallots and spring onion. impressive!


although the bowls did not look that big, they were quite filling. especially after we had our drinks. the ice soda lychee and ice timun were nice too, refreshing. the ice timun had slices of red paprika too - I was wondering initially whether it's paprika, tomato or red chilli.


as if we're not full enough, there's still another complimentary item - banana fritters with chocolate sauce! wow.. I guess they're really trying to woo customers to come back. I will.. :)