Rumah Makan Jemadi Fish Head

Fish Head & King Prawns at Rumah Makan Jemadi
Hidden in one of the streets from Jalan Krakatau Medan (near to Pulo Brayan) is a popular eating house (rumah makan) frequent by the locals known as Rumah Makan Jemadi.

Set in a very simple house, opposite of Bulog warehouse, the place may not be air conditioned, [...]

Delizia Gelato @ Tratoria Medan

Delizia Gelato at Trattoria Italian Restaurant Medan
Here’s one of our favorite dessert at the Trattoria Cucina Italina Restaurant in Medan at Jl Uskup Agung Sujiopranoto No.19 Medan

Our tip:
Order in advance of your meal as it will take at least 15mins to prepare this dessert. When ordering request the delizia not to be too cooked [...]

Bolu Meranti Medan

Bolu Meranti: The Popular Gift from Medan
There are not many souveniur that tourists can buy in Medan. The most popular gifts from Medan are mostly foods like Bika Ambon, Marquisa, Spekut and the recent choice of popular gift from Medan is “Kue Bolu“, a type of sponge cake rolled with cream of cheese or chocolate.
There [...]

10 Most Missed Medan Food

Ten Most Missed Desired Food in Medan by Medanese Living in Jakarta
To our surprise we received this list of the most missed food in Medan by our Medanese friends who have moved and living in Jakarta

List of the 10 Most Desired / Missed Food in Medan

There are many Medanese who have moved and lived in [...]

Poll: Favorite Coffee Shops

Polling: Your Favorite Coffee Shops in Medan
Where do coffee addicts go in Medan for their shot of caffeine?
Coffees are now commonly served in all cafes and most restaurants. Be it hot coffee, ice coffee; plain black coffee, milk coffee, latte, cappuccino and many other creations. But for the widest range of coffees and special  coffees, [...]

Mie Hock Seng Chinese Noodle

Medan Street Food @ Mie Hock Seng
Medan is very popular for food especially its wide range of Chinese noodles, here we introduce you to Bak Mie Hock Seng.
Known among the local Chinese Community as the local most expensive coffee shop noodles, Mie Hock Seng is a must try for noodles lovers or individual looking for [...]

Char Siew Rice

Medan Street Food Barbeque Pork Rice
Cha Sio Rice

Char Siew Rice, a very popular Chinese meal in Asia is generally known as Barbeque Pork Rice. In Medan, it is known as Cha Sio, and one of the most popular Cha Sio in Medan has to be Cha Sio Asan! It has a unique sweet taste in [...]

Bak Mie Khek

Medan Street Food Bak Mie Khek
Medan has many unique street food operated by individual owners with their own shop which are usually Shop Houses also known as RUKO (Rumah Toko). They may not look glamorous but are definitely tasty and yearned for by many local Medanese who moved away from Medan.
Here we will show some [...]

Durian in Medan

DURIAN…
‘Smell like Hell, taste like Heaven..’ Martin Yan
Indonesia, being the largest Durian consumption in the world,
…and it should be noted that the best place to have and to experience it all is right here in Medan where this King of all fruits are available all year round and is among the cheapest in Indonesia too!
Due [...]

O’Flahertys Back Rib

O’Flahertys Irish Restaurant and Bar
This restaurant is very famous for its Baby Back Rib in Medan.
Located in the air force area of Medan near the airport of Medan Polonia, do not feel alarmed when you are on your way to this restaurant as you will have to go through small, dark winding roads into [...]