Come, let’s TOK about the food that TOK TOK Indonesian Soup House @toktoksg at @payalebarsquare offers! 😉
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I highly recommend their Sop Buntut ($9.50 with rice) ❤❤❤, which is the chef's family recipe. The broth is clear yet robust-tasting, a result of having oxtail simmered for long hours such that the meat is almost fall-off-the-bone tender. 🤤 The generous use of traditional spices also enhances the heartiness of the soup. This certainly had a taste of home. 🏠
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Turn up the heat with Soto Betawi ($9.50 w rice) if you’re someone who adores chilli. 🌶🌶🌶 Although the spice level was very mild, it does add a little kick to this Jakarta beef soup. Slowly simmered with aromatic herbs & spices, this milky broth would be delightful to those who has a stronger palate. ✔ Like how the tangy tomatoes 🍅 balances out the sweet milky flavours, also making this bowl with a generous amount of beef chunks less heavy. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
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Their Soto Madura ($8.80 w rice) is prepared by boiling the beef broth with mainly lemongrass as its herbs. 👌🏻 To me, it tasted like Soto Ayam (chicken flavoured) & leaned towards the oily side. Served in the traditional way with just meat & boiled egg, simply enjoy the tender beef chunks 🥩 with the piping hot rice.🍚
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Want some sides to go with your soup? Try the Siomay Bandung ($8), which is essentially mixed steam fish dumpling with homemade peanut sauce 🥜. Although it felt more like a starchy rice cake or a very dense ketupat to me, I appreciate the bouncy chew & especially liked the aromatic peanut sauce doused over. 😋😋😋 As a nuts lover, the peanut sauce made everything nice! 💯
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If you’ve had a bad day or have a really sweet tooth, go for their House Sodas for the ultimate sugar rush! 🍬🍭The Markisa Soda (Passionfruit soda, $3) was pretty refreshing. With condensed milk added, their Fanta Soda Gembira & Coke Soda Gembira ($3 each) were too sweet for me 😂 - I’d prefer their Teh Botol ($2.70), a classic Indonesian Jasmine Tea drink. 👍🏻