Ayam Penyet Banafee

Ayam Penyet seems to be getting popular nowadays. Considering the fact that few years back, no one in Malaysia would have heard of it, it is quite a feat when we think about how it is flooding our market at the moment. This Indonesian dish I believe will still be around for quite some time.

Penyet is seriously the right name to describe this dish. For those who don’t know, Penyet means ‘Flatted’. This dish is served with some "ulam" (raw veges such as cucumber, tomato, long beans, cabbage), fried tauhu and "tempe"(fermented soya bean cake), which was simply authentic.

Restoran Banafee, Jalan Dato Abdullah Tahir Johor Bahru, Johor 80300, serves by far, the best Nasi Ayam Penyet. The chicken is so flavourful, marinated very nicely into the meat. The "sambal" is just superb (in our language- kau-kau) and is the king of this dish.


We also had chicken otak-otak, which was something very different. The otak-otak was not dry, but moist inside.

The porridge was also quite up to its standard, full of flavour, and served with kangkung belacan, anchovies and nut, and salted egg.

In sum, the Ayam Penyet is excellent! Next time, you are down in JB, do try it! Cheers!