Warung Kopi Imah Babaturan

This place has been on my list to visit in Bandung for a very long time. Today I finally got the opportunity to visit. Unfortunately, it was a rather disappointing experience for me. I set the expectation way too high, which was influenced by the marketing and reviews online. I'll break it down into several parts: The food, the place, the price, and other factors.

The food:

• I came with my family so we got to order various from their menu. I had Nasi Goreng Kambing (lamb fried rice). When it's hot, it's delicious! But, as it gets colder, the taste fades. I ordered it spicy, turned out they only added chopped bird's eye chili.
• We ordered Cumi Sambal Kemangi (squid with basil sambal) and Cumi Cabe Ijo (squid with green sambal), both tasted just okay. The squid in Cumi Sambal Kemangi was served whole, not chopped, and somehow it had fishy sensation and rough texture.
• We also ordered Lidah Sapi Sambal Matah (beef tongue), it came with fresh blanched spinach. It was probably the best menu we ordered today. The tongue was properly seasoned, the sambal matah was BOMB in a terrific way (really hot yet fresh), the spinach came with a good amount of saltiness. I bet they put something in it.
• Bala-Bala Sambal Kacang (vegetable fritters with peanut sauce) was great. It was a proper snack to have before meals or eat it as an additional side on whatever you have.
• Mendoan (half-cooked tempeh) came with sambal kecap (sweet soy-sauce sambal) was good.
• One detail I love the most about this place is they have Kerupuk Kampung (crackers) for free as many as you can get!

The place:

• For a restaurant, they have a SUPER TINY table. For real! I would strongly NOT recommend you dining in 4 ppl on only 1 table. Better ask for 2 separated tables for 4 people.
• They have a well-organized queuing system.
• They do have a waiting list, but do not have a decent place to wait. So you most probably would wait under the direct sunlight or rain.

The price was not cheap, not that much different from similar places in Jakarta.

Other factors:

• The toilet is kind of open-space (didn't take photo)
• They do NOT have parking space, so this part could be tricky.