RM. Gumarang Jaya — Restaurant in City of Medan

One of my favorite Padang restaurant in the city. They're always packed around lunch time, dinner might be an option for those who doesn't want to wait. Other option is to visit their branch which is located around 1km away. Even when I dined in, I usually ordered 'take out' for the rice, as the portion is bigger and they already mixed all the sauces, veggies and chili. All warped in banana leaf for extra fragrance. For 'take out rice but dine in', they will still serve you the side dishes like normal. Recommended side dishes are the fried chicken (this one is extremely popular, the size is small but that's why all the flavor is concentrated, the skin is very crispy and the meat is tender to the bone), peyek udang (shrimp cracker, crispy and big with loads of small shrimp), green chili with shallots and tauco (tauco: fermented yellow soybean, their signature chili), perkedel (potato cake), semur jengkol (dog fruit stew), fish head curry, fried fish. If you want extra flavor, try mixed the rice with kecap asin (light soy sauce). For beverages, I just order plain black tea, but juices are popular option too. There is a sugar cane vendor outside the restaurant which you can order from, only IDR 5K. Price is considerably cheap. We ate 4 rice, 7 pieces of chicken, 1 plate of jengkol stew, 1 peyek udang, 4 plain tea and btw chili is on the house for...

We were brought here by our Indonesian cousin who happens to be a local around this area. I’ve always loved Padang food since I was young, and this place didn’t disappoint. Our experience was great, both the food and the service, probably because we came early before the lunch crowd. Even though we dined in, we asked for bungkus rice wrapped in banana leaves with mixed vegetables, chili, and gravy all packed in. I guess this is the trend here? The other dishes were served separately based on what we ordered. The gulai fish head was superb, huge and so tender, with the rich and flavorful gravy absorbed into every corner of the bones and meat. The peyek udang was light and crispy with a generous amount of shrimp, you can taste shrimp in every bite. The ikan goreng was a bit too hard for our liking though. As for the chili condiments, they were just perfect to accompany all the dishes. We skipped the famous fried chicken since we already had two fish heads, which was more...

I was told by the gojek driver that i should try here, and we did go to the shop. It was packed at 1pm. The rice is served on plate or like others, they asked for 'bungkus' meaning pack. In the pack, theres veggies and gravy. Thats all. Then you can add in other dishes, like the famous fried chicken or rendang and many more. Wifey find that the fried fish was abit tough. Rendang was ok. The green chili or sambal ijo was kind of black color, as if its soy sauce sambal. Overall, its just average to our liking. But still a great place to try...