Sego Sambel Mak Yeye — Restaurant in Surabaya

One of the best place to have dish called "penyetan" which is rice served with a sambal and variations of fried toppings.

However in this place they only serve limited amount of variations, which are stingray, bean curd / tofu, "tempeh" and scrambled egg, which you can choose depending on your preferences.

Expect a wait in this place and hard to find seatings in this place because it will be crowded. But it is worth the wait since the food tasted really great.

They serve until 03:00AM which great for those who were looking for midnight dinner. Especially popular with students and workers since the price are really cheap and totally affordable for everyone.

Most noted for their "sambal" or chillies, you can choose from 2 options, sweet or hot. Basically the sweet option just mean that they give sugar to the chilli which soften the chilli impact on the tongue. Choose the hot option for those who like the sensation of burning in your mouth.

I recommend to try the stingray which are known as "iwak pe" and egg. Please note that, avoid going to this place near the closing time (1:00AM - 2:00AM) since the stingray and tofu usually sold out during this time and please dont expect the place to be fancy or cozy or whatsoever since it is located near the market. Its a very traditional stall which gives the atmosphere of...

The crowd is crazy. There is no clear queue. People are just shout their order. They have no seating and only sell food, so other people are selling drinks with available seating. It took almost 2 hours to get my food. I came around 11 pm and eats around 1 am. It located on a traditional market by day so, i don't feel comfortable that much. The smell of trash fleeting as the wind blows, just gross. The food is simple rice (sego), sambal (hot sauce), with topping of fried battered egg, tempe, fried chicken or fried stingray fish. The sambel is fine, there's a hot-sweet and an extra hot. The stingray is very soft, even the bone can be eaten. Nothing special, its a typical traditional food with an just ok taste. Yes, its cheap. Less than 20k rupiah. In my opinion this place is just overrated. Really not worth the wait, yet a good experience. Yeah, i just came here once and i don't want to go there again. There are other place that sell the same thing, the same taste but with better place, a...

Jadi sebagai pendatang di kota Surabaya, gue bertanya-tanya kenapa di tiap artikel rekomendasi kuliner Surabaya selalu ada nama Sego Sambel Mak Yeye ini. Alhasil di suatu malam pas waktu gue agak luang ya gue cobain deh nih. Lokasinya merupakan jalan satu arah dimana di sebelahbkiri dan kanannya biasa dipakai buat parkir mobil ataupun motor. Untungnya jalan ini bisa dicapai pakai google maps, dan jalannya sendiri masih di area Wonokromo.

Gue dateng sekitar jam setengah 10 malam (tempat ini baru buka jam 9 malam) tapi udah rame yang antri pesen. Awalnya gue bingung gimana nih cara pesennya, ternyata kita tinggal ikut kerumunan di depan dimana lauk2 bisa kita pilih, terus bilang ke Mbaknya deh mau order apa. Perlu diketahui kalau mbak yg melayani gak cuma 1 dan yg order juga gak rapih antri gitu, jadi kita perlu agak sabar dengan sistem order di tengah kerumunan seperti itu.

Saat gue mampir, lauknya gak banyak. Cuman ada ikan lele, ikan "pe" yang ternyata adalah ikan pari, tempe, sama telur dadar yang menggunung. Liat pilihan menunya sih agak sederhana tapi menarik kalau liat lauknya masih banyak gitu. Terus di akhir pesen kita ditanya sambelnya mau yg pedes atau pedes manis, tentulah gue pilih yang pedes.

Total orderan gue adalah 23ribu yang isinya nasi, telor dadar, ikan pari, sama tempe terus sambel plus minumnya teh tawar anget. Pas gue makan, rasanya ya biasa sih, selayaknya telor dadar pake tempe goreng terus dikasih sambel, apalagi sambelnya ini bukan tipikal sambel bumbu yang harum bawang putih atau terasi ya, sesimpel sambel cabe garam gitu yang mirip sambel soto kalo buat gue. Tetep enak kok tapi ya selayaknya nasi disambelin. Yang menurut gue agak unik adalah ikan pe atau ikan parinya nih, bentukannya udah fillet gitu dengan tekstur yang terlihat agak juicy. Jadi ini semacam ikan panggang tapi bukan yangg gayanya kering gitu, gue menangkap sedikit aroma smokey dari ikan ini, makanya gue bilang unik nih. Pas makan ikan ini meskipun bentukannya fillet, hati-hati ya karena biasanya masih ada tulangnya yang untungnya bentuknya pipih dan buka duri.

Jadi kesimpulannya Sego Sambel Mak Yeye ini mungkin ramai dikunjungi karena memang sudah beroperasi dalam waktu yang lama sampai mendapat predikat legendaris, plus karena menjual comfort food dengan harga terjangkau. Buat rasa? Yaa biasa aja sih sebenernya. Will I come back? Yes, tapi kalo ada temen yang...