AUTHENTIC PADANG FOLK FARE PLUS MODERN TOUCHES There is no 'kerbau' roof exterior nor eye-catching Minangkabau links except on their business card, but look out for the lunch-time buffet bunting along Jalan Raja Muda in front of the school. The word 'Padang' refers to the lunch fare of the folk from the capital of West Sumatra. Heritage has it, the Minangkabau folk always 'marantau' (leave home for economic growth bringing back the fruits of labour ultimately).So the cuisine of meat, fish,chicken are intended to keep long thus,the buffet of dishes are uses chilli, turmeric and mostly, fried. Coconut milk is a staple.Thus, 'Pucuk Ubi Masak Lemak (cassava leaves in coconut milk).This is cooked like my late Mum and late Wak did it. Green leaves floating in yellow tumeric gravy. Hamid loves the 'ayam kampung goreng'(deep-fried free rein chicken) and rendang kering(beef chunks cooked in paste of coconut- chilli- onion- galangal- lemon grass). My repeated visits here are exclusively for their tendons cooked in coconut -turmeic gravy, from the legs of cows.Nowhere else sells this, that I know. So the bill can be quite high. I top my lunch with pineapple juice drunk out of the original fruit. Smarter still,do like the traditional folks do. End the meal with hot tea without sugar to cleanse the body system from any fat.Finally,my dessert is sandwich ice-cream that comes from a factory. Something else, the staff here are friendly and helpful. But drinks should get to customer faster. Last time, the Indonesian tourists next to us got their drinks after finishing their lunch. The walls are glass mirrored. Park along the side roads. The toilets could be improved.