Warung Pojok Sari — Restaurant in Haarlem

This is a small place with no frills... We were rushing to a museum and trying to see 2museums close to each other before they closed at 17.00. Hubby was hungry, it was 13.30 & as we walked past I realised I'd never tried Indonesian food before and I love trying the cuisine of different countries. We opted for rice with vegetable side dishes as I'm a vegetarian and after my first bite I was in awe of the wonderful flavours!! Amazing food and we were served by a lovely young man who was managing the till and other orders at the same time. Took time to explain what was in each dish. Even hubby who had meat dishes and some veg said it was the best indonesian food he'd tasted outside of Indonesia, which is very high praise coming from him. We were so blown away, we got a take away for later and regretted the fact that we couldn't go back here because we were only in Haarlem for the day! Deceptively simple looking food, I tried to recreate one of the dishes with a recipe off Google, it was just...

Tasty Rames. I ordered witte rice (I guess it was Nasi uduk - cooked with coconut rice), bakmi, ayam kari, rendang, and vegetables. Nice warung, finally drink teh botol sosro after awhile. The food tends to be too sweet for me. What distinguishes this warung with others is that they provide free flow condiments and this is really Indonesia typical, such as kerupuk (crackers), palm sugar, sambal, spicy sauce and soy sauce. The benches in front of and in the side of the place are really typical Indonesian warung. We also bought some delicious snacks, such as pisang goreng, martabak and lemper. My kid really likes lemper. The location is nearby Haarlem...

If you're in the area, you gotta eat here! Such a delectable variety of Indonesian dishes! The "general" and roti meals were fantastic! Such a depth of flavour and perfect combo of spices, in various sweet and savoury marinades!

Fun selection of Indonesian (and other) cold drinks! I had the ginger beer!

Met the Dutch-Indonesian owner who shared how he learned the recipes by helping his grandparents run the place while growing up, and how he took over the place upon their request. No wonder it tastes so authentic! Several decades of food and love poured...