Warong Java Nasi Padang — Restaurant in Singapore

I was looking for a good Nasi Rawan or a Nasi Padang place, and with the web, this place popped up. Good reviews all around, so I gave it a shot.

I guess food is subjective at best, and one man’s meat can easily be another man’s poison. I say this because I joined a long queue of some 40mins before I got to place an order. That’s ok, and to be expected. I had plain white rice, with 4 items. Sayur lodeh, Bergedil, omelette, and sambal goreng.

Ok. The Bergedil did it for me. It was crispy and flavourful. However, the omelette was bland and had eggshells in it. The sambal goreng was at best passable, and the lodeh broth was watery and flat. The rice clumped together, and looked like pudding in some places.

To add insult to injury, I bit into something sharp and hard, when I ate the sambal goreng. Thank God I pulled it out while it was all mixed up with rice and the sambal in my mouth. It turned out to be a 2” metal wire. I was flabbergasted and wondered what would have happened had I swallowed it.

Ok. Let’s be fair! The food ain’t half bad; it just wasn’t what I expected, especially with all the rave reviews it got. Afterall, you can’t blame a guy for raising his expectations when he reads such accolades about a makan place right?

In all fairness, the man and the Makcik inside are really sweet and nice, and I’d give them 5 stars just for this, but the food was at best meh for me, and marred by that metal wire I found. I stopped there and then and put the rest of my meal away after the wire thingie. I gave the wire to the nice man serving, and he apologised and continued with his work.

Will I be back...

Unbelievably super long que but the food is not that wow factor it's normal, I would recommend pondok opeh ini tampines faster cleaner and food tasty

It took me from 1105am que and I get my food 1228pm and I finish my food less 10min Honestly the food is just normal nothing is great the que was long is not because many customers the server just delaying his sweet on time and just making dirty marketing by letting customers que for long.

There is old people wa queuing but they cannot lasted long and quit the que and left very sad to see from hungry become angry customer the owner of the shops must do something about it. Irresponsible owner

We were queuing than I believe the coffee shop staff wearing white uniforms as per photo I attach just go in the shop direct to the shops and instructed them to serve her lunch she just pick what she wants and paid and left, unfortunately the food that the lady from coffee shops took she is just helping her friend to buy and saving them from queuing for 1 hours. How do you explain the owner ? It's fair for the customer than paid for the food that que for longer time.

This will be my first and the last time I come to your shops very disappointed no system of queuing and food was normal nothing is great

If there is an option to indicate -5 Star I would have done it The worst ever lunch ever which I believe...

Introduced by the OG foodie in the family, my mum, I got to know about this stall. Both their Lontong and Nasi Rawon are really enjoyable. The sayur lodeh (spicy coconut-based gravy) of the former is aromatic and full of vegetables, plus it’s not too thick which can be “jelak”. It pairs really well with the compressed rice cakes. I consider their Nasi Rawon one of the best around. Besides being large in portion, the all-important beef and “buah keluak” gravy splashed over the rice is fragrant and generous with pieces of beautifully tender meat. So is the paru (beef lungs) which surprises me greatly because rarely if ever, does this organ come in such a cushiony-soft state. Equally eager to yield to the bite is thinly-sliced cuttlefish cooked in slightly sweet sambal. While chopped long beans provide some fresh crunch, the begedil (spiced mashed potato patty) scores above average in size and tastiness. Automatically included with the Nasi Rawon is a sambal belachan which is of sweat-will-break-out standard. If you love Malay food like I do, this stall is...