Marco by Chef Marco Lim

Barramundi Panggang Pacak. Grilled barramundi fish marinated in coconut milk, finely ground curly red chili, slices of turmeric leaf, lemongrass, tamarind, lime leaf and lime juice. It's something that I've never seen in any padang restaurant. The sauce might look red, but relax, I barely tasted the heat. It's rich in spices and it gave full pack of flavor. The texture of the fish was very very clean and soft and the fish had nice charred aroma to it. They also gave a fresh lime, I strongly recommend you to use it. It'll bring a nice zestiness to the fish and remove the fishy flavor at the same time. I gotta say, this was extraordinary. 

Nasi Goreng Rendang. Authentic stir fried rice with beef rendang, served with slices of cucumber, white cabbage and sprinkle with padangnese red crackers and fried shallots. Before I give my review, I wanna tell you some fun facts. 

1. They use rice from solo. It's less sweet and less sticky. So yeah, perfect for fried rice. 

2. They bring the crackers from padang. Yeah it's thin and crunchy. But I think it's not necessarily needed. I mean the cost of doing that and the impact just don't make any sense. But, yeah. That crackers is slightly tastier than the average crackers here. 

The taste of the fried rice itself was pretty mediocre. Nothing really stand out. I did enjoy the texture though. The rice was dry and not sticky. They put few chunks of beef rendang. The rendang itself actually was good. Super tender in texture and rich in flavor. 1 bite and you know this is a fancy padang. But, it lacked something. I didn't know what's that. But, when I eat street padang like Sinar Minang, it gives kick and bold flavor right away. Here, the taste was more gentle and subtle. However, I did enjoy this menu and I think the price is still reasonable.

Nasi Paru Rendang. Beef lung cooked with banana in rendang style served with solok rice. First you must know that it's not fried rice. It's solok rice mixed with rendang sauce. It's good but if you compare it with street padang, it's not even close. The rendang here was more subtle and gentle. It's tasty but it missed that bomb of flavor in my mouth. 

The lung was good. Crunchy but not as crunchy as cracker. Still had that lil chewy side which was dope for me and the most important thing, no irony or innard taste to it. The highlight for me was the rice. Yes, the plain rice. Obviously without the rendang sauce, it tasted plain. But the texture was super good. It's not sticky at all. You can easily seperate every single grain. Bet it's gonna be a perfect type of rice to be used in fried rice. 

Skeptis sama masakan padang di mall? Apalagi yang tempatnya kekinian. Pasti cuma jual tempat!

Awalnya juga mikir gitu tentang Marco.

Waktu nyobain rendangnya, emm.. sori, tetep lebih suka rasa rendang di resto padang pinggir jalan. Rendang disini rasanya kelapa banget dan cenderung manis. Akhirnya cobain ayam pop nya dan yah rasanya ok lah.. tapi ya dengan harga segitu mending makan di tempat lain kan.

TAPI, waktu nyobain nasi Barramundi panggang nya, wah, ini beneran JUARA! Ikannya sama sekali ga amis, tekstur dagingnya halus, bumbunya ga pelit. Ditambah makannya pakai nasi solok. Ini juga ENAK banget. Padahal nasi putih aja tapi wangi banget dan ga lengket. Serius WAJIB COBA.

Meskipun harganya agak mengintimidasi, tapi nasi barramundi nya beneran recommended.

Kapan lagi kan makan nasi padang bisa sambil foto kekinian.

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Sempet skeptis sama makanan padang peranakan. Di tempat fancy kayak mall? Pasti ga enak, enakan yang pinggir jalan! Awalnya oppa berpikir begitu sampe akhirnya temenku ajak makan disini katanya ga kalah enak.
Okay aku pesen 3 menu icip icip:

1. Nasi ayam goreng muda padang peranakan

Don't play with this menu haha because I love it ! Aku suka banget sama ayamnya yang empuk dan dibumbui dengan baik. Ditambah siraman kuah padang astaga dahsyat dan ternyata bener ga kalah kuahnya.  Oh ya ini paket lengkap ya jadi km dapet nasi, ada kerupuk, sambel dll
2. Ayam panggang nyonya koei

Boleh dibilang ini ayam favorite oppa dan pasti akan makan ini lagi kalau kesini. Ini ayam panggang yang bener bener kaya rasa. Agak pedes, ada manisnya dan ada saltynya juga. Pokoknya kalian cobain yg ini
Untuk harga memang mungkin above restoran padang di luaran sana, but considering ini di mall dan makanan mall harganya arround 100k jg, i think this one worth to try