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Review - Garam Merica

Writer: Flip
Flip
Nov 2, 2023
2 min read

Unpack this brick.


Garam Merica plays with the heartstrings of homesick Indonesians in Australia. Firstly, with nasi bungkus. Nasi bungkus is basically your rice and curry takeaway. Wrapped in a banana leaf and plastic coated paper, it’s an onigiri on roids. There’s something about eating off the banana leaf and not a hard plate that makes it all the more real and enjoyable.


Secondly, warteg. Wartegs often serve Javanese fare that is affordable and filling - food for the people. It’s a type of warung, a small shop/business that is ubiquitous across all 17,000 islands of the Indonesian archipelago. Javanese food is known to be the sweeter of the Indonesian cuisines, with terasi (shrimp paste), palm sugar and kecap manis (sweet thick soy sauce) being typical ingredients.


By bringing these two elements together, Garam Merica is cooking with nostalgia. They are also streaming bangers from the national playlist and chatting to the punters like they would back home, so they do an ace job of evoking the spirit of the motherland.



Their menu includes a sprinkling of West Sumatran items, but honours typical Javanese dishes like tumis bayam (sauteed spinach) and kering tempe (fried sticky tempe), as well as some more interesting ones like the beef tendon curry. The baby squid in ink is fun to eat and mix with the rice, definitely worth the extra few dollars. The beauty of nasi bungkus is the amalgamation of gravies, and the process of manually working it together.


Overall the food is not as heavy and salty as back in Indonesia, which meant the lunch did not induce any comas - oddly disappointing. Nonetheless, great stuff from the team at Garam Merica. Really cool illustrations of the diverse Indo food practices decorate the walls, and it’s worth popping in just to see these. Makasih Mas, Mbak.


Warung (Small shop/business)

Tegal (City in Central Java)


Warung Tegal = Warteg (warungs started by the Tegal people)

7 Comments


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ᴅᴀɴɪᴀʟ sᴍɪᴛʜ
Sep 18

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Cole Owen
Cole Owen
May 01

This review genuinely made me nostalgic — even as someone who hasn't grown up eating Indonesian food, there's something so universally comforting about a place that cooks with that kind of cultural sincerity. The nasi bungkus concept is fascinating; the idea that eating off a banana leaf rather than a plate changes the whole experience says so much about how presentation and ritual are tied to flavour. As an international student in Australia, finding affordable, soul-filling food that doesn't feel like a compromise is everything — it reminds me of hunting for affordable assignment assistance in the UK back when I was studying abroad and just wanted something familiar to hold onto. Garam Merica sounds like it gets that feeling…

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toootaa1210
Apr 17

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melica john
melica john
Apr 10

I liked how the post shares a detailed review of Garam Merica, especially the way it highlights the taste, menu variety, and overall dining experience in a simple and honest way. It reminded me of when I was exploring food reviews during my studies and felt overwhelmed with tasks, so I once used assignment help online to keep up while still enjoying reading content like this. It made me realize how small breaks like this can feel refreshing.

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Dexter Morgan
Apr 06

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