Famili Ria

The fishcakes are the best dish in the restaurant. The noodles were nice (I ordered the chicken mushroom and wonton one), and are great for kids especially.

Just like how Indonesian restaurants exist in its homeland, Familia ria focuses on one-two key dishes: Pempek and Chicken noodle. The pempek, a chewy fried fish cake/meatball, is pretty decent - much better than the supermarket stuff in Indonesia. Try the sampler for a bit of everything. The noodle is chewy and delish, and the added beef meatball is worthwhile. Nasi goreng, fried rice, is also pretty proper too. Price is quite affordable. Definitely a regular place to eat out for the food, but not for the place as the vibe is pretty flaccid.

The pempek at this establishment is the star of the show. Came by this shop as we were just stopped by to another shop close by.
I ordered the spicy Chicken mushroom noodles, barbecue chicken rice and pempek. The pempek is fried just right and the sauce with it was just divine. The pempek is exactly what I can get from Indonesia and absolutely wonderful. The noodles was springy and spicy. The barbecue chicken was a tad too dry for my liking.
The service was minimal and nothing to shout about.
I would recommend this place for a meal of good old pempek, which is a traditional Indonesian fish cake.

3.5 stars I took two kidlets out for lunch and heard great things about this Indonesian cafe. The kids were Hangry so I already looked through the menu and decided what i would order.

I went up to the counter and waited while the staff was doing some random stuff, then waited and waited and waited because rather than serving a person in front of her she decided to take a phone order instead while my two kids are screaming they are hungry technically if she could answer the phone, she could have taken my order right?

I ordered Chicken satay, egg omelette fishcake w noodles, red chilli chicken noodles, with chicken and mushroom and a chicken noodles (not spicy) with mince chicken.

The chicken satay was outstanding, beautifully flavoured and the chicken was so succulent. A definite must eat here.

The egg omelette fishcake was a bit weird. I thought it’s a noodle soup dish w plain omelette and fish cakes on the side, but the fish cake is inside the omelette and it was a bit gluggy and it doesn’t taste like fish, it just tasted like nothing much IMO. The “noodles” on the dish was just a scattering of noodles as condiment, not the main item the dipping sauce was yummy, although I probably won’t try that again!

The mince noodle dishes are great, but their chicken and mushroom noodles are less stellar. The chicken I got was a bit tough, I would have expected chicken thigh cuts to be used. I would probably have their chilli noodles w chicken mince next time.