Indomania
Back home in Washington, DC, it's hard (impossible!) to find rijsttafel. I don't think I've had a good one since I was in The Hague many years ago!
Rijsttafel, is a sort of Indonesian/Dutch tapas. The "rice table" is delight to the eye and the palette. So, I was quite excited to find in Miami Beach, Indomania. Tucked into the ground floor of the Lorraine Hotel off of Collins Ave., 15 blocks or so from the hubbub of South Beach, Indomania offers a cozy dining room (hint: make reservations!), a playful pan-Asian ambiance and a friendly multi-culti staff (led by owners Ineke and Pieter Both), and fabulous food.
Our table of four started with an order of Fricadel jagung (corn cakes with chili/lime dipping sauce) which were excellent. For entrees, we opted to get one rijsttafel for two (the Rijsttafel Sumatra) and Oblok Oblok (friend tofu and tempeh). The Rijsttafel Sumatra was a smorgasboard (is that an oxymoron?) of fourteen tasty small dishes. Highlights were the Smoor djawa (slow cooked beef in kecap sauce); Rendang padang (beef stew in thick, spiced coconut sauce); Terong oseng (eggplant stew); and Sambal g bungcis (crispy, spiced green beans). The Krupuk udang (shrimp cracker) was very helpful in scooping up the rice!
For dessert, an order of friend bananas and ice cream was a perfect closing.
Indomania also featured a modest, but good wine list.
Meal: dinner
Rating: ***** of 5
Date: 7 March 2008
Address: 2601 Collins Ave, Miami, FL 33140
Website: http://www.indomaniarestaurant.com/
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