RESTORAN AYAM PENYET – AP @ DE GARDEN MALL (HALAL)

The only time I have tried Ayam Penyet in Malaysia was my Waroeng Penyet experience at The Curve sometime ago. Ayam Penyet literally translate to ‘Flattened Chicken’, and no, before you go all smart-alec thinking ’bout that bad joke on why the chicken crossed the road (ahem), this is actually a traditional, Indonesian delight whereby the piece of chicken (a thigh, in this case) is marinated, then smashed with a wooden hammer-like apparatus, before deep-frying. Of course, one can argue about more efficient tenderizing method, for the chicken may turn out drier anyway, exposed to the rigorous process of deep-frying.

But the authenticity lies in its preparation process, more than the ingredients themselves. Marinated lightly, with some herbs and spices, the piece of chicken did remind us of the average Ayam Goreng served at most Malay ‘warung’, topped with some crispy fritters and served with a dollop of spicy sambal on the side, with blanched kangkung (water convolvulus), fried beancurd (tofu) and and piece of ‘tempe‘ (a fermented soybean cake) to round up the set.

No rice was served with this set, which is a clever business ploy, as I highly doubt you will eat the chicken on its own. A serving of rice is priced at RM1.50/USD0.40, while the Ayam Penyet set is priced at RM7.50/USD2.10.

The Gado-gado is a famous Indonesian salad, served with chunky peanut dressing, almost resembling the satay sauce. At Ayam Penyet- AP’s, the ‘gado-gado’ was also garnished with lots of crackers, particularly interesting were the few pieces of kerepek belinja, a type of crackers made from a bitter-ish plant (or tuber? someone enlighten me here). With half a boiled egg, the salad came in a rather measly portion enough for one, albeit priced reasonably at only RM3.50/USD1.

The staff mixed up our order for Daging Rendang, and instead served us with Ayam Rendang, without even an apology after we confronted them about the mistake. So much for customer service, and 5% service charge. Nonetheless, the Ayam Rendang came in a most blazing hot form, so do not push your luck if you’re not in favour of spicy food. It was tastier that the Ayam Penyet, in my personal opinion.

And do NOT look down on the Gulai Pucuk Ubi (Sweet potato leaves cooked in a rich, coconut milk-laden broth with added bird’s eye chillies), for the mild-mannered vegetable dish packed a most fiery punch! Garnished with some fried shallots, the almost creamy, pulp-ish serving of greens may remind one of Palak Paneer, a North Indian specialty of mashed spinach with cottage cheese. At a mere RM3.50/USD1, the serving was enough to be shared.

Ayam Penyet – AP is a branch from Klang Valley, with six outlets scattered around. Hop over to their website for the other locations.

Address & Contact Number
Ayam Penyet – AP (Masakan Jawa Timur dan Minang)
Lot G18, De Garden Mall,
Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah,
31400 Medan Ipoh,
Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.
Telephone : 6012-591 3071.

Was originally posted by J2Kfm on http://www.j2kfm.com/ayam-penyet-de-garden-jalan-datoh-noodle-stall-lees-burger-bercham/

Anywayz, I had to put Pho Hoa on the waiting list since it’s quite far away from my place. But for Ayam Penyet AP, oh, it’s just walking distance from my house! So today I actually skipped gym for that! I just can’t wait!

I went with Ducum for dinner. We ordered the Ayam Penyet, Lele (haha, such a cute name lar)Penyet (ikan keli, cat fish) and terong (eggplant) Penyet, plus a bowl of Bakso, since the Penyet dishes doesn’t have any gravy, we couldn’t eat rice without any soup or gravy!
The Ayam Penyet and Lele Penyet was really good! Both very fresh and yummy! The sambal that came with them was burning spicy but nice! 🙂 Oh, did I tell you guys I love ikan keli? It’s not the kinda fish Chinese would eat but I think it is absolutely yummy!

Ayam Penyet and Lele Penyet, served with sambal, tempe, fried tofu, cucumber, cabbage and kangkong.

But my personal favourite would be the eggplant! I don’t know why it’s just so tasty that even Ducum, someone who doesn’t like eggplant actually had it and like it! Believe me, it’s just THAT GOOD!

Ooooooo… Love the terong penyet!!!

The Bakso was not to say very fantastic, but not-bad lor. I think it’s probably the best Bakso I’ve ever had in KL so far! Ducum and I just can’t stop drinking the soup which was a bit sour with the lime we added in! The sambal was also very spicy but syok eating it!

The Bakso and the very yummy sambal.

Like what KY said, the price was absolutely reasonable. Ducum had two cups of bubble tea (ha, too spicy mah…) at the price of only RM3.50 per cup! Not bad right? The only down side, at least to me, is the fact that the penyet dishes are deep fried, and that means… Super duper fattening!!! Aiks, no skipping gym anymore tomorrow!!!

Shirlexia and Ducum were really happy with the Penyetx3, Baksox1, ricex1,bubble teax2, teax1!
But well, WE WILL BE BACK FOR MORE!!! :p

Was originally posted by ShiRLeXia on http://baobao-no-sekai.blogspot.com/2009/03/kien-kee-ayam-penyet-review.html

Selama nie mendengar cerita dari kawan mengatakan Ayam Penyet best…… jadi, langkah kanan la aku sekeluarga kerana dapat merasa Ayam Penyet nie….

Ayam penyet ni terletak di Shah Alam, Sekeyen 9. Sekarang nie dah banyak dah cawangan Ayam Penyet dah…

Korang search jer dalam Web site nya di Ayam Penyet AP… sumer lokasi terdapat di citu…

Mesti tertanya-tanya, kenapa di Shah Alam gak aku g…

Dah orang yang aturkan, aku datang aja…hehehehe..so tak leh la komen apa-apa kan… jauh ker dekat ker, janjji sedap…m

Aku sekeluarga datang…. kali nie aku bawa my IR dan anak-anak aku sekali…….

dan inilah juga pertama kali kami sekeluarga makan bersama di luar sepanjang berpuasa…….yerla sepanjang berpuasa nie, aku duk masak jer kat rumah kan…..

apa salahnya kali nie aku makan luar lak… sekurang-lurang nya, tak la pening pala memikirkan juadaha pa nak masak..

“Hari-hari siakap jer” bak kata Eyriqazz hehehehe……

oh…ini pula air yang aku pesan..

tuk anak-anak aku pesan Milo ais, aku berdua air Manggo Juise Snow Shake..

emm…sedap sungguh air Manggo nya..terasa manggonya….

Ni harga air nya…

murah-murah dan sedap….. RM 4.00 – RM 6.00 jer….

Ya…. lauk pun sudah sampai…

yang aku pegang tu ayam goreng penyet…perghh….. marvelous ko…

Ranggup, sedap dan memang enak di makan begitu saja jer tau….

tapi dalam banyak-banyak menu tu…

Udang Penyet jer aku tak merasa…..waaaaa.geram aku…

memula ada atas meja..pas tu tetiba ilang…

huhuhuhu….nampaknya kene datang lagi sekali nie …nak merasa udang penyet dia…hehehehe (alasan nak datang lagi tu….)

Ni senarai harga menu…

sumer murah-murah belaka…. dan sedap ko…

lauk tu kalu kongsi 2 orang pun cukup….memang mengenyangkan…

Pergh…korang tengok aksi-aksi blogger tegar..

sebelum makan harus snap gambar dulu….hehehehe…. nak buat entry dalam blog nie…

Ni yang aku sekelurga makan…

Si Danial ni kalu ada Udang…makanan lain dia tak makan… udang tu sumer dia jer yang makan..hehehehe

Ewah…. sempat lagi snap untuk gaya makan terbaik!!! hahahaha

Ni khas gambar nie ku tujukan tuk Jejai…semoga kita dapat makan bersama-sama di lain hari yek..

Nanti kita ajak BN g makan Ayam Penyet lak..lepas raya yek..heheheh

Jangan la dikau keciwa yek Jejai…hehehe

Seronok memasaing dapat layan Ayam Penyet…kebanyakkan ada yang pertama kali datang makan kat situ..

ada juga yang dah mencuba sebelum nie….

Sedap ko..datang la wei makan..memang BEST!!!!

Burrp……….alhamdulilah… kenyang giler la…

tinggal tulang jer…. memang marvelous la….  leh datang lagi..sambal dia pun tak sakit perut..

sebab sebelum nie Kak Red ada citer, dia pernah sakit perut kalu makan sambal ayam penyet..

tapi yang kat Shah Alam ni..ok aku rasa..tak tahu la kalu cawangan lain yek…

Memang BEST…dan kami pasti datang lagi….

Best tau..datang la….cawangan Ayam Penyet jer dah banyak di buka….

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Sebelum ku akhiri entry ini…

Terima kasih kepada En Amran kerana sudi melayan kami datang menjamu selera di sini…

Layanan pun amat memuaskan…. order air dapat cepat, order lauk dapat cepat…..

dan tak lupa juga blogger-blogger yang turut hadir… lain kali kita jumpa lagi….

Alamat Ayam Penyet AP di Shah Alam :

No 15, Jalan Tengku Ampuan Zabedah 9/E,
Section 9, 40200 Shah Alam

Website: www.ayampenyet-ap.com

Nota kaki : perghh….tetiba teringat ayam penyet dia…ishk..sedap dungguh rasanya…hehehe

Was originally posted by SumiJelly on sumijelly.com