First time trying PADANG food in Bali, Indonesia

What's up everyone! As you all may know, I am finally back in Bali and I couldn't be more excited about this. And to celebrate that I'm back in Bali, I am going to eat at a very special restaurant which is located all the way in Sanur. I think it's a 50-minute drive to go there. The restaurant is called Natrabu Minang restaurant. On the internet it looks like this. I got this requested a lot of times actually. I have no idea, I've never been there before. But we're going to try out the Padang cuisine. Apparently it is supposed to be really good and I'm gonna figure it out right now. It is now 4 p.m. so hopefully it won't be too crowded in the restaurant. And for today's video, as always, I'm not alone. I'm with two really good friends who are actually also Dutch. We come from almost the same hometown and they're called Carly and Milan. This is Milan, this is Carly. Are you ready guys? I'm hungry. I'm very hungry. Yes, I am super hungry. I think all of us, we didn't eat today, so it's gonna be really good. Staying home alone. We'll be back in a few hours. Gojek is here. Mask on. Okay, let's go. I'm hungry. Time to eat some good food. Hello. I just looked up what the Padang cuisine is, because to be honest, I didn't know. And it says that Padang or Minang food, that's apparently the same. It is from the Minang-Kabau people of West Sumatra. So it's actually food from Sumatra, which I'm even more excited to try out because I feel like I haven't tried it yet. And the food is famous for its use of coconut milk and spicy chili. So that's a very dangerous combination, don't you think? It is so good. Believe me, it's the best thing you ever taste. Oh my god. I hope the chili is gonna be not too hard on me, but I'm excited because I love coconut milk and I love chili. So let's see. Gado-gado also Padang food? Gado-gado, yeah. Yeah. Or Java? Java. I need to eat faster. I think it took us maybe half an hour or so with Gojek. And the restaurant looks pretty quiet actually. So I'm super excited. Let's see how many people are inside. And we all cannot wait to eat some good food because we are super hungry. We just arrived and we are the only people here. As you can see, there is no one. So I think that's only good. So we can try all the food now and we probably don't have to wait that long. Okay, I think we are now two minutes into the restaurant and all the food is already here. It looks like this. So it was done already and now we're gonna dig in. I think we're all so hungry. So hungry. I think it won't take us too long to finish this. Yes. This one? This is we call is Sambal Ijo. Sambal Ijo? Sambal Ijo is from the green chili. It's a green chili. It's very famous for Padangese food. The next one, this is we call Yes, this is coming from And all the... This is the most popular one. This is the most popular one. So Dendang is number one. One of the vegetables, sayuran. This is from kacang panjang, beans. And then kohl, the white one, but the famous name is This one we call But this is an Indian dish. This is not Padang. Different. You will have a different curry in Padang because how they cook is also different. So actually the taste and everything should be different. This is tuna gulai. Tuna gulai? Yeah. Tuna gulai. Tuna gulai. They have a different curry, yeah. Sambal udang. Sambal udang. Is it spicy? Spicy. Spicy. Spicy. But for me, for Indonesian, not really spicy. But for Puli, it's spicy. But for me, as a Belanda, very spicy. This is we call that sambal hijau. Sambal hijau. The green sambal chili. This is with ikan asin. Salty fish. Yeah, salty fish. This is we call kikil. Kikil? Do you know kikil? I don't know. Kikil is the same with this one. They are said that Padang's food lovers, they will be looking this and this first. Okay. This is kikil from the foot of the beef. They are cutting the skin. Kind of stew. Yeah. So is this skin? Yeah, yeah, yeah. This is skin. Yeah, it's also the skin. So they cook it around one hour. It's fried chicken. We know it. We know. JFC, we found this one. Okay. So the first thing that we are going to try is perkedel. Carly and I are going to start. Let's see. Really curious. Yum. Oh, oh my god. I can eat that. 20. There's so much flavor in this one. The potato is cooked so good. It's really soft. Oh, this is amazing. That's mine. I'm still starving. Flavors are really light. It's like salty. Wow. This is very good. This is good. Really? I want 20. I would snack this every day for the rest of my life. Yeah. And the kids also love this because they know it's potato. Yeah, it's soft. It's like really good cooked. I would give this one 9.5. For you too? It's also 9.5. For you? I think it's really good. Like we tried it in some other restaurants as well. A lot better. Okay, 9.5 for the first dish. Yes, rendang. I can't wait. We're gonna try rendang, which is the most famous one of this restaurant. It looks like this. They say people travel from far for this rendang. I'm so curious. I'm just gonna put a little bit on my plate so you guys can have. The sauce is also important. Sauce is very, very, very important. I love rendang too and I have it now with rice. So rendang with rice because that's the perfect combination. We're gonna try just the sauce. I can't believe the taste of this rendang. This is perfect. I think this is the best. We eat a lot of rendang, but I think this is the best rendang of Bali. Yes. Really? We eat a lot of them, but these spices are really good. We might need more rendang because this is so meat. We're gonna do the other dishes first. Okay, we're gonna do the other dishes first. I cannot believe the taste. I'm never speechless. I'm speechless. It's really good. It's not too spicy and the taste, my mouth just has all of this taste. I can't believe it. I'm so happy. This makes me so happy to eat a rendang this good. I think I only had rendang once or twice before, but this one, the best I ever had. Okay, I would give this 15 out of 10. What about you? If I can give a 15, I would also give it a 15. Right? What about you? Me too. World-class rendang. Best of the best. Exactly. Best of the best. It's gonna be really hard to beat this one. The flavors in here, you really feel that it's cooked with so much love. We need to go to Sumatra. Yeah. We need to go to Padang. Yeah. Because otherwise... I want to go to Sumatra soon, so let's see. But again, it's so good. I'm not sure if they could beat it. Okay, third up in line, the tuna. It's a tuna curry. It's supposed to be a little bit spicy. Harley tasted it already. And you said it was spicy? Yeah, both are. But I think the other one is more spicy. Let's see. Really curious about this one. First bite, I took a lot of sauce and a lot of fish. It tastes amazing. Yeah. Another good one. Oh my god. I cannot believe this. This is so good, guys. Really. Also, the tuna is so soft. The tuna is soft. The tuna is I love the sauce. Oh, and the sauce. It's like lemongrass. Can I have some more sauce? I cannot believe this. I'm in mood heaven. What? This is insane. This is not just a restaurant, seriously. This is not just a restaurant. This one is also good for me. Every dish is outdoing the other one. I just love curry taste so much. Really good. Amazing. Okay, for me again, this is for me the same as beef. I would give this again 15 out of 10 if I can. Same. Really good. Nine and a half. Nine and a half. Same like potato cookie. Oh my god. Same like potato cookie. Oh, okay. Well, that's more for us then. Oh, wow. I'm gonna be tough. It is mind-blowing. Now the chicken curry, which looks like this. And it's good to try it now so we can compare it with the tuna because it's supposed to be two completely different tastes, right? Yeah. So it's totally different sauce. First bite looks like this. I took a lot of sauce. Let's see. Okay, this is different. Creamy. Yeah. Creamy, yeah. I think this is a lot of coconut. I like it. The other one has more flavor in it. This is a bit more creamy. It's gentle. Yeah. Especially after the chicken, this is super gentle. That's interesting. Okay, I still like it, but I prefer the fish one. Me too. Yeah, me too. 100%. Yeah, yeah. I give this an 8 out of 10. Well, it's still super tasty. Yeah, it is tasty. It is, but not if you compare it. That's the challenge. No, no, no. So what would you give it guys? 8.5. 7, 8.5. I would give it an 8. So next up we have the dish cabbage. It looks like this. And long beans. I have no idea what to expect to be honest. Okay, let's see. I need a new plate. Oh wow, this is really good. Spicy? No. Yeah. Well, I love it. I don't even know how to describe it, but it's also a little bit curry-ish. But it's spicy. For me it's spicy. It is? For me it's spicy. Ah, girl. I can't handle spicy. It's a gentle flavor. It's a really gentle flavor. And good. I don't really know how to describe it, but yeah. It's soft. Like the beans and the cauliflower, it's super softly cooked. Well, I would say this tastes more like a real curry. Yeah. I would eat this all the time. I give this one, oh that's difficult, a 10. I think for a vegetable dish it's quite good. It's amazing. Are we still going to 15 or is it just 10 now? Yes, we can. We can go to 15. Yeah, I say 11. Wow. I give it a 9. Okay. Okay. No, it is amazing for a vegetable dish. It only has two vegetables in it and there's so much flavor. Okay, next up in line is the, what's it called? Udang. Udang. Udang sambal. It looks spicy. It looks super spicy. Let's see. But we need to like, how do you say, put off the skin before? Peel it. We need to peel it before. He said he's putting more sambal on it. You need more sambal. This is mine. More? I think it's enough sambal. I'll add a little bit more. Look at that. It smells so spicy. Oh my god. It looks like this. Underneath there's even more sambal. Milan is taking sambal now as well. Okay, there we go. I'm scared. One, two, three. Oh, I love the taste. This is just so good. It's a little bit hot. Now it's getting spicy in the end. I do taste a lot of sambal, but I like it. I can handle it. I don't like it spicy. No, I can handle it too, but I think if I would do it. Maybe you need to put some of this. Yeah, this one. Green chilies. Let's do it. I'm up for the challenge. Well, I took a lot of sambal. I mean it's not that I cheated. No, true, true, true. I can handle it. The taste is good. The taste is good, but I think I give it 8.5. It's something more. Out of 15 or out of 10? Out of 15. Oh, no. It's a lot better. No? I think it's a 7 because the other ones I found, I taste so many different herbs and spices. Exactly. Okay, first up this one which is super spicy. You have to try it first. Oh, what? Oh my god. This is kind of spicy. Really? Yeah, I think you might be able to handle it, but it's Should I film you? Yeah, it's after. I love this. I love a good challenge though. What? You took this? So much? Go for it. Go, go, go. It was at this moment that he knew he f***ed up. Oh my god. I don't know if I want to. Yeah, eat it. Go, go, go. Oh my god. Ah, this is so spicy. Why did you let me do that? It's a good kind of spicy though. Oh no, that's not nice. It's like burning in my mouth. You know that feeling? Yeah. Next up in line is this one. This is cow skin. I never ate skin before I think. I'm a bit scared to eat skin. I'm not excited about it. No. It doesn't look at all. But we have to. This is traditional. Traditional style. Traditional. You have to. It's a challenge. I'll take the challenge. It's our life goal. Okay, I'm gonna try the skin. Yes. I'm not a fan of skin anyway so. Oh, it's really soft. Oh yeah. Yeah. I want to get a piece of this. How do we? It's very chewy. Looks a little bit gross. I'm just gonna do it. No, no. I don't know. It was just pure, pure fat. I don't know. I don't like this. No? No. Oh my god. The taste of the sauce is good though. There you go. I'm mentally preparing. Okay, I'm gonna prepare myself now as well. I don't think I can do this. Just take one little bite. No, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I'm scared. Like I'm not. Okay, it looks like this. This is the skin. It looks quite delicious. That's a small piece. Milan ate a big piece. Nope. I just swallowed it immediately. I just had to like. Okay, that's fine. I'm used to like biting on meat and it's just like you have a snail on your tongue. It's just. But the taste is good. I would give the taste of the sauce maybe a nine. It's just I don't like skin at all. I agree. The taste of the sauce is good but the structure of the skin is just too much fat. Carly is going to try it now. Carly. I don't even like fat so. I just put it like after rice and then it goes like in between. Okay. Oh my god, Carly. We are ending with Ayam Goreng. Ayam Goreng. Ayam Goreng. This you can get anywhere. Also at the Okay. Oh. Good? Okay. Wow. No, this is really good. How can fried chicken taste so amazing? I'm really confused. Oh, it's really good. Yeah, yeah. No, this is amazing. It's like really soft chicken. But there's taste everywhere. I give this. I would say like a 12. Oh, really? I was thinking eight and a half. I was also thinking a 12. Because the. I just like chicken. The crunch. It's so good. Exactly. The crunch. And outside. Something they put on the skin. Something addictive. Let me show you. This is what the crunch looks like. That's what makes it taste so amazing. Okay. I'm still eating. We ate everything. My personal favorite I have to say is the fish curry. To be honest. That was the best taste I've had in a while. And then number two is 100% the beef rendang. The beef rendang was mind-blowing. So that's my top two. Me, number one is the rendang of course. And yeah, number two for me is the fish. Okay. Me number two is the potato cookie. Because it's not spicy at all. So that's nice for me. And my number one is definitely the beef rendang. Yay! So the winners are beef rendang, fish curry. Potato cookie. I'm dodged. I'm dodged. Who would have thought that? Wow. The food here is just amazing. Wow. Isn't it guys? Well if you have the chance come here to Natrahu Bali. Exactly. Best Padang food in Bali. In Sanur. In Sanur. It is so amazing. All of these dishes are so good. The only thing that we didn't like was the skin. But apart from that, the flavor. You really can taste that there's a lot of love when they prepare the dishes. It's so good. So I cannot believe how many plates there are on this table. Look at this. Oh my god. So this is the damage that has been done. All of these dishes. This is what we tried. I cannot believe we had so much food. It's so much. How many plates are there? 20. 20 plates. 20 plates. I cannot believe it. It's time to pay the bill. I have absolutely no idea how expensive it's gonna be. We're gonna see it now. Excuse me. Can I pay please? Can we have the bill? Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. So how much is it? Let's see. We have to pay in total for 20 plates 353k. So with the tax it is 388k and 300. Wow. 23 euros. Yeah that's like 20 euros. That's so insanely cheap for all the food that we have here. And the quality is amazing. Cannot believe this price. We are now waiting for our Gojek driver to pick us up and drive us back to Canggu. We had such a good time trying all of these dishes here. I do have to say I feel insanely full. So it's time for a big nap now. But the food was 10 out of 10 and it was insanely cheap. So I really recommend coming here. And I want to say thank you so much for watching this video. Please do not forget to like and subscribe and I'll see you in my next one.