SPICY DELICIOUS FOOD IN LOMBOK: AYAM TALIWANG H. MURAD

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SPICY DELICIOUS FOOD IN LOMBOK: AYAM TALIWANG H. MURAD

Place Name: Rumah Makan Taliwang H. Murad
Address: JL. AA Gede Ngurah, 234, Cakranegara Sel., Kec. Mataram (District Mataram), Kota Mataram, Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB) 83232
Phone: 0370 - 622394, 0828-3707-550
Branch:
Warung Ayam Taliwang H. Moerad Cabang Semarang
Jl. Pekunden Timur No.21, Semarang Tengah, Semarang, Jawa Tengah 50241
Phone: 024 - 8319321
Blog: http://warungayamtaliwanghmoeradsemarang.blogspot.co.id/

Brief Description:
Your journey to Lombok island will not complete if your foot doesn't reach down to taste Ayam Taliwang (Taliwang Chicken). Ayam Taliwang has become an icon of Nusa Tenggara Barat Province (NTB) and has been known by many tourists. Characteristic of this food is spicy derived from chili peppers origin from Lombok. Anyone who comes to NTB, not just intend to enjoy the enchanting natural scenery, they also want to taste it, so not surprisingly, you can find this food from restaurants to street stalls in Lombok island.

Ayam Taliwang is made with chicken (preferably free range), which is cut and cleaned prior to grilling. Once it has been grilled halfway, it is removed from the grill and tenderized with a pestle. It is then dipped in cooking oil; after several seconds in the oil, it is put in a spicy sauce of garlic, chili, and shrimp paste. It is then fried or grilled to order.
Ayam Taliwang physically appears similar to regular grilled or fried chicken, with a covering of sambal. Its taste is sweet and spicy, with traces of shrimp paste. It can be served with a side of water spinach (pelecing) and eggplant (beberuk) covered with chili sauce https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayam_taliwang

The originally and first Taliwang restaurant is Rumah Makan Taliwang H. Murad which located in Cakranegara. The owner of this restaurant is the son whom first popularized this food. The restaurant is well known. Within a day, the sales of this restaurant averaging about 200 servings. On holidays, sales could reach 300 to 400 servings and this restaurant absorb 200 to 400 young chickens one day which are mostly supplied by chicken farmer in the village of Karang Taliwang, Mataram, Lombok.

Owner of RM. Ayam Taliwang H. Moerad and Spicy Delicious Food in Lombok: Ayam Taliwang

The cooking process does not use any random chickens, they prefer to choose young ones and have weight of about 1 kilogram. Because it made from young chickens, so its meat feels soft. In this place, they also complete it with five flavors, pelalah, plecingan, spicy sweet, honey, and soy sauce. Of course, each variant has different levels of spiciness. Due to it, this place had became one of the considerations culinary connoisseurs to come and order Ayam Taliwang. Guaranteed, its good taste will be a primary consideration.

From the diverse menu offered chickens, plecingan and spicy sweet chicken become the most popular dishes. Ayam Taliwang is usually accompanied with plecing kangkung (kale) and beberok eggplant. Plecing kangkung is a stewed vegetable consisting of kale, beans, sprouts, which were given tomato sambal (chili sauce) and coconut sambal (urap-urap), also a sprinkling of fried peanuts on top. Beberok is a sambal accompanied by small pieces of eggplant and beans.

Besides sweet spicy chicken, chicken plecingan, it also offers a wide variety of other snacks made from chicken and fish. For example, fish plecingan, honey grilled fish, grilled fish sauce, fried fish, and additional special menu like seafood.

For more than 4 years, this restaurant has been able to maintain the distinctive flavor, quality, hygiene, and healthy dish that is offered. Traditional concepts applied in the view of the building, combined with the concept of green living is open and simple, providing comfort for the diners. This restaurant located 10 minutes from the heart of Mataram and also near with Santika Hotel. If you want to go there, don't come over night, because it will closed at about 10.00 PM WITA.

Warning: Be aware of this very spicy taste, but once you eat it you want more of it...And also try the Bakar madu - chicken with a touch of sweet from honey.. very yummmy!!!