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This is a new Indonesian restaurant located at the former Gading Street Food who has shifted to 313 Somerset. Like the name subrata, they are serving varieties of old time Indonesian street food. Came here for lunch, tried their lontong sayur and fried chicken skin. Delicious! Good price point too. Definitely will come again.

Ol'Java is a fuss-free eatery on the second floor of Lucky Plaza with an old-timey, warung-like ambience and a finger-licking array of lesser known Indonesian specialties. The founder's vision is to serve indonesian dishes she loves from her homeland of East Java, particularly the port city of Surabaya. These include street snacks, soups, curries and some rice dishes that are hard to come by anywhere around Singapore. [What it's good for] • The nasi campur legend Surabaya may not look the prettiest, but it's definitely a moreish and tasty meal. The set comes with either stewed chicken (S$10) or sambal beef (S$11). The beef isn't as spicy as it sounds, but it's flavourful and tender enough to split with your fork. It's complete with a boiled egg stewed in soy and spice, and a puffy tofu steeped in curry. • Fans of spice will appreciate the sambal belacan, as it's hot enough to make pepper munchers break out in a sweat. It's a little garlicky, a little sweet, a little umami and just delicious. • The ketupat elite (S$7), which bears an uncanny likeness to lontong, contains boiled rice cakes in sayur lodeh (vegetable coconut milk curry), fried coconut shreds and tempeh. • Its bebek Madura (S$11.50), a deep-fried duck dish in crumbed coating served with fine-crumbled batter sprinked on top, is crispy on the outside and soft enough on the inside to fall from the bone with a light touch. • The rawon (S$8.50), a traditional Javanese beef buah keluak soup, was a nice colour and not too thick. The beef was tender and the soup was rich with a tinge of bitterness. • The traditional nasi kuning is a turmeric rice dish cooked with coconut milk and served with chicken (S$10.80), beef (S$11.80) or complete (S$14.80 -- both chicken and beef). There are also fluffy omelette shreds, a stuffed mashed-potato fritter and tempeh that's been candied. • If you've managed to finish every speck of sambal on your plate, treat yourself to an iced kopi kampung (S$4.80), a refreshing dark-roasted coffee with fresh milk and gula jawa (Indonesian palm sugar). [What it could improve on] • Though crispy, the fried chicken skin (S$7.50) is as bland as it gets. You could eat it with sambal, but it'd be difficult to get the huge chunks of skin coated nicely. [Our quick takes] • Is it conducive to conversation? — Turnaround is high during peak hours, but if you’re coming in the mid-afternoon — definitely. • Is a reservation necessary? — Walk-ins only. • How to get there? — Lucky Plaza is a two-minute walk from Exit A of Orchard MRT station. [Things to note] • Look out for Ol’Java’s occasional off-menu specials, which you’ll find at the counter. • You’ll also find old-school Indonesian lapis cakes from its sister brand Ol’Crumb sold here. Read more at HungryGoWhere for the full review.

Everything tastes just perfectly cooked, nasi kuning complete, nasi campur complete, lontong cap gomeh, rawon and the Cake, all superb!! If any of you want to taste authentic Indonesian cuisine, you must come by!!

The Ayam Penyet is tender even though its the breast part. Ayam Geprek was juicy and crispy. Nasi Campur was nice, the beef was soft. Ayam Bakar was also great :) The sambal was the best part of it all, hope they will give out more 😀 We asked for extra sambal with no charge to it though! Place was little tight but its expected for these type of places.Prices for food was reasonable and the service was great.

Delicious Indonesian food. Must get the chicken satay, thick and juicy. Fried chicken skin is a must try too!

Found this very nice Indonesian Surabaya food, hidden in Lucky Plaza. All food is nice, and very friendly owner too. Will come again to try other dishes. 😍👍👍😋😋

Nice Surabaya meal. We ordered Nasi Campur Legend Beef $11. It consist of braised beef, braised egg, tofu, soun (green bean vermicelli), and sambal. We also add bakso sapi (it's a rotating special menu). Overall taste is very good. Definitely will visit again to try other menus. The star in my taste is the sambal. It's very hot. I hope they keep it that way and not try to tone it down. Recommended.

Ayam Penyet was really delicious and crispy – love the chicken skin! I think that portion is just nice, not too much and not too less. A plate of Ayam Penyet is $8.50, about the same cost as the standard ones sold in food courts. The place was not crowded during 3pm when I went and I was the only one eating there. I will be back to try the other dishes!

This has to be the worst chicken meal I have. The Crispy Skin Chicken Chop was burnt to the extent that it had a bitter taste. The Spring Chicken too had a funny taste as though the oil had been used without change and affect the Chicken. Discarded both items as none in the family would want to eat them except the side dishes.

Had my late dinner with my husband and was served by the staff Mr Alfred. It was the best dish I had all week. He made an effort to accomodate to my order and delivered. Very commendable. Thank you Alfred!