Originally Posted by LezBFriends

Kembang Goela, Merah Delima and all the restaurant in this group, I think they are mediocre at best. The only reason they are frequented by people is because they are fairly affordable (even though they are supposed to be cheaper, as they are actually street food) and well located. Otherwise, why would you want to have "sanitized" street food in a pretentious setting? I don't consider them as real restaurants as I know for a fact that they source a good portion of their menu offering from elsewhere and just repackage and markup.

Lara Djonggrang, Dapur Baba..... strictly for tourists who are into those sort of over the top, more-exotic-than-actual Asian feel. So ambience wise, even though they are tired cliches of so many other such themed restaurants, I can understand why people (especially western tourists) will patronize them. Food wise.... aweful is the most appropriate description.