For fans of Indonesian cuisine, there’s reason to celebrate – a newly opened restaurant in Melbourne’s CBD (specifically on Franklin street) serves up modern takes on Indonesian food and drink favourites. The menu at YOI features salted egg noodles, gado-gado, dumplings, satay, balado (meat or tofu tossed in spicy chilli goodness), meatballs and more. The location of the restaurant at the very front of the building and encased in glass adds interest, causing passers-by to turn and look at the eatery. Luckily our group of six got a spacious table. I went for “balado oxtail” which was not too spicy, while my daughter ordered noodles with beef mutton and salted egg. Our friends chose siomay, savoury martabak, and curry chicken noodles. As a dessert we chose sweet martabak. Friendly service at the beginning but after that it seemed like they were rushing us even though we were waiting for a take-away order which they’d forgotten…we put it down to new restaurant jitters. Hopefully this will not happen again in the future because service and friendliness is vital in the restaurant business.

Buat orang-orang yang sangat menyukai masakan Indonesia bisa berbesar hati dengan restaurant yang baru dibuka didaerah CBD Melbourne (tepatnya di Franklin street, Melbourne. Berbagai macam menù ada disana ditambah berbagai macam minuman khas dari Indonesia. Gado2, mie kampung, mie tek-tek, siomay, sate, balado, bakso Dan masih banyak lagi. Letak restauran di paling depan & ruangan yang dikelilingi kaca menambah ketertarikan orang yg lalu lalang untuk menoleh. Beruntung kami berenam mendapatkan tempat duduk terdepan. Pilihanku jatuh pada “balado buntut sapi” yang tidak begitu pedas, anakku memesan Mie kampung”. Yang lain ada yang memilih syomay, roti bakar, mie dan ayam kari, dan lain-lain. Sebagai makanan penutup kita memilih “Martabak Manis”. Pelayanan cukup ramah ketika kami masuk, tapi setelah itu terkesan seperti terburu- buru sehingga kurang hati-hati mendengar pesanan pembeli. Mudah-mudahan ini tidak terjadi lagi di masa mendatang karena pelayanan dan keramahan adalah masalah vital dari sebuah restaurant atau rumah makan.

Details

YOI Indonesian Fusion 1/155 Franklin Street Melbourne Victoria

Monday – Thursday 1130am-9pm

Friday – Sunday 1130am-10pm

Staff confirmation of halal meat used; no pork on menu; unlicensed

Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/yoi.indonesian.fusion/