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Extreme Spicy Food You Should Try in Jakarta

Hello FlokqJune 10, 2020

Indonesia has been a fan of hot and spicy food for centuries. Most of the cultures in Indonesia even have their traditional spicy cuisines like rendang, spicy meat ribs, and more. Nowadays, spicy food is in most modern dishes such as ramens, chicken, meat, and so on. It’ll be such a shame not to try these kinds of dishes while you’re in Indonesia!

Spicy dishes are usually savory and rich in other flavors too, making you want to eat more (although it’s burning your tongue). If you’re one of many love the hot sensation and you’re wondering where you could find hot and spicy foods in Jakarta, then here’s a list of 5 recommended spicy food that you should try!

Indomie Bang Adek

Indomie Bang Adek is one of the most popular places that serve spicy noodles among the youth in Jakarta. Not only does it have such an affordable price, but also the spicy noodles are unique and super hot! The place serves Indomie with their spicy seasonings that are absorbed in the noodles itself, you get to choose between 5 levels of spiciness, that is pedas sedang (10 chilies), pedas (25 chilies), pedas garuk (50 chilies), pedas gila (75 chilies) dan pedas mampus (100 chilies), but people have been challenging to eat up until 300 chilies! It is also served with meat, cheese, vegetables, and eggs! Don’t worry, they have another dessert menu to balance out the spiciness! This is a place to challenge your tongue!

Phone Number : +6221 5657988

Social Media : @abangadekindomie_pedesmampus on Instagram

Address : Jl. Mandala Utara No.8, RT.16 / RW.4, Tomang, Grogol petamburan, West Jakarta, Jakarta.

Price Range : Rp15.000 – Rp30.000/person

Opening Hours : Every Day (09.00 AM – 02.00 AM)

Waroeng SS (Spesial Sambal) Tanjung Duren

There is no doubt in the quality of this restaurant, having branches all over Indonesia makes this place famous to people of all ages. This restaurant serves 43 menus from all kinds of seafood, fried and grilled chicken or ducks, fried rice, vegetables, and more! Like its name, it is known to have a variety of chili sauces or sambal, to be frank they have 33 variety of sambal for you to choose, some of them are even from a traditional chili recipe. They have tomato sambal, onion sambal, squid sambal, and even mango sambal! Each chili sauce has its unique flavor and spiciness for you to try! 

Phone Number : +62811251500

Social Media : @waroengss on Instagram

Address : Jl. Tj. Duren Utara 4 No.224, RT.8/RW.3, Tj. Duren Utara, Kec. Grogol petamburan, Kota Jakarta Barat, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta 11470

Price Range : Rp15.000 – Rp60.000/person

Opening Hours : Monday-Thursday, Saturday and Sunday (10.00 AM – 09.00 PM)

  Friday (01.00 PM- 09.00 PM)

Seblak Jeletet Murni

To a surprise, Seblak Jeletet Murni isn’t far from Waroeng SS. Seblak is a Sundanese traditional food, it is known to come from Bandung. It’s a savory and spicy dish from wet kerupuk and served with vegetables, eggs, and meat or chicken. This food has grown all over Jabodetabek and the youth has grown fond of it. Seblak Jeletet Murni is one of the most authentic seblak places that is much spicier than any other seblak place, you could also choose the toppings you want in your seblak. Its affordable prices are also what makes this place worth trying out!

Phone Number : +62838-9743-7606

Social Media : @seblak_jeletet_murni on Instagram

Address : Jl. Tj. Duren Utara 4 No.56 b, RT.9/RW.3, Tj. Duren Utara, Kec. Grogol petamburan, Kota Jakarta Barat, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta 11470

Price Range : Under Rp50.000/person

Opening Hours : Every Day (02.00 PM – 10.30 PM)

Ramen 38 Sanpachi Chaya Kamome

This place serves one of the best traditional ramen from Japan in Jakarta. The place is cozy and it opens 24 hours! They have many type of ramens like Shoyu, Miso, Shio, tonkotsu, and Tori paitan also curry ramen, not only that, they also serve other side dish and you can choose other ramen toppings! There is even pork and beer to accompany your hot dishes! Ramen 38 has the level of 1 to 10 of spiciness, but if you still feel like it’s not spicy enough, you can request for more chilies. Its hottest menu and also its signature dish is the Jigoku Ramen or Ramen From Hell. This is a place to steam your tongue out!

Phone Number : +6221 72800268

Social Media : –

Address : Kamome Building, Jl. Melawai Raya No.189 B, RT.7/RW.5, Kramat Pela, Kec. Kby. Baru, Kota Jakarta Selatan, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta 12160

Price Range : Rp35.000 – Rp80.000/person

Opening Hours : Open 24 hours

Ayam Blenger PSP “Spesial Geprek Pedas”

Ayam Geprek has become one of the most popular spicy food in Indonesia, it is practically a chicken that is smashed up and served with chili. In Ayam Blenger PSP, Ayam Geprek is not only served with rice, but they also have an Indomie fried noodle menu. The chicken is soft and you could taste its rich and hot chili, you could even order the ayam geprek with mozzarella cheese to enhance its savory taste! Ayam Blenger PSP has the level of 1 to 10 of spiciness, but if you still feel like it’s not spicy enough, you can request for more chilies, every 10 levels of request, you will get 100 chilies! This is one of the restaurants you want to try!

Phone Number : +62878-8386-3883

Social Media : @pspayamblenger on Instagram

Address : Jalan U No. 2 Kios D, RT 002/RW 011 50 meter dari kampus Binus Syahdan, Palmerah, Kec. Palmerah, Kota Jakarta Barat, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta 11480

Price Range : Under Rp60.000/person

Opening Hours : Every day (10.00 AM – 09.00 PM)

So, there you have some of the best hot and spicy culinary food in Jakarta! We hope you enjoy these dishes and don’t forget to check out more recommendations on our blog!

Read Also: A Guide to Ordering Ayam Geprek for Beginners