Trip of Wonders: The Royal Ambarrukmo Buffet Experience

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

I heard good things about The Royal Ambarrukmo as one of the most prestigious hotels in Yogyakarta especially their buffets which allows you to get a good selection of Indonesian cuisine!

As with most top hotels ~~ they serve a good range of salads, yogurts and fruit cocktail jellies ~~

They also got a vegetables and fruit juice stand to freshly make some fresh juices for ya ~~

Here’s my tomato and green veggie juices combo ~~

Nothing screams breakfast bigger than pancakes and waffles ~~~ freshly made ~~~

They even got FRESHLY MADE HAND PULLED NOODLES (LA MIAN)

As well as assorted dim sum ~~

and ~~ sushi ~~

Their egg station is absolutely fantastic ~ unlike some hotels which give mediocre eggs ~~ the eggs here are done perfectly!

I give them a big A+ for their omelets ~~~ top notch!

They got lovely assorted pastries and breads too!!

HEY WHERE’S THE INDONESIAN SPECIALTIES ~~ I hear ya scream ~~~ I saved the best for the last ~~ if you want a taste of local flair ~ they serve Yogyakarta’s iconic GUDEG – which is a slow cooked young unripe jack fruit boiled for several hours with palm sugar, and coconut milk. This is usually served with fried or braised chicken as well as other ingredients like…

~~~ my favourite spice braised beef tendons (soo tenderlicious!)

A lady who gives you food with such a big smile! Thanks beautiful for the Gudeg!

Ahhhh I will enjoy this sooo much!! GUDEG GUDEG!!!

There’ also rojak ~~~ Indonesian style ~~

This is like the Indonesian salad ~~ served with a spicy rich peanut sauce ~~

*drools* Now that’s my kinda salad ~~

There’s also nasi uduk ~ which you can take your pick of beef stew ~~ vegetables and braised chicken ~~ served with wild rice ~~~ yum! Maan~~ where else can you try Nasi Uduk, Nasi Gudeg and Poached eggs on toast with omelets ~~ enjoyed with fresh juices and also ~~ Indonesian Jamu ~~ which I’ll get to that ~~

Jamu is an Indonesian style herbal tea and there’s quite a range of them ~~

They say different types of jamu are good for different ailments ~~ so you must give them a shot!

I had almost 4 glasses of different jamu at the buffet alone! LOL!

For dessert ~~ they have a CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN~~~~~!

Good old fashioned bread pudding ~~ ahhh ~~comfort food ~~

Assorted muffins of the day ~~

But of course ~~ you must try the local desserts! Such delicacies! Yum!

Overall I’m very satisfied not only with the buffet but also the facilities The Royal Ambarrukmo has to offer! There are quite a few good articles out there but do take a look at

http://www.ruthdelacruz.com/2016/11/royal-hightea-ceremony-yogyakarta-indonesia.html and http://www.nognoginthecity.com/2016/11/07/royal-ambarrukmo-royal-tea-ceremony/ for more great information about the marvelous hotel!