This review is for a restaurant that is non-halal. The special menu is bigul (babi guling), also known as suckling pig. With the increasing popularity of this certain Balinese signature food, the demand in Jakarta itself has automatically arisen. Like me, I am personally in love with suckling pig, and I would go to Bali just for savouring it. But of course, it’s high cost and it takes quite a distance to enjoy this earthy food there. But worry not, I have found this place in Pluit which opened just recently and for me, the taste really resembles the ones in the island. It’s called Babi Guling Ko Made.
The place is quite simple, but equipped with air-con. You can see the food on the display next to the door. During my visit, the place was quite packed with hungry patrons.
Price-wise, it’s pretty standard. A portion of Paket Babi Guling Besar cost me IDR 48 k. With this, you’ll get a portion of steamed rice, suckling pig, roasted skin, fried pork chunks, a satay, pork cracker, sayur urap, lawar bali, soup and sambal matah.
Taste-wise, it was really good. It’s not perfect of course. The roasted skin wasn’t crunchy at all, the pork cracker and fried pork chunks were not entirely crispy, sort of sluggish. I think they need to work with an air tight container in storing those two so that they would stay crispy. Oh, the soup wasn’t hot at all too. 🙁
Aside from those issues, the nasi bigul was really delicious. The spices were right, the sayur urap and lawar were real good, and the suckling pig was divine! It was really tender and juicy, with really strong balinese signature spices. The sambal matah even worked like magic!
To sum up, I really recommend you this place if you’re a hardcore bigul lover. They also have Nasi Ayam Betutu, and my sister was dying to have a taste. Unfortunately, at the time, it wasn’t available yet. She was disappointed. But no worry, we’ll try it in the next visit!
BIGUL KO MADE | JAKARTA
Jl. Pluit Karang Timur Blok L9 No. 23
North Jakarta
Phone: +6287878639089
Instagram: @bigulkomade
Operational Hours: 11.00 – 22.00 WIB