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10433 National Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90034

310-815-9075

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Cuisine(s): Indonesian

Hours: Daily 11am-0am

Price: $
Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa, Discover

Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Vegetarian Friendly

Serving: Dinner, Late Night, Lunch
Alcohol: BYOB

Reservations: Accepted

Parking: Lot Available

Description

With a huge selection of Japanese candy and boxes piled neatly to the ceiling, this Indonesian grocery, with a website, is what I'd imagine a 7-Eleven in Sulawesi might look like: immaculate shelves of chile peanuts, dried squid and juice boxes of starfruit drink, kilo bags of fried shallots, and more flavors of instant noodles than you may have known existed. Neighborhood kids drop in, carefully counting dimes for their rations of Pocky sticks or Japanese bubblegum. UCLA students haul off caseloads of ramen. Simpang Asia is almost exotic in its nonexoticism.

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Main Menu

Appetizer

$2.95

Lumpia Semarang
indonesian style egg roll. great combination of tasty chicken, dried shrimp, and veggie.

$3.25

Spider Bakwan
vegetable fritter, sweet ‘n sour dip

$5.95

Pempek
deep fried fish cake w/ egg filling submerged in hot & spicy vinaigrette sauce. topped w/ egg noodle ‘n fresh cucumber

$3.00

Pangsit Goreng
yummy fried wonton w/ sweet chili sauce.

$4.25

Siomay Bandung
steamed fish cake w/ egg, tofu, cabbage and potato. served w/ peanut sauce.

$3.50

Batagor
fried tofu w/ ground chicken and fish filling, topped w/ coarse peanut sauce.

Soup

$5.99

Soto Betawi
jakarta beef cream soup w/ tender beef, bits of tripe, and tendon; along w/ freshly cut tomato, potato and green onion.

$5.99

Sop Buntut
a slowly cooked oxtail soup to get a very tender oxtail meat. served w/ sticks of carrots & green onion.

$5.99

Soto Ayam
indonesian chicken soup; sparked deliciously w/ lime.

$5.99

Bakwan Malang
noodle soup. beef ball, tofu, fried wonton, rice noodle, egg noodle.

$6.50

Laksa
mild curry noodle soup. mellow but w/ the undeniable presence of coconut milk in a finely blend curry soup. served w/ shrimps, boiled egg, sliced fish cake, shredded chicken.

Salad

$5.99

Gado Gado
most popular indonesian salad. unique combination of spinach, long bean, bean sprout, carrot, potato cubes, tofu, boiled egg. perfectly tossed w/ light ‘n smooth peanut dressing

$5.99

Ketoprak
simple indonesian compressed rice salad. topped w/ rice noodle, tofu and bean sprout w/ special peanut dressing.

$6.45

Lontong Pecel
rich combination of long bean, spinach, bean sprout, tempeh, compressed rice , w/ an additional duet of veggie and peanut fritter. topped w/ our authentic peanut sauce.

Tradition

$5.99

Nasi Rames
the popular indonesian rice platter, w/ the combination of spiced chicken curry, tasty tofu tempeh, and delicious daring beef rendang. great combination for the first timer. if you like it spicy don’t forget to ask for sambal terasi

$6.75

Nasi Uduk Jakarta
`another unique way of enjoying rice. nasi uduk is an aromatic rice enriched w/ coconut and a hint of lemon grass flavor. enjoy it w/ side of turmeric yellow fried chicken, tasty tofu tempeh, shredded egg, and veggie tamarind soup.

$6.99

Nasi Kuning
tumeric yellow rice combo. combination of an aromatic steamed yellow rice served w/ kalasan fried chicken, balado egg, perkedel, tasty potato and peanut.

$6.75

Nasi Gudek
authentic rice platter from jogja, sweet spiced, slow cooked chicken, egg, tofu and young jackfruit over rice and a side of tofu and beef rinds spicy curry.

$6.75

Nasi Rames Padang
padang style combination of rendang, young jackfruit curry, balado shrimp, and spiced egg. this spicy combination is served w/green chili paste.

$6.75

Lontong Cap Gomeh
four different dishes served in a same plate make this dishes very special. vegetable soup curry, beef rendang, chicken yellow curry, and spicy egg.

$5.00

Bubur Ayam
rice porridge jakarta style. served w/ chunks of turmeric spiced chicken, chinese doughnut and topped w/ onion chips

$6.99

Nasi Bungkus
banana leaves rice wrap. one of the most popular rice dish. handsfull of steamed rice served w/ chicken curry, beef rendang, balinese style egg, spiced potato w/ bits of chicken gizzard, and vegetable light curry

$6.75

Beno Special
beno’s special pick. spicy chicken curry, beef rendang, balado egg, and krecek served over rice.

$7.50

Nasi Warteg
turmeric fried chicken, jackfruit curry, telor ceplok balado, fried noodle, tasty tofu tempeh, tiny salted fish, steamed rice; all wrapped in banana leaf

Fried Rice
Nasi Goreng Is Flavorfully Simpang Asia Style Fried Rice. Served W/ Your Choice Of Toppings And Garnished W/ Fresh Slice Tomato, Cucumber, And Shrimp Chip.

$6.25

Chicken, Beef, Or Corned Beef Fried Rice

$7.25

Shrimp

$7.25

Ikan Asin / Salted Fish

Add $1.00

Baso (beef Ball)
topping for noodle or fried rice

Add $1.50

Telor Ceplok / Dadar (2)
topping for noodle or fried rice

Add $1.00

Pete
topping for noodle or fried rice

Vegetaria Dishes

$4.00

Tofu Sate

$5.00

Lontong Sayur
vegetable soup curry, spiced egg, tofu, and compressed rice.

$4.00

Tahu Tempeh
deep fried tofu and tempeh.

$4.00

Balado Tofu
spicy chili paste tofu.

$5.75

Sayur Bungkus
rice, vegetable curry, tasty tofu tempeh, balado egg, spiced potato, and corn fritas

Noodles

$5.99

Mie Ayam Baso
tossed egg noodle w/ flavor sautéed chicken and mushroom. beefball soup on side.

$6.25

Mie Tek Tek
street style indonesian fried egg noodle; chicken, egg, chop cabbage & yu choy.

$6.25

Kwe Tiau Goreng Sapi
stir fry flat rice noodle w/ beef, fresh bean sprout yu choy.

$6.25

Kwe Tiau Sirem
flat rice noodle w/ gravy and comes w/ beef, beef tendon, beef tripe, egg, beansprout ‘yu choy.

$6.95

Bihun Goreng Special
stir fry rice noodle w/ chicken, shrimp, beef ball, & veggie.

Small Plates

$3.75

Cah Kangkung
stir fry water crest w/ garlic and belacan.

$5.00

Rendang
tender dried beef curry.

$3.75

Ayam Goreng Kuning
turmeric yellow fried chicken.

$3.75

Ayam Kalasan
a unique style of fried chicken that perfectly sweetened w/ coconut flavour.

$4.25

Chicken Satay (4)
tasty chicken skewers marinated overnight w/ special sauce.

$5.00

Udang Balado
shrimp cooked in spicy chili paste.

Sweets Ending

$3.25

Pisang Bakar
grilled banana w/ chocolate sprinkle and cheese.

$2.99

Roti Bakar
indo sweet grilled cheese bread. delicious w/ condensed milk and chocolate topping.

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Simpang Asia

10433 National Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90034

310-815-9075

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