Coto Makassar Senen Syamsul Daeng Ngawing, Traditional Indonesian restaurant in Senen, Indonesia.
Coto Makassar Senen Syamsul Daeng Ngawing is a restaurant on the fourth floor of Plaza Atrium shopping center in Senen, Jakarta, specializing in the beef and offal soup that shares its name. The space is set within a food court and offers simple seating with a focused menu built around that one dish.
The restaurant opened near Senen train station in the 1970s, serving travelers and locals from the start. Over time it moved into Plaza Atrium but carried the same recipe and name along with it.
Coto Makassar is a meat soup from Sulawesi, made with offal and beef cooked in a spiced broth. It is traditionally eaten with ketupat, a compressed rice cake, which is served alongside the bowl and is part of how the dish is meant to be enjoyed.
The restaurant is inside Plaza Atrium on the fourth floor, so it helps to take the elevator or escalator to reach it. It tends to fill up around midday, so arriving earlier in the morning usually means a shorter wait.
The different versions of the soup on the menu carry informal nicknames that trace back to the founder and his family. These names are not found elsewhere and give the place a personal character that sets it apart from other spots serving the same dish.
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