Bakso Keraton is a small restaurant in K. H. Syahdan Street in West Jakarta, Indonesia. This restaurant offers traditional Indonesian beef meatball, with the large-sized tendon meatball as its speciality. The business was opened in February 2010 by Nurdianto, a Javanese man who currently resides in Jakarta, the capital city.
Nurdianto didn't choose to open his restaurant near Bina Nusantara University without any good reason. The area is a pretty busy and active part of the city, especially with students from the university. It is proven by the fact that 80% of the customers in Bakso Keraton are university students, while the 20% are local residents.
"Bakso" means meatball in Bahasa Indonesia and "Keraton" means palace (the word is especially used to represent the royal palaces of old kingdoms ever existed in Indonesia before they were united as a republic, most of them are in Java, and most of the surviving palaces are located in Java also). So "Bakso Keraton" may be literally translated as "royal meatball", "meatball from the palace", or "meatball from Javanese kingdom". Nurdianto stated that he came up with that name to arouse curiosity of those reading it, and then they would be interested to try dining there. In fact, Nurdianto himself is a Javanese.
TRADITIONAL
Bakso is Indonesian traditional meatball. Nurdianto made each meatball by himself in traditional way every morning before opening the restaurant. Keraton is traditional name for palace of old kingdoms in Indonesia.
Bakso is Indonesian traditional meatball. Nurdianto made each meatball by himself in traditional way every morning before opening the restaurant. Keraton is traditional name for palace of old kingdoms in Indonesia.
WARM
The meatball soup is best served hot, enjoyed best while it's stil warm. The atmosphere when people dine in the restaurant is usually warm and friendly.
The meatball soup is best served hot, enjoyed best while it's stil warm. The atmosphere when people dine in the restaurant is usually warm and friendly.
FUN
While enjoying the traditional meatball in warm atmosphere, customers (which mostly are university students) should feel the fun and cheerfulness of being with their friends.
While enjoying the traditional meatball in warm atmosphere, customers (which mostly are university students) should feel the fun and cheerfulness of being with their friends.
"Uenak to?" means "It is tasty, isn't it?" in Javanese language. It is to be said in a playful tone.
