Warung Indonesia has been a stall that we had been wanting to try for a while after having noticed the stall whilst passing by its Toa Payoh outlet. It does seem that the stall had recently made its expansion around the island, their second outlet and third outlet being located in Pasir Panjang and Bedok South though the brand had just most recently opened its fourth and latest location in the hear of the Central Business District. Situated in the Telok Ayer Coffee Shop located at 121 Telok Ayer Street, this outlet is named Warung Uncle Jamal and occupies the stall unit which was vacated by the now-defunct Uptown Nasi Lemak; other notable tenants within the same coffeeshop includes Green Green, Veggie 121 and the outlet of Hua Kee Cantonese Chicken Rice. As one will be able to derive from its namesake, Warung Uncle Jamal specialises in serving up Indonesian fare; it does serve up a Breakfast menu in which Mee Rebus, Mee Siam, Lontong and Mee Soto are offered, though its regular menu comprises of mostly Penyet / Geprek / Bakar offerings with some other items such as Rendang, Fried Duck and Ayam Berempah as well.

The Fried Duck is essentially the Bebek Goreng that is slightly less common as compared to the different renditions of Penyet / Geprek / Bakar items that most places offering Indonesian fare tends to carry in their menu. Patrons do get the flexibility to choose their preferred sambal (there are seven (7) different types to choose from) to go along with their orders here and for our order of the Bebek Goreng, we went with the Sambal Matah. It can be observed from our order of the Fried Duck that the dish comes with fried onions topped above the white rice, whilst also coming with lettuce leaves, cucumber slices and cherry tomatoes on the side — all that which accompanies the fried duck, while a bowl of soup also does come on the side as well. Going straight for the fried duck itself, the fried duck comes crisp on the exterior. It doesn’t take much effort for one to separate the flesh and the bones for the duck — the flesh being juicy and tender; easy to chew whilst carrying a savouriness without being particularly gamey. The meat itself does seem to have been marinated with elements like turmeric and lemongrass. The Sambal Matah acts like a bridge between the rice and the fried duck; itself carrying a bit of a zing and crunch from the inclusion of the raw onions, whilst still being savoury and carrying a light hint of spiciness which would be manageable to those whom are tolerable to moderate levels of spiciness — adds flavour to the rice whilst complimenting the flavours of the duck’s inherent saltish notes.