Nasi Bebek Ginyo (Ginyo Duck Rice)

As a duck lover, for me Surabaya duck rice is the best. In Surabaya, duck rice is very delicious and cheap, and east to find around the street. Sometime you can get it with only Rp. 5,000. But in Jakarta, duck is considered more classy than chicken. More expensive, but not as delicious than in Surabaya. I’ve tasted one famous duck in Jakarta. I had to queue to get it. And you know? The taste is so-so. From all ducks I’ve tried, there’s a few that not bad. But the best so far is Nasi Bebek Ginyo (Ginyo Duck Rice) in Jl. Tebet Utara Dalam, South Jakarta. Don’t expect you’ll get duck rice with Rp. 5,000 here, because 1 pc duck without rice priced Rp. 16,000.

In Ginyo you can choose many kind of duck. Serve yourself as yoy like, then pay at cashier. There’s fried duck, grilled duck, crispy duck, hot style duck, and green chilly duck. You can choose plain rice or uduk rice (rice cooked with coconut milk), as much as you like. There’s two kind of sambal (chilly sauce), the sweet one and the salty one. There’s also mango sambal, blendo (duck oil sauce), tofu, tempe, and pepes bebek (duck in banana leave).

The duck is tender, big, and tasted very good. What make it special is it’s unique spice. You can still smell it long after you eat. It’s very good. But even there’s many kind of duck, I still love the plain fried duck, because it’s the yummiest. You can taste the original duck taste. If you add spice too much, there’ll be no different with chicken. For me, the most important is the original yummy duck taste. Because that makes duck different with chicken. If cooked right, duck can be much more yummy than chicken. And that’s what makes me love duck.



Another unique thing from Nasi Bebek Ginyo is the old style atmosphere. It’s very old time Java, with antique things and antique ad board. Even the Nasi Bebek Ginyo signboard is old time restaurant type.



Nasi Bebek Ginyo
Jl. Tebet Utara Dalam Nomor 12
Tebet, Jakarta Selatan
Phone (62-21) 829 2343

Price range Rp 5.000–Rp 16.000
Open time : 11.00–22.00

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