Our explorations of Asian South Philly brought us to this small, family owned restaurant specializing in Indonesian home cooking.  The menu is small, but with meat, fish, and vegetarian options.  A steam table holds a half dozen types of stew.

You can order 2-4 options per rice plate, which each have a different price. You can also order off the menu board (satay, soups and salad). Everything was very flavorful – but not spicy.  Ask for a spoonful of one of the house-made sambals if you want to spice things up.  The decor is cute, the owners very friendly, and you can’t beat the prices.

 

Hardena Indonesian Philadelphia
One of their specialty drinks – salted coconut milk, palm sugar, jack fruit and grass jelly.

Tip: They are a small, family owned restaurant, so occasionally are a bit late opening up, so be patient if the door doesn’t open exactly at opening time!

Tobey says: Different, but very tasty.

South Philly Window Cats
Just around the corner, we spotted the ultimate South Philly window cat photo… 4 kitties, plus Mary and Jesus

During Covid times, they were offering their very creative “not pizza” box.

Location: South Philly 1754 S. Hicks Street https://www.yelp.com/biz/hardena-waroeng-surabaya-restaurant-philadelphia

For upscale Indonesian, check out daughter (and former chef’s) restaurant Philly Restaurant Review: Rice ‘n Sambal (All the Flavors of Indonesia)