Catering

Are you hungry? Do not have time for cook? or do not have skill to cook?
I think this is one of the biggest problem especially for Indonesian students in Sydney.

Don't worry guys, because we have so many Indonesian catering services in here, you can find Indonesian style food with a reasonable price.

Yeah, I think it still cheaper if you cook by yourself but with catering your life become simpler, all you need to cook is only rice. Well, I think we do not need to cook rice, because rice cooker can do it for us but still don't forget to wash the rice guys.

These are some details of Indonesian catering:

KRISTINA catering

Contact: (02) 87651065 ; 0433198796 ; 0401017474

Ok, For me this catering is very nice. I think this is highly recommended catering but the price is a little bit more expensive. hmmm, the price should be $80 for the large one, but for more detail it's better for you to contact Kristina catering straight away. ENJOY the food guys!!!!!!

SEGAR catering

Contact: 0425756788
Email: segarcatering@hotmail.com

As you know guys, "segar" means fresh in english. Therefore, They should provide us with fresh food and I think the price is cheap because for the medium one the price is $55 and for the large one is only $65.

KARISMA Indonesian Restaurant

Contact: (02)93444044 ; 0406131000

Well, this is a restaurant basically but they also can provide other services like catering, party, birthday.

ANEKA SOTO

Contact: (02)83388500 ; 0416050187

Same as Karisma, this is also a restaurant but they also provide catering BUT unfortunately it's only for city area. I have tried their foods before and I think the taste is really great. Hey, ANEKA SOTO also have speciality in providing any kind of cakes such as Lapis chocolate, Kue Sus, etc. In addition, they also can help us in other events like wedding party and birthday party. well, full services from ANEKA SOTO, great!!!!

PECENONGAN catering

Contact: 0431971588

Hen-11E catering

Contact: (02)93444044 ; 0406131000 ; 0413247550

YANI's catering

Contact: 0401099517 ; 0413888140

KENANGA catering

Contact: 0433152464

SELERA IDAMAN catering

Contact: 02-96742988 ; 0422436582

ANGEL catering

Contact: 97967442 ; 0411811250 ; 0418881330

SEDAP RASA catering

Contact: 97268310 ; 0430271399

SHALOM restaurant

Contact: 0433702334
Email: catering@shalomrestaurant.com.au

Ok, I think that's all Indonesian caterings that we got in Sydney. I can't say the food is either good or bad. Because that's all depends on your personal interest.
How about if you try all the catering???? Like on monday with Kristina, on tuesday with Shalom, on wednesday with Selera Idaman, on thursday with Sedap Rasa, and on friday with Kenanga. Is it sounds great?? Yes we can do it if you want to.

Indonesian Catholic Community

Catholic community

This time I would like to share about catholic community in Sydney, maybe some of you looking for Catholic community or church is Sydney. Yes, you can find many Indonesian churchs and communities in Sydney.

In my experienced, I found that very easy to find Local Catholic church and community in Sydney but again there is a language barrier for me because sometimes it's very hard for me to understand God's word in English.... lol

I would like to give you guys a general information about Some Indonesian Catholic church and community in Sydney. Let us start with....


CATHOLIC INDONESIAN COMMUNITY (CIC)

Chaplain of CIC Sydney:
Pastor Aloysius Ho Tombokan MSC

Phone: 02 9698 9488
Address: 1 Roma Avenue/ PO BOX 13 Kensington 2033
Sekretariat: 124/2 Lachlan St. Waterloo, NSW

You can find several Indonesian masses in Sydney and of course they have different time and event:


CIC St.Peter Julian Church

Event: Indonesian Mass
Location: Blue Building 187 Thomas Street, Sydney
Day: Every 1st, 3rd, 5th saturday.
Time: 14.30 pm - 16.30 pm.

CIC Newtown

Event: Indonesian Mass
Location: St Joseph's Church, 109 Lennox Street, Newtown
Day: Every sunday
Time: 11.30 am

CIC Kensington

Event: Indonesian Mass
Location: OL of the Rosary, 4 Roma Ave, Kensington
Day: Every sunday
Time: 15.30 pm

St.Brigid

Event: Indonesian Mass
Location: 113 Gipps Rd., Gwynville, Wollonggong
Day: Every 2nd sunday
Time: 4.00 pm

St.Agatha

Event: Indonesian Mass
Location: 20 Boundary Rd., Pennant Hills
Day: Every last sunday
Time: 8.00 pm

Hati Kudus Yesus Mass

Event: Indonesian Mass
Location: 193 Avoca St. Randwick, NSW 2031
Day: Every 2nd monday
Time: 7.00 pm

Those are all Catholic Indonesian masses that you can find in Sydney.


In addition, CIC also have several Prayer Communities or "Persekutuan Doa" in Sydney like:

PDMKK Sydney (Persekutuan Doa Muda Mudi Katolik Karismatik)

Event: Praise and worship, preaching, sharing, and also dinner
Location: OL of the Rosary hall, 4 Roma Ave, Kensington
Day: Every 2nd and 4th saturday
Time: 7.00 pm

for more details information you can visit http://www.pdmkksydney.org/


So, if you are interested in join with Catholic Indonesian Community you can come to the church or to prayer community. They also have bible study and cell group in several places every week. So don't be hesitate to come and join with them if you want to.

Indo restaurants

This is my first article, I would like to share about Indonesian restaurants in Sydney but of course not all of them. I would like to share restaurants that I have tried before and afterwards I will always update this article if I have try a new restaurant or added new information for particular cuisine in there.

What I have found in Sydney is interesting, we can found many Indonesian foods like pempek, ayam goreng, mi tek2, and so on. I think the taste is great even the price is more expensive if we compare it with the price in Indonesia itself.


CITY AREA

Shalom restaurant

Address: 155 Broadway Sydney NSW 2000
Phone : (02) 9211 2353

I think most of Indonesian people love spicy food, this restaurant is highly recommended for you if you are spicy food lover. The price range is between $8-$15. My favourite one in Shalom is "Ayam bumbu Bali". But Shalom also has other indonesian style like "Empal", "soto", "batagor bandung", and so on.

In my experienced, this is the first Indonesian restaurant I have tried in Sydney. I think its very hard to find chilli sauce in Sydney even in KFC and McDonalds, but Shalom can provide you with great chilli taste.

You should try this one in Sydney.

KINGSFORD AREA (Indonesian city in Sydney)

Ayam Goreng 99

This is one of my favourite restaurant in Sydney, as its name their speciality is in "Ayam goreng" or we can call it fried chicken in english. But remember it is not "KFC" style but this is Indonesian style fried chicken. In some way it reminds me of "Ayam goreng pemuda" in Indo...lol.

Pinangsia noodle

Address :319 Anzac ParadeKingsford NSW 2032
Phone :(02) 9697 0788

I do really like combination of "bakso goreng" or fried meat ball with "mi goreng tek2" in Pinangsia noodle. I don't really have comment for this restraurant maybe you should try it by yourself. They have many types of food so you can choose your favourite Indonesian food with cheap price (don't convert it into rupiah because it will become scary price) as well.

Shalom restaurant

This is another Shalom restaurant which is located in Kingsford area, maybe we can call it Shalom 2. This is evidence about their success story, because they can open another store and compete with so many indonesian restaurants in Kingsford. I haven't try Shalom 2 yet, but I think the quality should be similar with Shalom city.

Fajar restaurant

Address: 394 Anzac Pde Kingsford NSW 2032
Phone: (02) 9662 0736

In my opinion their speciality is in "Nasi goreng" or fried rice. It is really taste like Indonesian fried rice and the price is cheap as well. I went their several times and I always eat their "nasi goreng" and also they can cook and serve customers very quick. So if you are in a rush and you feel hungry you should go to Fajar.

MASCOT AREA

Buck-Me restaurant

Address :903 Botany Road, Mascot, NSW 2020
Phone: (02) 9667 2004

This is one of famous Indonesian restaurant in Sydney. Buck-Me (read:bakmi) in Indonesian means noodle, so it's obvious that their speciality is in noodle. My favourite in this restaurant is their pork noodle. Their noodle can remind you with Indonesian taste of noodle but I think still better than "bakmi abang2 pinggir jalan". But mascot is quite far from city area, but if you have time and feel hungry you can try Buck-Me because you will never disappointed with their noodles. I would say the price is reasonable and not expensive as well.

KENSINGTON AREA

Pondok Buyung

Address: 124 Anzac ParadeKensington NSW 2033
Phone :(02) 9663 2296

This is the best padang restaurant in Sydney, you can choose several types of padang food. I have conversation with foreigners or "bule", most of them said that the best Indonesia food is Padang. Hmmm, are you agree with them?

If you are agree with them you must try this restaurant then. You can choose like 3 dishes with a very cheap price like $7.5 - $10 or maybe you can order from their menu as well. In my opinion, the foods are really tasty and some of them is spicy as well like a typical Padang spicy style.

Welcome note

Hi Guys,

First of all, I would like to welcome you to Indo-sydney blog and I also like to introduce my self to all of you my name is Agustinus and I'm originally born in Indonesia but then I got opportunity to continue my uni life in Sydney Australia. I would like to share my experienced about Sydney to all of you.

As you all know guys, I'm not an english expert user. Although I have been living in Sydney more than 2 years but still my english skill is not really improved. There should be so many gramatically errors in my blog, but I hope you still can understand what I'm trying to share ok??

Just for a small introduction, For all Indonesian, if you are planning to stay in Sydney don't be hesitate for "home sick" syndrome. Because you can find Indonesian culture in Sydney like foods, events, and also so many indonesian communities in here.

I would like to start intoduce you guys with Sydney.....