Along the strip of Suryo Road in Senopati, a rapidly emerging restaurant haven has become very popular for those seeking nourishment near the golden triangle area. From your choice of Korean, Chinese and Indonesian foods and even Cake shops, prepare to find almost any type of dish you wish amongst tightly packed conditions.

Nevertheless there is one restaurant that many people use as benchmark in this area to tell others where the other restaurants are located more specifically when giving directions. They usually say that �such and such' restaurant is before or after the �Duck Place'. When they refer to this so called �Duck Place�, they actually mean the infamous fried duck of Pondok Suryo restaurant as it seems that almost everyone is aware of where this restaurant is located, as it is one of the longest standing ones in this strip.

Every working day of the week, you can see this traditional Javanese restaurant being packed to the brim, with people overlooking the cramp conditions to savour their delicious fried duck. This place is so popular that the air conditioned rooms upstairs are only available during lunch time to accommodate the demand.

Although their most famous dishes are the crispy Bebek Kremes and Bebek Goreng, we are equally crazy about their Nasi Cobek Komplit Bebek Dada which is served with one of the most delicious sayur asem we have ever tasted in Jakarta and a scoop of rice sitting on freshly hand pounded red chilies. You must ensure you have a good supply of cold ice tea on hand before you dive into this dish. Another amazing treat you can get from Pondok Suryo is their authentic soup dish from Surabaya called, Tahu Campur. This soup actually does not have a lot to do with tofu, but rather it has a very generous serving of meat, egg noodles, bean sprouts and hand crushed prawn kerupuk in your bowl. It is simply exhilarating and is definitely a must try dish that will hit the spot.

In a nutshell, we rate this venue as a very affordable place with a comfortable ambience (when it is not too crowded) and besides how can you not like a place that serves Sayur Asem and fried duck?