Ruang Makan Sejagat, Shah Alam

Ruang Makan Sejagat serves Indonesian home cooking in Section 13, Shah Alam, built out of its founders' balik kampung travels through Banyuwangi and Surabaya. The cooking is honest and hearty rather than refined, which is the point of it.

What to Order at Ruang Makan Sejagat

The chicken is brined before a final flash-fry, and comes with nasi butter scented with daun limau — a citrus lift that keeps the richness in check.

Three sambals cover three different heats: sambal balado is fiery red, sambal hijau is friendlier and rounded out with tomatoes, and sambal matah stays raw and bright under hot oil. Choose by how much you want to suffer.

Round the table out with tongkol suwir (shredded skipjack tuna), keli goreng, crisp fried spinach, and paru balado, which is punchy with spice.

For Indonesian food in Shah Alam or nasi campur in Section 13, Sejagat is worth knowing for the sambals alone.