Fed Myself Well at Fedwell Senopati

“Hey, is it closed? It looks suspicious. It closed no way!” I said to Rico as we on the way crossing the road heading to Fedwell. I saw no life from afar but Rico said, “No lah, I saw one or two people there, don’t you worry.” Fedwell in pandemic not as charming as usual. Even it was my first day, but I saw it has daily visitors quite much and people love to share their moment dine-in at Fedwell and mention the famous chef behind their delicious menu, Renatta Moeloek—if I’m not mistaken, Fedwell owned by her sister, together with Berrywell as one group.

As we step into the Fedwell Senopati, we welcomed by a warm pink colour wall, a bit of grey, white, wooden and rattan ornaments, and the wide-open seating options. It was only us, one man, one woman, and an ojek driver there. The staffs were only about three or four people, so I can say it was a safe place to dine in.

Oh, I need to get back to the pink colour as it was really mesmerised me. At first, I think it was salmon-pink but turns out, it represents the flamingo colour. Fedwell team believe that the flamingo fur colour will be pinker as well as the better health of the bird. Even the fact said that their fur getting pink or orange or white because of carotenoid pigments they get after eating algae and crustaceans, and the pinkest bird means a higher status in the colony, but that philosophy was quite interesting. And I believe if we eat more vegetables, our faces will be fresher and flushed.

I was thinking to use the same Pantone on my kitchen wall at home. What do you think?

Anyway, Rico and I were looking for something unusual for our lunch. So instead of having the curated menu, we’d love to create our own healthy bowl. Fedwell is known for its healthy warteg concept, in which you can see and choose the dishes in a glass storefront. But as a newbie and have no idea about that, we were spent minutes after minutes reading all the words in the paper, tried to understand what is this what is that, and I also gave Rico the wrong idea about tabbouleh—I said it was made from grated cauliflower hahaha I’m sorryyyy, it was look alike but of course, they’re different. Tabbouleh is a vegetarian salad made mostly of finely chopped parsley mixed with tomatoes, mint, onion, bulgur, seasoned with olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and sweet pepper. Cauliflower? You know what it is lah ya.

After paid and took some beautiful pictures of our bowl, we started digging slowly. The staff put all the ingredients in one bowl (plate, actually wkwk) along with the dressing, gave us a pair of spoon and fork, and a sheet of tissue for each of us. I like it when the table isn’t filled with lots of useless plates and stuff, so I appreciated the way Fedwell served our lunch set. Minimal uses of plates equal to minimal uses of water and soap.

Just like the main idea of warteg, all the dishes here were cooked but don’t worry my friend, all cooked without the frying process. In Fedwell, you can try baked herb chicken, baked mushroom with mashed chickpeas, pan-seared dory, grilled and sautéed veggies, grilled rib-eye steak, and many more. I choose my bowl to be meatless with plant-based ingredients, while Rico excitedly ate chicken and dory at one strike together with beautiful red colours of sautéed baby tomatoes and leafy greens.

On my plate, I love the mushroom party the most. It was well-sautéed and lightly seasoned so the mushroom original taste was unbelievable good. When it was eaten with the tabbouleh, I found balance, and the furikake made the blend-game strong. I tell you, don’t equate their furikake with the packed-furikake we buy at the supermarket. Fedwell’s furikake was homemade, no salty and savoury MSG added, and only use nori. As I tasted the nori quite like hmm… celery, I don’t think I would ask for another spoon.

I must admit that my bowl wasn’t the best. I wrongly blend all the dishes and felt this was too bland. But don’t worry, I ate all of them and left only one or two of almond cauliflower because the regular portion was huge for me. Oh, Rico loves his mix. He ate them all with nothing left! Even with the hungry portion!

Fedwell was available both in Grab and Gojek. They will put your order in a box—if I’m not mistaken, they use a sugarcane bagasse lunch box, and put them in plastic with cable ties. I’m not sure are they use environmentally friendly plastic or a regular one. Oh, I forget to mention that Fedwell has followed the trend! They use edible straw made from rice flour, just like in Bakerman and other trendy cafes! What a cool initiative!