Bila menyebut restoran yang menyediakan menu masakan Padang, selama ini terbayang adalah sebuah tempat makan bersahaja, dengan cara penyajian makanan dalam piring-piring kecil yang dibawa bertumpuk sekaligus kemudian dihidangkan di atas meja para tamu. Bayangan tersebut sirna ketika anda menyambangi Marco Padang Grill, yakni sebuah restoran yang mengangkat masakan Padang dengan sentuhan High Cuisine. Tiada piring-piring bertumpuk di etalase Marco Padang Grill. Yang pasti, atmosfer suasana resto Padang yang satu ini selayaknya resto modern gaya urban. Inilah yang membedakannya dengan restoran Padang lain yang bertebaran di seantero nusantara. Marco Padang Grill menyajikan keistimewaan kuliner Padang yang diolah berdasarkan resep orisinal yang diwarisi secara turun temurun, seperti Nasi Sayo, Barramundi Panggang Pacak, Pete Kacamata, Dendeng Batokok, Jus Pinang Muda, Kopi Susu Pane, Soto Padang.
If you're noticed windows displaying little bowls of food all precariously stacked up on top of one another house of cards style, you've seen traditional Padang food. Other foreigners aren't brave enough to venture inside these basic and rather grubby looking eateries, which is a shame because in fact, Padang-style food is delicious.
In their bid to bring wonderfully aromatic, rich Padang dishes of Sumatra to everyone, Marco-Old Padang Recipe offers freshly prepared, a la carte, grilled Padang dishes at two outlets in Jakarta. The flagship restaurant is in Setiabudi 1 and the latest addition in the shiny new open plan Lotte Shopping Avenue in Mega kuningan. Head Chef Marco is passionate about introducing Padang food to a more international audience and has crafted a menu offering more refined versions of popular items such as Rendang and Dendeng Batokok (tenderized, marinated and grilled beef).The new outlet, located on floor 3F of Lotte Shopping Avenue is contemporary looking and comfortable, Chef Marco insists that all of ingredients, including rice and chillies, are imported directly from Sumatra, making the overall taste authentic. The Rendang Itam (beef shank slow cooked in coconut milk with chili, turmeric, lemongrass and lime) is tender and just pleasantly spiced. As Marco specializes in grilled meats and fish, we also tried the Barramundi Panggang Pacak (Grilled Barramundi marinated in coconut, chili and lime) which had a little more kick to it but the fish was flaky and delicious. NAsi Sayo, their signature rice dish which comprises rice from Solok accompanied by vegetables, two different types of sambals and crackers, is the perfect accompaniment to your main course.
With clear explanations of all the menu items in English, a pleasant and clean contemporary setting and friendly waiting staff, Marco-Old Padang Recipe is the ideal place for novices of Padang food to start.
PT Marco Culinary Concepts, a subsidiary of PT Arya Noble, owner of Erha Skin treatment centers, dedicated on Jan 20 the Marco restaurant at Lotte Shoppping Avenue, Kuningan, South Jakarta. The restaurant, with its first branch located at Setiabudi One, Kuningan, serves Padang food cooked using traditional ingredients in a modern, elegant way. Menu highlighs include Nasi Sayo (Rice with vegetables), grilled fish and other staples of West Sumatran cuisine.
Marco dengan bangga meresmikan restoran keduanya di Ciputra World Lotte Shopping Avenue pada Senin 20 Januari 2014 dengan prosesi pemberkatan serta pengguntingan pita oleh Chef Marco, Trees Handoko, Amelia Handoko, dan Ita Handoko. "MARCO sebagai " a new standard of Padang Culinary Experience", berharap agar keberadaannya di bisnis kuliner di Indonesia dapat memberikan warna berbeda pada kehidupan konsumennya", kata Managing Director MARCO sekaligus CEO Arya Noble Ricardo Handoko, pada saat sambutan pembukaan MARCO. MARCO merupakan perusahaan yang bergerak di bidang F&B dan tergabung dalam kelompok usaha Arya Noble.