Versus : Leko vs. Tekko

Biters! Welcome to Versus, another whole new segment where we'll mash up menu against menu, resto against resto, or even people against people. This is war! But for today, we gonna call it The Great Battle of The Penyets. As cheesy as it sounds, I've always wondered how's the two top-of-mind would compare head-to-head. And yes! This will be epic! Who are you with? Team Leko or Team Tekko? Let's waste no time anddddddd RUMBLEEE!

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Date: April 24th, 2011
Time: 12.20-ish PM
Location: North Jakarta
Mission: Eat with no hesitation. Criticize with no limitation.

Serving Time
As I sat down on my seat, I noticed its lunch time but Leko store looked seemingly empty. There was me, another family, and a couple of other people. Not more than twenty people I suppose. On the other hand, Tekko, three stores next door, looked packed as always during lunch time, both inside the resto and outside the resto. Both good and bad sign. Good sign, I got my orders at Leko at somewhat quicker time than Tekko. It took Tekko more than 7 minutes to have my Iga Penyet on my table and extra 1 minute for my Jumbo Orange Juice. While at Leko, both Iga Penyet and Jumbo Orange Juice came at the same time within 6 minutes.

Verdict: TEAM LEKO FTW!

Taste
The competition gets tougher at this rate. On Leko's side, I noticed they have more meat on their ribs, compared to that of Tekko. You can see on the photo above, there are a whole lot more chunk of bones than meat on Tekko's plate of Iga Penyet. And not to mention this kind of meat are super sticky to the ribs that I have to dirt both hands and scrape the meat with my teeth. Look!

Leko's meat were easier to pull off from the ribs. Hassle free. Maybe because Tekko's ribs consist of more fatty fats than the meats. However, Leko's ribs are somewhat baretaste if compared to Tekko's. I can sense the beefy aroma, and spices scent better on Tekko's ribs.

Verdict: While size matters, taste overrule! I'm gonna call this a DRAW!

Chili Sauce
I know. I know. But I take chili sauce seriously. And as serious as I was, I even chew on two spoonful of each chili sauce, with a sip of juice in between. I ordered 'very hot sauce' on both resto and found that Tekko's chili was a level more watery than Leko's.

Verdict: LEKO IS HOTTER THAN TEKKO!

Alright, I think I'm running out of category. This is suppose to be competitive, but now LEKO is already winning by 2 points. *thinking of new category*

YES!

Drinks

Now this one, is definitely Tekko's plate of victory. At an additional price of 1000 Rupiah, I got much larger glass of orange juice. Oh, Leko, your orange juice shouldn't be called orange juice, it should be water orange. Yes, water comes first, because it was more watery dan orangy (is this even a word? wtf =p) I can barely taste the orange on yours. Shame on you, resto kakilima can make better ones.

Verdict: TEAM TEKKO FTW!

Price
This is a very sensitive category. Why? You'll find out after looking at the photo below.

Find what I meant? No? Look closer.
And closer.

Ah, now you get it. While both priced competitively, I'm surprised at how Leko has a little row after Total Bill called "Round Down" (Pembulatan), and there they just gave me 400 Rupiah discount of the price, instead of rounding it up to 37,400 or 38,000 (like in most gas station), they round down to 37,000.

I know you gotta be thinking "You're so effin cheap, Ruby."

"Well, I'm Chinese! I AM CHEAP." Try compare Changhong to Sony. They're suppose to be cheap. WEHEHEHEHE. =P

Naah, jokes aside, think of it like this. Imagine if you're the owner of Leko, say you have 100 customer a day, thats 3000 customer a month , 3000 bills. If each were cut of 400 Rupiah, you just lost 1.2 Million of income per month. I'm gonna call this ..... the little things that matters (Lebay). I hate carrying coins and they just prevent it in one satisfying way.

Verdict: Despite of the price cut, in most occasion, I would still pay more for a better tasting or bigger size of food. I call this, A DRAW!

Final Results
TEAM LEKO: 3 POINTS
TEAM TEKKO: 3 POINTS

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I guess after all, they're both loved equally by food lovers out there. Or not? Which do you prefer?

Let's keep this fun. I'll open a vote for the next one week. Tweet me at @wanderbites why you love which, DEFEND YOUR TEAM and mention the resto of your choice with hashtag #TEAMLEKO or #TEAMTEKKO.

I'll see you next week with the final count! =D

Stay Competitive, Folks.

Fellexandro Ruby
Food Blogger & Photographer
@Wanderbites