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Rosemead, California

The Heart of Sumatra, Here

Experience comforting Medan favorites made fresh with traditional spices and time-honored recipes, bringing the warmth of home cooking to your table. Cooked by Siu Chen since 2020 and sold until they run out.

See the menu Call (626) 693-6231
4.7 from 468 on Google·4.6 from 276 on Yelp
Thursday to Sunday, 10:30 am to 4:00 pm·Takeout only·Outdoor seating·Groceries in store
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The counter before opening, shot from above: packed takeout containers filling the frame — a whole fried fish, sambals, petai, noodles with prawns, a black sticky rice sweet, and nasi padang on banana leaf
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Best seller — Nasi Padang Complete

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Indonesian grocery aisle in store

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Traditional & authentic, from all over Indonesia

Siu Chen standing outside Medan Kitchen, by the window decal of the shop's logo

Medan Kitchen

The grandmother on the sign is Siu Chen. That was not an accident.

Our story

It started as cooking for friends.

Siu Chen cooked for her church community out of her own kitchen first. People asked for more than she could make. Word moved through the Indonesian community in the San Gabriel Valley the way it always does, and in July 2020, at seventy‑five, she opened the shop on Valley Boulevard. She is eighty‑one now, and still cooks. Three generations run the operation.

It is a small operation on purpose. Part kitchen, part deli case, part grocery aisle. You order at the counter, you take it with you, and if the weather is good you eat at one of the tables out front.

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One morning

See how our bungkusan gets wrapped.

Bungkusan is Indonesian rice wrapped in banana leaves.

Twelve squares of banana leaf on paper, each with a mound of white rice

Rice, on the leaf

Every bungkusan starts the same way: a banana leaf on paper, and rice still warm from the pot.

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In the press

Written about, since the first year.

All eight pieces

How a 77-Year-Old Indonesian Chef Cooks 300 Lunches Every Day

Eater filmed a morning in the kitchen · 4.1 million views

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The special menu

New featured dishes, every day we open.

Some of the cooking Siu Chen grew up with does not fit a daily counter. A curry that needs most of a morning on low heat, or a dish that only makes sense cooked in one large batch. So they take turns — one a day, announced ahead so you can come on the day you want it.

See this week’s specials
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Thursday

Announced Monday night

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Friday

Announced Tuesday morning

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Saturday

Announced Tuesday night

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Sunday

Announced Wednesday morning

Everything goes up on our Facebook page first. Following it is the quickest way to know what is coming.

on Google
“This is the most authentic Indonesian food in the San Gabriel Valley.”

Rene Yang · Local Guide · a regular for five years

4.7 / 5

468 on Google

4.6 / 5

276 on Yelp

Friendly staff · 24Snacks · 34Authentic food · 8Outdoor seating · 11Family owned · 4

Come by

Make a little time.

Order at the counter and take it with you. If the weather is good, there are tables out front.

Get directions (626) 693-6231
Medan Kitchen's shopfront in New Valley Plaza: a blue sign reading Medan Kitchen, Indonesian Food & Groceries, with picnic tables and the menu board beside the door

Hours

Thursday10:30 AM – 4 PMFriday10:30 AM – 4 PMSaturday10:30 AM – 4 PMSunday10:30 AM – 4 PM
Wednesday (Groceries Only)10:30 AM – 5 PMMon – TueClosed

Wednesday is the grocery shelves only — no cooked food.

Food often sells out before closing — sometimes by 2 PM on Sundays and holiday weekends. Call ahead if you are coming for something in particular.

Find us

8518 Valley Blvd, Ste 102
Rosemead, CA 91770
Inside New Valley Plaza. Free parking.
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