Mamijekz is a collective of Indonesian food vendors that can all be ordered in the one place online and then delivered to your home! The offerings change weekly and range from comforting Indo classics like Nasi Padang or satay to Lidah Cabe ijo, a wonderful ox tongue with green chillies. And there’s a great story behind it too!

Mamijekz’s co-owner Lea Sugiarto explains how Mamijekz came about in early 2021, “The background of Mamijekz is mums supporting mums. It all started when the pandemic began and our friends got their hours cut by their employer and they still need to pay the bills. So they started making foods and we’re just doin the marketing, aka distributing it to the customers. The name Mamijekz comes from Indonesian words combined together. Mami = mommy and jek is from ojek (in Indonesia there’s a lot of ojek, they’re like a taxis but motorbike style). So the way we work similar to Ubereats but we do pre-order and gather all the order first from few vendors and then deliver it on chosen days.” Some vendors make just one item which they sell through Mamijekz, others make a range.

On the week that I ordered there were 3 pages worth of selections with pictures to help you decide. I went back and forth googling each dish because I hadn’t heard of some of them before. Mamijekz’s primary customer base is Indonesian although it is growing outside of this and I love that there are so many new dishes to me. I finally decide based on a mix of familiar comfort food and dishes that sounded delicious and intriguing. I decided to get it delivered because delivery was just $2 although pick up is also possible from a location in Mascot. Monica also decided to order some Mamijekz that day so she and Marco and Mr NQN and I sat down for a facetime dinner. It was the closest we could get to eating out together.