Seafood City Bandar Djakarta

Looking for a new experience having lunch / dinner outdoor while seeing sea and scenery? You may try to visit Seafood City Bandar Djakarta.

This restaurant is build on the top of the water. It's cool, right?

You may expect a lot of varieties of seafood cuisines in this restaurant. The most important thing is that they serve fresh seafood.

We try Ikan Bawal Bintang Hidup Bakar Pandan Wangi, Cumi Sero Goreng Tepung, Kangkung Terasi, Tahu Isi Udang, Puding Alpukat and Kelapa Batok Murni.

Ikan Bawal Bintang Hidup Bakar Pandan Wangi is a grilled Bawal Bintang fish wrapped inside Pandan leaf and wrapped again with aluminum foil. They also marinated the fish with spicy ingredient. This grilled fish is delicious and a bit spicy.

Ikan Bawal Bintang Hidup Bakar Pandan Wangi IDR195.570

Cumi Sero goreng tepung a.k.a fried calamari is crunchy and not hard to chew. I believed that children will like this dish.

Cumi Sero Goreng Tepung IDR47.800

Kangkung Terasi is also delicious. This vegetable dish will increase your appetite. It's a good combination to eat with rice and fish.  I like it so much.
 

Kangkung Terasi IDR17.800

They also serve five different types of chilli for you to try to eat with the dishes.

 

Tahu isi udang is one of the appetizer dish that they have. It's a fried tofu that have Prawn, potato and carrot filling. They give a lot of filling inside the tofu and the taste is very nice.

Tahu Isi Udang IDR26.800

 

If you're craving for dessert, you shall try Puding Alpukat. Puding alpukat is an avocado pudding. It's a nice dessert.
 

Puding Alpukat IDR20.800

For the drink, you should order Kelapa Batok Murni. It's good to drink coconut water after you eat seafood. 

Kelapa Batok Murni IDR15.000

Overall, its a nice experience having lunch there.

Will I go there again? Yes.

Seafood City Bandar Djakarta Interior

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Name: Seafood City Bandar Djakarta
Address: Baywalk Mall, Ground Floor #21 Jl. Pluit Karang Ayu B1 Utara Muara Karang, Pluit, Jakarta Utara Indonesia

Opening Hours
Monday - Friday: 11.00AM – 22.30PM
Saturday - Sunday: 10.00AM – 23.30PM

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Bunga Rampai

Wondering which restaurant you should try when you visit Jakarta for holiday? You may consider to visit Bunga Rampai restaurant.

Bunga Rampai is a famous restaurant because of three factors: delicious food, the restaurant interior design and history of this building.

The restaurant interior is elegant and grand. So sorry I cannot show you how elegant the interior.  I couldn't take a picture of it because I was afraid that I would disturb other customers.

FYI, Bunga Rampai restaurant building previously was a Dutch colonial house. Cool right? I knew this place while searching google for the restaurant recommendation around Menteng.

For the main dishes, we order Kembang Pacar, Ayam Gandaria, Pempek Sutra Palembang and Sambal Mangga.

For the dessert, we order Banana Panakoeken, Sagu Rangi Keju and for the drink, we try Lemon Juice and Di Tiro Punch.

Kembang Pacar is a deep fried prawn wrapped with spring roll skin. The chef hangs those prawn on the pineapple solely for a decoration purpose :)

The prawn is fresh and crispy at the same time. It's a nice dish to start with.

Kembang Pacar IDR95.000

Ayam Gandaria is a grilled marinated chicken topped with Marian plump relish and is served with caramelized shallot on top and nasnaran mandarin. Ayam Gandaria is also delicious. Chicken is tender and sauce is amazingly tasty. You will not regret ordering this dish.

Ayam Gandaria IDR109.000

Pempek Sutra Palembang is a deep fried minced Spanish mackerel mixed with sago. Pempek Sutra Palembang is served with cucumber, dried shrimp floss, palm sugar and vinegar sauce. This Pempek is tasty and chewy.
 

Pempek Sutra Palembang IDR62.000

If you like spicy, you may try Sambal Mangga. Sambal Mangga is a chili mango and shrimp paste relish. Even though this is not free, but it's worth to try.

Sambal Mangga IDR17.500

Banana Panakoeken is a banana pancake with rum caramel. It is my favourite dessert in here. It's nice and not so sweet. For banana lover, this is a must order dish.
 

Banana Panakoeken IDR42.000

Sagu Rangi Keju taste is not so special for me. It's not crispy and a bit hard to chew.
 

Sagu Rangi Keju IDR40.000

If you order Lemon Juice, please take a note that the taste is sour so you must mixed it with all the honey in the bottle that comes with this drink. This drink have a refreshing taste.
 

Lemon Juice IDR54.500

Di Tiro Punch consists of Kiwi, Pineapple, Lychee and Melon. It's a recommended drink for you.

Di Tiro Punch IDR57.800

 

Even though the price is a bit expensive, I think it's ok to try once in a while :)

Will I go there again? Yes. 

 

 Bunga Rampai restaurant

Details
Name: Bunga Rampai
Address: Jalan Teuku Cik Ditiro No. 35, Menteng, Jakarta Indonesia

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Cafe Strawberry

Today I want to share with you one of the unique restaurant located at Jakarta named Café Strawberry.

This café is unique because the themed of this café is Strawberry. They also have many board games for you to play with your friends while you are waiting for the dishes.

I believed once you read this café's name "Café Strawberry", you will guess that all of the dishes that they serve are made from Strawberry. It's a good news for Strawberry lover but for people who don't like Strawberry? Maybe they will skip this restaurant. But before deciding not to visit, you better read my review first :)

Fact that I find after visiting this place:
Some of the dishes that they serve do not contain Strawberry at all. I guess that 50% of the dishes contain Strawberry and other 50% do not contain Strawberry.

We try Nasi Goreng Gila, Initial Strawberry and Brownies Nutella.

Nasi Goreng Gila (Crazy Fried Rice) is one of the dishes that does not contain Strawberry at all. This dish looks like plant planted in a small pot. Nasi Goreng Gila becomes the soil of this plant. FYI, you need to take out the leaves first before you eat because it's raw.

Nasi Goreng Gila taste is delicious. It's best to eat while it's still hot.

Nasi Goreng Gila IDR34.999

 

 

If you are looking for a cute beverage that will melt your girlfriend's heart, you can try to order Initial Strawberry. They put a live fish in the bottom of the glass and sparklers in the top of Initial Strawberry. Please make sure your cell phone is ready to take a picture before they serve it because the sparklers will be gone very fast.

Initial Strawberry is very nice and very refreshing.


Initial Strawberry IDR29.999

Brownies Nutella is one of their new dishes. It's a good dish for a sweet tooth lover. It's yummy and the dish presentation is cool because it has smoke (from dry ice) that comes out from the bottom of this dish.

Brownise Nutella

 

Will I go there again? Maybe yes if I am around this area, because it's quite far from my place.

Details
Name: Café Strawberry
Address: Jl. Tanjung Duren No.10, RT.1/RW.6, Tanjung Duren Utara, Grogol petamburan, Kota Jakarta Barat - Indonesia

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Dapur Jawa

Today I will share with you about one mall in Jakarta. I have frequently gone there during my childhood time whenever I went to my grandma's house. The name of this mall is Golden Trully Mall. Amazingly, until now this mall is still managed to survive.

During my last trip to Jakarta, me and my girlfriend went to Golden Trully Mall again after more than 20years I never went back to this place. Woah very long time, right? It's because my grandma had moved to other place, so I didn't go to that mall again.

After exploring and at the same time trying my best to recall my memory about Golden Trully Mall, we were having lunch at Dapur Jawa. 

Dapur Jawa is an Indonesian traditional cuisine restaurant. We ordered Gurame Saos Mangga (Gourami Fish with Mango Sauce), Sayur Asem, Rice and Wedang Jahe.

Gurame Saos Mangga IDR63.000

Gurame Saus Mangga is a fried Gourami fish fillet with Mango sauce. The mango that they use hasn't ripe yet. The fish is fresh. Combination between Mango sauce and Gourami fish are superb. This dish is beyond our expectation.
 

Sayur Asem IDR10.000 and Sambel IDR7.000

Sayur asem is a traditional Indonesian dish that consists of Peanuts, Melinjo, Long Beans, Chayote and Corn cooked in tamarind based soup. Dapur Jawa version of Sayur Asem is tasty.
 

Wedang Jahe IDR12.000

 

Wedang Jahe is also a traditional Indonesian beverage that consists of Ginger and Palm Sugar / Granulated Cane Sugar. This beverage will make your body warm.

Overall, we enjoy having lunch at Dapur Jawa. 

Will I go there again? Yes.

Dapur Jawa Interior

 

Details

Name: Dapur Jawa

Address: Golden Trully Mall Gunung Sahari Lower Ground - Jakarta (Indonesia)

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Gado-Gado

Today I will introduce you a delicious traditional Indonesian's street food named Gado-Gado. You can easily find Gado-Gado seller around Jakarta.

Gado-Gado

Gado-Gado is a traditional Indonesian salad that consists of vegetables (long bean, cucumber, bitter-grout, beansprout, chayote), potato, tofu, egg, lontong, crackers and served with peanut sauce dressing.
 

Vegetables and Ingredients

Peanut Sauce Ingredient

 

If you like spicy, you can request to put more cayenne pepper. Also if you prefer not spicy, you can request to not put cayenne pepper at all. You also can request to not adding some vegetables that you don't like.

Gado-Gado is a healthy and tasty food. I like it very much.

As this foods categorizes as traditional Indonesian food, the way that they make this Gado-Gado is also using traditional way.

 

First, the seller need to create peanut sauce dressing. After that, they cut and put the vegetables and other elements. After that, they mixed it with the peanut sauce and put a little bit sweet soy sauce and some crackers. It's very interesting to see how the seller make this dish.

You may see some pictures on step by step how to make Gado-Gado below.

 



 

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Kedai Seni Djakarte

Hi all!  Today I will review about a nice and creative decoration concept café in Jakarta that is called Kedai Seni Djakarte.

This café is located on nearby Café Batavia - around Kota Tua area.

Over there, we tried Roti Bakar Ice Cream and their signature beverages: Es Toples Anggur (Grape Fruit) and Es Toples Kiwi.

 Es Toples Anggur & Es Toples Kiwi

Es Toples Kiwi contains of real Kiwi fruit inside a jar. Es Toples Anggur also contains of real Grape fruit as well. Es Toples Kiwi tastes a bit sour and Es Toples Anggur tastes sweet.

Es Toples Kiwi IDR17.000

Es Toples Anggur IDR17.000

 

Our favorite among these two beverages is Es Toples Anggur. These beverage are similar like infused water. The only difference is that they add syrup into these Es Toples.


 

Roti Bakar Ice Cream IDR19.000

For Roti Bakar Ice Cream (Toast with Ice Cream), we can choose one jam topping and two scoops of ice cream. The flavor that you can choose for jam topping is either Blueberry jam, Stawberry jam or Chocolate jam. For ice cream flavor is either Vanilla, Chocolate or Strawberry. Roti Bakar is toasted perfectly and ice cream tastes delicious.

Will I go there again? Yes.

Kedai Seni Djakarte

 

Details

Name: Kedai Seni Djakarte

Address: Jalan Pintu Besar Utara No.17 Jakarta Kota Jakarta Barat, DKI Jakarta 



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Cafe Batavia

Today I will show you about the second oldest building turn into a café in central Jakarta named Café Batavia. This building age is about 200 years old. Cool right?

In 1991, the owner decided to turn this building into a café. Café Batavia opened to public in 1993.

When you step into this building, you will be amazed with an elegant architecture of 19th century Jakarta during colonial era with a lot of nice photos hanging on the wall. Café Batavia is also famous among tourists around the world and becomes one of the must visited place in Jakarta. 

Café Batavia have two floors. They have live band in the first floor. But please note that the first floor is a smoking area. For more private and not smoking area, you may go to the second floor.

We were having lunch on the second floor. We ordered Nasi Campur "Menner", Fried Rice with Chicken and Salted Fish. For the drink, we tried Bajigur.

Nasi Campur "Meneer" IDR65.000

Nasi Campur "Meneer" is a traditional Indonesian cuisine comes with Rendang, Chicken Satay, vegetables, Balada Egg, Orek Tempe and Chili. This dish is one of the recommended dish at café Batavia. It's delicious indeed.
 

Fried Rice with Chicken and Salted Fish IDR60.000

Fried Rice with Chicken and Salted Fish is also not bad and the portion is big.

Bajigur IDR45.000

Bajigur consists of Coffee, Salt, Coconut Milk, Palm Sugar and Vanilla. Bajigur is one of traditional beverage that is quite difficult to find already. It's really nice. You must try it.

Overall, we were enjoying having lunch there. It's a pleasant experience.

Will I go there again? Yes.

Café Batavia

Details
Name: Café Batavia
Address: Jalan Pintu Besar Utara No.14 Jakarta Kota Jakarta Barat, DKI Jakarta 11230, Indonesia

Opening Hours
Monday - Thursday: 8:00AM - 12:00AM
Friday: 8:00AM - 1:00AM
Saturday: 7:00AM - 1:00AM
Sunday/ Public Holiday: 7:00AM - 12:00AM

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