Hello Kitty Cafe

Have you ever visit Hello Kitty Café at Pantai Indah Kapuk - Jakarta? I understand that this café has been there quite a while, but in case you haven't gone there, perhaps today's article make you wish to visit this café.

This café is a must visit café for Hello Kitty lovers. You may expect Hello Kitty decorations all around the place. We are amazed when we stepped into this café.

If you are looking for a nice dessert with a cute design, you should try Hello Kitty Taiyaki.

Hello Kitty Taiyaki IDR 32.000

Hello Kitty Taiyaki have two different flavors: Pandan or Nutella. We choose Nutella. The taste is nice and they give generous Nutella filling.

The other cute thing that we order is Kitty Regal. Kitty Regal is a Regal biscuit milkshake. This milkshake is also not bad.
  

Kitty Regal IDR58.000

Other than Hello Kitty Taiyaki and Kitty Regal, we also order Green Tea. We order this to naturalize the sweetness of the Kitty Regal.
   

Green Tea IDR28.000

 

Green tea mug has a Hello Kitty picture. We wish to bring back the mug home, but too bad we can't :)
   

Will I go there again? Yes

Hello Kitty Café Interior

 

 

Details

Name: Hello Kitty Cafe

Address: Ruko Crown Golf no 30 Pantai Indah Kapuk - Jakarta Indonesia

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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

Details
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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Olah Burger Bar

Are you a burger lover? If yes, you should try to go to Olah Burger Bar. Located at Mall Kelapa Gading, Olah Burger Bar offers you a simple yet delicious burger.

Why do I called it a simple burger? It's because no special topping contains in this burger. It's just lettuce, tomato and either meat (beef / chicken) or egg. Also, after you see this burger picture, maybe some of you will think this burger does not look so appealing. But don't under estimate this burger before you try it :)

Olah Burger Bar offers 3 types of burger: Olah Single (either beef or chicken), Olah Double (either beef, chicken or mix) and Olah Egg (either single egg or double egg).

For the sauce, you can choose either mato mustard, hot spicy bbq or mayo pickle.

They also offer combo packet such as Burger + french fries, Burger + french fries + drink, Burger + french fries + shakes, Burger + drink and Burger + shakes.

I ordered Olah Beef Single with Mayo Pickle, French Fries and Shakes.

The beef is thick and tender. The burger tastes delicious.

Fries and Shakes are also not bad.

Will I go there again? Yes.

Olah Single Beef Burger with Mayo Pickle, Fries and Shakes IDR77.000
(IDR 37.000 for burger and IDR40.000 for Fresh Fries and Milk Shakes) 

Olah Single Beef Burger IDR37.000

Choco Milkshake

Olah Burger Bar

 

Details

Name: Olah Burger Bar

Address: Gading Walk C 05 Mall Kelapa Gading Jakarta Utara Indonesia



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Bakerzin

Looking for a nice restaurant at Kelapa Gading Mall? You may try Bakerzin.

Actually I don't need to introduce Bakerzin too much since this restaurant is very famous. Just in case you've never been there before, perhaps this article will make you crave to try :)

We ordered Smoked Beef Pizza, Mama's Chicken and Corned Beef Spaghetti.

Smoked Beef Pizza consists of Smoked beef, beef bacon and mushroom flaky pizza with fresh mesclun. It's a delicious dish to start with.

Mama`s Chicken is a deep fried chicken served with fries and spicy BBQ sauce. The Fried Chicken is crispy and nice to eat with spicy BBQ sauce.

Corned Beef Spaghetti is a Spaghetti dish with home made corned beef tossed with red chillies and button mushrooms. This spaghetti is also delicious and not so spicy.

Will I go there again? Yes.

Smoked Beef Pizza IDR45.000

 

Mama`s Chicken IDR80.000

Corned Beef Spaghetti IDR70.000

 

Details

Name: Bakerzin

Address: First floor of Mall Kelapa Gading 3, Jl. Kelapa Gading Boulevard, Kelapa Gading, Jakarta Utara Indonesia

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Haagen-Dazs

It would be very nice if you pamper yourself with an ice cream in this hot weather. Sounds good, right?

If you agree, let's go buy an ice cream. Do you want to go to Haagen-Dazs shop?

I tried The Eiffel Tower at Haagen-Dazs shop. The Eiffel Tower consists of Belgian chocolate, Strawberry, Cookies and Cream Ice Cream. This ice cream is decorated with Dark Chocolate Eiffel Tower. I salute that they come up with this brilliant idea to create this Eiffel Tower.

The Eiffel Tower is one of the new menu that they have.

Overall, the taste is nice, but you must eat the ice cream faster as it will be melting very fast. I understand that sometimes it's very annoying if the ice cream melt too fast. So if you don't mind, maybe you can consider to try?

Will I go there again? Yes and I will try other flavors.

The Eiffel Tower IDR72.000

 

Details

Name: Haagen-Dazs

Address: La Piazza, Jl. Kelapa Gading Boulevard Blok M No.Lt. G, Kelapa Gading Jakarta Indonesia

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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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Voila Grill House

Looking for a nice place to have lunch and dinner around Rawamangun (Jakarta) area? You may try to visit Voila Grill House.

Voila Grill House is considered as a new restaurant in Rawamangun area. Even though it's quite new, I can assure you that the dishes that they serve can compete with famous restaurants.

Not believe me? You can try and judge yourself :)

We ordered Squid Ink Pasta with Prawn, Spaghetti Carbonara, Fusion Pesto with Crispy Chicken, Signature Fried Rice, Ribeye Steak and Sirloin Steak. For the drink, we tried Voila Ice Tea and Sunrise Sunshine.

Squid Ink Pasta with Prawn is delicious and I am quite surprised that it doesn't have fishy taste. I tried Squid Ink Pasta at other restaurant and became a nightmare for me because I could feel fishy taste.

Squid Ink Pasta with Prawn IDR49.000

Spaghetti Carbonara is my favourites because I love creamy pasta. It's so tasty.

Spaghetti Carbonara IDR49.000

Fushion Pesto with Crispy Chicken is also not bad.

Fusion Pesto with Crispy Chicken IDR49.000

 

They claimed that they make their own pasta.

If you are a steak lover, you can choose either Sirloin, Ribeye, T-bone, Tenderloin or Flank Steak. We tried Ribeye and Sirloin Steak.

Steak comes with two side dishes and one selection of sauce. We chose Onion Ring and French Fries with mushroom sauce for Ribeye Steak, Butter Rice and French Fries with the same mushroom sauce for Sirloin Steak.

Both steaks are delicious and the meat is very tender.

Rib Eye Steak 200g IDR80.000

Sirloin Steak 200g IDR80.000

 

If you prefer an Asian cuisine, you can try Signature Fried Rice. The fried rice is delicious and not oily.



Signature Fried Rice IDR42.000

Voila Ice Tea is their signature beverage. You should order this. It's very refreshing and quite addictive.

Voila Ice Tea IDR28.000

Sunrise Sunshine is also not bad.

Sunrise Sunshine IDR35.000

 

Overall. we were satisfied having lunch at Voila Grill House. The foods are delicious and the prices are affordable. It's a good place to hang out.

Will I go there again? Yes.



Details

Name: Voila Grill House

Address: Jl. Sunan Drajat No.19, Rawamangun, Jakarta

 

Operating Hours

Daily: 10:00AM - 10:00PM



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Ragusa Es Italia

Today I will introduce you to one of the very old ice cream shop in Jakarta named Ragusa Es Italia. Ragusa Es Italia exists since 1932 in Batavia (previous name of Jakarta. Batavia is a name given by Netherland).

Ragusa Es Italia already becomes a part of Jakarta history that is still survived until now.

Nowadays, there are only 3 left Ragusa Es Italia shop. We visited Duta Merlin branch. Only in this branch, they sell European, Indonesian and Chinese dishes beside ice cream.

We ordered Spaghetti Ice Cream, Cassata Sicilliana, Fillet Steak and Kwetiaw Goreng (Fried Kway Teow).

Their most recommended ice cream is Spaghetti Ice Cream. Wondering why they had named it Spaghetti Ice Cream? I believed it's because the ice cream shape looks like Spaghetti. It's really yummy and the ice cream texture is smooth.

Spaghetti Ice Cream IDR35.000

 

Cassata Sicilliana ice cream is also delicious. You can try many different flavors in one ice cream.

 

Cassata Sicilliana IDR30.000

FYI, Ragusa Es Italia is using fresh cow milk to make the ice cream and not using preservative at all.

Fillet Steak and Fried Kway Teow are also not bad. The steak is tender enough. Both are promising main dishes for us.
 

Fillet Steak IDR35.000

Kwetiaw Goreng IDR20.000

Overall, we enjoyed having lunch here.

Will I go there again? Yes.

Details
Name: Ragusa Es Italia
Address: Duta Merlin Lantai 5 - Jakarta Utara Indonesia

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