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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Easter 2015

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Wine Connection Tapas Bar & Bistro

Wondering which restaurant serves good food with affordable price around Robertson Walk area? You may try having lunch at Wine Connection Tapas Bar & Bistro. At Wine Connection, they have special lunch S$15+ promo.

You will get one plate of pasta (Seafood, Pesto, Bolognese, Arrabiata or Carbonara), one side dish (either Caesar Greek Tuna salad, Onion Mushroom soup, Chocolate Mouse, Crème Brulee, Pannacotta) and coffee/tea.

Lunch sets are only valid from Monday until Friday, 12:00PM – 2:00PM. Not valid on weekend and public holiday. Price inclusive of 7% GST and subject to 10% service charge.

I choose Seafood Penne, Crème Brulle and tea.

Seafood Penne

Crème Brulee



You can find Shrimp, Squid and Mussels in this Seafood Penne. The seafood are fresh enough. I like Seafood Penne so much. It's very delicious.

Crème Brulle is also not bad. It's yummy and the portion is quite big.

Personally, I feel that this set lunch promo is indeed a good deal. Not believe me? Try it yourself :)

Will I go there again? Yes. 

Wine Connection Interior

 

Details

Name: Wine Connection Tapas Bar & Bistro

Address: 11 Unity St, #01-19/20 Robertson Walk

Nearest MRT: Clarke Quay MRT

 

Opening Hours

Monday - Thursday: 11:30AM - 02:00AM

Friday - Saturday: 11:30AM - 03:00AM

Sunday: 11:30AM - 00:00AM



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Aranzi Cafe

Looking for a nice café to hang out in Kelapa Gading - Jakarta? You may try Aranzi Café.

I guarantee, you (especially ladies) will be falling in love after seeing the cakes that they have. These cake designs are super cute.

We try Black Rabbit's Chocolate Fruit Cake and Horse's Vanilla Mousse.

Black Rabbit's Chocolate Fruit Cake IDR55.000

Horse's Vanilla Mousse IDR55.000



Black Rabbit's Chocolate Fruit Cake toppings contains four types of fruits (Strawberry, Kiwi, Grape and Peach). The fruits are fresh enough in a big portion. But, it's too bad that the cake doesn't taste really good. It's dry and too thick. It would be better if the cake is not so thick. 

 

 

Horse's Vanilla Mousse is very tasty. This cake becomes our favorite in here. You will not regret for choosing this cake :)


For the drink, we try Banana Milk Special.

Banana Milk Special IDR43.000

Although I like banana, I feel this beverage is not good. Sorry to say this, it tastes weird.

 

Will I go there again? Yes. Although we don't like Black Rabbit's Chocolate Fruit Cake and Banana Milk Special, but we really love their Horse's Vanilla Mousse :)

Aranzi Café Interior

 

Details

Name: Aranzi Cafe

Address: Mall Kelapa Gading - Gading Walk Island C-02 Jakarta Utara - Indonesia



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Tai-Parfait

Today I will share with you about a famous dessert among youngsters and girls named Tai-Parfait.

Tai-Parfait (a.k.a Taiyaki Parfait) is a dessert that is made from the combination of Japanese dessert (Taiyaki) and French dessert (Parfait).

Basically, they put whipped cream/ice cream, chocolate sauce/caramel sauce, chocolate stick, and azuki/fruits (banana, strawberry) on the top of taiyaki mouth.

It's a very smart idea for creating this dessert. The cute looks of Tai-Parfait makes this dessert popular among girls and in a very short time, it becomes a famous dessert in Singapore. 

Over there, I order Strawberry Chocolate. Strawberry Chocolate consist of whipped cream, strawberry, chocolate sauce and chocolate stick.

This Strawberry Chocolate Tai-Parfait is amazingly delicious. The combination between taiyaki and the toppings are perfect.

Will I go there again? Yes

Tai Parfait Interior

Strawberry Chocolate $4.90

Details

Name: Tai-Parfait

Address: 200 Victoria Street #B1-03A Bugis Junction

Nearest MRT: Bugis MRT

 

Opening Hours

Daily: 10:00AM - 10:00PM

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Kue Cubit and Kue Laba-Laba

Hi All. Today I will introduce you to some delicious Indonesian street snack named Kue Cubit and Kue Laba-Laba.

You can easily find Kue Cubit & Laba-Laba seller around primary school area. These snacks are my childhood favorite snacks.

Commonly, this seller is selling two different snacks: Kue Cubit and Kue Laba-Laba.

Kue cubit (a.k.a Pinch Cake) is made from flour, baking powder, sugar and milk. After it's half cooked, the seller will pour chocolate granules on top of the cake. 
 

Kue Cubit

 

 

Curious why do they named it kue cubit? It's because of the small size, they need to pinch the cake to eat it. Normally the seller will serve this cake after it's cooked enough. But upon request, you can order half cooked kue cubit (cooked on bottom and half cooked on top).

Kue Laba-Laba (a.k.a Spider Cake) is using the same ingredient as kue cubit without chocolate granules. The name of Kue Laba-Laba is inspired by this cake shape that is similar as the spider web.  This Kue Laba-Laba is crispy enough.


 Kue Laba-Laba

Below are pictures on how to make kue cubit and kue laba-laba.

Kue Cubit

 

 

 

 Kue Laba-Laba

 

Kue Cubit & Kue Laba-Laba seller

 

 

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Jamie`s Italian

A few months ago (duh, lazy me, for only manage to post it by now?!?!), , my manager treated my team for dinner at Jamie`s Italian restaurant.
 
We decided to choose this place because we were curious of "how tasty Jamie Oliver dish will be? -- as he is very famous chef".

Despite many not-so fantastic reviews from fellow bloggers, I still dared to persuade my other colleague to try the restaurant.

When we arrived at Jamie`s Italian restaurant, we were amazed with their classic and cosy interior decoration. It's so cool.

We ordered Crispy Squid, Rump Steak, Bruschetta Board, SPC Marinara, Crab Spaghetti, Mushroom Risotto, Tagliatelle Bolognese and Funky Chips.

FYI, almost all the dishes have 2 different portions: small and big. All of the dishes that we tried are in big portion. Actually, the big portion is not “that really big”. For me personally, it's just a common adult portion.  I believed the small options is referring to kid’s portion.

My favorites are Crispy Squid and Funky Chips. Those dishes are tasty. You may consider to order it.

Rump steak is quite salty. If you prefer to reduce your salt intake, you might reconsider to order this dish :)

The rest of those dishes` taste are so-so only.

Overall, we were not satisfied with the foods that we tried. I believed if Jamie Oliver cooked those dishes himself, the taste will be so much better (and of course the price will be so much higher)..

Will I go there again? No.

Crispy Squid S$11.50



Rump Steak S$28.50

Funky Chips S$6.50



Mushroom Risotto S$26.50

 

 

Jamie`s Italian Interior

 

Details

Name: Jamie`s Italian

Address: 1 HarbourFront Walk #01 165-167 Vivo City

Nearest MRT: HarbourFront MRT

 

Opening Hours

Sunday - Thursday: 12:00PM - 12:00PM

Friday - Saturday: 12:00PM - 11:00PM

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