I will be in Jakarta until August for my internship!
Well, internship doesn't stop me from exploring delicious yummy food!
Hahaha
My office is located on South Jakarta, and my boarding house is also on South Jakarta.
I'll be exploring more food around here ! ;)
My very first visit at Jakarta is Grand Indonesia and Plaza Indonesia.
Known for its shopping paradise with hundreds of well-known brands, this place is a must go place in Jakarta!
Besides the shopping part, we won't forget about the delicious part, its food paradise!!
I'm drooling to explore the food!!
Plaza Indonesia
QQ Kopitiam
At first, I’m so attracted by the design of this place.
Then, because I can’t hold any of my curiosity, I stopped by and try to eat at this place.
Then, because I can’t hold any of my curiosity, I stopped by and try to eat at this place.
I choose the place located at the back, because it has a lot of sun light and it will make my photo looks good, hahaha.
Looking at the menus, I feel that, wah, this place is really affordable with a lovely place like this.
All the menus is around IDR 30,000 - 50,000 for the heavy meal. For the drinks, is IDR 10,000 up.
I decided to order 1 ice tea tarik, 1 kwetiau, and 1 fried rice.
It took a little bit longer (approx. 10 minutes) before I received my order.
In the meantime, I enjoy the place and also chit chat with my friend.
It feels so homey at this place. I really love the open space and its ambiance.
The food taste really good!!
I love the Kwetiau, there's a crab and also shrimps inside it. It's really full of flavours.
The Fried Rice is also delicious with meatballs and chicken inside it.
and I'm really going to die of the Teh Tarik, it's so refreshing and taste good!
Unfortunately, when I was there, there's this one group of men that come and sit next to us, and they're smoking!
It smells really awful because there are like two of them who are smoking.
Is it even allowed to smoke inside the mall? Because it's not even an outdoor location.
Besides the smoking men, I'm totally recommend this place to eat with friends or even with your family!
My Cha
After walking around Plaza Indonesia, I feel so thirsty and then I saw this place near the escalator of eX, and guess what?
They're having a promo of Buy 1 Get 1 Free!
Sorry though, the very first reason I try the Tea is because of this.
Then I ordered their original milk tea, and the bonus is the oolong milk tea.
The price become super cheap as it's only IDR 20,000 for 2 bubble tea!
For me, the milk tea taste good, it's not that sweet, so it taste perfect in my mouth.
However, I feel the bubble is too sticky and the oolong is too bitter for me.
But for you who doesn't like sweet at all, it will be perfect for you!
B-side Wakai
What? Wakai has a cafe?
In Surabaya, Wakai is only an ordinary shoes store from Japan.
Without any hesitation, I go inside the cafe to have a try.
I ordered the Original Origami Cake (Layer cake) worth IDR 40,000 for a single cake.
Unfortunately, I have to say that the price is too much.
It's not recommended at all, the cake taste really plain and cold. The cream is so little (you almost can't taste the cream)
What make it worst is there's a customers and again, she smoke inside the cafe.
I don't know about Jakarta, but in Surabaya, people definitely can't smoke inside the mall, wherever it is.
What I love is only the concept of the cafe, it's really artistic.
Grand Indonesia
Kempi Deli
It's a little bit hard to find this place, since it's located below a book store, and currently there's no other way to go here at that time. There's a renovation on the mall.
If you want to go to this place, you can follow the sign that will direct you to this place, or you can ask people around.
Kempi Deli is not a big restaurant, it's a very small but nice western concept cafe.
I love the way they display the bread, I feel like I want to jump straight to those breads!
The waiter is very humble and friendly, they'll recommend if you're confused and don't know what to order.
Don't know what kind of bread that suits to your sandwhiches? Don't worry, they will also pick the bread that suits with the beef taste just for you!
I order the CowBoy's one with a beef for the meat, it cost me IDR 75,000.
Do you think that's expensive? Well, it's totally not!
The beef is so plenty until you found your mouth really full, and it's really juicy and tasty.
The vegetable inside balanced the taste and give you refreshens.
I never eat sandwich this good!
Churreria
A day won't be perfect without a dessert, and I think it's totally true!
From far away, I can see that this place is so full of people, and I decided to made a reservation with one of the waiter there, and I also leave my phone number because he said he will call me.
Unfortunately, after I'm walking around for about 1 and a half hour, there's no missed call or anything, and I decided to came back because I really want to try it.
When I'm back, another waiter said that I haven't made any reservation :(
Luckily, there are people that almost finished, and I should wait another 10 minutes.
I wait while sitting near Churreria to make sure that I won't miss the spot again.
I ordered the Chocolate sundae with churros, and wait for about 5 minutes.
When it came out, well, all of my disappointment has been erased!
Oh my, the ice cream taste so yum!
The cream is yummy, the chocolate ice cream is very tasty, the Churros is sweet, and the syrup is really fit with the taste!
I feel want to eat it again and again, and 1 glass is not enough! Hahahaha
The price is kinda pricey, for IDR 45,000, but with the taste like that, it's really worth it!
Only the Brownies taste need to be improve. It's so plain and not tasty at all.
Suggestion : improve the service and make a reservation book so if there's changes in the employee, they all know what should they do.
Auntie Anne's
I've known this brand for a long time, and you can found lots of Auntie Anne's overseas.
But there's no Auntie Anne's in Surabaya, and I really crave for its pretzel now!
With a price of IDR 15,000 which is totally affordable, Auntie Anne's Cinnamon Pretzel never fails me.
It taste so good, not to sweet, and very the Pretzel is so soft!
The queue is very long though! Just be patient :)
Tokyo Belly
Ismaya group is really famous in Jakarta.
When I found out one of its restaurant, which is Tokyo Belly, a Japanese food restaurant.
I ordered the Tempura Chige Ramen, based on the recommendation of the waiter.
But sorry, the taste doesn't fit in my tounge.
The soup is too spicy and too strong for me.
On the bright side, I must admit that their Tempura taste amazingly good!
So crunchy and tasty
If you're Japanese food lover, maybe you'll love this place :)
Koffie Warung Tinggi
I heard a lot about this place from my friends and surroundings, and I also found out that this place is so full of people, and it makes me want to try this place!
I feel so full that day, that's why I only ordered 1 lychee tea for IDR 32,000
I'm sorry to say, the taste of the tea is really plain, literally taste like water, and the ice is too much.
Only the lychee taste good.
I love the concept of the cafe though. It's so comfy to hangout and have a chit chat with your friends there.
I also love the tissue with the vintage oldies design :)
Suggestion :
Improve the taste, please.
