an urban view of a culinary experience

After a brief window shopping at the Gallery Lafayette,Pacific Place,I visited Liberte French cuisine for lunch. The small cafe isn’t too fancy,but cozy enough for a simple lunch date. All grey painted walls with picture frames captured the Parisian feeling of the place. The limited menu consisted of all authentic French menu,including the things that [...]

The first thing that you’ll notice about Potato Head restaurants are their unique interior design. The same also applies to Garage’s simple but eye catching interior. As soon as you stepped inside the restaurant,you’ll catch the romantic vibe that surrounds the place. I love the old time European style,high ceilings adorned with vintage crystal chandeliers,crisp [...]

Finally the first TWG tea house has opened it’s door to Jakarta’s tea lovers. You can expect it to be like the other branches, Gold splendid interior with many colorful TWG tea cans adorned the walls, cute TWG tea sets and souvenir displays,pastry station and dining tables on the opposite sides of the room. It [...]

E&O, short for Eastern & Oriental, is one of Jakarta’s newest and highly anticipated restaurants. I went there on lunch time and the place was packed in no time. As part of the group that’s responsible for the well known restaurants such as Union, Canteen, Cork n Screw, this one also exhibits fantastic atmosphere with beautiful ambiance of clean,sleek [...]

Located in the center of the busy business area Permata Senayan,this Spanish/international casual bistro is a great place to have either fast paced business lunch or a relaxing dining experience. The simple laid back atmosphere, fantastic service and assorted collection of menus (including kid’s menus) must be the things that attracted many of it’s expats [...]

Shopping, bar and restaurant in one place with an intriguing eclectic interior design,is what Mama Goose brought to the table. It’s great location on the busy Panglima Polim street is also one of it’s plus side. The menu ranges from Indonesian,Japanese,Italian to Western food. But what about the quality and taste?   Mary Weather Mocktail [...]

Last but not least from the trio fine dining restaurants in the Altitude, Plaza Tower,is Salt Grill. This Australian managed restaurant is another promising venture of Oz’s famous chef Luke Mangan. From the elegantly looking interior overlooking the Bunderan HI landmark, this 46th floor restaurant offers it’s own high class personality. The busy lunch hour [...]

As part of Altitude restaurants, Gaia offers wide variety of Italian food. The 46th floor simple and elegant restaurant with high ceiling interior and huge window overlooking view of Jakarta,is already a gem itselt. When I went there for lunch with a couple of my girlfriends, it’s a little hustle to call for the waitress [...]

I was very excited for my next culinary adventure: Three brand new and promising restaurants on the same floor in the Plaza Tower: Salt Grill by Luke Mangan (western & grills); Gaia (Italian) and En Maru (Japanese), are part of Altitude. The newest most anticipated fine dining place in Jakarta. The first one I to [...]

This open space, brightly sunlit ethnic Balinese styled restaurant is a perfect home for an authentic Italian home cooking. They also provide indoor dining ,with a touch of Spanish interior, for those of you who prefer air conditioning.  Mamma Rosy’s simple but cozy surroundings with big garden, Orchid flowers and pattern tiles brings a family friendly [...]

Some of the most interesting new restaurants are located in South Jakarta and one of them is Bistronomi. The restaurant doesn’t have a noticeable sign yet, but it’s already looked appealing from the outside. I was in awe with the garden at the entrance which you don’t find often in Jakarta. It added a sweet [...]

I had my monthly ladies arisan at The Cafe @ Pistos, the place was small but homey. The simple sleek and bright cafe is a perfect place for hanging out. The other side of the cafe is a jewelry store,so dine and shop is obviously the concept of this place. Rocket with smoked Salmon & [...]

I was full after having lunch that day, but this restaurant’s outside interior has caught my attention and tickled my curiosity. I was drawn to enter and I immediately fell in love with the frenchy interior. I’m impressed with how the designer put all the intricate decorations. She put a lot of attention to detail [...]

A gastrobar in Bandung? When I first heard about it, it immediately gained my interest and curiosity since I was not keen on the idea of a gastrobar in this city. At least not just yet, I think the market was not completely ready. But the buzz was that it’s one of the new “it” [...]

The name “Saka” led me to think that it’s a japanese restaurant. However after my visit here, I quickly changed my perception on this restaurant to a more western or asian fusion bistro. The interior adopts a modern tropical nuance which is kinda reminding me of Bali. The first thing that we saw when we came in is the [...]