These are some eating experiences I've had.. Judgements are solely subjective, based on the worthiness level of prive vs taste.. the restos are mostly middle-class restos ranging from IDR 50k-100k.
Japenggo Shokudo
The Plaza Semanggi
3rd Floor No.5
Yesterday on Sunday my gf n I went to the Plaza Semanggi to resize the wristband on my new watch given on my birthday last Friday :)
To break the fast, we decided to try some JapFood and after scouting the plaza looking 4a comfortable place 2sit n eat [most JapRestos have impossible seats], we stopped @Japenggo Shokudo. The menu had marks on the most ordered dishes. I almost chose a marked-dish (Osaka Chicken), but eventually chose a "non-marked" menu.. We ordered the house salad(8.5k), I chose the Spicy Tori Don(28k), my gf had the Osaka Chicken(29k), and we both drank the refillable Jasmine Green Tea (9.5k).
The salad was ok. the sauce was a soury-peanut sauce.. after seeing the waitress setting up the food, i regretted not choosing the Osaka Chicken.. consisting of fried chicken strips cooked with bread flour and covered in sesame seed, the standard salad, jelly-mixed rice, deep-fried salad strips, and a seaweed and tofu soup with 2small dumplings(almost like martabak telor), i was drooling over it.. especially compared to my one-bowl rice covered in chicken chunks and scrambled eggs, all with spicy sauce.. the only color it had was red red red..
My gf thought the tori don was good, but very spicy.. i didnt find it spicy at all! i think my tongue must be dead coz my stomach started to burn about an hour later.. i have to admit it wasnt that bad, but still..compared 2what my gf had... =P~ so yup, u guessed it.. i stole some chicken n other stuffs and negotiated food trade whenever possible hehehe.. oya, the jasmine tea was ok. the jasmine didnt taste dat strong but it was refill at will so money's worth hehe..
all in all, food + tax costing IDR 97,821 was dangerously at the limit of "worthy food" hehehe..
but i'd still give the place another chance sometime.. especially with soft-fluffy seats.. and so much magazines to read..o btw, on the magazine Djakarta, there was also a review of Coco Thai and it agreed with me[look below].."good price, not so bad food" hehehe...
-October 23, 2005
Gudeg Bu TjitroTo break the fast, we decided to try some JapFood and after scouting the plaza looking 4a comfortable place 2sit n eat [most JapRestos have impossible seats], we stopped @Japenggo Shokudo. The menu had marks on the most ordered dishes. I almost chose a marked-dish (Osaka Chicken), but eventually chose a "non-marked" menu.. We ordered the house salad(8.5k), I chose the Spicy Tori Don(28k), my gf had the Osaka Chicken(29k), and we both drank the refillable Jasmine Green Tea (9.5k).
The salad was ok. the sauce was a soury-peanut sauce.. after seeing the waitress setting up the food, i regretted not choosing the Osaka Chicken.. consisting of fried chicken strips cooked with bread flour and covered in sesame seed, the standard salad, jelly-mixed rice, deep-fried salad strips, and a seaweed and tofu soup with 2small dumplings(almost like martabak telor), i was drooling over it.. especially compared to my one-bowl rice covered in chicken chunks and scrambled eggs, all with spicy sauce.. the only color it had was red red red..
My gf thought the tori don was good, but very spicy.. i didnt find it spicy at all! i think my tongue must be dead coz my stomach started to burn about an hour later.. i have to admit it wasnt that bad, but still..compared 2what my gf had... =P~ so yup, u guessed it.. i stole some chicken n other stuffs and negotiated food trade whenever possible hehehe.. oya, the jasmine tea was ok. the jasmine didnt taste dat strong but it was refill at will so money's worth hehe..
all in all, food + tax costing IDR 97,821 was dangerously at the limit of "worthy food" hehehe..
but i'd still give the place another chance sometime.. especially with soft-fluffy seats.. and so much magazines to read..o btw, on the magazine Djakarta, there was also a review of Coco Thai and it agreed with me[look below].."good price, not so bad food" hehehe...
-October 23, 2005
Jl. Veteran I No.23
I've eaten here a few times b4, including last nite, so i guess its time 2write a review :D like its name suggests, the resto is gudeg-based.. last nite me n my gf went ther 2break d fast after shopping 4clothes @Pasar Baru..
the standard meal was gudeg, which ive had many times, so this time i wanted 2try somethin different. dis was my gf's 1st visit so she ordered the medium-gudeg.. dats rice, normal gudeg, krecek, duck egg, and a chicken's lower thigh (15.5k) and coconut (7.5k) 4d drink.. i had a fried sop buntut(24.5k), sirsak(wats d english word?) juice (8.5k), kolak (5k) and rice (3.5k),since rice is excluded...
the sop buntut was gud.. the one in borobudur still tastes better, but this was better than ok so i guess it was satisfying.. the sirsak was also nice since it was fresh.. the kolak wasn't sweet enuf, but it was ok-lah... d strange thing was when i tried my gf's gudeg... it tasted saltier than what it usually tastes.. i then realized dat during d fasting month, the taste-quality control cannot b done.. hehehe.. not 2b defensive, but d gudeg usually tastes good...
well, all in all, food+tax: IDR 70,400 is highly acceptable for a resto.. especially when coming out with a bloated stomach afterwards..
-october 10,2005
Steak Ciwikoa
Jl. Ciwikoa? @Bandung
Jl. Ciwikoa? @Bandung
Last weekend (8,9 October) Ametis Tech. had the days off :D so on October 8th, I went 2bandung.. I left around 2pm, and arrived @my bro's kost @4pm.. not knowing wher 2eat good yet cheap food, i sms-ed a friend 4advice.. he asked whether i wanted a so-so or xpensive food. of course i said so-so.. he then adviced a place called Atmosphere on Jl.Lengkong..
so i then drove n tried 2find it.. i entered d parking lot n d place was huge! all i could think of was expensive, expensive, and expensive! so i turned n exited d place n then started 2look 4a cheaper place 2break d fast.. after driving with no direction, i stopped @Jl. Ciwikoa? i cant remember d name correctly.. ther was a steak food stall ther.. seemed clean enuf n not 2xpensive.. the menu can b considered cheap;
"tenderlon:IDR 16k wit d most xpensive menu T-bone:22.5k.. "
the juices r ok.. and the menu size is "just enuf" not 2full but quite fulfilling.. so it wasnt Bentuman... nor Abuba... but still, it was quite satisfying.. i'll surely comeback ther if i remember d road.. *d'oh!*-october 10,2005
COCO THAI
Gdg Djakarta Theater 2nd Floor
Gdg Djakarta Theater 2nd Floor
It was 5pm n at first i had planned to have a small supper at Djakarta Theater's Oh Lala cafe consisting of soup and coffee. But as i got there, the place was crowded and full of smoke (cigarette).. so my gf n i looked 4an alternative place.. ther was a secluded small resto in d 2nd floor.. d place was empty except 4 two gays ups guys hehe.. the place was simple, average decorations but heck mayb it was worth a try...
i ordered the pad thai (15.5k), my gf wasnt dat hungry so she had coco nachos for snacks (11.5k) and the coco breeze (10.5k) for a drink while i had the guava juice (8.5k).. i ordered the pad 2compare it with Mangkok Putih's... the taste was somewhat different than Mangkok Putih's but still good.. mayb a bit too dry, but tasty.. and the portion is probably twice as much *grin* the nachos was also good.. tomato sauce with meat bits.. tho it tasted good, d taste was all 2familiar.. i believe d sauce is RAGU(spaghetti sauce)with mince meat..d chips wer also regular tortilla chips.. but hey, it suits d price so no complaints here.. altho i still prefer nachos covered in cheese sauce wit sweet n sour cream dip hehe.. d coco breeze was lime, OJ, n soda.. had a strong taste..its ok tho u shouldnt drink it on an empty stomach.. d guava juice was standard.. it was fresh so it depends on d fruit hehe..
all in all for IDR 50k it was satisfying.. i'd opt for this rather than d hotplanet in d next building anytime :-)
-september 22,2005
wwwok!
Jl. Kemang Raya No 9
Jl. Kemang Raya No 9
If u head to Kemang from Blok M, just as u go downhill, on the left ther is a building and on its far end lies a small cafe-resto wwwok! It was not yet noon (11am or so), i was starving but few restos wer open.. one of them is wwok!. The cafe was had a joint partnership with BeerCoffeeShop(cmiiw). Beer is on the 1st floor and wwwok! is on d 2nd. i ate on d 1st since d 2nd floor was still being cleaned. d 1st floor setting was cozy-artistic-simplistic.. the place was very cozy and had nice soft couches. but sitting was not what i had planned 2do..
i ordered Vietnamese Beef somethin (was told it was a specialty) for 29k while my girlfriend ordered the Shanghai Noodle(28k). She had d O.J. (13k) and i had d wwwok! es teler (13k) for drinks. The viatnamese beef was basically a soup with beef, onions, brussel sprouts, n other veggies.. ther was 1ingredient i was unfamiliar with..mayb somethin imported.. the taste? bleeh! i duno if d taste was just 2strange (im very open 2unfamiliar tastes), but i cant imagine how dat menu cud've been considered a favorite! my girlfriend's noodle was fantastic tho.. i was so envious of her eating somethin tasty while i was chewin 4d sake of d wasted money :'( so i once in a while stole a bite or two from her plate hehehe.. her O.J. was sub-standard tho.. rily, u get better tasting O.J.'s from small juice stands in malls.. but the es teler was awesome. coconut, jackfruit, and avocado topped with vanilla icing held my dissapointment at bay..
all in all, for a meal of two costing IDR 100k, the place is blacklisted from my list of places to eat until some1 can prove 2me otherwise..
- september 22,2005
Bentuman Steak
Jl Terogong No.28 Jak-Sel
Jl Terogong No.28 Jak-Sel
This resto beside JIS Pondok Indah is really somethin.. The 1st branch was opened in Semarang, Central Java.. the place in semarang is far from cozy.. it was a small place where young, moneyless (usually college students haha) people hang-out for cheap food.. the place is far from fancy.. the one in jakarta on the other hand, is i'd say makes d cut of bein d top 20% of fancy restos list(my list btw :p).. the place is simple yet very eye-catching.. u can eat inside if ur a family.. it also has a terrace if u'd like to have a romantic dinner with candles beside the fish pond.. another terrace is located adjacent to the main eating area.. Instead of seeing old messed up motorcycles, u c bmw, volvo, and mercedes benz in the parking lot.. quite amazing considering the food is still cheap.
Ok..i recommend the inhouse special Bentuman Steak or Roman Steak.. i'd had them b4 so i ordered the Medium Size Aborigin Steak(21k) which was tenderloin covered with hot melted cheese, mushrooms, and sauce. i of course chose baked potato over the french fries... another specialty is the spaghetti with ribs (20k).. my girlfriend chose spaghetti bolognaise(12k) coz she wasnt dat hungry yet.. for drinks she chose applejuice(7k) while i had the inhouse special, bentuman juice (8k) which was strawberry+lemon+apple+other things i forgot.. all juices are fresh.. i then ordered d bentuman salad(9.5k) which was carrot+greenpeas+cucumber+green beans+pineapple covered in thousand island..
the salad was ok.. compared to the other menus, i think the salad had the least value for money (but hey, everythin else is cheap!:p).. the steak was good. u can still feel the taste of the meat in your mouth.. this is a very important bonus point bcoz in other places the sauce usually camouflages the taste of meat... but i knew i had 2eat fast tho... this was bcoz a main sauce ingredient was cheese.. a flaw when using hot melted cheese is dat it gets cold really fast and the taste usually fades away after dat.. the spaghetti my girlfriend chose tastes good.. i cant describe d sauce better than saying that the italian pasta had indonesian taste.. other than the sauce being not as thick as my liking (u cant scoop the sauce with a fork), it was excellent.. the apple juice was pure apple.. they didnt filter the water only so ther was quite a lot of apple fiber.. the bentuman juice was splendid.. maybe a bit too much strawberry but still nice.. it's got a nice kick in d taste..
so for a total(+tax) of IDR 67.700(proof dat cheap != badfood), i'd say the food was worth slighty more value4money than the Dutch Resto..the only flaw was the salad which i believed shouldve cost much less :p btw this is another "just right" portion restaurant.. just my type.. :)
~weks4am!mustsleep:p
- september 4, 2005
Dutch Family Restaurant
Jl Ahmad Dahlan No.18 Jak-Sel
Jl Ahmad Dahlan No.18 Jak-Sel
Ohkay... ive been 2dis resto b4 but just 4 every1's info, this is a family restaurant. a small nice cozy place with nothing 2fancy.. all the menu portions are "just-right".. meaning u dont get 2full which is my favorite type...
the special is the Hutspot Met Klutspak (i think i got the last word wrong haha) which is basically mashed potato with strips of meat and covered in gravy..
ive had dat b4 so this time i decided to try the Fentucini (isnt this italian?) which cost 14k.. my girlfriend had the Hutspot (17.5k).. she drank the chocolate float (8k) while i had orangejuice (7k).. for appetizers i chose the belgian fries with mayonaise (10k), which i think is actually mustard+mayo.. and for dessert my girlfriend had 2scoops of vanilla ice (7k)..
She tot the Hutspot tasted good but got boring as time passed.. me as a mashed potato fan (a fan of most potato cookings) dont mind having just mashed potato as a meal haha... anywho.. the fettucini was good.. the belgian fries wer my favorite last time i was there... but last time the fries were shared with my cousins so i didnt hav as many as i had yesterday.. the fries were huge and the mustard+mayo was so stuffing dat we had to push ourselves 2finish them.. but they were really good.. intially.. i mean they wer good till i had to take off my belt and force them down my throat hahaha... the ice cream was nice tho.. standard vanilla covered with strawberry and chocolate syrup..
a total of IDR 63.500 for all that, plus the comfy place made me feel my money was worth it.. just one advice tho.. if u cant handle too much food, dont order appetizers.. or just have appetizers+soup/somethin lite :p
-september 4,2005
[Eating Experience]
last week i picked up my girlfriend @her office in thamrin...
after shopping books at QB thamrin, we err... i was hungry...
ther was d standard choice of Bakmi Gajahmada, and the lame choice the golden arches (theyr everywher in jkt)...
the best foods in jakarta is either in d blokM area or Kemang but the traffic would be like hell after work hours so our choice was limited to the sarinah region..
not knowing what to choose, we decided 2try out Hot Planet.. a simple place.. almost like a diner but two storeys..
so we took a seat (non-smoking of course) and looked @d menu.. "wats d specialty?" i asked.. the waiter said "konro ribs".. [-_-]" if i had wanted konro ribs i'd have gone 2 Tata Daeng's ribs in tebet.. "wat else is d specialty?".. "uhm.. our steaks..sirloin/tenderloin steak.." another [-_-]" i'd prefer to go to abuba steak in d fatmawati area or ben tuman (it means 2b addicted in javanese btw) steak in Pondok Indah..
so i looked @d menus again..and considering the name Hot Planet, i tot about hot plates and ordered a what-i-tot-was-a-safe Sizzling Black Peppered Beef Hotplate...my girlfriend chose a much safer menu of Tuna Croissant..she drank avocado juice while i chose the lime squash..
the black pepper beef was awful.. ok..not non-edible, but ive tasted much better cooking with much less price.. the downfall of the recipe was dat d beef was boiled 1st.. this is a No-No when cooking steak.. u lose the taste, the thickness of the meat, and of course the proteins are destroyed...the flavor only had one taste which was spicy.. i dont mind spicy food, but really..u cant appreciate food if the only taste was chilly! my girlfriend's tuna was ok.. the standard white tuna croissant. nothing special. the chips could use some salt tho..
anyway, IDR 77.000 with a menu consisting of tuna croissant(17k), beef hotplate (25k), avocado juice(14k), and lime squash (14k), the food was far from my expectations of a restaurant at thamrin.. u could get much better tasting (and healthier) foods in many other places tho i admit compared to the other restos @thamrin, a price like dat is considered cheap.. maybe dats d only reason y its still open...
- august 28,2005
after shopping books at QB thamrin, we err... i was hungry...
ther was d standard choice of Bakmi Gajahmada, and the lame choice the golden arches (theyr everywher in jkt)...
the best foods in jakarta is either in d blokM area or Kemang but the traffic would be like hell after work hours so our choice was limited to the sarinah region..
not knowing what to choose, we decided 2try out Hot Planet.. a simple place.. almost like a diner but two storeys..
so we took a seat (non-smoking of course) and looked @d menu.. "wats d specialty?" i asked.. the waiter said "konro ribs".. [-_-]" if i had wanted konro ribs i'd have gone 2 Tata Daeng's ribs in tebet.. "wat else is d specialty?".. "uhm.. our steaks..sirloin/tenderloin steak.." another [-_-]" i'd prefer to go to abuba steak in d fatmawati area or ben tuman (it means 2b addicted in javanese btw) steak in Pondok Indah..
so i looked @d menus again..and considering the name Hot Planet, i tot about hot plates and ordered a what-i-tot-was-a-safe Sizzling Black Peppered Beef Hotplate...my girlfriend chose a much safer menu of Tuna Croissant..she drank avocado juice while i chose the lime squash..
the black pepper beef was awful.. ok..not non-edible, but ive tasted much better cooking with much less price.. the downfall of the recipe was dat d beef was boiled 1st.. this is a No-No when cooking steak.. u lose the taste, the thickness of the meat, and of course the proteins are destroyed...the flavor only had one taste which was spicy.. i dont mind spicy food, but really..u cant appreciate food if the only taste was chilly! my girlfriend's tuna was ok.. the standard white tuna croissant. nothing special. the chips could use some salt tho..
anyway, IDR 77.000 with a menu consisting of tuna croissant(17k), beef hotplate (25k), avocado juice(14k), and lime squash (14k), the food was far from my expectations of a restaurant at thamrin.. u could get much better tasting (and healthier) foods in many other places tho i admit compared to the other restos @thamrin, a price like dat is considered cheap.. maybe dats d only reason y its still open...
- august 28,2005
4 Comments:
yang di blok m plaza enak, kok... dan, yah.. murah!
kalo di blokM, dengan duit segitu sih mahal ndin... mendingan ke dutch resto.. paling cuma abis 50rb berdua.. kenyang, dan wuenak tenan... french friesnya menggiurkan buanget! bahkan fries McD yg dulu gue anggep fries terenak, masih kalah ama di resto itu huehehe..
ga begitu ngerti soal tempat makan nih..
yg saya tahu..
- kalau sore, didepan rumah lewat tukang bakso dan siomay
- kalau malem, didepan rumah lewat tukang sate dan tukang nasi goreng
ckckck... ini lagi2 usaha penipuan massal...
jelas2 hkr dulu di pokus kerjaannya ngajakin anak2 makan2 di puncak demi kambing guling, ato cikampek demi sate kambing, ato tanah abang demi nasi uduk kebon kacang.. dan tempat2 makan mewah lainnya...
hkr ini adalah guru saya dalam kuliner di pulau jawa... saya memintanya utk juga menjadi guru cinta saya, namun katanya ilmu saya masih belum cukup utk menjadi anak didiknya.. hik hik...
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