Finally the wait is over!! The famous Ippudo Ramen is finally open in Jakarta Indonesia at Pacific Place Mall Level 5.

Ippudo is a Hakata-style tonkotsu (pork-based) ramen from Japan that was founded in 1985. They have more than 80 stores in Japan and more than 40 stores worldwide including London, New York, Sydney, Hong Kong, China, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, South Korea and finally Indonesia. Shigemi Kawahara the founder of Ippudo ramen was crowned as Ramen King in 2005 and won 3 championships on TV Champion for Ramen Chef edition, pretty impressive isn’t it??

Located at the 5th floor of Pacific Place Mall behind Shaburi and Kintan, the restaurant is quite spacious with posh stylish interior and huge chandeliers hanging inside the restaurant with bowls hanging on the wall.

So basically a while ago AnakJajan and foodie friend are getting excited when we saw the coming soon sign at Pacific Place and we know that this is gonna be such a huge hit because Ippudo is really famous.

Today when AnakJajan saw the post from Pacific Place Mall’s instagram that Ippudo is open starting today, me and Mr. Jajan decided to have our dinner here. And after having our dinner, while having dessert at Pannacota Etc we decided to write this post immediately for you because lot’s of you have been waiting for this kind of news.

Now u don’t need to go to Singapore or Japan anymore to have a bowl of Ippudo’s Ramen, not to mention a bowl of ramen at Ippudo Singapore cost a lot more (around SGD 24 per bowl), at Jakarta it only cost you around IDR 68k- IDR 95k per bowl.

NOODLE
Ippudo offers springy ultra thin straight noodle with 4 types of noodle hardness type: Soft / Normal / Hard / Very Hard. AnakJajan chose Normal type with a firm texture, you can try the Hard one to get more al dente texture of the noodle.

SOUP
Ippudo’s ramen soup is a Tonkotsu broth that takes more than 15 hours to cook to extract the essence of the broth resulting clean, comfort and milky and not too heavy kind of soup.

Roiboos Tea IDR 20k, Green Tea IDR 15k

Pork Bun IDR 28k
Besides pork, they have chicken or ebi (prawn) katsu bun also but of course AnakJajan couldn’t resist the temptation to order the pork one. The bun was fluffy with a lil bit sweetness in it filled with juicy pork belly, lettuce and Ippudo special creamy and tangy sauce. Very good!

Shiromaru Motoaji Special IDR 90k
This one is their signature flavor of ramen. Ippudo’s original tonkotsu broth served with ultra thin noodles, pork loin, bean sprouts, kikurage & spring onions. There are 4 kinds of selection of Shiromaru Motoaji ramen, IDR 68k for original, IDR 76k with Tamago, IDR 83k with Chashu and IDR 90k special with Tamago and Chashu.

One thing that disappointing is to see the plain white color soft boiled egg, the egg is supposed to be in brownish color due to the marination, but luckily the egg was perfectly cooked though.

Akamaru Shinaji Special IDR 95k
Ippudo’s original tonkotsu broth enhanced with special blended miso paste and fragrant garlic oil served with thin noodles, pork belly, kikurage, spring onions, bean sprouts with salted soft-boiled egg, shimmered pork belly & seaweed.
If you order the ramen only without any addition it costs IDR 73k, with tamago IDR 81k, with chashu IDR 88k or for greedy person just like us with Tamago and Chashu (Special) IDR 95k.

Akamaru was slightly sweeter and spicier than Shiromaru one. Mr. Jajan loves this one while me myself prefer the original Shiromaru with lighter and more comfort taste.

Overall, the ramen at Ippudo was nice, the service itself was fast, prompt and flawless even though it was their 1st day of opening. Looking forward for another visit. Let’s Jajan!!

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Address:
IPPUDO Ramen
Pacific Place Mall, Level 5
Jl. Jenderal Sudirman, SCBD
Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta City, Jakarta 12190
Phone: (+6221) 57973339
Instagram: @ippudoindonesia
Opening Hours: Lunch 11.00-15.00, Dinner 18.00-21.30

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Sahabat Jajan, how often do you travel to Bandung?? Or maybe do you live in Bandung??
Where is you favorite place to have breakfast at Bandung?? AnakJajan usually reach bandung very early and it’s kinda hard to us to find a nice and decent breakfast place, we usually end up having Lontong Kari Kebon Karet at d’Kiosk or some coffee & brunch menu at Origin House & Kitchen. But now we are happy to know this place called Two Hands Full that opens early from 8am serving coffee & brunch menu.

Located at Sukajadi no.206, Two Hands Full (THF) is at the same address with Edelweiss Guest House / Hotel.

THF is quite spacious, AnakJajan really love the ambiance inside, the minute we entered we are welcomed with a nice coffee smell and great music. The interior itself is rather dark with combination between rustic and industrial unfinished touch. AnakJajan love the combination between brick walls, dark wooden furniture and dimmed light resulting dark mysterious and gloomy ambiance in a good way.

This kind of ambiance kinda inspire me to produce darken mysterious tone photo editing for this whole blog post, what do you think about this kind of tone?? Me and Mr. Jajan personally love it though :)

Honestly we are not coffee expert, it’s always either we love it or hate it, maybe because we haven’t have any chance or time to further explore about it yet. All AnakJajan can say is we enjoyed the coffee here. And for you if you are a non coffee person, there is one must try and recommended drink menu you can order, Chai Latte. AnakJajan never been a fan of chai latte because of the awkwardly strong spices, but this one at THF is really nice, smooth and comforting with a perfect combination between milk, black tea, honey and spices. Very nice.

Besides drink, THF also serves brunch menu. Who does’t love brunch?? I always love love loveee breakfast menu, the good news is brunch menu at THF taste amazingly delicious and satisfying not to mention the huge generous portion!!

AnakJajan tried several brunch menu such as Tender Pulled Pork IDR 50k, Big Brekky IDR 55k, Croque Madame IDR 50k, Eggs In Hell IDR 50k. AnakJajan’s favorite brunch menu would be Croque Madame with the perfect crunchy yet soft toast and creamy melted cheese in it, the other favorite menu is Eggs in Hell with a great and refreshing tangy tomato flavor kick in it that we guarantee you will find yourself not being able to stop eating it.

Big Brekky IDR 55k
Eggs, sausage, grilled tomato, spinach, sauteed mushroom, pork bacon and toasted sourdough bread

Tender Pulled Pork IDR 50k
BBQ pulled pork, red cabbage slaw and fries

Croque Madame IDR 50k
Sourdough toast with ham, gyuere cheese, bechamel sauce and topped with sunny-side-up egg

Eggs In Hell IDR 50k
Baked egg with sausage, tomato, roasted peppers topped with feta cheese and served with toasted bread

Overall, nice coffee, awesome ambiance and tasty brunch at Two Hands Full. Let’s Jajan!!

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Sukajadi 206, Bandung
Opening Hours: 08.00 – 21.00
Instagram: @thfcoffee

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Following the successful establishment from South Korea to Sydney, Australia, Jeans Chilli Chicken has finally arrived in Indonesia at Gandaria City Mall UG floor – South Jakarta.

Honestly the number of Korean restaurant in Jakarta has increased a lot lately. But if you notice, most of the restaurants offer the same type of cuisine, that are Korean BBQ or fried chicken.

But unlike many Korean restaurants in Jakarta that specialized in Korean BBQ, Jeans Chilli Chicken is definitely one of a kind. They are specialized in spicy Korean Chilli Chicken 불닭 “Bul-Dak” or “Fire-Chicken”.

Located inside Gandaria City Mall at Mainstreet area UG floor, you can easily spot this restaurant with chicken spitting fire logo in it.

The perks of having meal with fellow foodies is we can try and share many menu. AnakJajan tried a lot of their menu such as Jeans Chilli Chicken IDR 52k (Small) / IDR 78k (Regular) / IDR 98k (Large), Cheese Chilli Chicken IDR 62k (Small) / IDR 88k (Regular) / IDR 108k (Large), Chilli Grilled Eel IDR 126k, Chilli Chicken Egg Roll IDR 42k (Regular) / IDR 25k (Half), Ginseng Fried Chicken IDR 38k (Small) / IDR 72k (Regular) / IDR 92k (Large), EQ Honey Fried Chicken IDR 38k (Small) / IDR 72k (Regular) / IDR 92k (Large), Pippy Soup IDR 19k (Small) / IDR 35k (Regular), Seafood Cake Soup IDR 28k, Rice Ball IDR 20k.

Out favorite menu would be the hot spicy signature dish Jeans Chilli Chicken IDR 52k (Small) / IDR 78k (Regular) / IDR 98k (Large), the chicken was soft tender juicy and well marinated with a nice grilled aroma in it, the other version with cheese also really good and irresistible, just imagine the hot spicy chicken with melting cheese on top, how can you say no to it?? Btw you can request half & half portion just like ours.

Another MUST ORDER menu would be Chilli Chicken Egg Roll IDR 42k (Regular) / IDR 25k (Half). Hot fluffy egg filled with minced Chilli Chicken and melting cheese topped with creamy and spicy sauce. My oh my soooo GOOD!! AnakJajan seriously dreaming about this dish the night after having it, so gonna back for it.

As a companion to the Chilli Chicken, you can order the Rice Ball IDR 20k, a bowl of rice mixed with toasted seaweed and sesame seed will be served with a pair of scissors and plastic gloves. All you need to do is add some pieces of Chilli Chicken and then cut it into smaller pieces with scissors, mix it well with the rice and mold it into balls. The spicy seasoning from chicken blends really well with the rice, yummeh!

Pippy Soup IDR 19k (Small) / IDR 35k (Regular)
Seasonal seafood clam soup dish

Seafood Cake Soup IDR 28k
Korean fish cake soup (odeng)

Ginseng Fried Chicken IDR 38k (Small) / IDR 72k (Regular) / IDR 92k (Large)
Golden crunchy succulent ginseng marinated chicken wings & drumettes topped with real ginseng
EQ Honey Fried Chicken IDR 38k (Small) / IDR 72k (Regular) / IDR 92k (Large)
Golden crunchy succulent tender chicken wings & drumettes in special honey sauce

Jeans Chilli Chicken IDR 52k (Small) / IDR 78k (Regular) / IDR 98k (Large)
Grilled BBQ chicken fillet in Jeans secret Korean Chilli recipe

Cheese Chilli Chicken IDR 62k (Small) / IDR 88k (Regular) / IDR 108k (Large)
Grilled BBQ chicken fillet in Jeans secret Korean Chilli recipe topped with melting mozarella cheese

Chilli Grilled Eel IDR 126k
Hot and spicy grilled eel in Jeans secret Korean Chilli recipe

Chilli Chicken Egg Roll IDR 42k (Regular) / IDR 25k (Half)
Chef special egg roll with melting mozarella cheese and chilli chicken treasures

AnakJajan really like the fact that Jeans Chilli Chicken offers many types of serving option here. Especially for me and Mr. Jajan who love to try many new dishes but with limited tummy space we can try many dishes with smaller portion. All of the food were satisfying and delicious, writing this post totally made me craving for it, omg need to go back A.S.A.P to get my craving fixed. Let’s Jajan!!

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Jeans Chilli Chicken
Gandaria City Mainstreet UG
Sultan Iskandar Muda, South Jakarta, Indonesia 12240
Phone: (+6221) 29236374

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Hello Sahabat Jajan, what’s for lunch or dinner?? Do you still remember our last post about Sakana Katsu from Hoka Hoka Bento?
Well, besides the Sakana Katsu, they also have other #HotNFresh new menu that is Chicken Steak. AnakJajan recently saw HokBen’s tv commercial about this new product and immediately decided that we have to have #HotNFresh Chicken Steak for dinner.

Where do you usually have your HokBen? Do you usually call for delivery or visit their store and dine in? Well AnakJajan mostly prefer to dine in because we love the ambiance inside and usually because of dine in we tend to be ‘kalap’ because everything looks delicious we always almost want to order all of it, just look at our order below, so many rite? Well we almost order another additional menu if we didn’t realize we ordered so much already, ooopsie :D

Which menu is you all time favorite? Well for us, my favorite would be the golden Ekkado with quail egg in the center, while Mr. Jajan’s favorite would be the sweet savory Beef Teriyaki with generous onion in it. But besides the usual menu, AnakJajan always love to try their new menu for example #HotNFresh Sakana Katsu and Chicken Steak recently.

Having “We Make It Better” tagline, Hoka Hoka Bento always keep developing and innovating their brand and product. Have you visited Hoka Hoka Bento’s store recently? If you notice, Hoka Hoka Bento has change their concept in to new yellow and white color theme starting with the store interior, eating utensils, and packaging design. AnakJajan love this new concept, it feels more cheerful, fun yet fresh.

Chicken Steak #HotNFresh IDR 30k nett
Each portion of one thick chicken fillet cut into four pieces, grilled to perfection with teriyaki sauce seasoning, topped with roasted sesame seed and served with a bowl of HokBen’s signature salad.

The chicken was juicy and thick while the seasoning itself has a nice savory yet sweet flavor characteristic with a nice grilled aroma covering all of the steak. To give a nice balance, they serve it with a bowl of Hokben’s signature salad that we love so much. Honestly besides all of the tasty menu, their salad is one of the main reason AnakJajan usually craving for Hoka Hoka Bento, just imagine the fresh crunchy sliced cabbage, perfectly marinated tangy carrot topped with rich creamy sauce.

By the way, #HotNFresh menu Sakana Katsu and Chicken steak both are available since 1st September 2014 until the end of December 2014, so make sure you have it as much as you can while it is still available okay. Let’s Jajan at Hoka Hoka Bento!!

HOKA HOKA BENTO
Delivery: (+6221) 500505
HokBen’s location: http://www.hokben.co.id/location?
Facebook: Hoka Hoka Bento
Twitter: @HokBen
Website: HokBen.co.id

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Where do you usually spend your afternoon during weekend? AnakJajan used to be a couch potato, we love to snuggle and lazing in our house, but recently having a free time to do that is like a privilege for us due to our hectic schedule. Honestly me and Mr. Jajan kinda miss this ‘relax & nothing to do’ time but over the time we are kinda used to this kind of busy life. In fact sometimes when we are free and don’t have anything to do on weekend, shortly afterwards we will feel itchy and have to do something or go somewhere.

Around two weeks ago after meeting some friends, AnakJajan had some free time before our dinner appointment with some foodie friends we decided to have afternoon tea at Courtyard Cafe – The Hermitage Hotel.

The Hermitage is a newly opened luxury boutique hotel at Menteng area. The building and interior are just lovely with 1920’s Art Deco style decoration. In the middle of the hotel on the ground level, there is this nice outdoor cafe Courtyard full with natural light, rattan chair and table surrounded with plants.

Afternoon Tea is available everyday between 15.00-17.30 for IDR 138k++. TWG Ritual Tea/ Illy Coffee is included in the Afternoon Tea package with two selection: Hermitage with western snacks and Nusantara with Indonesian snacks.

The perks of having my own online shop @BibibelleStuff is I can import any accessories just for myself for guilty pleasure. That day I wore new golden sandals, necklace and watch :) Happy!

AnakJajan chose Hermitage Afternoon Tea package consist of finger sandwiches, cheese aranchini, quice Lorraine, macaron, chocolate truffle, opera cake and TWG Ritual Tea/ Illy Coffee. Opera cake and chocolate truffle were pretty decent while the rest are less palatable and dissapointing though.

What is the meaning of high tea for you? For us high tea is not just about having cups of tea with some cakes or snacks, it’s more like a lifestyle. Having cups of tea with tasty snacks/cakes at a nice lovely place with a great music & ambiance and of course a great conversation is the real tigh tea for us. So far our favorite spot to have high tea still is Shangri-La Hotel. Do you have recommendation for any nice afternoon tea place? Please let us know :)

Overall although the high tea was not impressing, AnakJajan must say Courtyard Cafe feels like an oasis with its nice ambiance. Let’s Jajan!!

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Address:
The Hermitage
Cilacap No. 1
Central Jakarta 10310
Indonesia
Phone: +(6221) 31926888
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Hello Sahabat Jajan!! My dessert lover friends!! Introducing AnakJajan x Shirokuma Collaboration menu Rabbit Parfait.

Do you still remember our last review about this Japanese Dessert Cafe Shirokuma?? Well AnakJajan are excited and happy to show you our collaboration with Shirokuma, that is Rabbit Parfait.

Why rabbit?? Yes of course because our logo is Hungry Rabbit to portray me and Mr. Jajan as a rabbit that keeps hungry and ‘jajan’-ing everywhere and also it will look cute / kawaii and ‘instagenic’ too don’t you think so?

On top of the Rabbit Parfait you will see a pair of rabbit ear, choco ball as eyes, chocochip as nose with strawberry as the blush on :) You can request the soft cream Original (Milk) or Matcha (Green Tea), our favorite would be the one with Matcha softcream.

Each portion of Rabbit Parfait cost IDR 39k consist of most of our favorite ingredients, soft cream layered with peanut cookie crumble, black sesame cream, fresh banana slice, mochi, cornflakes and of course caramel sauce resulting a rich creamy and crunchy texture.

By the way, the Rabbit Parfait is a limited edition dessert and it only available from 10 – 31 October 2014 only and limited to 50 portions per day, so hurry up while it is still available.

Psssssttt!! They are planning to open their second outlet at South Jakarta area, stay tuned guys!

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Giveaway will be closed on 15th Oct 2014 and winners will be announced on 16th Oct 2014 on this post.
Winners will be selected randomly, only on participants who meet the criteria (step 1 subscribe, step 2 submit form) Goodluck!! :)

Address:
SHIROKUMA Japanese Dessert Cafe
Ruko Crown Golf Blok A No.32
Pantai Indah Kapuk, Jakarta 14460
Phone: (+6221) 29237523
www.cafeshirokuma.com

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VIN+ is a pioneer when it comes to wine, their first branch VIN+ Kemang was opened in 2004 providing more than 1.000 different international wine label for wine lovers or enthusiasts.

VIN+ regularly every month hold Wine Pairing Dinner at VIN+ outlet. A while ago AnakJajan had our wine pairing dinner at VIN+ Plaza Senayan branch.

In conjunction with Indonesian Independence day, the theme of the pairing dinner was Indonesian food consist of 5-course meal specially prepared by Chef DjokoSarwono with carefully selected 6 types of wine.

CRAYFISH SALAD
Crayfish with rujak juhi
Miles From Nowhere Margaret River Chardonnay 2011
Perfect starter to waking my appetite up.

CHICKEN LAWAR
Balinese traditional salad with marinated shredded chicken
Miles From Nowhere Margaret River Sauvignon Blanc 2011
Crunchy refreshing Lawar Chicken wrapped in cucumber. The seasoning was spot on, it screams Bali in every bite.

PRAWN LAKSA
Deconstructed prawn laksa with spicy coconut sauce
Shaw & Smith Shiraz 2009
AnakJajan just cannot believe that how can a dish looks so sophisticated like this taste so bold and authentic making me feel like we are eating a bowl of laksa actually. Very good and well paired with Shaw & Smith Shiraz 2009.

RENDANG WAGYU
Marinated wagyu beef in a spicy coconut rendang sauce
Edwards Shiraz 2010
Glaetzer Wallace Shiraz Grenache 2010
Yummehh, juicy perfectly cooked medium wagyu beef with Indonesian spicy coconut rendang sauce. AnakJajan love the rendition of Indonesian rendang sauce by Chef DjokoSarwono from this dish so much. As for the wine, they are preparing two types of wine to be paired with this dish, AnakJajan personally enjoyed Glaetzer Wallace Shiraz Grenache 2010 more.

DADAR GULUNG
Rolled crepé filled with palm sugar and grated coconut served with orange sorbet
Moscato d’Bali
Traditional Indonesian crepe with palm sugar seasoned grated coconut with refreshing tangy orange sorbet served with a glass of Moscato d’Bali. I always love sweet bubbly wine from Moscato wine, the combination between these two are a perfect to end our meal.

AnakJajan never knew and just realized that Indonesian food can go really well with wine, paired really well with the right wine. Fyi, Wine Pairing Dinner at VIN+ is open for public, you can check their website or social medias for any information or update for upcoming Wine Pairing event. Let’ Jajan!!

Address:
VIN+ Wine & Beyond
Plaza Senayan Arcadia Level 1
JL. New Delhi No. 9, Pintu Satu Senayan
South Jakarta 10270
Phone (+6221) 57901477
http://www.vinplus.biz
Instagram: @vinplusID

Get ready guys, there’s a new rooftop hangout spot in Jakarta opening soon, BART (Bar at The Roof Top) at Artotel Thamrin Jakarta.

Last weekend, AnakJajan had a fun staycation at Artotel Thamrin Jakarta with fellow bloggers, and we had the privilege to experience this new roof top bar on the 7th floor of Artotel Jakarta, BART. BART will be open for public this week on 17th October 2014, so get ready guys.

This rooftop bar is pretty cozy, decorated with black and white furniture with huge opening space facing Jakarta landscape from the 7th floor. Please make sure you wear thin and comfortable clothing considering Jakarta’s hot weather. I accidentally wore black and white pattern shirt that looks similar with their chair I can hide and camouflage myself between it hahaha.

Food and beverage at BART is pretty affordable: Mocktail IDR 48k, Beer IDR 38k-125k, Wine IDR 88k/ glass, Signature Cocktail IDR 110k, Classic Cocktail IDR 88k, Regular Spirit IDR 65k, Cognag, Premium Spirit, Single Malt Whiskey, Fresh Juice IDR 38k, Soft Drink & Water IDR 35k, Milkshake IDR 45k and Finger Food IDR 35k – IDR 96k.

Bye-Gone IDR 110k
vodka, gin, tequilla, triple sec, blue curacao, midori, pineapple, soda water

Jumping Monkey iDR 110k
vodka, gin, tequilla, orange juice, grenadine syrup

During our visit at BART, we had several fun activities Artotel prepared for us, first is Bartender Class, the bartender teach us how to make their signature Spicy Rita, first is to pestle the lime with blackpepper to extract the flavor and then add the rest of the liquid with ice, shake it well with ice and serve it with flamed orange slice. Taste very refreshing and tangy with a warm after taste from the blackpepper.

Spicy Rita IDR 110k
tequilla, cointreau, lime juice, pineapple juice, blackpepper

After having fun at Bartender Class, we were proceed to have high tea with sweet and savory snacks specially prepared by Chef Faizal Irvan while enjoying afternoon sun at BART. All of them tasted pretty palatable, our favorite would be the mini burgers with juicy and thick beef patty.

A while before sunset, we had around 30 minutes painting art class conducted by Mr. Safrie, each of us are free to express anything in to our painting, I don’t know why but I ended up producing pretty dark painting with heart in the middle, while Mr. Jajan drew and paint a lot of circle but didn’t manage to finish his drawing due to time limitation.

Among us all the only one that shine the most would be Verdi from Hungry Doctor, well no wonder this guy has a whole cupboard full of trophy from winning painting or drawing contest.

Back to the topic, BART is opening very soon for public this 17th October 2014, beverage selection here are plentiful with pretty reasonable and obviously cheaper price than other rooftop bar in Jakarta. Let’s hangout!!

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Address:
BART
Artotel Jakarta 7th floor
Jalan Sunda No.3, Menteng
Central Jakarta 10350
Phone: (+6221) 31925888

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Soupanova Ecosky, imagine visiting a nice outdoor park in a roof top bar facing Jakarta’s landscape from 23rd floors. That’s what you will get at Soupanova Ecosky Jakarta.

Unlike any other roof top bar AnakJajan ever visited, Soupanova Ecosky offers a unique laid back roof top garden concept. Soupanova is originated Soupanova a famous underground club from Berlin, that’s why the decoration and atmosphere from this place is unique and interesting.

Soupanova is located at TB Simatupang road inside an office building GKM Green Tower 23rd floor. Remember not to wear heels because it will be hard to walk on the ground and grass with heels. The ground on the outdoor area should be covered with grass but unfortunately they just had several events involving huge number of visitor/crowd stepping on the grass, that’s why the grass was rather arid.

Soupanova offers many drink selection starting from non alcohol to alcohol drink with price range from IDR 25k to IDR 140k per glass. On the other side the food concept personally for me is kinda confusing with International, Germany and Indonesian food selection with price range IDR 30k – IDR 190k.

Our favorite drink from Soupanova would be their signature cocktail Watermelon Man IDR 120k, sweet yet refreshing watermelon drink with strong vodka kick afterward, while the food we really enjoyed their simple yet addicting Chip & Salsa IDR 30k, love the tangy and light homemade salsa, and also Lamb Kebab with Mint and Yoghurt Sauce IDR 50k taste pleasant with its juicy lamb and strong spices.

Virgin Pina Colada IDR 40k
coconut cream, pineapple fruit, pineapple juice and brown sugar

Watermelon Man IDR 120k
vodka, watermelon liquor, watermelon fruit, lemon juice, orange juice, grenadine syrup

Chip & Salsa IDR 30k

Chicken Finger IDR 35k

Mushroom Soup IDR 70k

Rougie Foei Gras (40gr) IDR 95k

Lamb Kebab with Mint and Yoghurt Sauce IDR 50k

Apple Strudel

Overall, Soupanova Ecosky offers a new ambiance of roof top bar with its laid back roof top garden concept with considerably pretty affordable price for roof top bar. Let’s hangout!!

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Soupanova Ecosky
Jl. TB Simatupang kav. 89G
GKM Green Tower lt.23, Roof Top Lounge
South Jakarta 12520
Phone:(+6221) 27878017
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Sunday – Thursday 15.00 – 00.00
Friday – Saturday 15.00 – 03.00

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Heyyhoooo barbecue lovers!! This month, Potato Head Jakarta Pacific Place is collaborating with talented chefs from Up In Smoke Barbeque, Justin and Zachary, California and Texas to serve amazing American BBQ at Potato Head.

Do you still remember our 10 Tips on How to Take Instagenic Photos for Instagram?? Well because the lighting inside Potato Head Pacific Place is very minimum and dark, AnakJajan had no choice but to follow tips no.2 that is using phont flash light feature, so most of the food photo in this post are produced using phone flashlight lighting.

There are several menu creation for ‘Smoke It Up’ all made from scratch with special family recipe with “low and slow” technique using custom built smokers and a variety of local hardwoods to smoke the meats with low temperatures for up to 14 hours to create smoky tender and flavorful meat.

Along with the meat, there are 3 special cocktail mix designed to accompany the strong and smoky flavours of the dishes perfectly, Red Alley IDR 120k, Socialite IDR 120k and Bourbon Darjeeling Marteani IDR 120k, out favorite would be the strong with a nice refreshing kick Socialite.

Socialite IDR 120k
Jim bean white bourbon whiskey, fresh lemon pieces with homemade vanilla icing sugar

Bourbon Darjeeling Marteani IDR 120k
Jim beam white bourbon whiskey, fresh lemon juice, black tea and brown sugar

Chicken Noodle Soup IDR 90k
Fresh organic vegetables, pasta poured with comforting chicken broth with a nice smokiness in it and then paired with a slice of crunchy cheese toast. Very simple yet hearty, no the usually chicken noodle soup you can find elsewhere.

Pulled Pork Sliders IDR 115k
Our number 1 favorite of the night, two mini burger buns filled with slow smoked pulled pork shoulder with sweet tangy sauce and crunchy fresh coleslaw. Pulled pork was super tender and addicting.

Beef Brisket IDR 320k
Special rubbed with house blend spiced and slow smoked for 14 hours resulting a very smoky yet tender beef brisket. Taste even better with their BBQ sauce, oh my god this BBQ sauce is very special and one of a kind I wish they sell it in the supermarket.

German Minnesota Potato Salad IDR 35k
Simple and light potato salad made by using old family recipe from Germany with fresh homemade ingredients.

Barbecue Beans IDR 50k
Soft tender 8 hours slow cooked bean seasoned with their to die for homemade bbq sauce with brisket and pulled pork, no wonder it taste so gewwd!

Chicken IDR 165k
All of the flavor and smoky aroma are infused perfectly in to the perfectly cooked chicken resulting very tender yet juicy chicken breast served with Alabama white sauce. The Alabama sauce was too sour and tangy due to the use of apple cider, I personally love to pair it with BBQ sauce more though.

By the way, ‘Smoke It Up’ menu and special edition bourbon cocktails only available until 31st October, so make sure you try it while it is available. Let’s smoke it up!!

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Address:
Potato Head
Pacific Place G 51 A
Jendral Sudirman Kav 52-53
South Jakarta
PhoneL (+6221) 57973322
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BIG NEWS!! IKEA is finally open its first outlet in Indonesia at Alam Sutera – Tangerang since 15th Oct 2014.

Located at Alam Sutera area near Alam Sutera Mall and Alam Sutera toll road exit/ entrance. Most of you might already know that IKEA is world’s largest furniture retailer that designs and sells ready-to-assemble modern style furniture, appliances and home accessories. And having lot’s of fans from Indonesia, no wonder the first day of its opening in Alam Sutera – Indonesia, large amount of visitors have waited on the outside even before it opens.

Being super excited and curious with IKEA Indonesia I finally dragged Mr. Jajan along with my sis to visit IKEA thursday night, yup on the 2nd day of its opening around 19.30. Parking space are spacious and not full during our visit. We heard that during lunch time the crowd are crazy until they have to park outside the building. Btw, free parking here.

What’s available inside IKEA Indonesia – Alam Sutera?? Let me take you tour around. IKEA is built on a very very extensive land area, it consist of three stores. Basement for parking (outdoor parking area also available).

First floor consist of market hall, bistro, Swedish food market and self service furniture area.

MARKET HALL- First Floor
Inside market hall, you will find almost everything you need for your home such as picture frame, home lighting, clock, rugs, linen, kitchen utensils and countless unique stuff that guarantee will make you tempted to buy.

Tips:
1. Wear comfortable shoes, your trip to IKEA will require you to walk a lot because this place is freaking spacious!!
2. IKEA provides locker for visitors, it is located on the left side (in front of toilet) from the main entrance, you can put your belongings inside it.
3. If you are running out of cash, don’t worry because inside IKEA you can withdraw cash from BCA ATM, it’s located near the locker on the left side from main entrance.

BISTRO – First Floor
IKEA Bistro is located right in front of the cashier from Market Hall, here you can buy several grab and go food and beverage with reasonably affordable price for example hotdog, coffee, tea, etc. AnakJajan bought Spicy Chicken Fried Bread IDR 5k, it was just okay but the highlight would be the cheap yet tasty Ice Cream in a Cone that cost only IDR 4k, simply satisfying smooth and rich vanilla ice cream that has definitely better taste than the other fast food restaurant.

SWEDISH FOOD MARKET – First Floor
Located next to the bistro there’s a mini mart that sell traditional Swedish meals, snacks and drinks.

And second floor is where the cafeteria located along with the showroom.

CAFETERIA – Second Floor

Many of you are fans of IKEA Swedish Meatballs rite?? Well we have good news for yaaa, Swedish Meatball is available here!! Uhlala~ But I also have another news which can be good news or bad news depends on the person, the meatball here is HALAL.

The cafeteria was super packed but the queue still manageable for me, it took us around 15-20 minutes queuing. I’m actually disappointed because unlike the first day, they were serving the food with paper plates and boiled & mashed potato also not available resulting all of our orders are served with french fries.

IKEA Swedish Meatball IDR 40k/10pcs, IDR 50k/15pcs and IDR 60k/20pcs
Served with potato, cream gravy sauce, pickled cucumber and (still not available) lingonberry jam

The meatballs are locally produced and Halal, many of my friends said that it doesn’t taste as delicious as the one they had oversea. During our visit the lingonberry jam still not available so we only get the meatballs with pickled cucumber and cream gravy sauce. The cream gravy sauce was very nice, savory but not too creamy and well seasoned. On the other hands, the meatball was decent but didn’t scream wow though, it was like a tender and softer version of Indonesian meatball.

Shrimp Cutlet IDR 8k, Shrimp Purse IDR 8k

Swedish Poached Salmon with Chive sauce IDR 60k
served with potato and broccoli

Salmon was soft and moist but lack of seasoning.

Baked Chicken Leg with Dill Sauce IDR 35k

Tender and juicy chicken leg, the chicken was well seasoned but AnakJajan don’t like the weird aroma from the dill sauce.

SHOWROOM – Second Floor

Furniture display everywhere!! My oh my me, Mr. Jajan and sis are sucker when it comes to a place like this, love love loveeee how well they decor and arrange the showroom making us want to buy almost every single thing here. Arrghh!! I’m going crazy!!

Currently eyeing on this super cute white rattan computer chair. Mr. Jajan wish my ugly yet comfortable computer chair in our home will be broken soon he wants to change it with this one, ahhh tempting.

FYI, IKEA is providing free shuttle bus using Big Bird from IKEA to Mall Alam Sutera. Price wise is considerably cheaper than the store next door with more selection and cuter design. Overall we love love loveee IKEA, found a perfect size of dining table with a nice design with several items that we would want to buy later, how about you?? Have you visited IKEA Indonesia yet or when you will visit it?? Let’s jajan and shopping!!

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Address:
IKEA Indonesia
Jl. Jalur Sutera Boulevard No. 45
Alam Sutera, Serpong, Tangerang, 15320 Indonesia
Phone: (+6221) 29853900

http://www.ikea.com/id/en/

Instagram: @iloveikeaid

Opening Hours:
Store: 10.00 – 22.00
Restaurant: 09.30 – 21.30

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Hello, time to continue our Japan trip story. I know that it has been a while since the last time we published Japan travel post on our blog, actually there are still soooo many things that we want to share, it’s just I’ve been caught in busyness, please forgive me :)

Last week, I got a very sweet messages from one of AnakJajan blog reader, she said that thanks to our Ultimate Japan Travel Guide / TIPS she finally ventured herself to travel to Japan without using tour. Reading the messages just really made my day and I realize I should make some time to slowly continue write and finish all of the Japan travel posts for you.

This time AnakJajan are going to talk about one of the most famous area in Tokyo, that is Harajuku but we also will talk about Omotesando and Aoyama because these three areas are located next to each other in walking distance.

HARAJUKU

Harajuku refers to the area around Harajuku Station, a station on JR Yamanote Line located 2 stations south from Shinjuku or 1 station north from Shibuya.

Harajuku can be described as center of youth culture and fashion of Japan, but along with that Harajuku also famous with its historical sights such as one of Tokyo’s major shrines Meiji Jingu that is located next to the spacious Yoyogi Park (around 5 minute walk from Harajuku Station).

AnakJajan reached Harajuku Station after enjoying cherry blossom / sakura at Shinjuku Gyoen National Park, being hungry after having a lot of walk at the park we immediately bought some takoyaki from Gindaco located right across the station, freshly made takoyaki cost JPY 550 for 8 pieces. Not very far from Gindaco, we also saw our favorite popcorn outlet Garrett Popcorn but unfortunately the queue was too long so we decided not to have it.

The most famous area in Harajuku would be Takeshita Dori a narrow 400m long street filled with many shops, boutiques, and cafes that are targeting Japanese teenagers. This street is very very popular so it will be very crowded if you visit it during weekend.

AnakJajan personally didn’t enjoy much from this place and didn’t bought any fashion related stuff because the style doesn’t suit my style at all, most of it is too kawaii or cute that will only suit Japanese teenager perfectly. Please remember that the shops close pretty early around 8pm.

Daiso in Harajuku is a MUST VISIT because it is one of the largest 100 Yen shops in central Tokyo. Daiso offers wide selection of products such as stationary, kitchenware, clothing and even food. AnakJajan bought many cooking ingredients and snacks and some kawaii stuff here. Fyi, Daiso Harajuku open daily from 10:00 to 21:00 located inside Takeshita Dori street.

Your visit to Takeshita Dori won’t be official before having the famous crepe here. AnakJajan had Hot Banana Caramel Brownie Cake Crepe JPY 490 (1JPY = ± IDR110) consist of chocolate brownie cake, banana, caramel milk sauce and nut, the crepe was delicious and has a generous filling inside.

Many fast food restaurants are available at Takeshita Dori such as McD, KFC and etc but AnakJajan decided to try Sanuki Udon Hanamaru, a famous udon restaurant chain with signature orange sign you can easily find at Tokyo.

AnakJajan had Curry Udon JPY 500, Beef Udon with Egg JPY 400 and Assorted tempura and fritter JPY 110-140 (1JPY = ± IDR110), the order system is similar with Marugame Udon in Jakarta, first you pick your udon, then you can take additional fritter, pay and enjoy the meal. Condiments and free drink also available.

Tips: Visit Harajuku on Sunday to see many young people gather around Harajuku Station doing Cosplay (costume play) by dressing up in unique costume that resemble anime/movie character or anything.

OMOTESANDO

We love this place more than Harajuku. Located in the middle of Harajuku and Aoyama, Omotesanso is known as Tokyo’s Champs-Elysees that is filled with upscale and chic boutiques and cafe.

You can find many famous fashion brand and cafe or restaurants from oversea in this area. The most famous building at Omotesando would be Omotesanso Hills, a six floors building with interesting architecture and design that is filled with around 100 upmarket shops, cafes, restaurants and beauty salons.

If you visit Omotesando, take your time and explore the alleys around Omotesando as you will find many interesting cafe and shops around here.

AOYAMA

Similar with Omotesando, many fashion designers opened their stores and studio here along with chic coffee shops, cafes and restaurants.

One of the must visit would be Aoyama Flower Market Tea House, one of the famous flower shop at Tokyo – Japan with hidden gem a Tea House inside flower shop.

You surely will be amazed with how the Tea House has been beautifully put together inside flower shop with fresh flowers everywhere and transparent glass table also with fresh flowers beneath the table.

Overall, Harajuku – Omotesanso – Aoyama areas are located next to each other, so AnakJajan recommend you to explore it in one visit. Let’s Travel!!

List of Japan Travel blogposts that have been published:

• Shinjuku Gyoen National Park – My Cherry Blossom Diary
• 246 COMMON
• Aoyama Flower Market Tea House
• Fujiko F. Fujio Museum (Doraemon)
• Ramen Museum – Yokohama
• Ichiran Ramen
• Nana’s Green Tea Cafe
• Ultimate Japan Travel Guide / TIPS
• Matsurokuya – Matsuroku House Roppongi おんぞうし まつろくや
• Exploring Harajuku – Omotesando – Aoyama Tokyo

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I hereby declare Akira Back as the BEST RESTAURANT IN JAKARTA at this moment!!

A while ago friends of mine already told us about how good and special the food from Akira Back and also declared it as the best restaurant and after trying it by ourselves, we couldn’t agree more.

Being a food blogger, me and Mr. Jajan always being asked about our opinion or recommendation about the best restaurant or cafe and we were always having trouble to answer it, but right now after dining at Akira Back, we can easily tell and recommend them to go to Akira Back.

I’m gonna share with you our dining experience so you will know the reason why Akira Back is the best restaurant in Jakarta. Let’s start the foodp*rn!!

Akira Back is located in MD Place Building, penthouse level (12th floor). Once you stepped in, you can see a warm ambiance with dark wooden furniture and dimmed lights. Bar area on the left side and restaurant area on the right side, the restaurant is pretty spacious with several VIP rooms. Akira Back Restaurant offers Japanese cuisine with a twist specially created by Chef Akira himself.

Taking picture during night at Akira Back can be quite challenging with its minimum light but luckily there’s a long marble bar facing their kitchen with a great and bright lighting, so no no dark blurry noisy photo for you all :) fiuhhh..

Heiwa Tea and Soursop Sorbet IDR 135k
Akira Back has enormous amount of drink selection from alcohol to non alcohol drink for you to try. This Heiwa Tea cocktail consist of ginger, orange, plum liqueur, guava juice, gingergrass tea and sorbet. The cocktails was really light and refreshing with just a lil bit of alcohol kick, it has a really nice and sweet scent in it, pair it with the sorbet to give an extra sour kick in it.

Strawberry Martini IDR 100k
The martini was fruity, lovely, sweet yet refreshing.

Tuna Pizza IDR 195k
Ponzu mayo, shiso, truffle oil
One of the most favorite and top recommended menu at Akira Back is their Tuna Pizza.
The pizza was thin and crunchy and topped with fresh thinly sliced tuna with amazing seasoning and a nice truffle oil kick in it. I still just cannot believe how can this simple looking thin pizza can taste extremely fancy and scrumptious!! It’s sooo good no words can describe, you just have to try it by yourself. Must must must order!

AB Tacos IDR 155k
Wagyu kalbi, spicy tomato ponzu
Crunchy taco shell filled with rich flavored yet juicy wagyu kalbi and topped with spicy and tangy tomato ponzu to balance the richness in the meat. Sweet, savory, tangy and spicy in one bite. A genius combo between Korean and Mexican dish indeed.

Miso Black Cod IDR 195k
Shishito, beet chili foam
Black cod fish grilled with miso seasoning with shishito chili and topped with red foam made with beet and chili.
The black cod was super nice, silky smooth with a balance sweet savory miso seasoning AnakJajan savored each bite of this dish very much.

Crispy Kalbi Roll IDR 195k
Korean braised short ribs, coleslaw
Sushi and sashimi also available in Akira Back. This one we had is one of the signature rolls with crispy rich flavored kalbi and topped with refreshing coleslaw to give it a great balance.

Jidori Chicken IDR 210k
Truffled potato puree, teriyaki
(Intermezzo, Jidori Chicken is a special breed chicken that is named as ‘The Kobe Beef of Poultry’)
Chicken breast was cooked with perfection it has a very tender, smooth and juicy texture, I think it’s the juiciest chicken breast I ever had in my life!! It’s paired with extra crunchy skin, smooth truffled potato puree with an effortlessly delicious seasoning.

48 Hours Wagyu Short Ribs IDR 450k
With baby root veggies, quail egg
Slow and long cooking process of the wagyu short ribs resulting a very very very tender meat that taste sooo gooooood it melts in my mouth and my heart!! I’m not joking, it will literally will melts in your mouth. The sauce was rich but served with a perfect amount in order to let the beef shine. Super recommended!

Honey Yoghurt Pannacotta IDR 65k
Silky smooth yogurt pannacotta topped with fresh fruits, sugar floor, and homemade coconut ice cream. See the thin red layer on top of the dessert?? It’s a homemade dehydrated raspberry, very crunchy yet fruity. Perfect refreshing dessert to end our meal.

Yuzu Cheesecake IDR 65k
A lovely plate of dessert consist of yuzu cheese cake, fresh fruits, edible soil and homemade berry ice cream. Cheese cake was very light and not too sweet at all with a nice citrus flavor from the yuzu. Sweet creamy, crunchy, fruity and tangy in one bite, Mr. Jajan loves it so much.

Overall, each dish from Akira Back has its own distinctive feature that you cannot find at any other place in Jakarta. Price might be quite high but the quality and flavor are unquestionable. Let’s Jajan!!

Address:
Akira Back
MD Place Building
Jalan Setiabudi Selatan No. 7 – Penthouse Level
Jakarta, Indonesia 12910
Phone: (+6221) 29040777
Instagram: @akirabackjakarta
http://www.akirabackindonesia.com

Opening Hours: 12.00 – 00.00

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Me and Mr. Jajan always love the idea of weekend brunch, enjoying our weekend morning by having brunch and quality time together.

Two weeks ago we spent our saturday morning in this cozy french Bakery and Patisserie Paul at Pacific Place. We love the fact that Paul opens really early on 7am for breakfast.

Paul offer french style sweet and savory pastries, brunch menu, salads and etc. AnakJajan had several menu Salade Crevettes Mangue IDR 100k, Tartelette Framboises IDR 55k, Croissant IDR 18k and Cappuccino IDR 45k.

Simple homy interior with classic music playing, coffee and warm croissant, this is just a perfect combination for us to start a great weekend. The croissant looks very simple but taste amazingly delicious, one of the must have menu.

Tartelette Framboises IDR 55k
Creme patissiere and fresh raspberries

Salade Crevettes Mangue IDR 100k
fresh grilled prawns, mixed salad, grated carrots, mango, cucumber and cherry tomatoes

Croissant IDR 18k

Cappuccino IDR 45k

Recently me and Mr. Jajan got a new couple watch, one of the most ‘instagenic’ watch on instagram Daniel Wellington.

We always love the slim, classic and timeless design from Daniel Wellington. As for the style, both me and Mr. Jajan chose Classic St. Andrews with rose gold frame and brown leather strap.

And we have good news for you, we are collaborating with Daniel Wellington to give you special 15% discount code.

The special 15% OFF discount code is ‘anakjajan‘ It can be used for the purchase on the official website http://www.danielwellington.com and valid until 15th of November 2014.

You just simply need to click ‘I have a promotion code’ and enter the promotion code.

And one last thing, Daniel Wellington is currently offering free shipping worldwide 2-5days, our watches arrived in 4 days from Sweden to Jakarta.

Address:
Paul Indonesia
Pacific Place Ground Floor
Jl. Jendral Sudirman Kav. 52-53, Jakarta, Indonesia 12190
Phone: (+6221) 57973464

Opening Hours:
Sunday – Thursday 07.00 – 22.00
Friday – Saturday 07.00 – 00.00

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Yamagoya Ramen located in Baywalk Mall North Jakarta is a ramen restaurant originally from Japan.

Similar with other ramen restaurant you can easily find in Jakarta, they also offering tonkotsu (pork-bone) soup base ramen using 24 hours slow brewing process to brings out the most scrumptious flavor in the soup.

There are several different base soup selection with different toppings such as Base Soup, Hot Soup, Chicken Soup, Miso Soup and Healthy Soup, also besides ramen, they offers rice dishes such as curry rice and pork char-siu rice bowl.

Yamagoya Ramen IDR 58k
Signature tonkotsu ramen served with nori seaweed, tamago, menma (bambooshoot), spring onion and pork charsiu slices. The broth was rich and delicious, with tender charsiu and well cooked & seasoned tamago. About the noodle here, they use small and straight noodle with a nice firm texture. It was an enjoyable bowl of ramen.

Katsu Curry IDR 57k
The curry was nice with smooth delicate curry texture and crunchy katsu. Decent but not memorable.

Miso Zanmai Ramen IDR 68k
Consist of sweet corn, butter, bean sprout, spring onion, tamago and pork charsiu slices with rich miso flavor soup. The broth itself was a bit too salty and rich for us from the use of butter and miso. It was not bad, but too heavy for me to finish a whole bowl by myself.

Gyoza IDR 29k
The gyoza was just okay, juicy filling but didn’t impressed us.

Black Garlic Ramen IDR 55k
Consist of rich pork-bone soup, spring onion, and two slices of pork charsiu with black garlic sauce. This one is our favorite, the black garlic sauce has this distinctive caramelize flavor and aroma that really compliments the broth. Recommended.

Tamago IDR 9k

Ramen Broth IDR 9K

Kakuni Cha Shu Don IDR 45k
MUST ORDER :) Slow marinated for 48 hours pork charsiu and then grilled to perfection served on top of bowl of rice.
Portion of the charsiu was very generous, it has a thick cut but taste tender and seriously well marinated with thick savory Japanese sauce with a nice charred grill aroma in it. Super recommended.

Overall, AnakJajan had visited Yamagoya for several times and the Kakuni Cha Shu Don is something that you must not miss, as for the ramen it taste hearty and comfort, you should try the Black Garlic one, it’s quite special. Let’s Jajan!!

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Address:
Yamagoya Ramen
Baywalk Mall 2nd Floor Unit 21 No.12
Karang Ayu B1, Pluit, North Jakarta
Phone: (+6221) 29839063

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When visiting Japan, get yourself matcha greentea as much as you can. I don’t know why but I always went crazy every time I saw matcha related food or snacks. I always love the distinctive flavor from Japanese green tea, I don’t know if it’s just me of many of you also love matcha as much as I do. Luckily Mr. Jajan supports my obsession with Matcha because he gets to do his favorite activity too, that is eat! Hahahaha. This time I’m gonna share with you some matcha green tea stuff we had during our trip to Tokyo.

Matcha Choux JPY 310 – ChayuTei – Yanaka Ginza
This one is by far AnakJajan most favorite and most memorable matcha greentea related food. It is a simple looking cream puff filled with matcha pastry cream from an old tea house ChayuTei at Yanaka Ginza area, one of the most favorite place AnakJajan visited (review about Yanaka Ginza coming soon on the blog).

The choux dough was very special, it has a unique crunchiness and aroma from the use of brown rice and roasted tea filled with generous amount of velvety smooth matcha greentea the pastry cream that taste heavenly!! Very smooth, creamy, rich and intense matcha flavor. So so soo good, even Mr. Jajan a non dessert person loves it so much he decided to buy another one in the afternoon but unfortunately it was soldout so fast, super saddd. Me and Mr. Jajan promised ourselves that we have and must come back for the cream puff next time if we re-visit Japan, also gonna try their matcha green tea drink too.

Tricolor Green Tea Soft Ice Cream JPY 670 – Ujicha Gion Tsujiri – Tokyo Solamachi Floor 6F
Top recommended if you are big fan of Matcha and Ice Cream you should totally try this one. So basically there are three types of greentea ice cream they offer, Houjicha, Matcha and Sencha.

And being greedy AnakJajan tried the Tricolor consist of those three green tea ice cream, matcha the bright green color that has a balance green tea flavor, sencha light green with more subtle and creamier taste and last one houjicha light brown color that has more intense tea flavor. All of them taste soooooo gewwwd!! And it was one of the best parfait we had!! Btw, AnakJajan just found out that Ujicha Gion Tsujiri at Tokyo Solamachi is actually a branch of famous matcha greentea shop at Kyoto, no wonder it taste heavenly and one more thing specially for Tokto Solamachi branch you will get the special Tokyo Sky Tree spoon that you can keep.

Cube Choux JPY 353 – Brothers La Patisserie – Tokyo Solamachi Floor 2F
Brothers La Patisserie offers an eyecatching unique cube shape cream choux. The unique cube shape and interesting pattern immediately caught my eyes during our visit to Tokyo Solamachi, Tokyo Solamachi Town area.
But unfortunately the taste was dissapointing for me, the choux pastry texture was not impressive and we barely could taste the greentea flavor in it.

Green Tea + Blueberry Yoghurt Gelato JPY 350 – Vake Palette Gelato – Asakusa
Just some random gelato we bought from a baked sweet and gelato shop Vake Palette Gelato at Asakusa area near Sensoji Temple and Nakamise Shopping street (review coming soon).

Nana’s Green Tea – Tokyo Solamachi
Nana’s Green Tea is a popular matcha chain established 14 years ago in Japan. They are the pioneer of Japanese Matcha Greentea Cafe. Nana’s Green Tea offers high quality Japanese Matcha Green Tea base dessert and it comes with many variety. You can read the detailed review on Nana’s Green Tea Cafe post.

Vending Machine
You can easily buy various hot and cold green tea drink from vending machine. This one below is the sugarless hot green tea drink we had while waiting our train back from Nikko Edomura / Edo Wonderland (review coming soon), perfect choice to warm us up in the freezing cold afternoon.

Matcha Ice Cream JPY 410 – Showa Kinen Park
Showa Kinen Park is located around 30minutes train ride from Shinjuku station. It is indeed the largest and most beautiful park we visited, gonna write about it on separate post. During our visit, we bought an ice cream at the rest area, soft creamy yet light matcha ice cream served with a cone.

List of Japan Travel blogposts that have been published:

• Shinjuku Gyoen National Park – My Cherry Blossom Diary
• 246 COMMON
• Aoyama Flower Market Tea House
• Fujiko F. Fujio Museum (Doraemon)
• Ramen Museum – Yokohama
• Ichiran Ramen
• Nana’s Green Tea Cafe
• Ultimate Japan Travel Guide / TIPS
• Matsurokuya – Matsuroku House Roppongi おんぞうし まつろくや
• Exploring Harajuku – Omotesando – Aoyama Tokyo
• Matcha Green Tea Diary

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Authentique is a well known French bakery at Kemang area. Their first outlet at Kemang Selatan I street has been opened for quite some time. AnakJajan have been super curious and dying to visit it. Recently they opened 2nd branch called Sophie Authentique still in Kemang area at Kemang I street right across Little Baghdad and finally we manage to visit it.

It is located in Splash block with more spacious room than the first branch, and parking also easier here.

AnakJajan love how they decorate the shop with simple wooden furniture, cement floor and white painted walls. Another thing that we love is the proper amount of natural light in this shop making us able to take a proper and bright ‘instagenic’ photo :) #foodP*rnAlert oopsie

Talking about the food, Authentique is an authentic French Bakery where you can find freshly baked Quiche, Sandwich, Salad, Eggs, Baguette, Bread, Pastry, Tart, Cake from IDR 10k to IDR 300k (Whole Tart/Cake).

Mini Canele IDR 30k
There are 2 selection for Canele in Authentique, normal size for IDR 20k each or 4 pieces of mini canele for IDR 30k.
The texture of canele is nice with inviting caramelized aroma and flavor on the outside and dense texture with balance sweetness.

Croissant IDR 15k + Butter IDR 10k
When we ordered the croissant, the staff immediately asked with butter or jam, I personally thought that it was included in the croissant already, but apparently there will be extra charge for it, well actually I don’t mind at all but at least the staff should explain it properly that butter and jam is additional order. Well other than that, we enjoyed the croissant, it has a really nice texture and layers.

Croque Madame IDR 70k
A plateful of perfection! Soft center crunchy crust bread with savory melting cheese and ham, sunny side up with melting egg yolk and fresh salad with refreshing sour dressing. We love how each element complimenting each other. Sandwich was quite heavy but the salad did a great job in balancing the heaviness. Must order!

Overall, food and ambiance at Sophie Authentique are very enjoyable and of course ‘instagenic’, looking forward for another visit. Let’s Jajan!!

Address:
Sophie Authentique French Bakery
Kemang I, Splash
Phone: (+6221) 719222
Instagram: @authentiquejkt
Opening Hours: 08.00 – 18.00

Introducing the freshly opened and hippest dessert place at Pantai Indah Kapuk Jakarta, Shirayuki. Shirayuki is the new concept or rebranding from Kabocha.

It is located in a line with Pantai Indah Kapuk Fresh Market and gas station with a huge Shirayuki sign in front so you won’t get any trouble finding it :)

Serving Japanese food, beverage and dessert menu, some of the favorite and recommended menu from Kabocha still are available at Shirayuki while they also adding lot’s of new menu especially the dessert.

Most of their desserts are served with their signature soft serve ice cream with three flavor selection, Matcha, Kashoku and Twist. Their soft cream is quite affordable, cost only IDR 15k/ cone. Let’s start with some appetizer and main course first.

Kashoku Latte IDR 30k (Hot/ Cold)
Kashoku is made from mixed nut, here in Shirayuki they have several menu made with it such as ice cream and beverage. For the latte you can order hot or cold version. It has a nice nutty roasted rich flavor in it. Totally one of a kind that AnakJajan never found at anywhere else in Jakarta.

Kushikatsu Set C IDR 40k
Chicken, Beef, Spicy Lotus Root, Spicy Shitake Chicken, Tomato Cheese
Besides set, Kushikatsu is avaiable per piece, served with their signature sauce and chili sauce. I must say that it is very addicting thanks to the tangy sauce that balance the katsu, don’t forget to dip it in their homemade sweet spicy sauce also.

Cabe Ijo Bianco IDR 41k
Delish!! Its is a harmonious combination between Italian spaghetti with Indonesian green chili sauce. The green chili sauce is full of flavor and has a serious spicy kick in it with mushroom, eggplant and shrimp in it, squeeze lime juice in to the noodle for extra fresh kick. I’m getting hungry already while imagining the flavor. Must try!

Salmon Cream Soup Spaghetti IDR 55k
This one is also the top recommended menu. A bowl of simple yet hearty and comforting spaghetti served with salmon cream soup, AnakJajan love the cream soup a lot, it has a very nice balance with the right amount of creaminess that keep making us dig for more. Even Mr. Jajan a non creamy food person loves it a lot he wants to have a bowl by himself next time :)

Manic Matcha with Matcha Ice Cream IDR 40k
Kakigoori or shaved ice based dessert topped with homemade stuffed mochi, jelly, mixed nut, almond and homemade matcha ice cream. Looooove the stuffed mochi a lot, soft tender mochi skin with crunchy and nutty filling inside, must must have.

Blueberry Yukidaruma IDR 37k (Simple) / IDR 48k (Premium with Ice Mochi)
Kawaii overload!! Shaved ice with Snowman shape served with many toppings such as Boba, coconut jelly, fruit jelly, candy mochi, fruit, homemade yoghurt ice cream. Taste wise might not as unique as other desserts but it definitely the most instagenic one don’t you think so?? :)

Bailey’s Kanten IDR 36k
For the Kanten, there are three sauce option, original with brown sugar, matcha and bailey’s while for the soft cream you can choose matcha, kashoku or twist. AnakJajan chose Bailey’s sauce with Kashoku soft cream. The Kashoku soft cream is a MUST Try, it has distinctive nutty roasted flavor but taste incredibly light. And for the kashoku jelly you can dip it with the sauce or add soft cream for flavor and texture combination.

Watatoni Matsuri Fantasy Orange (Mango) IDR 37k
Super cute cotton candy tree served with warabi mochi and softcream (matcha / kashoku). For the cotton candy there are 4 color and flavor selection, original (white), pink (strawberry), blue (blueberry) and orange (mango). Dip the mochi into brown sugar sauce and paired with soft cream for texture and flavor explosion in your mouth.

Overall, AnakJajan must say the dessert here is totally an eye candy with unique and interesting serving style. Even though dessert is the number 1 must order menu here, their savory selection also must not be missed. Totally gonna back for more, especially our favorite Kashoku soft serve ice cream. Let’s Jajan!!

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Address:
Shirayuki
Rukan Emerald no 10
Pantai Indah Kapuk, North Jakarta
Phone: (+6221) 24080570
Opening Hours: 12.00 – 22.30 or 23.30 on weekend
closed every Thursday
Instagram: @shirayukipik

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Mujigae is a casual Korean food restaurant with more fun and young concept that has opened for a while with many outlets such as Kelapa Gading, Serpong, Bekasi, Karawaci, Bogor, Depok and Bandung area with another coming soon at Pluit area.

The interior itself is really eye catching with fun and colorful decoration and many Korean super star faces all over the restaurant. AnakJajan visited the Summarecon Mall Serpong area, the restaurant is very spacious and consist of two floors.

Known as digital Korean restaurant, another unique thing that maybe you won’t find at anywhere else but Mujigae is the use of iPad on each table, you can use the ipad to see their menu and order it directly, you can also use the selfie feature.

Now talking about the food, starting last week, Mujigae is launching new interesting menu called Bibimyun. Some of you maybe already familiar with the name of Bibimbap rite? Bowl of rice topped with various toppings, and Mujigae being creative created another version using Korean ramyun instead of rice that’s why it’s called BibiMyun, bowl of ramyun topped with various toppings.

Basicaly there are four toppings variety of Bibimyun available: Classic, Spicy Tokochi, Bulgogi and Beef Ham, and for the ramyun it is a dry version with two flavor base selection, Original and Spicy.

Classic Bibimyun IDR 34.5k
For the Classic Bibimyun, AnakJajan had the original ramyun topped with various toppings. AnakJajan must say that the toppings are genius, well seasoned dolsot minced meat, onion, shrimp crackers, crunchy batterered spring onion, crunchy deep fried battered egg and zucchini.
The original ramyun was savory and delicious, it blends really well with all of the toppings with many texture and flavor. This kind of combination between ramyun and toppings are simply irrestisible, you should try it urself.

Bibimyun with Beef Ham IDR 38.1k
Ingredients are all the same with Classic Bibimyun with additional beef ham toppings. Unlike the classic ones, AnakJajan had the Bibimyun Beef Ham with spicy ramyun. The spicy ramyun has a medium mild spiciness so you don’t need to worry because it won’t burn your tounge.

Bibimyun with Spicy Tokochi IDR 38.1k
Basically it’s a Classic Bibimyun with additional Spicy Tokochi topping. Same as Bibimyun Beef Ham, we also had it with spicy ramyun base. AnakJajan enjoyed the Tokochi very much we wish they will sell it as a la carte menu, it’s tteok or rice cake skewer you usually found at topokki but they smartly deep fried it with crunchy batter and then coated it with sweet spicy topokki sauce.

Banana Milk with Chocolate Pudding IDR 20.9k
Besides food, they are also having new beverage menu, that is Banana Milk with Matcha Pudding or Chocolate Pudding. You all might know already that banana milk is kinda popular at Korea too, now you can easily find it here. The banana milk is very light and not too sweet with silky smooth pudding texture.

Sea Salt Green Tea IDR 19k
AnakJajan enjoyed the unique contrast between the salty ice cream and sweet green tea, pour the green tea drink on top of the ice and sea salt ice cream and then mix it well to get a nice sweet and salty flavor combination in every sip.

Beef Sausage Topokki IDR 35.4k
Besides the original topokki, Mujigae also offer topokki with beef sausage consist of vegetables, tteok (rice cakes), fish cake and generous amount of beef sausage and topped with cruncky crackers.
Juicy beef sausage, chewy rice cake, cruncky crackers, savory rice cake are blending really with their signature sweet spicy topokki sauce, finger licking good!

Spicy Bulgogi IDR 47.2k
Spicy marinated grilled beef with noodle and topped with spring onion. AnakJajan love their mini grill making us easy to cook and control the heat. After grilling for a while the meat will be cooked resulting tender savory and a bit spicy seasoning bulgogi meat with a nice springy texture from the noodle.

Premium Beef BBQ IDR 68.1k
The premium beef was marinated already with their special seasoning. Because it’s thinly sliced you just grill it for a while.
The beef was very very tender and nicely marinated, AnakJajan love the balance sweet and savory seasoning in it, don’t forget to dip it in the samjang sauce to give an extra flavor kick.

Overall dining at Mujigae was fun, enjoyable, satisfying and of course affordable. Writing about it already making me drool myself, totally going to be back for more. Let’s Jajan!!

Address:
Mujigae
Summarecon Serpong Mall DGF-225 & D1F -226
Boulevard Raya Gading Serpong, Kepala Dua, Tangerang
Opening Hours: 10.00-22.00
Instagram: @mujigaeresto
Twitter: @mujigaeresto
Facebook: mujigae.resto

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Where do you go usually when you are at Ubud, Bali for breakfast, lunch, dinner or even coffee or tea time?? Have you been to Petani restaurant?? This time AnakJajan are going to review Petani Restaurant at Alaya Ubud Bali.

Petani is a casual dining street front restaurant run by Alaya Hotel Ubud Bali located in the Hanoman street. The moment you stepped in the restaurant you will get a nice relax and sit back ambiance decorated with vintage rustique decorations with touch of Indonesian traditional elements. The interior of Petani restaurant was designed by Moroccan-born interior decorator Zohra Boukhari.

Serving coffee with great quality, the coffee beans are supplied by Indonesian famous roasting company that is Anomali Coffee. If you notice well, in the front area you can see the one and only in Bali limited edition La Marzocco FB/70 espresso machine.

Here in Petani you can also experience manual brewing coffee using Siphon, Clever, V-60, Chemex, Kalita Wave or French Press. To go with coffee, plentiful selection of cakes are available. Many cafe or coffee shops’ cakes here are supplied by them.

Talking about the food, Petani serves wide range selection of food starting from traditional Balinese to western food from appetizer, soup, main courses till dessert. Since it’s hard to find a tasty Balinese food in Jakarta, AnakJajan opted for traditional Balinese menu.

Canape de Bali IDR 55k
Perfect starter to try a lil bit of everything with traditional Balinese seasoning such as caramelized chicken wing, chicken satay, chili beef, fish sambal, spring roll and the refreshing sweet sour salad.

Ayam Panjingan IDR 89k
Our favorite number 1 menu here, slow smoked half spring chicken in Balinese spices with sweet corn rice and sambal goreng. Chicken was well marinated with rich Balinese yellow tumeric seasoning, the slow smoked process produce a nice tender texture from the chicken. We also love their steamed rice mixed with juicy corn, sweetness from the corn blends really well the the savory flavor from chicken.

Ayam Manado IDR 69k
Chicken filled seasoned with chili tomato served with vegetable, steamed rice and topped with poached egg. Chicken was juicy with comforting not spicy tomato chili seasoning, break the poached egg and let the egg yolk melts into the chicken for more flavor.

Crispy Duck IDR 92k
One of the signature Balinese dish that you have to try while in Ubud is Balinese Crispy Duck and you can have it here. Huge portion of half free range duck deep fried until crispy and then served with lawar vegetables and steamed rice. To complete the crispy duck, there are three types of condiments provided tomato sambal, matah sambal and bali sambal, try dipping the duck meat in to these condiments to give an extra flavor and spicy kick.

Balinese Pork Rice IDR 79k
Traditional Balinese pork mixed rice with vegetables,satay, sausage, crunchy pork crackers. The mixed rice was very enjoyable for us, a must try menu especially if you are fan of pork dishes.

Nasi Raja IDR 99k
Nasi Raja is one of the signature and must try dish at Petani restaurant. Huge Ubud royal rijstaffel consist of yellow rice with 8 kinds of side dishes starting from pork, chicken, fish to prawn in one dish. Each side dish has their own flavor characteristic that definitely won’t let you bored while eating it, our most favorite side dish would be the pork belly with well marinated yellow tumeric seasoning. For this kind of portion, AnakJajan must say IDR 99k is super affordable.

Overall, if you are staying in Ubud or traveling to Ubud, Petani restaurant definitely can be your choice for breakfast/ lunch/ dinner or even tea/ coffee time. Let’s Jajan!!

Address:
Petani Restaurant – Alaya Ubud
Hanoman Street, Ubud, Gianyar, Bali
Phone: (+62361) 972200
Opening Hours: 07.00-23.00
Instagram: @alayahotels

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