Senshu, Fairmont Jakarta

We had omakase with a couple of friends when we were in Jakarta earlier this month. It was basically straight to the restaurant upon landing as traffic was bad. The traffic is always bad in Jakarta. Whatever I planned to do in between arrival and lunch had to be cancelled, even my subsequent appointment had to be rescheduled. Distances are short but it always takes so much longer to reach places. That's Jakarta since as long as I can remember. 

I put here some of the good pictures that I have taken, the last one being the dessert. The dessert was french toast that was way too rich and too sweet and a tad too big, especially after we had a bowl of too rich fried rice, that was topped with curry gravy. It's all too much for me. 

Breakfast At Paul, Jakarta

We had a short trip to Jakarta over the weekend, mostly to attend a wedding. On Sunday morning, we had breakfast at Paul, in Pacific Place.

We had mini croissants, coffee and a cup of yoghurt with berries. Everything was ordinary, but at least we had proper breakfast before a busy day. 

Sumire, Jakarta

Sumire is one of the more frequented Japanese restaurants by DH in Jakarta, often by no choice. Don't get it wrong, he is alright with the food and he wanted me to try them. I probably had been there just once or twice over the past many years. I had high expectations, but overall, I think my expectations were a tiny bit too high. The food was alright, the service was good, but I have tried better Japanese food elsewhere.

We had sushi, sashimi, tempura, kakiage and futomaki as well as miso cod. 

Sari Kuring, Jakarta

Yup. I have been very slow and all over the place and time with my posts recently. This one is from our trip to Jakarta, back in May. It was our lunch before later on, heading to airport for Singapore bound flight. We picked Sundanese restaurant nearby our apartment. Traffic in Jakarta is mostly bad and I dislike wasting time on traffic. This place fits well with us wanting to have some local food and minimizing our traveling time.

We  had fried Garoupa (above), grilled squid (below). We also had chicken satay, fried chicken, tamarind soup and steamed fish.

Sopra Dinner, Jakarta

Sopra is an Italian restaurant at Pacific Place, Jakarta. This restaurant would not be a place to pick for a meal for me, but as I was just one of the few people in the group. Simply joined them. There were seven of us and we had a few different dishes here. Here they are:

Paul, Jakarta

There's a Paul bakery/restaurant  nearby our place in Jakarta and we headed there fro some sweets and breakfast. It's not quite the type of food that I'd like to have for breakfast, but these are some of the pictures we had on a couple of occasions when we went there.

Sedap Malam, Jakarta

We were in Jakarta at the end of May, surely we got plenty of time to eat here and there. Our first stop for lunch was a place called Sedap Malam.

There was four of us and we ordered quite a bit. We had nearly all types of seafood, fish, squid, crabs, prawns and of course, a plate of vegetable. Fried, grilled, sauteed and whatever. Coconut drink was a must too.  They may not be the best or well prepared but they were tasty, spicy and yummy. 

Gado-Gado Boplo

When I lived in Jakarta, I liked getting Gado-gado (Indonesia salad with peanut sauce) from this place called Gado-Gado Boplo.  The restaurant seems to have been quite successful, opening many branches in Jakarta and the greater Jakarta area. On my recent trip to Indonesia, we were driving towards Bumi Serpong Damai area when I saw a giant signboard of the restaurant on the way. My sister and I decided to turn around and have a second lunch there. Our first mini lunch was in the train to Jakarta from Cirebon, about two hours earlier.

The restaurant looked clean and they have a nice menu with pictures. We ordered a plate of gado gado without lontong (rice cakes) and another plate of plain Nasi Rames (no egg, no chicken). They both were tasty and delicious and really satisfied our cravings (for Indonesian food).

 

We also had Iced coconut. My favorite! Love, love, love to go back there!