Quickreview Chandara : Fine Thai Cuisine

Hello everyone,

How was your day? I just wanted to do a quick review. Since I didn't really take pictures of the interior of the restaurant and all. But the food was good, I feel like I need to share with you all. Last night me, mom, and my auntie went to have dinner at Chandara in Plaza Indonesia. They serve fine Thai cuisine. And I must admit their Thai food is one of the best I've tasted in Jakarta so far. Last night's dinner was very tasty and such a pleasure for my tastebud. Price wise they are on the expensive side, being located in one of the most upscale mall in Jakarta. But I tell you, the food and service were not disappoint. Usually when I want to know whether a Thai food restaurant serves good and authentic food is to order some of world widely known Tom Yum and Pad Thai. So that's exactly what I did last night.

Tom Yam Goong (with King Prawn) 60K. Super yummy soup! Tangy, sour, tasty, spicy!

Very nice Pad Thai (65K) sour, sweet, tasty, refreshing!!!

And for the drink I ordered the Butterfly Pea tea (20K), from the herbal tea range. Taste just like your normal green tea. The color was very interesting though.

We also ordered the grilled chicken (Gai Yang) 60K, unfortunately I forgot to take picture of it because I was so busy eating haha. If you love Thai food, this place is definitely worth visiting. Oh, they also charge a 10% tax and another 7,5% for service. So get ready to have some extras on your bill.

Thanks for reading and staying with me on this post. Have a good day readers :)

xoxo,
 Jessica

Saturday Big Bites : Kopitiam Oey & Sate Babi Krekot

Hello everyone.

Last weekend my elder sister and husband who live abroad, came to Jakarta for a few days and wanted to try a lot of Indonesian food, street style. So on saturday, I took them around to have some good food :)

At first we make a stop at Kopi Oey, a small kopitiam owned by a famous food critic Mr. Bondan Winarno at Jalan Sabang. I only took pictures of the food, but the place has old pattern tiles floor and old photos. All the props they have hanging on the wall or displayed in the cabinet looks quite old too.
My sister wanted to try the Kopi Talua 20K. Basically it's traditional black coffee, sugar, and egg yolk. She quite liked it.

I ordered Ice Kopi Sisiliana 17K, which is ice black coffee with sugar. Simple, refreshing and kept me awake till very late at night. Sigh.

We also ordered the grilled banana with chocolate and cheese, the banana is ripe and sweet. But nothing really special about it.

After having a coffee break, we went to have dinner at Pecenongan area. Along the street you can see a stretch of vendors selling food at night time only. You can find seafood, Chinese food, Indonesian food, and so many other things. Not to mention the famous Martabak (Indonesian pancake). But most of them are street side food, so do not put high expectation on cleanliness and service. We had our dinner at Sate Babi Krekot (pork satay), it was full of people that night, so we queued for 10 minutes before we finally got a table.

We ordered 15 pork satay, there are few varieties of satay : lean pork meat, pork liver, pork skin, sweetened pork meat, pork intestines. So choose which ever you like. They also serve a good Soup Bakut (pork ribs in clear soup with some pickled veggie). The soup taste sour and tasty. Very refreshing.

The famous pork satay (cost around 4K a piece)

The Soup Bakut Sayur Asin (forgot how much it cost btw)

I didn't really check the bill but the meal for 4 persons cost us for almost 200 thousand (including 2 avocado juice). It was a wholesome dinner. The Bakut Sayur Asin came as a winner that night. The soup is so flavorsome, I loved it. After dinner we went to buy the famous sweet martabak and egg martabak nearby. My tummy couldn't be happier :)
Thanks for reading, and stay tuned for some more good food to come :)

Kopi Oey
Jalan H. Agus Salim 18, Jakarta Pusat
Opening hours : Start from 7AM for breakfast till 10 PM

Sate Babi Krekot
Jl. Pecenongan Raya, opposite to Alila Hotel
Opening hours : start at 5.30 PM till midnight

xoxo,
Jessica
Instagram : @charlottejessicad

Marutama Ramen : All Time Favorite ramen

Hello everyone,

Last Saturday night I went to see The Wolverine at The Premiere Studio, we planned for dinner before the movie. So, we browsed around Entertainment Center and decided to have our dinner at Marutama Ramen. Initially we planned for Pepper Lunch but I was too hungry to walk all the way to Plaza Indonesia =D.

The interior of this ramen place was very dimmed, the front side of the restaurant is the smoking section. We chose to sit inside, at the couch overlooking the bowling alley downstairs.

That night we opted the Marutama Ramen and Prawn Ramen with extra Tamago. Tamago is a marinated soft boiled egg, where the egg yolk is still quite soft texture.

Marutama Ramen with extra Tamago. Priced at 58K++. This is so good!

The Prawn Ramen . Priced at 69K++ Very tasty! 

The view from our seat 

For the drinks, we ordered Ice and Hot Ocha. Standard taste but refillable. Happy :)

Final verdict : I always love Marutama Ramen. The one in Central, Clarke Quay in Singapore was one of the first ramen I've ever tried. Was it worth the spending? Yes. Will I come back? most definitely. Till then.


xoxo,
Jessica