Dec 30 |Taj Mahal
Last week we passed a place called Taj Mahal at Pasar Baru. Actually I heard that there's an Indian restaurant in this area but not sure if this is the one. From the outside, the place doesn't look inviting (I wasn't even sure whether this is a restaurant or a pub). After confirming with a "tukang parkir" nearby, we entered the building. We were greeted by a shabby air conditioned room full with smoke. We hesitated for a moment but decided to take a seat. There were several occupied tables, but it seems like we're the only Indonesians. The waiter gave us a menu that is a mix of Indian, Pakistan & Arabian food. We ordered a portion of paneer pulao, sweet lassi, masala tea, and 2 pieces of samosa. Overall the meal was delicious and quite authentic, but I'm not sure if we will be back to this place again or not :)
Taj Mahal Restaurant
Indian - Pakistan & Arabic Food
Jl. H. Samanhudi No.10A (near "Metro" Pasar Baru"
Jakarta
ph. +62(21) 3813754
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Aug 16 |Gambrinus
On a recommendation of a friend, we visited this place for dinner. At first I'm not really sure about this restaurant, because from outside it said : "Gambrinus : German Pub/Restaurant and Indian Curry Kitchen". I don't understand how can they sell German cuisine along with indian cuisine. But since we're already there, we enter the place. The front section of the place is the bar with billiard table, we continue to walk through the door to inside room. the room surely was a dining room but it was empty, then we thought maybe the indian restaurant was on the second floor, so we headed upstair and found a deserted room. Confused we going downstairs again, and then we saw a waiter and asked him, we were escorted to the back side of the house where there were several wooden table. then he gave us a menu full with a long list of German cuisine & Indian cuisine.
Since we're not very hungry, we're not ordering their house specialty Schweinshaxe (a dish germany is famous for at least 1000gr pork knuckle marinated slow cook and prepared in frankfurt style or grilled with sauerkraut, mashed potatoes with matching mustard). While SC ordered Broccoli & chicken cream soup (puree of broccoli improved with double cream and herbs garnish with chicken) 22.5K, spagetti with fetta cheese on top (with prawn, anchovy, black olive and tomato) 39.5K , I was more into the Indian dishes, so I choose : Egg Biryani (hard boiled egg folded with red Indian curry and basmati rice with traditional indian herbs and spice) 28.5K. For dessert I want an indian dessert : Kaser Kulfi (creamy and smooth textured Indian ice cream made with fresh milk) but they we run out of stock, so we picked apple strudel. In my oppinion the pasta & biryani was ok, although not really special, I was started to think maybe we should order the Schweinshaxe (we saw on the table next to us ordering that, the portion was so big). The apple strudel was a disaster, it taken so long for them to prepared it and when it came it still cold and tasted horrible. I'm definitely sure that this come straight from the frozen food section. :(
Gambrinus
German Pub/Restaurant and Indian Curry Kitchen
Jl. Prof. Drg. Surya Sumantri No. 59
Bandung
Ph. +62(22) 201-2704, 2002867
Fx. +62(22) 200-2866
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Mar 14 |Martabak HAR
Several month ago I wrote about a pricey sidewalk restaurant served Indian food in Palembang style, one of the reader of this blog suggest me to try "Martabak HAR" located at Hayam Wuruk street. So one night we decided to try it out. We ordered "Martabak HAR Khas Palembang" 9K, "roti cane" 5K and "nasi minyak" 5K and "teh tarik" 4K. They also served "nasi biryani kambing" on weekend. Overall the food was delicious, the martabak is different from "martabak telor" we usually eat it contain eggs only without any minced meat, usually served with curry sauce. and we surely will be back to this place for their martabak, roti cane, roti prata, nasi biryani & kari daal.
MARTABAK HAR
Indian Food (Cabang Palembang)
Jl. Hayam Wuruk No.19
Jakarta
ph. +62(21)3506094
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Feb 27 |Cahaya Baru
SC & I went to Medan 2 weeks ago, and this is the first place we visit as soon as we landed. Located in the area called "Kampung Keling", this restaurant served quite authentic Indian cuisine in a very reasonable price. We ordered : "pilao rice" (aromatic basmati rice cooked in ghee and cumin seed) 5K, "peas saffron rice" (basmati rice cooked with peas and using saffron) 5K, 2 "paneer pilao rice" (basmati rice cooked with cottage cheese) @10K, fish curry 18K, 2 garlic naan @13K and 1 Dhaal (lentil soup) 8K. All of it were delicious, we hope we can come back again sometime to try their other specialties.
Cahaya Baru
North & South Indian Food
vegetarian & non vegetarian
Jl. Teuku Cik Ditiro No.12/16
Medan 20152
ph. +61 4530962
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This place was sitting on the top place of my must must visit & try, we arrived there on one rainy evening, walking passed Tekka Market to Race Course Road, at last we found the banana leaf signboard. The ambience of this place feels like cafeteria, there's a food counter displaying north and south indian dishes, we ordered biryani rice, masala chicken and a basket of papadam, it were so delicious, the spice taste so strong. The unique thing in this place was the meal actually served on a banana leaf, the meal taste even better if you eat it using your hand. and it cost us about $19 for all those marvelous meal, in my opinion it was quite a reasonable price :)
The Banana Leaf Apolo Restaurant
South & North Indian Cuisine
54,56,58 Race Course Road
Singapore
ph. 6293 8682 / 5054
fx. 62945770
www.bananaleafapolo.com
Sun-Mon& Public Holidays
Open 10:30am to 10:30pm
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Nov 16 |Al Nafoura
Last week we had lunch at "Al Nafoura" located at Le Meridien hotel, the restaurant served an authentic Lebanese cuisine. The restaurant was decorated in a warm and cozy middle-east interior, there's a big traditional oven in the semi open kitchen.
When studied the menu we saw that there's a promo: November Business Set Lunch for only 95K++ per person. So that is what we order. The lunch menu included : cold mezzehs - " tabouleh" (flat parsley salad with fresh tomato, cracked wheat, lemon juice and olive oil) and "hommos" (pureed chick peas with sesame paste served with olive oil), while for the main course we can choose from "kofta haiabi" (charcoal grilled minced lamb with sumac powder, pine nuts and cumin served with your choice : oriental rice or lemon roast potatoes and garlic sauce) or oriental "dejaj meshwoui" (charcoal grilled marinated chicken in lemon juice and fresh garlic, coriander and marinated spicy oranges), and for the dessert we got "om - ali" (baked pudding of bread, nuts and raisins with honey). The tabouleh and hommos were served as a dipping with freshly baked pita bread, it was delicious, so was the main course, the dish was served in a generous portion, I noticed that the meal wasn't oily at all, maybe because it was grilled. But the dessert was a little too sweet for me
Al Nafoura
Le Meridien Hotel
Jl. Jend Sudirman kav 18-20
Jakarta 10220
Indonesia
ph. +62(21) 2513131
fx. +62(21) 5711633
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Sep 27 |Queen's Tandoor
Last Friday, I visited this place with several colleagues. I've been longing to visit this place a long time ago since I heard that this place served one of the best Indian Cuisine in Jakarta. Located at Plaza Permata Building decorated in Indian's warm and cozy ambience.
Here's what we ordered : for appetizer : Roasted Papadam (a delicate thin crispy bread made from pulse flour) 14.5K and Cholay Chat 21.5K. for main course : Vegetable Matka Biryani (Basmati Rice cooked with masala and vegetable) 38.5K, several type of Naan (Garlic Naan 14.5K, Mix Herbs Naan 14.5K, Onion Naan 14.5K), Handi Paneer (a preparation of paneer / cottage cheese with home made spices served in handi) 39.5K and Harra Chicken Tikka (tender pieces of boneless chicken marinated in sprigs of fresh mint, coriander and barbequedin charcoal oven) 42.5K. For drinks we ordered : Pineaple Lassi 24.5K, Sweet Lassi 17.5K & Masala Tea 17.5K
Queen's Tandoor
Permata Plaza
Jl. M.H. Thamrin Kav 57
Jakarta 10350
Ph. +62(21) 390 3287
Fax. +62(21) 390 3286
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Mar 9 |Ganesha ek Sanskriti
I always crazed about Indian cuisine, so last Sunday we had a grand buffet lunch (60K++) at Ganesha ek Sanskriti. Its a fine dining north Indian cuisine restaurant located at BRI II center park. On weekdays they opened for buffet lunch (11:30 - 15:00) 45K++, and Dinner 18:300 hrs onward. and they opened all day long on weekends.
so we start with Tomato Cream soup the followed by : Rogan Josh (Mouth watering juicy lamb cooked with a delicate blend of mild spices, onion, yoghurt, fresh coriander and simmered in coconut cream), Biryani Rice (Basmati rice cooked in saffron), Aloo Achari (potatoes with pickles flavored), Bhindi Bhujiya, Veg Jaffrezi (mixed vegetables cooked in home ground spices), Paneer Long Latta (cottage cheese roll stuffed with dry fruits, cooked in cashew nut enriched gravy), Naan (Flat Leavened baked bread made in tandoor or clay oven), Masala Dosa (south Indian pancake), Raita, chutneys & pickles, some sweets & dessert like : Gajar Halwa (Carrot and milk pudding), Rasgulla (Paneer balls dipped in sugar syrup), Jalebee & other meal that I didn't know the name *grin* ...for me all the meal tasted delicious, and I can't figured out that some of the meal I had were made from cheese, because it tasted like tofu. I definitely will be BACK :)
Ganesha ek Sanskriti
Authentic North Indian Cuisine
9th Floor. Center park Building
Complex BRI II
Jl. Jend Sudirman Kav. 44-46
Jakarta 10210
Phone: +62(21) 571 9415, 571 3567
Fax +62(21) 571 9957
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Nov 14 |Komala's
Last monday before nomad, SC & I stopped by Komala's @ sarinah building for dinner. its an indian cuisine restaurants - kind of fast food type :) I always visited this place from time to time because love indian food and i think this place served an original indian cuisine, you can judge by the visitor : most of them was indian people.
That afternoon we ordered Cheese Masala Dosai (cheese dosai filled with mashed potato and vegetables 26.9K) and Paneer Manchurian Rice Plate (Deep fried cottage cheese cooked in manchurian sauce served with garlic fried rice 33.9K). Our order came in a very big portion... the dosai was placed in a tray.. very delicious indeed :) not bad lah... my only comment was the fried rice & paneer were served in styrofoam plate :( but worth to try... btw all the meal here were vegetarian meal.. since it is a south indian meal.
That afternoon we ordered Cheese Masala Dosai (cheese dosai filled with mashed potato and vegetables 26.9K) and Paneer Manchurian Rice Plate (Deep fried cottage cheese cooked in manchurian sauce served with garlic fried rice 33.9K). Our order came in a very big portion... the dosai was placed in a tray.. very delicious indeed :) not bad lah... my only comment was the fried rice & paneer were served in styrofoam plate :( but worth to try... btw all the meal here were vegetarian meal.. since it is a south indian meal.
Komala's Restaurant
Jl. M.H. Thamrin no.11. Jakarta 10350
Indonesia
email :komalas@pacific.net.id
www.komalasweb.com
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Mar 19 |Lunch @ Papadam
Papadam again??? I visit this place so many time in a week since its very close to my office building :) the food was still good & spicy... hehehe well enjoy :)
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Jan 24 |Papadam
It was raining almost the whole day. When lunch time came, I decided to had something warm & spicy. So I dragged my friend to Papadam restaurant again. :) I always visit this restaurant at least once a month, cause they got great indian food at great price too.
This time I ordered my usual South Indian Vegetarian meal, while my friend ordered Papadam's executive lunch package (25K include Tax and service). and for drink we ordered Masala Tea.. mmm warm and yummy. I will come again for sure :)
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