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Aug, 16 2008

Posted by jeny at 09:02 AM

Two weeks ago we had dimsum at Red Sapphire, a new chinese restaurant located at a new place called Pluit Junction. It looks glamorous from outside and nice from the inside. The walls are plastered with red wallpapers and Chinese poems written on them. A few pieces of Chinese antique furniture are scattered about. The dimsum menu consists of about 30 items to choose from. We picked mini egg tart (3pcs) 10.8K, prawn dumpling 13.8K, Xiao Long Bao 12.8K, chicken feet 10.8K, beef cheong fan 13.8K, prawn cheong fan 15.8K, char siew cheong fan 13.8K, siew mai 13.8K, taro cake 12.8K, chasiu pie 12.8K, duck dumpling 12.8K, fried prawn dumpling 13.8K, fried durian dumpling 20K, pork ribs with taro 12.8K. with Chinese tea (ti kuan yin) 5K. Overall, the dishes tasted above average & the price was moderate, but the service was quite slow. We had to wait for some time for every order to come to our table, especially our last order: fried durian dumpling, which took more than 30 minutes. Hopefully if we have the chance to return in the future, they would have already improved their service.

The Red Saphire
G/F, Unit 010-010b Pluit Junction
I Pluit Raya Street
North Jakarta, Indonesia
ph. +62(21) 66607332

Aug, 11 2008

Furama

Posted by jeny at 09:02 AM

Last month, we had dinner at Furama restaurant on Hayam Wuruk street. The place was very crowded, since there was a birthday party at that moment. Luckily, we managed to grab a spot as soon as we arrived. The menu was quite extensive. We ordered ayam garam crispy 46.7K, lapis kuping babi 28.8K, goreng jamur kulit tahu 28.8K, tim kaki ayam 8.8K, siew mai udang 11.8K, hakau udang 12.8K, udang goreng telur asin 58.8K, wong san cah fumak 43.8K, sapo terong furama 39.8K. Overall most of the dishes was only so so. Their dimsums were not fresh anymore, maybe they made it in the morning. I once read in Laksmi new Jakarta Good Food Guide that this place got the best udang telur asin in town, but it fell far short of the mark set by Liyen's signature dish. The sapo terong took ages to arrive. We had to ask several times and it finally came out after we have finished with our meals. :(

Furama
Jl. Hayam Wuruk No. 45
Central Jakarta 11160
ph. +62(21) 6257272
fx. +62(21) 6260163
furama-jkt@yahoo.com
www.furama-jkt.com

Mar, 29 2008

Dimsum @ Samudra

Posted by jeny at 07:04 PM

1. Siew Mai (12K) & Kaki Ayam (11K) 2. Bubur Ayam Phitan (14K) 3. Cheongfan Udang (14K) & Cheongfan Cakwe (14K) 4. Lumpia Saus Tiram (11K) 4. cristal seafood (13K) 6. Hakau (12K) 5. 7. 8. Guo Tie(11K) 9. Lobak Goreng Telur (14K) 10. Puding Mangga (14K), Almond (13K) & Alpukat (13K) + Coffee (7K) 11. Talas Goreng (11K) 12. Bebola Kumis Naga (13K) 13. Tan Tat (11K)

Samudra Seafood Restaurant
8th BRI II Center Park
Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 44-46,
Jakarta 10210
ph. +62(21) 5713600
fx. +62(21) 5704124

Jan, 14 2008

Suncity

Posted by jeny at 06:50 AM

We had our last dimsum last year at SunCity Luxury Club located at Lindeteves Trade Center. From the interior and ambiance we can guess that it is a fine dining chinese restaurant. We arrived late so our friends have already started ordering and we just sat and dig in. One of the orders that I found quite special was the roasted baby duck 118K (4pcs). It was pricey but tasted good.. and to eat it, they provided us with a set of plastic gloves, so our hands wouldn't get dirty. The other menus were also delicious, such as the fish porridge 28K, xiao long bao 13.8K, talas goreng 11.8K, lobak goreng tauge saos XO, tan tart 11.8K. The desert was great too. We ordered puding sago mangga, pudding mangga, tim ginseng dengan kurma merah 22K and gui ling gao.

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Jan, 04 2008

May Star

Posted by jeny at 07:48 AM

2 weeks ago we had a family dimsum brunch at this new restaurant called May Star located a Le Grandeur Hotel (ex Dusit Hotel). I don't really like the interior (imho the romantic & flowery decoration just don't match with Chinese cuisine), plus it was so cold there. The restaurant have a vast selection of dim sum, and they offered a portion of roast duck for only 1K if our bill reach 500K. Overall the meal was good, I especially like their "chrisanthium pudding" and "Chinese snake soup" but not their "almond pudding". Overall we spent about 75K per person and it already include the roast duck. :)

May Star
Le Grandeur Hotel 3rd Floor
Jl. Mangga Dua Raya
Jakarta 10730
Indonesia

Oct, 24 2007

Dimsum at Ah Yat

Posted by jeny at 12:27 PM

3 days later, still in a holiday mood, we went to Ah Yat again for dimsum (they offer 50% discount on weekdays & saturday, 30% on sunday or public holiday using BII card). This time we arrived quite early, but the place was already full with people. We sat and ordered everything from the dimsum list: chicken claw with black bean sauce 9.8K, steamed pork ribs with garlic 13.8K, xiao long bao 15.8K, deep fried crispy wan tan dumpling 15.8K, deep fried yam dumpling 13.8K, pan fried carrot cake 13.8K, baked BBQ pork puff 13.8K, deep fried man tao, baked egg tart 9.8K, steamed prawn cheong fan 15.8K. We also ordered several plate of cold dishes: kaki babi 45.6K, kuping babi 22.8K, sapi dingin 22.8K, lidah bebek 22.8K, century eggs 22.8K, and also non-dimsum items such as iga babi saus spesial 32.8K, ikan teri Jepang 39.8K, tahu goreng lada garam 22.8K and beef with japanese sauce 68K.

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Oct, 09 2007

Hong Kong Cafe

Posted by jeny at 11:31 AM

Lately, I often find myself visiting this place. It is located on Jl. Sunda (next to ATL Hayam Wuruk & Bakmi Gajah Mada). When I first heard about this place, I was thinking of a place with chinese interiors, but I was surprised when I entered the building. It is chic & cool, bit white with minimalist design. It has murals painted on the wall, white & pink furniture and high ceiling. I instantly fell in love with the decor. (plus they have a fast & free wifi, and let us sit there for hours )

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Mar, 05 2007

Nan Xiang @ Mall Taman Anggrek

Posted by jeny at 06:45 PM

Several weeks ago, we had late lunch at NanXiang restaurant located at the top floor of Mall Taman Anggrek. Since I was so hungry, we didn't order their specialty (xiao long bao), but ordered 1 portion of "Mapo Tofu" 38K and 1 portion of "fried prawn in salted egg yolk" 45K with several bowl of rice. In my opinion the dish was not bad at all, the mapo tofu, although not as spicy as I thought, is still acceptable lah, and the fried prawn was delicious and it came in a very reasonable price. I think this place's price is cheaper than nanxiang at lagoon tower or Senayan City.

NanXiang
Mall Taman Anggrek lt.4 Lot 415
ph. +62(21) 56998550
fx. +62(21) 56998551

Feb, 28 2007

Nelayan

Posted by jeny at 05:57 PM

One of the restaurant we visited when we're in Medan is Nelayan, Apparently this is quite large Chinese restaurant chain in Medan, they have several restaurant located strategically at shopping centers. The one we visited was located at Sun Plaza. when we arrived, around 2PM the place was still very crowded, we have to queue for a while to get a table, as soon as we were seated, their waiter came with a tray of dimsum selection and asked us to pick. We didn't even have time to read all the menu listed in the paper :( so we picked : lumpia udang saus jamur 8.5K, kaki ayam saus tiram 8.5K, leng hong kien 12K, soup tim ayam obat 14K, sayap ayam panggang 12K, kepiting lunak mentega 21K, keladi special (u kok) 8.5K, ha kaou udang 12K, lumpia ayam sayur hitam (I guess what they mean is nori) 8.5K, bakso kepiting kulit tahu 12K and nasi tim ayam dalam bambu 11K. Overall the meal was only so so (some of the item we ordered are cold already, some taste weird), but I like the chicken rice cooked in bamboo and the chicken herbal soup. Other than that I really don't like their service style, kind of push you to pick the food as soon as possible and leave quickly because they have other customer waiting :( that's not what I had in mind if I want to eat dimsum.

Mie Jaring
Nelayan Dimsum, Noodle & Tea House
Sun Plaza Level III
Jalan Zainul Arifin
Medan

ph. +62 (61)4501192

Dec, 27 2006

Dimsum @ Cilantro

Posted by jeny at 09:20 AM

This place was one of my favorite place in town whenever I want good food, good service, spectacular view in an affordable price. I used to visit this place in 2003/4 with friends (well actually I dragged them there for dimsum, lunch or dinner :P ). their "tahu nenek moyang" (75K) was so delicious but that that was was a bit pricey. 2 weeks ago when we went there for dimsum (they offer 30% discount on food & beverages from 4-17 Dec) and ended up ordered all sort of dimsum & dessert. :)

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Nov, 03 2006

Nan Xiang

Posted by jeny at 03:04 PM

Last week I was meeting SC at Senayan City, this time we decided to try Nan Xiang before headed upstair to try tea gallery, this place was famous for their xiao long bao. We ordered xiao long bao 24K and a bowl of La Mian Cha Chiang 32K and a pot of Chinese tea. If the lamian was nothing special, the xiao long bao was really delicious. I guess We'll be back next time only to try their xiao long bao again.

Nan Xiang
Steamed bun restaurant
Senayan City Mall
L-10B, Lower Ground Floor
Jl. Asia Afrika Lot 19
Jakarta 10270

Ph. +62(21) 727 81621
Fax. +62(21) 727 81620

Aug, 22 2006

Dimsum AYCE at Eastern

Posted by jeny at 09:18 AM

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Aug, 01 2006

Huang Ting

Posted by jeny at 09:05 AM

Huang Ting
Taman Anggrek Mall
3rdFloor Unit #328
Jl. Letjen. S. Parman Kav.21
Slipi - Jakarta 11470
ph. (021) 5639478, 5639376
fax. (021) 5609704

Jun, 01 2006

[CLOSED] Cilantro Tea House

Posted by jeny at 11:29 AM

Last weekend was a long long weekend (thx to harpitnas), My friend told me that she saw an advert in newspaper that Cilantro PIM2 have a AYCE (all you can eat) Dimsum for only 29K++, so we decided to give it a try.

I never been to Cilantro PIM2 before, and to me the place was less cozy than the one in wisma BNI 46. Quite confusing with the decoration with lots of manga painting on the wall & menus, there's 2 menus : one for list of dimsum selection, and one book labeled "peaches tea house".

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Apr, 19 2006

Shanghai Storm

Posted by jeny at 03:16 PM

Shanghai Storm
Alila Hotel
Jl. Pecenongan Kav 7-17
Jakarta 10210
Indonesia
ph. +62(21) 231 6008 ext 83908/83909

Mar, 29 2006

[CLOSED] Asia Kitchen

Posted by jeny at 07:09 PM

I had dimsum last week at Asia Kitchen located at Tanjung Duren. I already visited this restaurant several times since they got a very interesting promo : "Hongkong Dimsum for only 4.9K/item". the varieties of the dimsum was not very much. its divided between steam dumpling and fried dumpling. I especially like the steamed dumpling. the fried ones tasted to oily in my mouth. I usually ordered siomay, hakaw (shrimp dumpling), pangsit wansui, lumpia saos tiram, plus a bowl of chicken congee.

Asia Kitchen
Jl. Tanjung Duren Raya 89
Tanjung Duren Selatan
West Jakarta - Indonesia
Delivery Telp : 70124096, 5633559

Jan, 18 2006

Dimsum @ Hongkong Jumbo Restaurant

Posted by jeny at 06:48 PM

HongKong Jumbo Restaurant
Sea Food & Dim Sum
Plaza Kelapa Dua 4th Floor
Jl. Panjang Arteri Kelapa Dua No.29
Jakarta Barat 11550
Ph. +62(21)5359891, 5359892, 5359893

Mar, 18 2005

Dimsum @ TelagaSari Restaurant

Posted by jeny at 05:47 PM

On Monday morning we wake up early, there is still alot to do before heading back to Jakarta. We stopped at several place to buy some cake & cookies for friends & family, First stop that morning was at "Kartika Sari" bakery which was very famous for its "Pisang Molen", after that we headed to "Prima Rasa" bakery and bought some Brownies, steamed Brownies, Cheese Stick, Lasagna, "Bocca Potjes" and other snacks. After that we went to Telaga Sari Hotel & Restaurant for DimSum.

After several course of dumpling, porridge and tofu pudding, we are ready to shop again hehehe... this time we headed to "Rumah Mode" factory outlet, quite a lot of collection there. After a while we went to "Batagor Kingsley" before going to "Wale"

Jan, 17 2005

Rose Garden

Posted by jeny at 05:56 PM

I visited Rose Garden Chinese Restaurant for dim sum yesterday morning. Rose Garden was located on Graha Indramas 3rd floor, slipi. They have a lunch all you can eat program every weekend from 8:30PM - 02:30PM at a very affordable price. So I went there with a couple of friends and having a good time there ordering any kind of dumpling. Bon Apetit :)