The Wang
Posted by jeny at 10:02 PM
We tried this place last year, but somehow I've forgotten to write about it. The Wang is located at Plaza Lippo Sudirman, at the exact spot where there used to be a Chinese restaurant called Dragon City which served quite delicious Halal dimsum. The restaurant was closed in 2008, but we later heard that they reopened as The Wang, so we decided to give it a try. The restaurant's interior was pretty much the same as before, with its reception area filled with a huge display of shark's fin (we didn't like this as we don't endorse eating shark's fin or any other endangered species). We ordered the usual dimsum menu: fish congee with century egg 32K, siew mai 16K, ha kau 16K, pangsit udang salad 18K, lumpia goreng 18K, pangsit pocai 16K, cheong fan udang 18K, cheong fan cakwee13K, pie ayam panggang 13K, lumpia saus tiram 18K, talas goreng (wu kok) 13K, tan tart 13K and ended it with puding mangga 22K, pudding kacang almond 22K, pudding alpukat 22K, and es lemon sereh 22K. Overall the dishes were quite decent, but it seemed to have lost its old charm, plus the price was quite pricey compared to other dimsum restaurants.

The Wang

The Wang Casual Dining
Lippo Plaza Podium 1Unit 101
Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 25
South Jakarta
INDONESIA 12920

ph. +62(21) 5204696
fx.+62(21) 5204695
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Ce Wei
Posted by jeny at 8:08 AM
Last month, we had dinner with my high school friend and her husband at Ce Wei restaurant, Pluit Village (used to be Megamal). I've heard about this restaurant since they opened their first restaurant at Wisma Dharmala Sakti several years ago, but I've also heard that Ce Wei is quite expensive, so it wasn't high on our list of restaurants to try. We changed our mind when we saw that a certain credit card had a discount program at Ce Wei. The interior is not really appealing and the lighting is a bit dark, but the restaurant was quite full at dinner time, so we're hoping the food will be good :)

Ce Wei

The discount didn't included BBQ items, so make sure you asked first before ordering. So here's what we ordered; we started with tofu and crab soup 26.8K, hot & sour seafood soup 26.8K, and pork & lotus soup 28.8K, then 2 combination bbq platter 68.8K, soft shell crab with salty egg 54.8K, angsio iga babi 68.8K (came with fried man tou), tofu with mushroom 52.8K, stir fried eggplant with spicy sauce 42.8K. Overall it was delicious, I especially liked their softshell crab, tofu with musroom & the sechuan soup. :)

Cewei
Barbeque Restaurant

Pluit Village Ground Floor Unit 60,61,77
North Jakarta
ph. 66670189
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Depot 369
Posted by jeny at 9:56 AM
Two months ago, as we were passing Mangga Besar street while looking for a place to eat, I spotted a place bearing a small sign "Depot 369, Shanghai Dumpling & Noodle". It got us interested and we decided to give it a try. The restaurant's interior and ambiance look quite promising, except for the fact that there's no non-smoking section. We ordered a bowl of Mie Kou Rou (noodles topped with soy braised pork meat) 29K. It was delicious. The next time, we went to their branch near Kedoya's Food Hall with a friend and I ordered their Mie Sop Shanghai (Shanghai noodle soup) 40K. It was disappointingly bland, but SC offered to swap my order with his Song Mie (Song noodle) 24K, which tasted much better. I have a feeling that the Mangga Besar branch offered better tasting noodle, so we went back there again a couple of days ago and ordered the classic wonton noodle 21K and Martabak Tiongkok 15K. The wonton noodle was good, but not as good as the Mie Kou Rou. I found the Martabak Tiongkok to be a bit bland, but SC loved it because the spice was not too overpowering. :)

Depot 369

Depot 369
Shanghai Dumpling & Noodle

Jl. Mangga Besar Raya 57 A
West Jakarta
ph. +_62(21) 6594613
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Peach Garden
Posted by jeny at 1:24 PM
Following that little incident at Siam Garden, we thought about ending our adventure as we were already very full. But there's one more restaurant to try. We decided to order egg tart 12.8K from Peach Garden, a chinese restaurant. It was quite good, although the service was a bit slow -- understandable because of the crowd. We returned several weeks later to sample their congee (just so so), carrot cake (delicious) and beef noodle (also delicious). Overall some of the item were delicious and some was only so so. :)

Peach Garden

Peach Garden
PX Pavilion @ The St. Moritz
Puri Indah
West jakarta
ph. +62(21) 5835 8586
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Teo Chew Palace
Posted by jeny at 5:52 PM
2 months ago, I was quite keen to try this new place because since its opening, Teo Chew Palace has been very crowded. More over, there was a 30% discount for BCA credit card. So one night, SC & I tried it. We ordered teochew porridge, and kwetiaw siram seafood for SC. The place was quite full and we felt that we were being ignored as we had to nag several times for our meal & drinks. My teochew porridge looked and tasted disappointing. The one I had at Pancawarna tasted much better (and much cheaper too) than this one. SC's kwetiaw was just OK, nothing special. After we finished our meal, we asked for our bill and it turned out that our bill have to reach 100K after discount. Othewise, we couldn't get the discount. So we ordered a dessert (mango sago) which fortunately tasted good.

After that not so successful experience, I still came back here with my high school friends just to try their dimsum. I called ahead to reserve, but were told that they can't provide reservation on weekend. Luckily, we can get a table. We ordered several kinds of dishes that were brought by passing carts, some of the dimsum tasted good (their egg tart was delicious), some was only so so, and we still have to nag several times for our drink. Overall, I think this place is overrated, The price of the dimsum we had after the discount was not that cheap either compared to other dimsum places in Jakarta.

Teo Chew Palace Information:
Festival Walk- Ground Floor G109 - G115
Pluit Village
Jl.Pluit Indah Raya, Jakarta 14450
T: (021) 668 3688
F: (021) 668 3733
www.teochewpalace.com
Operating Hours:
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM, 6:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Sundays and Public Holidays open at 9:00 AM
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Super Star Restaurant
Posted by jeny at 1:03 PM
Earlier this month, we had dimsum at this restaurant as they offer 50% discount on their anniversary. The restaurant is located on the second floor of Batavia hotel. The place is spacious, with some big private room as well. The menu is more or less the usual dimsum fare we've always had. We ordered: bubur ikan 25K, chiongfan udang 13.8K, pangsit kucai udang 12.8K, mie urat sapi 28.8K, kaki ayam 11.8K, puff panggang 12.8K, siomay 6.4K, chiongfan chasiu 12.8K, eggtart 11.8K, pangsit talas 11.8K, xiao long bao 13.8K, hakau 13.8K, udang telor asin 94K. In my opinion, most of the dishes were only so so, nothing special. But the worst part of our experience is the service. It took more than 15 minutes for each dish to appear. I don't think we're going to visit this place again.
Superstar Restaurant
Super Star Restaurant
The Batavia Hotel
Jl. Kali Besar Barat 44-46 POBox 4922
Jakarta 11230
ph. +62(21) 6904118 Direct +62(21) 6917201
fx. +62(21) 6904092, 6924044
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Dimsum @ Red Duck
Posted by jeny at 1:07 PM
It's been a long time since we had dim sum with our friends, so we decided to go to Red Duck FX for dim sum brunch one Saturday morning. Apparently, Red Duck serves halal Dimsum only. The restaurant is quite spacious with comtemporary modern design and glasses on one side of the wall which make the place seems larger.

Red Duck
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Red Sapphire
Posted by jeny at 9:02 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.

Red Saphire

The Red Saphire
G/F, Unit 010-010b Pluit Junction
I Pluit Raya Street
North Jakarta, Indonesia
ph. +62(21) 66607332
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Furama
Posted by jeny at 9:02 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

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
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Dimsum @ Samudra
Posted by jeny at 7:04 PM
samudra
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
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Suncity
Posted by jeny at 6:50 AM
suncity
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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May Star
Posted by jeny at 7:48 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

May Star
Le Grandeur Hotel 3rd Floor
Jl. Mangga Dua Raya
Jakarta 10730
Indonesia
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Dimsum at Ah Yat
Posted by jeny at 12:27 PM

Ah Yat

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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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 )

Hong Kong Cafe
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[CLOSED] Dimsum at Happy Dragon Pub
Posted by jeny at 6:48 AM
Last month, we have dimsum at Happy Dragon Pub located at Le-Grandeur Hotel (Dusit). They offer dimsum buffet for only 42K++ (including chinese tea) every Monday to Saturday (from 10.30am to 2.30pm), and 09.00am to 02.30pm every sunday and public holiday. The restaurant ambience was quite unusual, it was decorated to look like an 'Old China Town'. it was quite colorfull, but I still feel weird when I saw a singing dragon band painted on the wall of the stage.

Happy Dragon Pub
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Nan Xiang @ Mall Taman Anggrek
Posted by jeny at 6:45 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.
nan xiang

NanXiang
Mall Taman Anggrek lt.4 Lot 415
ph. +62(21) 56998550
fx. +62(21) 56998551
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Nelayan
Posted by jeny at 5:57 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.

Dimsum at Nelayan

Mie Jaring
Nelayan Dimsum, Noodle & Tea House

Sun Plaza Level III
Jalan Zainul Arifin
Medan

ph. +62 (61)4501192
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[CLOSED] Dimsum @ Cilantro
Posted by jeny at 9:20 AM
cilantro

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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Nan Xiang
Posted by jeny at 3:04 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

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
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Dimsum AYCE at Eastern
Posted by jeny at 9:18 AM
Eastern
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Huang Ting
Posted by jeny at 9:05 AM
huangting

Huang Ting
Taman Anggrek Mall
3rdFloor Unit #328
Jl. Letjen. S. Parman Kav.21
Slipi - Jakarta 11470
ph. (021) 5639478, 5639376
fax. (021) 5609704
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[CLOSED] Cilantro Tea House
Posted by jeny at 11:29 AM
Cilantro Tea House

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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Shanghai Storm
Posted by jeny at 3:16 PM
Shanghai Storm

Shanghai Storm
Alila Hotel

Jl. Pecenongan Kav 7-17
Jakarta 10210
Indonesia
ph. +62(21) 231 6008 ext 83908/83909
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Dimsum @ Hongkong Jumbo Restaurant
Posted by jeny at 6:48 PM
Hongkong Jumbo Restaurant

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
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Dimsum @ TelagaSari Restaurant
Posted by jeny at 5:47 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"

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Rose Garden
Posted by jeny at 5:56 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 :)

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