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JenzCorner http://www.jenzcorner.com/weblog/ Copyright 2008 Sun, 04 May 2008 07:02:47 +0630 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Soto Madura Rendi It has been so long since we last visited Soto Rendi, which, in my opinion, is the best soto madura I've ever tasted in Jakarta. We returned last week to savor the soto once again. From what we heard, Soto Rendi has expanded and opened a second (bigger) branch near Kampus Anggrek Binus. We tried to look for it but couldn't find it. So we decided to visit the old one instead. Located in Kompleks Sandang, the place is very very cramped. We were lucky to find two empty seats inside. We ordered the usual bowl of Soto Ayam Nasi Campur (rice topped with all the soto inggredients & drenched in chicken broth) at 8K per bowl, a very reasonable price, although it has increased since our last visit almost two years ago. The ingredients were not as generous as I remembered, but the taste is still every bit as good as the last time, especially when you add a dash of lemon & some sambal. Soto Rendi was even reviewed by Laksmi Pamuntjak in her newest edition of Jakarta Good Food Guide.

Depot Soto Ayam Madura
RENDI
Jl. Kompleks Sandang No.D8
Kemanggisan - West Jakarta
ph. +0813 83765678

]]> http://www.jenzcorner.com/weblog/archives/2008/05/soto_madura_ren.html http://www.jenzcorner.com/weblog/archives/2008/05/soto_madura_ren.html Jakarta Sun, 04 May 2008 07:02:47 +0630 Warung Tengil

Today we tried this new restaurant called Warung Tengil at Kelapa Gading that serves Balinese suckling pig. I was so excited the first time I heard about this place because Balinese suckling pig is hard to find in Jakarta. the place was quite easy to find, not far from the big roundabout, and they put up a big smiling pink pig sign that is hard to miss. The interior makes us forgot that we're actually sitting in a shophouse. Decorated in warong style, with bamboo structures, exposed bricks wall, eccentric chandeliers, lots of paintings & brick flooring. I kind of like this place. :)

]]> http://www.jenzcorner.com/weblog/archives/2008/04/warung_tengil.html http://www.jenzcorner.com/weblog/archives/2008/04/warung_tengil.html Jakarta Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:08:34 +0630 RM Saji RM Saji

I read about this place on Jalansutra mailing list about 2 months ago. Several members said that Saji serves up decent and very reasonably-priced Thai cuisine. So one day, along with some colleagues, we went there for lunch. The restaurant is located in a shophouse in Sudirman Park Apartment area. The interior is very spartan, just like a cafeteria with a bit of Thai accent in the corner.

The menu turned out to be a combination of noodle selection (mie ayam,mie bakso, mie goreng, lomie etc), rice (nasi goreng, nasi capcai, nasi goreng ikan asin, nasi goreng hongkong, etc), chicken (ayam goreng mentega, ayam goreng ala thai, ayam kungpao, ayam kuluyuk, etc), beef (sapi lada hitam, sapi panggang thai, sapi cah jamur, etc), prawn (udang mayonaise, udang cabe garam, udang tauco, etc), fish (gurame asam manis, gurame tahu tausi, etc), veggies (kailan polos, kailan cah sapi, bayam taiwan polos, etc), and some other common chinese dishes.

There's no specific heading for Thai dishes, so we just picked several dishes that have Thai sounding names or are well known Thai dishes: Tom Yum Kung 22K, Ayam Daun Pandan Thai 20K, Cumi Cabe Garam 25K, Udang Goreng Cabe Garam 30K, Kangkung Belacan 12K with Thai ice Tea 7K. Overall, the meal was not bad. I especially love their udang & cumi cabe garam. The Tom Yum Kung, though tasty and aromatic, was not my favorite as it was not hot & spicy at all.

RM Saji
Sudirman Park C/32
Jakarta
ph. +62(21) 32302363

]]> http://www.jenzcorner.com/weblog/archives/2008/04/rm_saji.html http://www.jenzcorner.com/weblog/archives/2008/04/rm_saji.html Jakarta Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:24:12 +0630 Casa

After late lunch at Sari Melayu we still have some time to kill before picking SC's sister from the airport, so we headed to Casa - Kemang determined to try only the dessert. Located on the second floor of Aksara Book Store. I like the decor of this place, it was so sixties. The place was still empty so we can have our meal without having people smoking next to our table.

]]> http://www.jenzcorner.com/weblog/archives/2008/04/casa.html http://www.jenzcorner.com/weblog/archives/2008/04/casa.html Jakarta Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:38:42 +0630 Sari Melayu Last week I tried to visit Lapo on Jobunta (again) but they not open (are they close for good?), so we turn around and visited Sari Melayu instead. They served Medanese Melayu Cuisine, The place was quite deserted since it already passed the lunch time, we picked several type of meal from the counter : chicken curry 10.5K, Gule Otak 9.5K, tumis daun pakis 7.5K, didn't tried their famous gulai kepala ikan (we're afraid we coudn't finish it). In my Opinion the meal have a similarity with Padang Cuisine, this one was more tame. their tumis pakis was delicious, the green chili sambal wasn't hot at all, but still the taste was above average. :)

Sari Melayu Resto
Makanan Khas Melayu / Medan
Jl. KH. Ahmad Dahlan No.21
Kebayoran Baru
South Jakarta
ph. +62(21) 7221216

]]> http://www.jenzcorner.com/weblog/archives/2008/04/post_5.html http://www.jenzcorner.com/weblog/archives/2008/04/post_5.html Jakarta Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:32:56 +0630 Kamseng Restaurant Last month I bought a new book by Laksmi Pamuntjak called Jakarta Good Food Guide 2008-2009, it consist of about 400 eateries from all over the place in Jakarta. One of the place recommended by this book was this sapo restaurant called Kamseng, served all kind of congee 24 hours. The congee selection include : beef, all kind of pork offal, squid, fish, chicken, Guangzhou - Beijing - Shanghai - Taiwan Special, saklon, seafood, prawn, meatball, eel, 3 flavor, crab and plain. Since we're still a bit full from nasi goreng, we only ordered the eel congee 24K with telur phitan 5.5K. The meal came in a hot sapo pot, the congee was very tasty but the texture was too fine. Usually I didn't like this kind of congee but this one can makes me scrape the bottom of the bowl. later I found out that we can choose a coarse type of congee. With this price plus it was much2 more delicious than the famous congee next door, we surely will be back. :)

Kamseng Restaurant
Bubur Sapo
Jl. Mangga Besar I No.26
West Jakarta
+62(21) 6492319, 70766958 ()

]]> http://www.jenzcorner.com/weblog/archives/2008/04/kamseng_restaur.html http://www.jenzcorner.com/weblog/archives/2008/04/kamseng_restaur.html Jakarta Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:31:47 +0630 Tom Yum Mama Kitchen Two weeks ago we were at Mangga Dua doing some errands, and I'm taking that opportunity to try the famous Tom Yum at Mama Kitchen ITC Mangga Dua. The stall was quite crowded at the time we arrive, but we still managed to get a seat. They served only tom yum, from tom yum kung super, seafood, with noodle/kwetiaw/rice to tom yum fried rice (with salted fish, prawn & pinneaple, seafood). So I ordered a bowl of tom yum seafood (very hot) with rice 20K with ice tea 2K. After waiting for a while the meal came, the soup color was so tempting, range of orange to red which could only mean one thing : the soup is super hot, with fresh seafood topped with cilantro makes this meal irresistible. I'm not sure if this meal was the authentic Thai cooking, but It surely delicious. :)

Tom Yum Mama Kitchen
ITC Mangga Dua Lt.II Blok B No.15
North Jakarta 14430
ph. +62(21) 6017129

]]> http://www.jenzcorner.com/weblog/archives/2008/04/tom_yum_mama_ki.html http://www.jenzcorner.com/weblog/archives/2008/04/tom_yum_mama_ki.html Jakarta Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:18:44 +0630 Ah Tuan Ee's

The first thing that grab my attention from this place is its interior. Decorated in Malay's kampong house style, using bird cage as their hanging lamp, plus the servant dressed in sarong and kebaya makes this place quite catchy. Located at Pacific Place, served malaysian nyonya cuisine. such as nasi lemak, asam laksa, char kuay teow etc. we decided to order the asam laksa 35.5K, kuay teow 28.5K with teh tarik 13.5K and honey lime 17.5K. Actually the food was not bad, but not really suit my taste. the asam laksa's concoction was too thick compared to what I had at Penang. but the taste was OK though. the kuay teow was too sweet and a bit too oily, the teh tarik was good, but my honey lime turn out to be kum quat juice. :)

]]> http://www.jenzcorner.com/weblog/archives/2008/04/ah_tuan_ees.html http://www.jenzcorner.com/weblog/archives/2008/04/ah_tuan_ees.html Malaysia Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:39:33 +0630 Dimsum @ Samudra 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

]]> http://www.jenzcorner.com/weblog/archives/2008/03/dimsum_samudra.html http://www.jenzcorner.com/weblog/archives/2008/03/dimsum_samudra.html Chinese Cuisine Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:04:50 +0630 Kedai Kita Last month when we visited Bogor, we stopped by this place called Kedai Kita located near Makaroni Panggang & Pia Apple Pie. I heard that this place's pizza served thin crust pizza baked with wood burning oven. Since we're still full after lunching at Cibiuk we only ordered 'pepperoni pizza' (salami topped with mozarella). In my opinion, the pizza was not bad, but the crust was not as thin as I want it to :)

Kedai Kita
Noodle - Pizza - Steak , Coffee & Cake
Jl. Pangrango No.21
Bogor
ph. +62(251) 324160

]]> http://www.jenzcorner.com/weblog/archives/2008/03/kedai_kita.html http://www.jenzcorner.com/weblog/archives/2008/03/kedai_kita.html Western Cuisine Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:27:56 +0630 Ting An This place is one of SC's favorite place. Located at Taman Palem Lestari - West Jakarta, served Jambinese noodle. they served 2 types of noodle : tamie kecil and tamie lebar in various size (regular, regular with double topping, big, big with double topping & with soup), they also served kwetiau & bihun. We usually only ordered the regular portion (11K) plus one bowl of pangsit ikan (15K), the noodle came with a bowl of broth soup (fish & meat). What make this noodle special is we can add several condiment to the noodle and soup to enhanced the taste. I usually mixed it with a little black vinegar, fish sauce, chilli sauce, and chilli slices. and it tasted so delicious, but some times too much chilli makes my stomach hot all day long. :p

Ting An Tamie
Taman Palem Lestari
Jakarta
(closed every monday)

]]> http://www.jenzcorner.com/weblog/archives/2008/03/ting_an.html http://www.jenzcorner.com/weblog/archives/2008/03/ting_an.html Chinese Cuisine Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:48:00 +0630 Bubur Kambing Pekalongan Last weekend, after attending Computer & Photography exhibition held at JCC, I urged SC to take me to Lapo on Jobunta for lunch, but when we arrived there the place was closed. So we headed to Pasaraya Grande, Our destination is to try Wata Kitchen. I remembered I had read about bubur kambing on Marchel's site and I'm going to try it. Wata Kichen is Pasaraya's newest foodcourt that served Indonesian selected traditional cuisine, from Sumatra to Papua. There were yougwa (papua) stand, tinoor (manado), sate padang, sate maranggi, soto kwali, selat solo, dudung roxy, balinese etc. so we stopped at a stall called Pa'De Mak'Nyus (not really like the name) that served bubur kambing (pekalongan), bubur ayam (tangerang), bubur ikan (pontianak) and nasi bakar peda (betawi). so I ordered bubur kambing 22K++, the porridge's looks tempting, covered in rich yellow sauce, served with 2 sliced of boiled egg and generous fried shallot (the presentation remind me of smiley :P ). the taste was unique, there was no hint of mutton smell (in fact I was curious where were the meat). but overall the meal was tasty, warm & delicious, although the price was a bit pricey.

Pa'De Mak'Nyus
aneka bubur & nasi bakar peda
Wata Kichen
Pasaraya Blok M

]]> http://www.jenzcorner.com/weblog/archives/2008/03/bubur_kambing_p.html http://www.jenzcorner.com/weblog/archives/2008/03/bubur_kambing_p.html Indonesian Cuisine Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:19:21 +0630 Bihun Bebek 75 Last week, SC drag me to tried Bihun Bebek 75 located at Pluit Sakti Raya, we heard that this place served 'duck beehon' with soup made from chinese herbs. So although we're still full from previous lunch at dapur umum & ragusa, we entered and ordered a portion of bihun bebek, the meal came with a bowl of beehon topped with steam duck slices, spring onnion & cilantro, the soup was put in separate bowl. I tried the soup first, since the soup smells so good, the soup itself was really delicious. next I tried to mixed the soup with the duck beehon, the meal was delicious, but the soup became a bit salty :)

Bihun Bebek 75
Jl. Pluit Sakti Raya No.49
North Jakarta
ph. +62(21) 6693 980

]]> http://www.jenzcorner.com/weblog/archives/2008/03/bihun_bebek_75.html http://www.jenzcorner.com/weblog/archives/2008/03/bihun_bebek_75.html Chinese Cuisine Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:59:31 +0630 Ragusa Last week, after lunch at Dapur Umum, we headed to Ragusa for dessert. I have read/heard about this famous place for so long, but this is the first time I went to this place. The place was crowded when we arrived there around 2PM, but luckily we still can get a table. we look around and see that besides ice cream, we also can order some food like sate ayam, otak-otak, bakmi ayam from the street vendor outside Ragusa (too bad we just had lunch). So we only ordered the famous spaghetti ice cream 26K, Banana Split 26K, Nougat Ice cream 13K, and Orange Float 16K. Overall the ice cream taste was delicious. the spaghetti ice cream was shapped like spaghetii and placed in a spagheti bowl, topped with bits of dried fruit and nuts. It tasted light and not as creamy as I though it should be.

Ragusa Es Italia
Restaurant & Ice Cream
Jl. Veteran I No. 10.
ph. +62(21) 3849123
fx. +62(21) 3501741

]]> http://www.jenzcorner.com/weblog/archives/2008/03/ragusa.html http://www.jenzcorner.com/weblog/archives/2008/03/ragusa.html Cakes, Bread & Dessert Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:55:25 +0630 Rumah Makan Asli Cibiuk 2 weeks ago, I went to Bogor with some friends. We arrived there around lunch time and headed straight to a restaurant called CIBIUK. It is a Sundanese restaurant originally from Bandung - West Java. I heard about this place and they claim to be Rajanya sambel, jagonya gurame, topnya ayam & gepuk. The dining area was separate into 2 places, the main dining room with tables, and the saung for lesehan. we choose to eat at the saung. So here's what we ordered : nasi liwet castrol (for 2) 42.5K, nasi bakar pulen special 21.750K, tumis genjer oncom 9.5K, sayur asem 5K, pepes jamur 6.5K, bandrek susu 8K, and warm orange juice 8.5K. The rice packages came with fried chicken, tempe, tahu & lalapan, plus their famous sambel : sambel cibiuk (made from fresh green tomatoes, chillies and lemon lime if I'm not mistaken). Overall the meal was OK, not bad but not to die for. The sambel was not as hot as I expected. but the service was good, plus the place atmosphere, we really enjoyed our time there. :)

Rumah Makan Khas Sunda
Cibiuk
Jl. Pajajaran No.21C
ph. +62(251) 380203
Bogor 16150

]]> http://www.jenzcorner.com/weblog/archives/2008/03/rumah_makan_asl.html http://www.jenzcorner.com/weblog/archives/2008/03/rumah_makan_asl.html Indonesian Cuisine Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:52:46 +0630