While having western cuisine usually comes at a price, you can choose a delicious list of western dishes on the reasonably priced menu at ‘Seven to 7 Meat Shop and Café.’ Opened since January 8, 2012, Seven to 7 features a unique concept wherein the restaurant and meat shop are combined into one F&B establishment. Here, guests can either order the food from the menu, or they can have their own selections of meat, sausage, potatoes and hash brown directly taken from the freezer. Steak … [Read more...]
Luna Negra
This Jakarta’s new international semi-fine dining resto takes its guests to a classy ambience that marries New York style bar with authentic Italian dining venue. Before the dining area, you will be walked through a cozy bar and lounge that lists a rich selection of quality wines and cocktails. The restaurant’s geometric tiles, round metal lamps and exposed brick walls make up the great culinary setting of Luna Negra, which has drawn various crowds of crème de la crème. Luna Negra’s menu … [Read more...]
Edible Elegance
Jakarta’s latest fine-dining restaurants are serving up the world’s cuisine on a plate to those hungry for new experiences. The capital city of Indonesia offers many culinary adventures with distinct settings that separate the city’s crème de la crème from the rest of the crowd. From authentic French and Italian fare to traditional Middle Eastern meals and delectable Chinese and Japanese cuisine, the presence of new high-end restaurants on Jakarta’s busy restaurant scene has injected much … [Read more...]
SHY Rooftop
The tented cum al-fresco establishment in a sumptuous rooftop is a picture of avant-garde sanctuary that has become the nirvana of night life. The rooftop bar nestled on the top floor of The Papilion, a sleek glass-sheathed building on Jl. Kemang Raya, is among Kemang’s premium nightspots to enjoy drinks and a live band, with a panoramic view from its terrace. On a recent Friday evening, Arin & The Driver belted out rock and roll and popular songs ranging from The Police and Queen, … [Read more...]
Going Beyond the Plate
To city's best restaurants outdo each other in presenting their best dishes by doing up entire rooms and attracting the right crowd, as Aulia Rachmat finds out. At Oasis, the doorman escorts guests through a lamp-lit entrance hall to their table. Ladies are offered a corsage, and a large gong is struck to announce the party's arrival. Sundanese music floats through the air, highlighting an experience that begins as one steps into a grand mansion that has housed the restaurant since … [Read more...]
Table 8: A New Delicacy
Serving Cantonese and Szechuan cuisines, Table 8 takes its guests to an exquisite experience that is wrapped with exclusive, modern and Chinoiserie. Jakarta has added another wondrous dining escapade. Replacing the Samudra Sharks Fin on the ground floor of Hotel Mulia, the new Table 8 includes favourite home-cooking, popular street food and various delicacies from China’s two regions, Canton and Sichuan. Pairing Chinese food and tea is traditionally inseparable. For that reason, the … [Read more...]
CÉPAGE: Bringing the finest delicacy
Hong Kong’s stylish Michelin restaurant Cépage takes its distinguished guests into vibrant dining scene offering the blend of exquisite French-Mediterranean fare on the pearl of the Orient. Named after the French wine terminology of a blend of various grapes, Cépage is essentially Hong Kong’s version of Les Amis Group Singapore bringing the same delicacy that has taken the group to a great success. Awarded its first prestigious Michelin star within its first year of operation, the Hong … [Read more...]
METIS: A New Taste of French
The legacy of one of the oldest institutions in Bali has created a new French Mediterranean landscape in the great charm of the tropical island. The closing of French fine-dining restaurant Kafe Warisan led to a new venture of chef entrepreneurs Nicolas ‘Doudou’ Tourneville and Said Alem. Opened since October 16, 2009, Métis Restaurant and Gallery offers a variety of French and Mediterranean cuisine served in the savory ambience of friendly Bali. Sharing a culinary passion, the old time … [Read more...]
