Good food in Jakarta

Jakarta is an enormous city. Finding good places to eat – outside of malls and office buildings – can be a bit daunting. As always, local knowledge is gold and so we were lucky enough to find some great places on our last trip there.

Ruwaida Batik restaurantOmah Sendok is the name of a great little place we found in the Sudirman district of central Jakarta. A growing trend in Jakarta is to convert former residences into restaurants along the busier roads, and the environment in these places is really nice.

Simple conversions of houses into restaurants make for a wonderful homely atmosphere when dining. Omah Sendok has a small bookshop attached which is kind of cool, although the range of titles could be broadened somewhat! There is also a batik shop attached.

Ayam Bakar The food is great and prepared simply. The range of dishes is good. And the price of the food is also reasonable.

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  2. Posted by Steven 1st January, 2009 at 11:58 pm

    Semalam aku ama keluarga makan di kampoeng djawa resto sekalian ngerayain tahun baru. Kalo ga salah sekitar jam 01.00 aku mendengar ada keributan antara manager dgn ownernya. Iseng aku menanyakan ama waitress pokok permasalahannya dan ga taunya manager tsb disalahin karena membagi topi, terompet dan topeng buat tamu2. Si manager diminta untuk mengganti semuanya yg diberikan buat tamu. Aku dan kel yg sering makan di resto manapun sempat terhenyak karena kejadian itu dan lagian banyak mereka juga ngomong kalo ownernya emang begitu so ga heran sudah gonta ganti manager malah ada manager yg kerja cuma 2 hari. Belom lagi masakan yg diminta owner untuk daur ulang. Buat Bapak Manager (kalo ga salah Bapak Hendro) sabar aja ya pak. Aku cerita masalah ini ketante ku dan ternyata tanteku merasa simpati atas kejadian tsb. Terus terang tante ku betah disana karena system pelayanan yg diterapkan bapak. Sekali lagi sabar ya pak. Kami turut simpati atas kejadian tsb.

    Untuk para pembaca yg sering melakukan diner keluar, aku saranin jgn deh ke kampoeng djawa di greenville karena anda hanya akan mendapat kecewa daripada kenyang.

  3. Posted by Frengky 30th March, 2009 at 6:37 pm

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