Boka Buka Cipete

March 2, 2014

Boka Buka Cipete, this traditional french restaurant serves a homey feeling once you stepped into the restaurant. If you looked the restaurant from the outside, it looks just like another common restaurants, but the inside is something different. Even the washroom was designed like the one you have in your house.

The restaurant was pretty empty, maybe because it was lunch time. But it didn't stop me from trying it, because I heard from friends that this restaurant serves a really good escargot at a reasonable price.

So here's the review:

The waiter started with giving free amuse bouche of two small glasses of lemongrass. Then came the complimentary bread with garlic butter. 

Bread with Garlic Butter

The garlic butter was good. If only they serve it in bigger portion... :p

Lemongrass 

Loved the lemongrass 

Escargots de Bourgogne (6 pcs)

Definitely one of the best escargots in town. Lots of garlic butter, which probably made it really tasty.

Green Olive Fetta Cheese Salad

Lovely Salad with olives and fetta cheese. yummy

Creamy Chicken Mushroom in Crepes

Great crepes. But could be better, they're missing something, but I don't know what. :p

Spaghetti Aglio Olio

Pretty good aglio olio. 

Overall, it was great. I would definitely come back here again for the escargots, appetiser and salad. The main courses were not that spectacular. They're lacking the basic ingredients of the original taste.

Rate: 7/10
Price: $$$ (Spent around Rp. 300.000,- lunch for two)

Boka Buka Cipete
Jl. Cipete raya no. 1
Phone: 021 7664308

Lyon (Saturday Brunch)

February 15, 2014

Visiting Lyon Restaurant for its Saturday brunch is never a bad choice. It was my second time going here and I had the same wonderful experience as I had last time. The menu was slightly different from the last time.

This buffet brunch is nothing like any other buffet in Jakarta. Probably this is the only hotel buffet with a fine dining service in Jakarta (correct me if i'm wrong). The waitresses would take your orders from the small menu on your table, and you can just order as many as you like and it will be served by the waitresses to your table.

You can also go to the hot corners which they serve fresh oysters, salad, fresh seafood, and cheese.
The food here are exceptional, apart from it being an expensive brunch, this is the place that I wanna spend every Saturday of my life (hahahaha :p).

Enough said, just look at the pictures yourself:

Foi Gras

Egg Florentine

Scallop

Risotto

Grilled Angus Beef Tenderloin

Quinoa, Fresh Fruit and Vegetables

Another Foi Gras :p

I went here with my girlfriend to celebrate valentine. It costed me around Rp. 450.000,- /  person included tax and service.

Rate: 9/10

Price: $$$$

Lyon Jakarta

Jalan M.H. Thamrin Po Box 3392, Jakarta, Java 10310, Indonesia

Phone number: Mandarin Oriental: +62-21 2993 8888

Opening hours:

From Monday to Sunday (on Saturday, brunch only):

Lunch: 11:30am–2:30pm

Dinner: 6:30pm–10:30pm

Koultura Coffee

February 08, 2014

On saturday morning, I visited this place for the first time. I've been wanting to go there for quite awhile but for some matters, today is finally the day.
I tried the breakfast and hot chocolate, coz I'm not a coffee guy.

Here's the pictures:

Hot Chocolate

Rp. 27.000,-

One of the best hot chocolate i've ever tried. 

Egg Florentine

Egg Florentine

Rp. 40.000,-

This was just another common Eggs Benedict. Like what I've heard from my friends, this place is a really good coffee place. Well, I've tasted it myself and yes, only go to this place for the drinks.

Overall, it was a decent brunch or breakfast place. Good place to drink and chill, but definitely not the place you want to have a large meal.

Rate: 7/10
Price: $$


Koultura Coffee
Jl. Taman Ratu Raya Blok AA2 No. 33
Operating Hours: 7 Days a Week, 9:00 - 22:00
Phone: 021 29520310

Holy Gyu

February 2, 2014

This was my second time trying holy gyu. First time was great, that's why I came back here again for the 2nd time. Guess what, it was still great.

This restaurant serves Japanese style steak and it's owned by the same group who manages Loobie and Holy Cow. So if you like holy cow, you'd definitely like this new variation of steak serves in Japanese sauce.

The meat was tender and everything served was really good. I wouldn't say it was exceptional, but it was really great for the price.
Ranging from Rp. 100.000,- to around Rp. 250.000,- per meal, I'd say this is a real value for money restaurant.

As for the price written down under the image, I think it was around that price when I went there last time. ( I wrote this post in March, sorry :p)

Wagyu Tan

Rp. 125.000,-

Wagyu Shortrib Boneless

Rp. 142.000,-

Both of the meal were good. But if I were to pick which one was the best, I'd go for the short rib boneless anytime of the day. We also had the free tiramisu dessert by posting a post on twitter or path, but obviously I deleted the post after showing it. The tiramisu on the other hand, maybe because it was free, it was a disaster. Don't bother getting it for free or even pay for it.

Overall, it was a great lunch and I'd definitely come back for a good value for money japanese style steak.



Rate: 7.5/10
Price: $$

Holy Gyu

Jl. Panglima Polim V No. 21

Kebayoran Baru

South Jakarta

Ph. +6221 97990370
Opening hours: 11am - 2pm, 5 - 10pm