MAD ( Modern Asian Diner ) Jakarta

Long time no see  my old friend. At first we confuse where to meet. Then I asked her to get mad for dimsum at MAD that located at Lotte Sopping Avenue Jakarta. Just because, suddenly I craving for dimsum. Been curious with this place. And never get a chance to visit here. So here we are, ready to explore their dimsum menu.

Entering the MAD area that located across the XXI Theater, you will feel at the art gallery. The sitting area is a big hall like food court with wooden furniture. With the colorful art-deco scheme really spoiled eyes, and the one that capturing my eyes 1st is the table that wrote MAD above it. You will feel eating in an outside area with many bench eclectic chairs and of course with a vibrant colors.

MAD was born in the hands of two Singaporean, Dick Lee and Andrew Chow under Singapore F&B Group who also brought Ming Dine and Chill at Epicentrum Walk, Jakarta. MAD served many kind of Chinese and Western food. This time, me and my friend want to dig in their various dimsum. And iin the middle of the dining area, there's an open kitchen for dimsum. Let's dig in.

MAD FOR DIMSUM

CRISPY SQUID INK SESAME BALL (3pcs) - IDR 20.800
Filled with black bean that have really soft texture. But too bad, there's only plenty of filling in it. Luckily, they have perfect crispy squid ink. It's pretty decent.

BAKED BARBEQUED CHICKEN BUN (3pcs) - IDR 22.800
I die with this bun. It so moist, soft and generous in filling. The chicken really tender and well marinated with the right amount of barbequed sauce.

CRISPY PRAWN DUMPLING SERVED WITH MAYONNAISE (3pcs) - IDR 22.800

This crispy prawn really crunchy with a lot of stuff minced prawn in it. I like how they make the texture great. It still crunchy outside and tender inside

CRISPY YAM DUMPLING WITH MINCED CHICKEN FILLING (3pcs) - IDR 22.800
I thought this was some kind like meatballs. But it more like bitter ballen. It has really smooth texture in it. I like when it still hot. Because the creaminess from the filling more tasty and not overwhelmed.

STEAM PRAWN RICE ROLL - IDR 24.800
Served warm with sweet soy sauce. I like the prawn filling. It taste good and not fishy.

STEAM BBQ CHICKEN ROLL - IDR 24.800
Not to like about this one. I guess it come from the leaves (forget what it was) but it give a strange taste in my palate.

SIGNATURE RICE ROLL -  IDR 28.800
There's a crunchy texture on the filling. I forget the exact what it is. But I think its a rice vermicelli that been fried. It mixed with the minced chicken in it. This steamed roll really gave a different texture in my palate. Soft, crunchy, sweet and savory. My favorite among two above.

STEAMED BEANCURD SKIN ROLL WITH SHRIMP - IDR 22.800
Very light dimsum, Beancurd skin stuffed with minced shrimp. Taste decent. It served warm. Like it.

BRAISED CHICKEN FEET with BLACK BEAN SAUCE - IDR 20.800
Like the black been sauce. A combination between sweet and savory. Marinated well into the chicken feet that really tender.

STEAMED TRUFFLE DUMPLINGS - IDR (3pcs) - IDR 20.800
Filled with truffle mushroom and vegetables. Good for you who don't eat meat. This is quiet good, even though I think that the truffle not to fragrant like  truffle that I used to eat. The skin also really chewy and goey.

STEAMED CHICKEN WITH TAOSI - IDR 20.800
The chicken really tender and marinated well. It ripped off easily from the bone. The sauce taste a bit spicy.

GLUTINOUS RICE with CHICKEN WRAPPED with LOTUS LEAF (2pcs) - IDR 22.800
Like this dimsum so much. The lotus leaf make the rice more fragrant and the chicken cooked with sweet soy sauce that make the taste sweet and savory. The texture is great. Not too mushy or soggy.

At the end, we really overwhelmed with the dimsum here. So many choices of dimsum make us want to grab all. We barely can't move from the chairs. We're so freakin' full. My suggestion, if you want to get mad with dimsum at MAD, do not eat anything before and only drink mineral water or something sour during eating. I surely will comeback for some of their dimsum and want to taste MAD other menus also some other times.

MAD - Modern Asian Diner

Lotte Shopping Avenue 4th fl. Unit 33 (Next to XXI Cinema)

Ciputra World 1

Jl. Prof. Dr. Satrio Kav. 3-5

Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan 12940

021 - 2988 9499

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JJ Royal Brasserie Jakarta

A view days ago, my mates Hans asked me and other mates to try 1 new restaurant in town. Well... I always excited to try something new. So, I was instead said I Do to him hohooho...

JJ Royal Brasserie located in new Mall in town called LOVE a.k.a Lotte Shopping Avenue a.k.a Ciputra World. The exact location is in Lower Ground Floor. From the facade, we already can see the eye-catching JJ Royal Brasserie. At the entrance we welcome with they pastry spread in a bar. And we also can peek their colorful chairs. OMG! Their so cute... Can I have it one for my new crib? *wink

JJ Royal Brasserie divided in to 3 section. After the entrance we can see the non-smoking area with a cute colorful chairs and gigantic painting of the gorgeous lady as JJ Royal Brasserie icon.

Sorry for the blurry picture - but those cute chairs still look adorable

Second area, which is in the middle of the restaurant is for smoking area. There's a big bar with a big shelf full with wine. So, for wine lover, you can pick wine you like here... There's also an open kitchen here. So we can peek when Chef do their magic :p A big glass door separated middle room with outside area. In the evening, JJ Royal Brasserie open those door so we can straight go into outside area. So I guess, it transform into a club when in the evening comes. I'd like to comeback here one day to see the night crowd here.

Middle Room, See the ceiling. Beautiful lady picture in the ceiling.

As we seated in the middle room, I notice there's a cute little rose on the table.This restaurants dominated with Paris theme.

Let's move on to their menu. I bet you already curious about that. Menu that I spread below is for Lunch Package ( IDR 120.000 ++ ). We get starter, main course, dessert and coffee for Lunch Package. I think it's a great deal. Remembering you'll get the complete menu.

YUMMY STARTER

Home-Style Deepfried BBQ Chicken Wings - IDR 50.000

Deep-fried BBQ chicken wings.
When you see the brownish of the chicken wings, it come from the coating. It coated by delicious thick barbeque sauce. Taste a bit sweet and it's not spicy. The chicken cooked to the perfection. It so tender inside and still crispy outside. This chicken wings is so finger lickin'.

Chunky Salsa, Guacamole & Crispy Tortilla Chips - IDR 50.000

Fresh Mexican tomato salsa, mashed avocado and spices, homemade salted tortilla chips.
A crunchy tortilla chips really hits my palate at this lunch. Paired with tasty guacamole which is mashed avocado and sour cream. They succeed bring out the guacamole into a yummy pairing for the tortilla. And the other one is the tomato salsa to make a balance for the guacamole. If you blend it together, the taste is become extra ordinary. Must try.

Tender Chicken Fingers - IDR 40.000

Served with honey mustard mayonnaise make the taste from the tender chicken more tasty. A thick cut from finger chicken really good. It crispy outside and still tender inside. Kids gonna love this one.

Crunchy Tiger Prawns With sweet chilli yoghurt sauce - IDR 65.000

Dunno what are they doin' with this prawn, but this is taste good. Eventhough the skin was crispy, but the prawn still juicy and not smell fishy. It's a simple starter with a million taste. Served with chilli sauce.

MAIN COURSE

English Fish and Chips - IDR 75.000

Deep fried battered fresh cod, pommes frites, tartar sauce.
Golden Cod fish served in a simple look. The batter really great. Not leaving oily or greasy taste. The french fries accompany the cod fish also not oily and good. All served with tartar sauce. Perfect paired.

Linguine Aglio Olio - IDR 85.000

Pine nuts, crunchy ebi, garlic, chili flakes, fresh olives, chopped parsley.
The appereance looked like spaghetti. But this one is not spaghetti. It's linguine. Pasta wider than spaghetti but not as wide as fettuccine. JJ Royal Brasserie cooked it aldente. Chili flakes gave a bit spicy taste to this pasta. Served with fresh and juicy prawn. Must try!

Traditional Indonesian Oxtail Soup - IDR 85.000

Oxtail soup, long grain rice, thin emping crackers, pickles and condiments (fried oxtail upon request)
At first I thought the goin' to be so so. Because it happen in most western restaurant that not have specification in Indonesian food. But when I taste it, I'm totally wrong. JJ Royal Brasserie succeed bring the oxtail soup to the Indonesian palate. The taste was great. The oxtail really tender. Plus the clear soup really seasoning well. Not oily and greasy. The carrot and potato texture also tender. Served with white rice, emping (melinjo crackers) and green chilli (Sambel Ijo). Recommended!

Nasi Goreng Special - IDR 75.000

Long grain rice, fried chicken, chicken satay, fried egg, beef floss, cucumber, tomato.
Another Indonesian food in JJ Royal Brasserie. Nasi Goreng (Fried Rice) is 1 of popular food in the world. The rice cooked well. Not over cooker or undercooked. Because when the rice overcooked it become soggy and in the other hands, if the rice cook undercooked it become dry and the texture still hard. The rice seasoned well. Served with tender fried chicken, tender chicken satay ( me likeeyy...) and some kerupuk (crackers). The runny sunny side up egg really like sunshine in the morning.

DESSERT

Raspberry Cronut - IDR 30.000

Been heard about cronut in many place. Cronut is a croissant in a doughnut shape. When in other store serve cronut with made by order, not in JJ Royal Brasserie. The cronut is ready to served. I expect it's more crunchy, so it can feel like the original croissant. But in the inside still feel moist. Raspberry not to kick into my palate. Add more raspberry taste, then it will more good.

Other selection of Cronut from JJ Royal Brasserie

Tarte Au Chocolat - IDR 40.000

Pate brisee, hazelnut crispy, Valrhona manjari ganache.
Alert for chocolate lover. You'll gonna love this cake. Tart filled with bittersweet valrhona mnajari chocolate. The chocolate texture really dense but so smooth and straight melt in my mouth. Pate brisee or shortcrust pastry give another balance to the chocolate. I like the crunchy texture.

Big Red - IDR 40.000

Raspberry marmalade, fresh raspberries, vanilla brûlée, almond macaron.
This big red is really eye-catching. The appearance is so pretty. It's a gigantic almond red macaroon. Filled with fresh raspberry. If you can see the layers, it shows creamy vanilla brûlée, fresh raspberries and raspberries marmalade. What I like is all balance together. Not too sweet, because raspberries succeed neutralize the vanilla brûlée. Not leaving weird taste after eat it. Okayy... right the moment i wrote this, suddenly I'm mouthwatering... OMG!!

Black Velvet - IDR 35.000

Chocolate sponge cake, cherry compote, vanilla mousseline.

Sponge cake really moist. When you cut it, you'll see the cherry compote and vanilla mousseline layers. It so beautiful. Cherry compote taste not sweet which i like but can give a million taste to this cake. 

BEVERAGES

 I first known JJ Royal from the coffee. My sister often bring me some of their coffee. So when I got a chance to visit JJ Royal Brasserie, coffee is one thing that I wont missed. Ian Consulta, as Head Barista who make sure that coffee you'll drink is served in a great quality.

Cappuccino - IDR 30.000

This cappuccino presentation is so damn cute. In Ian Consulta's hands this cappuccino can be this cute. The taste of espresso really dominated this cappuccino. I like the consistency of this cappuccino.

Cappuccino - IDR 30.000

Also still in Ian's hands, you can drink your own face!! Yeepp... he will take picture of you, then voila... your face move into this hot cappuccino. Really entertaining for customer. The cappuccino above is replicate of my mate face. Thanks to Ian, I can drink Hans's face LOL...

Cafe Latte - IDR 30.000

Espresso blended with hot, frothy milk.
The graceful cafe latte served infront of me. Garnish with Valrhona marshmallow and macaroon crumbs. The taste also as pretty as it looks. The consistency between the coffee and milk really great. You can see also the milk foam really look nice.
  

Homemade Ice Tea with Lychee Flavor - IDR 30.000

If you don't drink coffee, JJ Royal Brasserie always have something good to try. Like this freshening Lychee ice tea. Lychee really dominate this drink. Beside lychee, JJ Royal Brasserie also have another choice like Mango, Green Apple, Strawberry, Peach.

Well, that's all folks... My experience in tasting JJ Royal Brasserie menu's. I have to drag my hubby here. So we can dig other menu that JJ Royal Brasserie offer. Hubby... I want to blow my candle here... Good, Delish, Delicious, Delicate and so on is relative. It depend on every person. But as for me, JJ Royal Brasserie had succeed spoiled my palate.

Thanks to Eric Guilbert, GM from Foodie Habit Group that run the JJ Royal Brasserie who explained to us every single details about JJ Royal Brasserie and also for recommending the great dessert.

JJ Royal Brasserie
Lotte Shopping Avenue – Ciputra World
Jl. Professor Doktor Satrio No.5
Jakarta 12940
Phone. +6221 2988 8980
Facebook: JJ Royal Brasserie
Twitter: @JJRBrasserie