Le Quartier Jakarta

One day I feel want to feel a romantic ambiance dinner with my hubby.  We, two crazy people, want  try to be a romantic couple once. So, based on my mate recommendation,we ended up in a fancy France restaurant, Le Quartier. Before that, terribly sorry for not so good pictures. It because the night scene and low light.

Le Quartier try to adapted romantic neighborhood brasseries. It capture with the big and elegant chandelier everywhere. Le Quartier has a vintage interior with wooden furniture since the front door. With a lace curtain and big window, Le Quartier really feel homey. They really pay attention in every details. All elements look match and good together. Event they don't forget the restroom. The restroom look nice and as elegant as the diner area itself.

Rest Room

In the middle of the room, we can found Bar table that filled with choice of alcoholic drinks. You can sit here just for chill. They have many selection of champagne and liqueur.

Since we begin our dinner with a something sweet earlier, so me & hubby straight to go with Main Course. After a view times reading the menu, here area what we have for dinner.

Complimentary Bread

After we seated and ordered our dinner, this complimentary bread served in our table. A very moist wheat and plain bread. Pair it with the fragrant olive oil and smooth butter. Really good to start your main course.

Iced Pomelo and Lychee - IDR 38.000

Balinese Grapefruit, Lychees, Lychee Syrup, Mint, Soda
A very freshening drink came from this drink. Both lychee and the grapefruit really succeed pop out it taste. And a mint make this drink more fragrant. The taste is not too sweet, which I like.
 

Sweet Camomile - IDR 36.000

The delicate fruitiness of orange petals over the mild tartness of camomile.
Since the restaurant a bit cold, so this hot drink really suitable to accompany the night. Really fragrant and nice.

Barramundi Centercut Fillet with Lemon Beurre Blanc Sauce - IDR 116.000

A very tender barramundi fillet. It taste so fresh and not smell fishy at all! Without over seasoning, this barramundi already taste great. Really melted in your mouth. It cooked to perfection. Served with Lemon Beurre Blanc Sauce. It based on waiter's recommendation. A bit sour from the lemon give a good balance to the barramundi. Nice!

Beurre blanc — literally translated from French as "white butter"— is a hot emulsified butter sauce made with a reduction of vinegar and/or white wine (normally Muscadet) and grey shallots into which cold, whole butter is blended off the heat to prevent separation.

Norwegian Salmon Steak with Tarragon Bearnaise Sauce - IDR 148.000

Same like Barramundi above, Salmon Steak here in Le Quartier served very pretty. Perfectly cooked without any fishy smell. The salmon is so smooth. Every bite is taste like heaven. Even withour the sauce, this salmon already taste great. But it also good paired with Taragon Bearnaise sauce. Bearnaise Sauce is a sauce made of clarified butter emulsified in egg yolks, white wine vinegar and flavored with herbs.
The taste is similar like mustard. A bit sour and good paired with the salmon.

All Steak that I ordered served with grilled tomato, potato and garlic. The garlic not that smelly. It taste great. And give more kick sensation to the steak.

At the end, I love every elements that served in Le Quartier. I definitely will comeback someday to try another menu from Le Quartier.

Le Quartier French Restaurant 
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Jl. Gunawarman No. 34 Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta  
021 - 7278 8001

JJ Royal Bistro - Senayan City

Last Friday me and friends got a sweet escape after whole day worst traffic from Puncak. We're so damn tired, so we really need a nice redemption. So when my friend told me that the new branch of JJ Royal already open in Senayan City, we decided to straight go there.

Placed in Lower Ground of Senayan City Mall, JJ Royal Bistro try to accommodate Jakarta's Urban peoples for hangout and dine. The concept is still the same with JJ Royal Brasserie , the different is only that JJ Royal Bistro don't have any outdoor place. Me personal more prefer JJ Royal Brasserie place.Their outdoor place is so hype and cool. Sometimes they have DJ on weekend. But JJ Royal Bistro also hard to resist.So here we are, seated in a nice sofa black and white zebra design.

There also a nice bar in the middle of the room. With unique stools around the tables. Just turn around and you'll find the cake display. I bet you want to grab it all just like me hohoho.... And this time they have many new selection to choose. OMG it makes me more overwhelming...

Now let's find out what we dig in JJ Royal Bistro

Nostalgia Iced Fruit Soda - IDR 35.000

Menteng fruit with refreshing soda water and crushed ice.
A bit difficult describe Menteng Fruit in english. But this tropical local fruit taste so freshening. The soda mixed with the sourness from the Menteng fruit make this drink unique and fresh. Good after you sweet something sweet or heavy meal.

Iced Lychee Tea - IDR 35.000

 No need to describe about this Lychee Ice Tea I guess. It's freshening fo sho. Favorite in all time dine.

Iced Mango Tea - IDR 35.000

The mango not as dominated as the lychee. But the taste still good and freshening.

Soto Pak Kumis - IDR 65.000

Beef Soup, Egg, Yellow Noodle, Kwayteow, Bihun (Rice vermicelli), Indonesian Spring Roll, Potatoes & Tomatoes, Served with Crackers.
I like the soup much. It savory yet tasty. The beef is so tender. The noodle and bihun also cooked well. Not too soggy. Add it with condiment like spring roll that filled with bihun (Rice vermicelli) also. It's crispy and good. Better eat it while it's hot. So all the seasoning more flavorful. 

Iga Garang Asem - IDR 65.000

Tender Beef Rib Soup with mild sour broth, belimbing wuluh (Averrhoa bilimbi), crackers & sambal.
Aaww... I don't expect that this Garang Asem would be exactly the same like in my home town and also close to my mom usually made. The sourness from the broth and  (Averrhoa bilimbi) really come out all the flavor. The beef a bit chewy at first, Hard to cut. But thanks to the Manager and the Chef Denny Setiawan who willing to fix it and cut it all to a small bite. What a great service....

Homemade Mozarella Spinach Ravioli - IDR 75.000

Stuffed Spinach Ravioli with Ricotta, Goat Cheese, Black Olives, Mozzarella, Served with Pomodoro Sauce, Basil, Parmesan, Poppy Seeds & Pine Nuts.
At first bite, I taste it a bit bland. But when I tossed it all, all the fragrant ingredients become mixed together and bring out its flavor. When I taste the ravioli I didn't found any spinach like in description. But then Chef Denny explain that he made a change with the filling. He change it with pumpkin and also change the sauce a bit. He infuse the tomato with a bit strawberry. So we can taste a bit sour and full of herbs from the basil. Pine nuts add a crunchiness texture to this ravioli.

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner - IDR 80.000

Black Pepper Smoke Chicken, Chicken Breast, Homemade Bbq Sauce, Mushroom, Mozzarella & Cheese
This Winner Pizza is Ian Consulta's recommendation. Not only him actually. A server that I asked also recommend this. A thin crust pizza, really crispy but not chewy. But I still taste a bit flour above the pizza. I like the topping much. It so generous topping's amount.  The chicken breast really tender, the black pepper smoke chicken also tender and tasteful. I don't really like the sauce. It too sweet to my liking. it left a weird taste after.

New Sweet Tooth from JJ Royal

JJ Royal always know how to spoiled their customers. They have some new cakes to serve to their customers. And of course all of those cake is really tempting to try.

I always have a big smile after visiting JJ Royal. Their hospitality, their great quality of food, is the one who make me always want to comeback again. To bad don't have much time to get a chat with Chef Denny Setiawan. And to bad you already eliminated from Top Chef Indonesia.

JJ Royal Bistro
Senayan City LG fl. Unit L-06 B1
Jalan Asia Afrika Lot 19
Jakarta Selatan 10270
021 - 2932 9262
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KENNY ROGERS ROASTERS - Christmas & New Years Festive

Last week I was invited to have Kenny Rogers Xmas & New Year new menu. A bit curious what Kenny Rogers have this time. So here I am at FX Sudirman Mall to find out more about Kenny Rogers Xmas & New Year menu.

Kenny Rogers in FX Sudirman divided into 2 areas. Main area including the kitchen and the second area across the main restaurant. We seated in second area, in a long wooden table and nice red chair.

Kenny Rogers only served Christmas & New Year special menu start from 18th November 2013 until 26 January 2014. So you better hurry and grab it fast before the promo end.

Special menu this time is Chicken Pasta Meal, Mambo Minty Chocolate & Milkshake Berrynana. For Chicken Pasta Meal, you'll get a full complete dish. Started with 1/4 roasted chicken, 1 side dish and 1 muffin. What a great deal.

Homemade Muffin

 Kenny Rogers always have a yummy homemade muffin. Specially when they serve it still warm. Because it still fluffy and moist. Both the original and the chocolate taste good.

Chicken Meal Pasta - IDR 73.000

Chicken Pasta Meal consist of 1/4 roasted chicken served with your choice of gravy like original mushroom, blackpepper or spicy barbeque. This time, Kenny Rogers served us with original mushroom. My chicken cooked in perfection. So tender, and the gravy really soak into the chicken. Beside the chicken there's also a bolognaise pasta  that cooked aldente. And the bolognaise sauce taste good with a big mushroom chunk also. If you don't want pasta, you can change it with rice. Along with the main dish there's also a side dish. You choose 1 of 12 choice of side that Kenny Rogers have. Here, they served us with fresh garden salad. It really taste fresh and crisp.

Milkshake Berrynana - IDR 33.000

Milkshake Berrynana is a blend of strawberry ice cream, milk and original muffin. So you can imagine how full it's gonna be in your stomach aight? But i really like this milkshake so damn much. The strawberry is really rich. We can still taste the muffin texture in it. Eventhough it's full of muffin and milk, but it not left any weird taste after drinking it.

Mambo Minty Chocolate - IDR 33.000

Mambo Minty Chocolate is a chocolate blended with mint taste in it. The chocolate is generous. But I taste it like usual chocolate milk. But for you who like chocolate and don't want your stomach full right away, this Mambo Minty Chocolate surely a good choice.

EVENT
Beside introducing a new menu, Kenny Rogers also have a program called Kenny Rogers Roasters Community Chest - Wishing Tree. So basically, it give us a change to help unfortunate kids out there. So we just need to pick one of the wishes that they already wrote in a card and hanging in the tree in the restaurant then you try to make the wishes come true. It's good too sharing.

OTHER SPECIAL MENU
Beside Chicken Meal Pasta, Kenny Rogers also served other special menu for your Christmas and New Year Celebration. They served (Whole) Roast Turkey for 6pax complete with side dish, gravy sauce and home made muffin. You can have it for only IDR 1.500.000. If you interested to order, note that the last order would be 16th December 2013 with pick up schedule on 24th December until 5th January 2014. This only exist in Jabodetabek Kenny Rogers.

Thanks a billion Kenny Rogers for a yummy Christmas & New Year's menu. I really enjoy it.

KRR FX Mall
Ground Floor
Jl. Jend. Sudirman, Pintu Satu Senayan
Lot F1 No.10, 10A,10B Jakarta 10270
021 - 25554326
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Bakerzin with New Concept: DESSERT BAR

I've known Bakerzin with their scrumptious dessert and dishes. I always love visiting Bakerzin.  And now they have a new concept for their restaurant. Placed in Plaza Senayan Level 2 Bakerzin try to introduce and re-opening their restaurant into a different level.

Luckily I've got an invitation for their re-opening Dessert Bar in Plaza Senayan Branch. All invitation, bloggers, Media and VIP all set in one place and day. It makes the restaurant become over capacity and too crowded. It also make the order came so long and they running out the dessert and cakes so damn fast. 

All new dessert will be placed in dessert bar. So you the customers, can straight pick and order their tempting dessert. What a great move that Bakerzin made...

Bakerzin Plaza Senayan - New Concept & Interior

Meanwhile, for the interior and exterior, Bakerzin also make a change for their outlet. This time they took modern rustique with a vintage France look in their display and furniture. I love the wooden big window in their store. With capacity 140 peoples, Bakerzin pretty confy to hangout. Specially they have dessert bar corner, place where the customer can interact with the barista and chef pastry.

Important note for you who doesn't smoke. Choose outside sitting area if your not smoking. Because indoor area for those who smoking. Eventhough we still can smell the smoke, because there's no specific divider.

Enough with the interior. Now let's move to their menus. I bet you guys already can't wait. Just scroll down... And do not lick your screen while you read it LOL...

Yummy Canape

Salmon Steak - IDR 90.000

Grilled salmon served with sautéed baby potatoes and vegetables.
Everything in this plate is so good. A well-done salmon steak cooked in perfection. It so tasty without overpowering herbs. Taste tender and not fishy. Served with tender baby potatoes and the herbs also tasteful in this potatoes. The veggies also cooked well. Not too overcooked. So we still can get the crunchy texture

Classic Oxtail Soup - IDR 90.000

Our signature oxtail soup served with steamed rice and melinjo chips.
I don't a have a great expectation about this oxtail soup actually. At first, I thought it would be so-so. But, we never know unless we try it aight? And I prove it that I was wrong. The oxtail soup taste good. With a savory broth it taste just right. And the oxtail also tender. I can ripped it from the bone easily.
  

Veal with Pesto Linguini - IDR 120.000

Pan-fried veal with homemade pesto linguini and tomato vinaigrette.
Linguini is a pasta that have texture thin like fettuccine but smaller.  In Bakerzin, they served this linguini al-dente or cooked perfectly. The pesto really blend well with the linguini. And don't forget the very tender veal. It also seasoning well. I like it

Sliced Beef with Crushed Potato - IDR 160.000

Tenderloin slice served with over mixed vegetables and potato crush.
With all the tempting description and considering the price too, I really have a high expectation on this menu. But unfortunately, it's not my lucky day. The beef is a total failure (sorry to say...). It so chewy, tasteless and I barely can't eat it. So I end up only eat the mashed potato, nice cooke veggies and the gravy sauce. Look at my next table who order a menu just like me, and she also get the one like me. Bakerzin really really have to make improvement with this menu.   

Blue Passion Macaron - IDR 35.000

To be honest, I ordered this one because I looked at the cute presentation. Bright blue and the shiny yellow is just like a sun above the ocean. And when I taste it, it pretty freshening. Simple syrup with a lil' bit kick of soda. And the blue macaroon also taste good.

Sweet Peach Sparkling Fruity Tea - IDR 30.000

The freshness from the peach is really great. A bit of soda and fruity tea make this drink flavorful without too overpowering sweetness.

Iced Honey Lemon - IDR 33.000

Honey mixed with lemon bring out the freshening feeling. One sip from this drink is never enough. Plus you'll get the very fresh lychee. Sluurpp...

Iced Tiramisu Caffe Cinno - IDR 35.000

Are you in the mood for coffee? Then you have to try this Tiramisu Caffe Cinno. it feels like we eat a cake in glass. What make this drink good is that both the tiramisu and the coffee have a balance role. So it not too sweet or bitter.

Finally after an hour since our main course finish, we can get our dessert. I told you before aight? That Bakerzin has transform into a dessert bar? So of course we wont missed their dessert.

Red Velvet Lava - IDR 55.000

Our table ordered 2 plates of this Red Velvet. It just because, from 4 dessert menu mentioned only 3 can be serve. The 1st plate, they not to succeed bring out the lava. It's like stuck inside the cake. But the cake taste good though. It's soft and delicate enough. I like the cheesy ball. It sooooo gooodd... It's creamy yet light. Make me want to bite more. Combine the warm cake with the ice cream to get a more yummy taste.

Deconstructed Foret Noir - IDR 55.000

We also ordered 2 plate for this menu, and again we got a failure in 1st plate. The cake and ice cream is fall apart and not look appetizing. But when I dig in the brownies, the texture is so light and moist. I like it when it still warm. Served with creamy chocolate mousse which pretty good since it's not too sweet.

Iced Puma - IDR 55.000

Basically I think it's the same with the mouse above. It's a chocolate mouse that served in great presentation with a bowl filled with dry ice so it will look smoky. However, this is not my favorite. But I like the strawberry meringue though.

Earl Grey Chocolate Mouse

To be honest, it's not the my first choice of cake. Since bakerzin start running out of their cakes, so i just what it left. And this Earl Grey Chocolate Mouse ( I hope I said it right, because I'm a bit forget the excat name)  is one of them. Lucky for me, this cake is soo damn good. So moist and the earl grey is dominated the cake. Recommended. 

Macaroon

And for the goodie bag, Bakerzin gave us a box of macaroon. All the taste is so yummy and so hard to resist. I think I'll comeback again for the macaroon.

Thank you Bakerzin for your hospitality and the your yummy dessert.

Bakerzin
Plaza Senayan Level 2
Jalan Asia Afrika
Jakarta 10270
Phone: 021-57900408
FB Fan Page: Bakerzin
twitter: @bakerzinjkt