KRONUT at Mandarin Oriental Hotel Cake Shop

Actually this one is a very very late post. But since I can't stand to hold this in my folder, so I still want to post it anyway.

In one nice afternoon, me and hubby suddenly want something sweet. And then I remember, in one of my mate blog, I found Kronut review in Mandarin Oriental Hotel Cake Shop. So me & hubby straight heading to MO Cakeshop. Since we just need to blink from our office in Imam Bonjol, Thamrin area.

MO CakeShoop placed inside the Cinnamon Restaurant. You'll find a yummy and pretty cakes in their display. From tiny lil' cake to whole cake that look tempting. But this time, we only want to snacking on their Kronut. This just because I suddenly mouthwatering see it in one my blog's mate.

MO Cake Shop named their cronut with cronut. Kronut is a croissant donut. It has shape like donut but taste like croissant. With a fatty and crunchy layer, Kronut MO Cakeshop is really have to try. To get your Kronut, just call them and make reservation. No minimum order. Even if you only want to buy one, they still serve you happily.

Vanilla Kronut - IDR 33.000 ++

Vanilla Cream Kronut taste so yummy. It so melted in your mouth. The vanilla cream is not too overpowering, so it taste not too sweet and not leaving weird taste after eating it. Beside on top of the Kronut, we also can find the vanilla cream In the middle of the Kronut. Almond give it more crunchy texture.

Chocolate Kronut - IDR 33.000 ++

Chocolate Cream Kronut from MO Cakeshop is another choice of Kronut that you can choose. When you slice the the Kronut we can see the generous amount of the chocolate cream. The texture is not too thick. It has a good texture. But it too sweet for my liking. Specially mixed with the sliced chocolate as the topping. So, I end of only eat the Kronut and the topping.

I told you before that actually this is a late post aight. So, this chocolate Kronut is no longer available in MO Cakeshop. They replace it with Christmas Edition with ginger taste in it. Looks like MO Cakeshop want to make many kind and taste of Kronut so customer wont get bored.

Vanilla Bourbon TWG

To balance the Kronut, so I ordered with this comfort Vanilla Bourbon from TWG. Served hot in a fancy tea pot it so nice to pair it with Kronut.

Strawberry Milkshake

My hubby is always be a number one sweet tooth fans. So, he order this milkshake to accompany his Kronut. This quite good. It has the right thickness.

Like I mentioned earlier, don't forget to call one day before if you want your Kronut. And make sure that you arrive right on-time. So you'll get the fresh Kronut. Considering this Kronut only can stand within 6 hours, so you better not keeping it too long. As for me, no need 10minutes to eat this yummy Kronut.

The Mandarin Oriental Cake Shop

http://www.mandarinoriental.com

Mandarin Oriental Hotel

Jl. M.H Thamrin PO BOX 3392, Jakarta 10310

(021) 2993 8823

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