Eating at PASAR SANTA - Part One

Been a while I want to try to eat at Pasar Santa. I've heard that Pasar Santa has improve not just a traditional market, but involved to a place where we can eat. Not like other food vendors at traditional market, Pasar Santa dining area full of promising food vendors that enough make me drooling.

Even though its clean enough, but never imagine a convey and cold place here at Pasar Santa. Because most of vendors only have maximum 10 - 15 chairs capacity. Imagine if its full booked. You have to queue. And some vendors have a very serious queue. Long like train. I've been to Pasar Santa twice, just because I'm curious with all the vendors. Before begin your journey to Pasar Santa here's I give you several hints
1. Make sure you wear a comfortable clothes, since its non-AC place
2. Leave your heels, wear Sandals or Flat shoes
3. Bring some cash, most of vendors prefer cash even though some of them have debit or BCA Flash
4. If you already know where to go and what to eat, pay attention of their opening hours. Even though it says open in certain times, but it depends on the vendors. For example DOG vendor. It says open at 3 but when I visit they just ready at 4.30pm!! Better check their Instagram.Usually they updated their opening hours.
5. Unlike the other restaurant, they have pretty late opening hours. Around 12am to 3pm. Again, better check their Instagram.
6. Better come early, even though most vendors write their closing time, but many of them already sold out before closing time. Like Papricano Mexicana for example. They already sold at 6pm!!
7. Coming early also to avoid a very long queue and end with disappointed because they out of stock.

1st VISIT

NASI GORENG HITAM - IDR 28.000
Fried rice made from squid Ink served with fried egg
Taste wise not too big portion. The only kick from this fried rice is only the hint of spiciness.  

LEGOH
Manadonese Food, A Branch from Bandung.
Pasar Modern Santa 1st Floor, Foodcourt Area
Tues-Sun 11:00-21:00
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BEEF QUESADILLA - IDR 25.000
At first I was tempting to order their Burrito or Taco. But remembering I still want to explore several food vendors here at Pasar Santa, so I (only) ordered Beef Quesadilla. Surprisingly, Papricano give the generous amount of beef and cheese in their Quesadilla. Made by order so you'l get the warm food from them. Love their Salsa and Guacamole sauce. RECOMMENDED!

PAPRICANO MEXICAN CANTINA
Ph. +6281514298907
Opening hours:
Wed - Fri: 3pm - 9pm
Sat - Sun: 2pm - 10pm
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BLACK GOURMET HOTDOG
Single - IDR 35.000 || Double - IDR 40.000 || Triple - IDR 45.000
SAUCE (White, Cheese, Red) - IDR 5.000
So curious with  this hotdog. They made the bun from charcoal. That's why the bun color is black. What I have above is Single Hotdog with White Sauce. White Sauce is combination between mayonnaise and black-pepper. It turned to be a good pairing.

DOG
Pasar Modern Santa 1st Floor, Foodcourt Area #57
Wed – Sun
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So curious saw their preparation. Setting this and that. No wonder, December 26th was their 1st open and exist at Pasar Santa. And since it 1st launching, they give it free for their customers that day. Woooww!!  Lucky me to be the 1st who can taste it that day. Like its name, It's a Wrap served a wrap kind of food that you can choose the filling. They made the wrap from spinach. That's why the colour is green. They serve chicken, Dory Fish and Beef. Then you can choose 3 kind of veggies that you want to input to your wrap. The choice between Tomato, Lettuce, Cucumber, Paprika or Pineapple. Last you choose the sauce, barbeque, mushroom, black-pepper or mayonnaise. For my wrap above, I choose Fish with lettuce and tomato paired with mayonnaise. The fish taste crispy on the skin and still tender inside. The important thing is, its not smell fishy. The mayo taste less kick. I expected to be more bold on the sauce. While on the other day, my sister had their Beef with Barbeque sauce and it turn to be great.

IT'S A WRAP
Pasar Santa 2nd Floor #36
Opening hours: Wednesday to Sunday
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Fatboy is one of vendor that sell various kind of satay. The things that they put in the skewer is Fish Cake (Otak-otak), Cheesy Stick, Sausage (IDR 12.000). Beef Patty, Dumpling, Egg Chicken Roll (IDR 10.000) Lobster, Fish, Salmon, Crab, Squid, Shrimp (IDR 8.000). Chicken Skin, Chicken Intestine (IDR 6.000). Like the sauce that they put in the balls. I love the lobster and the salmon one.

FATBOY
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Ph. +6281294124024
Opening hours: Changing daily, pls check their instagram.

FROZEN BANANA - IDR 16.000
So unique and creative  dessert that Barnana have. Its a frozen banana that wrapped inside melted chocolate. You can choose your favorite topping like almond, cornflakes, oreo, regal biscuits, sprinkles, peanut butter, salted caramel and nutella. When I bought the banana, they have a today special menu which banana topped with ovaltine sprinkles. And this banana is so fuckin' good. I definitely going to buy again again and again on my next visit. RECOMMENDED!! 

BARNANA
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Opening hours: Sat - Sun 3pm - finish

Beyond Cendur (Cendol Durian) is a variant of dessert that consist of durian, cendol and other topping like, grass jelly, nutella, green tea, oreo, vanilla & green tea ice cream, black sticky rice and even kit kat Green Tea. What I have above is Cendol Durian one of their signature best seller. Love the consistency each ingredients in it. Even though the taste way too sweet, but the durian is irresistible.

BEYOND CENDUR BAR
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Ph. +628128132312
Opening hours: Thursday - Sunday 2pm - 9pm

OMG! The food list that I've tried pretty long. At first I want to compile all my Experience from my visit to Pasar Santa. But then, instead of scrolling to long, and make you tired, I decided to split my journey into 2 review story. Click here for another review of Pasar Santa.

PASAR SANTA
Jl. Cipaku I
Tendean, Jakarta

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CASA - Kemang Jakarta

Casa located in Kemang area, close to McDonald and in the upper floor of Aksara Bookstore. I've been here twice, and both of my visit is only for their dessert.

Casa don't have any spacious space. But it still really convey with a big glass of windows where you see the busy street of Kemang. Casa set for a big couch around their restaurant and some of wooden chairs and tables in the middle. You also can find the attractive bar in end of the Casa Area.

DESSERT

3 KINDS OF CREME BRULEE - IDR 40.000
Lemongrass, Strawberry Vanilla and Pistachio
This Creme Brulee is the first that spotted on my eye. They have 3 flavors in one plate. I imagine a thick amount of creme brulee in one plate. But then, the creme brulee came in a thin amount. But since it came in a 3 plate, I feel delightful though. I just straight give you conclusion about all 3 flavor of this Creme Brulee. Surprisingly, none of those 3 I like. I'm a bit disappointing that all the flavors not popped out and it feels tasteless. But the texture pretty good. Not too dense or runny. I guess Casa have to make an improvement for this Creme Brulee.

CHOCOLATE PLATTER OF TART, DARK CHOCOLATE MOUSSE & WHITE  CHOCOLATE PANNA COTTA - IDR 60.000
I had this dessert on my second visit to Casa. I still a bit skeptic, remembering that their Creme Brulee failed to impress me. But then, I decided to get my luck. And OMG! this dessert succeed made me moved on from the heart breaking. Consist of 3 kind of dessert on my plate. My 1st favorite is the chocolate mousse that garnish with the chocolate crisp, the the white chocolate panna cotta garnish with raspberry. The texture a bit dense, but still smooth. And the last is the dark chocolate cake. My oh my... this black beauty is also soft and tasty. All those 3 dessert really melted in my mouth. Not too sweet which I like, so its not too overwhelmed.

RED VELVET CAKE - IDR 55.000
Red Velvet cake from Casa in provide by Union Restaurant. If you ever taste the Union's cakes, then you must be already familiar with this Red Velvet cake. The cake is to die for. It so smooth, so moist and not too sweet. The cream cheese  is so devilishly yummy. Topped with crispy crumble.

DRINKS

PICCOLO - IDR 30.000
Take a sip of Piccolo that consist with hot ristretto and topped with a warm silky milk. Piccolo that Casa served is good. With a well balance.

SHAKERATTO - IDR 40.000
Like its name, shakeratto is an espresso that shake with ice till we got the foam on top. Like the medium acidity. Served cold.

CAPPUCCINO

At the end, its pretty great having a nice afternoon at Casa. The service is really great. perhaps, I'll try their meals. Oh ya.... For non-smoking person, I guess Casa is not the one for you. Because Casa did not separate their area. So you can smoke anywhere.

Hot Tea

SUMMER BREEZE - IDR 45.000++
Grapes, Pear, Orange Juice
If you see for a refreshing and not too sweet drink, then you have to go to Summer Breeze. Soo good.

CASA 
Jl Kemang Raya No 8b
Jakarta 12720
Phone : +62-21-7199289
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Cake A Boo - Pantai Indah Kapuk (PIK)

So many dessert cafe lately in Jakarta. After visiting Shirayuki we planned that we must visit Cake-a-boo also. Stalked on their instagram, it really caught my eyes. They have a very cute and adorable concept for both their restaurant and cakes selection.

We came to Cake-A-Boo around 3pm and its rainy. When we arrived, the restaurant that have to spacious area already full packed. So we have queue to get our seat. Finally we got a seat infront of the conveyor. Yes, cake-a-boo has a conveyor like in Sushi Restaurant. So we can pick the cake that we want straight from the coonveyor.

When 1st entering the Cake-a-Boo restaurant, i can't stand on my eyes capturing every single details in the room. It so playful and colorful. So eye-catching.

Look at the interior, surely I have a very high expectation on their menu. Plus see the presentation of their cakes, that really makes me drooling.

Cake-a-Boo menu Book. so cute

MIKO'S CAKE - IDR 35.000
Caramel mousse, crunchy caramel, melted salted 
I like the combination between caramel and chocolate. Even though both sweet, but its not too overwhelmed. And I guess Cake-a-Boo already adjust the sweetness so I don't feel it too sweet. The saltiness from the salted caramel make the caramel more tasty.

 
RASPUNZEL - IDR 35.000
Raspberry mousse infused with pistachio brulee
A very pretty and girly cake comes from Raspunzel. So beautiful with a fondant bow on top. Anything goes sour, it worked with me. And knowing it paired with the pistachio cream, make it balance between sweet and sour. Love it. 

NUTELLA BURGER - IDR 35.000 
Red velvet burger bun filled with nutella patty and assorted fruits. 
Love the nutella patty. The combination of rice crispy with the nutella is so addictive. The strawberry balance the sweetness from the nutella patty. However,   I don;t like the bun that made from red velvet. It so dry and not  moist. Really need improvement in it.

CAPPUCCINO BRULEE - IDR 29.000
This coffee is to sweet for my liking. I wonder if the coffee less sweet to make a balance from the sweetness of the sugar caramel on top.

Overall, I'm pretty impress with Cake-a-Boo. Still curious with their other menu. They also serve cake in big version in case you want to have your birthday cake here. Because Cake-a-Boo still new joint in town, just get prepare with the long queue. Specially on the weekend. But don;t worry, the service is really quick and very informative.

CAKE-A-BOO

Rukan Garden House Blok B22

Pantai Indah Kapuk, North Jakarta

 

Open : 11 AM – 22 PM

Smoking area : No

Wifi : yes

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SHIRAYUKI - PANTAI INDAH KAPUK (PIK)

I never now abour Pondok Indah Kapuk area if me and my friendAline don't have a guts to visit there. Since its going to be a long journey for us (yes... it so far away from our crib) so we already set the list places that we're going to visit at Pantai Indah Kapuk (PIK). First destination is Shirayuki. Why this become our 1st destination? Because I saw from Instagram that they have selection of main course also even though they've known as dessert restaurant.

We arrived there around 12pm on the weekend and the line is already not make any sense! Thanks to the foodies friends that we met that day, so we can joined them.

Shirayuki does not a spacious place. The limited seat plus a dessert and drink station in the middle of the room enough to make the restaurant full packed in suddenly. Luckily we met our other foodies friend who generously gave us a seat. Thank youuu....

Shirayuki still have renovation fro their 2nd Floor. It meant to be for the dining area also and for the smoking area. But in the mean time it still not ready, you have to be patience in queuing. I love the wooden furniture that they use. I doesn't make the restaurant look full. It look edgy and fun.

Christmas Decoration at Shirayuki is so cute

SAVORY MENU

KUSHIKATSU

A Japanese style of skewered, deep fried cutlet of meat or seasonal vegetables.

Chicken - IDR 8.000, 

Prawn - IDR 12.000, 

Spicy Lotus Root - IDR 8.000, 

Spicy Shitake Chicken - IDR 8.000, 

Tomato Cheese - IDR 8.000, 

Beef - IDR 8.000, 

Sweet Potato - IDR 5.000, 

Quail Egg - IDR 5.000

Kushikatsu is a fried skewers that usually filled with vegetables or meat. Served with soyu and sweet and sour sauce. I love the tomato that filled with melted cheese in it. Also loved the spicy shitake chicken. Its not oily eve though they fried it. The meat also tender.

CABE IJO BIANCO - IDR 41.000

Alert for spicy lover! This fusion spaghetti is a marriage of Indonesia and Italia. The cabe ijo ( green chilli) remains me of the Padang food. The spicy really kick and make the taste really pop-out. Although its a bit oily, but The spaghetti cooked aldente. Yummy!

CRAB SPAGHETTI in TOMATO CREAM SAUCE - IDR 65.000

This crab spaghetti is blew me away. I don't know how they manage the sauce. I guess they use the crab broth in to the sauce. And it's smell fishy at all. The thickness of the sauce also just right. They gave it generous amount of the sauce. Topped with also generous amount of crab meat. Super yumm!!

SALMON CREAM SOUP SPAGHETTI - IDR 55.000

If you ever taste the Spaghetti Carbonara, well this is the lighter version of it. Not too creamy and thick like the usual carbonara. The spaghetti cooked aldente with generous amount of fresh tender salmon that have fatty cut also topped with lots of crunchy toppings. Loved it!

Foto credit to Foolosophy

HAMBURG STEAK WITH EBI FURAI - IDR 72.000

For steak selection, Shirayuki have hamburg steak that contain with 2 (two) hambur steak that marinated well topped with melted cheese. The beef is so tender. Ebi furai served crunchy and nice. Too bad the side dish french fries and the corn is way too dry. Served with beautiful Sunny Side Egg.

BOLOGNESE GRATIN - IDR 38.000

Tomato creamy sauce that cooke with generous amount of minced beef and chicken. Love the consistency of the sauce. Topped with creamy sauce and cheese that well balance with the tomato. So that its not becoming overwhelmed. Served hot. I can't stop dig in it till the last bite.

DESSERT

HONEY CHEESE TOAST with CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM - IDR 39.500

Shirayuki picture it as bear in shower. Oh so adorable. I barely can't eat it. Shirayuki made this cute dessert for kids who come visit to Shirayuki. Its available for 2 taste only if you want to get this bear looks. The choice between chocolate or cheese. Like the toast much. The thick toast is so soft and the honey soak up well into the toast.

MILKY MANIC MATCHA with MATCHA ICE CREAM - IDR 40.000

Stuffed Mochi, Jelly, Mixed Nut, Almond.

Alert for Matcha (green tea) freak! I love matcha in every way. Shirayuki served it in 2 ways. Shaved matcha ice and ice cream. The ice cream texture is so smooth and delicate. I like the taste of the matcha. Unlike the matcha in other restaurant that sometimes taste to milky, matcha that Shirayuki have, has a bittersweet taste. Which I more like. its like that 1 scoop is never enough. The mixed nuts contained red bean and green bean. Cooked 'til it soft. beside the matcha ice cream, other celebrity on this plate is their stuffed mochi. Mochi texture is soft and chewy. stuffed with minced peanuts. It soooooo damn good. Too bad they don't sell it separately.

YUKIDARUMA MATSURI - IDR 58.000

Jelly, Mixed Nuts, Stuffed Mochi, Almond, Stuffed Ice Cream

What a cute presentation from the shaved ice here. Since Christmas is about to come, Shirayuki replace the snowman hat that usually using white color into red color, using strawberry. The other condiments more less is just like the manic matcha. The amazing stuffed mochi, mixed nuts, jelly and almond. But in here Shirayuki add the Mochi Ice Cream, mochi stuffed with vanilla ice cream and oreo cookies. To add the taste to ice shaved, we can choose the sauce. Fruity Sauce, Matcha Sauce and Chocolate Sauce. On the picture above is using the chocolate sauce.

BAILEY'S KANTEN - IDR 36.000

Kanten is a Japanese jelly that made from seaweed. There's a process before we had this Kanten. The waiter helped us to shredded it with their shredded utensil. When its done, the shaped more like noodles. Then pour it with the bailey's sauce. If they don't add ice on the bailey's, I believe we can get the more kick taste. Served with their homemade soft cream. A bit different than the usual ice cream. Their soft cream is easy to melt down. The texture more smooth and there's no drizzle in it. Love it!

WATANOKI MATSURI, SERENE BLUE / BLUEBERRY - IDR 37.000

Cotton Candy Tree ( Selection of original, blueberry, mango and strawberry ), Warabi Mochi, Soft Cream

The gorgeous appearance from the cotton candy. What an epic desert! Served with warabi mochi. Warabi Mochi has a nutty flavor that we must dip in the brown sugar that comes with it to make the taste more pop-out. For the soft cream, we paired it with Kashoku Soft Cream that made from mixed Japanese nuts. This is Shirayuki invention, and I'm so thrilled that they made it. This soft cream is drive me crazy (beside the matcha). It's the first time I ate Kashoku and I'm in love. And since this Kashoku only Shirayuki who has it, so I suggest you'd better never missed this Kashoku when you visit Shirayuki.

MATCHA & KASHOKU COMBINATION ICE CREAM - IDR 15.000
What can I say? Two my favorite soft cream mixed become one. I die!

COLD OCHA - IDR 14.000

This is the real Ocha. The shaped it powder. And it imported from Japan straight away.

Overall, I'm so happy visiting Shirayuki. Happy Tummy and Happy Face. Not only they serve the cute look of the menu. But the taste it self as good as the appearance. I suggest you come here at the afternoon or before lunch hour to avoid a very long queuing. Thank you Shirayuki for having us!!

SHIRAYUKI
Rukan Emerald no 10

Pantai Indah Kapuk, North Jakarta
(021) 240 80570
 

Open: 12.00 – 22.30 / 23.30 on weekend
Closed every Thursday

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