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Kafe Betawi – Authentic Street Food
Betawi literally means ‘native Jakarta’, and to have some of the most delicious and authentic Indonesian street food in a comfortable restaurant setting, you can make your way to Kafe Betawi.

Morning Markets of Jakarta
Mee Bakso is a popular meal in Jakarta. Be it for breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea breaks, and even supper. The noodles are a bit like wanton noodles, but less springy, softer, more tender consistency.

Grand Indonesia – Jakarta Top 10 Shopping Malls
Grand Indonesia is a heaven for shopaholics! From affordable fashion to high-end brands, GI has it all. The dining options in Grand Indonesia is impeccable! Whatever you crave for, they have it here.

Fatahillah Square – Sights & Flavours of Old Jakarta
For a dose of cultural and historical experience, Taman Fatahillah (Fatahillah Square) takes you back to the colonial times with preserved architectures of European style. The City…

Nasi Padang Garuda
The unique, only in Indonesia, nasi padang experience is a must try for every visitor to Jakarta or Indonesia. The custom here is to offer the customer many dishes, spreading them out on the table like a buffet.

Plaza Indonesia – Jakarta Top 10 Shopping Malls
Plaza Indonesia is one of the oldest malls in Jakarta and it is also one of the most popular among Jakartans. Up until today it’s still the leading high-end shopping malls in Jakarta with an ever growing number of visitors.

Gandaria City – Jakarta Top 10 Shopping Malls
South Jakarta is hipper and more vibrant.There are lots of great places to hang out and to dine at: from street food to fancy fine dining! One of the most happening shopping malls in South Jakarta is definitely Gandaria City.

Pulau Sepa – Snorkeling Paradise
Sepa Island boasting powder beaches, a Hawksbill Turtle hatchery and an accessible underwater gallery of sea life, is a snorkeling paradise with a rich beach-side ecology that literally makes you lose your breath.

Pulau Putri – Crystal Clear Seaside Resort
More than just a beach holiday destination, visiting the Thousand Islands precinct supersizes any seaward vacation into a true island escapade.

Dapur Babah – Peranakan Fine Dining
Dining at Dapur Babah is the equivalent of having a meal in an art and decor museum replete with authentic time forgotten paraphernalia, mementoes and thingamajigs; definitely worth the legwork while in Jakarta.

Anomali Coffee – Kopi Asli Indonesia
This local expresso joint specialises in local coffee beans- coffee beans sourced from all over Indonesia. And why not when Indonesia is the fourth largest coffee bean producer in the world.

Ragusa Es Italia – Grandpa’s Ice-Cream Parlour
The restaurant is furnished the way it is since it has moved here decades ago. Rattan arm-chairs and old photos of yesteryear bring you back to the colonial days.

Culinary Diary

Kafe Betawi – Authentic Street Food
Betawi literally means ‘native Jakarta’, and to have some of the most delicious and authentic Indonesian street food in a comfortable restaurant setting, you can make your way to Kafe Betawi.

Breakfast at Grand Hyatt Jakarta
Grand Hyatt Jakarta is considered one of the city’s best 5 star luxury hotel. At the Grand Café, the restaurant features a spread of continental, American and Indonesia food, and brunch options during the weekends.

Sari Bundo Nasi Padang – Culture Shock
Eating at a Padang Restaurant is quite a culture shock, but also a memorable experience. I would recommend a try whenever you are at Jakarta to get a taste of their traditional cuisine almost all at once.

Taste Paradise @ Plaza Indonesia
Taste Paradise Jakarta celebrates the Grandeur of Chinese Dining both in taste and ambience. The restaurant is a library of eastern decorative styles, with many fine examples of culinary innovations that are unique to Taste Paradise.

Morning Markets of Jakarta
Mee Bakso is a popular meal in Jakarta. Be it for breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea breaks, and even supper. The noodles are a bit like wanton noodles, but less springy, softer, more tender consistency.

Nasi Goreng: Quintessential Dish
Nasi Goreng, or fried rice is an ubiquitous meal when in Indonesia. Not only is it easy to order for a foreigner, but it seems that this is a very popular dish amongst locals as well.

Coffee in Jakarta
I find the espresso coffee scene to be fairly mature, and the baristas served a purer version of espresso than many in Singapore.

Ragusa Es Italia – Time Travel into Yesteryear
Ragusa Es Italia, a gastronomical relic that has been delighting the locals since 1932 with its homemade preservative-free ice-creams.

Putri Duyung Nyiur Resto – Ancol’s Best
Spotting classical indigenous roofing, the cafe’s visage takes a cultural bite into the Putri Duyung Resort skyline. Amongst the delectable at Ayiur Cafe, my favour went to Sop Buntut.

Social House – Best of East Meets West
Social House offers one of the most casually sophisticated dining experience in Jakarta. The all-day restaurant serves an extensive menu of Asian and Western favourites.

Wong Palembang – Traditional Fishy Snacks
From deep-fried balls and puffs with real fish taste to spring rolls, fish-cake omelette and soups, Mr Wong, the friendly chatty boss of the restaurant really takes pride in serving the best of fish-cake!

Nasi Padang Garuda
The unique, only in Indonesia, nasi padang experience is a must try for every visitor to Jakarta or Indonesia. The custom here is to offer the customer many dishes, spreading them out on the table like a buffet.
Shopping Paradise

Plaza Indonesia – Pure Luxury
Plaza Indonesia is one mega mall that tips the luxury scale to create a shopping scene that caters to every fancy and budget. Even the mall’s food court is an interior design spectacle!

ITC Mangga Dua – Wholesale Fashion Hub
ITC Mangga Dua is insanely packed with stalls selling everything that you can wear and decorate yourself with as well as food and snacks. This mall is huge and its fertile ground for bargain hunting.

Grand Indonesia – Jakarta Top 10 Shopping Malls
Grand Indonesia is a heaven for shopaholics! From affordable fashion to high-end brands, GI has it all. The dining options in Grand Indonesia is impeccable! Whatever you crave for, they have it here.

Kota Kasablanka – Jakarta Top 10 Shopping Malls
Kota Kasablanka is one of the newest malls in town. It has the most complete range of products and services at affordable prices. Perfect for middle-class families shopping for fashion, food and entertainment.

Pacific Place – Jakarta Top 10 Shopping Malls
Located in the busy SCBD area, Pacific Place is one of the largest and most renowned shopping malls in Jakarta. It’s one of the most luxurious shopping malls with 6 floors of some of the best fashion labels, eateries and entertainment.

Plaza Indonesia – Jakarta Top 10 Shopping Malls
Plaza Indonesia is one of the oldest malls in Jakarta and it is also one of the most popular among Jakartans. Up until today it’s still the leading high-end shopping malls in Jakarta with an ever growing number of visitors.

Plaza Senayan – Jakarta Top 10 Shopping Malls
Plaza Senayan is an upscale mall. It’s one of the oldest but most successful shopping malls in Jakarta – it has elegance, class, beauty and royalty; located at one of the most elite residential area in Jakarta.

Gandaria City – Jakarta Top 10 Shopping Malls
South Jakarta is hipper and more vibrant.There are lots of great places to hang out and to dine at: from street food to fancy fine dining! One of the most happening shopping malls in South Jakarta is definitely Gandaria City.

Senayan City – Jakarta Top 10 Shopping Malls
Senayan City – Jakarta Top 10 Shopping Malls In Jakarta, almost everything is bigger in the south: the entertainment scene, the dining…
Fun Attractions

Ancol Ocean Eco Park – An Oasis in Jakarta
Urbanites would find the greenery and rustic throwback to idyllic kampung days a rescue for the senses while the deer enclosures and park pets provided plentiful opportunities to nurture animal doting.

Sunrise & Sunset @ Pulau Putri
As the small island is like a flat coin in the middle of the ocean, there are no hills or mountains to obscure a sunrise.

Fatahillah Square – Sights & Flavours of Old Jakarta
For a dose of cultural and historical experience, Taman Fatahillah (Fatahillah Square) takes you back to the colonial times with preserved architectures of European style. The City…

Pulau Sepa – Snorkeling Paradise
Sepa Island boasting powder beaches, a Hawksbill Turtle hatchery and an accessible underwater gallery of sea life, is a snorkeling paradise with a rich beach-side ecology that literally makes you lose your breath.

Pulau Putri – Crystal Clear Seaside Resort
More than just a beach holiday destination, visiting the Thousand Islands precinct supersizes any seaward vacation into a true island escapade.

Jakarta – Culture & Sensory Adventure
What does this city with the highest population in Southeast Asia has to offer any seasoned urban explorer? Are the attractions worth the legwork? Is Jakarta tourist friendly?
Prime Residences

Breakfast at Grand Hyatt Jakarta
Grand Hyatt Jakarta is considered one of the city’s best 5 star luxury hotel. At the Grand Café, the restaurant features a spread of continental, American and Indonesia food, and brunch options during the weekends.
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Kafe Betawi – Authentic Street Food
Betawi literally means ‘native Jakarta’, and to have some of the most delicious and authentic Indonesian street food in a comfortable restaurant setting, you can make your way to Kafe Betawi.
Read More
Breakfast at Grand Hyatt Jakarta
Grand Hyatt Jakarta is considered one of the city’s best 5 star luxury hotel. At the Grand Café, the restaurant features a spread of continental, American and Indonesia food, and brunch options during the weekends.
Read More
Sari Bundo Nasi Padang – Culture Shock
Eating at a Padang Restaurant is quite a culture shock, but also a memorable experience. I would recommend a try whenever you are at Jakarta to get a taste of their traditional cuisine almost all at once.
Read More
Taste Paradise @ Plaza Indonesia
Taste Paradise Jakarta celebrates the Grandeur of Chinese Dining both in taste and ambience. The restaurant is a library of eastern decorative styles, with many fine examples of culinary innovations that are unique to Taste Paradise.
Read More
Plaza Indonesia – Pure Luxury
Plaza Indonesia is one mega mall that tips the luxury scale to create a shopping scene that caters to every fancy and budget. Even the mall’s food court is an interior design spectacle!
Read More
ITC Mangga Dua – Wholesale Fashion Hub
ITC Mangga Dua is insanely packed with stalls selling everything that you can wear and decorate yourself with as well as food and snacks. This mall is huge and its fertile ground for bargain hunting.
Read More
Morning Markets of Jakarta
Mee Bakso is a popular meal in Jakarta. Be it for breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea breaks, and even supper. The noodles are a bit like wanton noodles, but less springy, softer, more tender consistency.
Read More
Nasi Goreng: Quintessential Dish
Nasi Goreng, or fried rice is an ubiquitous meal when in Indonesia. Not only is it easy to order for a foreigner, but it seems that this is a very popular dish amongst locals as well.
Read More
Coffee in Jakarta
I find the espresso coffee scene to be fairly mature, and the baristas served a purer version of espresso than many in Singapore.
Read More
Ragusa Es Italia – Time Travel into Yesteryear
Ragusa Es Italia, a gastronomical relic that has been delighting the locals since 1932 with its homemade preservative-free ice-creams.
Read More
Putri Duyung Nyiur Resto – Ancol’s Best
Spotting classical indigenous roofing, the cafe’s visage takes a cultural bite into the Putri Duyung Resort skyline. Amongst the delectable at Ayiur Cafe, my favour went to Sop Buntut.
Read More
Ancol Ocean Eco Park – An Oasis in Jakarta
Urbanites would find the greenery and rustic throwback to idyllic kampung days a rescue for the senses while the deer enclosures and park pets provided plentiful opportunities to nurture animal doting.
Read More
Sunrise & Sunset @ Pulau Putri
As the small island is like a flat coin in the middle of the ocean, there are no hills or mountains to obscure a sunrise.
Read More
Grand Indonesia – Jakarta Top 10 Shopping Malls
Grand Indonesia is a heaven for shopaholics! From affordable fashion to high-end brands, GI has it all. The dining options in Grand Indonesia is impeccable! Whatever you crave for, they have it here.
Read More
Social House – Best of East Meets West
Social House offers one of the most casually sophisticated dining experience in Jakarta. The all-day restaurant serves an extensive menu of Asian and Western favourites.
Read More
Wong Palembang – Traditional Fishy Snacks
From deep-fried balls and puffs with real fish taste to spring rolls, fish-cake omelette and soups, Mr Wong, the friendly chatty boss of the restaurant really takes pride in serving the best of fish-cake!
Read More
Fatahillah Square – Sights & Flavours of Old Jakarta
For a dose of cultural and historical experience, Taman Fatahillah (Fatahillah Square) takes you back to the colonial times with preserved architectures of European style. The City…
Read More
Kota Kasablanka – Jakarta Top 10 Shopping Malls
Kota Kasablanka is one of the newest malls in town. It has the most complete range of products and services at affordable prices. Perfect for middle-class families shopping for fashion, food and entertainment.
Read More
Pacific Place – Jakarta Top 10 Shopping Malls
Located in the busy SCBD area, Pacific Place is one of the largest and most renowned shopping malls in Jakarta. It’s one of the most luxurious shopping malls with 6 floors of some of the best fashion labels, eateries and entertainment.
Read More
Nasi Padang Garuda
The unique, only in Indonesia, nasi padang experience is a must try for every visitor to Jakarta or Indonesia. The custom here is to offer the customer many dishes, spreading them out on the table like a buffet.
Read More
Street Food for Breakfast
Soto ayam stalls are ubiquitous. Tried this quintessentially Indonesian dish to see how similar it is to those in Johor and Singapore. Eaten with steamed white rice and keropok – already different from their Johor and Singapore counterparts.
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Kwetiau Akang- Among the Best
The kwetiau has adequate wok hei, is nicely dry and infused with seafood savouriness without being overly greasy. Besides shrimps, char siew, bean sprouts and greens, the kwetiau had generous amounts of shelled tiny crab claws tossed in.
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Plaza Indonesia – Jakarta Top 10 Shopping Malls
Plaza Indonesia is one of the oldest malls in Jakarta and it is also one of the most popular among Jakartans. Up until today it’s still the leading high-end shopping malls in Jakarta with an ever growing number of visitors.
Read More
Plaza Senayan – Jakarta Top 10 Shopping Malls
Plaza Senayan is an upscale mall. It’s one of the oldest but most successful shopping malls in Jakarta – it has elegance, class, beauty and royalty; located at one of the most elite residential area in Jakarta.
Read More
Gandaria City – Jakarta Top 10 Shopping Malls
South Jakarta is hipper and more vibrant.There are lots of great places to hang out and to dine at: from street food to fancy fine dining! One of the most happening shopping malls in South Jakarta is definitely Gandaria City.
Read More
Pulau Sepa – Snorkeling Paradise
Sepa Island boasting powder beaches, a Hawksbill Turtle hatchery and an accessible underwater gallery of sea life, is a snorkeling paradise with a rich beach-side ecology that literally makes you lose your breath.
Read More
Pulau Putri – Crystal Clear Seaside Resort
More than just a beach holiday destination, visiting the Thousand Islands precinct supersizes any seaward vacation into a true island escapade.
Read More
Pecenongan – Street Food Galore
The roadside was lined seam-to-seam with makeshift shelters and huge PVC banners and as simple as that, one ‘restaurant’ distinguishes itself from the next.
Read More
Dapur Babah – Peranakan Fine Dining
Dining at Dapur Babah is the equivalent of having a meal in an art and decor museum replete with authentic time forgotten paraphernalia, mementoes and thingamajigs; definitely worth the legwork while in Jakarta.
Read More
Jakarta – Culture & Sensory Adventure
What does this city with the highest population in Southeast Asia has to offer any seasoned urban explorer? Are the attractions worth the legwork? Is Jakarta tourist friendly?
Read More
Bandar Djakarta – Seaside Seafood
To eat live seafood at the seaside, and at affordable prices, you got to head down to Bandar Djakarta at Ancol, North Jakarta, located inside the Ancol Theme Park.
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Anomali Coffee – Kopi Asli Indonesia
This local expresso joint specialises in local coffee beans- coffee beans sourced from all over Indonesia. And why not when Indonesia is the fourth largest coffee bean producer in the world.
Read More
Ragusa Es Italia – Grandpa’s Ice-Cream Parlour
The restaurant is furnished the way it is since it has moved here decades ago. Rattan arm-chairs and old photos of yesteryear bring you back to the colonial days.
Read More
Taste Paradise Jakarta – Chinese Fusion Fine Dining
Taste Paradise specializes in Chinese fusion cuisines and this is how it differentiates itself from other good Chinese restaurants. And very reasonably priced, at 5-star quality standard.
Read More
Taste Paradise Jakarta – The Grandeur Of Chinese Dining
Surprisingly it’s very reasonably priced. In fact it’s 25% to 40% cheaper than similar restaurants in Singapore! Factor in the grandeur and excellent service, it’s value for money!
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Cafe Batavia – Old World Charm
Cafe Batavia is an institution, it is the second oldest building in Fatahillah Square and its easily recognizable with its green canopy at its entrance. It has a modern international menu that makes ordering easy.
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Senayan City – Jakarta Top 10 Shopping Malls
Senayan City – Jakarta Top 10 Shopping Malls In Jakarta, almost everything is bigger in the south: the entertainment scene, the dining…
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