Indonesia Makan

Looking for some souvenirs to get before leaving Jakarta? There’s many options to choose from and this layer cake is one of them.

And layer cake from LapisLapis has been very popular among people who choosing it as gift in Jakarta.

A premium layer cake since 1980 and you could find their stores in the city. Of course if you looking for last minute shopping at the Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, you can find it close to the international departure hall.

Available in few flavours and of course I would still want to try the original taste. Rich and great texture, perfect souvenir to share with others.

Here I am trying another famous nasi campur in Jakarta. Nasi Campur Kenanga has a few outlets across the city and is very popular among the Chinese Indonesians.

This is also the few places you can get to eat some pork meat in this city.

The campur means mixed, which combines all the different meats on one plate for you. There’s char siew, sausage, meat satay and egg.

This bakmi shop is very popular among the local Chinese Indonesians in Jakarta and the place is constantly filled with people during lunch time.

Their bakmi here is topped with different ingredients, depending on your choice. I would recommend to go with the special one. The special will comes with everything including prawn, pork meat, meatball, fish cake and more. Simple yet tasty.

Close to Blok M area, this street hawker has been very popular among the local residents.

Open only from the evening and you could see people start occupying the tables as they open for business.

This is the usual type of fried rice you could get in Jakarta and you would love the consistency of taste here.

I find this stall’s goat meat particularly more tough to chew as compared to the previous one I have.

Besides the Mack's Creamery you will also find this bakery & coffee shop called the Little Salt Bread.

I hear usually over the weekend you would see people queueing up outside, especially when their salt breads are freshly baked from the oven.

Yes, many people came here for their signature salt breads.

Available in plain, cheese, truffle, chocolate and garlic, Bite size salt breads making them very easy to eat and enjoy. Soft texure with strong flavour. Definitely must grab some if you are around Blok M.

If you ask the youngster in Jakarta where they usually go over the weekend, Blok M is usually the top answer you can get.

Accessible by taking the MRT train, here you could find all the hipster cafes and restaurants around this neighbourhood.

And recently, this ice cream shop named the Mack's Creamery at Blok M has taken the storm on the social media with its very attractive cup that hold your ice cream; with possible prize hidden inside it if you are lucky.

Even when I came on weekday afternoon, this place is still mostly occupied with everyone enjoy their ice cream.

For lunch today, I decided to visit this longest-running Japanese restaurant in Jakarta since 1969.

Kikugawa housed in a bungalow within Menteng neighbourhood, serving some good set menu that served with steamed rice, miso soup, side dish and fruit.

I went for their chicken katsu teriyaki set. Which comes with deep-fried chicken cutlet. Flavourful and tender to enjoy it.

This coffee shop is perfect for grabbing some breakfast in the morning. The price of their foods and drinks could be expensive for the locals, which make this place more quieter even though they are very famous coffee shop in town.

Beside their coffee, they also have some Chinese foods such as this mixed rice.

Their mixed rice is not the type of cai fang we have, but a standard version of roasted meat items on one plate.

So there’s char siew, roasted pork, chicken and egg. Accompanying with a bowl of soup.

This is another long standing coffee shop you can find in Jakarta. Established since 1927 by a Chinese migrant. A place you must visit when you are here around the Jakarta version of Chinatown.

I wasn’t sure whether I’m expecting a much stronger taste like what we have in Singapore or Malaysia, but I find their’s iced coffee is too diluted with little taste of coffee.

For everyone who came to Jakarta for the first time must not miss out coming to this place for some ice cream to cold down after walking around the city centre.

This old school ice cream shop has been established since 1932 and consider one of the long standing shops you can find in Jakarta.

The spaghetti ice cream is very popular among people who came here. It is a vanilla flavoured ice shaped into spaghetti with sprinkles of nuts, fried fruits and chocolate sauce.

Looking for the best street food at the center of Jakarta? Then you should grab some decent fried rice with goat meat from this stall called the Nasi Goreng Kambing Kebon Sirih.

They has been selling here since 1958 and recently expanded their business into a shop nearby to offer a much comfortable space to enjoy their foods under air-conditioning.

The rice has fried perfectly with the goat meat pieces. Topped with some crackers. Do add on the chili veggie for more taste.

Looking for some hipster spots in Jakarta? Then you should head to Sudirman Central Business District (SCBD) where many of the eateries and cafes are located at this CBD area of Jakarta.

Uki Matcha at SCBD Park is one of them that attracts many people to come for their signature matcha drinks and dessert.

If you want something not too rich yet refreshing, I would recommend this one. The matcha is mixed with strawberry coulis, white peach, lychee and rose.