tay4success: the seafood tower

Selasa, 26 Juli 2016

NEW CAFES AND RESTAURANTS JAKARTA - JUNE/JULY 2016

Here you go guys, I have been wanting to make this type of blog post for quite some time and I am finally making it!!! So the thing is, I eat out literally every single day, and the number of new cafes, restaurants and coffee shops opening in Jakarta every month is just cray. Now me? I am a one man show, I am handling this blog technically all by myself from basically coming to the restaurant, taking pictures, editing, writing and even more when I have events to attend, working on my advertorials and many more, and sometimes I could be very worn out and running out of energy & capacity to make all the blog posts for the restaurants, so I came with this idea of making a compilation post every month and I will update it regularly to let you know the new places that are opening in Jakarta.

And you, yes you can also recommend to the other readers the new places that might be out of my radar, feel free to drop your comments on the comment box, I hope you're enjoying this list!

ANTEROGRADE

Cuisine: Western

Jalan Raya Kelapa Nias Blok GN-1 #7

Kelapa Gading, Jakarta Utara

021 - 4530 812

Opening hours: 10 AM-10 PM

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Anterograde is a new humble cafe that recently opened in Kelapa Gading. My favorite menu here is their short ribs, it was just soft and tender with glazed with this flavorful sauce dressing. Pricing was relatively affordable for nowadays cafe standard.

ASIATALE

Cuisine: Dim Sum and Chinese

Review -> HERE

Jalan Suryo No. 15 - Senopati

Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta Selatan 12190

021 - 2277 5599

Opening hours: 11 AM-10 PM

Average spending for two: IDR 300k

Dresscode: casual

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CHICK N ROLL

Cuisine: fried chicken dishes

Gandaria City 2nd floor (next to Menya Sakura)
Jl. Sultan Iskandar Muda
Kebayoran Lama, Jakarta Selatan 12240
Opening Hours: 10 AM - 10 PM (weekdays)
Dresscode: Casual

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Short to say, Chick N Roll is basically the evolution and rebranding of its previous persona: BonChon, the chicken gets better with more variants, they were saucy yet fingerlicking good.

CULTIVATE

Cuisine: Coffee shop & dessert shop

Jl. Kelapa Gading Selatan Blok BH10 No. 11

Gading Serpong, Tangerang

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What I love about Cultivate is the fact that they are not only a coffee shop, but an artisan dessert shop as well, something that I don't see often (if not, never see) in coffee shops in Jakarta. I literally bought and sample every single desserts that they had here, but turned out my heart fell the most for their fun and deconstructed Mango Sticky Rice dessert. Almost crazy but yes it's delicious.

EIO PATTISSERIE

Cuisine: patisserie

Review -> HERE

Jalan Mandara Permai VII Blok 6 KA (beside Legend of Noodle)
Pantai Indah Kapuk, Penjaringan
Jakarta Utara 14470
021 - 3005 1662
Opening hours:
Sun-Thu: 11 AM-11 PM
Fri-Sat: 11 AM-2 AM
Average spending for two: IDR 300k
Dresscode: casual
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LOUIS DOUGHNUTS

Cuisine: donut shop and coffee shop

Jalan Boulevard Diponegoro No. 105

Karawaci, Tangerang, Banten

Opening hours: 10 AM-10 PM

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Louis Doughnuts might just be one of my favorite donut shops at the moment. The donut variants are quite impressive and FUN. My favorites has got to be the Peanut Butter, Red Velvet and the one of a kind Chicken Floss!

LUCKY CAT COFFEE & KITCHEN
Cuisine: coffee shop & Western cuisine (majority with a few local food options and snacks)
Review -> HERE

South Parking area of Pasar Festival

Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said Kav. C/22

Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan

021 - 5296 1475

Opening hours: 24 HOURS!

Average spending for two: IDR 150k

Dresscode: casual

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MAPLE AND OAK
Cuisine: Western and Australian brunch inspired
Review -> HERE
De Ritz Building
Jalan HOS. Cokroaminoto No. 91, Menteng
Menteng, Jakarta Pusat 10350
021 - 3906 757
Opening Hours:
Weekdays: 7 AM-9 PM
Weekends: 7 AM-8 PM
Average spending for two: IDR 300k for two
Dresscode: casual
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OJJU K-FOOD
Cuisine: Korean
Review -> HERE

Mall Kota Kasablanka UG fl. (Food Society) - FSU 55

Jalan Casablanca Raya No. 88

Tebet, Jakarta Selatan

Opening hours: 10 AM-10 PM

Average spending for two: IDR 400k

Dresscode: casual

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SAINE DAISE

Cuisine: French-Western cuisine

Review -> HERE

TEA ET AL - LEAF CONNOISEUR

Cuisine: Western & tea shop

Galeries Lafayette - 1st floor

Pacific Place Shopping Mall

Jl. Jendral Sudirman Kav. 52-53

SCBD, Jakarta Selatan 10290

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There has been mixed reviews about Tea et Al, but on the day of my visit, I swear I had one of the best afternoon tea experience in Jakarta. The tea was fantastic, the tea-infused cakes were fresh, sweet and flavorful, and I found the savory food quite serious, they were cooked and seasoned nicely with nice presentation too. That's my thought, but you have to come here, sample and give your opinions about Tea Et Al.

SOTO HAJI MAMAT PANTAI INDAH KAPUK

Cuisine: Indonesian

Review -> HERE

Jl. Marina Raya Blok H

Ruko Cordoba, Pantai Indah Kapuk

Penjaringan, Jakarta Utara 14470

Opening hours: 11 AM-9 PM (or while stock lasts)

Average spending for two: IDR 100k

Dresscode: casual

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SUSHI HIRO
Cuisine: Japanese
Review -> HERE
Ruko Garden House Blok B No. 18D
Jalan Kapuk Boulevard No. 1
PIK, Penjaringan Utara
Jakarta Utara 14470
021 - 2903 3461
Average spending for two: IDR 300k
Dresscode: casual
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TANPOPO

Cuisine: Japanese

Review -> HERE

Jl. Sultan Iskandar Muda No. 99E
Arteri Pondok Indah (across Gandaria City)
Kebayoran Lama, Jakarta Selatan
0877 - 7758 - 3858
Opening hours: 6 PM-12 AM
Average spending for two: IDR 250k
Dresscode: casual
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TOWER SEAFOOD (or THE SEAFOOD TOWER)
Cuisine: Korean
Review -> HERE
Rukan Crown Golf A No. 29
Pantai Indah Kapuk, Penjaringan
Jakarta Utara 14470
021 - 2251 2603
Average spending for two: depending on the tiers
Dresscode: casual
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Senin, 11 Juli 2016

THE SEAFOOD TOWER PIK

A couple of days ago, I went to have dinner with my friends at this newly opened Korean seafood restaurant in Pantai Indah Kapuk: The Seafood Tower. As the name might suggest you, the restaurant focuses in serving seafood cuisine in unique and one of a kind tiers presentation! This is certainly something that I haven't experienced nor seen before so I kinda had this excitement and must admit I expected it to be good.

The Seafood Tower is located align with Shirokuma and Huang Ji Huang at the Rukan Crown Golf PIK, and it was quite spacious for a PIK restaurant standard (think about Huang Ji Huang's kind of space). Comparing to last year, I must admit that PIK is getting more rapid in terms of "producing" new dining outlets and if you've been reading my blog posts, most of them are quite nice and those that I would take seriously. I arrived at 6 PM-ish and there wasn't a lot of tables filled with customers, but just around 30 minutes later, in a sudden there was no empty table. Good start I see.

I did not take photos of the interior, it was already crowded and I didn't wanna seem "norak"

Now this is a seafood tower!

If you prefer the tower sets, they have options ranging from 3, 5, 7 to 9 tiers seafood with price ranging from IDR 299k for 3-tier and IDR 1,5 mil for 9-tier tower. There was just three of us and we were earlier super full from our lunch at Saine Daise so we decided to go with their 3-tier seafood and additional 1 tier lobster (2 pcs) and 1 ala-carte tteopokki tier from the ongoing promotion that time. Upfront you'll be asked what kind of soup you want for the closure, we opted for the spicy kimchi soup to finish our meal.

I won't keep you long with the opening so let's dig in to the food part! PS I give my opinion about the food based on how it's served and without the help of additional sauce available at the center of the restaurant. The first tier consist of the batik clams, green mussels and scallop-vermicelli (for two). I didn't find this anything special, it was just a pretty common steamed clams and mussels, and the meat was quite small as well. I expected chunkier insides. The vermicelli was simply dressed in this salty soy sauce and topped with small scallops and garlic on top, and by the way I think they should adjust the portion for how many people are eating at the moment. On the menu it's stated that the 3-tier seafood tower is proper for 2-3 people, and when there are actually 3 people there eating, they should add another portion of that scallop-vermicelli.

Second tier: steamed prawns and beef. I don't normally see seafood and beef in a same frame, but luckily none of the proteins here affect one another when it comes to the flavor or else it would be an epic fail. The prawns were fresh and quite chunky, and the beef reminds me of Shaburi's beef special, cheap but fresh & tender but slightly overcooked.

Third tier: lobster and cheese.

Now to the one that's finally special and quite delicious: LOBBIES! The lobsters were actually quite tiny (but it's free what can you expect), but I like the idea of adding in the cheese to elevate the flavor. The lobbies are particularly better seasoned comparing to the previous two.

Tteopokki

Ironically, this might not be included in the 3-tier seafood, but I found this to be my favorite meal of the dinner! The ttetopokki was beautiful both flavor and texture wise, the ttetopokki was not as firm as I wanted it initially, but after a bite of the soft tteopokki, I must admit I might like this one better than what my mind imagined, the seasoning was spot on without being overly spicy, and the of course the cheese UH!

Ok now to the bad part, somehow I did not like the idea that we are a bit obligated to eat fast because this is what would likely happen to you when you casually and relaxly eat and chat with your friends, upon finishing the tteobokki, suddenly we smelled this burnt smell and the smoke just got more and more, turned out the spicy kimchi soup was all boiled up and dry! I did not want this to happen for sure I think they need to start coming with a better idea in order to prevent this from happening. Imagine those having the 9-tier seafood duh.

However, I was glad that they quickly change the soup with the new one and we added extra ramen to make it more fun. The soup was light but pretty tasty, and indeed the right ending to our dinner that night!

I found this funny as the kids who are not yet tall enough to reach the peak of the seafood tower needed to stand on the couch to reach it.

Do I have The Seafood Tower special? Not really.
Do I hate it? No. I don't think they're bad.
Will I come back? Maybe, if my foreign friends ask me to accompany them here.

I came because I was itching to snap my dinner here and I wanted to upload it to my Instagram. There you have it, the real honest reason.

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The Seafood Tower
Rukan Crown Golf A No. 29
Pantai Indah Kapuk, Penjaringan
Jakarta Utara 14470
021 - 2251 2603
Average spending for two: depending on the tiers
Dresscode: casual
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