Harvey Nichols is one of the most long-lasting and prominent chain of fashion retailers from UK. Opened its first store in South East Asia here in Jakarta at the soon-to-be or already pride of Jakarta, Grand Indonesia Shopping Town. Resided in the newly opened East Mall and conquers over several stories, Harvey Nichols offers us a new style of a fashion retailer should be, though competing bitterly with its next door rival, Seibu.
Surely this blog came out with something and if that’s not about food or traveling things, then what else? It was exactly at the 3rd floor (guess so), side by side with Social House, that’s where you can find the Harvey Nichols Food Market. It wasn’t a huge place that offers everything, but mostly were imported goods. But the cool thing is that after 7 PM you can buy takeaway foods with a 50% discount. You can name many things started salads, juices, and pastries. Probably the best bargain were the salads and the pastries only. The juice well, you can pick various fruits or veggie starting from orange, melon, tomato, carrot, etc but well it’s true that it gonna cost you about IDR 8,000 or at most 10,000 if I’m not mistaken, save that you don’t like any sugar added it would be cool, but I found my melon juice was so bland! I was dead thirsty that time and was hoping to quench it with a more nutritious liquid substance and found out that it was a mistake. Probably better if it was orange juice nonetheless.
As for the pastries, I haven’t had the chance to try it, but the variety was the extra kick. The salads? Wow! It’s big, good selections, plus many dressing options for only IDR 12,500 (already reduced price). Greek Salad, Caesar Salad, Mix Green Salad, Nicoise Salad and you name it. Salad dressings from Italian Dressing, Mayo, Thousand Islands, Vinaigrette and you name it too. A big box of salad surely will help your so-called diet (mind the freshness). So anytime you’re around the East Mall after 7 PM strolling a bit between Fab’s Cafe at Gramedia, the Gramedia itself, or Social House (buy your wine but bring your ‘tapas‘ from the Harvey Nichols bargain. Haha..), pay a visit to this place and buy something for your family back home.
While the research continues, I’ve been spending more than a year visiting local delights in Jakarta. Of course I never missed the opportunity to try new coffee bars. One of those opportunities was this Bakoel Koffie. They have opened several branches around Jakarta. Two of the branches I visited were the one in Cikini and this one in Senopati.
The weather that time was perfect. A rainy night! So I arrived at the place. Designed like a contemporary style art gallery but the interesting thing was that they integrated the art gallery with a coffee bar on the main hall and a sushi bar (Sushi Underground) in the visible basement right on the front of the premise. Intriguing! The paintings kept the wall filled, but the furniture were lacking in number so there’s still some blank spots unused. They could make it more homey, perhaps in time, but the terrace outside is a good spot for afternoon or night coffee, though I don’t really recommend it. It’s Jakarta and it’s humid even at night.
Anyway, I’ve always been fascinated by coffee. Even I wrote a thesis about coffee back then and I took my time researching one of prominent local coffee bars in Bandung. Local players have always been the subjects of my comparison study. Each has its own distinction, of course, which happens to be very comprehensive. For me, the most important aspects of a coffee bar is not all about serving coffee beverages, but also the ability to create good beverage by selecting and mixing coffee beans with other ingredients and condiments alongside with the rest, such as the design of the place, the seats, the food, and many things else. That’s probably the gastronomy aspect from a coffee bar.
Kopi Tubruk & Tiramisu Cheese Cake
I’ve been scouting for years to find the place that could blend those things perfectly and still I found none up until now, but the search must go on of course. Well.. at the very least, I’m proud with the local players and admire their effort to do so. It’s still a bit hard comparing the locals against the international class franchise like the Starbucks or Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf and many others. Thanks to the heavy grip of globalization and it’s because they have standardized themselves so heavily in taste, they have a very active R&D, plus the control everything from the source up until the end products. Not to mention their experience. However, the locals also cannot be underestimated. Nowadays they have also become serious contenders, they learn from this fierce competition, and they got the advantage, cheaper price!
So it happened during one rainy night. I actually had visited other outlets of Bakoel Koffie previously, but found out that this one’s a bit different. Perhaps this place used to be an art gallery, but they left some paintings inside. There’s also this space downstairs, used to be a garage I guess, but still vacant and also an empty room upstairs. Well, it’s not really separated and blocked by a wall yet it’s not a long walk downstairs or upstairs. The design was a contemporary one, separated by glass, and very visible. They also have this balcony outside. Very very spacious I must say and unique because such premise can open a coffee bar, a sushi bar, and an art gallery at the same time. Cool!
Now for the coffee time! Their method of serving the coffee was just like in Starbucks or Coffee Bean, but the difference was that they delivered the coffee to the customer’s table. In Cikini branch however, the waitresses came over to us and everything ended like in common restaurants. So there’s not much fun in here, just a usual order and deliver thing. But speed is of the essence of course, they got to brew the coffee good and fast. So after a short while, here they come. Oh anyway, forgot to mention it, I ordered the Ice Coffee Float (IDR 28,000) and my friend wanted a Large Cappuccino (IDR 24,000) with extra Hazelnut Flavour (IDR 4,000). Well, comparing to the other com padres of local Jakarta coffee bars, Bakoel Koffie actually offers an extensive line of coffee beverages menu but it’s still no surprise that the taste was not that special. And comparing it to the other local competitors, still couldn’t meet my expectations.
Making quality conversations! This is the right place to do so! Well, for teenagers or anybody who don’t like to talk serious thing, you can always do the board games or talking trash and gossiping. But when you elevate things to higher level, then talking serious thing or be creative about something, then a coffee bar would become the right place to stay. Somehow I found it interesting and intriguing seeing people drinking alone, reading, or using their notebooks. I figure that typical nowadays lifestyle is like this, not to mention the growing individualism. But this is also a place where people now can create or produce something in mobile, communicating with people digitally, and conducting business globally. How fast life could evolve! I mean, we didn’t think such things can be made possible though we had dreamed of it right? Though it evolved from 1800s in Europe, but we gotta admit that since that time Europe has been able to produce many talents. Who might possibly know that brilliant musician like Mozart or famous philosopher like Nietzsche used to hang around their local coffee bar a lot? Thank the Turks for making coffee bean available in Europe.
The Judgment (based on scale of 10 score plus the comments):
1. PRICE (7/10)
– Calculation Method (Popular Method)
GT = After Service Tax Principle Price x Restaurant Tax
– Service Tax = 5%
– Grand Total = IDR 64,680 (just fine)
2. INTERIOR (7/10)
Bakoel Koffie everywhere applies different interior, but this one’s coolly designed though there are some empty spaces left untouched making the place somehow cold..
3. SERVICE (5/10)
Just fine.
4. TASTE (6/10)
Not the best tasting coffee for local coffee bars I’ve ever drank. Plenty rooms for improvements though. Local coffee bars should aim for the world, not only locally.
5. OVERALL (6.25/10)
Bakoel Koffie should try to devise something that would show their differences with others. Show your trademark from now on to the world. Improve more and don’t stop.
Additional Information:
Location : Jalan Cikini Raya no. 25, Jakarta – Indonesia
Arguments to decide where we should eat at the state when our stomachs growling equals bad idea. It happened when me and my friends strolling around the vast Grand Indonesia newly opened theme stories (The Crossroads of The World). Several stories between Blitzmegaplex and the shopping mall are designated for entertainment and food zones. Several tenants have filled the space, but they seem to be separated with each other so we have to walk to and fro while arguing where we should eat. I came up with the idea for The Grand Duck King, but they seemed to be discouraged by the menu pictures. Well, I’ll save it for another occasion then. Anyway, long story short, we arrived in a bright place that goes with the name Y&Y.
Judging from the outside, this place was bright and shiny and the interior was quite neat actually and by the time we got inside, it’s actually quite comfortable. The white theme and the bright texture somehow deliver a pristine atmosphere. I must say I’m quite impressed, plus the installed “camouflaged” ceiling fans. That’s neat! You gotta see by yourself.
After observing the menu, Y&Y seemed to be a fusion genre kind of restaurant. Well, they provided dishes from appetizer to dessert, but all has the Japanese touch in it. The price seemed to be reasonable but I doubt that it’ll bring me satisfaction. They also promoted the Wagyu (Japanese superior quality beef) in the menu. Tempting, but I suppose, to be really satisfied with Wagyu, you need to visit either a true Japanese restaurant or a steakhouse. That would probably more suitable, but in terms of price, I warrant, you’re gonna think twice. Haha.. OK then. I happened to see this intriguing dish there. It’s a fusion pasta! After some deliberate consideration, I chose the Thyme & Parsley Escargot & Asparagus Fettuccine (IDR35,000). Seems like a good bargain. My friends seemed to be intrigued too and they picked with the Beetroot Fettuccine With Mix Mushrooms (IDR 35,000). Nowadays, we create pasta out of vegetables such as spinach, carrot, and even beetroot. So that makes pasta even more colorful. You know, it’s like when I was a kid, my mom used to told me that I’m not supposed to eat too much candy bars especially the colorful ones. She said that it’s not good for health because they put this artificial color on it. Notably like Yellow 5 and 6 in Pringles Cheese, well… not to also mention the MSG — our favorite thing from snacks! Anyway, this kind of thing really makes me a bit phobic when I’m facing colorful foods. A bit exaggeration, but after a while I realized that this is a pasta! So I assume there’s no need for me to worry.
Thyme & Parsley Pasta with Escargot & Asparagus
Well, in terms of taste, strangely decent! I mean it’s an odd mixture between asparagus and escargot (if they really put escargots in it) over pasta. The pasta itself was probably aglio e olio type (garlic and olive oil). I added parmesan to enhance the taste, but the original taste I must say was quite OK. Too bad they didn’t provide the life of Italian cuisine for the customers, it’s the olive oil. I took a turn to taste my friends’ dishes which happened to be the same. But this one turns to be a bit more exotic than mine. But mine’s definitely better in taste. So, the fettuccine itself was purple colored.. well you know.. the beetroot color, mixed with Japanese mushrooms like enoki and shiitake. Add more parmesan for more life. Enough for my insatiable appetite I suppose.
On another occasion (my second visit), the rice bowls were the theme of the day. Those were the Red Duck Curry Rice (IDR 45,000) and Mix Fishes/Sashimi Rice (IDR 48,000). I found these two were not enough to even satisfy my stomach, not to mention my judgment too. The duck one was quite OK but the ingredients were a bit imbalance. Well the veggies were dominating the taste instead of the duck but at least the sauce was able to balance it a bit. Uniquely served in stone bowl like when we used to live in the Stone Age. Haha… Meanwhile, my dish was the sashimi rice and served in clay pot bowl. Gotta be careful there. The whole idea was to have a clay pot rice with sashimi, but eventually as the rice got mixed with all, the sashimi were not raw anymore. So it’s more like the Pepper Lunch dishes where you semi-cook everything in your dish according to your preference. Anyway, they too provide this special sauce which definitely helps a lot! Cause the taste was really just so so. Still wasn’t good enough to meet my demands.
Mix Mushrooms Beetroot Pasta
So in the end, I conclude that actually this restaurant serves decent dishes but since most are fusion genre dishes, some of which may be total disasters! But gotta admit that the rest probably okay. The pricing is OK considering the Japanese ingredients for the fusion dishes. Not too pricey but definitely you can pick better place. I’ve seen better days in enjoying Japanese cuisine but combining it with Western doesn’t always work. Play safe here, lads!
The Judgment (based on scale of 10 score plus the comments):
1. PRICE (6/10)
– Calculation Method
GT = After Tax Principle Price x Service Tax
– Service Tax = 5%.
– Grand Total = IDR 190,575 (First visit, three people); IDR 136,290 (Second visit, 2 people)
2. INTERIOR (7/10)
Coolly designed! Although dominated by white color, but still gives the calming atmosphere. I love the camo ceiling fans!
3. SERVICE (5/10)
Just fine. Too bad they don’t provide olive oil, but at least they got parmesan (unlike the stingy Pizza Hut!)
4. TASTE (6/10)
Quite decent, but you should still play safe and pick the right dish according to your intuition. The pasta dishes are recommended.
5. OVERALL (6/10)
Probably okay for the first couple visits, but soon you’ll get bored. Worth a single try.
What is the remedy after a hard day’s work? For me, definitely a good dinner! But actually, as a substitute, I can choose a good conversation over a cup of coffee or… ehem… probably with light dinner or good snacks. Haha.. Well, that’s originally what I had expected. When it comes to this rare occasion (since we rarely go out after work especially in weekdays), me and 2 of my colleagues decided to try a new place for a change. Anywhere for coffee! Originally, we decided to visit Anomali in Senopati. But since the congestion always disturbing during after working hours down to the south of Jakarta, my colleague who happened to be the driver and the owner of the car we’re riding in (that’s a bargaining point for her to decide which way to go) suggested that we should seek another place around Menteng to avoid the mess. But to where? I mean I know a couple of places there though I haven’t had a chance to visit it that time like the Bakoel Koffie or Cafe au Lait or Lara Djonggrang or anything else, instead of that she suggested that another place as recommended by her friend.
So the place was Cali Deli in Jl. Surabaya, Menteng. We were led astray for a while thanks to her ‘good’ sense of direction but well… I have nothing to object since I didn’t know the way around there either. So the place seemed nice from outside judging from the lighting and the outdoor concept. They also put seats inside the cafe, but it appears to be more comfy outside. They do have the sofa but it was occupied so we were seated in a standard small table, not too comfy and most of all, plenty of mosquitoes and the dampness that made it uncomfortable.
Mushroom Soup
Well, to the menu then! Ah so, Cali Deli is well.. a sandwich deli with the touch of Vietnamese flavor. Exactly at that time I recalled that some of my friends from another department used to order sandwich delivery and from this Cali Deli! Well, honestly, the delivery never came and they were left famished that lunch. So then I need to be prudent! I ordered the Tuna Egg Sandwich (IDR 33,000) and left my colleagues to pick probably the best (that’s what the waitress recommended), the Combo Sandwich (IDR 43,000) and Turkey Sandwich (IDR 43,000). Here’s the tip, guys. If you’re being cautious, pick the most familiar one or take an example from an austere guy like me especially when you meet a place as dubious as this, pick the one with the safe toppings. Tuna and egg have always been the best couple in sandwiches because they blended perfectly. So people, get yourself acquainted more with sandwich coz it’s gonna lame if you pick rice every time you got hungry.
Ah, my friend also ordered a Mushroom Soup (IDR 30,000) for appetizer. Jeez! IDR 30,000 for a mere soup! That ought to be special. Plus since we originally intended to have a cup of coffee, well we ordered Iced Coffee Caramel (IDR 28,000). A word of advice for you. If you’re not a huge fan of coffee or if you prefer a sweetened one, pick the one with caramel. That would be safer. As for me that time, my policy was to play safe but at least I was willing to spend! Unlike nonsense people who keep asking and wanted the world to revolve for them but still don’t want to spend. Such hypocrisy won’t get you anywhere to explore the depths of culinary experience! Well if not because they failed to deliver it to my next door department friends, they won’t receive this kind of treatment from me.
Iced Caramel Coffee
Then along came the soup. Oh the bowl made out of bread! Probably that’s what made it a bit pricey. But I mean, still, it’s only a small loaf of bread for God sake and it’s overpriced! If it’s worth around IDR 15,000 then it would still be acceptable. Probably it was made pricey with the concept that the customers’ stomach would be full with only a single soup. So why not make it expensive and then when they got full, nobody wants to try the goddamn sandwich anymore or vice versa. Hello! What are you trying to sell then?! A soup has always been an appetizer everywhere, so why not make it more compact and acceptable in terms of pricing and taste so that the customers would gladly continue for the main dish. The sandwich!! Jeez.. You’re ripping off everyone by doing this way. And by the way, the soup was just so so in the end. It’s not special indeed for a IDR 30,000 soup!
Tuna Egg Sandwich
Now we can move to the sandwich. I had high hopes that this one would be special but then again it was not! Well, so my sandwich was okay. My prudence proved to be the better part of the day, but the Turkey and the Combo sandwiches were terrible! First, they have different dressing. They put this minced carrots, cucumbers, onions, and strong coriander leaves that ruined the flavor to be honest. I asked them to bring me at least a mayonnaise or mustard to save the day. You know what they said?? They said, “Sorry we don’t have any mayo or mustard here”.
*&(&^%&T%*&*&(&^%&T%*&$&#(*$&!! –> Hell!!! Gimme a break. You mean, you open this Deli, claiming that you specialize in sandwiches (a food originally from the West and commonly served with mayo or mustard) and you’re telling me that you don’t provide these?! Even original Japanese restaurants provide chili or tomato ketchup!!! Okay that’s it! Even at least the coffee wasn’t so bad but definitely not special! I need to stop right now so I don’t have to humiliate them much longer! GRRRRRR!!!!! Let’s just wrap it up…
The Judgment (based on scale of 10 score plus the comments):
1. PRICE (2/10)
– Calculation Method
GT = After Tax Principle Price (Tax 10,5%??? What the?) x Service Tax
– Service Tax = 5%. Why the hell did they put 10,5% for the tax?? This gotta be a fraud!!!
– Grand Total = IDR 269,115 (BAH!!!!! For these craps!!)
2. INTERIOR (3/10)
It’s damp outside and it’s not even more comfortable inside! They simply didn’t do their best to design the place. At least if it’s hot outside, make the lighting more relaxing and more fans please!
3. SERVICE (5/10)
Less than satisfactory. The waitress even has to think what a mayo is when I asked her.
4. TASTE (3/10)
Crap soup, crap sandwiches, and average coffee! Miserable place!
5. OVERALL (3.5/10)
Too pricey for craps like these. I have said enough about this sad place. Still if you’re stubborn, then go ahead and try.
Location: Jalan Surabaya and several others in Jakarta – Indonesia
It was around 6.30 PM on a windy Friday night, even in my weakened body I forced my way to find a new culinary experience. It was a short walk around 500 meters from my workplace but in my current condition, it was quite tough. I still got 2 hours less before leaving for Bandung so hey, why not indulge yourself a bit for a change? And at last I arrived at the place, an old-fashioned Japanese company kind of office premises with the stern look, rigid architecture, quite similar with my workplace but somehow a bit friendlier, well… at least. Anyway, the building’s name was Wisma Kyoei Prince. The home of JAL or Japan Air Lines representative office here in Jakarta alongside with many other Japanese companies. They got Oh La La Café on the 2nd floor here, but to think that we also got one too back at my workplace, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. Anyhow, still I might pick City Loft for more choices or a quiet coffee-sipping in BNI’s Starbucks or just be like all the Jakarta people, just drop by at your favorite mall for that! Haha..
That day marked my visit for the third time to that building. Two last visits were for Goemon (will be posted later). The first time was probably around many months ago, when I also had this adventuring by myself. It was originally intended to visit Sushi Ippachi but I happened to take the wrong door and ended up in Goemon because of lucky accidental reason. Hehe… Okay, so now that I had picked the right place this time, I read the menu first. Hmm.. Seemed to me, it’s more expensive than Goemon. For example, the average price for Teishoku (Japanese lunch set) Menu in Goemon is about IDR 50,000 up to IDR 70,000 excluding tax. But the average in Sushi Ippachi is above IDR 80,000! Judging from the name itself, I guess they specialized in sushi or sashimi in sort. Plus only some restaurants serve Teishoku at lunchtime only. Teishoku has always been the best pick for the taste test in Japanese restaurants for me. Anticipating the unavailability, I browsed through again the menu and found myself, the dinner section! There were indeed many dinner sets here. Most of them were the combination between sushi and sashimi or sushi and tempura plus the details (in-between IDR 100,000 – IDR 200,000). Deadly, but hey! Don’t forget why I came here in the first place. To quench my insatiable appetite for something new!
So then I entered the place with full confidence with warm greetings from the waitresses. I was seated directly on the sushi bar. This place was well-designed, bright, warm, has the tatami private rooms, and quite spacious. But the cool thing was that Sushi Ippachi has 2 bars, one for the ‘beer bar’ and the other one for of course, the ‘sushi bar’. With 3 small televisions can be seen from 3 angles. That means a lot when you’re coming in by yourself.
Beef Teriyaki Set
I was served right away with the appetizer in a small cube-shaped bowl filled with diced potatoes, carrots, and boiled tuna dipped in sweet sauce. These kind of appetizers in Japanese restaurants usually change daily. One day you can find this kind, another day probably pickles, a small portion of nikujaga (a dish of meat, potatoes, and onion stewed shoyu sauce), small oysters with shoyu (Japanese soy sauce), or anything. Plus of course the hot ocha (Japanese green tea) and a warm towel! Ahhh… That washed away my fatigue. Afterwards, I browsed the menu again, asked whether the Teishoku menu still available and it’s a no, so then I picked myself a moderately priced (among others… you can imagine…) Sushi and Tempura Set D for around IDR 180,000++.
First thing first, the sushi dish came, consisted of 10 different assorted sushi added with sliced ginger (which I’m not quite fond of, only Moms do, based on my research) and accompanied with wasabi (a Japanese horseradish used as a spice and has a strong flavor, sort of Japanese sambal). Please don’t be fooled by Sushi Ippachi’s wasabi. It’s so real, way too real comparing to Sushi Tei’s. This time you’ll get the Real Wasabi Strike feeling which smashes you right away from your tongue up to your spine. BANG! First thing first after receiving such strike, you should relax yourself a bit, exhale, and let your eyes water. Drink a bit if necessary. It’s only natural, no need to worry. Haha.. Well, after recuperating from it, I decided not to get carried away by my overconfidence again and start eating normally with only adequate amount of wasabi for each of my sushi.
Salmon Shioyaki Set
I tell you what, all of them tasted great! I got the feeling that all of the components that made this wonderfully designed food were very fresh. One of the senior chefs there even remarked that the freshness of the ingredients is their number one priority. The supplier comes every 2 or 3 days to replenish the foodstuffs. Meanwhile, I was wondering where on the earth is the tempura dish? I decided to spare some of the sushi because my stomach getting kinda full surprisingly. So I don’t want to mess up by not preparing for the worst. Well… If you mean the worst, then suddenly one of the waitresses brought a plate full of tempura of several kinds! Probably around 5 big tempuras! There’s the shrimp, cassava, spinach, and the onion. To make things even better, all of it was also accompanied by a chawan mushi (egg custard with various ingredients) and a miso shiru (traditional Japanese soup).
Wow!! Not bad for a quite overpriced restaurant. Then after struggling a bit, I managed to finish all of ’em! Satisfying in terms of taste, but in terms of price… well… Overpriced! I spent around IDR 200,000 in total only for a set menu for one person. Probably would be wiser if Sushi Ippachi reshape their price tags because their nearby competitor seems to attract more customers than they do! So after an enjoyable chat with the chef there, I decided that I’ll do another visit (dunno when though…) to totally get a grip on the food and probably understanding more why they put hefty price tags for each of their dishes. Well, from my point of view, you should try at least once here. Probably you gonna feel sorry the first time you take a seat there and taking that painful glance at the price plus knowing that there’s no escape. Therefore, I recommend you to stay, pick your dish carefully, and enjoy your patronage there.
Salmon Teriyaki Set
In other occasion, driven by lust, maimed by the half price discount over a certain credit card promo (HSBC to be exact. Hehe..), an angry mob of hungry people (count me as 2 or 3 persons) decided to visit this place. Since it’s like a lifetime offer, I put an order over a this time a Sushi & Sashimi Set 3 which cost originally around IDR 200,000. My pals picked a more conservative dishes (which either they felt safe to pick it or because they knew about it already), cheaper, and probably edible in their point of views. Which I found a bit waste coz those turned out to be not that tasty and definitely not in tune with the theme of the day. Discount! So why pick a cheaper one when you can pick a more expensive but exotic which will ultimately be reduced for 50%!
Assorted Tempura Set
Well, anyway, some of them ate the Gyudon (IDR 88,000), the other picked Assorted Tempura (IDR 110,000), Beef Teriyaki (IDR 110,000), Salmon Shioyaki (IDR 88,000), and Salmon Teriyaki (IDR 88,000). All without rice (to ring you a bell that there’s no Teishoku at night) save the Donburi. Bowls of rice for 5 cost around IDR 75,000. Jeez! Whilst mine, of course, was the most exotic, good-looking, and the tastiest of course. Plus it’s a bit extraordinary for the sushi chef who still able to recognized me despite the margin of several months from my last visit plus I managed to customize a bit about the composition of my dish. Haha… I added a bluefin tuna (Kanpachi) into my dish. Adding new things into your sushi experience would surely be fun!
Sushi & Sashimi Set
The Judgment (based on scale of 10 score plus the comments):
1. PRICE (4/10)
– Calculation Method
GT = (Principle Price + (Principle Price x Service Tax)) x Restaurant Tax
– Service Tax = 5% (It cannot be helped… *sigh*)
– Grand Total = IDR 207,900 (Alone, first visit), IDR 1,079,925 reduced to IDR 539,962 (7 people, 2nd visit)
2. INTERIOR (5/10)
Quite comfy, I got the Japanese feeling kind of restaurant. Not too special though. I gotta try the tatami room next time.
3. SERVICE (6/10)
Typical and standardized Japanese restaurant service. Thanks to the chef for the insightful conversations about the Japanese restaurant management.
4. TASTE (7/10)
I still haven’t got the grip about the sushi. Perhaps I need to compare it more to other more native-oriented restaurants. But so far, this place serves delicious and fresh sushi. Some Japanese customers that time happened to ordered the sashimi and judging by the looks, well… well… Looks like I need to go for another visit there.
5. OVERALL (5.5/10)
Too pricey because you can get the same menu or combine between the sushi and the tempura set but still you’ll get cheaper price somewhere else. I wonder why you guys closed the one at BNI 46 Tower? Nobody came because it’s too expensive? But looking at the bright side, you guys serve decent food. At least my stomach is full. But I seem to forget that perhaps this restaurant emphasizes more for native Japanese customers with a price like this, but still… your neighbor offer a better price and good foods too!
Additional Information:
Location : Wisma Kyoei Prince 3rd Fl, Jalan Jend. Sudirman Kav. 3-4, Jakarta
Promotion : Periodic 50% discounts for HSBC cards.
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