Tony Roma’s

star-studded sampler @ tony roma's

Dear fellow tasters,

I’d say there’s probably no place better for baby back ribs than Tony Roma’s.  This famous restaurant chain has existed like forever in Jakarta but it still remains faithful to its ‘famous for ribs’ slogan.  That afternoon, my friends and I went to the Panin Centre restaurant and here’s what we initially ordered: the appetizer sampler, the star-studded sampler and some mocktails.  Complimentary bread and butter were served while we waited for our food.

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Cafe’ Cartel

giabatta with beef ribs @ cafe' cartel

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It was friday evening and after a day of meetings at work discussing stuffs without any real solution, I decided to eat out for dinner to destress my mind and fulfill my gastronomic desire.  I ended up at Djakarta Theater building and crossing out Burger King from my options, I laid my choice upon Cafe’ Cartel just across from it.

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Y&Y

crispy duck with curry sauce @ y&y

Dear fellow tasters,

It was Thursday noon, lunch time, and a colleague of mine from Malaysia was in town.  He already asked me the day before to join him and another colleague for lunch.  When he called, I suggested that we should go to Grand Indonesia shopping mall which has become a budding good food paradise in the center of the city.  So there we were, faced with so many options of where to grab something to eat.  With no specific destination in mind, after a quick wandering and due to limited lunch time, we decided to raid the first place we laid our eyes on, the Y&Y restaurant.

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