A Place called Union

Union.

It’s a place, a café, a restaurant.

It was located on Plaza Senayan Mall, South of Jakarta, Indonesia

I’ve been there several times and again I just falling in love with the decoration, the ambience, the meals, and of course the coffee.

This place is so famous and there’s always a queue for everything, such as to be seated and for the take-home sweets/cakes.

>> The Afternoon Tea.

At the first visit, I came with my fashionable colleagues. We tried the sweets. They called it “The Afternoon Tea”.  They served it at 3 PM and we can only order at that time.

Why it named “Afternoon Tea”?

Because they served assorted sweets with two cups of hot tea.

 

I cannot remember each of the sweets’ name, but I can assure you that this sweets were well-worth

>> The coffee.

Just like any other latte, they served differently with coffee-art.

>> The cake.

We tried their famous cake ever, the red velvet and cheese cake.

It’s soft, rich and bold.

The red velvet was covered with peanuts and served with cream

I cannot describe more about these cakes, but pictures will.

  The Red Velvet Cake

 The Cheese Cake

>> The pasta.

Just like any other pastas, their pasta was as good as our expectation.

   

Overall,

This is well worth and I would love to come again and again!

  

Enjoying Seafood like Manhattan Way

Serving It Up The Manhattan Way!

 

  

 

Last weekend I ate one of my favorite menu: Fish and Chips.

For this meal me and my friend went to a seafood restaurant in one of the biggest mall in Jakarta, Lotte Avenue Shopping Mall (or LOVE mall), located on the fourth floor near the theatre. The Manhattan Fish Market restaurant.

The restaurant itself wasn’t a new place for me, but I just love the food and the ambience. I love the fish and how it was cooked, the environment always be a bonus for me. Sometimes good food not always covered with a good place, but a good place always served good food. Ha! 😀

Though the restaurant located in many malls, but in each mall it has its own signature, and for this mall, I love the ambience. They created a simple view and decoration yet comfortable.

 

 

Fish and Chips.

Favorite of all-time. The crunchy-floured dory fish and served with fries and sauces. The fish was so soft and crisp. I love how this restaurant made the fish so crisp and delicious. I just can’t explain more how I love the dish!

 

Citrus Baked Seafood.

My friend chose a bowl of rice with a perfect combination. “An assortment of dory fish, baby octopus, and scallops baked with tangy marinade with garden herbs” well said by the menu book. The rice itself was so tasty and you can imagine how good was the combination.

 

To company our meal, we chose a usual beverage: lemon tea and blackcurrant. Well, not only usual and common but also free refill.

Though this restaurant was quite pricey, but I will come to this place again and again. Not only to satisfy my stomach but for the comfortable that I got.

Well worth 🙂

Let’s have a bun!

Three Buns. Burger & Cocktails.

Food for the Neighbourhood.

 

Started from an idea with my colleagues to hangout together during public holiday, we started to search a new place to go. We chose place that located around Senopati street (south of Jakarta). Since Senopati street was just like centre of cafes and restaurants, but those places were quite costly. So it’s not like an ordinary food street area, it’s extraordinary, you need to load your wallet first before you go to that area (and we did) 😀

We chose to try a burger restaurant. It’s located on Senopati Raya street No. 90, Kebayoran Baru, South of Jakarta, Indonesia. We arrived around 12 PM and it’s already opened since 11 AM. It had a funny logo: head of bulldog. At first sight, the place was so simple and not like ordinary restaurant. This place was made with modern but also simple, with minim chair and table. It was all modified nicely. The place gave us new experience with the view. Oh, also with the roof. They used plastic and transparant. So when the sun smiles and shines brightly you better wrap yourself with the comfiest shirt and (short) pants.

Since the place was new, people loaded the place immediately. We had to wait to be seated.

   

   

 

When we finally seated, we had to order directly “on the vintage van”. We ordered and paid “on the van”. They gave us number for us to take our meals on the other side and paper to be changed with our beverages. We chose: “Baby Huey” (prime 150g beef patty, cheese, lettuce, ketchup, pickles & spiced mayo) and “Four Floors” (double prime 100g beef patties, double cheese, triple onions, lettuce, pickles, ketchup & den miso mayo). Note: the Four Floors was the most expensive and famous one, also the huge one. For the side, we chose Naughty Fries (spiced bearnaise, beef chilli, crisp shallots, Parmesan & sesame seeds). The fries was the tasty and really a good companion for our meal.

 

 …the van when we ordered and paid

 

  ..the bartender, the place where we grab our meals and beverages

      …Here comes our meal!

 

We chose the light beverage to company our meal: “Sherbie Hancock” (sherbet lemonade with orange, lemon, lime, and grapefruit). So fresh and light. Very good as our companion. They provided all beverages with thier homemade soda, other than soda, they served alcohol, wine, tea, coffee, and mineral water.

     …Our fresh Sherbie Hancock!

 

The Burger. It’s not fully tasty like Asian taste. It’s more over like West taste. For me, it’s new since I never taste the burger like this. The beef was medium cooked and well served with other ingredients. For me, it’s worth enough with the price.

 

Overall, the place was nice, the meals were awesome and new, the sides were as well as the meals, and all were packaged with worth price and experience 🙂

 

So if you search a burger restaurant and need a new ambience, you can try Three Buns and have your buns!