Saturday, April 11, 2009

Courtyard Restaurant - Jakarta

My mom and I just came back from a birthday dinner of my mom’s close friend. The birthday dinner was held at a Chinese restaurant named Courtyard at Plaza Indonesia on the 3rd floor.

This restaurant has a very nice ambience and the food tasted really good. Too bad, I didn’t get a chance to see the menu because the food was already ordered, so I've no idea of the names and prices of the food from this restaurant. Well, I think I will come back again someday to try the other food.

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39 comments:

  1. pisang goreng 115,NFApril 12, 2009 at 12:15 AM

    pictures no3
    section 1
    i think is long beans cook with dried prawns.....

    upper right
    is sweet sour meat.....

    BTW nice pictures......
    I hope not very costly when you visit next time.

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  2. Sugar BeanApril 12, 2009 at 12:28 AM

    The ambience and food look good, wonder how is the pricing for the food?

    Btw, Happy Easter!

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  3. MicaApril 12, 2009 at 1:01 AM

    That restaurant looks awesome! Mmmmm, I want to come visit and eat at Jakarta!

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  4. EatTravelEatApril 12, 2009 at 2:06 AM

    This looks like a great restaurant but a bit pricey. I like the simple presentations of the food.

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  5. AngeleApril 12, 2009 at 2:55 AM

    Almost midnight here and this food post is making me very very hungry :O

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  6. KerstinApril 12, 2009 at 4:09 AM

    All the dishes look yummy - now I'm craving Chinese!

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  7. Mary BergfeldApril 12, 2009 at 5:39 AM

    Now I know where to eat when I get to Jakarta. Beautiful photos - as usual.

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  8. Monica HApril 12, 2009 at 6:48 AM

    Ooh, it all looks so yummy-Lovely presentations!

    Have a good weekend Selby!

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  9. SaraApril 12, 2009 at 8:47 AM

    Looks like a delicious meal! Very colorful too :)

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  10. SelbaApril 12, 2009 at 10:59 AM

    pisang goring: Let me see how I can describe the name of food, hehehe

    Picture no. 2:
    sec. 1 is kong pao chicken,
    sec. 2 fried prawn with mayonnaise
    sec. 3 birthday fried noodle
    sec. 4 fried tofu mixed with meat and kaylan

    Picture no. 3:
    sec. 1 long beans with minced meat
    sec. 2 chicken with pineapple in sweet sour sauce
    sec. 3 beef with mushroom and green paprika
    sec. 4 toothpicks

    Do you think that I should wait until someone invited me again to eat in this restaurant? ;) hahaha….

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  11. SelbaApril 12, 2009 at 10:59 AM

    sugar bean: A big possibility that this is a pricey restaurant but I think it’s worth it :)
    Happy Easter to you too!

    mica: Yes, a very nice restaurant. Hey.. it would be so great if you can visit Jakarta for a gastronomic tour :)

    eattraveleat: Yup, I think this restaurant must be pricey, judging from the design/decoration inside the restaurant :)

    angele: Hahaha… same with me!!!

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  12. SelbaApril 12, 2009 at 11:02 AM

    kerstin: Never can resist of eating Chinese food :)

    mary: Thanks, Mary! Oh, there are a lot of nice and good restaurants in Jakarta :)

    monica h: And it tasted good also :) Have a nice weekend, Monica!

    sara: It’s a delicious meal indeed :)

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  13. catherine @ www.unconfidentialcook.comApril 12, 2009 at 12:53 PM

    Wonderful, makes my mouth water, especially because the Chinese food situation in LA is BLEAK! I even crave take-out sesame noodles from nyc.

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  14. SapucheApril 12, 2009 at 1:01 PM

    Gorgeous photos of all that food! It looks like it was a real feast. Also, the table must have been full of very patient eaters since they let you take pictures before digging in! :) I hope you go back soon!

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  15. JanApril 12, 2009 at 2:46 PM

    Your making me hungry!! It's breakfast time here but I'm sure I could eat some of that right now!

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  16. PearlApril 12, 2009 at 3:51 PM

    oh selby your photos always look so mm!

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  17. J2KfmApril 12, 2009 at 7:17 PM

    aiks? stopped short of describing even the taste?

    hmm .. promising, Chinese food in Indon. hope you'll visit again!

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  18. kyhApril 12, 2009 at 8:37 PM

    delicious! seems like there are quite many chinese restaurants in jakarta! ;)

    as for leaving comments on my blog, if not for one blogger who informed me about that, i wouldn't hv known the error for leaving comments. The error's fixed, you are welcomed to leave a comment. ;)

    kyh @ http://soleilian.com

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  19. backStreetGluttonsApril 12, 2009 at 9:13 PM

    The style of the dishes look very familiar ! right !Chinese food is quite the same worldwide...we think

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  20. UnknownApril 12, 2009 at 9:33 PM

    hmm..... the restuarant interior is very nice.

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  21. Steven GohApril 13, 2009 at 12:17 AM

    the food at Courtyard look great, btw wat is the damage like after dining there? Now no more tukang-tukang already? I miss all your tukang posts. :)

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  22. Mediterranean Turkish CookApril 13, 2009 at 4:20 AM

    I wish I were there to taste all this food! :)

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  23. Little InboxApril 13, 2009 at 7:27 AM

    From the photos, I know the food is good. :)

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  24. SelbaApril 13, 2009 at 9:07 AM

    Catherine: Chinese food in LA isn’t nice? Ah… too bad. I thought there’re a lot of good Chinese restaurants in LA… or is it in SF? ;)

    sapuche: Thanks, Sapuche! Hahaha… yeah, they were so nice and patient to let me taking the pictures….

    jan: Hehehe… it’s a big meal for a breakfast ;)

    pearl: Thank you for your compliment, Pearl :)

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  25. SelbaApril 13, 2009 at 9:07 AM

    j2kfm: I guess I need more practice to describe the taste of the food…
    Hold on, let me see my dictionary… Oops, there’s only yummy and delicious! LOL

    kyh: There are a lot of good Chinese restaurants here in Jakarta.
    Great to hear that your blog is back to normal, will visit and leave a comment there :)

    BSG: Yup, I believe it too… :)

    food paradise: Yes, you are right! Very nice interior :)

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  26. SelbaApril 13, 2009 at 9:08 AM

    steven goh: the damage? Uhmmm… the wallet got lighter? LOL
    Don’t worry, the tukang-tukang posts will still coming, just a little break to show that Jakarta isn’t just full with tukang-tukang, hehehe….

    MTC: should come to visit Jakarta and try the food here :)

    little inbox: hehehe… can tell directly, ya?

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  27. worldwindowsApril 13, 2009 at 11:17 AM

    Have not tried Chinese Restaurant food as yet. The food can be presented better I think. It should be quite expensive as standard of living is higher in Jakarta.

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  28. UnknownApril 13, 2009 at 11:27 AM

    Thanks for your recommendation and i WILL TRY IT IF I HAVE A CHANCE TO visit this place. You are welcome to my blog at http://liftyouup.blogspot.com and hear some of our stories. We are equally pleased to look forward hearing from you in return,

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  29. SelbaApril 13, 2009 at 11:54 AM

    worldwindows: Yup, the standard living in Jakarta is quite high thus eating in this kind of restaurant can be very pricey :)

    james oh: Hi James, thanks for stopping by my blog. See you around :)

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  30. ElyseApril 13, 2009 at 12:52 PM

    Mmm, looks like great food. What fabulous pictures!

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  31. SelbaApril 13, 2009 at 1:05 PM

    elyse: The food was delicious :) Thanks, Elyse!

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  32. foodbinApril 13, 2009 at 2:47 PM

    very visually pleasing.

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  33. SelbaApril 13, 2009 at 2:52 PM

    foodbin: Thanks, Foodbin :)

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  34. Donna-FFWApril 14, 2009 at 6:17 PM

    Everything looks delicious as always. Your photos never cease to captivate me!!

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  35. carisoApril 14, 2009 at 6:47 PM

    Hey, make sure the next round you got to jot down each name of the dish ok. :p

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  36. SelbaApril 15, 2009 at 8:24 AM

    donna-ffw: Thanks, Donna :D

    cariso: Yup! Definitely will jot down the menu and prices next time ;)

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  37. Sam Hoffer / My Carolina KitchenApril 15, 2009 at 6:23 PM

    You go to the most interesting restaurants Selby. I go to restaurants for the food but I also go for the ambiance, which I think makes the difference in your experience.
    I've never seen long beans in a market - only in photos. What do they taste like?
    Sam

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  38. Rebecca SawApril 16, 2009 at 12:54 AM

    u like chinese??

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  39. SelbaApril 16, 2009 at 9:01 AM

    my carolina kitchen: Long beans is a good source for protein. We usually like to cook it1/2 way (Sauté) in order to have a crunchy/crispy and tender texture. Hope that you can try it someday :)

    TNG: I like most of everything related to Chinese, ie.: chinese food, chinese language, chinese songs, chinese cultures and chinese guys! LOL

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