Mr. Curry - Japanese Curry and Sweet House

Last week, I had a fun enjoyable food testing panel experience together with the other food bloggers at a Japanese curry restaurant named Mr. Curry - one of Ismaya Group's restaurants.

When I arrived, it's so nice to see all their displayed food in front of the restaurant, definitely can make people to droll just by looking at them. The waitress greeted me and other customers in Japanese. As soon as I sat, I looked at the cute menu with the very wide of food's varieties. Then... the food tasting panel started :)

The warm and cozy interior of a kitchen with yellow orange scheme.

Green Tea - Rp. 11.000

Ginger pickles and chili powder

A bowl of salad for each main meal

Mango Smoothie - Rp. 28.000

Blueberry Smoothie - Rp. 25.000

Green Tea Shake

Peach Lassie - Rp. 28.000

Mussels Gratin - Rp. 38.000

Salmon Carpaccio - Rp. 33.000

Finger Fish - Rp. 33.000

Salad

Left - Seafood Rice Pizza - Rp. 38.000

Right - Minced Rice Pizza - Rp. 38.000

For all the curry dishes, there are 4 curry sauce options:

1. Original sauce - recommendation

2. Red Sauce (tomato base) - fresh

3. Black Sauce (fish base) - rich

4. White Sauce (cream base) - creamy

and there are 4 levels of spiciness.

Curry Jaja Ramen - Rp. 58.000

* Not sure the name of this dish

Chicken &Mushroom Omelette Curry Rice - Rp. 58.000

Assorted Mushroom Omnurice

Oxtail Curry Rice - Rp. 66.000

* Not sure the name of this dish

Chicken Katsu Curry Rice

Mr. Curry's new menu is Omurice - a contemporary Japanese dish consisting of an omelette made with fried rice. There are 2 kind of Omurice choices: Butter rice or Tomato rice.

Salmon Ikura Horenso Omurice - Rp. 58.000

Hotate&Prawn Omurice - Rp. 58.000

Desserts:

Mr. Curry Mango Parfait

Mini Doriyaki (Japanese pancake)

green tea ice cream with mango sauce

Stick cakes:

worth for trying ;)

Red Pepper Cheese Cake - Rp. 18.000

What an interesting taste of cheese cake with a Red Pepper flavor.

Wasabi & Black Pepper Cheese Cake - Rp. 18.000

Seriously, you can taste the wasabi and black pepper! I could even feel the zing into my nose from the wasabi! :)

Green Tea stick cake

A yummy strong green tea flavor

The winner of the night...

Doriyaki Ice Cream Green Tea - Rp. 22.000

Currency: 1 USD = Rp. 8.600

Location:
Mr. Curry
Grand Indonesia
West Mall, Level 3A
Jl. M.H. Thamrin No. 1
Jakarta

Seroja Baru - Kwetiau Sapi (Beef Rice Noodles)

Seroja Baru is my favorite place to eat Kwetiau because their kwetiau tasted really good. Although these days, the portions are not as much as in the old days but they still maintained the taste. There are many branches of Seroja Baru in Jakarta and most of them are in the malls.

Anyway, when you go to their main restaurant in Greenville area, as soon as you arrive in front of the restaurant, you can see directly "the kitchen".

You can watch how the Kwetiau is being cooked.

Kwetiau Sapi Goreng - Rp. 22.000

It's fried rice noodles with beef, innards, eggs, bean sprouts, and choy sum.

Kwetiau Sapi Bun - Rp. 22.000

It's fried beef noodles rice mixed with beef broth and eggs.

Currency: 1 USD = Rp. 8.600

Note: Rice noodles or Char Kuay Teow is written as Kwetiau in Indonesia

Location:
Seroja Baru
Greenville Blok BG No. 5
Jakarta Barat
Tel: 5674712

Disclaimer:
The review and opinion expressed here are purely according to my personal taste. There's a possibility that the taste of the food might change later on, which could affect the review and opinion here. I also affirm that no monetary or non-monetary compensation has been received from this restaurant for writing this review.

Han Gang Restaurant

My friend was craving for Korean food and since we were meeting in Taman Anggrek mall, I suggested the Han Gang which is the only Korean restaurant in that mall.

I didn't order because I just had my lunch, so my friend ordered the food as below:

Banchan - Appetizer - free of charge

kim chi, pickles, anchovies, salad, roll egg with seaweed

Maeun Teokpoki - Rp. 38.000

Hot Spicy Korean Rice Cake

D Yache Bibimbab - Rp. 39.000

Warm rice topped with egg, namul (sautéed and seasoned vegetables), gochujang (chili pepper paste) and sliced beef.

The way to eat Bibimbap, just mix everything in the bowl :D

Phat Bing Su - Rp. 35.000

Shaved ice with ice cream and fruits (strawberry, kiwi, melon)

5% service charge + 10% tax

currency: 1 USD = Rp. 9.000

My friend really enjoyed the food in this restaurant, especially the Maeun Teokpoki. Next time, it will be my turn to come here for my lunch ;)

Location:

Han Gang Restaurant

Mall Taman Anggrek 4th Fl.

Jl. S. Parman Kav. 21

Jakarta Barat

Disclaimer:The review and opinion expressed here are purely according to my personal taste. There's a possibility that the taste of the food might change later on, which could affect the review and opinion here. I also affirm that no monetary or non-monetary compensation has been received from this restaurant for writing this review.

Carl’s Jr. - Hand-breaded Chicken Tenders

I believe all of you already know that Carl's Jr. is an American fast-food chain with a reputation of the higher-end fast food franchises

Last week, I was invited for their launching of "Freshly Prepared Hand-breaded Chicken Tenders". It's interesting because Carl. Jr is more known for their fresh take on burgers.

Carl's Jr. is the only fast food chain in Jakarta that provide a free flow drinks concept.

I was quite surprised when the box of Chicken tenders got on to my table, I guess I was expecting a little bit bigger box :) Served with 3 dipping sauce - BBQ, Mayonnaise and chili sauce, I gave a try of the BBQ and Mayonnaise.

The 3 strips of chicken were absolutely tender and moist. The breading was crunchy but I must say that it tasted overly salty for my taste bud. Probably it would be perfect if I eat it with rice or french fries.

Location:

Carl's Jr.

Grand Indonesia

West Mall - LG Floor

Jakarta

Shabu Slim

A few weeks ago, my Filipino colleagues and I went to Central Park for a dinner. We decided to give a try this Shabu Slim restaurant that offers buffet with the price of Rp. 112.000 (plus service charge + tax) per person.

After we were escorted to our table, the waiter told us that the time to eat here is only 1 hour and 30 minutes. It shows on the paper and there's a big digital clock hanging on the wall. So, as soon as we decided what kind of broth we wanted for the shabu/hot pot (3 kind of broths: tom yum, chicken or soy bean broth), they started our time. One of my colleagues couldn't stop of looking to the digital clock, seriously it's not nice to know that our time was limited. We couldn't really enjoy our time for eating and talking because we had to cook and eat in a rush.

The conveyor belt that provide the fresh vegetable and raw meat.

Rice, the chili sauce and sweet sour sauce.

Sushi is served

The hot pot

Shabu Slim
Central Park Lower Ground floor,
Blok L Unite 213

Jl. Letjen S parman Kav. 28
Jakarta Barat,
Telephone: 56985319

Disclaimer:The review and opinion expressed here are purely according to my personal taste. There's a possibility that the taste of the food might change later on, which could affect the review and opinion here. I also affirm that no monetary or non-monetary compensation has been received from this restaurant for writing this review.