Steffi's Birthday Dinner Party at Lyon, Mandarin Oriental Jakarta

This evening, I was invited by Steffi Wijaya to her birthday dinner party at Lyon - a fine French dining restaurant in Mandarin Oriental Jakarta. 

Amuse Bouche 

Complimentary by the Chef.

The Starters

Escargot  - Rp. 108.000

Escargot in pesto sauce. I really love this lovely dish! 

I even dipped the complimentary bread into the pesto sauce.

The Soup

Onion Soup with Aged Comté Cheese - Rp. 118.000

A heart-warming sweet taste soup from the caramelized vidalia onion consomme, combined perfectly with the French Comté cheese and bread on the top of the soup.

Main Course

Grilled Steak Frites - Rp. 388.000

A very juicy and tender Nebraska Farm Premium Black Angus grilled with "Cafe de Paris" butter.

Dessert

Birthday Cake ordered from Cake Et Cetera

Unfortunately, I didn't get the chance to try this Chocolate Cake with Oreo and Cream. because I needed to catch the Trans Jakarta to go home before the operation hours ended.

All prices are subjected to 21% of tax and service charge.

Current currency:

1 USD = Rp. 14.410

Location:
Lyon
Mandarin Oriental, Jakarta
Jalan MH Thamrin,
Central Jakarta 10310
Telephone: 2993 8888

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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.

Pizza e Birra, Central Park Mall

Last Sunday, my friend asked me to accompany him for dinner. He was interested to try Pizza E Birra promotion where the customers can create their own pizza.  So, we went to the closest Pizza E Birra from my place which is in Central Park Mall.

First, my friend ordered flavored beer. Based on the recommendation from the waiter, he chose Lychee flavor but later on, the waiter told him that they run out of  the Lychee flavor thus my friend asked for Mojito flavor. He was quite surprised that it tasted really good.

Cuban Mojito Flavored Beer - Rp. 50.000

 

Frozen Lemonade - Rp. 45.000

The balance of sweet and sourness from the lemonade was refreshing.

 El Diablo Chicken Wings - Rp. 49.000 (regular cone)

The chicken wings were tender and soft. It was pretty spicy for me.

 

Create your own pizza - Rp. 59.000
(incld. dough, based sauce and cheese)

My friend and I chose thin crust, pesto for the sauce since it's our favorite sauce and pepperoni for the topping. A few minutes after we ordered, the waiter came back to tell us that the pesto sauce run out so we had to change to another sauce. My friend told that the waiter that he wanted to change the order to other food but the waiter told him that since the order was already put in the computer system so it couldn't be changed to something else, we only could change the sauce. This statement already got to the nerve of my friend. He said if the order couldn't be changed, he demanded to see the manager. Later on, the waiter informed us that the pizza with the pesto will be ready soon. I actually wondered how they got the pesto sauce so suddenly? Anyway, we were happy when the pizza arrived on our table. It was pretty good with the crispy thin crust although the pesto sauce tasted just mild. 

All prices are subjected to tax and service charge.

Current currency:

1 USD = Rp. 14.250

Location:
Pizza e Birra
Central Park Tribeca Park Pavilion Unit PAV 03
JL. Letjen S. Parman Kav. 28,
West Jakarta
Tel: 29200262

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.

Tontoki at MidPlaza Jakarta

I heard so many good reviews of this new Japanese restaurant specializing in pork dishes named Tontoki at the basement in MidPlaza Building, Central Jakarta so I went there together with my friends last week.

The restaurant has a unique exterior of the Japanese's house village in Edo period which is small, dark and low ceiling. When I got there, the restaurant was packed. Luckily my friend already made a reservation but still we were seated at the "outside" area.  Since one of my friends is a smoker, he was quite happy that there's no restriction to smoke in this restaurant.

Omori Hakusai Salad - Rp. 48.000

I like this fresh salad with Anchovy but my friends didn't really like it because it was too sour for their taste buds.

Yaki Gyoza - Rp. 48.000

 Ordinary Japanese dumpling with pork filling.

Tontoki Don - Rp. 42.000

The pork belly was pretty good marinated and tender.

Hone Tsuki BBQ - Rp. 68.000

We asked the waiter to cut this BBQ Pork Ribs into pieces. When the waiter got difficulties to cut it, we knew that the ribs were not that tender thus it's more about the sweet sour peppery sauce that we could enjoy of this dish.

Hire Katsu - Rp. 68.000

My friend ordered this deep fried Pork tenderloin cutlet based on people's recommendation who had tried this dish  but I guess our expectation was too high.

Fresh Orange Hai - Rp. 48.000

Hot Ocha - Rp. 15.000 (refill)

All prices are subjected to 15.5% of tax and service charge.

Current currency:

1 USD = Rp. 14.150

Location:
Tontoki
MidPlaza
Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 10-11
Central Jakarta
Tel: 2514555

Opening hours:
Lunch: 11.30 - 14.30
Dinner 18.00 - 22.00

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.