Dijan's Restaurant & Pannekoeken Poffertjes

A couple weeks ago, I had a meeting at Dijan's restaurant.

The restaurant is an old Dutch colonial house.

It supposedly to be a restaurant that serves authentic Dutch food but I guess they don't really stick to the theme since they also offer Italian, American and Indonesian food in their menu.

The restaurant is full air-conditioner but unfortunately, the customers can smoke inside the restaurant. It's quite disturbing for other customers who are non-smoker.

Poffertjes - Rp. 35.000

I enjoyed eating these small coin size of fluffy pancakes with powder sugar and butter.

Bitterbalen - Rp. 35.000

Dutch croquettes rolled into balls.

I like it but it was very salty.

Going to a Dutch restaurant, then ordering Italian pastas is the biggest mistake ever!!!

Fettucini Carbonara - Rp. 45.000

The cream sauce tasted totally bland. Luckily, there were the smoked beef and parmesan cheese but still, you need to add salt on it.

Spaghetti Bolognese - Rp. 45.000

My spaghetti Bolognese was another disappointment. The spaghetti was soggy.

And, seriously, I believe that instead of cooking the Bolognese sauce by their own, they've put the ready to use "La Fonte - Bolognese pasta sauce" on the spaghetti. This product is made in Indonesia. It tasted very sweet like sugar sauce.

(image taken from internet)

Spaghetti Aglio Olio - Rp. 45.000

Also, tad bland. Well, you can taste that the spaghetti got a hot flavor. Only the slice of smoke beef got the savory taste, not the, spaghetti, the mushroom nor the paprika.  Again, pass the salt, please!

Nasi Goreng - Rp. 40.000

This fried rice with slice smoked beef, pickles, fried egg and a cracker on the top was actually decent but for the price, hardly worthy!

All price are subject to 10% government tax and 6% service charge

Current currency: 1 USD = Rp. 9.650

Location:
Dijan's Restaurant Pannekoeken & Poffertjes
Jl. kemang selatan No. 102A
South Jakarta
Tel: 7179 3538

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.

Huize Trivelli

My friend has been telling me about this interesting heritage restaurant and patisserie named "Huize Trivelli" that serves traditional Indonesian dishes that have been adjusted to Dutch dishes or vice versa.

So yesterday, my friend brought me to this restaurant for a nice lunch :)

As soon as, I entered I directly could feel the peaceful and nice ambiance with nice old Indonesian songs mixed with Dutch language being played in the background in the restaurant.

This restaurant was built in the late 1930s as a home for a Dutch family. FYI, Indonesia was colonized by the Dutch for 300 years. And since 2006, this family home has been converted into a restaurant.

Huize Trivelli's decoration is based on the antique Javanese - European and Chinese cultural traditions.

I guess enough introduction of the restaurant and without further ado, let's get right into the pictures to tell more ;)

The Entrance.

The Garden

Inside the Huize Trivelli

And finally the food pictures ;)

Trivelli Vegetables Salad
(Lettuce, green pepper, red pepper, yellow pepper, cucumber, tomato)
Rp. 17.500

Trivelli Beef Stroganoff
(Pan Fried with beef and mashed potato)
Price: Rp. 55.000

Trivelli Chateaubriand Aux Champignons
(Dutch-Indisch style Pan-fried beef with homemade sauce and mushrooms)
Price: Rp. 55.000

Trivelli Bier Pletok Betawi a la Creme
(a drink made from pandan leaves, cinnamon, cloves, and ginger)
Price Rp. 15.000

All prices are subject to 10% tax
Currency: 1 USD = Rp. 10.250

Huize Trivelli:
Jl. Tanah Abang 2 No. 108
Cideng - Jakarta Pusat
Indonesia

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.