DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Jakarta – Diponegoro is a 5-star hotel located in Cikini area, Central Jakarta. Situated at Jalan Pegangsaan Timur and literally near Cikini train station, the car entrance was quite small from the road. But after you get into the hotel, you’ll be surprised. It is spacious, homey, and comfortably-inviting.
In the super rapidly changing Korea, we get to see new trends and new items every day, including their street food. During our #FoodInLoveKOREA trip, one of our best findings is Steak & Beer in a cup from “Me? Steak!” in Hongdae area. These “Street Steakhouses” that sell properly grilled steak in a cup is the recently rising dining trend in Korea, just like soft serve milk ice cream not long ago.
Baked cheese tart craze started happening in Indonesia the last few years. A lot of cake and pastry chain, ranging from Japan, where this baked cheese tart comes from to Indonesian local chain compete to offers their baked cheese tart to win customers’ hearts. To join the cheese tart scene, Tokiosei, a new concept by Sour Sally, becomes a new addition to Indonesian market with their signature Black Yuzu Cheese Tart.
If you’re active in social media, surely you know this food is viral in last few days. Yap, the new Ayam Kremes with Sambal Uleg from McDonald’s Indonesia! The popularity of this new menu was crazy along with KFC Karee Chicken. Since the pictures of this food porn widespread on our timeline, then we give it a try and share the review on this post in case you’re curious about it.
In order to welcome the fasting month, KFC Indonesia has just launched the new menu, KFC Karee Chicken. Initially did not want to blog about this because we don’t think it’s something that’s blog worthy, but after trying out this new menu, we decided to post a short review and share it on the blog since we really like this Karee Chicken!
Gogung (고궁) is a famous restaurant in Myeongdong and famous for their… yes, Bibimbap. Specifically, they feature Jeonju (전주) style bibimbap. Jeonju is a city located in the center of South Korea and is famous for iteration of this dish. As far as we can tell, Jeonju style bibimbap simply features a more diverse variety of vegetables.
Characterized by being spicy, full of chilies, lemongrass, garlic, shallots, and an assortment of jungle herbs and vegetables, plus seafood and meat, Nasi Padang has gained a reputation across Indonesia for being some of the most flavorful of all. Last weekend, FOOD IN LOVE visited Kasiko Padang, a Padangnese restaurant at Setiabudi One, Jakarta.
Hidden away in a small alley near Anguk station, Jaedong Sundubu (재동순두부) is popular even among the locals. The restaurant serves a variety of traditional Korean dishes, including Sundubu, Bibimbap(mixed rice), Kongguksu(noodles in cold soy milk broth), Pajeon (scallion pancake), and Korean BBQ.
Myeongdong Kyoja is a famous restaurant in Myeongdong area and well known by many people around the world. Having been around for more than 40 years, Myeongdong Kyoja claims to be the founders of handmade Kalguksu noodles, which literally means noodles made by cutting flour dough into thin slices by the knife.
Last weekend, FOOD IN LOVE visited Porto Bistreau at Central Park Mall after a couple of months since their grand opening in March 2017. Porto Bistreau is a brand of restaurant that managed by Altima Mandiri Group, the same group that manages Nanny’s Pavillion, Torigen, Sushi Tora, Wild Grass, etc.