Following
the success of its first and pioneer outlet in Lippo Mall Kemang, W Group is
expanding their business field with the opening of their newest W brand, just
slightly a different concept. W
Kitchen Cafe opened a week ago in Gandaria City replacing what was a home
to Lokananta. This particular outlet is slightly more spacious comparing to W
Diner with a different vibe to it. If W Diner is a little more vibrant and
youthful, W Kitchen Cafe seems a little more “serious” and urban, while still
is perfect for young adults. I came
precisely a day before its opening last week (so now it’s VERY open) and got
the chance to preview some of their highlight menus hoping to win your hearts,
I didn’t take any photos of the interior as it was still on construction, so let’s just
focus on what I ate & drank instead. Promise you guys you’ll love them! HOT
CHOCOLATE ALMOND
You
know, hot chocolate can be seriously tricky, and seriously speaking, I am not
easy to please and I have quite a high standard for hot chocolate drink. My
champ is currently the one from Angelina, or Koko Black in Melbourne. While
this wasn’t something that’s close to the two mentioned, but this is pretty
enjoyable, it’s a tad watery but the combination of chocolate and almost flavor
were quite there yet! If you fancy the classic, they also have the original hot chocolate. BBQ CHICKEN WINGS
Their
signature BBQ sauce was thick and generously glazed for each and every wing,
hence it had this bold and rich flavor covering the beautifully deep fried
wings, it was quite crispy with juicy chicken meat, and remember that chicken
wings are BEST SERVED HOT!
FRIED SPRING ROLL
The
spring roll was simple, yet filled with generous minced chicken and vegetable
topping. It’s almost like the more modern rendition of Indonesia’s local fried
shrimp roll, good! LOCO MOCO
Truth
be told I was a little skeptical about the Loco Moco at first. Loco Moco just
never is my favorite meal as based on my earlier experience having it at other restaurants, I got the bad bad
ones! I was happy to meet theirs, I even had a good feeling already when it got
served to my table as it looked quite promising and tempting enough! The burger
patty looked dense with the perfect brown color and smells so friggin good, and
even though the egg was a little cooked (expected the runny one), it still
looked good tho! The
mushroom gravy was clearly the highlight of the meal, it was beautifully
seasoned with the right thickness to be served with rice. The beef patty seemed
like it has a tad more flour to it, but altogether well seasoned! CHICKEN MARYLAND
First,
I quite like the presentation, it’s a nice try to make what supposed to be a
humble food looking dolled up #fancy #appreciate
The
chicken was very tender, just slightly undercooked but very fresh and not
something that came just from a freaking freezer I must say. The mushroom sauce
was EVERYTHING! It really elevated the dish and giving a little tweak to the
flavor and texture!
REGAL SHAKE
BOMB
BOMB BOMB!!! I met the owner who happens to be very confident about his Regal
Shake and now I understand his genuine confidence. The Regal Shake was indeed
something that when you look at it, it’s actually uber simple, but something
about the flavor and probably the measurement of each ingredient that’s
perfect. It’s creamy but not too creamy, and just the right amount of sweetness
for me, perfect actually. SHAKES
Now
moving on to the trending ones, you know, often I find it embarrassing when
some of the trend followers actually failed this fancy milkshake, but good news
it’s now W Kitchen Cafe, their rendition of the good old Nutella-Ovomaltine
milkshake falls pretty decent, it’s just right without the need to cross the “forced”
over-creativity.
Now to
my favorite one among all: CEREAL MILK SOFT SERVE
I had
the chance to see the making of this milkshake & soft-serve from scratch,
that’s why I could say that you need no worry about all that preservative shit.
Their cereal milk creations are huge success! I went a little crazy over their
fascinating cereal milk soft serve. Not sure whether the flavor developed from
the freezing process, but the cereal milk indeed tasted twice better than the
cereal milk, it’s saltier in the most delicious way with the corn flakes cereal
flavor dominating the flavor! Oh here it goes, the word you hate the most:
DAYUM!
Based
on my experience having lunch here, it’s normal to have a little “misses” here
and there, generally I found the food and drink pretty good, you know me, I
love simple cafes, sometimes I might like when things are over the top, but
generally I prefer the simple ones. W Kitchen Cafe is a humble cafe serving
good food, supported with good service too. I can say you won’t be disappointed
with what they have in store, but it’s not a place where you wish you have the
best meal of your life, emm, best cereal milk soft serve probably ;P. Gandaria City UG Mainstreet Unit 32 Jl. Sultan Iskandar Muda Kebayoran Lama, Jakarta Selatan 021 - 2923 6333 INSTAGRAM
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