The french culinary scene in Jakarta has been growing very rapidly but this time I won't name names as I'm going to spill you everything on the list that I'm curating at the moment about French Restaurants in Jakarta, but what I can assure you is that this following restaurant that I'll be talking about in this post is going to definitely be on the list! If you are a French cuisine lover and you don't know this restaurant, shame on me for haven't reviewing Bistro Baron! For years it has been opening its door serving the best of French cuisine to its enthusiasts.

Located on the ground floor of Plaza Indonesia, just across Kitchenette, Bistro Baron is probably one of the most magnificent as well as fancy but not intimidating French restaurant in town, what I mean with "not intimidating" is that even though the food here was curated with such excellence and everything seems 'high-class' but everyone is really welcome to eat here and to tell you upfront, I was very pleased by the service from the beginning of my visit to the end of my meal, the waiters seemed very well-trained and know how to behave properly, so in this case, service: check!

Okay, enough yakking now it's time for PHOTOS! I love showing you these photos because the place was really pretty!

I started my lunch with something simple and refreshing, that is this Lychee Iced Tea (IDR 35k), this one was not something much different with the common Lychee Iced Tea but this one was indeed very refreshing and I love how FINALLY there's a restaurant that actually served Lychee Iced Tea with actual generous Lychee fruit, and I mean generous not just some syrup base drinks with jacked-up price and tiny lychee!

Butcher's Plate

IDR 195k

Bistro Baron's Butcher's Plate consist of Rillettes, Foie Gras, Smoked Duck and Duck Liver Mousse with Toasted Bread and boy did I have just the perfect appetizer! I literally love everything on that plate and everything was cooked with such perfection, and if I could highlight, then their Foie Gras is one of the best kind I've ever eaten in my twenty years of living, they literally melt in your mouth like chocolate just when you put it in your mouth. The smoked duck was also brilliant and the duck liver mousse was even more genius. First time ever having duck liver mousse and I still kept the feeling of the sensation in my head. The serving portion also consist of toasted bread but I simply like mine just how it was!

Cote de Beouf

IDR 1.150k (for 2-4 people)

Okay, first of all, don't get too stunned with the number because this was indeed a little hetfiier than the rest but let me tell you along for you to know why it would worth every IDR! The meat was 200 day grain-fed black Angus Beef Rib, and it was a one kilogram cut plus it's accompanied by choices of 3 (three) side dishes and 4 (four) sauces (Bordelaise, Bearnaise, Garlic Butter and Mustard)! If you're someone who actually know and appreciate the art of meat, Angus beef is one of those premium breed and that's why even to distribute it would cost you a little fortune. I love the fact that they cook the meat to be medium-rare! Just so you know, but it's actually back to how you like it, but the recommended cooking state for steaks should be 'medium rare' or 'medium', it's just so that you could still taste the original flavor of the meat at its best consistency. The meat was ultra tender and the seasoning was just perfect, personally the steak was best with the Bordelaise sauce (red wine sauce) with a little garlic.

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Chocolate Twist

IDR 16.5k

Lovely crunchy texture leads to a moist patisserie on the inside. I was lucky that I got the one fresh from the oven so when I sliced it open, the aroma was just wonderful. The chocolate may not be as generous as I thought it would be but it still gave you the chocolate flavor you want.

Sacher Cake

IDR 35k

Absolute winner! Now this is a chocolate cake! From the top to the bottom, you'll experience a soft moist cake with wealthy chocolate flavor especially from the lovely layer on top. The cake literally melts in your mouth, such a joyful flavor explosion :). Would love you to have this one.

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I tend to get super sleepy when it comes to the internship days because I realized that I am now more insomniac than ever, sometimes I even slept at 4 AM and I have to wake up early. Imagine how many hours I only get to sleep?! I get super duper exhausted during the day, I need a major caffeine injection to survive. I ordered the Iced Caramel Macchiato. For me, this one tastes more like one at Bakoel Coffee, especially the caramel syrup they're using.

Iced Caramel Macchiato

IDR 35.000 (before tax)

Went to Starbucks Plaza Indonesia today to taste the gorgeous new cake/new product they're promoting, it's the TRIPLE CHOCOLATE CAKE! (retailed for IDR 30.000). From the picture above, I know you guys are imagining the taste of the triple chocolate cake...So how was it?

I had the triple chocolate cake with a venti Iced Cappucinno, probably the best match, another drink recommendation: Caramel Macchiato or simply Iced Black Coffee.

Technically, from what I see, this cake has four layers, but maybe the name "triple chocolate cake" comes from the prime cream layers, the lowest layer is like a baked chocolate brownies with nuts. I noticed that Starbucks are using a lot of nuts for the cakes lately, from the Purple Yam Cake, Red Velvet Nut Roll, Peanut Butter Panini, but nut is a good thing, I have no problem eating a lot of nuts, well, there are controversies around the theory that eating too much nuts will cause you breakouts and then blemishes, I never experienced one before, let's leave it to the side and let the hormones decide (lol).

This cake is a yumster! I've been blessed with a lot of yum stuffs and this is obvioulsy one of the yummiest, I love the idea of using nuts as the topping, it make the cake aesthetically more beautiful instead of boring plain chocolate layer. According to the barista the toppest chocolate creme layer is made of dark chocolate, the middle: milk chocolate and the lowest: white chocolate. I tried to eat the cake little by little, layer by layer and I can't find strict difference from the dark and milk chocolate, obviously the white chocolate tastes the most different because it has the strongest milk taste.

I've been saying this for many times that texture are essentials in a dish for me because I love the different textures and flavors in my mouth, it makes the food much more interesting and the case of this dish: beautiful texture.

This is seriously not a good cake to be taken away from the freezer for maximum 2 hours because I've had the experience with the Nutella Cake from THIS POST, during the moment I took away the cake, the outlet in Grand Indonesia hasn't opened yet so the only Djournal available (nearest) is the one in SMS2 which is far and when I reach home and wanted to have it, all that I can do i was drowned in tears because the cake has turned into liquid.

Have a moment, go to the nearest Starbucks and have this for your own.

It's beautiful :).

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