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Christmas time is the time to share our love, just two weeks away and we're going to cherish the Day! There is always this thing about Christmas that is so heartwarming! I have this perfect imagination for Christmas: I am in a vintage-sophisticated dining room with maroon color all over the wall, it's snowing outside and the lighting of the room is dim, majority comes from the fireplace. This imagination of mine stays in mind and someday I am going to make my dream come true! The only thing missing is the snow which is like the most essential -_-. So anyway, what are your plans for the Christmas eve? Are you guys planning to cook and have a scrumptious dinner at home? Or have you planned a lovely date with your loved ones outside? If you haven't then this list might help you. Here is the eatandtreats' guide to Christmas Dinner in Jakarta this year!

This is NOT an advertorial list, this is purely from my perspective. These are the restaurants I have visited before and I see great potentials in this places for a lovely, romantic, heartwarming and proper Christmas dinner with your loved ones. There are tons of great restaurants in Jakarta but again, this one was the one I have stepped my feet in before, so anything outside these, I haven't been to. Christmas dinner might cost you a little more than the usual and that happens in most restaurants during Christmas because they tend to have promotions, but the experience and the vibe of the dinner might be different :).

Altitude at The Plaza
The Plaza Tower 46th fl.
Jl. M.H. Thamrin Kav. 28-30
021 - 2992 2448

Altitude is surely one of the most famous restaurants in Jakarta at the moment, located at the 46th floor of The Plaza Tower, Altitude consists of three major restaurants: Salt Grill by Luke Mangan, GAIA by OSO Ristorante and Enmaru (Japanese cuisine). If you want to have a seriously romantic vibe, I'd recommend going to either Salt Grill or GAIA for the view from these two restaurants is directing to Bundaran HI, but the restaurants here actually serving pretty decent food.

They're having a promotion for Christmas eve dinner (24th) and Christmas day lunch (25th) starting from IDR 450k/person, or if you're in group and you want a more private dining experience, then you could be seated in the VIP room for 10 people capacity for IDR 6million (before tax).

Balboni Ristorante
Kota Kasablanka, Tower A Lobby
Jalan Casablanca 88, Jakarta Selatan
021 - 2956 8712

Balboni Ristorante in Kota Kasablanka is offering you selections of great Italian cuisine with reasonable prices! There are two divided areas in this restaurant, the outdoor area with wide white couches for a more casual dining experience, while the indoor area is the more private and in a way *ahem* romantic. Make sure to try out their "Deviled Chicken Pizza" (75k) and "Mushroom Ravioli" (105k). Eating here for will probably cost you around IDR 250k-300k for two. Pretty reasonable.


C's Steak and Seafood
Grand Hyatt Hotel Jakarta, 4th fl.
Jl. M.H. Thamrin Kav. 28-30
Jakarta Pusat 10350
021 - 2992 1234

This renowned Steak specialist probably needs no more introduction. It's declared one of the best restaurants to have steak by many. I used to visit C's to try out their Asian Wok promotion and they were decent, if you are curious of their famous IDR 500k Lamb Fried Rice, then you should go here and dig in! For Christmas, I heard they will be serving Halibut and Turkey courses.

 Chateau Blanc
Jl. Senopati No. 38
Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta Selatan
021 - 521 3626
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Chateau Blanc is a new French restaurant joint in Senopati and promise me, this one is going to be the talk of the town like real soon! The peeps from Harvest cakes are behind this restaurant, starting from the awesome interior (one of the prettiest in Jakarta), the music and the food, everything was just awesome and top notch! You might wanna dress yourself up and be amazed by the awesome luxury they're offering here. Reservation is important! During weekends, the restaurants are packed.

Emilie French Restaurant
Jl. Senopati No. 39
Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta Selatan
021 - 521 3626
Not one or two, but a lot of people declaring Emilie as the best French restaurant in town and for this year's Christmas, they will be serving their signature "Christmas Degustation" set menu for IDR 900k++. This menu set will be available starting today!
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Was in the mood to cook something yesterday and eventually baking some delicious chocolate cookies! Trust me, I am not an expert in cooking but I just love the idea of it and beside, what I made was super easy and very little possibility that you're gonna fail, you just need to follow the measurements and instructions correctly, but I honestly was not 100% following all the rules of cooking, I added or subtract some of this and that using my sense.

The cookies turned out to be delicious, yummy, and moist. I just don't like my cookies to be extremely dry, I like them moist and chewy like the ones from Famous Amos. Since I am an avid lovers of Chocolate, I guess I should be making something chocolate crazy! I used candy canes to live up the Christmas ambiance, Christmas is truly an inspiration.

You could find the recipe anywhere at the holy internet and this recipe was the mixture of watching some YouTube videos and reading some blog entries, one of them was this inspirational cooking blog, Sweetapolita. Trust me, you're gonna love this blog and maybe gain 10 pounds just by looking at the mouthwatering pictures!
I was disappointed because it's so freaking hard to find candy canes in Jakarta. I went to three supermarkets and they're running out of candy canes, so I eventually went to a candy shop and buy candies that look like Candy Canes, but the flavor and the look just were not quite there yet. I was hoping the flavor of the candies to be a little sour as well as the glass-like texture :(. Better luck next time.

Preheat the oven to 180 degree celcius before baking. Don't forget to give a little space, around 2 inches in between the cookie dough. Each of the cookie was around one table spoon measurement. Bake around 8-10 minutes for a fluffier consistency, more if you like your cookies to be dry and crunchy.

Fluffy chunky cooked cookies!

As for the chocolate garnish, I was using Nutella or you can just make your own chocolate jam by simply melting the chocolate compound! 100 grams of milk chocolate is going to be enough and approximately 2 minutes in 200 degree celcius to melt the chocolate. Let me spoil you a little secret/habit of mine. When I melt the chocolate, I always give one teaspoon (sometimes one table spoon, depending on the amount of melted chocolate) of olive oil and one tea spoon of butter.




I hope this DIY chocolate cookies trial inspire you! So easy to make, you should make your own and be creative with it, the world of food is such a playground.

So, have you baked something for Christmas? I am thinking about creating some more easy cakes for Christmas hmm... let's see!

Shoo for now, enjoying my cookies! Christmas is clearly near!
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A little teaser given by a friend who is also the head barista in the JJ Royal group: Ian Consulta, led to an inner private excitement and just today I finally got to visit JJ Royal Bistro which happens to be another venture from the coffee giant: JJ Royal, along with Gulaku (for the record they're in the same group). A little story to tell, it was such a tiring day today, I went to a famous chocolate factory out of town (not going to spoil everything until I release the post), what I thought would be a relaxing day somehow wasn't as pretty as what expected! The traffic jam was super irritating!!!

But since I am such a devoted blogger (no, actually just having the diligence at the moment), I couldn't wait to share this and actually writing this post at 2 AM! Blame my insomnia too, I should really take care of my sleeping hours :(
There's not that much significant difference with its brother JJ Royal Brasserie, only that it's located in a slightly bigger venue, inside a mall and more urban like, but if you ask me which one's better to hang out, from the moment I walked in, I knew JJ Royal Brasserie is more my kind of place, I love restaurants with great outdoor view and the feel of natural daylight :). The exact difference between the Bistro and the Brasserie is probably the mini bar in the middle and more main courses selection in JJ Royal Bistro (especially Indonesian), but don't worry, for a sweet tooth like me, the desserts are still available, there are even new creations coming!

Mango Iced Fruit Soda
IDR 35k
Refreshing sparkling beverage with great balance in sourness as well as sweetness from the half-ripe mango, don't expect this beverage to be like a sparkling water with additional mango syrup, this ain't that. This is fresher, more natural and in a way, unique. This one is recommended.

Left: Iced Lychee Tea - IDR 35k
Right: Iced Mango Tea - IDR 35k

Garang Asem
IDR 65k
I went here with two of my lovely fellow bloggers and we're craving for hot soups, but with touch of Indonesian culinary for our tummy! Yum! So we went with some of their recommended menus. This one is their Garang Asem. One thing I DO LOVE about JJ Royal restaurants is that they really do know how to cook appropriate meals, not to mention the Indonesian food. I was really fond of this one! The soup has awesome balance of the meaty flavor, sourness, a little hint of sweetness and all blended together creating this vibrant friendly flavor to the tongue. There was a little problem with the meat, it was a little hard but when we pointed this out to the manager, they're willing to change the meat and actually cut them for us. Gotta give it to the service!


Soto Pak Kumis
IDR 65k
Another decent loveable dish! One sip of the soup and I knew I couldn't stop and probably won't share any (just kidding). This is not your average soto mie, executed with fresh ingredients resulting a fresh flavor as well. This one deserves my thumbs up! Recommended!



If you like it hot, add chili to live up the flavor!


 Pumpkin Ravioli
IDR 60k
The ravioli was cooked al-dente enough, the sauce was interesting: tomato puree sauce with strawberry, love the play of texture from the pine nuts. The idea of having this was to eat the whole elements together.


Winner Winner Chicken Pizza
IDR 80k
Was super fond of the perfect crispiness and the generous filling, but other than that, this pizza was not out-of-the-world good.


Some cakes rolling out of the display cabinet!


In a nutshell, I feel like I probably am falling in love with JJ Royal restaurants, it's just that the food they're having is really-really good. I have been to their restaurant several times and probably have tried 1/4 of the whole menu so far and they were all great! Points to add, the impeccable service! Frankly speaking, the price of their food is not exactly cheap, but it's still affordable and most importantly: worth it. If you haven't visit their outlets, then you should really go. You'll probably hooked on the first visit.

Cheers and happy weekend!

JJ Royal Bistro
Senayan City LG fl. Unit L-06 B1
Jalan Asia Afrika Lot 19
Jakarta Selatan 10270
021 - 2932 9262
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I've been checking out this following restaurant for a while and finally got the chance to visit it couple days ago! Balboni Ristorante is an Italian fusion restaurant that's located in Kota Kasablanka, to be "exact" it was not exactly in the mall, but at the office tower next to it, but you can easily sneak in from the mall to have the access to this restaurant.

At first, I was already impressed with the interior of the restaurant. You know how I love restaurants with major usage of earthy material (woods, cement) for the interior, and Balboni pretty much knew what I love *wink*. The interior rang vintage, earthy, a little retro but with a touch of sophistication at the certain points. You would notice an open kitchen located exactly for the consumer eyes and a nice little bar for a more casual preference.

The other nice thing about Balboni Ristorante is its outdoor seating area which features a more relaxing and convenient. There were white couches for those who want to sit back, lay down and enjoy the moment. The weather was perfect on my visit, I noticed a lot of people relaxing (also without the "formal" outfit subtext).

Lychee Iced Tea
IDR 35k
A glass of refreshing beverage on the afternoon

Deviled Chicken Pizza
IDR 75k
I feel like in this case, the picture said everything. I freaking LOVE this pizza: one creamy pizza with generous amount of mozarella, chicken cuts, crispy thin crust and balsamic salad dressing. This one is pretty impressive.


Mushroom Ravioli
IDR 105k
This one was another impressive dish, the white creamy sauce was seriously the bomb, the ravioli was cooked perfectly with pretty generous amount of mushroom puree inside that had been lightly seasoned. Also if you guys love cheese, they're also giving generous amount of grated Parmesan all over the dish.


Durian Pannacotta
IDR 45k
For dessert, I wanted something that's a little sweet, creamy and cold, and since they have Durian Pannacotta on the menu, I guessed I wanted to give this one a try. My first scoop of the Durian pannacotta and I knew exactly that this one tasted more like Durian ice cream instead of pannacotta, I was expecting that kick of "real" Durian fruit and lighter consistency. Personally, I thought it was way too milky for my taste-buds but thankfully they served this with the crumbles, chocolate crispy dried bread and Caramel sauce on the layer underneath to balance out the flavor, but I gotta have it all together on the scoop.

I gotta confess something, I was experimenting with this dish. I noticed there was a rock salt in the grinder and I mixed the (certain amount of) salt with the (certain amount of) pannacotta on my spoon that I scooped (because at first I had this imagination that the taste would be dreamy) and guess what, for me, after putting in the salt, the flavor turned out to be wonderful. A little could save a lot :).






They're having an on-going promotion at the moment, simply follow Balboni Ristorante on Twitter and you'll get one chocolate praline made with love.

In a nutshell, despite the Durian Pannacotta, the courses served in Balboni were really good! The ambiance of the restaurant was nice, the service was also good (staffs were friendly and interactive). Pricing? relatively affordable for what they're offering to the costumers. There will be a second (and on) visit!

Balboni Ristorante
Kota Kasablanka, Tower A Lobby
Jalan Casablanca 88
Jakarta Selatan
021 - 2956 8712
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