ALTITUDE GRILL JAKARTA

Altitude Grill is hereee!! Yeah! This is the new Salt n Grill version and it's also in the same building; The Plaza 46th floor. The placing is exactly the same just with different table arrangement and decor. Plus the bull painting below here used to be something else as well!

C4 STEAKHOUSE ELANG LAUT PIK

Calling you meat lovers! There's a new steak house in town and it's located at Ruko Elang Laut, called C4. I have no idea why it's called C4 though, all I know is that their specialty is the Australian wagyu..sounds interesting enough!

AB STEAKHOUSE BY CHEF AKIRA BACK JAKARTA

A celebration for all carnivores out there! AB Steak has finally opened in Jakarta, on 23rd April 2017 to be exact and it was only for dinner (06:30 pm - 10:30 pm) and you need to book your seat. I don't really know if it's going to be like that permanently or just for the time being. Sorry all.. anyways, this place is NOT an all you can eat as there are some who asked about that. It's an ala carte just like Akira Back, the chef is also from Akira Back and even on the same building as Akira Back, at MD Building, Kuningan, Mezzanine floor (just 1 floor away from the lobby)!

AB Steak here is a modern steakhouse with Korean accent!

GLOSIS RESTAURANT LA MAISON BARITO

Hey there Glosis Steak lovers or if you're not, at least you must've heard of this brand. It's pretty popular among family in the old times. Now, we'll just introduce you a bit about this new branch called Glosis Restaurant at La Maison Barito apartment in South Jakarta. This is the only Glosis branch that has a breakfast menu and coffee from Common Grounds! Of course their opening hours is also different starting from 7 am to 11 pm. Wow, huh? Aren't they just full of surprises?

D'KEVIN BAR, BISTRO & STEAK JAKARTA

Who's ready to go on a date in a beautiful restaurant with Lulabyspoon? Yeap, today's restaurant is a looker! The name's D'Kevin and located in Intiland Tower, Sudirman. We do admit that we weren't expecting much, especially because it's located in a tower. But once again, we were reminded to not judge a book by it's cover, cause this turns out to be super fancy and classy!

WINE AND MEAT CO. PIK

Seriously?! Another one in Pantai Indah Kapuk?? Will they ever get tired of PIK or Senopati or Grand Indonesia? Not in the near future is what I'm guessing! Well, many new restaurants are blooming non-stop in our beloved Jakarta and I'm starting to question if that is a good thing or not! Lol! This time is a western restaurant that used to be Viti Wine Boutique, if I'm not mistaken (please tell me if I'm wrong), now it's called Wine and Meat Co.! There's not much different except they just added meat to it and you can probably tell that it's a place to enjoy wine and stuff! And where there's alcohol, there must be smoking involved, which is why the smoking room is more crowded!

Here's the outdoor smoking room and you have to get past this to get inside the non-smoking indoors! So with much effort, I made it safely inside! Lol!

The place is a more midnight hangout kind of place, which I can say from the fact that they open until 1 am everyday! It's where the 'mature' people are, enjoying their alcohol, definitely not for a kid like me! :P

The walls here are all made out of bricks as if to give off a feeling of a winery storage! It's also kind of medieval or like a pirate hideout to me. Thankful that the indoors are a great haven from smoke, which made it a pretty comfortable place for me!

There's not quite many choices on the menu here, just a really simple varieties of appetizer and soup, the main dishes are only pastas, steaks, and one choice of burger! The most dreaded part; ONLY 3 dessert menus!! :(

SPAGHETTI CARBONARA IDR 59K
For the size of the portion, this is a bit too overpriced! Just look at that! Looks like it came from the kids menu and the taste wasn't even that special to make up for the lacking portion!

SHORT RIBS - USA - 400GR IDR 185K
The special here is this 400gr short ribs. After the non-exciting portion of the carbonara, we were soothed by this huge short ribs that I bet you can't handle it yourself, unless you're very, very, very hungry! It was tender and adding the mushroom sauce just makes this a one irresistible meal! You can also change the fries to mashed potatoes or steamed rice, whatever you prefer!

CHARCOAL BURGER WITH ANGUS BEEF + FRIES IDR 55K
There's only one burger menu here and seeing it's a charcoal burger just triggered my curious senses! Might be small in portion but since it tastes AMAZING, it's forgiven! The buns are super soft and no questions needed about the Angus beef! It's too bad they don't sell the Angus beef in steaks, I'd really love that!

SHORT PLATE - USA - 200GR IDR 69K
Did you know that this is comes from cow's BELLY? I would never be able to tell the difference! Okay, maybe it does look weird, but tasted like any other beef steaks I had or maybe it's not supposed to taste different? Oh well, all I know is that this is really tender and I was recommended by the waiter to choose BBQ sauce for this one!

SIRLOIN - NEW ZEALAND - 200GR IDR 85K
Wow! Under IDR 100K for imported steaks, I think that's really affordable, don't you? And it's not like they taste crappy and all, on the contrary, it was pretty good! I'm impressed!

When I came here, I was a bit disappointed by the fact that they ran out of rib eyes, wagyu, and skirt, so all I can order was this on the photo below. Well, I can't say that I'm too disappointed after tasting it though, since it's all satisfying and very affordable! If you're looking for good western food with good price than this is the perfect place!

Wine and Meat Co.
Ruko Cordoba Blok G no.6-8
Bukit Golf Mediterania
Pantai Indah Kapuk
Jakarta Utara
021-56945809

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Everyday : 05:00 pm - 01:00 am

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HOG'S BREATH CAFE INDONESIA

Howdy! I was craving for a simple western delicacy as I got to this little steak house! Located across the Tribeca Park within the Central Park Mall, this place looks like a hidden paradise as it's located a bit at the corner. Since in my opinion there aren't many "great" culinary destinations in Central Park, this one quite intrigued me, so voila! Here we are!

Simple North American style interior with a steak house concept: friendly with some red color accent and tourist-friendly ornaments! Bar concept with wooden stools, brick walls and wooden ceilings as well as flooring.. Interesting start!

Actually, Hog's Breath is already an international brand as there are many other outlets in Australia and Singapore, ever since its founding in 1989. This is their first outlet in Indonesia!

The American signature stays at the neon light display though! Also with the intriguing statement: we'll see if they'll prove it true!

If you watch some American TV series like Friends or How I Met Your Mother, you'd be familiar with this scene. This is what they call 2nd home, where best buddies gather and have a lot of fun and create history!

This is what I'm telling you about "tourist friendly": I think directional ornaments with plate numbers that signifies car traffic are cute!

Tour posters with its best elements! Drawn with the best comical style, this place really speaks home for any traveler. A place that packs lots of memories altogether!

Good food, good friends, what else could we expect?

MINESTRONE SOUP (part of lunch set package)
Alright, let's start off with the basic first! Minestrone, a tomato based soup with a slice of grilled bread. Not so kick-ass but proper. Have to admit that I'm no big fan of tomato soup for its sour taste and despite the freshness of its taste, I can't bring myself to really love it.

CURLY FRIES (Part of Jumbo Combo)

I'm totally into curly fries rather than the regular french fries!! I don't really know what their main difference really is, but the base seasoning is already quite different. Love the texture as it's usually more crunchy and tasty.

JUMBO COMBO IDR 149k

Well, what must I say? Nothing's really new here, except that the whole plate are all well cooked. The killer's in the sauce though! Deep fried dishes everywhere would taste more or less the same and this is what they make up for: two sauces with two distinctive characters, one creamy, another spicy.

CALAMARI
Starting off with this one. The good thing about this one is that it hardly ever fails! Chewy squid that's salty and crunchy, just don't forget to dip it into the creamy tartar sauce!

STUFFED POTATO SKIN

topped with melted cheese and stuffed with beans and ground meat. I didn't really like it since the potato skin wasn't crispy and there's still a quite thick portion of potato on the cut, making it more like just stuffed potato. Melted cheese is always good, but I think the beans didn't go well together.

PRAWN SPRING ROLLS

Tastes more like fried prawns instead of fully filled spring rolls I expected to be. This one isn't one of my favorites on the whole plate, but still proved to be quite good.

CHICKEN WINGS
Crispy skin with rich and salty flavor! This is the type of fried dish that I love. Might be borderline though, some of my friends think that it's too oily while for me it's still good.

MONTERREY CHEESE STICKS
This is just a classic favorite! I don't have any significant preferences between monterrey cheese and mozzarella, as I'm crazy about cheese! This one counts as well: crispy battered cheese is a blend of flavor and texture. Yum!

PRAWN AGLIO OLIO IDR 88k
(set package: IDR 100k+ with minestrone and iced tea)
Traditional spaghetti tossed in a sliced garlic, sliced chilies, tomato, white wine infused olive oil topped with fresh grilled prawns

Okay okay, if you've been following my posts you're gonna see a lot of aglio olios! Yep, I'm such a big fan of it and it's been a habit to order one! This one is certainly not a disappointment, so flavorful! Cooked perfectly al dente, The uses of salt, chili flakes, and garlic are so great, making a beautiful plate of wonder. Fresh prawns, certainly, and also a good share of portion.

BLUE CHEESE PRIME RIB STEAK IDR 218k (Lite Cut)
Prime rib steak seared on the char-grill and then topped with house blue cheese ranch dressing

Here is the main thing: The best a steak can get! I ordered a medium well cooked steak yet what I encountered was a really tender, juicy steak that made me drool all over! Great quality of meat and I totally love the blue cheese ranch dressing, only that the mushroom sauce was a bit ordinary and diluted. Other than that it's still a great quality steak!

Quite a pleasant lunch! I had a really good time here, too bad there weren't so many of us since we'd like to order more menus! However, the steak as its signature dish was great and so was the pasta. Might not be able to get anything grandiose with the fritters, but that's just how simple it goes with American steak house!

HOG'S BREATH CAFE

Central Park Mall

Tribeca Park GF #15

Jl. S.Parman Kav. 28

Jakarta Barat

021-53662815/021-29200114

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