Cheap Meal - Jakarta

There are places in Jakarta where you can get a decent meal for one and a half US Dollar. They are tasty and also healthier than street food. I used to get my lunch at this kind of place daily when I work at business district area like Sudirman and Kuningan. There are a lot of place like this of you paying attention but not all is tasty like this one. The food place is called Kantin or Canteen, a place that provide food for worker or student. It is mostly self service, you get how much that you want and at the end of the line, they will calculate how much the price according to your food at your plate.

Tasty

Home Cooking

One and a half US Dollar Meal

Contemporary Art at Gandaria City - Jakarta

Yesterday I found some contemporary art display at Gandaria City Mall. It was located on the Main Street Dining Area, the place where there is a lot of restaurant. I'm not really into art but some of the painting are really unique. So I decided to post it on my blog.

Gandaria City Mall - Jakarta

Gandaria City Mall is one of the newest mall in Jakarta. It is located in south jakarta. I want to say that I am impressed with Gandaria City because the place is comfy, there are many stores so you will not get bored and the restaurants, cafes offers many wide and unique variety of food and drink. It is a good place to hang out and spend time with friends. I recommend this place to you.

Location: Sultan Iskandar Muda Road, Kebayoran Lama, South Jakarta 12240
Phone: 021-29052888
Website: Gandaria City Mall

Ground Floor

Sky View

Atrium

The Main Street or Food Place

Second Floor

Amazing Town for kids

In this part of mall, they provide a section for kids. It is a place full of kids entertainment. They have mini amusement centre and have rides for kids.

Train for kids

Living World Mall - Serpong

Today I went to Living World Mall in Serpong. Serpong is a suburb of Jakarta. I went here for some new places to see since today is a holiday so the traffic would not killing me. The mall is not as big as Jakarta malls but it is one of the best mall in Serpong and Tangerang area. The place is like entertainment centre that offers many restaurant, cafe and two floors of home living improvement centre. They also claimed that they have the biggest ACE Hardware store in Indonesia. It is true, I never seen ACE Hardware that big. Anyway, this place is recommended for people want to try visit Serpong area to eat or just chill out.

Location: Alam Sutra Boulevard No. 21, Alam Sutra, Serpong 15325

Phone: 021-53128580

Website: Living World Mall

Top Floor

Food Court

Top Floor

Ground Floor

The Sky Garden

They also have a garden inside the mall, located on the third floor. In here people can see the sky view of  the surrounding area of the mall. Nice place at sunset or night.

Matryoshka Russian Doll - Jakarta

Today I went to Gandaria City Mall and look what I found. Matryoshka Shop that sells russian doll made of wood, and they have a smaller duplicate inside of each other. The wooden doll are imported directly from Russia. It is an artistic beautiful wooden doll in my opinion. They just opened six month ago in Gandaria City Mall and they claim to be the first and only shop that sells genuine russian wooden doll.

Location: Gandaria City Mall
Website: Matryoshka Indonesia

Durian Restaurant - Jakarta

This afternoon I was eating durian at one of the place that only serve durian fruit. It has many types of durian fruit depending on the season. The place has a simple design with two stone durian statue at the doorway. In the inside you can find a lot of durian fruits which you can choose and give it to the waiter for him to open the fruit for you so you can eat it on the spot. They also have like durian juice, durian ice cream and durian chips. The price there is so so, not expensive, also not that cheap. Actually you can find a cheaper one on the street vendor that sells durian fruit but usually they don't have tables for you to eat on the spot. So overall it is ok to eat here.

Location: Raya Panjang Road No. 29 or Jalan Panjang Raya No. 29
Phone: 021-53651249

Front Entrance

Durian Statue

Lotsa Durian

Fire Incident Pluit - Jakarta

Yesterday I was caught at the toll road, it was a bad bad traffic that day. From far away I saw a large black smoke arise from the sky and the wind blowing them off to one direction creating a big long smoke trail. Then when I turn on the radio, there was a fire incident in one of the Pluit warehouses area. It was a big one and I can happen to take some pictures of it. The warehouse that was caught burning is oil warehouse and paper warehouse. It took me two hours at the toll road whereas it took me 30 minutes on normal traffic.

Location of Fire Incident

Black Smoke

Nearing the Smoke

View from The Toll Road

UPDATE! 24 March 2012

After a big fire incident struck oil storage warehouses at Pluit two days ago, the fire has started again at the same spot. It happened because the oil spilled is hard to clean so a bit spark of fire can lit it up again. This is also shows that the fire incident management is not yet better.

Fire starts again

Just Behind The Building

Various Food in Pluit Area - Jakarta

Today I just went to Pluit Sakti Area to look for some dinner. So I decided to take pictures of various food vendors that offers wide variety of Indonesian food there. There's a lot of food vendor here and not to expensive also. A lot of food here are usually chinese food and also a bit spicy. I recommend people to come here if they want to have authentic chinese food in Jakarta.

Pork Meat

Fries

Pork Meat and Innards Stew or Bek Tim

Pork Noodle

La Piazza - Jakarta

La Piazza is an extension of Kelapa Gading mall in North Jakarta. It is a lifestyle centre where you can find lotsa place to hang out and to eat, they also have a stage where every weekend there is a band playing for visitor there. They have restaurants, cafe, bar, lounge, billiard, cinema and also fitness centre. Pretty much you have everything except shopping, but don't worry if you want to go shopping there is an extension bridge that connects La Piazza and Kelapa Gading Mall.

I usually go to La Piazza to have a beer or hang out with my friends since La Piazza offers wide variety of entertainment. So you can't never really get bored.

You can find more info on their website: La Piazza

Jl. Bulevar Kelapa Gading Blok M 
Kelapa Gading Permai 
Jakarta 14240 
Phone : (021) 453 1101 

Front

The Stage