Angke restaurant - A Popular Chinese restaurant

 Jakarta - Angke restaurant was established in 1965 and specialises in Hakka cuisine, still using the same original recipes, to ensure the quality of the dishes.

Hakka is a particular style of cooking in Chinese cuisine, known for ‘texturised’ dishes which are stewed, braised, and roasted, characterised as salty, fragrant with umami.

Elton and I 

Fried rice

Angke fried rice uses fish ball instead of fish cake, also uses small prawns instead of fresh prawns in many Singapore restaurants.

This soup dish was good with 3 types of eggs and spinach - very fragrant and rich in flavour.

Sweet and sour pork

Pantjoran Tea House

Jakarta - This tea house is located across Pasar Glodok, and was renovated into a heritage building preserved as a part of a government’s project, but also an oasis of calm in Jakarta’s Kota Tua (Old Town).

Selling different types of tea

The tea shop offers 11 types of premium teas from the likes of Chinese, Japanese, English, and Indonesian Tea, the tea house now beckons to tea enthusiasts, tourists, and sometimes those living in the vicinity. 

Restaurant menu

Tea ceremony

Donny and I at our lunch table

scallops soup

Ginseng chicken soup

Chicken mushroom

A very tasty and tender chicken dish.  This is a Halal restaurant so no pork were served in this Chinese restaurant.

Fried Kway Teow

Lunch in Glodok - Le Fan Tian

 Jakarta - When I reached the hotel, there was 2 things on my mind - change money and have lunch.   The font desk told me where the money changer was but warned me not to take out my handphone as I could be robbed.  So I asked whether it was dangerous to walk to the money changer and he said no.   I walked down the main road of Jalan Gajah Mada.   There were a number of money changers along this main road - and the exchange rates are much better than in Singapore.  

Next was to find lunch and I came across this restaurant inside a supermarket.   

Le Fan Tian restaurant

Fried rice pork chop

It was nicely presented.  The pork chop is tender and tasty, and went very well with the fried rice.  After a hearty meal, I just walked around this supermarket.

Taste Paradise @ Plaza Indonesia

Jakarta - From last night till today, I had a bad stomach upset.  After purging and sleeping through, I was slightly well enough to have dinner with Willy.  Chinese clear and steamed food would do good for my stomach.

hot and spicy soup

A bad choice of soup which I took just one sip and it was too spicy for me.  

Steam Soon Hock cantonese style

Very fresh and succulent and the fish meat just melt in your mouth.  The soya sauce was perfect for this dish.  Always a favourite dish of mine - steam fish.

Scallops and Asparagus

A bit spicy as it was stir fried with chilies but still bearable for my stomach.  Tasted so fresh and delicious.

Taste Paradise restaurant @ Plaza Indonesia

Jakarta - Taste Paradise restaurant is an award winning restaurant and one of Singapore's top 10 restaurant and not surprising to be at Plaza Indonesia.

Beef with French beans

The beef was marinated well and tasted very tender.  I like the french beans so much because it gives a nice crunchy bite to the taste.

Kai Lan with salted vegetables

Soft bean curd

Beef with porcini mushrooms 

The porcini mushrooms are very popular which gives an earthy taste to the beef.  These mushrooms are harvested in the wild and has to be consumed within a few days of harvesting.

Sea Bass steamed with soya sauce

A very good meal and will be coming back for more...

The Duck King @ Grand Indonesia

Jakarta - I was curious with Lesley's comment about the origin of the authentic Duck King and whether the Duck King restaurant in Malaysia was a branch.   I did some on-line research and found out that there are both different companies and in fact the original Duck King was from Indonesia.  This can be revealed from their logo.  

Indonesian Duck King

Malaysia Duck King

The Malaysian restaurant Duck King is spelt 'Ducking' of course cannot copy right the Indonesian restaurant chain of about 29 branches throughout Indonesia.   The Duck King Group is the largest Chinese restaurant in Indonesia.

Different species of live Groupers

Half a roasted duck

The roasted duck skin was crispy and the meat very succulent and juicy.  It tasted really good.

Kai Lan with garlic

The Kai Lan was stir fried and sprinkled with fried garlic; there was a nice crunchy taste to the vegetable - very good style.

Teo Cheow style Tiger Grouper

A perfect dish with the vegetable chopped up thinly and steamed together with the fresh fish.   The taste of the salted vegetable, tomatoes and spring onions was blended nicely with the succulent and delicious fish.

Gui Ling Kuo

Sesame balls cooked in ginger

Paradise Dynasty Chinese Restaurant @ Central Park Mall

Jakarta - Walking around looking for lunch and we came across this restaurant - Paradise Dynasty which Lesley is familiar with as they have many restaurants in Malaysia.  I checked the internet and found out that this is another Singaporean restaurant success story spreading to surrounding countries.

When I was growing up - I ate the fruit of this tree and we called it Buah Kedondong.  Cut slices of this fruit and eat it with sugar and black soy sauce.  I would say this is an acquired taste for this fruit. This restaurant serve it in a drink and made it excellently.  I also found out that the English name is called 'Hog plum' and found primarily in Indonesia.   The hog plum  is a tropical tree, with edible fruit containing a fibrous pit.

Assorted Siao Long Pao

La Mian Dumplings