Jia Jia Singapore Hainanese Chicken Rice

Hi Eaters.

For those of you who just love to travel to Singapore, hainanese chicken rice is an absolute dish to hunt for. Consider to be the national dish of Singapore, it is just an uncomplete trip if you don't take the time to try this delicacy.
I, myself, is a fan of this fragrant chicken rice. To be honest, not so many restaurants could deliver that perfectly rich flavor that hainanese chicken rice should have. 
Luckily, now I can recommend you a place that fulfill my expectations, called Jia Jia Singapore Hainanese Chicken Rice.

It is true if one say that you can find good food not only at expensive restaurants. Sometimes you can find it at street vendors or even at a food stall just like this one.
Jia Jia is located in the vicinity of Pasar MOI, a vast food court area with many intriguing food at the lower ground level Mall of Indonesia, Kelapa Gading. You can find this food stall quite easily by searching their eye catching yellow neonbox sign, or find the food stall that displays whole roasted/whole steamed chicken.

When I came that day, Pasar MOI was so fully packed with hungry customers wanting to get a bite to eat. Luckily, the service at Jia Jia was quite fast in prepping the dish I ordered. Since the chicken was already cooked so the server only needs to cut it to portion, allowing faster service to accomodate the hustling pace of the food court.
I tried some of their recommended dishes that day. Eager to know? Keep on scrolling and watch out for drolling, LOL.

Steamed Chicken Rice - IDR 34,545

I always loved the steamed chicken in any hainanese dish. This one from Jia Jia I have to admit is so good. The chicken was so tender and juicy with a little bit saltiness I can taste and just a hint of ginger. The great thing is there's not many fat on the skin too.
The hainanese rice was just excellent. It was so so fragrant, and I can really taste the chicken stock without having the rice to be too oily. I think the rice itself might be imported ones since its shape is more longer than regular rice I consumed daily.
Anyway, this dish is truly delicious and quite addicting. That hainanese chicken is just awesome!

Roasted Chicken Rice - IDR 35,454

The other menu that stands out is the Roasted Chicken. If you prefer your chicken to have more crispy texture then opt for this one. The chicken skin was just deliciously crisp and savory. The chicken was still tender and wickedly juicy, it's just awesome. It's also less fat again so yeah it's another plus point. Actually I can't imagine how the dishes here could be so addictive.

Chasio Chicken Rice - IDR 34,545

If you prefer a portion of hainanese chicken rice that's sweet and savory, then opt for the Chasio Chicken Rice. Looking at the color from the chicken I have to say it was roasted to perfection. The chicken was nicely seasoned, I can really taste the seasoning seeped through every layer of the chicken's meat. It was so scrumptious indeed! That red-ish color is so tempting and so appetizing, I didn't even realize I finished the whole portion alone even though I had just finished the Steamed Chicken Rice.

Yangchow Fried Rice - IDR 33,636

Fried rice served with chasio chicken slices and a sunny side up on the top. I actually like this kind of fried rice. Compared to the traditional Indonesian fried rice, Yangchow fried rice is more savory since it doesn't use sweet soy sauce in the making.
The way Jia Jia presented this Yangchow fried rice is just visually appetizing. I mean, look at the colorful elements on the plate, certainly an appetite booster. Just gotta love that generous amount of chasio chicken slices in the dish, and the sunny side up with that runny egg yolk. A runny egg yolk is just undeniably intriguing. Tastewise, this dish is just excellent, the flavors were delicious. The rice was a little salty but in an amount that's just right and not too overwhelming. The chasio chicken was..well..unquestionably delicious and tender. All the elements on this dish were just spot on.

In every menu of chicken rice I get this small bowl of soup that consists of white cabbages and spring onions which tasted quite light but serves as a good addition to balance that savory chicken and hainanese rice. It's not overpowering the main star (the chicken and hainanese rice) of the dish. Another thing that tasted so so good was the chilli sauce. I'm not joking here. As someone who doesn't like spicy food that much, I really do like the chilli sauce. The sauce had that saltiness that I like while the heat was just quite polite for my palate.

Overall conclusion, if you are a fan of hawker food, especially hainanese chicken rice, there's no need to book a flight to Singapore anymore. Jia Jia Singapore Hainanese Chicken Rice in my opinion has done a wonderful job in interpreting the flavors and the quality that Singapore hainanese chicken rice should have. The taste of every dish I tried is just delicious, the portion is fulfilling, and the price is very reasonable too.
Definitely I will bookmark this place as the one I will go to whenever I crave for an excellent hainanese chicken rice.

Keep on chewing!

Jazzy Dee

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Jia Jia Singapore Hainanese Chicken Rice
Pasar MOI
Ph: 0878 7807 5593
Mall Of Indonesia Lower Ground
Jl. Bulevard Artha Gading, Kelapa Gading

 

The New Face of Asia Restaurant, Ritz-Carlton Mega Kuningan Jakarta

Hi Eaters.

It's a new fresh look of Asia Restaurant at Ritz-Carlton Mega Kuningan Jakarta. If you've never seen its previous look, well lucky you, just check it out here.

It's always great to come back to a restaurant that has impeccable service and also good food. This is my second time to come to Asia Restaurant and certainly a rapid change had occured. Curious enough? Keep on scrolling!

The new Asia Restaurant looks more spacious. Indeed before they put some food stations in some areas of the restaurant, now the food stations are more concentrated to the sides so it gives more room thus making this venue looked more vast.

I don't quite know if the number of the food stations are also deducted due to this change, but certainly the amount range of food available were still quite plentiful and still had a lot variants to choose from Asian, Western, until Indonesian food too.

The interior had a touch of contemporary eclectic and it made this restaurant looked so elegant yet modern and sophisticated at the same time. There are also seating area with circular sofas for more convenience. There is also live music performances in every Sunday Brunch.

The new open kitchen concept was certainly pleasing to the eyes since you can see the cooks prepare the food. A nice attraction, especially if you love to see how a dish is being handled.

Prices starts from:

* Breakfast – IDR 238K ++/pax

* Lunch – IDR 318K ++/pax

* Dinner (weekdays) – IDR 348K ++/pax 

* Dinner (weekend) – IDR 428K ++/pax

* Sunday Brunch – IDR 428K ++/pax

I came here for the Sunday Brunch and the place wasn't much packed with guests so it's more convenient for me to take photos.

Now let's take a look on the food I tried during that Sunday Brunch.

First thing I take on a hotel buffet has got to be the seafood or sashimis. Why? Because I consider raw ingredients and seafood should always be number one to taste their optimum freshness. No doubt the freshness from the sashimis and the seafood were on top notch. The choices of sushis were not much but they were also quite tasty indeed.

My second target was the pork station. I was so happy to see they serve pork belly. Yippie!! I absolutely loved that crunchy pork belly skin. That is just to die for! An awesome delight to hear that crackling sound of every pork belly skin as I ate it. The meat was juicy and tasty, but for my personal preference, it's a bit too oily.

The choices of other meat such as the roast beef, the turkey, and the lamb were no disappointment as well. They were cooked beautifully, each appeared as taste bud temptations, and certainly seasoned to perfection.

A must try is the Hainanese rice. It's so rich in flavor, the chicken stock is so dominant thus making the rice so fragrant and delicious. The chicken is so tender and also delicious too! This is definitely a menu you surely don't want to miss out.

The selection of desserts were plentiful, and you can see them first sight as you enter the restaurant due to being place just near the entrance.

A wide selection of cakes, pastries, chocolate, until ice creams are available. It's just heaven if you're a sweet-tooth. They would recommend you to try their Cendol Cake, so if you want to know how a traditional flavor  infused in the cake, definitely you should try the Cendol Cake.

Overall conclusion, it was a pleasant re-visit to the newly-face-lifted Asia Restaurant. All the food were indeed satisfying. This is the kind of thing that would wanna make me have more and more visit to this elegant restaurant. 

Keep on chewing!

Jazzy Dee

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Asia Restaurant at The Ritz Carlton Jakarta
The Ritz Carlton Mega Kuningan
Ph: (021) 25518888
Kawasan Mega Kuningan 
Jl. Dr Ide Anak Agung Gde Agung No. 1
Kuningan, Jakarta
website: www.ritzcarlton.com

Opening hours:
Breakfast 06.00 - 10.00

Lunch 12.00 - 14.30

Dinner 18.00 - 22.00
Sunday Brunch 12.00 - 15.00 featuring live music