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

Pearl Chinese Restaurant, JW Marriott Hotel Jakarta

Hi Eaters.

Sunday leisure time means it's time to get awesome food. My family has a tradition, back when my late father was still around, we would go and enjoy dim sums as brunch. We had our own pick when it comes to dim sums, a place where we felt the food just suits our taste. It's kinda picky when it comes to dim sums, not all Chinese restaurants are pretty skillful in making them. But yet some time ago I found a place that could be my reference for another family Sunday dim sum brunch. It's called Pearl Chinese Restaurant at JW Marriott Hotel Jakarta.

The interior was mainly dominated in red, the color that in the Chinese tradition is believed to bring good luck and happiness. The space, however, was still pretty vacant, not much chairs and tables were arranged to fill this quite large space. The decoration was still pretty simple, so I do hope in the future they will put more decoration to this lovely restaurant.
Pearl is currently having a Sunday brunch program for the dim sum menus, called Dimsumlicious. In this all-you-can-eat program, you can try 40 various kinds of dim sums, freshly made upon order, so yes, you won't find any buffet tables lying around there for sure.
This all-you-can-eat dim sum buffet starts every Sunday from 10.30-14.30 and will costs you IDR 488K ++ (includes a free flow of Chinese tea), but believe me that it's totally worth it.
Here are the list of the dim sum menus you can order:

Steamed Dim Sum: Siew Mai, Ha Gao, Cha Siu Bao (chicken), Scallop Dumpling, Xiao Long Bao (chicken), Glutinous Rice in Lotus Leaf, Vegetable Dumpling, Chicken Feet

Deep Fried Dim Sum: Seared Lamb Bun, Baked XO Turnip Cake, Seafood Yam Dumpling, Bean Curds Roll, Vegetables Spring Roll, Egg Tart, Seafood Wonton, Sesame Ball with Lotus Paste

Soup: Spinach Mushroom Soup, Sweet Corn Chicken Soup, Roasted Pumpkin Crab Meat Soup, Asparagus Seafood Soup

Starter: Caramelized Honey Salmon, Crispy Duck, Roasted Pork Belly, Peking Duck, Crispy Soft Shell Crab

Main Course: Roasted Farm Chicken, Seafood Laksa King, Beef Noodles, Penang King Prawn Noodles, Cha Kway Teow, XO Seafood Fried Rice, Seafood or Chicken Congee, Our Home Made Spinach Bean Curd

Seasonal Vegetables of the Day: Choice of preparations (garlic fried, oyster sauce, assorted egg with soup and XO sauce)

Dessert: Lemon Grass Jelly, Mango Pudding, Seasonal Fruit Platter

I must say I was impressed by all the 40 menus that were delivered to the table that day. Of course I didn't get the chance to try them all, but let me tell you that all of the menus I did try were not disappointing. All the dim sums were surely indulging. As for the starter, the Roasted Pork Belly has gotta be the one I recommend. That pork belly still lingers in my mind, really delicious, and the crispy skin is just a darling for the tastebuds. Another starter which is a must try is the Caramelized  Honey Salmon. The recommended main course was the variant of noodles, wether it is the laksa or the noodles and kway teow. Also don't skip their Mango Pudding to end your meal with a sweet impression.

Overall, it was a satisfying Sunday brunch and certainly it's no where near disappointing. Be sure to try this Sunday Dimsumlicious and book your place because there is still a 20% off discount to be enjoyed until the end of April 2017.

Thank you so much Calen and JW Marriott Hotel Jakarta for inviting me. Can't wait to be back!

Keep on chewing!

Jazzy Dee

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Pearl Chinese Restaurant
JW Marriott Hotel Jakarta, 2nd Floor 

Ph: (021) 579 88992
Jl. Dr. Ide Anak Agung Gede
Mega Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan