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ALTITUDE GRILL JAKARTA - THE PLAZA

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Confirming the floating news, after the 4-year contract with Luke Mangan ends, what was Salt Grill is now replaced with a new concept from the group: ALTITUDE GRILL, a classic Western steakhouse that's ready to grill and you some high quality proteins! Was invited to the pre-opening lunch and here I am briefly sharing my thoughts of this restaurant for you.
Opening this post with a view of Jakarta after the rain, not going to show you much of the interior as I don't think the interior has entirely finished, will update this post on my future visits (I believe there will be), but they do have 110 seating capacities and the vibe is way more casual than Salt Grill (if you've been there before).
Apple Mango and Prawn Cocktail - IDR 160k
The serving idea of this prawn cocktail is to mix everything together for the harmony of flavor and texture. It's a light and refreshing appetizer to warm up your palate, the prawn was fresh, and the mango's there to give a tiny bit of additional sweet and tangy, unfortunately to be honest for IDR 160k a tad too expensive.
Scallop Filled Squid Rings (non halal) - IDR 280k (three pieces)
This was one of my personal favs from the Appetizer menu that day for its simplicity, all about fresh ingredient, light flavor but altogether an exciting harmony! The squid was tender and beautifully firm, placed surrounding the scallop like a ring! The scallop was also very fresh then lightly seasoned but it was the raspberry bacon jam, parsley shallot plush and crispy Pancetta that's really enhancing the overall flavor.
Triple Cooked Wagyu Ox-Tongue - IDR 180k
Now this was the star from the Appetizer section, this was too good they actually offered and gave us three portions! The tongue was so perfectly cooked that it's super tender, probably zero calorie spent slicing it (it was THAT tender and juicy), love the char-grilled aroma and the unexpectedly delicious Creamed Hazelnut Dukkah!
Oven Baked Salted Egg Hollandaise Black Cod - IDR 320k
Perfectly cooked black cod with Salted Egg Hollandaise dressing that's thick and creamy but without the uber rich salted egg flavor on the sauce which I kinda like because I think when it comes to a protein as premium and fresh like Black Cod I would have opt to sample the natural flavor of the fish more than the sauce.
For the star of the menu aka meats, they serve mainly high quality premium meat with awesome marbling, but if you fancy dry aged meat, they do have some but it's not their specialties (I mean if you really want dry aged meat just go to AB Steak they have more options for this particular range).

Bistecca a la Altitudine (1 KG) - IDR 260k/100 gr
Minimum order 500 gr!
The cut is Sher Wagyu MBS 8/9 T Bone and Chef Gary sliced the chunky fresh-from-the-grill meat before our eyes effortlessly, proving just how tender and juicy this was! Do not go further than 'medium' for the best temperature, unless you want to waste a beautiful protein like this!
You can pair the glorious steak with various desired side dishes like Truffle Fries (IDR 95k), Confit Shallots (IDR 80k), Whipped Potatoes (IDR 90k), Buttered Spiced Corn and Crisp (IDR 80k), and Buttered Broccoli Gratin (IDR 80k)
Texture close up! OMG the fat part was the most amazing!!!
Picanha - IDR 225k/100 gr
The T bone steak was great and this was beautiful on its own way! The Picanha which kinda reminds me of Flat Iron steak had beautiful marbling, also beautifully cooked too (AGAIN DON'T GO MORE THAN MEDIUM!), tender, juicy, omg the description is boring AF short to say this was DELICIOUS!
Steak Sampler - IDR 1,1 mil
Honestly this is a very good deal if you're planning to check out some of the stars/best selling menus here! The Meat Sampler consist of 5 options: Wagyu Ox-tongue, Tenderloin, Picanha, Rib Eye and Skirt. Was too full to indulge on this one but tasted the Tongue and Picanha so I believe it's going to be legit!
Dessert Buffet - IDR 150k
One of the most fascinating things about Altitude Grill is surely their dessert buffet, and I honestly didn't expect that they would come up with this concept for their dessert! For IDR 150k you'll be getting a lot of options from mini cakes, tartlets, pannacota, sliced cakes, chocolate fondue to ice creams! The Coconut Pannacota, coconut sponge cake something (forgot the actual name), and chocolate ice cream were some of my favorites!

Not sure if you can come just to have their desserts but I'll go and ask them!

If you ask me to name my favorite steakhouses in Jakarta, and as I just thought about it in 30 seconds, I can't name a lot, probably under 5 that really stands out, and the arrival of Altitude Grill just adds in more options to the steakhouses in Jakarta! Indeed targeted for A class customers but still there's a sense of humbleness about this restaurant that I like.

Altitude Grill
The Plaza Tower, 46th fl.
Jl. M.H. Thamrin Kav. 28-30
Jakarta Pusat 10350
021 - 2992 2448
Mobile RSVP: 0859 3992 2799
Opening hours:
Lunch: 12-2:30 PM
Dinner: 6-10:30 PM
Average spending for two: IDR 2 mil

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MOMOZEN - THE PLAZA, JAKARTA

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Just earlier today I visited the newly opened Momozen for a lunch date with some lovely people and it is another establishment from the Les Amis group and located at what previously the home of Shabu Gen (now located just across Momozen), venue wise not the most spacious but clean, neat with fancy vibe, the latter might be me carried away for the fact that it's located at the 46th floor, somehow the higher it is the more prestigious it feels, well at least for me.
Interior wise, I really don't think a lot has changed from Shabu Gen, even when you notice the table details, there are still electric inductive stoves installed on each, and honestly I give zero fuck about it because who cares if you look fancy but you can't keep up with what really matters: the food.
A small VIP room for 6 if you fancy a more private ambiance
Getting into fancy looking restaurants like this and you start contemplating on whether you're ready to be ripped off, but to be completely frank I was pretty stunned when I scan the menu and found out that the pricing was way below what I had in mind, average price range is around IDR 150k-ish which is clearly not bad. Momozen focuses in delivering modern Japanese fusion cuisine or should I say a Japanese-French combo and those below were some of the food that I tried to help you decide what to order here.

Corn Soup
The corn soup was a light and fresh kickstart, it was light, delicate, simple yet flavorful in the same time.
Truffle and Caviar Somen - IDR 95k
OH THIS! Definitely one that you must order from their "Cold" menu, simply because I love everything about this dish and I couldn't emphasize enough. Somen aka Japanese style angel hair tossed in truffle oil, twisted and presented beautifully with black truffle and caviar on top. The truffle oil was seriously generous on this one as even before landing on my table, I could even smell the lingering truffle aroma and basically a right amount of truffle perfume on my palate the moment I had it. MUST!
Yuba Frog Legs
If you fancy frog dishes then their Yuba Frog Legs is one that you should have on your order list, as I look as this, this was actually very simple, but it was really the fresh frog and how well they cook it that really stands out! The meat was very tender and actually satisfying enough for me to the point where I didn't pay attention to the dotted sauce as I was already pretty entertained by the savory and salty points of this one, the frying was nicely done and didn't turn out oily and greasy.
Uni Creamy Pasta - IDR 180k
As someone who is so into Uni this dish works really well for me! It's just 'really Uni' if you know what I mean, that creamy, and naturally buttery Uni flavor is rich on this one but still on the right amount that it didn't bloat me out (which is good), then the pasta also had crab meat then topped with four crispy dumpling with uni-prawn filling. The only thing that I would recommend is if they consider changing the pasta with Spaghettini instead of Spaghetti as I personally imagine it would be better (it's just my preference I guess), not to mention this pasta was actually pretty generous and looking even more due to the thick spaghetti, but anyway not the biggest problem it's just one's personal preference.
Baby Chic
This is one of their signature dishes that I heard one of the best selling menus here, whole slow roasted baby chicken stuffed with truffle butter rice, the picture above showed you the chicken right off the kitchen and the photo below is after they cut the chicken to pieces then topped it again with more grated black truffle (hashtag #fancy). The chicken was beautifully cooked with fresh tender meat (of course the thigh is my favorite part), the truffle butter rice was salty in the most delicious way and fragrant too, and couldn't complain on the generous grated black truffle I was so freaking spoiled damnit.
Truffle Donabe
Now to the menu that's worth highlighting for some reasons: generous black truffle, and more truffle! Japanese rice cooked in dashi and truffle for that savory goodness then more truffle oil dressing, photo below was when it's fresh from the cooking process, showcased then you kinda mix everything in but only stirring it twice otherwise the black truffle will be broken. This was amusingly VERY GOOD, it was super truffle aromatic which I guess for me the more the better, short to say major truffle duty here, just delectably good!
Such a great experience, definitely one of the most impressive lunch I've had in 2017. Food was good, didn't cost my arm, generally tasty and on point. I hope they can keep up with the performance, and oh aside from the food, I also like the service here, the waiters and waitresses are very attentive. Good luck Momozen and good job William Rusli and team!
Momozen
The Plaza Tower, 46th fl.
Jl. M.H. Thamrin Kav. 28-30
Jakarta 10350
021 - 2922 2246
Opening Hours: 11 AM-2:30 PM, 6 PM-10 PM
Average spending for two: IDR 800k for two
Dresscode: sporty casual

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