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Showing posts with label hardware lane jakarta. Show all posts

SUNDAY WELL SPENT (APRIL 2ND 2017) - SANA COFFEE, MAOKI COFFEE & FOOD, LEON

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Hi guys, this will be an entry about my well spent weekend yesterday and I spent the whole day doing cafe hopping with my good friends from Surabaya (hi Jack and Zef) - and because I was on my lazy mode yesterday (and the fact that it rained very hard and there was barely light to shoot) I didn't go around to take a lot of pictures of each places, and just some proper food and beverage shots, but the ones that I went yesterday were the newly opened places that could be visited if you're looking for hot new places to hangout!

5:18 PM April 3rd 2017 as I am typing this from Starbucks Reserve Grand Indonesia and it's currently raining very hard, yet again.
HARDWARE LANE -> BLOG POST HERE
Went to Hardware Lane to catch up with my best friend yesterday and had a brief lunch. Review can be read by clicking the link above.
MAOKI COFFEE AND FOOD
Dharmawangsa Square GF
Jalan Dharmawangsa VI No. 43
Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta Selatan 12160
Opening hours: 7 AM-9 PM
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Located at Dharmawangsa Square, this humble new coffee shop which just celebrated its grand opening yesterday is here to give variety (and their aromatic coffee) to the lowkey Dharmawangsa (well not so much the neighborhood because it's one of the poshest around town) but truth be told there's just not a lot of coffee shops in that area. I think the easy coffee trend is absolutely growing and Maoki tries to offer their own with Maoki? Iced Coffee (IDR 25k) that I found simple, sweet, creamy with flavor that should be easily accepted, and I found the texture of the waffle to be the winner: soft, airy, fluffy and fragrant.
SANA COFFEE at SANA STUDIO
Jalan Panglima Polim V No. 38
Melawai, Kebayoran Baru
Jakarta Barat 12160
0813 - 2233 - 2821
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Jack and Zef are such coffee hunters and we were totally coffee-drunk yesterday (at least I was), after Maoki we went to another newly opened coffee shop in Panglima Polim called SANA, which is located in SANA STUDIO precisely beside Mangia and across Woodpecker. I heard Tuku supports the coffee here because my friend happens to be the friend of the owner and it tasted a bit similar only sweeter.
LEON
Jalan Wijaya I No. 25
Wijaya, Kebayoran Baru
Jakarta Selatan 12160
Opening hours: 11 AM-2 AM
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Leon at Jalan Wijaya was our last destination to go & kill time before having dinner at BATS Shangri-La. The restaurant was very pretty, spacious and beautifully decorated to give me this vintage urban chic New York 1920s vibe. Had the not-so-light-bites to share: Quesadilla and Seafood Platter (IDR 110k) and I found them to be surprisingly good, the quesadilla had this generous filling, seasoned beautifully and paired with some condiments (guacamole, homemade sauce, tomato salsa) and the seafood platter was simple, salty (in a good way), generous with ingredient that's fresh.
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HARDWARE LANE - PLUIT, JAKARTA

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This will be a short review of the newly opened cafe that I visited earlier today: Hardware Lane. Few reasons why this review will be shorter than my usuals: had very little time to hang around here (because I had another appointment) and it was crazy packed hence found myself becoming a little shy to go around and take pics (but yep I do).

Hardware Lane is a cafe/coffee shop that's the recent member to the ever-growing Muara KarangPluit aka the 'it' hotspot and most people claim it as the next Senopati due to its similiar characteristics: a posh neighborhood where *ahem* the rich Jakartans live, aside from the rapidly growing new places. It's located on the left side of the street right before the small bridge that connects Pluit to Muara Karang when you make your way from Pluit Village, the building and signboard was pretty huge and should be catchy enough for you to notice.
The cafe itself is considered pretty spacious with Industrial details that blend with this homey vibe that I was pretty fond of. I have been here twice actually but unfortunately they were running out of food on the first visit so the visit earlier today was a gamble to be honest, but luckily they did have some and I was just like 2-3 customers away where the food's sold out and they had to restock for around one hour - the thing with the recent hottest brunch spot and the fact that they open pretty early.

Here they serve various all day brunch menus mainly Australian inspired (so expect to find various kinds of French Toast & Eggs Benedict), the range was not much at the moment but things were looking pretty delightful on the menu and here they also serve coffee. Average price range for the food is around IDR 60k with coffee starting from IDR 30k.

Iced White - IDR 35k
Sorry but I wasn't the biggest fan of their coffee, I found the coffee to be very watery, lacking that kick and pale aftertaste, but I gotta admit they made good latte art (my friend ordered the hot cap).
Poutine - IDR 48k (NON HALAL)
Their Poutine was a bit different that the one that I normally had because theirs was wet & soupy, and by wet I mean not saucy-wet but they did give broth in it (which was tasty), but to be completely frank I kinda liked it. The fries were beautifully cooked then topped with sunny side up, cheddar dressing, pork bacon (you can opt for the halal version too) and onion. Weird enough, I think this would a good match with warm rice LOL #blamethebroth

S'mores French Toast - IDR 68k
Was tempted enough to try the Candied Bacon but me and my friends were pretty full so we opted for something sweet and fell for the S'mores French Toast.
I was a bit skeptical with this because normally S'mores meals freaked the fuck out of me but this one was DE-LI-CIOUS. The texture of the French Toast was super fluffy, beautifully soft and airy and it's topped with layer of chocolate spread, toasted marshmallows with chocolate drizzle, crumb dressing and fruits. I thought it's going to be overly sweet but they managed to make this perfectly spot-on sweet and altogether amusing to my palate. Definitely a YES!

I enjoy the vibe of this place and the meals here (AND THE FACT THAT THEY OPEN EARLY), but not the coffee so much (I did expect the coffee to stand out and I wanted to love this place for the coffee), but there's always chance to work it out and hey I will be coming back!

Hardware Lane
Jalan Pluit Indah Raya No. 33
Pluit, Penjaringan
Jakarta Utara 14450
021 - 2266 4594
Opening hours: 7 AM-11 PM
Average spending for two: IDR 200k
Dresscode: none

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Map for Hardware Lane