food and place with unique decoration

De Tao Bar

address: Jalan Kebon Sirih Raya no 38, Jakarta Pusat

must try: Milk Chai, Chicken Hainan Rice

place:

located near to the famous Jalan Sabang and surrounded with various kind of restaurant, De Tao Bar is simply a hidden place. notactually hidden but somehow when we try to find this restaurant we must look carefully unless we want to keep on searching and lost our way. okay enought asbout the interlude. decoration inside? still following the urban trend, modern minimalist but stylist. there's a bar and lounge inside. cool. usually local DJ perform here on saturday night. a good place for teenagers and executive to just chillin' out while smoking or sippin' a glass of tequila or vodka. it really reminds me a bit of a bar with the same concept in Bali. the difference was that in Bali the spiritualism is more to feel than in jakarta. but its a cool place though even for family to dine.

food:

okay, there's a lot of food during lunch on chinese new year with my big family but i only eat what i ordered. i ordered chicken hainan rice and milk chai. milk chai, combination of milk and green tea and chai tea of course, absolutely SpLenDid!!! i don't care to my sister's oppinion about the drink (she said that it's for buddhist!) but for me it's just refreshing! okay, now to the food, the Chicken Hainan Rice, very great! served in a big white square plate. the rice was delicious! and the taste of the chicken, not very hard but smooth. unlike other hainan chicken, the meat was tender and quite big. but that didn't disturb the sense of eating it.

value:

okay, for reminder, although this place was look abit 'urban' but don't forget to prepare a lot amount of cash as this place was categorized as 'high class' place. tip is of course a must. for comparison, during lunch, me and my family ordered 'only' 4 type of main course (and it came with small portion, even my chicken hainan rice was a LOT bigger than them!) with beverages (lemon tea and orange juice) and with 2 appetizers, we spent nearly 700.000 rupiahs. if you have credit card, that's much better. (despite the fact that my mother paid it with creditcard also!)

place: 8/10

food: 7/10

value: 7/10