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Hello, friends especially foodies!

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Last Sunday, interested with the electronic monitor in front of the restaurant which showed Cap Go Meh Rice Cake (Lontong Cap Go Meh) which they said started from 39K IDR and it means only around 2.5 USD. Well, would it be true?

Here was the monitor

This menu is an authentic menu for the lantern festival which was held on February 24th, this year. So that day, i had it before the festival..

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Rempah Bistro (Spices Bistro)

The restaurant named Rempah Bistro. It means Spices Bistro. The restaurant had branches in some of famous shopping centers in Jakarta.

When i arrived there at 11.18 am, the restaurant had already had some customers even before me so it made a conclusion that this restaurant had a popular name among its' customers.

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THE DINING AREA

Inside, their dining area was large. It had plastic rattan chairs and wooden chairs plus sofa on the corner. On the ceiling they had fans which were turned off but it was okay cause it had air conditioners too. They had concept natural for the interior which could be seen from their wooden interior color and also artificial plants on the wooden plank right on one of its' side.

And inside they also still had large dining area where you could choose to sit. Still in the same theme, they also had sofas for some of the tables.

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THE MENU

This restaurant had Indonesian food menus such as the entree like sweet deep fried corn, chicken wings, and crispy vegetable fritter.

They also had assorted soup dishes like betawi soup, oxtail soup, rendang cap go meh rice cake and chicken cap go meh rice.

Plus kind of satays, rendang, kendil rice (rice in traditional kind of serving bowl), beef dishes, and also seafood.

They had kind of dessert menus and drink there too.

I am so sorry that i couldn't take pictures of all the menu book they had because it was so thick.

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To order was different, to get the food promotion i should follow their instagram account and also ordered it manually. While for the dessert i should scan the qr code to order. Here what i saw online

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THE TASTE

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CAP GO MEH RICE CAKE

It was sliced rice cake with beef rendang (traditionally cooked beef) with salted fish on its' top, dried nut and tempeh, balado potato, chicken satay, half of the pindang egg, chayote and beans. Also it had crispy potato chips.

The taste of their

• Beef Rendang:

Rendang is a traditionally cooked beef which made with coconut milk and other spices. It had soft texture with savory and spicy flavour. Rich in spices, these spices were absorbed through the rendang. And i never ate rendang like this before cause it was so unique with small salted fish on the top which brought savory flavour.

• Dried nut & tempeh: It had crunchy texture with sweet flavour.

• Balado Potato: It was potato with stirred chili paste. It had sweet, savory and a bit spicy flavour.

• Chicken satay: It had soft texture with sweet flavour.

• Chayote and beans: It had soft texture with the coconut milk flavour, savory and spicy.

• Pindang Egg: It had light sweet flavour.

• Potato chips: It had crispy texture with natural potato flavour.

Overall i gave 7/10 for the flavour and also its' serving. It was quite tasty but it was not one of the best i've ever had.

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MIXED ICE

The mixed ice it had contained red sugar palm fruit, avocado, green jelly, grass jelly, fermented cassava, young coconut, basil and of course crushed ice.

The palm fruit had soft but chewy texture and it had sweet flavour. Avocado it was served with was fresh and tasty too.

While the green jelly and grass jelly brought its own sensation to the ice. The young coconut was thick but soft, it was fresh and high quality. The fermented cassava it served with was sweet and not sour.

Served with green syrup and condensed milk, the mixed ice tasted medium in sweetness and yes i loved it. They made it from high quality ingredients and all tasted so good. I

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THE PRICE

The price of the Cap Go Meh Rice cake was not 39K as they had mentioned, it was 48K IDR or around 3 USD before the service charge and tax. And for the mixed ice it was 41K IDR before the service charge and tax. So it was around 6.65 USD for the Cap Go Meh Rice Cake and mixed ice that i had. I gave 10/10 score for this menu, one of most try item from this restaurant.

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Quite tasty, i recommend you to try to go to this restaurant if you wanna try our Indonesian food and dessert.

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Business Information

Rempah Bistro
Central Park
28th Letjen S. Parman
West Jakarta
Open daily 10 am – 10 pm

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All of the pictures were taken with Samsung A52 5G android phone and I used Canva for the cover picture.

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