Butler's Steak PIK

Butler’s Steak is one of my favorite steak restaurant in BSD area where they opened their first location in 2021. Now, one and a half years later, they just opened their new second location at Damai Indah Golf PIK complex to the public today.

Stepping into the newly opened restaurant, the place felt familiar yet different. Carrying the same interior from their first location, the vibe is definitely reminiscent of my previous visits to the BSD location. But then the bigger space and the higher ceiling make the restaurant feel completely new and fresh. Large floor to ceiling windows at both sides of the restaurant also allow plenty of natural light to come into the nicely spaced out seatings in the dining area.

The menu offered at the PIK location is slightly different than their BSD location. On top of their regular menu items, they actually added a couple of new dishes to the PIK location menu that are only available at this location (at least for now).

Appetizer

(New Menu) Beef Bacon & Cheese Croquette | 7/10

Herbs Breaded Potato Puree with Beef Bacon and Melted Cheese, Tartar Sauce, Mini Salad.

Crispy breading, generous filling and well-seasoned. It tasted good, but I’m not a fan of cheese in general so this one was just okay for me.

SIDES

Butler’s Steak has pretty great sides. I’ve tried almost all of them (I think the only thing I haven’t tried is their garlic rice) and all of them was great. Worth to mention since I don’t have a picture of it here, is their creamy spinach. Their creamy spinach is excellent. Totally recommended.

French Fries | 8/10

Shoestring Potatoes with Shredded Cheese.

Sweet Corn Kernels | 9/10

Corn, Herb Crust and Grana Padano.

(New Menu) Triple Cheese Broccoli Mornay | 7.5/10

Broccoli, Red and White Cheddar, Grana Padano, Mornay Sauce and Bacon Bits.

Mains

For the steak, all of the meat was cooked well and very well seasoned. And my favorite sauce is still the symphony of mushroom.

(New Menu) Special Butcher’s Cut | 9/10

200 Grams of the Butcher’s Daily Selection of Special Cut.

Wagyu Butler’s Steak | 9/10

200 Grams Australian Wagyu MB 6-7 Butler’s Steak.

(New Menu) Grilled Osso Bucco “Tangkar” | 9/10

US Prime Beef Shank Osso Bucco, Tangkar Broth, White Rice, Sukun Chips, Cucumber Pickle.

I was pleasantly surprised on how good this dish is. The meat was tender, the Indonesian flavor really came through in the soup and the portion is really generous. Also, this was my first time trying the sukun chips that they served with the dish. The flavor and texture are quite interesting.

(New Menu) Wagyu Fajitas | 9/10

200 Grams Australian Wagyu Inside Skirt, Flour Tortilla, Grilled Corn Salsa, Mint Yoghurt, Guacamole.

The fajitas was also really good. The meat was cooked well and when I ate it with the whole toppings in one bite, the flavors exploded in my mouth. It was really juicy and flavorful. Really love the meat and vegetables flavor combination.

Lastly, got the complimentary made to order ice cream to end the meal. They have 3 different flavors that they rotate daily—chocolate, vanilla and strawberry—depending on whatever flavors they have available.

Overall, I had a really great meal and dining experience during my visit. The food was great and the service was good (some servers were clearly more experienced than others but no big mishaps happened during my visit). Will definitely come back to this place again (whether it’s this location or the BSD location).

 

Butler’s Steak PIK

Address: Damai Indah Golf PIK, Kapuk Jl. Marina Raya, Jakarta Utara 14470, Indonesia
Telephone: 021-5569-5706
Hours: Everyday 11.00 - 22.00

Instagram: @butlers.steak

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Gotham Treats

Looking for a great corn flake soft serve and fat soft baked cookies in Jakarta? Gotham Treats might be the place to visit for you. Sharing the space with its sister company, Lewis & Carroll Tea, Gotham Treats is a small store that sells a variety of New York inspired treats. If you’re familiar with Momofuku Milk Bar, Levain Bakery and Magnolia Bakery that are respectively well-known for their cereal milk soft serve, thick, crunchy yet gooey cookies and banana pudding, looking at the dessert selections at Gotham treats will definitely remind you of those delicious desserts. And apparently, those are actually the inspirations behind Gotham Treats.

From 10 different cookie flavors that they have available, I tried the The Chelsea (miso & white chocolate) and The Lower East Side (mini cookie with dark chocolate and sea salt). First off, the texture was great. The cookies were soft and chunky and the size of the mini cookies is perfect for a bite size or for snacking. Sweetness level was also good for me. It’s sweet, but not overwhelmingly sweet like the typical American cookies.

For The Chelsea, it’s good but I tasted the white chocolate more than the miso. Honestly thought there would be more of the miso saltiness to it, but turned out the white chocolate is a stronger flavor on this one. If you’re a fan of white chocolate, you’ll probably going to enjoy this flavor.

For The Lower East Side, I really like them. The play between salty and sweet flavors really came through on this one. And yes, this might be a more basic flavor, but I think it’s really good.

On top of their signature soft cookies, Gotham Treats also sells a variety of soft serve ice cream, custard pudding, cakes, cereal milk, cheesecake and tiramisu that are named after different places in New York.

The Dumbo Cereal Milk was just okay for me. It’s not too sweet, but the overall flavors was a little too milky for me (I personally like the ones with a stronger cereal flavor more). It was good, but I’ve had better in Jakarta.

The Dumbo was THE BOMB. It is currently on the top of my list of the best corn flake soft serve I’ve ever had. If you’ve had Milk Bar’s cereal milk soft serve, The Dumbo will reminded you of that, but minus the extra sweet factor (most American desserts are way too sweet for me). It has the right soft serve texture and the right amount of sweetness which make eating this ice cream much more enjoyable for me. If you like cereal milk flavored ice cream, I totally recommend for you to try The Dumbo.

 

Gotham Treats

Address: Jl. Bumi No.4, Jakarta Selatan 12120
Telephone: +6281294723355
Hours: Everyday 9AM-9PM

Instagram: @gothamtreats.id

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Matcha Bae

Matcha Bae is a small, modern, minimalist matcha cafe/bar in Kelapa Gading area with a matcha-centered drink and dessert menu. From Cold Whisk Matcha to Match Lattes as well as other unique combinations such as Matcha Rose and Matcha Biscoff, Matcha Bae prides themselves in using authentic, high-quality matcha that is imported from Japan.

I visited the store one month after its grand opening. Prior to this, Matcha Bae operated online and did only delivery. But now, with the newly opened cafe, people can go and visit their offline location to get their matcha fix. Although I’m not exactly a connoisseur of matcha, the drinks I had at Matcha Bae were really good. Their matcha drinks were really fragrant, strong in flavor and very smooth. From all of the drinks that I tried, my personal favorite was the Wakana Cold Whisk. For the dessert, their Matcha Injeolmi Cake was definitely one of the more unique matcha dessert I’ve had in Jakarta.

I also met the owner during my visit and talked to her for a bit. Apart from her love for Japanese matcha, the one big reason why she ended up opening Matcha Bae was because she was inspired by all the good matcha cafes she went to when she was traveling to Bangkok and she thought there weren’t (or aren’t) a lot of good matcha bars/cafes in Jakarta. So she learned the process of matcha making and opened Matcha Bae as a result. If you’re looking for a great, solid matcha bar in Jakarta area, definitely try this place out.

 

Matcha Bae

Address: Jl. Raya Hybrida Blok QJ9 No.37, West Kelapa Gading, 14240, Indonesia
Telephone: +62 856-9371-0126
Hours: Tuesday- Sunday 10am-7pm | Closed on Mondays

Instagram: @matchabae.id

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Jakarta Vlog 02 - Milk Tea & Dinner at The Chinese National

A couple of days after our previous hangout, I met up again with Winda for a dinner plan (I didn’t have to wake up super early this time around). We’re going to go to The Chinese National at Swissotel PIK for dinner but decided to leave earlier to beat the afternoon rush hour. We arrived two hours earlier than our reservation and ended up hanging out at PIK Avenue Mall to kill time. Winda had some work she has to do so we decided to go to Onezo to get some drinks so she could do just that.

Although the brand has been around for quite some time, this was actually my first time trying Onezo. I ordered their Four Season Roasted Milk Tea with normal sugar and normal ice (I usually do normal sugar with brands I never tried before just to see their sweetness standard of ‘normal’) and boy, it was really sweet. The milk tea itself wasn’t bad at all. It was fragrant and tasted good. It’s just the sweetness that was too much for me. Probably better off with a 70% or 50% sugar level for next time. I had to wait for the ice to melt for a bit so it wasn’t overwhelmingly sweet but afterwards, the milk tea ended up tasting pretty good.

After that, we headed over to The Chinese National for our dinner. We were the first ones there and we both took advantage of the empty restaurant to take some photos and videos of the place before sitting down for our dinner. Dinner was great. The food was excellent, great service, and very nice interior design (see more photos and read my full review about the place here or watch us eat and review the food on the vlog). The only thing that bothered me during our visit was the choice of music and how it was kind of too loud for me. But other than that, everything was great.

After dinner was over, we stopped by H&M because Winda wanted to do a little bit of shopping since they have a sale going on. She did end up finding something that she likes and made a purchase. And that concluded our outing for the day.

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Fujin Izakaya x Honest Spoon

Went to Fujin Izakaya last weekend to try their new dessert collaboration with Honest Spoon. Having drove by this restaurants multiple times in the past, this was actually my first time visiting the place. The Japanese inspired restaurant interior features an open kitchen where you can see the chefs in action as well as a bar section on the other side along with sectioned tables that give privacy to the diners.

In collaboration with Honest Spoon, they crafted 2 special ice cream flavors inspired by the traditional taste of Japan, the Sencha Furikake Crunch and White Chocolate Miso Caramel Cookie. They sell it in a 8oz tub (available at Fujin Izakaya & Honest Spoon Cikajang outlet) as well as the Melonpan ice cream version which available exclusively only at Fujin Izakaya (until Aug 21).

I’ve actually been a fan of Honest Spoon’s ice cream since the first time my cousin sent me a couple of tubs to try a while back (the white rabbit and earl grey flavors got me hooked the first time around). And when I saw this new flavors, I was definitely intrigued by the unique names and glad I got to try them.

The Sencha Furikake Crunch is made out of sencha ice cream topped with nori flakes and crunchy sesame. If you’re a fan of Japanese tea and sesame (or feeling more adventurous with your flavor choice), definitely try the Sencha Furikake Crunch. The sencha was strong, giving that earthy bitter tea flavor, yet balanced with the sweet crunch sesame as well as hints of savory note from the nori flakes. And it also works really well with the slightly sweet and softer melonpan. Super unique flavor and I really enjoyed it.

The White Chocolate Miso Caramel Cookie is made out of white chocolate ice cream topped with miso caramel cookie and sauce. If you prefer something sweeter (or more familiar flavor), then try the White Chocolate Miso Caramel Cookie. The white chocolate flavor was pretty dominant on this one and the texture was nicely balanced with the crunchy cookie crumble toppings. This flavor also works well with the melonpan and definitely a safer option between the two.

After tasting the two, I definitely think that the Sencha Furikake Crunch is more unique but all and all, both of them are good. Honest spoon usually came up with great unique flavors and this time it’s no different. Anyways, next time I visit Fujin Izakaya, maybe I’ll try more than their dessert. Heard good things about the food of this place too.

 

Fujin Izakaya

Address: Jl. Gunawarman No.21, South Jakarta, 12110, Indonesia
Telephone: +62 21 27513030
Hours: Everyday 11.00 - 24.00

Instagram: @fujin_izakaya

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