We once lived in an era where giant
corporations dominated fancy restaurants and big franchises that seemed to run
by corporate people with suits and ties or renowned chefs. Fast forward to
these past few years we see more and more young entrepreneurs, who in
appearance have never been in the F&B industries, opened successful chains
of restaurants with unique concepts and food.
These young entrepreneurs seemed to
have a crash course in the F&B world; running the floor during crowded
times, maintaining the quality of the food, exploring R&D in menus and
platting styles to bringing the hype up on their restaurants for a successful
run. Kudos to these bold entrepreneurs that have what it takes to make it in
the F&B world in their own terms.
PIK area attracts these kinds of
restaurants. Full-blown, thematic and conceptual eateries that has all sorts of
types of food you can think of; from traditional Indonesian, Korean, Chinese to
Thailand, you name it, it is available for you.
While PIK is the ‘IT’ destination
for thematic restaurants, I believe it is expanding to new territories, the
Elang Laut area which is a short distance from PIK.
Among the newly opened eateries you
will find a newly opened café named ‘ITADAKIMASU’. I have to thank
@iirenewijaya to tag me on Instagram informing me of its existence.
ITADAKIMASU literally means ‘I
humbly receive’ in Japanese. Meals in Japan traditionally begin with that
phrase to acknowledge and express gratitude for all who played a role in
preparing, cultivating, ranching or hunting of the food.
If you have not figure out what kind
of food this café serves, it is Japanese, with a twist. Let’s explore what they
have to offer.
friendly servers are waiting for you to give the best service they can
As you enter, friendly servers will greet
you by the door and lead you to your seats. The first floor was a little bit on
the plain side, however I was informed that they were still in their final
touches and would be fully done with the interiors in the coming weeks as they
gear up for the grand opening.
I made my way to the second floor
where the interior was fully done; it was a cute bear-themed café. It has hand
painted murals with colorful furnishings. What a little gem this café
is.
I sat by the window and was
presented with the menu. I was impressed by the variety of food and drinks they
are serving; there are flavored Yakult teas, milk teas, desserts, appetizers
and main courses. Prices range that I noticed were around IDR 30K – IDR 75K for
food and IDR 10K – IDR 25K for drinks.
This is what I tried from the menu :
- Strawberry Yakult Tea (IDR 24K)
They serve lychee, orange, melon,
mango and strawberry flavors for the Yakult drink. It is refreshing and light,
perfectly balanced in terms of sweetness and the sourness; however, I find the
drink a bit on the expensive side compared to other bubble tea places that are
around this café.
- Green Tea Latte (IDR 20K)
I ordered the Green tea latte
that comes in this super cute cup that screams attention to have its picture
taken and be placed in social medias everywhere. Taste wise, I have tasted
better green tea latte elsewhere, but it is still good for my taste as it did
not taste so milky.
- Starving Panda (IDR 48K)
This has to be their signature dish
in the menu, and possibly the cutest. It is basically chicken katsu with
Japanese curry sauce in rice dish with a cute spin on its presentation. Rice
comes in 5 shaped pandas with one purposely placed face down to look like it
‘swims’ on the curry sauce.
The curry is more for those who
likes their Japanese curry light; it tasted sweet and non-spicy.
Quite tasty and flavorful, as much
as I enjoyed it, I thought the rice was abit on the dry and ‘mushy’ side, which
I figured was on purpose so that they can shape the rice into panda. I guess
certain people would have their preferred texture for their rice, and this was
not my favorite texture.
- Sushi burrito
A simple and satisfying way to eat
sushi with generous amount of salmon, salmon roe and tempura crumbs. It is
actually one of my favorite dishes.
- Parfait (no.2)
As full as I was from all the food I
had, there was always room for dessert and I for one can never resist ice
cream. The parfait comes with soft serve taro and vanilla ice cream, chunks of
oreo cookies and fruit loops cereals.
Blame it on the hot weather, or
maybe not, the ice cream melted within 5 minutes from the moment it was placed
on the table, it melted at record speed I feel. The soft serve ice cream itself
was a bit too milky to my liking but the combinations of the whole parfait
itself were quite unique and tasty.
- Ted’s Drug Churros
The churros was the champion dish
for me! It comes with nutella sauce, matcha and cheese and I love every single
one of those sauces. The dough of the churros is moist and deep fried to
perfection. It was so good that I turned blind eye on the packaging that I
thought was underwhelming. It is one of my highly recommended dish you should
try.
In overall, I had a pleasant
experience dining at this little gem. I would come back for a second visit and
bring friends to hangout at this cute place.
I hope you would have a wonderful
experience as I had if you do decide to give this place a try. Happy feasting!
Taste 7/10
ambiance 8/10
service 8/10
Cleaniliness 8.5/10
wifi is available
parking space is available
follow my ig @ whats_up_jakarta for some more food-venture
cheers! keep Starving
ambiance 8/10
service 8/10
Cleaniliness 8.5/10
wifi is available
parking space is available
follow my ig @ whats_up_jakarta for some more food-venture
cheers! keep Starving
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Location : Ruko Elang Laut Blok D no
57, PIK
Telp
: 08196003232
Opening hrs :
Weekdays 11.00 AM – 22.00 PM
Weekends 11.00 AM – 23.00 PM
Spending each person : IDR 150,000,-
(incld tax and service)
_ all the price above are subject to
10% government tax and 5% service charge_
