Gyoza Bar- Central park Mall

Central Park is in strong and slow steady mark as food haven within one mall, what you might be craving, you will most likely find it there. The once, I would considered isolated, Tribeca area is recently flourishing with attractive restaurants, bars and coffee places that makes you want to make your way to the area.

The latest addition is a restaurant / bar place named Gyoza Bar that serves Gyozas and Japanese fusion menu such as sushi, rice bowls, cocktails and mocktails.

one of the cute chairs here

The décor and theme is quite unique and I could tell that they had put a lot of thought into the branding, and the feel of the restaurant. What was interesting to me personally was that it actually reminded of two things, Kung Fu Panda the movie and cake-a-boo cake shop in the PIK area. The characters on the poster and the logo, the colorful and pastel colors definitely reminded me of that. It does make me think that this is a Gyoza Bar which means Japanese and alcohol serving place, so I am not sure with the Kung Fu Panda (Chinese) feel and Cake-a-boo cake (too colorful for a bar) shop? But what do I know, is just my two cents.

look I see a pokeball

Apart from the décor, I actually enjoyed the food and would highly recommend to anyone to try it.

Lets see what they have here:

before we start you might want to consider this starter to turn your appetite on

 

you wanna try this salad as your starter as well if you are looking for something light

or perhaps this corn soup

Gyoza Nova- IDR 65k

One of the favorite dish on the menu, combination of Pan Grilled Chicken Gyoza and Truffle Chicken Gyoza that topped off with Mozzarella cheese, spicy mayo, Jalapeno and Tobiko, and I loved every bite! The Spicy Mayo was what got my tongue tingled with excitement and the Truffle oil sealed the deal. Truly a must-try dish.

Tori Kaarage –IDR 39k

 

The boneless fried chicken is a staple food found in Japanese restaurant and this comes in quite special. The Tori Kaarage’s crispy skin with insides being tender and juicy is simply delicious. The dish is finished with spicy mayo for the dipping sauce and it became the addictive snacks while you sip on your cocktails or mocktails.

Gyoza Bar Roll –IDR 85k

This is one of their signature roll beside volcano roll; it comes in spicy tempura, scallion, cucumber, avocado, spicy aioli and fresh salmon to top it off. In the fusion restaurant, normally I would not find any good sushi but this one I have to say that the chef make this roll to perfection.

Bao Bun –IDR 30k

Braised pork belly with homemade bun; I prefer more sauce to this dish though a bit dry for my liking, a little sprinkled sauce would elevate the dish.

Beef Kimchi Nabe- IDR 65k

When it came, I thought it looked simply inviting and delicious. It has everything I was looking for; sliced beef hotpot with homemade Kim chi in ramen noodle and was expecting highly spicy to kick it off. Yet I was completely underwhelmed as it was more on the ‘under’ everything, not enough spice, not enough hot from the Kim chi, not enough Kim chi’s typical kick, I truly hope they fix the taste.

911 Yaki Soba – IDR 65

One of my favorite dish, it tasted yummy and spicy to maximum level! It comes in noodle and stir fried shrimp. This dish would be the perfect meal to start mocktail/cocktail time. 

Silky Tofu- IDR 39k

Almond milk pudding with caramel sauce flavor on top. It has gooey texture, a very simple and classic dessert.

Black Sesame seed bread pudding.- IDR 55k

The texture was quite unique, it has enough crunch and softness all rolled into one, a very interesting dish.

I end up my meal with tasting their signature cocktail and mocktail which were refreshing and would love to try the other drinks on the menu. 

With a full belly I would have to say Gyoza bar should be on the list of must try while you are in Central Park.

  

Gyoza Bar

Central Park, Tribeca Park, 

Jl. Letjen S. Parman, Tanjung Duren,

Jakarta Barat

 +6221 2920 1125

M-Tr    11am-1am

Fri-Sat  11am-2am

Sun       11am-1am

IG :@gyozabarjakarta

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BEAU HQ Senopati - everything you ask for

After making appearances as pop up stores and collaborationswith restaurants and cafes, the up and coming talented pastry chef Talita Setyadi cemented her establishment at a quaint and ‘IT’ place, Senopati. The place is situated right opposite local favorites, Mister Sunday Café, at Cikajang street.

BEAU’s interior is spacious and bare to simplicity; it allows patrons to enjoy its minimalism of white walls and bare cements. The café is lightly decorated with beautiful fresh flowers that makes the place homey and welcoming. Do be forewarned that since the place is filled with large windows and translucent awnings in the outdoor area that It could get warm during the day.

BEAU is not only a running café but also a working commercial kitchen and office. The kitchen has a see through glass that you can observe the process of baking and that perks of smelling the fresh baked pastries as you sip on your coffees or teas (a process I always enjoy).

The café opens at 7am and I am an early bird so I came early and was impressed that 80% of the menu are ready to be served (not a common sight in Jakarta).

There is no way you would not be enticed by the fresh baked goods (apart from the ‘droolicious’ smell of baking); the displays around the café are quite scattered to show off the goods and let your eyes feasts on the choices that are available to take. 

Mont Violet – IDR 50K

The cake comes in visually attractive and taste was exquisite; Sable Breton (shortbread crusts), milk chocolate ganache, purple sweet potato mousse, marcarponechantily and cream of sweet potato. With all the unique ingredients made a very well balanced cake in terms of texture and sweetness.

Chocolate Croissant – IDR 35K

This was one of my favorite hands down, once my fork cut open to see the inside, I fell in love; the chocolate filling was not spared and almost filled the whole croissant. The croissant itself was moist and that right amount of flakiness that you want to find in croissants. This is a must try when you stop by this place (and bring home some too).

look how rich the chocolate is

Smoreboard – one for IDR 40K or three for IDR 100K

Smoreboard is an open sandwich with sourdough bread and the board and pick your own fillings as the rider on the top. There are seven different kinds of Smoreboards that you can choose from at the café. I ordered the Beef Pastrami Smoreboard and it was delicious; combination of smoked beef, aioli, pickles, caramelized unions, poached egg, crispy shallot.

I wished I liked it much but sadly no, I am going to assume being it a new opened place that they still need some tweaking to do, the poached egg was over cooked (I was so looking forward to that ooziness of egg that flood your sandwich which did not happened) and it was more of like eating salad on top of a sliced bread. I hope they will do better next time.

Croque Madame – IDR 89K

Croque Madame was a so so, I could find this in any other cafes. Ham and cheese with béchamel sauce and fried sunny side up egg to top it off. It failed to make me crave for it.

Not to burst anyone’s bubble, I do enjoy spending time on the place, I believe in the coming months the quality control and consistencies of the food serves go up and definitely will come by to give it another go. 

The place is perfect for that Sunday mornings after running on a car free day looking for a nice ambience, good coffees and fresh baked pastries.

they serve coffee as well using common grounds beans

BEST OF LUCK!

BEAU HQ

Jalan Cikajang No.29

South Jakarta

+6221 2751 7433

Mon - Sun 7am-8pm

IG : @beaujkt

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