05-10-2013, 02:48 PM
2nd Oct 2013 Wednesday
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I had just touch down at Jakarta airport.
Instead of go for my usual bluebird, I took a unknown taxi.
There was a security force temporary block off the front entrance of the arrival hall (which in term block off the bluebird).
Wasting no time, I just jump into a taxi waiting at it's stand.
3rd Oct 2013 Thursday
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It's 8pm and my host walked me from my hotel to Pacific Plaza... next to Ritz Carlton... looking for food.
After circulating up a few floor with no restaurant in sight... I saw Crystal Jade.
The huge display menu gives me some ideas.
I still have plenty of time, so I continue my search...
{Last week, while preparing for my trip, I read "The Miele GUIDE - Asia's Finest Restaurants 2013" and it recommended a few restaurants that I want to visit in this trip}
Then I saw this Red color character "鼎“ at the far corner of the blocks... Yes, by chance, I had found one here.
Extract from The Miele Guide:
This temple to the art of the xiaolongbao (steamed meat and broth-filled dumplings) has branches all over the world, but it is at is Indonesian outlets that things have taken an interesting turn. Here, the signature xiaolongbao are not made with pork, as is the case elsewhere, but with minced chicken. Purists may be aghast at this development, but they really needn't worry. The dumplings' delicate skin still encases a wonderfully fragrant 'soup' that oozes out at the first bite, and the fillings are still obsessively good.
[Image: IMG_4899.JPG]
Picture googled from internet.
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I had just touch down at Jakarta airport.
Instead of go for my usual bluebird, I took a unknown taxi.
There was a security force temporary block off the front entrance of the arrival hall (which in term block off the bluebird).
Wasting no time, I just jump into a taxi waiting at it's stand.
3rd Oct 2013 Thursday
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It's 8pm and my host walked me from my hotel to Pacific Plaza... next to Ritz Carlton... looking for food.
After circulating up a few floor with no restaurant in sight... I saw Crystal Jade.
The huge display menu gives me some ideas.
I still have plenty of time, so I continue my search...
{Last week, while preparing for my trip, I read "The Miele GUIDE - Asia's Finest Restaurants 2013" and it recommended a few restaurants that I want to visit in this trip}
Then I saw this Red color character "鼎“ at the far corner of the blocks... Yes, by chance, I had found one here.
Extract from The Miele Guide:
This temple to the art of the xiaolongbao (steamed meat and broth-filled dumplings) has branches all over the world, but it is at is Indonesian outlets that things have taken an interesting turn. Here, the signature xiaolongbao are not made with pork, as is the case elsewhere, but with minced chicken. Purists may be aghast at this development, but they really needn't worry. The dumplings' delicate skin still encases a wonderfully fragrant 'soup' that oozes out at the first bite, and the fillings are still obsessively good.
[Image: IMG_4899.JPG]
Picture googled from internet.