It's
just one week away from the start of 2017 and Jakarta's F&B scene,
particularly around the CBD-Mega Kuningan area has been growing rapidly good for
some time now, in two weeks I have dined at 4 new restaurants in Mega Kuningan,
well that's considered a good number for Mega Kuningan standard.
If
you're new to the scene, here's how you can describe the typical Mega Kuningan
restaurants: fancy, casual fine dining & middle-high end, that's for sure,
but that doesn't mean the "neighborhood" doesn't cater the more affordable
options as they have Oakwood with its good yet more pocket-friendly tenants, but
no I am going to talk about Oakwood in this entry, because this post is
dedicated to one of the most memorable dining experience this month: ATICO by
JAVANEGRA!
I
am such a huge huge fan of Javanegra, both their coffee and food! I was first
introduced by my best friend Sari Siregar and if
you're reading this you should follow my main bitch because she freaking has one
of the most blessed palate and most importantly she understands food that's
simply why she is my favorite dining partner and besides personal stuff we talk
about food all the freaking time when we catch up! Too bad she couldn't
accompany me to have lunch here but I was here with also my very-very good
friends Nadia, Adity & Ana! Ok back to my first encounter, Sari asked me to
join her for lunch at their first Kramat Pela outlet and I was stunned by how
simple the food but it was the flavor and freshness of the ingredient that
really did all the talking. The owner, Andrea was this person with much passion
for food and he surely loves to cook and his hobby brought his to open that
first Gandaria Kramat Pela outlet, and this...
Atico
is located at the newly introduced office building Menara BTPN Rooftop floor (I
don't know why they refer the floor as rooftop because it was not) and that
building's going to be the home to some of the new and soon to open restaurants
in Jakarta, including Fat Shogun which I visited just last week but to lazy to
do the review (so fingers crossed soon). Place wise, Atico was definitely way
more spacious, classier looking and I love how they still include the earthy
homey vibe and that signature live kitchen of theirs (only larger at this
outlet), I'm the marble table guy and I was super glad that they occupy these
thin marble tables which were so photogenic, and if you love flatlays you're
going to love this!
Upon
entrance, you'll see this bar area aka where the holy liquors are composed and
of course since they're mostly well known as a coffee roaster, they also have
coffee machines and manual brew machines if you fancy coffee beverages.
Macallan
Around the bar
area, there's this small cake display, I saw some banana bread, baileys tart,
carrot cake and more, as for the croissants, they were displayed around the
live kitchen area.
Wine and champagne
storage
For smoking guests or if you're just in the mood to sit
outside in touch with the open air, there's this al-fresco area and since
they're located at the R floor, it's tall enough for you to see the Mega
Kuningan neighborhood, and the sky was this beautiful vanilla twilight yesterday
(picture of the sky below).
As
for the food, if you've been to their first Kramat Pela outlet, the menu's
pretty much the same simple homecook Spanish-French cuisine with several
specials on this outlet, and as for the drink, they emphasize on serving mainly
wine and coffee, but rest assure as they also have selections of common drinks
(water, soft drinks, tea, and non-coffee). Price range for the food is around
IDR 70k-2 mil, not exactly the cheapest for sure.
Even
before actually eating, I had good feeling about the lunch already, something
about how the package everything that rang serious to me, it's almost like once
you're seated you're prepared to have good food.
Tortilla
de Patatas - IDR 35k
Had
this as appetizer and to prepare me from more food I was about to have. This is
the Spanish style potato omelette and yes the main ingredients were egg and
potato. It's pretty delicious with spot-on seasoning and generous thick yet soft
& moist potato cuts.
Aragula
con Parmigiano - IDR 110k
They
charged me IDR 110k for basically arugula leaves + pear and olive-balsamic
dressing and no-cheese (even though I asked for none) which I considered very
expensive.
I
initially did not ask the waiter how much this was and just directly asked him
if they had arugula salad here, yet I didn't expect to be charged that much.
Champignon
with White Truffle Oil - IDR 95k
This
was one of my most favorite of yesterday's lunch, perfectly creamy pasta with
generous mushroom and truffle oil drizzle, it was just very aromatic, light but
very fresh, creamy without being overly milky, such a simple pleasure without
the need to feel guilty, totally recommending this!
Capellini Con Erizos y Caviar & Uni - IDR
295k
This
menu's dedicated for those who are avid fan of angel hair type pasta, sea urchin
(uni) and caviar. Fortunately Nadia and Adity were not fond of both uni and
caviar so I had everything for myself HAHA! This dish was thicker and creamier
compared to the Champignon pasta above but the consistency was perfect and it
didn't bloat your palate off! I appreciate their authentic approach on their
meals so if you found the pasta a tad bland, make sure you feel the freshness of
the meal because that's how your properly cook it, and for this dish, I suggest
mix everything together as the uni and caviar gave this hint of saltiness to the
meal.
Uni and caviar both fresh af
Pollo
Assado - IDR 150k
Normally
not into chicken dishes but I saw they sold half portion of roasted chicken for
IDR 150k so that better be worth it, and boy it fuckin was! The chicken was so
beautifully cooked that the meat was soft and tender along with the semi-crispy
skin, I think it was also the homemade savory sauce that really elevated the
flavor and changed the game, it was just so tasty & complemented the chicken
very nicely. Depends on how much you eat but half portion of this could be
shared for three.
Grilled
Wagyu Striploin - IDR 395k
MY
NUMBER ONE FAVORITE MEAL HERE and always consistently good! First tried this in
Javanegra and been falling for this ever since. Always go for medium or
medium-rare and you'll understand why I rave so much about it. I totally
dismissed the garlic sauce and went with a little salt drizzle on the beef, pure
sex on each bite.
Baileys
Cheesecake - IDR 55k
Was here for about three hours, I had my best friends
with me, we chatted so much and the sky was just sweeter than the
dessert.
It's always nice to have sun flirts with your skin, but
this place definitely looked and felt more alive and intimate during the night,
and PS for the last two weeks, they've always been super busy on dinner time so
DO make your reservations!
This for my annual best meal list? Stay tuned, but Atico
is definitely one of the strongest newcomers, food wise, place wise, service
wise all terrific. Congratulations Andrea and team, please keep up the amazing
work!
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Atico by
Javanegra
R fl.
Menara BTPN, Lingkar Mega Kuningan
Jalan Dr.
Ide Anak Agung Kav. 5.5-5.6
Kuningan,
Jakarta Selatan 12950
021 -
2295
8194
Opening
hours: 8 AM-Midnight
Average
spending for two: IDR 400k
Dresscode:
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