PEKAN RAYA JAKARTA (PRJ) 2017
So last night I went to one of Jakarta's biggest annual
event: PEKAN RAYA JAKARTA (PRJ) 2017, I have missed the event for two years and
I think it's good to be check out what's in store this year, especially it's
their 50th anniversary this year! To be honest I kinda expected something
different, but not really sure what it is either, ok sorry I am getting so
unclear but I hope you know what I mean.
Ok, first things first, we gotta talk about getting here,
in case I have first timers reading this blog post. Pekan Raya Jakarta or PRJ or
Jakarta Fair is an annual event (and Indonesia's largest fair event) that's run
and owned by Central Cipta Murdaya (which is owned by one of Indonesia's
richest: Siti Murdaya) and has been running for decades since 1967. PRJ is
located in JIExpo Kemayoran complex but my mom told me that the event was used
to be held in Monumen Nasional (Monas). JIExpo is normally functioned as an
exhibition spot or simply for wedding receptions, getting here's very easy
actually you can drive or take taxi, but if you plan to go alone and meet your
friends here, I seriously recommend taking Gojek (motor taxi) like I did last
night, it's just that the queue for your cars to get in can be very crazy, but I
still appreciate the management's idea to provide parking space for 10.000 cars
and 20.000 motorcycles, but still if you take Gojek you can arrive right in
front of the building complex and straight to the ticket queue.
FYI the entrance fee varies from IDR 20.000 on
Mondays, IDR 25.000 on Tuesdays-Fridays and IDR 35.000 on National holidays.
Make sure that you keep the ticket and flyer with you because you can trade them
with welcome drinks and snacks. Find these booth belows with "TUKARKAN TIKET
MASUK ANDA", they're all over the complex!
Since most Jakartans
are still on the holiday season, as expected, last night was SUPER PACKED that I
literally felt like I was about to faint at the beginning, so I went to find the
HALL areas where they're equipped with air conditioning to make me feel better
(and keep me sane) but it was seriously humid.
So
what's so special about PRJ? Of course EVERYTHING,
especially if you're a passionate shopper who never want to miss
good deal as almost everything in PRJ is sold far cheaper than
the normal price. Retail drinks, snacks, furnitures, cars, motorcycles, gadgets,
beauty stuff whatever you name it. Literally almost everything that you're
looking for is in PRJ. If you follow me on Instagram and watch my Instagram
Stories you know I am quite a shopaholic (and I admit it), so I honestly didn't
really go here to shop even though when I look at certain gadget prices, skin
care and shit everything was crazy cheaper than normal retail prices but I
didn't feel like I need something and not to mention I couldn't stand the
cashier queue, I went here with my best friends just to check out stuff, but I
went home with one powerbank (buy one get one deal), one iPhone lighting cable
for stock (because it's fuckin expensive at their official store and I am tired
of spending money to buy them!!!) and one travel charger.
If you're more
into the beauty, furniture and gadget stuff then go straight to the HALL A-D
because that's where they are!
Ok
without further ado, please enjoy the pictures that I took.
I
made the entrance from HALL 2B and not too far from it was this Gambir Expo
gate.
As
what I mentioned above, almost all participating brands here offer TERRIFIC
DEALS that they almost never do normally. I notice that Teh Pucuk Harum is one
of the biggest sponsors this year and they're selling their drink pack (of six)
for only IDR 15k (normally it's around 24k) an when it comes to drinks and
snacks, you don't actually need to come straight to their booths because they're
selling them freely all over the expo and usually in sets/packs.
Somehow I kinda
recommend you guys to go at night time because all the lights and stuff are
seriously making the ambiance more vibey and alive.
Afung spotted!
When it comes to meatball soup they're freaking legendary and if you're a
tourist here, they're certainly not to miss.
The "YXG Kuy" (Yakali gak yuk) and "TAKIS" tho!
The entrance to the Pasar Malam Piknik Kuliner where
along the way you can take photos at this humble town diorama and 'nyeleneh'
road sign. Talk about Indonesian humour lol!
FOR FOOD RELATED STUFF IN PRJ
KEEP ON SCROLLING TOWARDS THE END BUT I RECOMMEND YOU GUYS TO KEEP ON GOING WITH
THE FLOW
Mini theme park is also installed here for fun
sake!
Flying fox
Mini Ferris wheel
WHAT TO EAT HERE?
Of course I wouldn't skip the food topic as that's what I
do best (for myself LOL!), ok so to be honest I didn't really explore the food
scene but I am still giving you some recommendations of the little snacks,
foodcourt or basically what to sample here, but do note that I don't exactly
know where they're precisely located because when it comes to PRJ it's wherever
your feet take you.
I mentioned earlier that you should keep your flyer that
comes with the tickets because then you can trade it with the little light bites
with a little top up.
Very typical PRJ and very easy to find. Kerak Telor is one of this city's as well as Betawi's signature dishes. Normally duck egg cooked with rice then topped with coconut ebi and fried shallots. MUST TRY!
SAMYANG
CAFE
Samyang is an
instant noodle brand made viral and their challenge videos are all over the
internet and the brand certainly didn't want to miss the business opportunity
and actually open a Samyang Cafe here. The Samyang cafe is located around the
Chatime and Pizza Goreng area, more below.
CHATIME
PIZZA GORENG by
INDOSAJI
That cheesepull
tho!
TAUGE
GORENG
Not too far from
the Gambir Expo entrance you can find Texas Fried Chicken too. In case you need
the info LOL!
PASAR MALAM
PIKNIK KULINER
One
of the largest food court/food complex here where you can find various
snacks/light bites/trending food and dessert. Here you can also find a Tarot
reading booth and Rumah Hantu (ghost house). FYI you're required
to convert your money to coins for payment here.
hashtag #kesel!
Their ghost house is pretty legendary and has always been
there forever! The queue to Rumah Hantu was (as expected) looooooong!
My friend, Aldi, who's getting his Tarot read. I also got
mine read and I got terrific news from that! Hopefully it's REALLY
happening!
I
also notice some brands actually open their own pop-up cafe like this Torabika
cafe where you can casually sit around the pop-up cafe and sip on special
creations using the Torabika coffee, there are more inside all you need to do is
explore!
The difference between the KULINER 50 and PIKNIK KULINER
has got to be the kind of food. Somehow KULINER 50 is more to the classic
timeless food or short to say, it's more serious. I did have gudeg here for
dinner and it was good, but same as PIKNIK KULINER, you're required to
convert your money to coins for payment here.
Gudeg Nasi with
Sambal Krecek, Egg and Tempe (IDR 35k). This was honestly GOOD.
To
be completely frank with myself, I don't think my review did the judgement of
the whole PRJ because the complex is so big and filled with so many interesting
stuff it could take me three whole days to take pictures of everything and
review them all, but seriously when it comes to PRJ I think it's all about
exploring everything.
Thank you guys for
reading!!!
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