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06 TECHNOLOGY Top 5 Foodie Apps in Indonesia

First of all, I have previously mentioned in the last issue that there would be two stories transporting you back in time in Yogyakarta and East Bali. Perhaps you’ve noticed that those stories weren’t there. I would like to apologise on behalf of Indonesia Expat. Buckle up because we’ll eventually take you on that expedition in the next issue. Stay tuned!

MEET THE EXPAT Silver Saarja

Anyways... It’s the Foodie Issue everybody! Who doesn’t like food? I don’t think I’ve met anyone who doesn’t like to nibble on different foods and sip on a variety of drinks (until a point of overeating).

CULINARY ADVENTURE Indonesian Food Lovers Congregate at Djakarta Bali in Paris

Recently, a viral video of a man eating a live cat for a black magic ritual has sparked health hazards.

To know more about munching on kitty cat meats, we’ve got you covered. But if that’s too much for you to digest, we also have “common” food recommendations.

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In 2019, the trend of being more health-conscious is steadily growing. Whether you choose to whip up a meal at home or dine out, our body is our temple and we only have one to take care of and carry on with our daily lives. Some stories in this Foodie Issue will guide you into fulfilling a healthier and wholesome lifestyle: Learn to be a Raw Vegan Food Chef in a school called Nu-de in Bali, the Top 10 Restaurants for Healthy Eating in Bali, as well as an insight at RIVA Grill Bar & Terrace at Wyndham Casablanca Jakarta and Izakaya by Oku at The Apurva Kempinski Bali.

Take a look at our chats with the CEO of Mother Nature, Silver Saarja and also the CEO and President Director of PT. Sewu Segar Primatama (Re.juve), Richard Anthony. These Indonesianbased health food and beverage companies cater to healthier options for everyone to indulge in, towards their road to healthier lifestyles.

Healthy eating may not be everyone’s cup of tea, so browse through restaurant, cafe and lounge recommendations from a list of Top 5 Foodie Apps in Indonesia whenever you’re in a funk to cook your meals. Or head out to one of the Weekend Brunch Spots in Jakarta and Bali to catch up on a lazy weekend afternoon. For those of you heading to Europe this coming festive season, squeeze in lunch or dinner at this highly recommended Indonesian restaurant in Paris we’ve mentioned.

Don’t forget to keep in touch with our new bule friend in “What’s Up?” as well as the activities and deals in store in our “Events” and “Classified” pages.

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Indonesia Expat Issue 249 | 6 – 19 November 2019

Top 5 Foodie Apps in Indonesia

BY ARNALDI NASRUM

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ndonesia is becoming one of the countries deemed to use the internet mainly on mobile devices. Consequently, many people rely on online platforms to fulfil their daily needs using smartphones. Mobile applications are considered more effective and easier especially when it comes to the issue of food and beverages. With the growth of foodordering applications, people can have many options to sort the food and restaurants they prefer by browsing through restaurant menus, photos, users’ reviews, and ratings. With the touch of their fingertips, people can decide on their next meal to eat. However, with the long list of online restaurant reservation applications, it is important to choose the best apps to provide you with enough information, so here are the Top 5 Foodie Apps in Indonesia you should not miss.

1. ZOMATO Have you used Zomato? Established in New Delhi in 2008, this application is currently used in 10,000 cities across 36 countries, consisting of 1.2 million popular restaurants with 80 million foodies every month. Zomato highlights the importance of communication by providing ten different languages inside the app. This app also has ten million reviews with 18 million bookmarks. Zomato’s team believes that their work not only connects people to food but also supports restaurants to enable a sustainable ecosystem. If you use Zomato, you will find information and reviews on restaurants, including images of menus where the restaurant does not have its own website. Zomato provides a space to consumers where they can review, rate, share and search their favourite or nearby restaurant. Previously, this app was named Foodiebay and in 2010, it was renamed as Zomato. To find more information, click www.zomato.com.

2. QRAVED Another foodie app you must try is Qraved.

This app is claimed as the first mobile restaurant-booking app, available in Indonesia. The unique thing about this app is that Qraved consists of pictures as well as videos to enhance the details, which pictures might not capture. Qraved mainly has four main sections: Deals, Food Photos, Search, and User. In the Deals section, you can search for Qraved’s discount offers, while the Food Photos section allows you to explore more than 10,000 user-generated food pictures. The Search feature lets you sort restaurants based on various criteria, such as distance and price. Then the User feature lets you input your review about your online activities like bookings and dining experiences. Qraved was projected as one of the top Indonesian startups to reach unicorn status by 2020, according to Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Informatics.

One of Qraved’s missions is to make life tasty, and help everybody have a great time with their friends, family, and loved ones. Search more information about Qraved through the website www.qraved.com.

3. CHOPE

4. PERGIKULINER

5. TRAVELOKA EATS

There is always a good reason to use Chope if you want to find a recommended restaurant to visit. Chope is a real-time restaurantreservation booking platform from Singapore that has been widely used in many countries.

Chope tries to help busy diners make instant reservations in restaurants, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Chope can give you convenience in making an online reservation and also produce an instant email confirmation of your booking. It also provides you curated restaurant reviews along with its personally recommended dishes, exclusive promotions, perks, restaurant updates, special menus and events through the app.

The customers have a chance to earn ChopeDollars every time they make a reservation through Chope's app or website, which can be exchanged for dining vouchers in the future.

To be known, in 2016, Chope acquisitioned MakanLuar.com, an Indonesian foodordering platform co-founded by Kunal Narang and Hiro Mohinani. Visit www. chope.co to see the details.

Pergikuliner is one of the local foodie applications that provides directory and reviews of food in Jabodetabek, Bandung, and Surabaya. The strength of this app is its source of data because Pergikuliner is considered as a medium created by the users, who can add a lot of information about food. Pergikuliner’s uniqueness can be found among its various information about restaurants, starting from five-star restaurants to street foods in Indonesia. Compared to other apps, you can find a long list of traditional and street food in many areas inside this app. It is claimed that Pergikuliner is the most updated foodie app in Indonesia, with its five categories of rating: taste, service, cleanliness, price, and ambience. See the variety of unique restaurants through www.pergikuliner. com.

Traveloka is not only about booking tickets for hotels or flight, but you can now search for some recommendations for restaurants on the app, through Traveloka’s newly launched food-ordering feature called Traveloka Eats.

You can now search for great places to eat, from street food to modern restaurants, with easier access for tourists and locals to easily plan their dining experiences. Traveloka Eats offers more than 8,000 restaurant guides with accurate information within seven cities in Indonesia: Jakarta, Tangerang, Bandung, Bali, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, and Medan. With this, you can find some recommendations and see the reviews to get preferences. Traveloka launched Traveloka Eats as a new feature to support travelling customers with an easy-tofind accommodation and culinary guide by using one application.

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INTRODUCING THE ESTONIAN KEFIR SPECIALIST IN SURABAYA

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Silver Saarja

after eating too much deep-fried or spicy food. Before I could say or think of anything, Sylvia already said “yes.” Soon after, I heard somebody on one of National Geographic’s programs saying “Mother Nature.”

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I worked on new f lavours and started to produce quark. Sylvia started to sell it online and we got some very positive feedback, especially from those who suffer from gut problems. Then we realised this could be our chance to do something useful and earn a living at the same time. We went through a slow and difficult processes of registering all our products with authorities, yet still managed to stay in one piece after the ISO 22,000 and Halal certification processes.

Now, you can find Mother Nature products mostly in Surabaya, Jakarta, and Bali.

ar from home, Silver Saarja has found his passion through a health food and beverage business that connects to people achieving healthier and happier lives in Indonesia. This kefir-maker shared with Indonesia Expat about life throughout communism, his journey in Asia and the warm-heartedness he feels when he sees customers getting optimum health benefits from his products.

How was your childhood in Estonia?

I was born in 1977 and at that time, Estonia was occupied by the Soviet Union. As anybody who has had the same experience can tell you, it wasn’t the nicest place to grow up. I remember that shops were so empty of food, that once the new stock arrived from time to time, everybody was standing in line for hours before they could take home a piece of sausage or fresh bread.

Some of the ingredients, for instance, kefir, are somewhat still unknown among Indonesians. What do you think should be done to get more people interested in healthier ingredients?

We are currently explaining the benefits of our products to the Indonesian people.

When I first came to Indonesia, there were only 2 or 3 different kinds of imported and expensive yogurt in the supermarkets. Now the situation has changed a lot – the shelves are full of local dairy products and people consume them much more than they used to. The trend to consume healthy food and beverages continuously grows, and we will do our best for this to continue. With kefir, we always say we do not sell the flavour, we sell the benefits. We can’t force people to stop drinking flavoured fizzy sugar water, but we can offer them healthier and tasty alternatives. Not much marketing has been done, though we believe that personal experience is the best way to win over clients.

Once people try our kefir and see the benefits of it first hand, they have grins on their faces then they come back and tell other people about it.

That being said, I was lucky. I had a best friend who was also my neighbour. Every time we got home from school, we dropped our schoolbags and played. My mom invested most of her salary in books, which I read quite a lot even when she didn’t allow me. I had a torch under my blanket and read all those wonderful books written by A. Dumas, J. F. Cooper, J. Verne and so on.

How did you find yourself in Indonesia, specifically in Surabaya? And would you eventually move to Jakarta?

In 2002, I applied to PRC’s scholarship to study in Beijing, China. I´ve always been interested in Oriental studies and I got the scholarship, only for it to be cancelled by Beijing when they found out the professor who gave me his recommendation letter was an outspoken anti-communist, and a personal friend of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. After hearing of this, my professor told me that my only chance was to go to Taipei. So I applied for a Taiwanese scholarship the next year, and I got it.

I had already moved out of National Taiwan Normal University and obtained my Master’s degree at National University of Politics by 2006. There was a small girl with a very funny haircut in this Dragon Boat team – her name was Syliva, from Indonesia. We got married in 2011 but we decided to move to Indonesia when Sylvia got pregnant, as the pollution and my painful childhood experiences with communism got too much for us. Surabaya was chosen because it’s her second home, after Ruteng in Flores. To be honest, it’s a nice place to live. Jakarta is no doubt an international city with great food options and open-minded people, but it has a traffic problem.

Estonia is 50 percent forest and its traditional lifestyle is still very strong. How did you adjust to living in Indonesia?

There’s an old Estonian saying: “If you can see your neighbour’s house, you live too close to each other.” I grew up in a small town with only 3,000 people, so adjusting to life in Indonesia hasn’t been easy or successful, to be honest. I still find it too noisy and too crowded from time to time, especially in big cities. Every time I visit Estonia, I go to

a very special place and listen to the silence while enjoying the breathtaking, calming view. Indonesia has places like this. I love the mountains and the sea, so I try to escape from the cities and find refuge in nature, as often as possible. I haven’t been to many places but I hope to do some trekking in the wild forests of Sumatra, Kalimantan, and Borneo, then dive in Papua.

What do you dislike about Indonesia and can you think of a solution to overcome that?

There are not many things one doesn’t like about Indonesia but if you ask me like this, then it has to be the general traffic and infrastructure. In Surabaya’s case, we need a working public transport system. There’s also the option to build second and even third level roads where the traffic is the worst.

If a genie could grant you three wishes, what would they be?

I would ask the genie to conjure up another ten or 20 genies, each one with three wishes for me. One can’t have too many genies at their home – you never know when you are going to need a little bit of magic.

None of Mother Nature’s products contain preservatives, artificial colours or artificial flavours.

In reality, you have a healthy food, beverages, and all-natural products business called Mother Nature, established in Surabaya, in 2015.

How did this come about?

When I went to Estonia in 2007 for the first time with Sylvia, there were not so many foods or beverages that she liked there, except for kefir. Our son had a Parade of Nations at his school back in 2015; all the parents were encouraged to bring some food or beverage from their countries. We decided to bring some kefir. Some friends from Northern Europe asked me if it was for sale because it tasted just like home. Coping with stomachaches would get difficult for them, especially

You mentioned with Mother Nature, expats and Indonesians can get a healthier alternative to traditional food and beverages through the brand's slogan, “For Healthier Indonesia!” Why is society's health a concern for you?

All of Mother Nature’s products have no preservatives, no artificial colors or artificial flavors. Our products are also refined sugarfree since we only use wild forest honey from Sumatra so it’s 100 percent natural.

It would be easy and cheaper to come up with something full of preservatives, but that defeats our purpose. Our vision is to only produce products made of all-natural ingredients; nonetheless, it gave us our mission to help people.

Kefir helps to relieve the symptoms of allergy and asthma, increases breast milk production and is very good for pregnant mothers.

If you weren't handling Mother Nature, what would you like to do in life?

I think I would have either been a not very good politician, or above-average diving instructor, or I most likely would be a writer, since I’m very passionate about writing.

Lastly, what is one fun fact everybody should know about you?

Well, my wife just told me to say that my nose holes are as big as her thumbs – she thinks it’s very funny.

IZ A K AYA BY OKU

The Art of Japanese Atelier in the Majestic Five-Star Resort, The Apurva Kempinski Bali The Apurva Kempinski Bali, newly opened in February 1, 2019, is indeed an epitome of beachfront luxury. It is undeniably a place on your to-go-list when you happen to be in Nusa Dua. Situated gracefully on the top of the cliff with enchanting views of the Indian Ocean and tropical garden, it consummates the gracious embodiment of Indonesia in the architecture it offers.

Along with the opening, this five-star resort proudly presented Izakaya

by OKU, their signature Japanese restaurant. Inspired by the awardwinning OKU restaurant at Hotel Indonesia Kempinski Jakarta, Izakaya

by OKU highlights a dynamic experience with an open-kitchen dining concept, where guests and chefs are able to interact, an addition to the fun and enjoyable atmosphere.

OPEN KITCHEN

Beautifully themed an earth-coloured tone, wooden interiors and subdued lighting, the restaurant accommodates up to 60 seats.

The leading chef whose more than 15 years’ experience, Chef Deni Koswara, brings the uniqueness of Japanese gastronomy into the creative menu with its exceptional cooking methods and ingredients.

Their most favourite menu, OKU Karaage, is absolutely a dish-notto-miss. Taking an inspiration by Japanese traditional garden, the mind-blowing black karaage is crispy on the outside but melting in the inside, along with the teriyaki sauce and chicken thigh. Next are OKU Aburi Salmon Roll, a Tasmanian salmon and mayo, salmon roe and lumpfish caviar; Karasumi Pasta, a bottarga with angel hair pasta, and ikura; Chicken Teriyaki, an organic chicken thigh with teriyaki sauce, onion dressing, and baby romaine lettuce; Houba Wagyu, a 150gr Australian wagyu stockyard M9+ with black garlic sauce, served with yakimeshi; and Tempura Udon, an Inaniwa noodles with prawn tempura, seasonal vegetables, dashi broth and sesame. All enticing six courses are paired with an extensive range of different Japanese sake and shochu, which creates an unforgettable dining experience.

Opening hours: Monday-Sunday (18:00–22:30) Email: izakaya.bali@kempinski.com Telephone: +62-361-209-2288

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Indonesian Food Lovers Congregate at Djakarta Bali in Paris

BY KUNANG HELMI

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in Hanaf i, the director of Restaurant Djakarta Bali in Paris, was born on November 19, 1964, in Cuba to the Indonesian Ambassador A.M. Hanafi, from Bengkulu, Sumatra and his Javanese spouse. But fate prevented them from returning home to Indonesia until much later.

The former Indonesian diplomat, wife, and family finally moved to Paris after Hanafi Sr. lost his job due to a political upheaval in Indonesia. Here, they decided to create an Indonesian restaurant as a way of presenting excellent Indonesian home cooking to the capital of fine cuisine. They also wanted to introduce Indonesian culture to France, as their professional experience as former diplomats would serve them well.

After much searching, and by a surprising stroke of luck – as Nin Hanafi would later describe it – his mother discovered the premises at 9 Rue Vauvilliers in the first district of the French capital, an ideal location on the Right Bank. The construction of the new commercial centre of Les Halles was completed in 1979, ensuring potential clients a novel, exotic type of cuisine in central Paris, easily accessible by public transport.

When Nin took over the family business after studying business administration plus having experience in the cosmetics and automobile industries, he was able to work out a real feasibility study where some changes from the original concept were made.

Sophistication is the key word dominating the present gastronomic approach.

Sophistication is the key word dominating the present gastronomic approach; a balanced palate of flavours can be discovered among the different menu tasting possibilities, served with delicious ginger tea, any chosen Indonesian coffee or other beverages.

Violetta Suganda supervises the culinary aspect of the enterprise. She introduces varied new recipes and ideas, besides taking care of public relations for the Indonesian market.

Violetta was the general manager of several firms in the hotel restaurant industry in Indonesia and is still involved in managing catering companies there.

Nin laughed, “Luckily for us, she agreed to meet the challenge of presenting fine Indonesian cuisine to France and joined the team in 2005.” Violetta largely participates in presenting culinary events to international schools, embassies and important business societies in France.

Although the building was almost empty at the time, the restaurant Djakarta Bali was finally opened after the necessary refurbishments, including kitchen and other facilities, were completed in 1984. This restaurant features Batik and Wayang Kulit figures, with Balinese ceremonial umbrellas and flags to decorate the facade, making the location visible. A large gilded Buddha statue from Central Java dominates the main dining area in the front of the premises. Furthermore, a second but less formal dining area is found two steps higher and leads to a winter garden.

Besides running the business side of Djakarta Bali, Nin explained, “I also founded the Indonesian Diaspora Network, whose members are Indonesians living in France, those who love Indonesia, former French expats who used to work or live in Indonesia and so forth. We organise cultural events to present Indonesia to the French public; conferences, film projections, introduction of Indonesian products, and we work together with the Indonesian Embassy here in France.”

Bali, included in the restaurant’s name, refers to the fabled island of the Indonesian archipelago, whereas Djakarta (written in the old way) refers to the capital where many different people of the Indonesian Republic gather to live and work, introducing multiple cultural exchanges. Presentations of mainly Balinese traditional dances are also showcased due to their dynamic nature on Friday evenings.

Traditional dishes and genuine family recipes were introduced by Ibu Hanafi to ensure authentic tastes and presentations.

Many spices like ginger, lemon balm and galangal are available in Paris, whereas other ingredients such as kemiri nuts, Curcuma leaves, or kencur roots have to be ordered from Indonesia or Holland.

However, Nin wished to keep certain aspects of the restaurant intact, such as an interior ref lecting an elegant Indonesian home, together with the best of Indonesian hospitality. The quality of the service is enhanced by warm Indonesian smiles from the personnel. The décor is dominated by Javanese teak furniture and walls covered by volcanic stone – similar to those of many temples in Java. Unusual serving dishes, plates and cutlery also enhance the visual presentation.

THE FAMOUS NASI GORENG DISH OF DJAKARTA BALI RESTAURANT

Recently, for example, they presented Maestro Indonesian chef William Wongso in an event celebrating the excellence of Indonesian Heritage in fine cuisine. The internationally renowned chef, who has published countless cookbooks, personally prepared his famous Rendang Wagyu for invited guests on the opening night. The slow-cooked tender Kobe beef in Indonesian style was and is continuing to be a huge success. Those interested in tasting this, together with savoury side-dishes, should book a table in the evenings to taste the delicious f lavour of the Sumatran recipe à la Wongso. It has become a permanent fixture of the romantic, fine dining evening experience.

About three years ago, the Indonesian Tourism Ministry began to take an active interest in the restaurant to help promote Indonesia abroad and attract European visitors. Gastronomy has become at least the fourth priority of the government as part of the Wonderful Indonesia program. Djakarta Bali now plays a pivotal role in the presentation of Indonesia abroad together with other restaurants of the global Indonesian Diaspora.

Fine dining is only part of the fixed program, besides the daily, weekly and midday menu which comes at about EUR20–25 (Rp312,278–390,347) without drinks. The restaurant also accepts restaurant tickets provided by French employers at lunch-time during the week.

Violetta and Nin feature brunch on Sundays where the choice is between Nasi Goreng Special and Mie Goreng Special alongside fresh juices and coffee or tea, topped off

by Indonesian sweet desserts. Prices vary according to what is consumed during the leisurely brunch served between noon until the last order at 2pm.

In the evenings, the complete Rijstafel Bali is the most expensive Rijstafel menu that’s perfect for those who want to splurge, including all the side dishes and starters with no drinks for EUR55 (Rp858,764), but could include the Djakarta Bali special cocktail for EUR8 (Rp124,911) or other drinks. À la carte options are also available.

The two partners have begun a catering service, and besides the take-away meals already available they are discussing whether they should introduce an afternoon tea service à la Indonesia between midday and evening on weekends.

Djakarta Bali will be included in the prestigious Pudlowski Guide 2020. Djakarta Bali VIP guest list already contains such luminaries as Catherine Deneuve, Grace Jones, Christine Lagarde, Surabaya’s Mayor Ibu Risma, singer Anggun, Jean-Charles Castelbajac, famous Indonesian actress Christine Hakim, actor Lambert Wilson, OBIN Indonesian batik designer, painter Kartika Affandi and many others.

9 Rue Vauvilliers, 75001 Paris Reservations: 01 45 08 83 11 Website: djakarta-bali.com Business hours: Mondays (closed), Tuesdays (7:30pm–11pm), Wednesdays–Saturdays (12–2:15pm & 7–11pm), Sundays (12–2:30pm & 7:30–11pm)

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Top 10 Restaurants for Healthy Eating in Bali

BY POLLY CHRISTENSEN

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ali has become a vibrant centre for people who enjoy nourishing food served in beautiful settings. Our guide for healthy eating features a selection of popular restaurants and cafés across the island; offering everything from organic food, to the latest green, vegan and vegetarian superfoods – it’s time to experience the foodie revolution!

MOTION CAFÉ (BATU BOLONG) Everything at Motion Café is of great value.

Whether you’re following a raw vegan, keto, paleo, organic, vegan, or a gluten-free diet, they have lots of options for you. From salads, curries, pesto pasta, and waffles: all the dishes are rich in vitamins, minerals and combined in a way that your body can absorb them effectively. Motion Café supports local farmers and uses organic products whenever possible, and you can book a consultation to build a meal plan that suits your body’s needs without giving up the food that you love!

MOTION CAFE

NALU BOWLS

THE SMOOTHIE SHOP JUICE & BREAKFAST BAR (BALANGAN) Located at Mandala Village, this shop overlooks the beautiful Belangan Beach, offering organic smoothie bowls, homeroasted granola, wholesome sandwiches, energy balls, juices, and raw delights that are produced by local farmers. It’s the perfect place for breakfast, lunch, brunch, or simply a cup of great, mildly roasted coffee to be enjoyed on their cozy terrace listening to relaxing music. The vegan options here are delicious, including Shakshuka made with vege chicken, and the chocolate bowl is a dream for every chocolate lover!

MATCHA CAFE BALI (CANGGU) This cozy neighbourhood cafe serves a great line of real Matcha green tea beverages that are complemented by a large selection of healthy gluten-free, refined sugar-free and vegan dishes. Open at 7.30 am, it offer surfers delicious wholesome breakfast options before their session. Recommended even for non-Matcha lovers, it has amazing lunch options such as Mushroom Gnocchi or snack varieties like their Macrobiotic Rainbow Bowl. Their Matcha Lemon Cheesecake and Matcha Tiramisu desserts sell out fast in Matcha heaven!

NALU BOWLS (ULUWATU) Inspired by Hawaii, Nalu bowls is the perfect pre and post-surf meal, with each bowl named after waves from around the world.

Located on the way to Uluwatu beach, Bali's first smoothie bowl shack offers local ingredients with homemade granola and recipes that will make your taste buds sing! Their J-Bay Bowl made with banana, granola, and peanut butter is a bowl of freshness in the heat of the day. Located five minutes from the beach, Nalu Bowls caters to people who enjoy giving their body a dose of amazing Acai goodness.

THE SEEDS OF LIFE CAFÉ (UBUD) Anyone who enjoys healthy eating will love this raw food café that serves a variety of extravagant delights from fresh juices, sprouted seeded hummus, to raw warmed pizza – all ingredients are made from organic produce grown in the rich volcanic soils and picked daily. Favourites include Malaysian Laksa, Korean Hobak Kimchi Rolls, Mexican Lasagne, and Gnocchi with Gorgonzola Blue Cheese.

Sample their delicious Ayurvedic drinks and treats from the dessert case. The Taoist herbal tea bar is a great option for a nightcap!

AVOCADO FACTORY (CANGGU) The Avocado Factory is the first bar in Southeast Asia founded from a love for avocados. Every item features the super fruit in a variety of visually stunning creations.

You’ll find avocados in the form of burgers as well as pressed in juices, infused in tacos and more. The truffle Eggs Benedict is a popular choice partnered with a selection of teas, including lychee tea. At Avocado Factory, you’ll find sustainably sourced avocados served in the most innovative ways. Drop by to get your avocado fix at any time of the day!

MATCHA CAFE BALI

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SOUL IN A BOWL (SANUR) Soul in a Bowl was established to fill a gap in the Sanur restaurant scene by offering innovative and healthy food, served in a vibrant and relaxed environment. Their menu focuses on flavour and locally sourced ingredients, accompanied by great coffee, cocktails, and wine right on the beach! Vegetarians will be spoilt for choice by their fresh and delicious menu. Try their Falafel Wrap, homemade Kombucha, and the sweet and salty French Toast.

An Afternoon Spent at Wyndham Casablanca Jakarta

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NÜDE (BERAWA) Located along Berawa’s popular strip, Nüde is a crowd-pleaser for organic foodies and digital nomads alike, with absolutely delicious food served with stylish local chic.

There is plenty of space with air-conditioned areas and reliable WiFi. An excellent selection of kefir, juices, and smoothies with a great variety of raw and vegetarian/vegan options such as Tangy Papaya Roll, Protein Salad or Smashed Pumpkin. The grilled Beef Tenderloin, slow-roasted Pork or Teriyaki Salmon will satisfy meat and fish lovers. For those with a sweet tooth, we recommend their homemade plant-based treats.

GENIUS CAFÉ VISION (GIANYAR) Building upon the success of Genius Café Sanur, Genius Café Vision in Gianyar serves locally crafted and organically sourced whole foods and signature drinks to a global community of entrepreneurs and digital nomads with fast WiFi. The cafe is casual and upbeat with a beautiful garden outside.

Their menu includes delectable healthy food including plant-based drinks, coffee, smoothie bowls, and frittas, well balanced in flavours and textures. Creamy Mushroom Pasta and Twice-Cooked Duck are the favourites. Drinks are designed by alchemist Kittea Ukkola, offering locally grown superfoods and essential oils, combined with herbal tonics and house-infused alcohols.

PELOTON SUPERSHOP (BERAWA) This fun and vibrant café will change the way you think about vegan life forever. Order everything from rainbow-coloured smoothie bowls to Pecan Pies, nachos or Green Burgers, great Açai bowls, pasta and salads, the latest kombucha drinks and ayurvedic teas. The open space upstairs is a great place to access fast internet, and to enjoy the reasonably priced Marathon Breakfast Plate. Peloton is great for kids with their separate menu, who can take a roam around the bicycle shop.

Whether your passion is to detox on fresh juices made from locally grown produce or sitting by picturesque rice fields eating organic Nasi Campur, Bali will make you fall in love with food in a way you never thought possible!

More and more healthy eatery joints are around Jakarta, to cater to the growing health-conscious community. RIVA Grill Bar & Terrace at Wyndham Casablanca is an ideal option to get all the necessary nutrients we need to get our days going.

Choose the healthy lunch set or ala carte dishes curated by Chef Hengky Efendy – a way to indulge without worrying about expanding waistlines. “You are what you eat, so eat right. Basically whatever your taste buds enjoy for the moment can affect you in a few years ahead. For example, you momentarily satisfy your sweet tooth with cakes yet in three, five to ten years you find something wrong with your health,” said Chef Hengky.

It starts with the person’s intention: if they’re eager to live a long, healthy life they would be more conscious of what they consume, however, “they need to be educated first, then they can change their mindsets.”

The plant-based RIVA Super Bowl filled with a low GI grain, protein, healthy fats and organic vegetables will not crush the body’s sugar levels. Inside this big bowl are nutrient-packed ingredients: barley rice, roasted sweet potato, chickpeas, mushroom, and asparagus, along with steamed broccoli and cauliflower, sliced avocado and fresh imported cherry tomatoes, accompanied by a light sauce of ginger, garlic, and lemon. Sip on RIVA’s homemade original flavoured kombucha while enjoying this meal by the restaurant’s terrace, viewing the hotel’s lagoon pool. Still have room for dessert?

No worries, RIVA offers non-dairy and low sugar desserts.

RIVA has both indoor and outdoor bars so guests can enjoy some cocktails – uniquely named after Wyndham’s staff – while guests wait for the chef’s recommended juicy Tomahawk Steak for dinner. This RIVA signature dish that’s coated with butter is aged for 40

days with pink Himalayan salt inside its refrigerator until it’s very tender, and displayed for anyone to check out.

“It’s very casual here in RIVA. People can have lunch meetings or catch up over dinner and drinks at night. Certainly, steak lovers cherish RIVA,” said Chef Hengky. “Though RIVA isn’t fine dining, I make sure the presentation is uniquely highlighted.”

Fitting a maximum of 100 people, this contemporary designed restaurant’s healthy lunch set menu is worth Rp199,000++ per person whereas meat lovers can enjoy dishes from Rp85,000++ to Rp1,199,000++ per person. Or go for the Indonesian delicacies buffet at Cafe One – Wyndham is a foodie’s haven.

Wyndham is the perfect place for businesses, families and leisure travellers.

With Indonesian guests choosing to spend their Jakarta nights here, people of other Asian nationalities and Australians are no strangers either. The relaxing lagoon pool, CrossFit inspired gym, colourful kids’ room, and even a residence of 36 serviced apartments on the third to sixth floors (1-3 bedrooms) is ideal for long-term travellers, or just to indulge in a 220 sqm Presidential Suite on the 17th floor – Wyndham is the perfect place to rest in one of the 280 rooms, even for a weekend “staycation.”

Sports events such as yoga by the pool are regularly done here. Couples seeking a more intimate wedding venue can have their eventful, dreamy day at Lagoon Poolside, and 12 meeting rooms ideal for MICE venues are available.

Cafe One Asian Fusion: Daily from 6 am to 11 pm RIVA Grill Bar & Terrace: Monday - Sunday at 11:30 am to 12 pm

Jl. Casablanca Kav.18, Jakarta Reservations: call (021)-828-2000 or email: reservations @wyndhamcasablancajakarta.com

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CEO AND PRESIDENT DIRECTOR OF PT. SEWU SEGAR PRIMATAMA (Re.juve)

Richard Anthony juice requires an extractor or a blender; a machine that’ll slice fruits and vegetables a thousand times a minute, but this produces heat which destroys most of the vitamins, antioxidants, and nutrients. Also, very high rates of oxidation happens as the extractor or blender rotates a thousand times, which is bad for the quality of fresh produce. By using a blender or extractor, none of us will get the necessary goodness, taste and nutrition from the fruits and vegetables. This isn’t aligning well with our mission to provide the freshest and purest ingredients for the public.

After some more research, it turns out that a cold-pressed juice is categorised as healthy, as long as it’s pure and natural (made from only fresh fruits and vegetables without additional water, sugar and preservatives). Cold pressing is a technology where it crunches slowly and doesn’t produce heat, which means there will be no oxidation. As a result, all nutrients, vitamins and even the freshness of the ingredients remain, while also having a longer shelf-life.

How do you process a cold-pressed juice?

Re.juve’s juice production is done in a sealed room to minimise air contamination. The room is also chilled at an average 10 degrees Celcius. By doing this, bacteria won’t grow and the freshness of the products remains. Starting from selecting ingredients, we always look at the quality. No matter what the circumstance is, checking the quality is important.

Afterwards, we wash the ingredients with drinkable water that’s filtered and sterilised

by UV, and then it goes into the bubble wash stage that uses chlorinated drinkable water to wash skin deep for about two to three minutes to kill the bacteria. The next stage is rinsing. After rinsing three times using drinkable and Reverse Osmosis (RO) water, we peel and weigh and then move onto the cold-pressed process. In this process, we use a hydraulic and triturating cold-pressed juicers that pushes the air out – not like a blender or extractor. Now it’s time to pour in the juice and finally seal the bottles.

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e only have one body; therefore, we should be taking care of it, not intoxicating it. Living a fuller, happier life is everyone’s wish but external factors tend to intefere. CEO and President Director of PT. Sewu Segar Primatama (Re.juve), Richard Anthony sat down with Indonesia Expat to discuss the importance of health and the glorious benefits of coldpressed juices.

What was the inspiration and aim to start Re.juve?

I used to live in Singapore and also travelled a lot. My weight fluctuated and ballooned, compared to now. I started adopting a sustainable healthier lifestyle as soon as I realised the importance of my health and managed to reduce my weight from 84 kg to 71 kg. Then, I moved back to Indonesia and frankly it was very difficult for me to find delicious and healthy food and drinks at the time.

Six years after my return home in 2007, I was given the challenge to start a company based on agriculture or fresh produce under PT. Sewu Segar Primatama. Studies were conducted, but we couldn’t immediately decide on the product. Starting with a bigger mission is vital. For Re.juve, its mission is to build something that can help customers live a sustainable healthy lifestyle to the fullest, or what we like to call a happier life. Therefore this product we were creating has to be good and beneficial for everyone, revolving around three main factors: delicious, healthy and honest.

Why did you choose cold-pressed juices as the product of Re.juve?

Juices can be consumed at any time of the day, and anywhere you are, so it can become part of our lifestyles. People drink juices because they want to get all of the vitamins, antioxidants and nutrients from the fresh fruits and vegetables. Conventionally making

Since late 2018, Re.juve had started using a High Pressure technology (HPP) to increase product safety level further which automatically translated into a longer shelflife. With HPP, we place a sealed bottle into this machine’s chamber filled with chilled water, measured in about five degrees Celsius.

The machine starts pumping the water until the pressure shows a maximum of 6,000 bars.

Mind you, this is very high water pressure.

We cannot use pasteurised technology for fresh juices or other raw product because the heat will destroy the taste and most of the nutritions. HPP technology gives consumers safety similiar to pasteurized food and drinks, while maintaining the freshness, taste and rich flavours from fresh fruits and vegetables as well as their nutrition benefits.

As a matter of fact, Re.juve is the first ASEAN country to use HPP in an integrated coldpressed juice production facility. Though

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HPP’s operational and investment costs are more expensive than pasteurisation, Re.juve believes in giving the best of the best, delicious selections for everyone to indulge without any hygienic and health-related concerns.

What are the differences between Re.juve’s cold-pressed juices and any other juices out there?

All of Re.juve’s juices are 100 percent coldpressed, fresh, pure and natural. We will never add water, sugar, artificial sweetener and preservatives or anything. All of the ingredients are chosen carefully based on the freshness. There’s also an organic line of products! You can check out the ingredient list on the labels – it’s part of our mission to stay open, honest and transparent with all of our consumers – What You See is What You Get #CleanLabel.

We only have one body; therefore, we should be taking care of it, not intoxicating it.

Re.juve was formed in 2014 but it had zero presence then. How did you and the rest of the Re.juve team take Re.juve to today's existence?

Re.juve is a brand with integrity as honesty and transparency are the core values we highly believe in. Staying consistent and committed to our value, while also being flexible have guided Re.juve throughout all of these years. We are an idealistic company, which tends to translate into a stubborn characteristic. That’s okay. We mean it when we say, it must be delicious, healthy and made with only fresh and pure ingredients.

We never negotiate on drifting away from the company’s mission because that just defeats the purpose of our aim to aid the public into a happier, healthier life. Have you noticed that there isn’t any strawberry juice? Well, it’s not like we never tried to create one; it’s just that we haven’t found the right mixture to make it tasty without adding any sugar or other ingredients, which will violate our commitment to only produce cold-pressed juices that are 100 percent fresh, pure and natural. So, for now, we have strawberries inside Re.juve’s infused water.

Constantly finding innovative ways to grow that enable our customers to make wiser decisions is always discussed among the Re.juve team. See, if you already fill yourself with Re.juve’s products, you don’t have time to fill your body with “sinful” food/drinks. Be kind to your body.

Creating a happier and healthier life is highlighted by the brand. Why is this important?

We purposely use the term “happier” because, in order to be happy, you must be healthy first.

On the other hand, the key ingredients to live healthily comprise of 70 percent nutrition and 30 percent physical exercise. With Re.juve, we want our consumers to live a sustainable healthy life. To do that, they have to enjoy the process since society tends to struggle when it comes to health. If something is nutritionally beneficial for you but it’s not something you like or enjoy at all, then it will not work out

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in the long run. After a while, it will be forgotten. In this case, everything produced and sold by Re.juve must be delicious, healthy and honest.

Re.juve is not a juice company, it's a lifestyle. It's about making wiser decisions on what to consume in our daily life so we can enjoy life to the fullest.

Seen on Re.juve's Instagram account, posting educational updates to the masses is often done.

Is this a part of Re.juve's role in promoting a healthier lifestyle?

Education is key. Re.juve is flexible enough to market its products by suitable ways that directly get attention from specific age groups for instance. If millennials lean on Instagram, Re.juve is there.

Since the beginning, Re.juve never really preferred using top of the line advertisements because ads have less information displayed to the public. Instead, we would rather have talk shows and seminars where the team hands out the products for everyone to try out and see proof of the facts we discussed.

These interactions also support Re.juve’s honest character to never hide anything from the public. Anyway, mouth to mouth is a powerful advertisement. Slowly but surely, the brand became stronger accompanied by trust and even connection with the customers.

a lot, and that has helped me in making the best deals for Re.juve. As a startup, Re.juve’s mission is clear but the execution aspect needed to be flexible. This is the where my “agile” experiences in IT help a lot. I truly believe nobody should ever blindly follow a plan.

What is a fun fact everybody should know about you?

Many people say that I am a very demanding person. I don’t think that’s wrong – everyone is capable of doing something as long as they’re committed to it. I consider myself an easy-going person, yet some people think otherwise. My new personal assistant thinks I’m a funny person, although I tend to be reserved with my emotions. Nonetheless, I always look at the process, not just the results. I also like to travel as well as enjoying nice and delicious food and drinks.

What are the best-selling products from Re.juve?

Asian Green, i.Glow, u.Glow, Beat That, Tropic Golden (Turmeric), Almond Milk, Copacabana, Mocha Latte, Avocacao High, Chocolate High and many more!

Will there be other products besides juices, smoothies, and snacks anytime soon?

Re.juve is not a juice company, it’s a lifestyle.

You can find a selection of food and beverages at our stores. We have some salads coming in from third parties at our stores. Looking back at our principles, we are always open to provide meals in the future but it depends on the product, the market and customer needs.

Sometimes there’s a dish that’s healthy but it isn’t considered delicious, and that detracts from Re.juve’s mission. In short, we will only provide customers with F&B that are delicious, healthy and honest.

I get the impression that you are passionate about health. Are you?

I have a passion for a healthier sustainable lifestyle. Sometimes I like to ask my team, do you love yourself? If you do, then why do you constantly feed yourself with non-healthy food/drinks? You only have one body. The more unhealthy food/drinks you consume, the less chance you will get to enjoy life for a longer, fuller time. I sincerely don’t believe in diets though. I’ll eat everything, especially when I go travelling, as long as it is the best available version of a particular dish. We can do this as long as we have been kind to our body by consuming delicious and healthy foods and drinks in our daily life.

What about your favourite Re.juve drink and snack?

To be honest, I like a lot of Re.juve’s drinks. It depends on the occasion because Re.juve can fit regardless of our lifestyles. I like the Asian Green, u.Glow, Super Green, Passion fruit and Tropic Golden juices. After a workout, I like to have the Chocolate High Smoothies since they’re packed with 30g protein and 10g fibre from banana, oatmeal, natural peanut butter, whey chocolate protein and fresh milk or almond milk. Re.juve’s infused water filled

Re.juve is a brand with integrity. We always declare every single ingredients used so customers know exactly what they consumed; What You See is What You Get. All of our juices are coldpressed, 100% fresh, pure and natural. with lemon, mint and/or strawberry is one of my favourites to hydrate my body; it’s light, almost zero calories and has a fruity flavour.

As for snacks, I like everything but to narrow it down, it has to be the mix munchies and Organic Cacao Nibs and Cashew.

Have you tried out Re.juve's detox programs?

Yes, of course! The biggest challenge is not being able to chew anything; as it was all in liquid form. When we launched the detoxifying three-day juice fast, I tried it and lost 1 kg. To be clear, we never promote any detox programs as a way to lose weight.

Detox is self-cleansing and good to give your body and its organs a time to take it easy digesting the healthy and non-healthy foods and drinks we consume daily. These organs already detox on their own but physical environmental factors hinder the cleansing

process. Again, Re.juve wants to help people in an honest way. We never say our juices detox your body, but our juices can aid and boost up the conditions of your organs so they can detox properly.

Moving onto you, please describe your background till you eventually became CEO & President Director of PT Sewu Segar Primatama.

I was born and raised in Jakarta. I did all of my education in Indonesia, including my Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, although that wasn’t my first choice. I also did my MBA from the University of Melbourne.

I spent most of my career in IT until late 2013; nine years in Indofood, 14 months in Guinness Indonesia, and another 9.5 years in Singapore. In 2007, I came back to Indonesia where I joined the Sewu Group as Group CIO until 2013, when I made a very far jump in 2014 to start and handle Re.juve.

When I made that career switch, it was a huge challenge. I didn’t have any food and beverage (F&B) retail experience, though I did have senior management experiences for many years. I came into a silver lining of having a bigger opportunity to expand personally and professionally. During my IT days, I was happy to be able to contribute in many ways and got recognised as one of the best CIOs in ASEAN by IDG. Both industries made me happy, but here I get to do and contribute much more because I’m surrounded by a wonderful team that I get to see grow and shine.

With several specialties in business management, analytical skills, etc under your belt, how have these skills influenced your work in Re.juve?

In IT, I often used to analyse in detail since I’m a very logical person. I also negotiated

What are your hobbies?

I like to play badminton and work out in the gym. I’m quite a competitive person.

Usually, I play doubles in badminton against competitive people because that’s more enjoyable and allows me to improve my skills.

Frankly, I workout at the gym or running just to enhance my stamina to play better badminton (laughs). I also like to watch movies at home or at the theatres. I’d go for action, comedy and any type of movie that has hidden life values to motivate me. I kind of stray away from drama because it’s rather boring.

Lastly, what is your personal and corporate ten years plan?

Ten years is a long time. Hopefully, I can still lead and continue to grow Re.juve because I told the team, Re.juve is growing well but we aren’t close to achieving our vision and mission yet. Until 2018 we’ve only catered to Jabotabek. There are expansion plans for other cities and regions of Indonesia. That’s why we started using HPP to make Re.juve products shelf life last longer. Re.juve is now also available in Surabaya, Bali, then soon other cities in Java. Probably overseas distribution will be done sometime in the future; once we find the right partner for that.

To be able to see Re.juve products literally in every Indonesian household will be amazing.

That’s my vision for Re.juve, and help these young talents to achieve their dreams at the same time. By the time I retire, I will prepare someone suitable and capable to continue Re.juve or else, it would be a waste.

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Weekend Brunch Spots in Jakarta & Bali

RAFFLES Saturday Chinese Brunch at Arts Cafe showcases the best of Cantonese-inspired and Chinese seasonal favourites with an award-winning culinary flair. Savour Chef Maria Wang’s new line-up of culinary delights specially prepared at the interactive Show Kitchen, such as the Chinese Crispy Suckling Pig, Roast Pork Belly with Homemade BBQ Sauce and BBQ Pork Spare Ribs – surely an absolute must-try for Chinese food lovers everywhere.

BY MIRELLA PANDJAITAN

A long time ago, having a sumptuous brunch with a fine bottle of wine or bubbly between breakfast and lunch seemed insane in Indonesia. Fast-forward to today, weekend brunch is the time to relax with our loved ones, over meaningful conversations and of course, delicious food and drinks. Allow us to take you on a culinary adventure around Jakarta and Bali, so that you can have that delightful yet also lazy brunch day to get you pumped for the week ahead.

THE WESTIN JAKARTA Brunch overlooking the unbeatable Jakarta skyline at Seasonal Taste, The Westin will take you on a palate journey through a market-style food selection that includes Western, Indian, Asian and Indonesian cuisines, accompanied by free-flow beer, iced tea, and soft drinks.

Day, Time & Price: Saturday & Sunday, 12 pm – 4 pm Rp488,000++ (12–2:30 pm) Rp388,000++ (2.30–4 pm) Address: Jl. HR. Rasuna Said Kav. C-22, South Jakarta Reservations: (021)2788-7768 or 0877-7500-2100

KERATON AT THE PLAZA Looking for an indulgent weekend treat like no other? Bengawan Restaurant lets you relax, enjoy and savour mouth-watering dishes perfect over catching-up sessions and free-flow Moet & Chandon Champagne. You can choose from a sumptuous buffet that includes Wagyu Beef, Grilled Lobster, Nasi Uduk, Avruga Caviar, and many more. But of course, classic brunch dishes such as Chicken & Waffle, Steak & Egg as well as Florentine Benedict are available. Finish off with chocolate brownies, crepes and the signature Bolu Keju while you’re at it.

Day, Time & Price: Sunday at 12 – 3 pm for Rp1,598,000++/person Champagne Brunch (free-flow cocktails, wine, champagne, fresh juices, flavoured iced tea, mineral water, coffee & tea) & Rp598,000++ /person Non-Alcoholic Package Address: Jl. M.H. Thamrin No.Kav. 15, Gondangdia, Central Jakarta Reservations: (021)-5030-2993 or email bengawan.keratonattheplaza@ luxurycollection.com

HOTEL MULIA SENAYAN The Sunday Brunch at il Mare is a long-established popular gathering for those who appreciate great food, service, and ambiance. Begin with an appetiser buffet that includes a wide selection of Italian antipasti, and then continue to the decadent premium grill selections of premium meats and seafood. Don’t miss il Mare chef's specialty pass around items, il Mare’s unique version of Tiramisu as well as unlimited bubbles and cocktails!

Day, Time & Price: Saturday at 12 – 3:30 pm for IDR 488,000++/person (free flow Chinese tea & juices) Address: Ciputra World 1, Jl. Prof. DR. Satrio No.Kav 3 5, Jakarta Reservations: (021)-2988-0888 or email dining.jakarta@raffles.com.

SHANGRI-LA HOTEL Relive your passion for true Italian cuisine during brunch at Rosso. Enjoy a buffet filled with antipasti, a meat and fish-carving station, a live-cooking pasta station with seafood, Italian cheeses and desserts. Or go have Italian Chef Gianfranco Pirrone’s made-to-order ala carte selections such as this egg inspired brunch dish: Uova alla Franco (Black Bun with Poached Eggs and Salmon Tartare served with Truffle Hollandaise Sauce) and also this homemade pasta: Filleto di Manzo (Beef Tenderloin and Foie Gras served with Sautéed Parmesan Spinach and Gorgonzola Sauce).

Day, Time & Price: Sunday at 11 am – 2 pm for IDR 558,000++ (free flow mineral water, soft drinks, mocktails, fresh juices, & affogato) Address: Kota BNI Kav. 1 Jalan Raya Jatiwaringin, Karet Tengsin, Jakarta Reservations: (021)-2922-9999 or email to fbreservation.slj@ shangri-la.com

Day & Time: Sunday at 11 am – 3 pm Address: Jl. Asia Afrika, RT.1/RW.3, Gelora, Central Jakarta Reservations: (021)-574-7777 or visit http://bit.ly/ilMarebooking

HOTEL INDONESIA KEMPINSKI Nibble on the legendary Bubur Ayam HI along with other sumptuous and delectable buffet spread of Indonesian and Asian delicacies during the Weekend Buffet at Signatures Nirwana, Kempinski. For all of you BCA credit card users, a special offer of Pay 1 Eat 2 is waiting for you!

Day, Time & Price: Saturday & Sunday at 12 – 3 pm for Rp295,000++/person Address: Jl. M.H. Thamrin No.1, Menteng, Central Jakarta.

Reservations: (021)-2358-3898 or email signatures.jakarta@kempinski.com

INTERCONTINENTAL PONDOK INDAH Sugar Spice offers the freshest seafood, succulent meats and an enticing array of favourite gourmet delicacies. You are spoiled with signature trolleys that present premium culinary selections, such as Smoked Salmon and Caviar on Melba toast, homemade Bloody Mary, and Crepe Suzette. The sustainable line-caught “Catch of The Day,” prime meat carvings and delightful anti-griddle ice cream will be prepared for each and everyone’s liking.

Day, Time & Price: Saturday Rp388,000++/person & Sunday Rp488,000++/person at 12 – 3 pm Address: Jl. Metro Pondok Indah Kav. IV TA, Kebayoran Lama, South Jakarta Reservations: (021)-3950-7355 or 0811-1037-355

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HAKKASAN Dim Sum Weekends engage with the unique elements of Hakkasan’s personality; calmness, tranquility, and humility translated into a simple, elegant and vibrant experience.

Two menus are available; Qilin and Jasmine (vegetarianfriendly) menus. To name a few within these two menus, the Qilin menu has Truffle Steamed Shanghai Xiao Long Bao and Truffle Crispy Prawn, whereas the Jasmine menu has Sichuan Mapo Dumpling and vegetables in Sichuan sauce or Tofu. Don’t just end there - have tea, fruit blend soft cocktails, Raspberry Snow Bun and Es Teler too.

Day, Time & Price: Saturday & Sunday at 11:30 am - 3 pm for Rp688,000++/ person for Qilin & Jasmine & Rp988.000++/person Qlin & Jasmine paired with champagne & choice of cocktail Address: SCBD Lot 11 Jl. Jenderal Sudirman Kav. 52-53, South Jakarta Reservations: (021)-50808766/+62811-9628-001 or email reservationjkt@hakkasan.com

THE WESTIN RESORT NUSA DUA In honour of turning six, Prego will be filled with familyfriendly celebrations for the entire month of November. From an extensive Italian buffet to colourful entertainment and fun novelties, you will have a weekend dining experience that is just too good to miss. You can enjoy a garden barbeque, live music, a magician, piñata, door prizes, and a Splish-Splash Pool Party at the Premier Pool for the little ones to cool off under the watchful eye of the Westin Family Kids Club team.

VONG KITCHEN, ALILA Executive chef Cédric has crafted a brunch menu that will bring a smile to your faces. This menu includes the signature Crispy French Toast with caramelised apple and a choice of pork or beef bacon, or on the quintessential brunch dish that is Eggs Benedict served with chilli hollandaise sauce with either pork ham, smoked salmon or sautéed spinach, to Smoked Salmon Tower as well as a kids menu of Scrambled Eggs with Toast and Grilled Cheese.

Day & Time: Saturday & Sunday at 11 am – 3 pm Address: Alila SCBD Jakarta, Lot 11, Jl. Jend. Sudirman No.Kav. 52-53, Jakarta Reservations: 0817-7668-8066 or follow on Instagram @ vongkitchen

W BALI – SEMINYAK Sunday brunch at FIRE promises to heighten every sense with a vibrant mix of flavours and aromas, as the bustling combination of stalls and food carts features tastes from the West to the East. A welcome drink of Secret of Amazon and Shirley Temple starts the expedition towards roasts, tartars, salads and raw bar.

Eventually, you can venture out to Argentinean grills (lamb merguez, pork ribs), Mexican Tacorilla (taco, nachos), curry corner, soup corner and the Dessert Cave - set in One Below room, filled with options of chocolate ice cream, vanilla frozen yogurt, crème brulee, to assorted Balinese cake.

Day, Time & Price: Sunday at 12 - 3 pm for Rp585,000++/ person (food & non-alcoholic beverages) & Rp1,235,000++/person (food & free-flow wine, beer, juices, smoothies) Address: Jl. Petitenget Kerobokan, Seminyak, Bali Reservations: (0361)3000106 or email bf.wbali@whotels.com

THE APURVA KEMPINSKI BALI Brunchcation offers you a buffet filled with an international cheese counter, exotic seafood bar, grill station, assorted sushi and sashimi, a freshly baked bread station, desserts and abundant Indonesian light-bites (Jajanan Pasar) while overlooking a fresh view of the 60-metre infinity swimming pool and the Indian Ocean.

Don’t forget to take a stroll along the beach, dip in the play pools, play the water sports activities or go to Apurva Spa while you’re here.

Day, Time & Price: Sunday at 12 – 3 pm for Rp550,000 nett/person (Adults) & 50 percent off Children aged 6-12 years Address: lot 4, Jl. Raya Nusa Dua Selatan, Badung, Bali Reservations: (0361)2092288

Day, Time & Price: Sunday at 11:30 am – 3 pm. Rp485,000++/person Address: BTDC, Jl. Nusa Dua No.3, Bali Reservations: visit www.westinnusaduabali.com or Instagram @westinbali

HOTEL BOROBUDUR JAKARTA Pamper yourself for a weekend escape at Hotel Borobudur Jakarta or simply bring your little ones to Bogor Café for an exquisite brunch. The kids can dwell in the Fun Kids Activity, while you stroll along a wide array of tasty courses in the buffet.

Day, Time & Price: Sunday at 11:30 am – 3 pm for Rp418,000++/person Address: Jl. Lap. Banteng Selatan, Sawah Besar, Jakarta Reservations: (021)-380-5555 ext. 73400 or (021)-383-5000 ext. 73441

THE MULIA – NUSA DUA Due to popular demand, Soleil Brunch is now available on Fridays too! Soleil’s gourmet brunch offers a delectable buffet as well as a generous selection of an all-youcan-eat a la carte menu, featuring hot and cold Pan-Asian appetisers, imported cheese station, vegetarian station, fresh seafood tower, Asian and International dishes, live grill station, as well as two dedicated dessert stations featuring tempting sweets and treats, fruits and a chocolate fountain.

You can also pair your brunch with specially designed packages including free-flow sparkling wine and selected cocktails or mocktails.

Day & Time: Friday & Sunday at 11 am – 3 pm Address: Jl. Raya Nusa Dua Selatan, Nusa Dua, Bali Reservations: (0361)03017777 or email to fb.reservation@ themulia.com

MöVENPICK RESORT & SPA, JIMBARAN Sunday Family Jazz Brunch at the resort’s lively Anarasa Restaurant offers brunch with more live cooking stations, jazz acoustic live performances, and a magician show. An extensive selection of culinary delights such as Bali’s Babi Guling, grilled premium meats, Asian noodle bar, pan-fried Foie Gras, Indian Chicken Tandoori, along with Chef Eduardo’s freshest Peruvian Ceviche, and a delectable selection of sweet treats are waiting for you.

HYATT REGENCY, SANUR Lazy long chats by the beach, in the company of good food, some cocktails, and relaxing music can be felt at Pizzaria Sunday Brunch. Here, you and your loved ones can indulge in sourdough based pizza, creamy lasagna, Italian meatballs, homemade Tiramisu, Thai Red Curry to Jimbaran-style seafood. Chefs will walk around with their “tease of the day,” from freshly fried Arancini to melt-in-yourmouth Semifreddo.

Day, Time & Price: Sundays at 11:30 am - 3:00 pm for Rp450,000++ for the Non-Alcoholic Package, Rp1,050,000++ (cocktails, beers, wines, sparkling wines & house pour), FREE (Children below 6) & HALF PRICE (Children: 6–12 years) Address: Jl. Danau Tamblingan No.89, Sanur, Bali Reservations: (0361)281234

Price: Rp450,000 net (Adult), Rp112,500 net (Children: 6-12 years), Rp225,000 net (Children: 12-16 years) & IDR 350,000 net/person for free-flow selected cocktails, wine & beer Address: Jl. Wanagiri No.1, Jimbaran, Bali Reservations: (0361)4725777 or email Resort.Bali.Rest-Resv@movenpick.com.

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Learn to be a Raw Vegan Food Chef in Ubud with Dr. Amy Rachelle

BY ERIC BUVELOT (IMAGES BY BALI SENIMAN PHOTO)

Ubud, the Mecca of alternative healing and well-being. You will learn what inflammatory free foods are and how to avoid demineralised hybridised foods such as soy, corn, cashews, and peanuts. On top of your newly acquired kitchen skills, you’ll become an expert on food facts too.

What about the equipment? On this site, you will need appliances like a high-performance Vitamix blender, a food processor and a dehydrator. Combined, these three basic machines cost less than the average stove and oven. Another must is a good source of water, which can be a problem in Indonesia.

A good filtration system is necessary to protect your gut microbiome daily. Concerned about parasites in Bali? Dr. Amy suggests eating organic, knowing your food source, and soaking your produce for two hours in food grade hydrogen peroxide water before consuming.

To summarise her mission for well-being through food, Dr. Amy mentions six important keywords of why raw food. First, water, because we are made up of 70 percent water. Second, fibre; keep in mind that meat

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riginally from New-York, Amy Rachelle has been teaching her culinary raw vegan food retreats for nine years in Ubud, through Nu-De, her Holistic Nutrition & Detox School. As a naturopath, Dr. Amy's predominant focus on food is not only on taste, but also on true healing and wellbeing. She has been on raw vegan food since 1996. Through her pro raw chef and teacher Jillian Love from California, Dr. Amy is the concept creator behind the recipes. She is much more of an educator than a chef. “Food is medicine when we know how to use it to heal naturally,” she says.

As the festive season is approaching quickly, why not dare to prepare something completely different for Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Year celebrations, instead of the usual turkey, foie gras and champagne? How about adding a mozzarella Caprese salad or Indian spices veggie burger to your menu? Dr. Amy Rachelle will lead you through her master chef training with science class, meditation, yoga and sharing circles. Nu-De is not only about food, but it’s also a holistic approach that teaches you how to detox with fasting and juices.

“In everyday modern life, the food we eat is often compromised” she asserts. We can achieve what she calls “ultimate health,” building an immune system that keeps us healthy all the way, primarily when giving attention to what we eat. We can age and be healthier than we were when younger, the naturopathic doctor says. Dr. Amy indeed teaches a medicinal approach to healing with whole and raw foods, to be fully alive and release our “superpowers,” as she mentions with an enigmatic smile.

But what exactly is raw food? Well, it is mostly understood as a dietary practice made of uncooked and unprocessed food. It can also be prepared as sophisticated gourmet cuisine.

If you go vegan on your rawism, this means you also want to clean up your kitchen from meat, fish, and dairy. At Nu-De, you will learn another concept very important to Dr. Amy’s approach: proper food combining. As raw food has now come a long way from obscure to fashionable, it has fallen into the hands of chefs who give more focus on taste than wellbeing.

Though delicious to the tongue, improper food combining most often creates fermentation in the gut, which is the root of different issues, from digestive to skin problems, fatigue, and other impairments. In her holistic approach, Amy Rachelle recommends little nut use for instance. She also teaches how to make healthy sweeteners with low to zero glycemic index. During the training presented in a 3 X 5-day program, you will learn how to prepare

We can achieve “ultimate health,” building an immune system that keeps us healthy all the way, primarily when giving attention to what we eat. raw food for every day, how to detox and how to do business with what you have learned at Nu-De. Raw veganism offers more variety and options in a daily diet than you may have thought possible. And don’t worry about the practical side of where to buy food and supplies. Dr. Amy will give you all the tips and tricks to be a smart raw food chef in Bali, thanks to her extensive network – complete with farmers, suppliers, and healers – in

and dairy contain zero fibre. Third, pH balance - eat foods that are pH balanced.

Fourth, bio-electrical current, because high heat cooking destroys the (nerve) electricity we run on. Fifth, oxygen, we need it to breathe but also in our food. And lastly, enzymes… these useful scavengers clean up our system and are almost annihilated when food is cooked.

So, are you ready to become a raw food “cook”? Yes, true, the word “cook” is not proper anymore in a raw food kitchen… The only revolution you need to go through is one of your minds. Switching towards a new mindset is the key to success when turning to it. People need guidance to achieve this change of diet properly and, as Amy Rachelle puts it, “unfortunately, most raw food chefs don’t even know or care about the medicinal aspect of food.” In the end, good hygiene and quality control on top of raw food preparation skills and knowledge will guarantee anybody a healthy diet and a “super-powered” life.

And you know what? It’s delicious… Good appetite! www.amyrachelle.com Free tips and delicious recipes if you contact Amy directly at amy@amyrachelle.com

A Creative Approach to Uplifting Lives: Bringing the Joy of Reading and Literacy to City Slum Kids Jakarta, a city of more than 20 million people; captivating, enchanting, sometimes perplexing, rose to prosperity during the last commodity boom, evident from the rows of gleaming skyscrapers and towering office buildings dotting the major roads in the city. Look beyond the glistening skyscrapers and right at the foot of these buildings of this spellbinding city, you will see the people of Jakarta going about their daily lives, buying their meals from street food push-carts and makeshift stalls. By taking a stroll further down these paths, you will meander into the small lanes that will lead you to the urban slum dwellings which characterise much of Jakarta.

how to raise funds for these children in a way that leverages their strengths and got the whole school involved. Thus, the Ichthus creative project, “Blessed to be a Blessing,” was born.

This is a city of contrast - despite the many towering offices, one quarter of the residents of Jakarta live in slums, among whom are 1.5 million* children. Gerobak Pintar, the brainchild of a local education entrepreneur, Mrs See Mun Suparno, was set up to help them climb out of the cycle of poverty through education and literacy. With a mission to bring the joy of reading to the little children of the slums, Gerobak Pintar, which literally translates to “Smart-Carts,” found a creative twist to bringing the concept of a mobile library localised to reach into the hearts of these slums. Stocked with books and puppets for storytelling, volunteers regularly read, tell stories, and perform puppet shows for the little children living in the backstreets of Jakarta.

Ichthusians even penned, composed, and recorded a student original song, “Light,” for the album. While the choir children were busy recording, the art teachers rallied the students to come up with art pieces for the CD sleeves so as to tell the story of the movement. Business students and the student council drew up plans for the marketing and distribution of the album to raise funds for the project.

The plight of these slum children has stirred the hearts of another group of children who began a movement which started two years ago. Students studying in Ichthus International School, a Christian based school offering the Cambridge curriculum, took to their hearts the plight of these children and the whole school started a movement to help contribute to the program. Ichthusians decided to contribute via the platform of Gerobak Pintar, and so took to the drawing board to figure out

With a strong culture of creative and performing arts, Ichthusians love to sing. Buildling on their passion, their journey started with the idea to record songs for an album , with proceeds from the album sales being donated to Gerobak Pintar. With both large group and solo performances from campuses in the West and South, the album was ready for production after a year of planning and hard work.

A total of Rp60 million was raised for Gerobak Pintar. The event culminated in a ceremony where Ichthus donated a Gerobak Pintar to the community centre in Kedoya. It was heartwarming to see the smiles of the many children who received gifts and enjoyed the storytelling sessions. This journey doesn’t come to an end; the slum children need continuous support and help from us to raise their literacy levels and lift them out of poverty. Through foundations like Gerobak Pintar, many lives are touched where the joy of learning and reading can be discovered through a simple yet creative idea brought to life by its founder and by the continuous effort and support from volunteers. To volunteer for Gerobak Pintar please contact: Ms Arne, 02175908818, email: kinderlandjk@cbn.net.id.

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Is It Wrong To Eat Pussy?

Kenneth Yeung examines why consumption of pussycats is unpopular in Indonesia.

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ats tend to enjoy a relatively exalted status in Indonesia. Unlike dogs, which are often frowned upon or feared in this Muslim-majority nation, cats are treated with greater respect. So there was understandable public outrage over a recent viral video of a man eating a cat in Jakarta.

The cat-eater was identified as Sanca alias Abu Grandong (69), who hails from Rangkasbitung town in Banten province, west of Jakarta. On July 19, he came to Kemayoran Market in Central Jakarta, where he was filmed eating a small grey cat as he strode around a former outdoor food court, while blood splattered onto his white shirt.

With blood also smeared over his mouth, he asked that lights be turned off.

Grandong’s action was a black magic ritual, aimed at evicting traders from the market.

Police confirmed that he was trying to scare traders to stop using electricity at their stalls, as the management of the area no longer permits them to operate there.

Local media reports said Grandong was hired as a security guard for the area a few days before the cat-eating incident. Some netizens claimed the cat was alive when he was eating it, although it appeared lifeless after he had chewed through part of its stomach.

Every year there are rumours of forbidden meat, such as pork and rat, being used in meatballs.

WASTE NOT Indonesia is rated as the world’s secondlargest food waster, squandering about 300 kilograms of food per person annually – largely due to a lack of cold storage and transport infrastructure. It’s ironic then, that 31 percent of Indonesian children suffer from stunting due to malnutrition.

Grandong surrendered to Central Jakarta Police on August 1 and was charged with animal cruelty, which carries a maximum penalty of nine months’ imprisonment. He was accompanied by a relative, Deden, who said Grandong is a practitioner of black magic and often behaves strangely. He is also known for eating live centipedes.

Many low-income Indonesians struggle to afford meat, yet cat meat is generally not considered suitable for the cooking pot (the exception is predominantly Christian North Sulawesi province, where cat and dog meats are consumed). The only meat forbidden by the al-Quran is pork (and carrion – animals that die by themselves), but Muslim scholars assert that cat meat is also haram because Muhammad is said to have banned the consumption of all fanged terrestrial beasts of prey.

Police did not detain Grandong but instead took him to Kramat Jati Police Hospital for an intended psychiatric examination.

However, officers later said they were unable to carry out the mental health test because the suspect was sick, as he had been fasting for five days.

In September, two impoverished brothers in Lampung province in southern Sumatra unwittingly gained media attention after they cooked and ate a cat that had been hit and killed by a car. Wagimin (35) and Suyatno (30) work as scavengers in Kelapa Tujuh village and are rarely able to afford meat.

Grandong told police he thought he had been eating a rabbit. Police said he had used his fingernail to cut open the cat’s stomach when it was still alive.

Wagimin said he is not accustomed to eating cats, but was hungry on the day he found the dead cat. “I just wanted to eat meat. I saw a dead cat on the side of the road. I took it home

and I cooked it for me to eat with my brother,” he explained.

A concerned community group visited the brothers, who live in a simple house without furniture, and donated some food to them.

If you run over a cat in Indonesia, it’s considered bad form to leave the carcass on the road. Not because you should be eating it, but because of a superstition that you will suffer bad luck if you fail to pick it up and give it a burial. This belief apparently stems from an ancient Islamic story of a woman who went to hell because she starved a cat.

MEATBALL RUMOURS In Berau in East Kalimantan, rumours arose in 2016 that vendors of fried pentol (a chewy ball made from tapioca flour and other ingredients) were adding cat meat to their products. The hoax spread on social media and caused vendors to suffer a downturn in sales.

Local police and health officials responded by eating pentol at roadside stalls in an effort to convince the public there was no cat meat in the balls. They also handed out free pentol to students.

The District Animal Husbandry and Animal Health Office said that every year, there are rumours of forbidden meat, such as pork and rat, being used in meatballs. Samples of pentol and samples from meat suppliers were sent to a lab for testing and none showed any traces of cat meat.

In 2018, TRIBUNnews.com reported that a pentol vendor had been arrested in Banjarbaru city, South Kalimantan province, for using cat meat. The report quoted a retired policeman as confirming the arrest. Police and the government later said the report was false and no one had been arrested for selling cat meat.

Also in 2018, a meatball vendor in Morowali in Central Sulawesi complained to police after social media posts accused him of using cat meat and human sperm in his products.

HEALTH HAZARDS After the video of Abu Grandong went viral, doctors warned that eating raw cat meat poses numerous health risks. Humans can contract rabies if they eat the uncooked organs of an animal infected with the viral disease.

Raw cat meat, especially if unrefrigerated, can also contain harmful bacteria and other pathogens. Handling cat carcasses can lead to the spread of toxoplasmosis – a parasite-borne infection that can be fatal to humans with weak immune systems or cause deformities in infants.

If you feel compelled to consume feline flesh (perhaps only as a famine food), you should ensure it is hygienically handled and stored, and well cooked. At least it doesn’t come with the instant plastic waste and poor nutrition of more socially acceptable Indonesian snack foods.

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The last spot I can recommend in Indonesia for an immersive evening is in Ubud.

Requiring a reservation a few weeks ahead, Locavore is advertised as a 7 or 9-course set, but you always get a few fun extras between courses. There is no projection mapping here, but a seat at the kitchen bar will yield an immersive experience as you watch the team create masterpieces using locally sourced, sustainable ingredients. The kitchen team is a well-oiled machine and I find myself thoroughly entertained and enamored by them each time I go. You do get to play a bit as well; for this dish, you must eat using a stick dipped in honey to get the goods out of the bamboo shoot, just like Indonesia’s beloved orangutans do in the wild. Chef Eelke Plasmeijer and Sous Chef Ray Adriansyah outdo themselves. ©FORBES

True foodies know that there is a trick to finding the best spots to eat. So where do we find these unique places? Googling the “best restaurant” will either guide you to the spot that is the most expensive, pays the most for advertising, or is the most popular. There is no worldwide foodie bible, and foodies probably intend to keep it that way. The spots are found by asking around.

Global Advancements in Immersive Dining

I was recently in Los Angeles and found one of the fantastic “secret clubs” of dining experiences, Wolvesmouth. I consider this experience immersive dining because all aspects of the night come together to make it memorable, and perfect. When Wolvesmouth decides to put on an event – they do this whenever they feel like it, perhaps twice a month or twice a year – those on a mailing list will get notified. When tickets go on sale, it sells out in less than ten minutes, so wish for luck and be online on time.

BY KATE PARADIS

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mmersive dining has evolved since the days of “dinner and a show,” which often meant mediocre dinner and tacky theatre production that sometimes involved (oh god, please, no) audience participation in song and awkward dance. Recent advancements in entertainment technology and culinary art have opened opportunities for truly unique dining experiences that far surpass our expectations for dinner and a show. Foodie culture is bigger than ever and chefs worldwide are striving to perfect their art, constantly pushing the envelope, and further, becoming producers of their multisensory productions, controlling various aspects of the atmosphere in ways many cannot yet imagine.

Immersive dining experiences range in definition and quality. Let’s start with the best: Ultraviolet in Shanghai sets a gold standard for immersive dining. With only ten seats a night available, it’s reserved many months in advance. Chef Paul Pairet and his team produce a meal with a changing atmosphere for every course. The perfectly-executed 20 courses are bolstered by a setting that completely transports the diner into another land using 360-degree projection screens around the dining room and 3D projection mapping on the table. Music, sound effects, tastes, textures, visuals, scents, and temperatures are all parts of the orchestra that are manipulated to create the symphony.

Think of eating Fish & Chips in the rain in London, or cracking fresh lobster while seeing the waves crash against the rocks and feeling the breeze in your hair. In 2018, the restaurant earned three Michelin stars and made it in Time Magazine’s “World’s Greatest Places” list.

To gain perspective on industry trends, I spoke with Paul Washburn, Head of

Development at Super 78 Studios in Los Angeles, California where he designs and produces immersive experiences. Washburn pointed out that entertainment powerhouses, Disney and Universal, have successfully implemented immersive dining venues in Star Wars and Harry Potter attractions, allowing guests to eat and drink in places familiar from the films. At their best, these experiences add richness to the world and as guests feel more connected to the storylines, they have a reason to keep coming back. Washburn said, “A story is most important when crafting an immersive experience where every sight, sound, scent, and taste is carefully choreographed. The added challenge of making a story delicious involves coordination across many disciplines and often the desired experience is truly like nothing that has even been done before.

This is an exciting time for diners as more experiences are popping up all over the globe in theme parks, fine dining venues, and even cruise ships.”

If you aren’t straying far from Jakarta any time soon and want dinner with a fun show, Le Petit Chef may be an option. It has made its first Jakarta experience in October 2019 as a pop-up dining attraction in C’s, Grand Hyatt Jakarta. This dining experience is a whimsical, light-hearted entertainment for all ages. The company that produces

this experience, Skullmapping, utilizes 3D projection mapping technology to create an entertaining scene on the table in front of you.

Imagine the world’s smallest chef, measuring at 58mm, projected onto your plate in 3D, travelling through various regions of the world, gathering ingredients to cook up your meal. This experience is more about the show and less about the food, but indeed a cute experience worth checking out.

Pricing is not out of this world. It was more affordable than many high-end and omakase restaurants in Jakarta. The precise location is emailed just hours before the event and there is an attendant at the door to ID and guide you to the best dinner party a foodie could imagine. You and 20 others gather around one table. The kitchen is right there in the cozy living room, so you can see the expert chef and team preparing each course as a delicate piece of art. The chef explains every course casually to you, with genuine humility and not a hint of arrogance – so refreshing.

You feel like you are in the home of the chef, experiencing a very special evening. No special effects here, just a unique new place and strangers, all sharing a love for food. The element of secrecy lends nicely to the evening because you know others in the room are as passionate about the art of culinary creation as you are. It’s not about being on display at a fancy restaurant, it’s just about the food.

I spent nearly three hours there, made new friends, and months later, I am still drooling over the thought of the crispy deep-fried quail served atop a cream sauce with fresh dill oil.

Also in Jakarta, where the food itself is more of the show, is Indonesia’s first molecular gastronomy restaurant, Namaaz. Here you will enjoy Indonesian cuisine prepared in playful ways. Self-taught chef, Andrian Ishak revamped fine-dining to “fun-dining,” using liquid nitrogen, tableside smoke, and molecular gastronomy techniques such as jellification.

Immersive dining is embodied in different forms. Now chefs are taking on a broader role in the production, getting more creative with the entire experience, altering aspects of the environment to elevate guests to another level. Going out for dinner can be a transformative experience, or at the very least, entertaining. Check out this art form if you have the opportunity!

Going out for dinner can be a transformative experience, or at the very least, entertaining.

DEATH MACHINES

BY RICK BAIN

This bule is in a dilemma. I hate motorbikes. But I think I need to get one.

The swarms of motorbikes that stream through Jakarta’s streets, forming and reforming like schools of fish, fascinate me.

Until recently it did not even occur to me that I should join them. Bikes are clearly unsafe for a large, clumsy bule, who did not grow up absorbing the instinctive formations of Jakartan traffic from birth. But then I realised that I am constantly on the roads, dicing with death, motorbikes, cars, buses, and trucks anyway.

To quote completely unreliable statistics, every time I walk a step outside I compete with at least ten million motorcycles, six million cars, 600,000 trucks, and 360,000 buses.

The human body, essentially a fragile bag of blood, flesh, and bone, doesn’t stand up well in this competitive environment. Metal travelling at speed wins every time.

In a city where only 6 percent of roads have footpaths, the competition between metal and flesh is inevitable and intense. I am competing for space with machines that will kill me if I put a foot wrong – or even if I don’t.

Not only am I inherently fragile, but I am also travelling at 4 km per hour.

The metal death machines are going a lot quicker – except when they aren’t moving at all.

Oddly, the average traffic speed in Jakarta at peak hours has been calculated at five km per hour. Think about that. The average traffic speed at peak hours is the same as someone walking. A little bit quicker than a buffalo.

Of course, those inside or on top of the metal death machines will argue they are safer, more comfortable and ultimately quicker than a pedestrian. And they’d be right.

That’s why Jakartans use a motorbike or a car for any journey longer than 200 metres!

Even with taxis, I am faced with a dilemma. For a start, I’ve found that drivers get upset when I flop into one of their air-conditioned cocoons at the top of a queue of vehicles and ask them to take me 200 metres. No-one is happy about trips that don’t cover at least a couple of kilometres.

If I want to travel somewhere between 10m and 2km, I have little choice but to risk my life, walking on the road.

If my destination is one km away, it will take me 10 minutes to walk there. And I’ll risk my life.

Depending on how long it takes to find a ride and the traffic, the same distance could take me 30 minutes or more by car. I’ll be there in five minutes on my bike.

Most importantly, when I get my Scoopy I’ll be competing on equal terms – metal against metal.

I may only average my normal walking speed, but at any given moment, I’ll be travelling at the same speed as all the other death machines around me.

Wish me luck.

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BINUS School Simprug Shows Commitment attending SDG Annual Conference In early October, BINUS School Simprug was the only Indonesian school that attended the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Annual Conference 2019. With the theme of “Sustainable Life for Our Ocean,” this event was held by BAPPENAS and opened by former Vice President Jusuf Kalla. The SDGs are a set of goals formed by the United Nations in 2015, to work towards a variety of global issues, from hunger and poverty to peace and sustainability by the year 2030. Achieving these goals would solve the myriad of pressing global issues that humanity faces today, improving the livelihoods of society and preventing issues from arising in the future.

At the SDGs opening gala, there were as many as 30 sixth-graders from BINUS School Simprug. They showcased musical performances by singing “Love Song to the Earth” and “Meraih Bintang” while they also played traditional musical instruments such as angklung, xylophone and bass o’clock, combined with modern musical instruments such as keyboards, violin, pianica, and drums. The event continued with two sixth-graders presenting “Life Below Water” where the theme was taken from the PYP Exhibition that they did when back in fifth grade.

A presentation about SDGs as a part of the curriculum and culture in BINUS School Simprug was done by Service in Action Coordinator and MYP Individuals & Societies Subject Head, Ms. Angie Kilbane. “If we are teaching the students about the SDGs, why they are important for our shared future, and how we can all take action toward them, then we as a school need to lead by example and work toward the goals through our policies and practices.”

THE SMALLEST CHEF IN THE WORLD COMES TO INDONESIA

BY JESSICA JOANNA

For the first time in Indonesia, Le Petit Chef, or The Smallest Chef in The World, is making an appearance at Grand Hyatt Jakarta from October 8 to December 27, 2019.

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Early Bird Offers for Festive Season at Anantara Seminyak Bali Festive activities will kick off on December 19 with traditional Christmas carols performed by team members and the local Christian community on December 19, 20, 24 and 25.

On December 24, visitors to Sunset on Seminyak restaurant can indulge in a sumptuous Christmas Eve set dinner in a breezy, oceanfront setting at Rp567,891 per person. The following day, all the stops will be pulled in preparation for the Christmas Day brunch, ensuring that festive favourites from all over the world grace the buffet at Rp567,891 per person.

Celebrations will carry into the night with an indulgent Christmas Day dinner, at Rp567,891 per person.

Grab a front-row seat at Sunset on Seminyak restaurant to indulge in a buffet dinner from 6:30pm to 11:30pm at Rp2,345,678 per person, including beverages. Or, guests may join the “Magical White Party” on the beach deck from 6 pm to 1 am where a live band, laser show, dance performances, DJ sets and, of course, spectacular fireworks will captivate guests as they enjoy delectable treats or relax on daybeds for Rp1,234,567 or tuck into a festive supper buffet from 11.30pm to 4.00am at Rp300,000 per person.

MoonLite Kitchen and Bar will be turned into a dazzling dance hall straight out of 1930s Shanghai for a glamorous “golden era” themed New Year’s Eve party with live jazz band, spirited lion and dragon dancers, and gourmet dining on an open-air terrace while you can enjoy an a la carte menu available from 4:30pm to 11:30pm with prices starting from Rp150,000.

Prices are subject to 21 percent service charge and government tax. For more information and reservations, please visit bali.anantara.com, call +62361737773 or email at fb.asb@anantara.com.

The thumb-sized, animated chef presents an immensely special dining experience of Marco Polo’s Expedition or Marco Polo’s Journey, using innovative, cutting-edge, 3D visual technology, powered by overhead projectors, animation, and themed music. Featuring French, Middle Eastern, Indian, and Chinese flavours, diners will be guided through a two-hour, immersive, six-course dining adventure, through the interactive storytelling of Marco Polo’s initial start into becoming a chef, accompanying food right on top of the guests’ plates. Experience this ingenious dining adventure for the first time in Indonesia at two exclusive private dining rooms; C’s Steak and Seafood Restaurant, Grand Hyatt Jakarta.

Now, the adventure begins….

But wait! This adventure does not prohibit children and vegetarians because there are menus for them too, so nobody has to feel left out.

Diners will start off with a bouillabaisse parfait, black Oscietra Caviar Brioche, and Saffron as the starter. Eventually, diners will embark on the Middle East by tasting classic Barley Tabbouleh, Lamb Pastilla Potato Harra, and Baharat Tun. Still steering towards exotic flavours, diners will come to India and dwell in a creamy Butter Chicken, Jeera Rice, Paratha and garnished with 18k gold on top.

It’s time for a palette cleanser. Not far from India, Marco Polo will take diners to the Himalayas to savour a Lemon Sorbet and Masala Chai while they prepare to head south, to China. Steamed Gindara, Lobster Medallion, Chicken Siu Mai, Rice Ball and Hongkong sauce are all light enough to end this journey on dessert with a Saffron spiced Rice Pudding Crème Brule and Apricot Compote.

Curiosity and excitement were seen among existing diners on launching day. This experience is like nothing before – it will definitely inspire joy and enrich taste buds.

LE PETIT CHEF SHOWTIMES Daily: 12 pm, 1 pm, 7 pm and 9 pm Saturday and Sunday: 3 pm and 4 pm Prices start from Rp2 million per person.

C’s Steak and Seafood Restaurant – Grand Hyatt Jakarta Jl. M.H. Thamrin No.Kav. 28-30, Central Jakarta 10350 Phone: +6221-29921383

For reservation and more information, please contact +62 21 2992 1234 ext. 3400 (C’s), +62 815 913 1234 (WhatsApp or call) or go to www.lepetitchef.asia/grandhyatt-jakarta.

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JAKARTA Exhibition

Xu Bing: Thought and Method at Museum Macan 23 August 2019 – 12 January 2020

Xu Bing: Thought and Method is the first and biggest Xu Bing retrospective exhibition in South East Asia, also doubling as his first major solo presentation in Indonesia. The exhibition at Museum MACAN will feature over 60 works created over 40 years, including drawings, prints, installations, f ilms, and archival material. Xu Bing: Thought and Method is a collaboration between Museum MACAN and UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China. Click www. museummacan.org for more info.

Jakarta Smart Living Expo 2019 27-29 November 2019

Jakarta Smart Living Expo is a modern lifestyle event built to introduce current issues on smart living products to educate the market on how these products provide solutions to improve quality of life. The show presents a wide range of smart living products and solutions for more secure, economical and comfortable life. To see the details, click twitter.com/ smartlivingexpo. teamLab Future Park 20 June – 20 December 2019

to hold an exhibition called “teamLab Future Park ” at Gandaria City, South Jakarta.

There will be f ive digital installations in the exhibition: Animal Flowers, Symbiotic Lives, Graffti Nature: Lost, Immersed and Reborn, Sliding through the Fruit Field, Sketch Aquarium, Light Ball Orchestra.

For more information, visit us at www.sgelive.com Conference

Inblocks Conference 2019 19 – 20 November 2019

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Steve Aoki at Colosseum Club Jakarta

Minggu, Jakarta Selatan. To get information, see our Instagram: @jicchoir, Facebook: JICC. Choir, and Website: http://www. jicchoir.com

want to empower as many students and teachers around the world as possible with our unprecedented Qur'anic language curriculum and hope to create a worldwide network of students that learn from each other and their instructors and remain connected, indefinitely.

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JICC’s 5 th Annual Musical Show: WELCOME TO THE BLEH BLEH BLEHS

Art & Culture Jakarta Performing Arts Community presents COMPANY: A Musical Comedy 29 November-1December 2019

14 November 2019

Discover Your Moments when Steve Aoki invades Colosseum Club Jakarta on 14 November 2019 for #INSANEJKT. Twot i me Gra m my-nom i nat ed producer/DJ Steve Aoki today stands as one of the most successful American crossgenre artists, solidified via his numerous releases, multiple awards, billions of music and video streams and innovative cross-platform projects. At the core of it all, Aoki is a visionary, a road he’s traveled since the humble beginnings of Dim Mak Records, the trendsetting record label, events/lifestyle company and apparel line he founded in 1996. For over two decades, Dim Mak Records has remained one of the leading independent record labels in modern music, having served as the launch pad for global acts like The Chainsmokers, Bloc Party, The Bloody Beetroots, The Gossip and The Kills, among many others. For reservation, call 0216909999 or 082270001001.

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heart-thumping music carrying your every step. Your journey will take you through an illuminated race course, with an explosive after-party main stage featuring top EDM DJs and special guest celebrity performers waiting for you, Rockstar Finishers. To get the details, please click indonesianightrun. co.id or visit Instagram: @ indonesianightrun.

Fantastic Fridays at WeWork South Quarter 15 November 2019

The 90’s Festival 2019 23-24 November 2019

Join in the nostalgic atmosphere of The 90’s Festival 2019 on November 23 – 24 at Gambir Expo Kemayoran. The longawaited festival will make you feel like you’re back in the good old ’90s! Featuring a lineup of national and international artists, the festival will give you a heartwarming experience watching your favorite ’90s icons. Sing along with Hanson, Michael Learns to Rock, Sheila on 7, Jamrud, Potret, and other beloved artists. You can also venture into the ’90s zone for some snacks, drinks, books, films, and games to make your night all the more fun.

For ticket click: https://www. traveloka.com/en-id/activities/ indonesia/product/the-90sfestival-2019-2001524353671

Book a tour now to get your complimentary WeWork Gift Bag, filled with the most popular custom SWAG available. Come by, meet our community and celebrating every thing that you’ve worked on this week.

You’ll be shown around by our awesome team, coupled with snacks, and the most awesome people in the city. To participate in Fantastic Fridays, book a tour of our space at the link below, and we’ll contact you to schedule your tour. Don’t forget to come claim your complimentar y WeWork Gift Bag. We can’t wait to meet you; see you at WeWork!

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A story about Bobby, a single man in an existential crisis, contemplating what company truly means in a lonely life among his crazy, married friends, in the city that never sleeps. The iconic Stephen Sondheim’s Broadway musical has won multiple accolades, including a Tony Award for Best Musical.

And now #JakartaPAC brings this beloved musical to life for our 11th production, directed by Fonnyta Amran, with Jakarta’s finest actors and accompanied

by Trust Orchestra, be ready for a hilarious and heartfelt theatrical experience! The event will be place in Teater Salihara Community, Jalan Salihara No.16, Jati Padang, Pasar Minggu, Jakarta Selatan.

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Arabian Nights 22 November 2019

16 November 2019

I like Monday with Music Travel Love 19 November 2019

Jakarta will have another art exhibition for the next couple of weeks. Sorak Gemilang Entertainment (SGE) Live invited teamLab from Japan

bring their music to Jakarta in an intimate acoustical performance. The ticket price is Rp400.000, including tax.

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Ja k a r t a International Community Choir presents JICC’s 5 th Annual Musical Show: “WELCOME TO THE BLEH BLEH BLEHS”. A family musical about a vampire father, his daughter who just turned 120, and a backpacker human girl. Featuring popular 90s & 00s tunes by iconic pop stars like Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson, Spice Girls, Katy Perry, and many more! The event will be held in Teater Salihara, Jl. Salihara No. 16, Pasar

Indonesia Night Run 2019 30 November 2019

Dream World Wide in Jakarta 20 November 2019

It is the grand vision of the Dream World Wide programme to allow learning of the original Arabic language of the Quran, making easy to learn and accessible regardless of a person's native tongue. We

Indonesia Night Run 2019 is Indonesia’s 1st Running Race Performance with categories ranging from 5K, 10K, and 21K filled with live music, lights, lasers, and celebration for Electronic Dance Music lovers.

Feel free to run, walk, skip or dance your way through this electrifying adventure with

We invite you to our magical Arabian Night under the stars of Ubud. Share this evening with friends, family, and likeminded people in the lovely and beautiful community space of the Living Light Bali. For food, the most amazing Middle Eastern buffet you have ever tasted will be served. You can enjoy an enchanting belly dance team.

Also, a DJ – music at it’s best.

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