It was a nice afternoon when me and my sister was riding my bike along Petitenget road in Seminyak, Bali and found this nice beautiful place to take a rest and have some tea break. It catches my eyes firstly because of its traditional wood interior mixing of Balinese and contemporary style, and we get more interested when we take a look at the inside, where theres a a small bookstore with a style of a nice old cozy library.

Biku maybe one of Balinese teahouse and restaurant that i would like to recommend to anyone who want to visit Seminyak. They served dishes from Balinese authentic main course to British style afternoon tea. The table itself was quite full at the time we went there, and seems like most of the people which are the expats are having their own afternoon tea. The menu itself was simple and sublime, so we decide to choose Biku’s own signature tea and their Apple crumble pie which served with vanilla ice cream at the top.

The pie was nice, they cut the apple quite big so the taste of it still there and served it hot, the tea also nice and refreshing, they served it with start fruit , wild ginger flower and mint leaves. After finishing it we took some time looking for second handed and new books there. Then we decided to taste another food to be shared, so our chosen dinner was Lamb chop pie and we choose hot carrot cake as our dessert. The lamb pie was served hot with some vegetable salad and hot mashed potato and the carrot cake was best they use carrot and almond inside the sponge cake. So, basically we like to give Biku a 8 out of 10 because of the nice comforting place with a reasonable price and good taste of the food. [othy]

Prices
Main Course IDR 40,000
Dessert IDR 25,000
Beverage IDR 15,000

Biku
Jalan Raya Pittenget No. 888, Seminyak
website

Last month we had this nice invitation from Collage, one of Pullman hotel’s restaurant which located in Central Park, Jakarta. Not like ordinary restaurant this place have their own theme from the decoration to the food itself, which we think it can be your next option to try new dinning experience beside eating at some other fancy restaurant around.

The first thing i saw when i arrived at the place was how they use pop art and modern art concept as their own main attraction for the place, they also manage to organise the interior based on the situation we would like to have, if we want to have more romantic pool side we can have table outside at the balcony or more relaxing we can have inside table with artwork that we can enjoy.

They have different types of dishes from Western, European, to Asian style. And what we like the most is they using their own creation for some of the dishes, so we can also taste their own ‘signature’ from each part of the continent. The best dishes we think is unique beside their own signature dishes (Nasi Bakar – ) are at their pasta and dessert’s station. Its just so variety and looks fun (you can choose Tagliatelle, Angel Hair, Gnocchi, Ravioli, Pappardelle with Bolognese, Pesto Sauce, Cream Sauce and for desserts try the three deadly chocolate desserts)

Prices:
Weekdays:  Rp. 190.000 excluded beverage.
Weekend Brunch:  Rp. 228.000  includes juices, soft drinks, coffee and tea.
All prices are subjected to 21% of Government tax and Service Charge

Opening hours:
6 am until 10.30 pm

Location:
Pullman Jakarta Central Park Hotel
Jl. Let. Jend S Parman Kav 28, West Jakarta
website