Looking for a place to eat and hang out in North Jakarta? Here's someplace to catch!
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For people who live in North Jakarta, now it’s easier to find a place to hang out and pamper your tongue at the same time. Because now there are many places to eat or cafes that offer a variety of delicious dishes with Instagramable designs in this city. You can see four of them below.
1. Food Market
Photo source: Food Market (Instagram)
Began operating last year, Food Market is located on Jalan Danau Sunter Utara, Sunter. This place has a food court concept. Inside there are various food stands. Halal and non-halal food, local and international can be found here such as Saltesse, Hokkaido Ice Cream Puff, Kebab Bandies, Chicky Licky, Wochao, Pak Kris Calamari, Mangkok Pizza, and many more. For prices ranging from Rp. 30 thousand to Rp. 200 thousand. If you come on Saturday night, you will also be entertained by live music. It's fun, right?
2. Take A Bite/Goblet Of Shisha Jakarta
Photo source: Goblet Of Shisha Jakarta (Instagram)
This place is quite unique because it’s designed like a castle. From the outside, Take A Bite (TAB) looks like Hogwarts Castle, a school of magic in Harry Potter films. The interior is not much different, designed almost like in the film, with platform 9 ¾, a trolley filled with white owls.
For the food, there are pasta, burger, steak, and mix platter menu ideal for ordering when you coming with friends. Food prices here range from Rp. 25 thousand to Rp. 95 thousand. While the drinks, you can try their drinks whose names are also inspired by Harry Potter films, such as Butterbeer, Amortentia, Mad-eye Potion, Polyjuice Potion, and Cacaroto Elixir. The price ranges from Rp. 25 thousand to Rp. 35 thousand.
3. The Garden
Photo source: The Garden (Instagram)
As the name implies, The Garden is a cafe that has a concept like a garden. The cafe in PIK (Pantai Indah Kapuk) is full of plants and flowers that make it beautiful and certainly very perfect to be used as a background photo.
In addition to taking pictures, here you can also pamper your tongue with a large selection of food. The recommended menu at The Garden is Heaven Smoked Salmon Sashimi with Wasabi (Rp. 95 thousand), Vietnamese Steak Tartare with Prawn Crackers (Rp. 130,000), Satay Lidah Padang (Rp. 70,000), and Duck Truffle Bun (Rp. 60,000).
With the slogan "A Lively Place to Meet, Eat, Drink & Repeat", The Garden will also entertain visitors with acoustic music performances every Wednesday, Classic Rock every Friday, and Alternative every Saturday. Cool!
4. Warung Wakaka
Photo source: Warung Wakaka (Instagram)
The hangout place which opened on 23 April 2017, has a modern street concept. Various menus that are worth a try here include Sate Taichan, Salted Egg Fried Rice, Spicy Thai Rice, Grilled Chicken Sandwich to a variety of Martabak. To accompany your meals, don't forget to order drinks that make your throat cool like Yakult Special Wakaka, and Lava Drinks, and don't miss their coffee as well.
About the price no need to worry! Everything is relatively cheap. Starting from Rp. 18 thousand to Rp. 75 thousand for the food, while the drinks are priced starting from Rp. 15 thousand to Rp. 35 thousand. Because the price is cheap, it's no wonder that the visitors are dominated by students.