[Kemang] Zam Zam Restaurant

As seen from its name, Zam zam restaurant serves Arabic food. The newly open restaurant located at Kemang area.

The interior of this restaurant is pretty good with the typical of Middle East style and dim lighting. It is recommended for a meal with family or group of friends since they serves big portions. I, myself, went there with mom and big brother. The overall food taste was great. However, I personally think that the exterior decoration is less attractive that it was not attracting much people to come.

Anyway, let's talk about the food. We ordered lamb briyani (IDR 90k) which is a recommended menu at this place. Meat kabab (IDR 90k). Shakshoka/scramble egg Arabic (IDR 35k). Mango squash (IDR 20k) and avocado juice (IDR 18k).

Biryani Lamb

Biryani lamb is a mixed rice with lamb meat, raisins, and stir-fry onions. Biryani rice is made of long-grained rice from India. Biryani flavor was rich in spices. The lamb meat was tender and well-seasoning. Additional raisins was added in rice to neutralize the strong spices.

Meat Kebab

It consists of two roti prata, beef, potatoes, and salad. Wrap everything with roti prata, make it into a roll, and take a bite of it. That is how you enjoy eating Kebab.

Shakshoka
It is basically Arab-style sunny-side up eggs cooked with tomato sauce. It tastes a bit plain. Not sour nor spicy. I expected too much from it, I though it would be like our 'balado eggs' :P

Biryani Lamb

Meat Kebab

Shakshoka/Scramble Egg Arabic

Avocado Juice

Mango Squash

ZAM ZAM RESTAURANT

Jl. Ampera Raya No.3

Kemang 

Jakarta Selatan

Phone: +6221 7183410

Hours: Everyday 10AM to 8PM

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Payment: 10% tax || cash & cards accepted

Halal meter: Muslim owner

Food: êêêê¶

Ambience: ê궶¶

Visit reviewed: 18/1/2015

Coffee Shop: Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf

Of the many coffee shop in Indonesia, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf has become one of the favorite places to chill out. To be honest, at first I was not so keen to try the coffee here because I had already fallen in love with the franchise coffee shop next door. But then, it was on my halal food list, so i'm kinda forced to try. HAHA kidding.

This time I took a visit to Coffee Bean Pejaten Village which is located at the ground floor near the back entrance. The place is not too convenient to do some works since it is located at the center of the mall where many people passing by. But it's still a comfy place to stay with free WiFi and electric socket. In fact, my friend and I did our work there, we're pretty much comfortable and didn't really care of our surroundings. 

 

Coffee Bean menu offers a wide variety of coffee and tea. In addition, they also offer some light meals such as cakes, muffins, and cookies. I would say the price is a bit high, for example, a cup of ice blended coffee price at IDR 50k. But wait! I'll tell you this. You can actually save up to 50% with Mega credit card or Mega debit card. Get 30% disc for any purchase at IDR 70k or above and 50% disc at IDR 250k or above. This discount is applied for all food & beverages except the drinking bottles (mineral water, and some juice).

My first visit was with my mom, I ordered cappucino (IDR 34k) and long john gyu teriyaki (IDR 59k) for a single perfect brunch. In the end I only paid for 70k after 30% discount with Mega debit card payment. I was quite satisfied with the food and service. So I was curious to come again and try other menu. The second visit was with a friend, I ordered ice blended mocha latte (IDR 49k) and teriyaki tori burger (IDR 59k). While my friend went with ice blended caramel machiato (IDR 46k) with additional whip cream (IDR 7k) and chicken open sandwich (IDR 60k). We also had warm chocolate muffin (IDR 35k) for our dessert. That was a bunch of meals for only IDR 70k/person after 50% discount. yum!

Hot Cappucino

A mixture of coffee and milk that mixed perfectly. The bitterness of the coffee mixed with sweetness milk make cappucino tastes so special.

Long John Gyu Teriyaki & Teriyaki Tori Burger

Basically they are made of the same ingredients, bread with fresh vegetables, meat, teriyaki sauce, and mayonnaise. The difference is, long john filled with beef teriyaki, while tori burger with chicken teriyaki.

Ice Blended Mocha Latte & Caramel Machiato

I like the ice blended at this cafe, the bitterness was perfect, coupled with lot of milk, especially when it served with whip cream. Caramel machiato was sweeter than mocha latte. You decide your own coffee style.

Chicken Open Sandwich
This menu contains of vegetables salad, fried egg 'sunny-side up', wheat bread, and scrambled chicken. Not quite a memorable dish, too dry.

Warm Chocolate Muffin

A chocolate muffin filled with melted chocolate and topped with powdered sugar to enhance flavor. Let it melt in your mouth!

Left: Cappucino || Right: Ice Blended Caramel Machiato with Whip Cream

Teriyaki Tori Burger

Chicken Open Sandwich 

Long John Gyu Teriyaki

Warm Chocolate Muffin

COFFEE BEAN & TEA LEAF

Pejaten Village 

Ground Floor Unit G-70 (near The Body Shop and Books & Beyond)

Jl. Warung Jati Barat No.39

Pasar Minggu Jakarta Selatan 12740

Phone: +6221 7884 7912

Hours: Monday – Sunday 10AM to 10PM

www.coffeebean.co.id

Busway stop: Pejaten Philips

Payment: 10% tax || cash & all cards accepted || 30-50% disc with Mega cards (conditions apply as I've mentioned above)

Facilities: Free WiFi & electric socket available

Halal meter: Certified by MUI

Food: ê궶¶

Coffee: êêêê¶

Ambience: êê궶

Visit reviewed: 12/2014

Map:

[Pejaten Village] Ah Mei Cafe

A bright yellow tone welcomes you as you walk in. Ah Mei Cafe, a place where you can eat Singapore hawkers food. Ah Mei Cafe is best known as restaurant that serve Halal menu with true Singapore taste. Ah Mei Cafe is located at several areas in Jakarta. This review is a visit to the one at Pejaten Village, the nearest shopping mall from my home. There are indoor and terrace seating. 

The menu choices are quite varied, as they serve multi-ethnic of Melayu and oriental food: various choices of noodle & rice (char kwetiau, wonton mee, nasi lemak, etc), nasi briyani, murtabak, roti prata set, snacks, and dessert. I went there with my mom. I ordered Laksa (IDR 37.5k), while my mom went with nasi briyani curry chicken (IDR 40k) and tea tarik (IDR 20k). All the meals and drinks are well priced. The taste of food is just OK, but it is definitely a place to go if you are looking for Halal Singapore hawkers food. Laksa and tea tarik are recommended.

Ah Mei Cafe Open Kitchen

Nasi Briyani Curry Chicken (IDR 40k)

Laksa (IDR 37.5k)

Hot Tea Tarik (IDR 20k)

I visited Ah Mei Cafe for the second time. This time I ordered KL wonton mee (IDR 35k) and nasi lemak set (IDR 35k). KL wonton mee is noodles with wonton (small dumplings with savory filling), minced flavored chicken, kailan, and green scallions. The taste is somehow similar to our 'mie ayam'. Nasi lemak is similar to nasi uduk. Nasi lemak is usually served with many fried side dishes such as anchovies, peanuts, egg, mackerel, chicken, and chili paste.

KL Wonton Mee (IDR 35k)

Nasi Lemak Set (IDR 35k)

AH MEI CAFE

Pejaten Village 

1st Floor Unit 50/51

Jl. Warung Jati Barat No.39

Pasar Minggu Jakarta Selatan 12740

Phone: +6221 78830233

Hours: Monday – Sunday 10AM to 10PM

www.ahmeicafe.com

Busway stop: Pejaten Philips

Payment: 10% tax + 5%  service charge || cash & all cards accepted

Kid friendliness: high chairs available, some room for strollers

Halal meter: Certified by MUI

Food: êê궶

Ambience: êê궶

Visit reviewed: 12/6/2014

Map: 

Halal Food in Taipei (2): Beef noodle soup

My third review on Halal food around Taiwan: beef noodle soup restaurant. Just like any other beef noodle soup restaurant in Taiwan, it also has peek into the dumpling wrapping open kitchen. It seems to have become characteristic for this kind of restaurant.

 Beef Noodles Restaurant

台北巿延平南路21號

No. 21, Yanping S. Rd., Taipei City

MRT: Taipei main station / Ximen

Visit reviewed: 09/2013

The halal sign of this restaurant is in front of the place. There's actually another halal restaurant right next to this one. Too bad that I haven't had time to get to that place, and now I've been back to Indonesia. In fact, a post for this restaurant has been sitting in my blog posts draft for several months, until I finally review it today.

So what to order? The good thing is they provide menu in english. But it presents without pictures. It wouldn't be easy for first-time-foreigner to identify what is what without the pictures. For us, we ordered niurou mian (beef noodle soup) which is the main dish here, and fried beef dumpling.

Fried beef dumpling (NT$ 00 each). A little bit too salty in my opinion, but still ok. I would still go to this restaurant for fried beef dumpling, only because I couldn't find it at qingzhen zhongguo niurou guan. 

Halal food in Taipei (1)

Another Halal restaurant I just visited in Taiwan, located in Taipei. Direction: From Taipei Main Station take MRT to Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall station (blue line), off to Exit 1, turn left n just go straight, u will find this restaurant at the right side of the street. Looks like a very old place, but the room inside is comfy and they have various menu with affordable price. See my other reviews on Halal food in Taiwan.

QINGZHEN ZHONGGUO NIUROU GUAN 清真中國牛肉館

Halal China Beef Restaurant
No. 1, Alley 7, Lane 137, Yanji St., Taipei City

台北市延吉街137巷7弄1號

MRT: Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall

Review updated: 02/2014

The first time I visit here, I ordered the house specialty - niurou mian (NT$140) and dumpling (NT$140/portion of 8 pieces). Niurou means beef and mian means noodles in Chinese. There are spicy and savory flavor for beef noodles. I enjoyed the spicy one. I could taste the sensation of spicy beef noodles when I had my first sip. That is, come from the oil and pepper boiled in the soup. 

Spicy niurow mian (beef noodles)

Steemed beef dumpling

At the other days I visit this restaurant, I ordered the same things again and again: beef noodles and dumpling. Until one day I look around at the stranger's table next to us. And that's how I found Chinese pancakes and beef shredded on the menu. The Chinese normally paired Chinese pancakes with beef shredded and wrap them together. And yes, it's goood when you eat it that way. 

Chinese pancakes and beef shredded

Dough making open kitchen

small plates of cold dishes

Halal food in Taoyuan

Yep. I kinda hard finding halal food in Taiwan, since it is not a muslim coutry.

So I got these lists of halal food in Taiwan from my friend, but I have no idea of how to get there, what the place looks like, n the most important is, the price!

Here, I start writing my own review for the first place I visited. Since I live in YZU campus which is located in Neili, I start my journey from the nearest place, Taoyuan county.

ALI BABA`S INDIAN KITCHEN

2F, 86, Minsheng Rd., Taoyuan City, Taoyuan County

TEL：（03）336-0882
www.ali88.com.tw

Train station : Taoyuan
Bus: No.1 Jhongli - Taoyuan route

We were cycling from our campus to Neili bus station, then from there we only need to take a bus no. 1 (Jhongli - Taoyuan bus, as you can see at the picture below)

The bus will bring us to the place, about 30-40 minutes

The alternate way is by train, it will only take 10 minutes, Neili to Taoyuan train station, then walk to reach the place (please change your location on the maps to get new direction)

Lihat Peta Lebih Besar

 So here we are.. Ali Baba's Indian Kitchen

The sign of Halal food

The restaurant itself is actually on the second floor.

Take a pic of the menu, they serve lot of dishes; barbecue from indian clay oven, indian breads, muttons specialitist, vegetarian specialitist, dessert and more. The price range for main dish: NT280-450. Well yes, the price is quite expensive.

This salad is free anyway;)

The only food we can afford at that time, Roti Prata for our main dish (the price is NT50-90)

The funny story when we ordered this prata,

the man said "really? is that enough for you??"

us : yeahh...

man: NO! u shoud try this one, n he's pointing his finger to Tandoorl Mix Grill, one of barbeque menu from indian clay oven, it's good.

(we'r looking at the menu, n the price is as good as it sound, NT450 :P)

us : aaaaahhh.... but no thankyou, that's enough;)

Samosa for NT.130/ 3pcs

Enjoying the luxury of indi nuance ...

Start enjoying the meal

...

Overall, the taste is good for me, but the only matter for us is that the price is a bit expensive for students like us.. mm..not so much i can tell here about the food,..

But i'll try the other halal food in Taoyuan. Let's hope the taste n price are both good.