Review - Kitchenette Restaurant

HY and I went out for dinner last night with his family at Kitchenette. It’s a newly opened concept restaurant, part of the Ismaya Group located in Plaza Indonesia. I’ve walked passed Kitchenette a couple of times, but HY and I are not a big fan of fancy restaurant so we’ve never tried it. But since my sister in law was craving for it, so we all went there.

We had to wait for about 20 minutes before we got a table. It wasn’t an unpleasant wait for me, but then I never really mind waiting. When we were shown to our table, our waiter greeted us warmly and explain the menus and recommendations. HY ordered the house specialties called Galettes, which is basically a French style savory crepe, with meat/cheese/eggs/veggies fillings. I ordered pasta, just to be safe. HY’s family ordered pastas, steak, chicken teriyaki and we all ordered our drinks. I had frozen affogatos, which were DELICIOUS coffee, but made me sleepless until about 2am.

Overall, it was a good meal. HY loves the Galettes (he actually ate 2 portions of Galettes!). Everyone is generally happy with their meals and plan to come back next weekend to try other food on their menus.

I didn't bring my camera and cannot find any picture of the restaurant online, as it was only opened recently. But next time, I'll bring along a camera so you can see the restaurant and meals ordered....

Ambience/Atmosphere: 4/5
Food & Drinks: 4/5
Portion: 3.5/5 (HY had to have 2 Galettes, but the steak ordered by my sis-in-law was huge)
Price: 3.5/5 (Dinner for 5 cost over Rp 600k, approximately US$70)
Would I return: Hell yeah! Just be prepare to wait for your table and meal as they're always full.

XOXO,

My Valentine's

My initial plan for valentine was to have a nice quiet dinner in a hotel somewhere, but I wasn't feeling too well last weekend. So after a quick nap on Sunday morning, I asked HY whether he would mind if we cancel the dinner plan and just go out for lunch instead. I guess I just don't find Valentine's day as a special day cause you have 365 days in a year (366 days in a leap year) to show someone that you care... since HY was up for anything, I decided that we could go for ramen in Pacific Place. The place called Sanpachi.

It's a small restaurant in the middle of the food court. But I was feeling unwell and the thought of eating warm ramen with sesame soup was just what I needed. We ordered Tonkatsu Ramen (small portion for me, large portion for HY), Onigiri, extra chasu, sauteed spinach with butter, and some warm drinks for me. Here's what mine looks like :)

I always love to sprinkle extra sesame seeds on my soup to begin with, eat the ramen, and leave the chasu for later. I love that the ramen was nice and chewy, unlike many Japanese restaurants who use egg noodle for its ramen. The chasu tasted very sweet, and tender that HY ordered extra portion for himself. The onigiri as mediocre compared to the onigiri I used to have as student in Melbourne. The spinach was just spinach.. at least I ate some vitamins and fibre.. hihihi... Overall, my husband who's quite hard to please was happy with the food... Yeaaayyy...

After the ramen session, I craved for some desserts. A meal is not a proper meal without any desserts... So we went to Pan-O. They profess to sell pancakes from all over the world. I gotta say I was quite surprised with the wide variety of menu selection. I had chocolate pancake with cheese, almond flake, chocolate sauce, and chocolate ice cream... I was in heaven.... HY had blintzes with cheese, cream, raisins, and strawberry ice cream. We shared a berry drink. Here's what my pancake looks like :)

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I have to say that both of our order were good. I liked the different taste offered within one single dessert, the different texture and sensation. Imagine spongy softness of the pancake mixed with crunchiness of nuts, while the warmth of freshly made pancakes was mixed with the coldness of ice cream. This is why I LOVE DESSERTS!

After two rounds of food, we were beat... so we went to get some groceries at Kem Chick and went home for another nap (I was feeling unwell remember?). For me it's a perfect way to spend a Sunday (and a valentine's day)...

HY and I would like to say...

Happy "belated" Valentine's day and Chinese New Year for everyone.....