A few days ago, I have had breakfasting time with some of FIMELAHOOD
bloggers, they are Dien Tirto Buwono, Diana Rikasari, Harumi Sudrajat
from "My Tips Cantik", Ucita pohan, Agnes Oryza, Cindy Karmoko, Tara
Amel and Lizzie Parra. Those girls are very inspiring and successful
with their Beauty &
Fashion blogs. Some of them are busy because they are entrepreneur right
now, SALUTE! It was an honour for me and my friend, because we were the
only two handsome men around these beautiful girls, LOL. All of us had a
dinner at KOSENDA HOTEL - Indonesian First Design Hotel, they named it.
But I agree with that, even there are so many boutique hotels right
now, but Kosenda comes with different concept.
WHY YOU SHOULD TRY? AND, HOW DO WE GET THERE?
The main reason why you should try to eat at Kosenda and taste their foods because Kosenda serves a variant tempting menu of foods, started from Asian to W estern cuisines. Other than that, the building with 9 floors and abo ut 90 rooms is very unique with murals contained i n some walls and pillars of the hotel, looks trendy, co mfortable and of course I can said that this hotel is really ARTISTIC! It seems like a huge gallery, because starting from the appearence of the building, lobby, restrooms and even their interior, all of them brings me the ambiance of ART. Kosenda is located at Hasyim Wahid road, so if you're heading there from Thamrin, after the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle, just go straight until you see a traffic light at the intersection Sarinah, then turn left to "Tanah Abang" Central of Fashion retail, around 50 or 100 km from the traffic light, and there it goes, Kosenda is on your left.
Well, Kosenda have 3 different cafe concept. First, they have WAHANA Kitchen, it is a restaurant for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. They also deliver compelling menu and the ambian ce is different from the other restaurant hotel. Second, 127 Artisan Coffee Roasters Cafe, I really love this place, the ambiance give us the sense of vintage-style, and you will feel the warmth and comfortable just like your own home. The last, we have THE AW AN LOUNGE, located on the rooftop, the clouds bar quite interesting f or you who like to enjoy the fresh air and alcohol, enjoy the view and the fresh air. Unfortunately, during this Ramadhan, The Awan Lounge is not operating. Well, I can't wait for that!!
KOSENDA LOBBY or STUDIO PHOTO? |
WAHANA KITCHEN |
REMEMBER THIS SONG? |
ARTISAN CAFE NO.127 |
ARTISAN CAFE NO.127 |
HERE'S THE FOOD!
For appetizer, try LOH-BAK minced prawns and chicken marinated with five-spices, fried in bean curd skin only IDR 39. SCHOOL PRAWNS,
it takes IDR 49 with fresh simply lightly battered, fried and sprinkles
with spices served with homemade chilli and lime mayonaise, yummy...
Third, SOFT SHELL CRAB lightly fried and coated in biscuit crumbs and crushed roasted seaweed, only cost for IDR 58.
And for the main course, you can enjoy their special Indonesian cuisi nes such as RENDANG and CURRY NOODLES as I ordered. I actually ordered lot of foods but since my phone battery runs out that day, so I could not take all of the photos. All the food here is pretty much worth it, you can say it from the portion, a matter of good taste guaranteed, you will also be spoiled for sure. Here's some the atmosphere and the foods. Enjoy :)
SOFT SHELL CRAB |
RENDANG |
CURRY NOODLES |
PERANAKAN STYLE PETIT FOUR by DIEN |
KOSENDA HOTEL
Jl. Wahid Hasyim No.127
Tanah Abang, 12040 - Jakarta Pusat
@KosendaHotel