| Having been voted Times and Independent | | | | Jakarta was the presentation of the food. Every |
| Newspaper Restaurant of the year London Thai | | | | item of crockery and cutlery added an individual |
| Restaurant Jakarta has a reputation to live up to. | | | | touch to each dish with blue and white hand painted |
| With its mouth watering authentic food, excellent | | | | china, jade green dishes and delicately carved |
| service and beautifully decorated surroundings, it's | | | | vegetables turning each dish in to a work of art. |
| easy to see why it came in first position out of | | | | For my main course I went for the manager's |
| thousands of entries. | | | | recommendation, exotically named dish Kuzy Ayam. |
| The restaurant feels extremely warm and decorative | | | | The tender chicken breast dish lightly covered in |
| with Thai, Malaysian and Indonesian carvings on the | | | | batter, topped with a rich creamy and tomato sauce |
| floor and walls, and even a gentle trickling water | | | | was truly mouth watering but also came garnished |
| fountain making it even more relaxing whilst eating. | | | | with a crunchy cashew nut, and a side shredded |
| Whilst it is undoubtedly a fabulous place to be the | | | | lettuce salad with carrot, red cabbage all created a |
| most attractive element has to be its food. | | | | stunning combination of flavour, complemented by |
| Jakata restaurant specialising in South East Asian | | | | the fluffy steamed rice. |
| foods with tastes from Thai, Indonesian and | | | | All the meat dishes are halal except for the beef and |
| Malaysian cuisine, the menu is full of variety and | | | | duck, and there is plenty available for the vegetarians. |
| exotic flavoured dishes, the restaurant aroma is filled | | | | For fish lovers will be in there element as your |
| with coconut, lemon grass and ginger. Even on a | | | | choices are from prawns, luxurious lobster to |
| Tuesday lunchtime when we visited it was full of | | | | elaborate java squid and this is just a few to mention |
| people enjoying one of the set lunch menus. I have | | | | but all served with a variety of toppings. |
| to say the value is second to none at less than a | | | | In fact there are so many fantastic dishes on the |
| packet of cigarettes for three courses. | | | | menu it can be hard to choose so I recommend you |
| Whilst munching my complimentary prawn crackers I | | | | make more than one visit or just choose the popular |
| browsed the menu finding it hard to narrow down | | | | house specials, one of which is named Rijstafel will |
| my choices. I eventually decided to try a selection of | | | | provide you with the perfect solution. |
| starters. The crisp, light vegetable spring rolls, prawn | | | | Jakarta offers a really authentic eating experience, so |
| toast, classic chicken satay and a fragrant Thai fish | | | | whether you are popping in for a quick lunch or a |
| cake. This came served with a selection of dipping | | | | special celebration dinner it is clear to see why it was |
| sauces which was a delicious start to the main meal. | | | | voted restaurant of the year by so many. |
| One of the most impressive parts to eating at | | | | |