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A sudden meeting with my friend leads to an afternoon tea session. This time we're trying Oh La La Cafe which is now located at the more approachable and in-crowd-able location in Plaza Indonesia. This french themed cafe is known for their fabulous series of patisseries which includes delicious cakes and yumsters of macarons.

Macarons
IDR 7k/each, IDR 20k/3 pieces
Let's not forget the role of macarons on your afternoon tea. Not only is that they give more colors to the plate, they also taste nice. I am pretty much fond of the macarons here, they're very chewy and fluffy on the inside but crunchy on the outside. I rarely find macarons that are actually strong in flavors, some I barely even taste the flavor, but these pretty little devils are hearty in mouth.
Green: Pistachio, Blue: Blueberry (RECOMMENDED), Brown: Chocolate





Iced Cafe Latte
IDR 30k
The Iced Cafe Latte is a great choice for a rather quick drink, the flavor is balanced, overall it's good but nothing very significant in this drink from the most coffees I've had before.

Oh La La Specialties:
Haute Couture
IDR 35k
First of all, gotta give it to the presentation! Such a wonderful color gradation from orange to green <3 (even though the green's very little), very very impressed with the outer look but still, the question is, is the flavor as sweet as it looks? It definitely is sweet, and yet unique. I can hint a glimpse of orange and pineapple flavor inside leaving me with a fresh impression. This one is what you should try by the time you pay your visit here.

Oh La La can be in your consideration for a lovely place for lunch (will come back for that, I was drooling when I looked at their menu) or afternoon tea, they do have great selections of cakes and beverages. I'd really recommend you their Sacher Cake. I wonder why this outlet didn't have their fabulous meat-filling-croissants like I usually purchase in hospitals or airports. I know right, not your common places to have croissants. However,  I did ask and I didn't have a really clear answer, but I am very impressed with the sleek and simple design they're upscaling to this outlet because it does look more "parisienne".

Have a fabulous weekend guys! Thank you for reading.

AU REVOIR!

OH LA LA CAFE
Plaza Indonesia 2nd Fl Unit I 001
Jl. M.H. Thamrin Kav. 28-30
Jakarta Pusat

I still remember clearly I once told you that my lunch sometimes costs more than my one or two week internship salary. I'm still on my internship and in the next two weeks, it's going to be all done, can't believe it's going to be two months, time flies. Anyway, since I'm still on my internship, let's just call it internship-lunch-series and we're on our second episode.

Me and Stefanie were so confused on deciding where to eat for lunch (clearly that's the case on most people) because we're stuck on Plaza Senayan, Senayan City, Bakso Lapangan Tembak Senayan and canteen food, but sometimes the canteen food tastes so eergh but what can you expect. We decided to have our lunch at Canteen Plaza Indonesia, this one is not the canteen you have in mind, this one is with capital C which makes it much more special and fancier LOL.

It's located at the fifth floor of Plaza Indonesia and mostly Canteen and Aksara are always joined and side to side, I don't really know if the owner is the same but I assume it is.

I bring one other guest, it's Lykee :).





I'm giving you guys a little tour of Canteen, it's interior is semi-vintage with major touch of woods, dim lighting but awesomely comfortable. I'd recommend having lunch here more than dinner because it tends to get very dark (personally I love bubbly light restaurants, sometimes also depends on mood), but if you love dark places with super low lights, when you can barely look at your own food, then this one's perfect for you.




Chicken Cordon Bleu
IDR 85.000 (before tax)

I love this dish, I love how cripsy and crunchy the skin of the Cordon Bleu is, I'd say that this is very well cooked and the fries OMG one of the best I've ever had!!! Sometimes the simplest things like Fries just makes me so freakin happy. I gotta give credit for the mushroom brown sauce because it actually contains real mushroom on big chunks!


Lychee Ice Tea
IDR 30.000 (before tax)

Fresh! That's how I describe this beverage, well technically it's almost like the common Lychee Ice Tea you probably have ever had in your life. Still, it's fresh!

Pan Seared Salmon with Asparagus, Quiche Lorraine, Hollandaise Sauce and cherry tomatoes.
IDR 110.000 (before tax)

HANDS DOWN ONE OF THE BEST!
They make the salmon skin to be saltier than other salmon dishes that I've tried before, but it's a good thing, it actually add up the flavor play and I love it, also the skin is super crunchy and the salmon is so perfectly cooked, the only bad thing is I kinda wish the portion was bigger, why are most good food only come in small portions??!! I am Indonesian and most importantly I am human, I sometimes want generous portion of food, sometimes pretty is not enough. #majorLOL



I highly recommend Canteen if you're looking for a place to have your lunch or even dinner. I love how comfy the place is and the vibe is something that I prefer. We spend around IDR 315.000, that's the price for two heads. I will recommend you bringing more than IDR 100k or else you will have your meal but you won't have any beverages with you. Guaranteed.

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