The next restaurant we visited for our column series about dining in Jakarta was the Penang Bistro. This restaurant, which serves a selection of Malaysian, Singaporean and Indonesian dishes, has seven outlets in Jakarta. The outlet we visited is located in the luxurious Grand Indonesia Shopping Mall, right in the heart of Jakarta and next to the iconic roundabout (known as Bundaran HI). Grand Indonesia is connected to the Kempinski Hotel (previously Hotel Indonesia), one of the most luxurious hotels of Indonesia and a landmark building.

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The next restaurant that we visit for our new column series about dining in Jakarta is Din Tai Fung, a Chinese restaurant with eight outlets in Jakarta. When we open the official Indonesian website of Din Tai Fung, we see that the restaurant promotes itself by pointing out several honors it has been given: it was listed among the top 10 restaurants in the world voted by both the New York Times (1993) and the Miele Guide, and its original Tapei branch as well as two Hong Kong branches were awarded a Michelin Star by the Miele Guide in 2010.

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