August 2004

KOMALA’S Restaurant   If you are familiar with the Indian food scene in Singapore there is a very good chance you know the name Komala Vilas. This extremely popular vegetarian restaurant has a branch in an old shophouse on the lower Serangoon Road

July 2004

SAKE BOMB SUSHI BAR   In the United States, many heavy drinking young people – particularly college students – indulge in an age-old tradition of celebrating a searing-hot shot of Mexican tequila by dropping it into a tall, cold mug of beer, and then promptly downing it. EURASIA and CROSSROAD   Eurasia is neither a restaurant/bar nor a bar/restaurant – it’s a restaurant with a bar in the basement. Apparently, when Rina, Charles, John and Sandjojo,

June 2004

L’escargot   In these days of instant living, shopping plazas that have become houses of worship, anonymous food courts full of strangers’ sambal encrusted kids, Internet deliveries and freedom fries, Escargot shines out like a garlic-soaked beacon of hope in the South Jakarta area. BROCCOLI   Broccoli seems at the very least an anomalous name for a seafood restaurant, somewhat like naming a vegetarian restaurant Beefsteak or Spare Ribs. There’s one thing for sure, whatever the

May 2004

ABUBA STEAK   Abuba Steak exists – literally – in that smoky grey area between restaurant and warung. However, it doesn’t really matter how you classify this establishment because if you use the bums-on-seats measuring stick, it is the most successful of either class

April 2004

KOI   Small yet stylish Koi Restaurant & Gallery – named after the famous and colorful Japanese koi fish – opened in early 90’s in Blok M area near Grand Mahakam Hotel. The owner of Koi, Amalia Cornil, is the creator of the successful gallery restaurant concept in Jakarta.

March 2004

CHEF’S TABLE   Cuisine du Terroir simply means country cooking, and country cooking means simple yet wholesome food. And that’s exactly what our