so in our last video you would have seen
us eating street food on the streets of
jakarta
today we're showing you something
completely different this is fine dining
in jakarta hey
if you're new here we're retin-clay
we've just left bali to explore more of
java
starting in jakarta a place that
definitely surprised us during our first
visit last month
a city filled with contrast jakarta also
known as the big durian can be
incredibly affordable
with low accommodation and transport
costs as well as cheap food
on the other hand jakarta can be a city
of luxury offering numerous trendy cafes
restaurants rooftop bars and the highest
number of shopping malls in a single
city
okay so we all dressed up because today
we are meeting someone special and we
are going to apparently the best
restaurants in indonesia let's go
excited
oh this is cute
there is a very very light moisturizer
is for very very sensitive skin
chocolate matcha dion is a fashion
beauty and lifestyle influencer
and a brand ambassador for an indonesian
skincare company called
aesthetics he was kind enough to give us
some products that i've been using for
the past few weeks and
absolutely loving this is not sponsored
we just believe in sharing local brands
check his company out on instagram for
more details but let's get back to the
video
located in the prime district of minting
in the heart of jakarta
plataran minting occupies a three-story
dutch colonial house
now converted into arguably one of the
best restaurants in jakarta
offering numerous private dining rooms
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so we went too much instagram but he's
big on instagram this is instagram
go check him out he's ordered a whole
bunch of food for us
and hopefully he can just explain to us
what it is because we don't have a clue
what we're eating or what it's called
but i'm sure you guys will tell us all
about it in the comments
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so you cannot take the peanut sauce so i
ordered this oh
thank you so that's chicken meatballs i
guess and with some peanut sauce and
soft shell crab nice yeah
yum next beef satay
fancy one five pieces
this is a little bit of an upgrade from
last week's satay
it's so good there's even a mini salad
on top
oh you can hear the drums
where is it coming from time to eat
happy breakfast and to drink is a nice
sugar cane and lime drink
delicious
what is this niceness i am chris
is that right yeah i am chemist
[Laughter]
oh my god
[Laughter]
beautiful look how beautiful clay looks
today wow
[Laughter]
is that everything yes another new dish
what's this it's the fish from this okay
fried in better yeah okay and the name
this came on top of the ayam yeah
interesting right salty tasty
yummy oh my gosh it's so soft it's so
cute
in my mouth it's like mochi right it is
yeah it's like mochi
i love it salad
thank you dion thank you oh my gosh
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thank you
we're now at a new rooftop bar called
noru we're here to meet alex white and
christian
hansen
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better put the camera away nice to meet
you
[Applause]
hello
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join us next time for a long episode
where we hop on a train headed inland to
bandung city we try our first ever
rendang
and show you around our beautiful new
hotel in braga street
you