KOMPAS.com – Pecenongan is known as a culinary paradise in Central Jakarta, especially when the Chinese New Year celebration arrives.
This area is filled with various eating places offering typical Indonesian dishes to menus with oriental flavors, suitable for enjoying with the family.
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Here are 10 places to eat in Pecenongan that are worth visiting during Chinese New Year, complete with menus and locations.
1. Nasi Uduk Sri Rostika Pecenongan
Located on Jalan Pecenongan Number 57, Gambir, Central Jakarta, Nasi Uduk Sri Rostika Pecenongan is open from 18.00 to 00.30 WIB every Tuesday to Sunday.
Serving uduk rice for IDR 12,000 per portion, this stall also offers various side dishes such as village fried chicken, Peking duck, and fried empal with prices ranging from IDR 4,000 to IDR 50,000.
2. Laguna Cottage
Pondok Laguna is located on Jalan Batu Tulis Raya Number 45, Gambir, Central Jakarta, and is open every day from 10.00 to 20.00 WIB.
This restaurant offers seafood menus such as grilled crab, fried snapper, squid pete tauco, and tilapia tomyam with prices ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands per portion.
3. People’s Egg Rice
The location of Nasi Telor Rakyat is on Jalan Pecenongan Number 48F, Gambir, Central Jakarta, and is open from 10.00 to 21.00 WIB every day.
This place serves rice with a variety of side dishes such as fried eggs, omelettes and skinned rice, with prices starting from IDR 24,000 to IDR 40,000 per portion.
4. Lumpia Jakarta
Lumpia Jakarta is located on Jalan Pecenongan Number 63, Gambir, Central Jakarta, and is open Tuesday to Sunday from 09.00 to 21.00 WIB.
The menu offered includes crab asparagus soup, nanking chicken, and shrimp steak with prices ranging from IDR 50,000 to IDR 80,000 per portion.
5. Pempek Cawan Putih
Located on Jalan Samanhudi Number 16, Gambir, Central Jakarta, Pempek Cawan Putih is open every day from 09.00 to 21.00 WIB.
The menu includes pempek lenjer large, pempek submarine, and tekwan priced from IDR 20,000 to IDR 30,000 per portion, as well as pindang ikan patin priced from IDR 32,000.
6. Martabak Pecenongan 65A
Located on Jalan Pecenongan Raya Number 65A, Gambir, Central Jakarta, Martabak Pecenongan 65A is open every day from 11.00 to 23.30 WIB.
The sweet and egg martabak is known to be delicious, with a choice of flavors such as peanut chocolate cheese martabak to mozzarella martabak with prices starting from IDR 70,000 to IDR 270,000.