Visiting Jakarta and craving non-Indonesian food? Jakarta is a really cosmopolitan city and it’s ready to serve you some tasty bites from all over the world. Let me tell you about one of my favourite options.
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Indian food Jakarta, sounds yummy! Oh yes, that kind of thing is possible. There are those certain times when you just don’t want to eat local food. Some reasons like; the local food is terrible or does not go well with your tummy, you just want to eat familiar food or like some close friends of mine, they just love foreign food. Madly in love! Speaking about foreign food, my favorite Indian restaurant in Jakarta is Komala’s restaurant. I love their variety of Indian food and of course the taste.
Masala in Dosai
This Indian restaurant is located in Sarinah building, Thamrin road, provides various options. From Naan, Kari, Dosai, Platters, together with plenty of choices for snacks and dessert, Komala’s restaurant has plenty to offer. I would love to let you know two dishes that I really like at Komala’s restaurant.
- Bhattura Plate: It might look like a space ship, but the soft fluffy deep fried bread is just so tasty. A lot of my friends think that this bread is too greasy, well… Indeed, they are right, but greasy doesn’t mean it’s not tasty! The bread is served with chickpeas gravy, paneer butter masala and a set of small dips to complete the dish; slices of garlic, a slice of lime and a green chili.
- Masala Dosai (Paper or Rawa): It is basically a dosai filled with mashed potato served with sambar and chutney.
A spaceship (or UFO ship?) on my plate. Yum!
Nom nom nom at Komala’s Restaurant – Jakarta
What if you want Indian food, but you can’t get to the restaurant? As you know, Jakarta is unfortunately famous for its traffic. Thamrin Road, where Komala’s restaurant is located, can be ridiculously mad for traffic. Don’t forget the MRT project that is happening at the moment in Thamrin, creates bottlenecks at several points.
Food delivery is a very smart option for people who can’t be bothered to deal with the traffic or people who are simply too busy/lazy to go out (that is so me!). Have you heard about Foodpanda? Sounds so cute… Well, they are. Besides their cute (and catchy)name, they offer great services.
With Foodpanda, ordering food can be as easy as 1 2 3. For example: pick Komala’s restaurant, pick the dish, continue with registering your details, and voila! You’ll get your favorite Indian food at your door in one hour. You can pay them directly at the delivery location. Cool, right? They also have a mobile app, which makes ordering delivery food easier.
Ordering food can be as easy as 1 2 3 🙂
Oh, I need to tell you one more favorite dish of mine at Komala’s restaurant. It is not Indian food, but trust me.. You need to know it! Sizzling Brownies… This is definitely the best brownie that I have ever eaten to date. Go on imagine a brownie served on a steaming hotplate (what is better than a warm brownie?), topped with vanilla ice cream. Yum, right? Oh wait. They also add roasted almond slices and hot chocolate sauce. Heaven is so real!
Do you have any favourite foreign food restaurant in Jakarta? Tell me.. I would love to know! 😉
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waaaa, next time I need to tag you along to an Indian restaurant. Honestly I know nothing about Indian food and would love to taste them 😀
take me! i love Indian Food and need a friends to share the food *glek
Are you sure you want to share food? I think it is better to have one dish for each of us. 😀 Hope it reminds you about our BlackBall moment..
Hey Debbzie, I bet it should be a lot of fun to review a restaurant (and food) with you. You should teach me how to capture food nicely (and make it look more appetizing).
Ah komalas ini lumayan mahal untuk ukuran kantong ku ;-( dan juga rasa nya aku kurang suka coz berempah banget.
Dulu sebenarnya sering makan disini kalo acara kantor coz banyak indiahe di kantor ku 😉
Yang bener kak ini berempah banget? Menurutku malahan ini lumayan santai rempahnya. Hahaha.. Kalau kaya Bhattura bisa share buat berdua, lebih irit kan? 😉
Belum pernah nyobain indian food, dari foto terlihat enak juga.
UFOnya bikin kaget, sebesar bola kaki.:))
Haha.. iya emang gede banget. Menurutku Komala’s restaurant ini enak. Ada juga resto makanan India di Yogya yg aku suka, tapi ada jg yang aku kurang suka.
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We just arrived in jakarta. We want to eat indian or pakistani food. And visit some popular places today. Tomorrow we are going back to pakistan. Our flight is at 13.10 pm
Hi Rasheed. Unfortunately I don’t know of any Pakistani restaurants in Jakarta. I hope you have a good time in the city.