ALICE by Tom Aikens at The Langham Jakarta has introduced A Journey Through France, a year-long dining programme that explores the country’s regional cuisines through a rotating series of menus. Available daily for dinner starting 5 January 2026, the programme presents signature dishes from 12 regions across France, each highlighted at different points throughout the year.
Rather than presenting a single interpretation of French cooking, the programme is structured around regional identity and seasonality. Each menu focuses on the culinary character of one region, reflecting its local ingredients, traditions, and cooking styles. The approach allows diners to experience familiar French flavours through a broader regional lens, moving beyond well-known classics to lesser-seen regional expressions.
The opening chapter centres on Lyon and the Rhône-Alpes, long regarded as the heartland of traditional French cuisine. The menu features dishes associated with the region’s robust and comforting cooking style, including salade lyonnaise, potage lyonnais, and poulet aux morilles served with pilaf rice. Dessert is anchored by tarte à la praline de Lyon, a regional speciality made with pink pralines and almond pastry.
According to The Langham’s Jakarta Executive Chef Jeremy Jouan, the programme is intended as a form of culinary storytelling, where each dish represents a place and its traditions rather than a standalone creation. The menus are designed to evolve throughout the year, offering diners a structured way to explore France’s diversity through food.
Following the Lyon and Rhône-Alpes edition, subsequent menus will rotate monthly, covering regions such as Burgundy, Provence, Bordeaux and Aquitaine, Alsace, Normandy, Brittany, Champagne, Périgord, and the Basque Country. Each phase highlights regional techniques and flavour profiles, reinforcing the importance of place in French gastronomy.
Set within ALICE’s dining room, A Journey Through France positions French regional cuisine as an ongoing narrative rather than a fixed menu. The programme reflects a growing interest in contextual dining experiences, where regional specificity and culinary heritage take precedence over repetition or trend-driven interpretations.
ALICE by Tom Aikens
The Langham Jakarta
District 8, SCBD, Lot 28 Jakarta 12190, Indonesia
