Features
Bar, Features,
BY Narendra Abhisatya | 07 August 2026
The Measure of a Cocktail City

Four bars made the Top 50, but Jakarta’s biggest achievement lies in the drinking culture that made those wins possible.

Features, Restaurant,
BY Auli Cinantya | 08 July 2026
A Taste of Homecoming at ARPO by Arnold Poernomo

Tucked in Surabaya’s Darmo neighbourhood, ARPO is built around a deceptively simple idea — food that feels like home, executed with the kind of care that only reveals itself the more you pay attention.

Features,
BY Auli Cinantya | 23 May 2026
Not All Fire Is the Same

Charcoal, binchotan, wood — the fuel beneath a grill is not a footnote. It determines everything that ends up on the plate.

Features, Food Trends,
BY Auli Cinantya | 13 May 2026
The Hamburg Steak Trends Have Arrived in Jakarta!

A dish with roots in nineteenth-century Germany, reborn in Japan as a counter-theatre ritual, is now one of the most talked-about dining formats in the city.

Features,
BY Dante Nggelan | 11 May 2026
Chupacabras Burns Bright in the Ubud Jungle

In Ubud’s Kedewatan, an Argentine chef has built a steakhouse around live fire, a valley view, and thirty years of cooking on four continents. Chupacabras is not trying to fit in. It is trying to be remembered.

Features, Food Culture,
BY Dinda Pramesti | 23 April 2026
Food Related Reads for World Book Day

In celebration of World Book Day tomorrow, here are some food themed books that go beyond what’s on the plate.