Synthia Tjipto

Mie urat sapinya enak.. Uratnya lembut, kenyal dan besar-besar, mienya pesen yang lurus, soft tapi ga lembek, trus ditaburin sama bawang goreng, enak banget apalagi kalau dicampur sama kuah urat sapinya

Lempernya besar2, isinya banyak dan gurih sekali.

Sate Taichan enak dengan daging paha, empuk n sambelnya juga pas, ga terlalu pedes.

Yg D'Geuliz bumbunya hanya kecap manis, sedangkan D'Lekerz sambel nya ada sambil manis dan pedes, enak kalau dicampur. Sate kulitnya enak.

About the Place

Pantjoran Tea House is a restored old building at Glodok, the entrance of Jakarta's China Town and Kota Tua (Old Town). This building used to be the oldest pharmacy, Apotheek Chung Hua, established in 1928. After renovated it opens its door as Tea House where you can enjoy tea as well Chinese food and dim sum.
There are 8 green pots of tea at ground level that are served for free for the passer-by, to continue the tea drinking tradition at Pancoran area that began in 17th century by Kapitein der Chineezen (Chinese Captain) Gan Djie.
On ground level you can sit down while enjoying tea, it's not air-conditioned though, but if you go upstairs, the room is spacious and air-conditioned with lots of natural light and has classic Chinese coffee house interior.
Food

We tried variety of dimsum and Chinese food. The dimsum are delicious, but the Chinese food is average and portion is small.
Food we ordered

Dimsum:

Lumpia goreng kulit tahu isi udang (28k) - my favorite

Pao ayam panggang (28k) - very good

Hakao (28k)

Siomay udang (28k)

Others:

Tahu lada garam (25k)

Cumi saus telur asin (80k) - too crunchy can't even taste the squid

Ayam saus kecap Inggris (40k) - taste like homemade ayam kecap inggris

Buncis sapi cincang (40k) - portion so small

Sapi saus lada hitam (70k)

Fuyunghai (40k) - fluffy fried egg with crunchy edges, sauce is quite sweet

Lindung cah fumak (35k)
Service

The waiters were attentive and quick to respond even though they only had 3 waiters on that day (second day Lebaran), but food took very long to prepare.
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Interior

Decor is quite nice, with natural light near the glass window, albeit it can be pretty warm sitting next to window.
Food

Tuna Salad

Looks fancy, but taste average. Veggies are not as fresh and crunchy as expected, but the deep fried egg yolk is quite unique.
Seafood Chowder

They have no prawns for the chowder and add other seafood instead, including squid. I really think it's weird to have squid in the seafood chowder, coz it's normally fish, shell fish and prawns.
Croque Madame

Came out partially burnt, egg too well done (nor even runny when cut), soggy bread, dried ham. Looks completely different than the picture on the menu.
Cheese bomb Burger

They experiment to use cheese puff as the replacement of bread on top, but unfortunately the cheese wasn't runny when cut as pictured either. Beef patty was too mushy, sauce was too sweet (the tomato based one).
Drink

Iced cafe latte with Vanilla Ice Cream

Coffee was not bad, but better after another Espresso shot.
Overally it's a nice place to hangout, but unfortunately the food doesn't live the expectation, just average and some of them look different from the picture on the menu.

Yang special adalah kuahnya yang kental, gurih dan berasa udangnya. Jangan lupa minta bayoupok / ampas untuk menambah nikmatnya mie udang.

Saya mencoba Misu Shingen Mochi atau raindrop cakes yg sedang ngetrend akhir-akhir ini.  Presentasi nya cukup cantik seperti tetesan air raksasa dan ada beberapa topping yang bisa dipilih, Brown sugar, Matcha dan taro. Rasanya ternyata seperti agar2 polos dan sedikit manis dari saus topping, cukup unik, tapi rasanya tidak istimewa tidak seperti yang dibayangkan. Cukup untuk mencoba sekali saja.