I found my new favorite restaurant and furniture store here in Jakarta. This past Saturday our friends took us to a cafe restaurant called KOI in Kemang, Jakarta. I fell in love with the restaurant and the furniture store immediately. Every time I go out to a mall or other places in Jakarta, I am impressed by how beautiful Indonesian designs are. I like Indonesian’s modern designs with a melange of tropical flavor. In general Indonesian designs are simple, natural and beautiful and the colors they use are chic. I often see white, gray, mocha brown, black, sage green, and sometimes they use accent colors like yellow, red and blue. I think that the rate of seeing cafes, restaurants and shops that have stylish interior is very high in this city. It is fun to just walk around and get inspired by the designs that jump into my sight.
I walked around in the gallery and looked at pieces of furniture. I would love to have them, so I looked at the price and choked. If you know me, I’m a big fan of IKEA not only because of the designs, but also because of the reasonable prices. The furniture sold at the store was out of our league unfortunately, but I was quite inspired by seeing the pieces!
We went to KOI Cafe Restaurant for brunch. Their food was great. Once again I do not have photos of the food we ordered. When you have kids, sometimes you don’t have the time to take photos before you serve the food to your kids because you have to feed the beasts! I ordered blueberry pancakes and French toast for the girls and eggs, sausage and spinach for myself. I ate some of the pancakes and French toast as well and everything was tasty. This restaurant has become one of my favorite places to go. Kemang area seems to be a hip place to hang out. There are many stylish stores there. I cannot wait to go back to find out more about the area.
Old Location
Saberro House, Jl Kemang Raya 10A, Jakarta Selatan
Tel: (021)719-5707
The building is next to McDonald Kemang.
If you are looking for the new location of Koi Kemang Restaurant, please click here.
If you would like to see the photos of Koi Kemang Gallery, please click here.
I also have other photos I’ve taken of KOI’s food and furniture. To view more photos, click the Photography tab or here.
Kaho,
Seems like you are settling in and having a great time in Indonesia. It’s so much fun reading about your experiences there thus far. Had to laugh about the lack of photos because you had to “feed the beasts”! Can’t wait to read more.
Julia
Julia! Thanks for leaving me a sweet comment!! We like it here. I’m glad you got laugh out of feeding the beasts.
I’m sure you’ll find cheaper but still beautiful furniture somewhere as you keep exploring… I can’t wait to see the collection of furniture you get there!!
I hope to buy some, but the prices are jaw-dropping expensive. Maybe I’m looking at wrong stuff? The only things we’ve bought are cleaning supplies! It feels like I have an endless list of things to use in order to clean the house!
Thanks for finally writing about >KOI Kafe &
Galeri | C H U Z A I ☆ L I V I N G <Loved it!