Friday Finds ☆ Chocolate Martini at The Dharmawangsa

When you move to a new place, you start hearing from friends what you must experience in the new city. Chocolate Martini at the Dharmawangsa Hotel was one of the things that various people mentioned from the beginning. The well-known Chocolate Martini is served at the Mejapahit Lounges and Bar of the Dharmawangsa Hotel.

The Chocolate Martini is IDR 115.000++, which ends up being about IDR 150,000 with tax and service charge. It’s not cheap, but when you have a chocolate martini in your hand, sitting in a gorgeous lounge at one of the most beautiful hotels in Jakarta, and if you have good company, you’ll easily spend over an hour or more to sip on your drink and enjoy the conversation with your friends. It’s a great way to have girls night out. In fact, two times I went to Chocolate Martini was with my girl friends.

If I go to a bar, I wouldn’t think to order a glass or martini, but this was a whole package of experience I enjoy and I would go back to The Dharmawangsa just to have it. To me the key is the chocolate. The chocolate on the rim of a glass and the kiss chocolate (looks like it, doesn’t it?) in the martini adds the sweetness to the martini and it’s divine. I didn’t know this until my friend told me recently that if you sit in the outside terrace area, the chocolate melts into the martini. Two times I have been there, I sat in the freezing cold lounge (bring your sweater!). The chocolate did not melt, thus, I ungracefully, yet discretely scraped the chocolate off the glass with my teeth (I’m sure I look like I am chewing on the glass…) to taste it. Yum.

Mini Martini

The Mejapahit Lounges and Bar

In the Mejapahit Lounges high tea is served in the afternoon. It is actually reasonable to have a high tea there and I took my sister when she was in town to visit us. It is a great place to take out of town guest. To view my High Tea post, click here.

Have a great weekend, y’all!