Ondel-ondel

        The giant puppets from Betawi “Ondel-Ondel” is the icon of Metropolitan city Jakarta . But, until know no one knows why its called Ondel-Ondel. Ondel Ondel always perform as a couple like a husband and wife. It has 2.5 untul 5 meters tall with a 80 centimeters of diameter.  Ondel-ondel made of bamboo and its constructed in such a way so that can be easily lifted by one person from inside.

        Ondel-Ondel always dressed with a bright colour and ofcourse dressed with traditional betawi clothings. The hair of ondel ondel made of palm tree leaves and the mask made from wood. The performance of ondel ondel usually complemented with a mussicians (Tanjidor)  and occasioally a showcase of betawi style of Martial Arts (Pencak Silat) . The mussicians usually plays Betawi’s traditional compositions and cheerful songs.  Before, Ondel-Ondel was performed to provide protection from evil spirit. Thats why ondel ondel have a scary faces. Usually  You can see  Ondel Ondel performance when Jakarta’s birthday comes in Pekan Raya Jakarta (PRJ) or Monas . 

Shanghai Blue 1920 Restaurant

This restaurant has a typical Chinese and Indonesian (Batavia) which is the main attraction for visitors. Starting from the room decor to the menu that is served all have a touch of Chinese. The reasons why the name of this restaurant is Shanghai Blue because blue color gives the impression of a romantic and elegant to the visitors

These are some recommended menus :

Ketoprak Japit Mak Leha

This appetizer has a very special peanut sauce but it served like sandwich because it layered by opak (some kind of chips made by cassava)

Snow of Crab Fried Rice (Nasi Goreng Kepiting)

It tasted like an ordinary fried rice, but it has crabs , shrimps, 3 wontons , and 1 large wonton as a bowl.

Rijjsttafel Meikwei-Meikwei

This complete dish contains a very flavor taste, which has pork and chicken but it really freaking good. It’s worth to try again.

Address : Jalan Kebon Sirih Raya 79 Jakarta Pusat Jakarta Pusat, DKI Jakarta
City : DKI Jakarta
Phone : +62.21-3918690
Fax: 021-45873978

MUSEUM JOANG ' 45

       The museum located in the 1920s, who was the first to use a hotel run by the dutch royal l.c.schomper a long has he lived in Batavia.Joang 45, the building which is located on jl menteng raya, 31 Kebon Sirih urban village, menteng, Central Jakarta now is managed by Jakarta dept. of culture and tourism of Jakarta launch direct by soeharto president in 1974 after previously held on the renovation of the building at the time of.

       In his times after the netherlands in and then in control by the japanese years 1942-1945 which is equally want to control batavia , the family Hotel L.C. Schomper taken over by the Indonesian youth and changed their function as an office managed by ganseikanbu sendenbu headed by a japanese leaders named  “Simizu” in the office this is then held political education program that began in the 1942 to educate boys Indonesia and financed entirely by the Japanese government.

       Very much collections that we can see here for example a relic of the president and the indonesian vice president the first of their official cars that are on display and often known by car a rep rep 1 and 2 and there are also events car bombing in Cikini who is very well known at the time and is kept very neatly arranged in a room specially around the museum located and not carelessly people can enter inside it.

    

     In addition to vehicles there are also a collection of photos (Dutch unconditional surrender to Japan) and paintings (The figures and youth menteng 31) a story the era of colonialism the netherlands that are on display in the room , there is also a story about the battle of the java sea that occurs in a massive manner on the island of java in the month of februari-maret happened in 1942 where a fire fight in real time the java sea fleet between the sea of japan against combined fleet led by admiral karel a and then joint forces allied fleet was defeated and karel a deciduous was .

       In addition to objects that there are also letters important the award was a charter the sword the pirate hat the, the cases except heritage the age of a war there are also one book a wreath of Ir.Soekarno ( 1901-1984 ) titled under a flag revolution ( under the flog of revolution ) also there are lounge chairs man hatta who display neat on the corner of area the room, the goods while also fought like bamboo sharp, molotov cocktails, senapa long barrel and he headed the end there is a room that audio and visual broadcast documentary films and films struggle long that occurs significant at the time of the time and the very good to add flavor curiosity on indonesian history at the time.

AUDIO VISUAL ROOM

Contact Person :

Telphone : (021) 390-9148, Fax (021) 392-3185

Email: museumjoangjakarta@yahoo.co.id

special recognition to members of the armed forces of  Republik Indonesia

JAMU

         Jamu, is one of the greatest heritage of Indonesian culinary and well – known as Authentic herbal drink, which is be trust healthy by Indonesian people from the former time. Jamu made from herbs, using almost every part of it, such as leaves, roots, barks, flowers, seed and fruit. It’s also mixed by using materials acquired from animals, such as milk, eggs, and honey. The most remarkable things about Jamu is, it’s usually bitter, and has a strong aroma from the mixture of spices and herbs. There are lots variant of Jamu, which have different function and benefits for our body. The most Popular jamu for all ages is Beras Kencur. Not only because it’s sweet, unlikely the others, the aroma is also good and it has such a lot benefits for our body Such as reducing the ulcer, increasing the stamina, healing mouth thrush, etc. Beras Kencur is made from the mixture of Kencur, White Rice, Palm Sugar, Cinnamon, Kedaung, and water. Besides Beras Kencur, another popular Jamu especially for woman is Kunyit asam. Kunyit asam is made from Kunyit, Asam Jawa, Palm Sugar, and sometimes they added sirih as the optional ingredients. The most popular benefit of this Jamu is, it’s reduces the stomachache for the woman in her period. It’s also helps your digestion works well.

         Another unique thing about Jamu is the selling method. Jamu, traditionally sold by young to middle-aged Javanese woman using a traditional kebaya carrying a bamboo basket filled with bottles of jamu on her back, travelling villages and towns alleys, offering her fares of traditional herbal medicine. The price of Jamu is quite cheap for those great benefits for our body. The price is only Rp 2000,- to Rp 5000,- per glass all variants.

So, wanna try the traditional healthy lifestyle? Drink Jamu, and feel the fresh & healthiness! 

Bunga Rampai Restaurant

           Bunga rampai restaurant is one of fine-dining resto in Jakarta. To be exact, it is located in Jl. Teuku Cik Ditiro 35 Menteng, Central Jakarta 10310, Indonesia. The architecture of this resto is like antique Dutch colonial house then turned into a restaurant. Once you look at this restaurant, you might think this resto are not too big, but when you step in, there are so many rooms, so do not get lost guys :D The meaning of Rampai Flower itself, a bunch of flower that is specially decorated for celebrating an event. People also call puspa ragam or warna sari. They call it like that because this flowers are so colorful.

          As a high-class resto, do not ask again how much you have to spend if you want to eat here. But believe me, it is worth it. The price range is from IDR 100.000 – IDR 250.000 /person. This restaurant usually used to hold meetings, have a lunch or dinner, and also a place for pre-wedding photo section. This is because the interior is very beautiful, luxurious, photo-taking materials quality inside and outside. Back then, there was only one floor for dining area, but now, there are 3 floors available for dining. Every floors have different taste of decoration.  

About the foods in Bunga Rampai, they have a lot of menu of Indonesian cuisine. As I said before, this resto is fine-dining resto, therefore may be the prices are quite high and not everyone fit on this price. When I tried the food, it is really delicious. And beside the food, they also have nice ambiance and service. So, do not hesitate to come and try out this restaurant. You will never regret it. :)

Bunga Rampai

Jl. Teuku Cik Ditiro no. 35
Menteng
Jakarta Pusat 10310

Ph. +62 21 319 26 224, 319 26 225
Opening Hours:
Mon-Sun 11.00 - 23.00

Bunga Rampai Restaurant view

GLODOK

       Glodok is a derived from language sunda ( golodog ) having meaning namely the entrance of the house , why are called that because of the sunda kelapa ( jakarta was the entrance to the kingdom of sunda .Because before controlled dutch bring the workers from various regions to enter into betawi or batavia karen mayoritasnya inhabited by the sunda .Said changes “G” be “K” because words often found in the sunda by non-sunda eja , especially the tribe of java and malay then a lot of inhabiting the city .

The name of glodok also derived from the sound of a small building water fountain square eight the midst of the pages of city hall building kumpeni dutch government center in batavia at the time of first .Square building is built around eight years and had destroyed before 1743 rebuilt 1972 that dutch kumpeni soldiers also help to flow clean water for their daily needs , in addition also used to drink for the horses after soldiers held their long journey when doing his duty is to colonize batavia .

          Many places of interest that we can visit glodok in the area is :

•   Gereja santa Maria de Fatima Jakarta (abad ke-19)
•  Klenteng Kim Tek Ie
•  Toko obat Thaij Seng Hoo
•  Klenteng Toa Se Bio
• Toko Tian Liong
• Gedung Toko Obat “Thaij Hoo Tong”
• Gedung Rumah Keluarga Souw
•  Gedung Toko “Tjiap”
• Restoran “Siauw A Tjiap”
• Gedung Toko Obat “Lay An Tong”
• Toko kue “Tiong Tjiu Phia” Sin Hap Hoat
• Toko Pangkas Rambut “Ko Tang Kapperszaak”
• Waroeng “Kopi Es” Tak Kie

SOURCE : COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Straat met winkels in de Chinese wijk Glodok Djakarta TMnr 60054773.

KARAWITAN

Hello everyone, have you heard about Karawitan?

           Karawitan is the one of the thousand traditional music from Indonesia. The term karawitan refers to the playing of gamelan instruments, and comes from the word rawit, meaning 'intricate' or 'finely worked'. The word derives from the Javanese word of Sanskrit origin, rawit, which refers to the sense of smoothness and elegance idealized in Javanese music (from wikipedia)

          The most important thing in gamelan is the harmonization of all the instrument .

Karawitan usually played on most of Javanese occasion like Weddings, Religious day, and Formals occasion.
Nowadays in Jakarta, Karawitan still preserved by teaching them for students. We know that so many university, and school teach gamelan for the students. They also make a Karawitan competition.

There are the instrument of gamelan :

- Bonang

-Bonang Penerus

-Saron

-Gong

-Kendang

-Demung

-Kempul

-Saron penerus

-Ketuk

-peking