The Best Places to Eat in Jakarta for Jumbo Food

KOMPAS.com – This edition of the Jakarta city guide covers the best places to eat in Indonesia’s capital city for jumbo-sized food.

The sensationally large portions of the dishes offered at the four restaurants we picked make it ideal for you to share with your family and friends.

Here are Kompas.com’s top four best restaurants in Jakarta for jumbo food portions.

1. Legend Kitchen

In North Jakarta sits Legend Kitchen which offers its Big Bowl Curry menu item that can feed up to five people.

The massive size of the bowl will leave you mind-boggled, as it is 50 centimeters big which you can fill with a choice of curly noodles, regular noodles, or vermicelli.

What makes the dish so delicious is Legend Kitchen’s hit curry broth.

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As for the unique places to eat in Jakarta, the ordinary just doesn’t cut it, hence the curry dish is topped with other ingredients amassing 10 kilograms.

From chicken, beef, green beans, potatoes, sprouts, squid, tofu, and shrimp fish roll, there is enough protein to go around for the whole crew.

You can find our first location for jumbo food at Jalan Muara Karang Raya Y5 Nomor 40D, Pluit every day from 11am-7pm.

2. Bakso Rusuk Joss

Our Jakarta city guide for jumbo food will do more than enough to satisfy your cravings for Indonesian Meatball Soup (bakso) on a massive scale.

Bakso Rusuk Joss is known for Indonesia’s favorite meatball dish and has been quite successful at quelling the palettes of foodies in the city with branches spread out from Bekasi to Bogor to Jakarta.

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Diners can choose Indonesian meatballs of various sizes with prices ranging from $3.19 (Rp 45,000) to $9.57 (Rp 135,000).

As one of the more popular places to eat in Jakarta for bakso, be sure to order a portion or two between 10am-10pm.

3. OTW Food Street

With plenty of places to eat in Jakarta for international cuisines, OTW Food Street is our main pick thanks to its jumbo Long John Bread that can feed three to four people.

Our Jakarta city guide location for jumbo food is affordable as its star menu item only costs $4.96 (Rp 70,000).

OTW Food Street is located at Jalan Raya Kelapa Kopyor Nomor 1 and is open from 7am-10pm.

4. Bakso Mukidi

Another one of the more popular places to eat in Jakarta for bakso brings you to East Jakarta, specifically to Jalan Raya Pulo Gebang.

A group portion of its Indonesian Meatball Soup can feed up to five people as the meatball itself weighs 2 kilograms.

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The best part of our Jakarta city guide location for jumbo food is the level of quality control that is maintained ensuring the highest standards of ground meat, vegetables, and noodles arrive at your table.

The group bakso package costs $10.64 (Rp 150,000) inclusive of five glasses of drinks and five bowls of bakso.

(Writer: Theresia Amadea | Editor: Yuharrani Aisyah)

Source: https://www.kompas.com/food/read/2020/11/21/112507275/4-makanan-porsi-jumbo-di-jakarta-ada-bakso-rusuk-joss?page=all#page2