Garcon, Plaza Senayan

For someone who goes to Plaza Senayan a lot, Garcon is a welcome addition to PS' array of restaurants. Ever since they put up a really pretty 'Coming Soon' wall.

One day me and my mom decided to go fancy and have lunch there.

I love their decor! I love love love it. 

Came in, sat down, enjoyed the decor, opened the menu, almost had a heart attack. Hahaha I mean, I know it's not gonna be cheap, but dayum! Thankfully I'm with my mom, so I'm good. After I got over the initial heart attack, I got excited because the menu looks delicious. 

After ordering, we got this complimentary bread and butter. The bread. Oh dear God, the bread. It's SO delicious. It's like being in France all over again. It's warm, crunchy on the outside, pure deliciousness inside. With the salted butter, I'm willing to pay for this. Heck, I'll come back to Garcon just for this bread alone!

Starters: Escargot. I think the appetizers are decently priced, this baby is 50k. It's delicious. The breadcrumbs is crunchy, adds good texture to the escargot.

My dish: sauteed shrimp, lemon, and parsley risotto (90k). This dish is a pretty little dish. The portion's a bit small, but I think it's enough. The risotto is thick, and VERY cheesy. It's not necessarily a bad thing, I still find it delicious. The lemon and parsley adds good balance. The shrimps are awesome! Really juicy and sweet, seasoned well. Great dish!

My mom's: roasted chicken and glazed vegetables in rosemary juice (90k). Yes, we ordered the cheapest dishes to test the waters and avoid getting ripped off (*cough* yeyo *cough*). This dish is really good value! We got two pieces of succulent chicken, with veggies and potatoes. Grilled chicken and rosemary go hand in hand, so it's delicious. Very filling, too.

We ordered one other thing that I forgot to take a picture of (oops), the crunchy creamy cheese wrap with garden salad (60k). It's basically four samosa-like creamy cheese wraps with delicious cream cheese fillings and a bunch of greens. It's awesome, I love it. (I love salads) The greens are crunchy and fresh, the dressing is a bit tangy but good, and the wraps made it come full circle. Noms!

Overall, I'm impressed. Hefty price tag, yes. But it's delicious, the place is really pretty, so it's all worth it.

FOIE GRAS.

Post ini didedikasikan untuk salah satu epitome dari french cuisine: foie gras. Apa itu foie gras? Hati angsa yang udah digendutin supaya nikmat. Karena gue sangat rajin membaca tentang petualangan2 idola gue Tony Bourdain (who is French and a chef in a French restaurant), gue tentu sangat menginginkan mencoba foie gras. Cara dia menjelaskan indahnya foie gras when cooked right membuat gue menganggap kalo lo mau bilang diri lo foodie sejati, lo harus coba foie gras. So one night I went to a French restaurant. Rive, yang berada di bilangan jakarta pusat (sebaris sama Ragusa). Gue kesana karena adek gue ngidam escargot (dia escargot mania banget), tapi much to my pleasant surprise, ada foie gras di menu!!!! Gue pun dengan nekat dan gegabah memesan.

Kira-kira tampangnya kayak gitu, walau itu hasil googling. Bedanya, di Rive ini, sausnya kental karena merupakan some kind of raspberry reduction atau mungkin sejenis demiglace, dan juga disediakan 3 thin pieces of toast. Gue pun segera mencicipinya. Dan, W-O-W. Man. Dahsyat. Lembuuuuut banget, teksturnya kayak lemak wagyu. Rasanya juga kayak lemak, tapi ada taste rasa hati nya. Gue serasa diteleport ke sebuah desa kecil di Perancis (padahal belom pernah). Gue berasa ada Tony Bourdain di depan gue lagi nyuruh gue untuk meresapi kenikmatannya. Tapi emang rasanya lumayan overwhelming, kayaknya gue ga bakal kuat kalo makan lebih dari satu porsi. Adek gue gue suruh nyicip, hampir muntah di tempat. I guess I should say it's an acquired taste. But for y'all who love fancy and truly good food, harus coba. Versi Rive nggak terlalu mahal, gue pikir harganya bakal mencapai 500ribuan, tapi kalo gue ga salah inget sekitar 150an kok. Dan sekarang gue dengan bangga bisa memproklamirkan ke dunia bahwa gue sudah pernah makan foie gras, and saying it feels damn good.
PS: di Rive, selain foie gras, yang sangat enak adalah baked escargot. tapi escargot paling enak menurut gue ada di Y&Y, kalo kata adek gue di Potato Head. Maybe we should trust her on this one, she's a total escargot-head.