Jl. Wolter Monginsidi no. 41
Kebayoran Baru
Jakarta Selatan
Tel. 7278 6138
There is something organically warm about Warung Daun as opposed to the atmosphere other pretentious upscale warung and tempo doeloe restaurants of the same genre strive for. It sits somewhere between Warung Pojok and Warung Mbah Jingkrak, is Sundanese-heavy and organic in purpose, and they do a killer fried sambal on mortar — a house specialty — that goes well with anything from tumis genjer oncom (sautéed genjer and oncom), uluketek (stir fried leunca with fermented peanut cake) and orak-arik ikan asin (sautéed veggies tossed with salted fish).
The gurame kuah pedas (hot and sour gurame soup) — a localized take on the Menado staple — brims with sensational flavours but is high up on the thorn-and-bone department, while the buntut tumis cabe, a fiery dish of oxtail sautéed in green and red chillies, garlic and onion, is an ecstatic experience. Expect no long tables that dazzle with archipelagic plurality—just good, healthy food in pleasant, uncontrived environs. Also on Jl. Pakubuwono 6 no. 10, Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta Selatan, Tel. 739 5454; Jl. Cikini Raya no. 26, Jakarta Pusat, Tel. 391 0909.
Price range: Around Rp 150,000 for 2
Operating hours: 11:00 – 22:00
Dress code: casual
Atmosphere: charmingly unpretentious upscale warung
Alcohol: beer
All major credit cards accepted
Reviewed: September 2007
Selain menerbitkan seri Jakarta Good Food Guide yang telah memenangi sejumlah penghargaan, Laksmi Pamuntjak telah menghasilkan dua himpunan puisi, Ellipsis (salah satu buku terpilih harian The Herald UK tahun 2005) dan The Anagram; sebuah karya filosofis tentang manusia, kekerasan dan mitologi, Perang, Langit dan Dua Perempuan; dan sebuah kumpulan cerpen tentang lukisan, The Diary of R.S.: Musings on Art.
