Selasa, 20 Oktober 2015

Organic restaurants in Jakarta (by Niken Anggun Anggraini)

Nowadays, a lot people become more and more realize the benefit of healthy eating and organic foods, which was planted, grown and stored without artificial chemicals, such as pesticides, preservatives, coloring substances, and flavoring. This fact leads to the growing of organic restaurants to meet that needs.
Since cooking could be troublesome for some people, dining out or getting take-out foods from organic restaurants is actually a great solution. Here are some organic restaurants that you can find around Jakarta:


Healthy Choice
This restaurant provides various types of organic food menus, ranging from Indonesian dishes like oxtail soup to European dishes, such as organic pizza. At a first glance, their menus might sounds like junk foods, but the ingredients that are used are organic based and cooked without artificial seasonings.
The good thing about this restaurant is that you can easily find it in malls in Jakarta, such as Plaza Indonesia on 3rd floor, One Pacific Place Mall on the 5th floor and GF Bellagio Boutique Mall, all in South Jakarta.
Warung Kebunku
If you want to enjoy healthy organic dishes at affordable prices, you may want to try out this restaurant. Warung Kebunku, with their “from farm to table” concept, serves organic menus, which ingredients are fresh from their own garden. You can find it at Jl. Terogong Raya no.11, Cilandak Barat, Jakarta Selatan.

Warung Daun
Another restaurant with a great selection of organic Indonesian dishes! Warung Daun serves Sundanese foods with organic ingredients. Healthy comes first is the concept that brought out by the restaurant that is located at Jl. Wolter Monginsidi no.41 Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta Selatan. The restaurant’s owner even implements regulations that no plastic used in the restaurant and only using high-grade stainless steel kitchen appliances to maintain the quality of their foods.

Bellagio Organic Blood Type
Cuisine Have you ever thought that your food can actually be matched with your blood type? A restaurant in Mega Kuningan Jakarta, named Bellagio Organic Blood Type Cuisine, serves their customers with organic menus that based on their blood types. For example, if you are an A type, it is highly recommended for you to become vegetarian. A B type should limit, or avoid, chicken while O type should avoid dairy products. As for AB, lucky you, as it is said that you are able to easily adapt to any variety of diets.

So, dare to try?

copied from: www.thejakartapost.com

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copied from: www.marieclaire.com

Senin, 12 Oktober 2015

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