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View all search resultsJolly gifts: Unique hampers to give away this holiday season
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The Ritz-Carlton Jakarta, Pacific Place's hampers are designed to also be a feast for the eyes. (Courtesy of The Ritz-Carlton Jakarta, Pacific Place). (The Ritz-Carlton Jakarta, Pacific Place/Courtesy of The Ritz-Carlton Jakarta, Pacific Place)
A variety of holiday hamper ideas to help those in need of inspiration this jolly season.
Ny. Ali’s traditional feeling
In the midst of all the Western delicacies offered this festive season, Ny. Ali (Madame Ali), a traditional cake specialist since 1969, offers Christmas hampers full of traditional Indonesian sweets that aim to bring back nostalgic childhood memories.
Collaborating with Babagi Gifts - a brand that offers customized packaging for weddings and seserahan (meeting of the bride and groom’s families prior to the wedding day)- their hampers are presented using tampah (woven bamboo plate used by rice farmers) wrapped in traditional batik-pattern cloths, mimicking the art of Furoshiki (Japanese cloth wrapping).
The most-popular hamper, aptly called The Favourite, starting from Rp 395,000 (US$27) is made with a collection of brown and pink kue mangkok (steamed sponge cupcake) with grated coconut matched with a jar of nastar (pineapple tarts). Another hamper option from Ny. Ali is called Nostalgia, starting from Rp 485,000, comprises a jar of nastar, a glass jar of lidah kucing (finger cookies), a blirik (traditional green and white tin cup), and sachets of empon empon (herbal tea). Ny. Ali hampers can be purchased at linktr.ee/Nyalicakes.
Ritz-Carlton Jakarta Pacific Place’s posh boxes
The Ritz-Carlton, Jakarta Pacific Place hampers are made in collaboration with Kezia Karin, a renowned Indonesian interior designer. Based in Surabaya, East Java, among Kezia Karin’s notable commissions was in November this year when she was entrusted with designing the rooms in Louis Vuitton’s Objets Nomades. Held in Jakarta, and previously Los Angeles, London, Milan, Shanghai and Singapore, Objets Nomades is a showcase of experimental yet functional furniture pieces and design objects made by celebrated designers from around the world curated by Louis Vuitton.
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