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Ten places to get healthy but delicious food around Jakarta

Healthy food is frequently frowned looked down upon due to misconceptions that it tastes bland but an increasing number of catering services are emerging with innovative meals that balance flavor with nutritional quality.

JP Staff (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Thu, February 16, 2023

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Ten places to get healthy but delicious food around Jakarta Extensive: MyMeal Catering has an extensive library of healthy meals and customers can even ask for their recipes upon subscribing to the catering service. (Courtesy of My Meal Catering) (Archive/Courtesy of My Meal Catering)

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em>Healthy food is frequently frowned looked down upon due to misconceptions that it tastes bland, but an increasing number of catering services are emerging with innovative meals that balance flavor with nutritional quality.

A growing number of Indonesians recognize the importance and benefits of a healthy lifestyle, prompting many catering services to provide healthy and delicious food, preparing their meal based on the nutritional needs of their patrons.

Some of these services do more than serve meals­ – they also come with health consulting sessions and even a medical check-up, depending on the meal package. This list contains some of the best catering services in Jakarta that provide healthy and delicious meals.

Yellow Fit Kitchen

Extensive: MyMeal Catering has an extensive library of healthy meals and customers can even ask for their recipes upon subscribing to the catering service. (Courtesy of My Meal Catering)
Extensive: MyMeal Catering has an extensive library of healthy meals and customers can even ask for their recipes upon subscribing to the catering service. (Courtesy of My Meal Catering) (Archive/Courtesy of My Meal Catering)

Yellow Fit Kitchen offers traditional Indonesian dishes as well as Thai, Chinese and European favorites such as pasta, steak and pizza.

The healthy part comes in its limitations on using salt and other seasonings – they are adjusted based on daily nutrient recommendations. Despite the minimal seasoning, it promises that its food remains tasteful.

Customers can choose a weekly or monthly meal plan. They can also order to have the food delivered only on working days, including weekends, or during lunchtime or dinner time only. It should be noted that the service limits its dishes' calories to no more than 500 per portion.

Fit n Fun Catering

Fit n Fun Catering offers meal services to customers in Jakarta and Tangerang based on age, weight group and nutritional assessment from doctors.

It has meals designed for individual groups with different needs, such as children or people suffering from heart disease, diabetes, cancer, stroke or kidney problems. It also offers a meal package for pregnant women. There is also an all-around healthy menu that consists of red rice, oregano tofu, sauteed cauliflower and chicken steak.

In addition to meal packages, Fit n Fun Catering offers free consultation sessions with expert nutritionists via phone, WhatsApp or Telegram.

MyMeal Catering

MyMeal Catering offers a personalized menu based on a doctor’s recommendations – not only for those with a particular diet but also for those afflicted with certain conditions, including heart ailments, hypertension and kidney problems.

For those who intend to lose weight, MyMeal Catering provides meal plans compliant with diets such as mayo, keto, Atkins/low-carb and South Beach. A 14-day keto or Atkins diet, for example, includes three daily meals and two snacks, as well as a one-time consultation session with a nutritionist and a medical check-up.

MyMeal Catering also comes with a healthy menu recipe that customers can try to make once the entire order package period has been completed.

Otts and Jill Salad Bowls

As its name implies, Otts and Jill Salad Bowls specializes in salads. Its colorful presentations make it a popular catering service for salad lovers and vegans.

However, salad is only one of the dishes on offer here. Otts and Jill also serve fish, eggs and chicken breast with various dressings, from honey lemon to caesar salad dressing. It also offers several kinds of soup, pasta and a more traditional option like opor ayam (chicken in coconut milk).

Gorry Gourmet

Gorry Gourmet operates in Jakarta, Tangerang and Southern Tangerang, offering various menus for pregnant women and those who wish to build their muscles.

It boasts an extensive selection of healthy meals, from local to international dishes. Customers who want to lose weight can choose a fat-loss or keto diet menu. There is also a special menu for people with diabetes and one for those who wish to maintain an ideal body weight.

This catering service is notable for paying close attention to its staff since it has an app-based employee wellness program. They can access med check-ups, counseling sessions with medical experts and even lifestyle monitoring, ensuring that it has healthy customers and fit employees.

Leafwell Catering

Leafwell Catering is one of the best choices for people who wish to eat clean for the entire week. It offers a Maintain package for those who want to maintain their weight, a Muscle-Up package for those who want to bulk up and a Weight Loss package.

There is also the New Mom package specifically for women who want to lose weight after childbirth. It comes with the necessary nutrition that is suitable for breastfeeding women.

Subscription-wise, the service offers a five-day meal package and monthly meal plans for longer-term diet programs. The latter ensures customers will never have the same meal twice a month.

Burgreens

Delectable: Meals provided by Yellow Fit Kitchen are testament that they do not necessarily need to taste bland to be healthy. (Courtesy of Yellow Fit Kitchen)
Delectable: Meals provided by Yellow Fit Kitchen are testament that they do not necessarily need to taste bland to be healthy. (Courtesy of Yellow Fit Kitchen) (Archive/Courtesy of Yellow Fit Kitchen)

At Burgreens, customers can have their meals delivered or eat at the establishment. Its name combines burgers and greens, and that is what it specializes in, though it has other Western and Asian choices like chicken satay and Japanese katsu curry.

The catering service comes with five meal packages designed for vegans, vegetarians and non-picky eaters, comprising its Just Clean Eating, Weight Loss, Active Weight Loss, Healing Meal and Immune-Boosting meal plans. Each plan consists of a different healthy menu every day. Its popular Immune-Boosting plan, in particular, comes with a smoothie and herbal drink every day throughout the 14-day package.

Healthy M Kitchen

Founded by entrepreneur Merry Riana, Health M Kitchen is considered one of Jakarta's most well-rounded catering services. It comes with three different meal packages, Healthy Catering, Healthy Box and Healthy Salad.

Healthy Box also has ten menus designed for customers with active lifestyles. It uses high-quality ingredients for all its dishes, such as the slim grilled dory or its signature protein booster, consisting of brown rice, tempeh, carrot and beans.

Loka Padang

This catering service, also known as Lokatering, offers subscription packages available daily, weekly and monthly. Customers can choose to take a lunch meal plan, dinner or both.

Most of the meals available at Loka Padang consisted of plant-based ingredients without monosodium glutamate (MSG) or preservatives. Although it is not primarily specialized in diet menus (although still healthy), many customers have claimed that they experienced weight loss after having subscribed to Loka Padang meal plans.

It has an extensive menu that ensures customers get different meals every day. Meals provided for lunch are also different from those for dinner. For example, customers may get tongseng (stew), Ponorogo satay, bakwan jagung (fried corn fritters) and kerupuk (crackers) for lunch but will never get them for dinner.

Loka Padang is available for the Jakarta area and its vicinity. No delivery costs will be charged if they reside in the special region of Jakarta.

Green Spoon

Green Spoon employs a slow-cooking method and uses healthy ingredients in their meals without using salt or MSG to make them delicious. The slow-cooking process reduces the chances of heart disease. Green Spoon is popular with noodle and soup enthusiasts.

This catering service has Weight Loss, Maintenance and Muscle Up meal packages. All three are available in five-day plans or 20-day monthly plans. Some of its upcoming menu includes kwetiau siram sapi telur (rice noodles with beef and egg sauce), which has less than 500 calories, and grilled white fish and prawn with Singapore chili sauce.

Its sister company, Bye-Bye Belly, also offers a more intensive 13-day Mayo diet program that differs entirely from Green Spoon.

 

 

 

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