The typical Idul Fitri lunch features high-calorie food, such as ketupat (rice cake), opor ayam (chicken braised in coconut milk) and beef rendang.
Idul Fitri is synonymous with family gatherings that involve a lot of food.
The typical Idul Fitri lunch features high-calorie food, such as ketupat (rice cake), opor ayam (chicken braised in coconut milk) and beef rendang.
With that in mind, online food directory Traveloka Eats, which is part of online travel agent Traveloka, has compiled a list of restaurants in Jakarta that serve healthy meals suitable for Idul Fitri.
Traveloka public relations director Sufintri Rahayu said in a press release, “We are here to help Muslims to enjoy a variety of delicious and healthy dishes with their beloved family. We hope that our recommendations will make an unforgettable Eid Holiday.”
Curious? Below are five healthy restaurants in Jakarta where you can celebrate Idul Fitri.
Burgreens Oakwood Kuningan
Burgreens is a pioneer vegetarian restaurant in Jakarta.
Recently, the eatery opened a new branch in Oakwood Mega Kuningan, South Jakarta.
Featuring an al fresco dining area, you can sample the restaurant’s signature dishes, such as the vegan rendang platter, barley quinoa bowl and Burgreens steaks, while breathing the rare Jakarta clean air.
Big groups can also have a healthy lunch at a communal table located inside the restaurant.
Where: Jl. Mega Kuningan Barat, Setia Budi, South Jakarta
Fedwell
Fedwell is another Jakarta-based healthy restaurant. Following the success of its first outlet on Jl. Senopati, South Jakarta, Fedwell has opened a new branch in Citywalk Sudirman, Central Jakarta.
Similar to its first outlet, Fedwell Citywalk Sudirman serves a variety of high protein food, vegetables and grains with healthy dressings.
However, the new outlet occupies a larger space and comes with big windows that let in plenty of natural light, allowing guests to enjoy the restaurant’s rib eye steak menu, called The Don, in a fresh ambience.
Where: Citywalk Sudirman, Jl. K.H. Mas Mansyur Kav 121
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The Jamu Bar
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The Jamu Bar specializes in serving healthy drinks. As part of Burgreens, the first outlet is located in Burgreens Pacific Place shopping mall, South Jakarta.
Here, health enthusiasts can enjoy a myriad of handcrafted, brewed tonics as well jamu (traditional herbal medicine) made by a jamulogist (skilled jamu maker).
Start your adventure with the "jamu flight" which features four artisanal jamu in tasting portions.
Where: Pacific Place shopping mall, LG, Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 52-53
Seed
Seed is a new healthy restaurant located in Kemang, South Jakarta.
Offering an Australia-style brunch, the restaurant serves a variety of salads, such as green hummus, and all-day breakfast menu, including kale on eggs, smashed avocado toast, quinoa fried rice and more. Those who come after 11 a.m. can also enjoy main courses, such as creamy truffled carbonara, umami beef cheek, truffled chicken and stuffed crispy salmon.
Where: Plaza Kemang 88, Jl. Kemang Raya No. 88, South Jakarta
Green Wok
Green Wok is an open bar establishment managed by healthy catering service 3SkinnyMinnies.
Tucked inside the FoodHall in Plaza Indonesia shopping mall, Central Jakarta, Green Wok offers a variety of low calorie Indonesian dishes, which consist of between 120 and 400 calories per portion.
Among the signature dishes are fried konyaku served with kecombrang (torch ginger) and sliced beef and grilled black rice with oncom rawit (fermented soybean paste with bird’s eye chili) and kemangi (basil leaves)
Where: FoodHall, Plaza Indonesia, Jl MH Thamrin Kav. 28-30
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