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Once a parking lot, Thamrin 10 transforms into center for culinary delights
Thamrin 10 was officially opened by Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan on Dec. 21, 2019, and has since opened daily, from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m. on weekdays, closing an hour later on weekends. The park is built on an 8,000-square-meter area that was once a parking space called the Park and Ride Thamrin.
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Visitors enjoy the delicacies at Thamrin 10 Food and Creative Park at Menteng district, Central Jakarta, on Friday evening, Jan. 24, 2020. The park is decorated with rows of Chinese lanterns in celebration of Chinese New Year. (JP/Yunindita Prasidya)
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urrounded by Jakarta’s skyscrapers, Thamrin 10 Food and Creative Park in Menteng district, Central Jakarta, provides the capital’s micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) with a venue to grow their businesses, as well as a much-needed open space for its residents to socialize while trying out delicacies.
“There are already too many malls in Jakarta. I get bored. I wanted to check out the open space, as well as the food and the stalls,” said Afifah, a 23-year-old who visited Thamrin 10 with her two friends for the first time on Friday evening.
“The food is tasty and cheaper than in malls,” she said.
That evening, the dining area managed by city-owned market operator Pasar Jaya was decorated with rows of Chinese lanterns in celebration of Chinese New Year, which falls on Jan. 25. Chinese dishes are also put on sale to fit the occasion.
Among the 54 tenants and seven food trucks, beneath a row of red booth tents were chefs from Chef Republic, a community of chefs in Jakarta, cooking various Chinese dishes as part of the park’s effort to provide customers with a thematic experience every time they come to visit.
Rizal Djarot from Chef Republic told The Jakarta Post that the administration had offered an opportunity to the community after he initially wanted to open his own place at Thamrin 10. The administration asked Chef Republic to come up with different cuisines according to the theme of the month — this month being Chinese New Year and next month Valentine’s Day.
“We have selected the 40 best Chinese dishes available and we put them here,” Rizal said, as he accompanied the Post to visit each booth and showed what was on the menu that day: from fried beef noodle and spicy crispy chicken to fu yung hai (omelet) and kung pao chicken, with the star dish of the evening being the chicken char siu noodle.
