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Indulging in gourmet while exploring the South East      
4.  Jakarta Indonesia Episode Part 5:West Jakarta  
     Dining, Sightseeing and Shopping   
                             Tuesday, 2023/3/21  


Jakarta is divided into 5 districts, namely Jakarta Pusat(central Jakarta), Jakarta Utara(north Jakarta), Jakarta Barat(west Jakarta), Jakarta Timur(east Jakarta), and Jakarta Selatan(south Jakarta). The term ‘Jabodetabek’ refers to Jakarta-Bogor-Depok-Tangerang-Bekasi - the Greater Jakarta area consists of megacities surrounding the capital.


West Jakarta

West Jakarta (Jakarta Barat) is one of the five administrative cities of the Special Capital Region of Jakarta, Indonesia. West Jakarta is not self-governed and does not have a city council, hence it is not classified as a proper municipality. It had a population of 2,434,511 at the 2020 Census. The administrative center of West Jakarta is at Puri Kembangan.

West Jakarta is bordered by Tangerang Regency and North Jakarta to the north, Central Jakarta to the east, South Jakarta to the south, and Tangerang city to the west.

West Jakarta is famous for its Dutch colonial relics such as Town Hall Building (now Jakarta History Museum in Jakarta Old Town or locals called Kota Tua), Chinatown (Glodok) and also a number of old churches, mosques, and fortresses of early Dutch colonization in Batavia at that time.

Jalan Daan Mogot is one of the longest main roads in West Jakarta which stretches from the east to the west (border with Tangerang).


Sightseeing

Jakarta History Museum
Taman Fatahillah No.1, Pinangsia, Kec. Taman Sari,
Kota Jakarta Barat, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta 11110, Indonesia


The Jakarta History Museum (Museum Sejarah Jakarta), also known as Fatahillah Museum or Batavia Museum, is located in the Old Town known as Kota Tua of Jakarta, Indonesia. The building was built in 1710 as the Stadhuis (city hall) of Batavia. Jakarta History Museum opened in 1974 and displays objects from the prehistory period of the city region, the founding of Jayakarta in 1527, and the Dutch colonization period from the 16th century until Indonesia's Independence in 1945.

The museum is located in south side of Fatahillah Square (former Batavia city square) near Wayang Museum and Fine Art and Ceramic Museum. The building is believed to be modeled after Dam Palace in Amsterdam, Netherland.

Jakarta History Museum has a collection of around 23,500 objects, some of them inherited from de Oude Bataviasche Museum (now the Wayang Museum). The collection includes objects from the Dutch East Indies Company, historic maps, paintings, ceramics, furnitures, and archeological objects from the prehistoric era such as ancient inscriptions and sword. The Jakarta History Museum also contains the richest collection of Betawi-style furniture from the 17th to the 19th century. The collections are divided into several rooms such as Prehistoric Jakarta Room, Tarumanegara Room, Jayakarta Room, Fatahillah Room, Sultan Agung Room, and M.H. Thamrin Room.

The museum also contains a replica of the Tugu Inscription (the original being in the National Museum) from the age of Great King Purnawarman, which is the evidence that the center of the Kingdom of Tarumanegara was located around the seaport of Tanjung Priok on the coast of Jakarta. There is also a replica of the 16th-century map of the Portuguese Padrao Monument, a historical evidence of the ancient Sunda Kelapa Harbor.















Wayang Museum
Jalan Pintu Besar Utara No.27 Pinangsia, RT.3/RW.6,
Kota Tua, Kec. Taman Sari, Kota Jakarta Barat,
Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta 11110, Indonesia



The Wayang Museum (Museum Wayang) is a museum dedicated to Javan wayang puppetry. The museum is located in Kota Tua, Jakarta, Indonesia. It is one of several museums and galleries facing Fatahillah Square, which include the Jakarta History Museum, Fine Art and Ceramic Museum, and Kota Post Office art gallery.

Wayang, also known as wajang is a traditional form of puppet theatre play originating from the Indonesian island of Java. Wayang refers to the entire dramatic show. Sometimes the leather puppet itself is referred to as wayang. Performances of wayang puppet theatre are accompanied by a gamelan orchestra in Java, and by gender wayang in Bali. The dramatic stories depict mythologies, such as episodes from the Hindu epics the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, as well as local adaptations of cultural legends.

Wayang performances are still very popular among Indonesians, especially in the islands of Java and Bali. Wayang performances are usually held at certain rituals, certain ceremonies, certain events, and even tourist attractions.

UNESCO designated wayang – the flat leather shadow puppet (wayang kulit), the flat wooden puppet (wayang klitik), and the three-dimensional wooden puppet (wayang golek) theatre, as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity on 7 November 2003. In return for the acknowledgment, UNESCO required Indonesians to preserve the tradition.






























Museum Bank Indonesia
Jl. Pintu Besar Utara No.3, RT.4/RW.6, Pinangsia, 
Kec. Taman Sari, Kota Jakarta Barat, 
Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta 11110, Indonesia


Bank Indonesia Museum (Museum Bank Indonesia, occasionally called Museum BI), also called in English officially as BI Museum, is a bank museum located in Jakarta, Indonesia. It was founded by Bank Indonesia and opened on 21 July 2009. The museum is housed in a heritage building in Jakarta Old Town that had been the first headquarters of the Netherlands Indies gulden (De Javasche bank), the central bank of the Dutch East Indies. The bank was nationalized as Bank Indonesia in 1953, after Indonesia gained its independence. It is located next to Mandiri Museum.

The museum is designed to introduce the public to Bank Indonesia's role in Indonesian history, such as monetary policies and payment systems that change over time. The museum also provides visitors with an audio and visual experience on the history of currencies and trade in Indonesia from the pre-colonial era to the present state. It includes eras such as the early spice-trading history, Dutch East India Company spice monopoly in the Indonesian archipelago, banking system of the Dutch East Indies, currencies under Japanese occupation and ends on the economic crisis of 1997.

The museum includes old currencies from around the world in its display collection, from as early as the 14th century pre-colonial era.










Museum of Fine Art and Ceramics
Jl. Pos Kota No.2 9, RT.9/RW.7, Pinangsia, 
Kec. Taman Sari, Kota Jakarta Barat, 
Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta 11110, Indonesia


The Museum of Fine Arts and Ceramics ( Museum Seni Rupa dan Keramik) is a museum in Jakarta, Indonesia. The museum is dedicated especially to the display of traditional fine art and ceramics of Indonesia. The museum is located in the east side of Fatahillah Square, near Jakarta History Museum and Wayang Museum.

The museum displays the traditional handicraft of Indonesia. The museum also displays paintings by Indonesian painters such as the romanticist painter Raden Saleh and expressionist painter Affandi. The paintings are organized by important period in Indonesian fine arts history: The Raden Saleh Era Room (1880–1890), Hindia Jelita Room (1920s), Persagi Room (1930s), Japanese Occupation Period Room (1942–1945), Pendirian Sanggar ("Founding of Art Studio") Room (1945–1950), Birth of Realism Room (1950s), and the Contemporary Art Room (1960s-now).

The museum also displays traditional ceramics from various areas of Indonesia and contemporary ceramics. There are also ceramic collections from China, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, and Europe.



























Museum MACAN
AKR Tower Level M, Jl. Panjang No.5, Kb. Jeruk,
Kec. Kb. Jeruk, Kota Jakarta Barat,
Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta 11530, Indonesia


The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara or Museum MACAN is an art museum at Kebon Jeruk in Jakarta, Indonesia. The museum is the first in Indonesia to have a collection of modern and contemporary Indonesian and international art.

The museum displays around 90 works from a collection totalling 800 modern Indonesian and contemporary artworks from around the world including 'Infinity Mirrored Room' by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama.


▲ FX Harsono

▲ Nyoman Masriadi













Glodok


Glodok (Chinese: 裹踱刻) is an urban village of Taman Sari, West Jakarta, Indonesia. The area is also known as Pecinan or Chinatown since the Dutch colonial era, and is considered the biggest in Indonesia. Majority of the traders and residents of Glodok are Chinese descent. The area dates back to colonial times when in November 1740, the Dutch East Indies Company designated Glodok as a residential area for ethnic Chinese. Administratively, the area is a kelurahan under the Taman Sari district, West Jakarta.

Glodok is one of biggest trading centers for electronic goods in Jakarta.

Shopping

Glodok Chinatown Market
Jl. Pancoran, RT.2/RW.1, Glodok, Kec. Taman Sari,
Kota Jakarta Barat, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta 11120, Indonesia




   

Glodok Plaza
Jl. Pinangsia Raya No.1, RT.1/RW.6, Mangga Besar, Kec.
Taman Sari, Kota Jakarta Barat, Daerah Khusus Ibukota
Jakarta 11180, Indonesia
    
Old-school, multi-level mall home to dozens of shops for electronics, audio equipment & appliances.

  
      
         
    
Central Park Jakarta 
Letjen S. Parman St No.Kavling 28, North Tanjung Duren,
Grogol petamburan, West Jakarta City, Jakarta 11470, Indonesia



Central Park in Jakarta, Indonesia is a mixed-use complex and a casino resort including a hotel, shopping mall, an office tower, three apartment buildings, a casino, and a theater covering an area of about 655,000 m2 (7,050,000 sq ft) located in the district of Grogol Petamburan, West Jakarta developed by the Agung Podomoro Group and part of Podomoro City development. Central Park is currently the 19th largest building in the world based on floor area.



Neo-Soho
Letjen S. Parman St No.28, RT.3/RW.5, 
South Tanjung Duren, Grogol petamburan, 
West Jakarta City, Jakarta 11470, Indonesia


Neo Soho, a new shopping center icon by Agung Podomoro Land with an eight-storey “store within-a-store” concept, has been built and connects to Central Park through the iconic Eco Sky Walk. The shopping mall features a musical fountain at the park area with daily shows. It also features a large outdoor park, with some tenants, named Tribeca Park.



    
Mall Taman Anggrek
Letjen S. Parman St No.Kav 21, RT.12/RW.1,
South Tanjung Duren, Grogol petamburan,
West Jakarta City, Jakarta 11470, Indonesia

Taman Anggrek Mall (Mal Taman Anggrek; literally "Orchid Garden Mall"), commonly known as Mall Taman Anggrek, abbreviated as MTA, is a shopping mall in Grogol Petamburan, West Jakarta, Indonesia.
The retail podium was the largest shopping center in Southeast Asia when it first opened in 1996, up until the opening of Berjaya Times Square in Kuala Lumpur in 2003. It remains one of the largest malls in Indonesia.

 
    
   
   
Mall Puri Indah
Jl. Puri Agung No.1, Kembangan Sel.,
Kec. Kembangan, Kota Jakarta Barat,
Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta 11610, Indonesia


Mall Puri Indah is a vibrant mall with a variety of shops, services & eateries, plus an indoor amusement park.






Lippo Mall Puri
Jl. Puri Indah Raya Puri Indah CBD Blok U 1, RT.3/RW.2, 
Kembangan Sel., Kec. Kembangan, Kota Jakarta Barat, 
Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta 11610, Indonesia


Lippo Mall Puri is one of the largest purpose-built shopping malls in West Jakarta and the only retail mall in the St. Moritz Jakarta Integrated Development, the largest mixed-use development in West Jakarta, which has an ecosystem of businesses, hospitality and lifestyle amenities.
Puri Mall’s tenants offer shoppers a full and extensive range of retail, leisure, entertainment, fashion and dining options with familiar household names such as SOGO, Matahari Department Store and Cinema XXI, along with international brands such as H&M, Marks & Spencer, Uniqlo and Zara.






Dining

Pesisir Seafood
Daerah Khusus Ibukota, Jl. Meruya Ilir Raya No.9, RT.4/RW.1, 
Srengseng, Kec. Kembangan, Kota, RT.4/RW.1, Srengseng,
 Kembangan, West Jakarta City, Jakarta 11630, Indonesia








▲ Assorted condiments and sauces


 City Style Grilled Crab 
     Kepiting Bakar Ala Bandar


❤ 
Steam Clams

Layar Seafood & Ikan Bakar Pesanggrahan
Jl. Pesanggrahan No.80 1, RT.1/RW.3, Meruya Utara, 
Kec. Kembangan, Kota Jakarta Barat, 
Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta 11620, Indonesia







❤ Steam God Fish Ikan Dewa

❤ Steam Snails

▲ Assorted Chili sauces



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4. Jakarta Indonesia Episode Part 6:
    Central Jakarta 
    Dining, Sightseeing and Shopping


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