Coffee and breakfast. What can be better?
Well, enjoying coffee and breakfast with friends. Cliché.
This time, there is one cafe slash coffee shop in Kelapa Gading that is worth your attention. It’s Afters Jakarta. Afters has just freshly opened in Mall Kelapa Gading 3, in the newly-renovated area near the new location of Sushi Tei. I am glad I was invited by Natasha to join her visiting Afters.
Location-wise, it’s a strategic one. And interior-wise, it’s pretty simple and straight forward. Oh, I love how they have this open-kitchen concept so that guests can really see the process of making the food and I see this as a kind of hygiene-related assurance from Afters.
Oh, did I fail to tell you that Afters is from the same people behind TOF Sicacilla?
If you’re a true foodie, you should have known TOF Sicacilla which has opened for quite a few years in one of MOI’s rows of shop houses (Italian Walk B43). Their coffee is pretty well-known and their food is equally good.
Afters has a similar concept with TOF Sicacilla, and the food is focusing more on all-day-breakfast kind of food and I think it works because, what is a better way to have your coffee?
# Latte
I am a latte-person and I prefer my coffee either nutty or chocolatey without bold fruity or citrusy notes. Meanwhile, Natasha prefers fruity type of coffee. So, knowing this Natasha made a request to the barista and it came out perfect to the both of us. For my latte, it was rather light and had subtle nutty aftertaste.
# Luxe Morning (IDR 70 k)
In-house baked beans, pork bacon, nuemberger sausage (pork sausage), poached egg, multigrain sourdough.
Luxe morning was my ideal breakfast. Imagine having this early in the morning before having to work and sipping some good latte. Every single ingredient inside the plate complemented each other. The bacon was perfectly cooked, crispy but not too much and still tasted like good delicious bacon. The pork sausage was even better, it tasted so good and when enjoyed with the sourdough, baked beans and poached egg, it stood out even more.
# Joel’s Lasagna (IDR 69 k)
Classic lasagna with meat sauce, béchamel, mozzarella, red cheddar, parmigiano-reggiano, served with salad.
The lasagna, as mentioned, is consisted of everything cheese. It tasted rich, good but not outstanding. Oh, Natasha ‘donated’ her bacon from the Luxe Morning halfway thru and it turned out to be amazing, just by adding the bacon. I guess if Afters made bacon as an optional addition to the lasagna, it might have been a much superior dish.
# Brother John (IDR 63 k)
Burnt butter waffle, black sesame sauce, vanilla ice cream, strawberries, chocolate crumbs, and hazelnuts.
This was rather divine! The goodness of the black sesame sauce on the waffle was addictive and somehow, alluded us to think of it as chocolate sauce. Or maybe we were drunk. By coffee and laughter. Well, but really, the combination of strawberries, chocolate crumbs, black sesame sauce and vanilla ice cream worked really well with the crispy waffle.
The three dishes above sums up our experience at Afters. It was a recommended place for you who seek good coffee and great breakfast-type of meals. Price-wise, I think it is rather reasonable considering the quality of their ingredients.
Recommended food that you MUST-TRY: Brother John and Luxe Morning.
Recommended drink: All-coffee related drinks.
AFTERS | JAKARTA
Mall Kelapa Gading, R-15 #3rd Floor
Jalan Bulevar Kelapa Gading Blok M, Kelapa Gading
Jakarta Utara, DKI Jakarta 14240, Indonesia
Instagram: @afters.jkt