Great news, foodventurers!
As a fan of Grand Hyatt Hotels, I was thrilled to know that C’s Jakarta – Grand Hyatt Jakarta have found a new Chef de Cuisine. The new Chef de Cuisine is an Argentinian, Chef Hugo Bertolini and it was definitely a pleasure to meet him in person. Chef Hugo himself is a pretty laid-back and humble person, and plus, he is definitely humorous! Every now and then, Chef Hugo would grace us his presence to ask some opinions from us, but well, what could we say, almost all the food we were presented was crazy good! Ops, spoiler!!
Spoiler aside, we had a great evening with the company of my fellow bloggers, and laughters and jokes were found almost in every conversation.
As usual, C’s Jakarta is always a great restaurant with fine ambiance. I always love their classy interior which represents simplicity and elegance. The seemingly dark lighting didn’t help us in taking good pictures, but it simply helps in creating an intimate situation where friends or business partners can have a good time. Oh, romantic couples are especially welcomed too. C’s is a romantic place to have your dinner! 😉
At 7.15 PM, we started our dinner. Before that, we were having some good drinks and canapé too. The drink I had was super good and I started to think that C’s Jakarta might have hide a really good mixologist behind the bar. Their cocktails and mocktails are always so good, unique and refreshing. The canapé was great too.
The real dinner started with some appetizers. Let’s get down to business.
# Mussels Parmesan
One of the best dishes served the evening was in the form of simple mussels. The mussels were baked along with generous parmesan and olive oil. Sprinkle it with some lemon juice and the mussels sent me to heaven. It literally melted in the mouth, with some distinctive sea flavour from the mussel, cheesy parmesan, and a touch of lemon to bring out some fresh touch. I had three mussels last night and I could honestly have had 10-15 mussels.
# C’s Crab Cakes
In the shape of “perkedel”, we had these crab cakes. It was served on a plate along with smoked pepper dip. The combination of smoky flavour from the dip, the tender crab and the creamy texture of the inside worked really well altogether.
# Clam and Seabass Ceviche
Chef Hugo brought out something Latin, which was this Ceviche. The combination of the clam, seabass, onion slices, coriander and lemon made it somehow interesting. The overall taste was simply refreshing as if you’re eating something directly from the sea.
# Organic Fruit Tomato Salad
As ordinary as its appearance, the tomato was definitely the star for the dish. The tomato was sweet and blended so well with the herb marinated feta cheese.
# Grilled Australian Lamb Chops
The main course started strong with my most favourite main course of the evening, Lamb Chops. The beautiful lamb chops were perfectly cooked, with rosemary glaze. To accompany these lamb chops, potato gratin was present and drenched in the rosemary glaze, making it extra fragrant. Oh, if you don’t like lamb chops because you don’t like the lamb taste, you should still try these lamb chops. They were so good, tender and had no smelly lamb taste at all! Bravo, Chef Hugo!
# Roasted Chicken Marinated
This Roasted Chicken Marinated was pretty good. The tender chicken was blanketed with the infamous sauce from Argentina, chimichurri. The result was quite uncertain, as there were several favours to identify. There was definitely this certain level of acidity from the vinegar, and there were several fragrant herbs that seemed to blended well together. The truth is, I had a mixed feeling about this dish and found myself uncertain whether I love it or not. It might be something like love and hate situation. Aw.
# Steamed Garoupa “Hong Kong” Style
I didn’t expect some garoupa in Hong Kong style would show up at C’s! But well, the garoupa was delicious. The garoupa was meaty but tender, while the soy sauce was so fragrant it complemented the garoupa nicely. Paired it with Romesco sauce and it tasted perfect.
# Tomahawk (1500 gr Bone in Wagyu Rib Eye)
This tomahawk was a great one. Massive in size, the meat was cooked in medium doneness (hence the pinky part) resulted in a very juicy and succulent texture. There are two sauces that can be enjoyed along with the tomahawk, Criolla Salsa and Chimichurri. I personally much prefer the Criolla Salsa and this salsa easily compensated the meaty flavour so well.
There were also some side dishes, Sautéed Mushroom and Creamy Spinach.
# Raspberry Tart
Dessert is often the most favourite part of a meal for me. Graced with a beautiful tart, we were excited to try this instagrammable tart. The pie crust was crispy and the raspberry was super fresh, slightly sweet with a juicy texture. On the side, there was creme anglaise which worked divine with the raspberry tart!
# Caramelised Pineapple and Orange
Served with black pepper and Bali Vanilla Bean Ice Cream, the Caramelised Pineapple and Orange looked so appealing. The highlight of the dessert was the combination of the fresh and plump pineapple with the sweet orange sauce. Oh, the homemade Bali Vanilla Bean Ice Cream was lovely as ever!
# Christmas Yule Log
This mysterious seasonal dessert seemed to be everyone’s highly-anticipated dessert. How’s not? It’s almost Christmas (more or less in 1 and a half month), and this might as well be a cute instagrammable dessert. Oh, we were right to be excited. The cute “log” in a pretty “garden” was all dressed beautifully in gold dust! Plus, it tasted amazing!
The combination of the chocolate roll cake, torched cream cheese, raspberry sauce and crumbles was simply right. It was sweet, chocolatey, velvety, fruity and occasionally crunchy (from the crumbles) that made this whole dessert tasted like Christmas.
Our evening ended smoothly and without us realizing, it was 10.15 PM. Time to go home and have a sweet good rest.
All in all, C’s Jakarta is unmistakably having the right Chef de Cuisine right now. Chef Hugo did a very well job and I’m really looking forward to what C’s and Chef Hugo can bring in the future.
So, if you would like to experience a wonderful lunch/dinner at C’s, you can visit it by walk-in or reserve first. Oh, they do also have lunch set selections from 3-course to 2-course. AND, I really think that C’s Jakarta might be a perfect venue for your New Year’s Eve dinner. To know more about it, you can also email or give them a call. 😉
PS. Other reviews of C’s Jakarta can be found here (“Farm to Table” Dining Experience) and here (An Evening with Chef Jay McCarthy)!
C’s STEAK AND SEAFOOD – GRAND HYATT | JAKARTA
Jalan M. H. Thamrin Kav. 28-30
Grand Hyatt Hotel On the 4th Level, Central Jakarta 10350
Phone: +6221-29921383
Website: http://jakarta.grand.hyatt.com
Operational Hours
Lunch: 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Dinner: 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Sunday Brunch: 11:30 AM – 3:00 PM