What Keeps Me Sane During Peak Season: Weekend Catch Up with Bestfriend in Ecology Bistro, Kemang, Jakarta (Review)

Still in the series (WOW, it is a serial now! Haha!) of thing that I did or at least happened in my life that helps me keep being sane during the peak season; now I’ll talk about my meet-up session with my best friend yesterday. I met with Fya, a friend of mine since Junior High School. Now, she also lives in Jakarta as she had her first job in hand. We arrange to have lunch together in a café between our residences. And it goes to a café in Kemang, Jakarta Selatan.

Then we found Ecology Bistro through Instagram and Zomato which seems pretty good. So yesterday, 23rd of February 2019, we conclude to went to Ecology Kemang. It is located on the main road of Jalan Kemang Raya, on the right side. I arrived earlier than Fya, it is before twelve so the place still not so crowded yet. My first impression would be the place was clean, bright, and quite big. And the first reason why I like this kind of café is that the owners build a café on land that they bought. Not the café that built in between buildings or they just stick into a hotel or what. This place established as a café. Moreover, it is big and homey! There are lots of area and seats available. I like it!

Maybe it was not so striking to your eyes when you see the exterior, but you will felt like it is a home when you get inside. A BIG HOUSE. I would say homey since it has a lot of open space and decorated with green plants. They had big windows and the light just fill the whole room. It also has comfortable seating, whether you need a sofa like your living room, a nice four-persons table like your dining room, or you got the bar just like your kitchen area. The area was divided into smoking and non-smoking area. There is also a bar and a corner with a piano on it, I think it would look so nice at night.

Fya arrives shortly after I spent an amount of time observing the ambiance of this café. We sit together in our dining table and then talks about how life has been going so far. The last time I met her is when she needs a place to sleep in Jakarta for her work interview, it has been around six months ago. And now I meet her and she’s already in her management trainee program in one of a national bank in Indonesia. I’m so glad that we could meet and talk a lot to update our life. She has been a really good friend since 2009. This year would be our 10th years having this light and soulful friendship. We might not meet and talk every day, not even on the phone. We might not be there on our birthday, but so appearance was not that critical as before. Since we went to college, it harder for us to spend time together but.. it is how friendship works. Even time and space put us apart, we know in our hearts and mind that we are in a good friendship condition. I can talk to her for anything; as she did. We know that we could contact each other in need. We are still being a good friend.

Since our plan is to have a light lunch, here we go; we ordered food. We enjoy pasta and drinks. The taste is normal. Good, but not that wonderful tho. The price is quite affordable for café these days. They even had a promo of free drinks for each main course if we eat between 12.00 to 14.00 if I’m not mistaken. Anyway, they serve a variety of Western, Asian, and Indonesian foods that sounds familiar to us. So you could try many things here. Better check their Zomato review for menus. 

Outside the café, they also had some rented place for other stores, but I don’t think the business went well. Hehe. It also has musholla for prayers, but yeah.. it was not really comfortable and clean anyway. Other than that, another good thing is that if you are looking for live music in Kemang area, bands will also be performing during the night on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. Overall, the place is nice, bright, and affordable for us. We gave a smiley for them! Ecology Kemang is recommended for you who need cozy spaces to hangout place with friends and family.  



And thank you Fya for the time we spent yesterday.
Looking forward for another gossip and life updates!

Cheers,
Della.