Missing our sushi from Brisbane, we decided to go to Hachi Hachi Bistro which is located on the 4th Floor of Galaxy Mall in Surabaya. It was quite empty seeing the time was around lunchtime, however since there were a huge range of varieties of different restaurants available, it may lead to higher competition and most people would probably opt for either the food court or the chinese restaurants. There were only a few tables filled when we arrived and the waiter kindly showed us to our seats.
Jade Imperial is one of the many restaurants located in Galaxy Mall in Surabaya.. Opened their first branch in early 2000 and has since then served Chinese food bringing skilled chefs from Hong Kong and China.. They have a wide range of dim sum options, along with fresh live seafood..
Seems that this Coffee Club in the city is getting bustling too with office workers during lunchtime, or maybe just those for a cup of coffee and cake.. Though some may say the location may put it off, but others may like it since it's not too open in the heart of Queen Street.. Decided to come here for brunch since we were hungry already by the time we arrived in the city, and also, despite the fact that our legs just couldn't be bothered to walk that extra mile for other restaurants and cafes (although there are many new and yummy ones that has just opened..)
I'm not usually a big fan of Din Tai Fung, not being biased, but it never really caught my eye.. The very first Din Tai Fung started as a humble stall in Taiwan in the year 1974, and since then, it has expanded its restaurants worldwide including Japan, China, Indonesia, Australia etc. I didn't try it when I was in China, maybe because there were other restaurants that seemed more appealing but we were quite tired walking around and wanted to get a quick easy dinner so we came here..
Bakmi GM is one of Indonesia's famous noodle outlet that started in 1959 and have since then grew to having about 23 outlets in Jakarta and surrounding cities.. Offering simple noodle and rice dishes with their noodle dishes being the more popular out of the two. The noodles offered consists of a variety of noodle soups and such as chicken and mushroom noodle, Yi fu noodles, Beef noodles, Black pepper chicken noodles, Fried noodles or Beef ball noodles and so on.. As for their rice dishes which I usually don't order because I prefer and recommend the noodle dishes more, consists of fried rice, GM Chicken rice, Chicken and mushroom rice, Smoked Chicken rice, Beef ball rice and so on.. Basically the only differences is that the meats are either served on noodles or rice according to what you choose..
My first stop when I arrived in Surabaya was a Shanghainese Dumpling & Noodle restaurant called 369..They currently have many branches opened all around Surabaya, including in Jakarta and Shanghai. However, the Jakarta and Shanghai branch doesn't seem to be as successful as the ones in Surabaya..
