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Huffhh memang sunggu keterlaluan, setelah 2 tahun kuliah di daerah Salemba dan hampir setiap hari melewati Megaria baru sekarang (saat sudah selesai kuliah) akhirnya menyambangi tempat ini untuk mencoba pempek-nya.

Pempek Megaria terletak di dalam kompleks bioskop Megaria/Metropole yang telah berdiri sejak tahun 1949. Meski sudah berdiri dari tahun 1949, sekarang Metropole sudah di renovasi sehingga menjadi bioskop sekelas XXI. Gedung dimana tempat bioskop ini berada masih tetap saja merupakan gedung tua. Anyway, saking seringnya lewat sini dan hanya lihat-lihat saja akhirnya saya memutuskan untuk mencoba. Abis kepikirannya, kapan lagi dong main-main ke Salemba lagi kalau sudah tidak ada kepelruan perkuliahan.

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If you happen to be visiting UI Salemba complex and doesn’t have any idea on where to have a decent meal, well I might have one place to recommend. The Seven Café is located at the LPEM FEUI building, inside the UI Salemba complex. There’s a little chance you might miss this place, since it has a bright blue-green neon sign in front of the café. The interior of the café is quite nice and clean, dominated with yellow, blue and orange color. This café has a capacity of around 48 persons with six 4-person regular table and six half sofa half regular chairs suitable for 4 persons that’s very comfortable.

One meal that I would surely recommend is the Nasi Goreng Buntut. Oh the fried rice is so tasty and the fried “buntut” is so juicy and very easy to chew. I tried several dishes during my 2 years of studying but I must say that the Nasi Goreng Buntut is the best of them all. The Yamin Noodle with meatball is also great, whilst Oriental Fried Rice taste just average. One meal that I wouldn’t recommend is their Soto Mie, although the meat taste so good but I’d prefer the “abang-abang” version of Soto Mie. They serve Indonesian, Malaysian and Singaporean food such as Nasi Goreng, Mie Mamak, Hainan Chicken Rice, etc. They also serve light meal such as toasted bread, roti cane and teh tarik. I think their variety of menu is influenced by Malaysian/Singaporean food.

The price of the meal is quite pricey for a “campus” café though, the nasi goreng buntut cost about 23K, mie yamin costs 16K, oriental fried rice costs about 23K. Too bad I completely forgotten how much the soto mie cost me. But then again, it’s a “café” and not just any campus cafeteria. The ambient of the place is casual, clean, relax and air-conditioned. In day time, you’ll meet FKUI students having their lunch here. But above all, I would recommend anyone to try the Nasi Goreng Buntut!

Foursqure Venue: Seven Cafe

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