Eight seats behind an unmarked door in Menteng. No menu, no music, no photographs after the first course. August is the closest thing Jakarta has to a Tokyo counter, and the chef trained for it the hard way — a decade in Ginza before coming home. Come alone, sit at the far end, and let the room do the talking.
R·WSEAL
“The only counter in Jakarta that respects silence.”
R. Wijaya
ex-Head Sommelier, Amber (2 Michelin, Hong Kong)
Anonymous visit · Solo counter
K·ASEAL
“A chef who knows when to stop. Rare here, rare anywhere.”
Kenji Arai
chef-owner, two-Michelin kaiseki (Kyoto), retired
Anonymous visit · General