The Old City area has a strong character, because it had always evolving a cross-cultural tradition and ethnically diverse as the formation of the network center of international trade. The Old City of Jakarta is a unique area; since the city was built from from a colonial city at the time when VOC dominate the…
Tag: Glodok
Jl. Pintu Besar Selatan III: Petualangan Kuliner di Jakarta
Berjalan pagi hari ke arah Stasiun Jakarta Kota, membawa saya menuju sebuah jalan kecil atau gang yang cukup terkenal di kawasan Glodok. Ya, namanya adalah Jl. Pintu Besar Selatan III atau nama jalan ini lebih dikenal sebagai Gang Gloria. Nama Gang Gloria didapat karena dahulu ada sebuah SuperMarket yang bernama Gloria yang logonya bergambar angsa…
Jl. Pintu Besar Selatan III: A Culinary Adventure in Jakarta
I took a morning walk toward Jakarta Kota Station and this journey took me to a small street or alley that is quite well known in the Glodok. Yes, the name of this small street is Jl. Pintu Besar Selatan III or this alley is widely known as Gang Gloria. The name of Gang Gloria…
Kopitiam Tak Kie: Aromatic and Fresh Coffee from Chinese heritage
Jakarta like many other big city, has a great number of Chinese people who have lived for centuries since the Dutch colonies, nevertheless the Chinese culture had given many great contributions to Jakarta daily life, the trace of Chinese history could be found at the old city area, especially in Petak Sembilan, Glodok, at Central…
Gedung Candra Naya: A Chinese Hidden Treasure
Gedung Candra Naya or Candra Naya House is located on Jl. Gajah Mada No 188, Jakarta Barat/West Jakarta. If you wanna go to Candra Naya House, it is uneasy to find it. Since there are no sign of the existence of this historic house. It is located inside the superbloc of the Novotel Hotel. If…
Kali Angke: The Killing Field
The Chinese people who seek their fortune in Batavia already reached 80 thousand people, and in general they work in many sugar factory. Sugar at that time was one of the largest oil fields in Jakarta. But the price of sugar in the international market is decline since there were many sugar available from Malabar,…
Jakarta by Train 