Jakarta Good Food Guide
2008-2009

612 pages
Publisher: Pena Klasik
Publication Date: March 2008
Retail Price: Rp 220.000

A new take on food writing, the Jakarta Good Food Guide (JGFG)—which is listed in the Indonesian collection of world class publications of the National Library of Australia (2001) and the Editorial Merit winner of the HOW Magazine USA’s 10th Graphic Design Award (2002-2003)—is Indonesia’s first good food guide aimed at mapping Jakarta’s culinary scene that is independent of the hospitality or restaurant industry in Jakarta. It accepts advertising but NOT from restaurants. Restaurateurs cannot buy an editorial listing or a favourable rating in this guide.

JGFG 2008-2009 is the third edition of a series that have sold 23,000 copies since its inception. It features 440 restaurants, casual eateries and street vendors (kaki limas) in inner Jakarta. The photographs are by the award-winning Paul Kadarisman and the design is by Cecil Mariani and JB Design.

At last, the benchmark for good dining in Jakarta is established through candid writing and honest critiques.
- William Wongso, restaurateur, gastronome.

What impresses most in the JGFG is its all-around quality … most of all, the informative, critical, knowledgeable reviews … the prose is consistently playful, insightful, polished and never clichéd.
- Daniel Ziv, author of Jakarta Inside Out, for Djakarta! – City Life Magazine

Laksmi’s diligence and tenacity in putting together this amazing book deserves much praise …
- Gatra

Governor of Good Eating in Jakarta!
- Bondan Winarno, food critic, gourmet and TV personality, for Tempo

This is a delicious read and must-have for long-time residents of the city … Jakarta foodies … have seen nothing like it before.
- The Jakarta Post