SUJI - Suan Cai Yu | PIK — Restaurant in Jakarta

Golf Island PIK offers a delightful and renowned Sichuan-style menu. You can experience it by visiting Suji-Suan Cai Yu, a restaurant with a sufficiently spacious interior. The ample space creates an authentic Chinese-Sichuan ambiance, making it a pleasant setting for extended conversations.

Regarding the menu, while not entirely Halal, they ensure options with no pork or lard. A highlight is their Suan Cai Yu, a fish soup (featuring carp and grouper) cooked with preserved mustard greens. In addition to the fish soup, they also offer Mala fried chicken, Chengdu-style sweet potato vermicelli, spicy and sour fish.

We opted for their renowned Fish Soup, a signature dish that we complemented with an addition of Soun, a soft vermicelli noodle that harmonizes seamlessly with the rich, spicy, and tangy broth. To enhance the experience, we included some crispy Fried Tofu Skin, perfect for dipping into the steaming soup. A delightful surprise awaited us in the form of a plate adorned with corn kernels generously coated in a luscious salted egg sauce – the Salted Egg Corns, adding an unexpected yet delightful twist to our culinary adventure.

The restaurant exudes a comforting ambiance, making it an easy choice for our family whenever we find ourselves in the area. With its welcoming atmosphere and a menu featuring such flavorful highlights, Suji-Suan Cai Yu has become a reliable go-to dining...

..went there on a Saturday morning at around 0800AM to meet and chat with a friend, so my husband dropped me in that resto compound without parking.. Parking should be easy though as the front venue is spacey.

The restaurant must be famous for its dimsum as they were already serving dimsum for bicyclers outdoor (under mounted tents) and it was very occupied.

I chose to wait for my friend inside where they were not yet that crowded at that time and ordered some drinks (they offered me fresh sqeezed sunkist juice, served in a bottle) while reading and listening to the Christmas-music they played.

Their dimsum is indeed very good.. loved their Lo Mai Kai and Egg Tart.. and will definitely come to revisit when being around.. (I asked to take-away all left overs we could not finish up, haha)

Oh ya, I realized the indoor place becoming quite busy with visitors after 1000AM. Another thing I realized is that they cleaned up the tables after every visitor finished their meal. I liked the fresh scent that reached my nose everytime after they cleaned up.

They are a halal restaurant...

WAS IT BECAUSE WE DIDNT ORDER THEIR SIGNATURE DISH? OR WAS IT BECAUSE WE DIDNT LOOK CHINESE ENOUGH?

That's what I have in mind by the time I walked out this place. We ordered just alright number of dishes for 2 people, 2 meats and 1 veg for main dishes; didnt order the signature dish because it was all fishes, which my friend is allergic to. But all our main dishes only arrived to our table 1 hour later after we completed the order process. There are other 2 tables guests who arrived later than us (within 15-30 mins later) but their dishes arrived faster than us; the only difference that I can see they order the signature dish or they are chinese. The dishes taste is fine (which help when giving this rating not lower than 3), but it is decaying over time with dissatisfaction of waiting while the other tables were served faster; as if the restaurant is run without any system in place. Room for improvement? A LOT! Gonna come here again? Maybe with bigger group (so we can order the signature dish) and have chinese friends...