The Atjeh Connection Neo Sabang — Restaurant in Jakarta

The café uses the name Aceh written in the old spelling “Atjeh,” complete with a logo of a man wearing a “kopiah meukeutob,” which is very characteristic of Aceh.

The interior design of the restaurant is very distinctive, unique, and classic, with a strong emphasis on classic items with a certain artistic flair. The café feels distinctly classic yet like a mini gallery, where the items on display are part of the collection of Atjeh Connection's owner, Amir Faisal Nek Muhammad.

The Atjeh Connection first opened in Slipi Apartments, Jakarta, in 2015. To ensure the culinary offerings were of high quality, Amir, who has a refined palate for food, brought in chefs directly from Aceh. From Slipi, The Atjeh Connection continued to expand.

The philosophy of The Atjeh Connection is “connecting people” or, in Nokia's jargon, “the connecting people.”

The restaurant offers favorite dishes such as sanger coffee, ade cake, Aceh noodles, ayam tangkap, and more. Not only that, The Atjeh Connection also offers dishes that are relatively appealing to all visitors' palates, such as vegetable rice rolls, goat curry, fragrant rice with rendang egg balado, ganja chili sauce, Plik U, oysters, Aceh-style crab, and others.

One thing that caught our attention was the plain bread with sarikaya jam or butter and sugar sauce. The bread is very soft, cut thickly to be shared and enjoyed with a cup of rich coffee.

It’s definitely...

Banyak resto kafe mengandalkan sajian jenis kopi dan interior untuk memikat pengunjung. Tapi The Atjeh Connection justru memadukan konsep sepiring kuliner atau secangkir kopi untuk bersilaturahmi.

Publik di Jakarta cukup dikejutkan dengan kemunculan resto dan kafe bertajuk The Atjeh Connection. Menggunakan nama Aceh ditulis dalam ejaan lama "Atjeh," logo kafe ini menampilkan sosok pria mengenakan "kopiah meukeutob" yang sangat khas Aceh.

Jaringan resto kelas atas ini tersebar di Sarinah Thamrin, Bendungan Hilir, SCBD, Menteng Jalan Sabang, Slipi, Surabaya dan sekarang dipersiapkan di beberapa kawasan elite lain di ibu kota.

Desain interior resto sangat khas. Unik dan klasik. Pemiliknya terkesan memberi perhatian besar terhadap benda-benda klasik dengan cita rasa seni tertentu. Tempat yang klasik sekaligus seperti galeri mini di setiap resto yang barang-barang itu koleksi pemilik Atjeh Connection.

Jaringan Atjeh Connection ini dimiliki Amir Faisal Nek Muhammad. Pria berdarah Aceh. Putra dokter Nek Muhammad, tokoh Aceh bidang kesehatan. Amir Faisal lahir di Sigli, Aceh, 5 Maret 1974, tapi waktunya lebih banyak dihabiskan di luar Aceh. Bersama sang istri, Anita Amir Faisal, Faisal mengelola The Atjeh Connection dengan perasaan riang dan gembira.

"Pada mulanya kehadiran The Atjeh Connection Resto & Coffee adalah hobi untuk bersilaturahim dengan sahabat-sahabat sekaligus mempromosikan kuliner Aceh di Jakarta. Saya banyak teman. Kita saling bertemu dan berkomunikasi. Jadi ya sudah sekalian aja disediakan kulinernya, jadilah resto ini," katanya sambil senyum.

The Atjeh Connection pertama hadir di Apartemen Slipi, Jakarta pada 2015. Agar sajian kulinernya tidak alakadar, Amir Faisal yang memang punya cita rasa tinggi mengenai makanan, ia lalu mendatangkan koki Aceh, dan mendapat sambutan luar biasa.

Dari Slipi, The Atjeh Connection melebarkan sayap ke Jalan Gajah Mada, Jalan Sabang Menteng , kawasan bisnis SCBD, Sarinah Thamrin, Surabaya Jawa Timur, dan di Jalan Benhill, Jakarta.

Filosofi The Atjeh Connection adalah "menghubungkan orang' atau dalam jargon Nokia, "the connecting people."

"Kami lebih sebagai ruang mempertemukan orang-orang, siapapun dia. Tentu dengan sajian kuliner, yang khas Aceh," kata Amir Faisal mengenai filosofi silaturahmi itu.

Restoran ini memang menyajikan menu favorit kopi sanger, kue ade,mie aceh,ayam tangkap dan sebagainya. Semangat mengantarkan Aceh sampai ke meja makan, disuguhkan Amir dengan sangat sungguh-sungguh. "Mereka yang sudah ke sini, akan kembali lagi. Kami ingin menjadi duta kuliner Aceh di ibu kota serta menjadikan Aceh menjadi ikon nasional untuk Internasional,” jelas founder & owner The Atjeh Connection Amir Faisal Nek Muhammad.

Bukan hanya itu, The Atjeh Connection juga menyajikan menu yang relatif diterima oleh lidah semua pengunjung, seperti lontong sayur, kari kambing, nasi gurih dengan pelengkap rendang telor balado,sambal ganja,Plik U, Tiram, Kepiting Masak Aceh dan lain-lain. -saya ambil...

Still wandering near around Sabang Culinary District in Jakarta.

Now, we’re moving to one of the recommended local coffee house in the neighborhood.

The Atjeh Connection even have two store in Sabang Avenue itself; Sabang Store & Neo Sabang Store, where both of them only located not far than near around hundreds of meters a crossing the street.

We’re ordering Caffe Latte & Timpan Rice Cake. The second one was sold by piece, so it’s more suggested for group orders, since anyone who want to try could taste it per pax, depends on their cravings for it.

The coffee itself, we ordered without any more sweetener. But the coffee felt a bit watery and less thick than the milk.

Nevertheless, this place still one of best coffee joint in the neighborhood. Most convenience thing about this place is the layout of sections, whereas they put the smoking area in front of the store, and the free from cigars located at the inside of the store,...