Crisp roti canai, soft spiced keema buns & fresh hot chai.
Steaming cardamom tea poured on the house for all guests.
Biryani sealed with sourdough pastry & charred sea prawns.
"We do not cook with timers; we cook by the smell of toasted star anise and the hiss of clarified butter against black iron."
In 1928, a Gujarati spice factor and a Javanese harbor cook shared a single charcoal burner behind Kali Besar. They found that cracked Malabar black pepper and roasted Candlenuts belonged in the very same claypot.
"A dining room is not a business of calories; it is a refuge of hospitality, where strangers become companions over broken bread."
Today, the third generation still kneads every naan by hand, marinates lamb shoulder in raw papaya and yogurt for twenty hours, and stirs our black dal with seasoned teak oars.
When the sun dips behind the harbor cranes, the saloon transforms. The kettle gives way to cut-crystal shakers, smoking star anise, and fermented palm arrack.
Warm spiced rum or botanical black tea stirred with browned butter ghee, nutmeg, and wild honey. Poured directly from brass flagon.
Choose your chapter — the salt air of the old port or the cool breezes of the clove highlands.
A 19th-century teak timber warehouse right on the canal docks, featuring tall arched windows, spinning brass fans, and the original spice sorting tables.
Address: No. 14 Kali Besar Timur, Kota Tua Port Quarters
Hours: Mon – Sun: 08:00 AM — Midnight
Saloon Telegraph: +62 (21) 582-1928
Perched among wild clove trees in the misty highlands, featuring leaded glass greenhouses, open woodfire braziers, and an afternoon botanical tea garden.
Address: Highland Ridge Lane 07, Emerald Valley
Hours: Tue – Sun: 10:00 AM — 23:30 PM (Closed Mondays)
Saloon Telegraph: +62 (22) 843-1942
Stone-ground green cardamom, mace, roasted cloves.
85k (150g Tin)
Assam broken orange pekoe, ginger root & spices.
95k (250g Jar)
Slow-infused in peanut oil with star anise & garlic.
72k (200ml Bottle)
Hardbound edition with 98 handwritten recipes.
240k (Hardcover)We hold 30% of all saloon seats for daily walk-ins. For groups of 6 or more, reservations are warmly recommended.
