:: Souly Butter ::

Souly what? It is a Souly Butter Kitchen, tucked in a cozy corner in a very crowded Kemang. This area reminds me of Holland Village in Singapore or Bangsar in KL or Notting Hill in Kensington. Oh yes, those are where the hype rises the temperature. So why Kitchen? It looks and sets just like a kitchen in your home or maybe mine too. The place has 2 area which uniquely separate by a shop lot in between, so they come up with this name SoulyButter 1 and SoulyButter 2. Regardless one or two both establishments occupy one kitchen, and since its a kitchen then you can actually witness the meal preparation and so on.

Menu are written in a piece of paper on the kitchen desk. According to the source the menu changes in daily basis so you eat as what they cook on that day. Nothing much left when I came around 7pm, yes they are still open for business, but the muffins and cakes looked very tired. By the look, it felt that you are having dinner in someone’s else kitchen. The fridge next to the entrance is meant to store all the ingredients! Yes it is.

Since I was kind of feeling hungry and not too sure what to have, then I put my destiny on the red-velvet (who greets me when I came in) then potato gratin and sandwich. Everything was prepared in that kitchen, so you could actually see how they prepare the potato gratin, the sandwich and all.

It turned out that the portion of the gratin was comparable with airline’s in-flight meal portion and you have to wait for a while as they need to bake it in the oven. Taste wise was good, but more minced meat in the sauce would be nice. Next on my table was the sandwich, which looked more like a hot-dog without a sausage. Nothing meaty on this one, and I believe this could have been a vegetarian option with a generous tomato sauce on the top. The funny thing was that when I ordered the sandwich the waiter did not even ask about the filling, so I left it as a surprise. Organic vegetable that was!

Forget about the red-velvet that I had too high expectation on this one. Rather than the cream cheese, it was all over whipped cream and I meant all over. Well, maybe others like it, but it does not work for me. Texture was fine, taste was good, but just that outer layer that put me off. In a way, I prefer the banana muffin and the caramel eclairs. Those two made my day! The banana muffin (despite of its long hours on the tray) still tasted good and moist, the eclair caramelised perfectly inside out.

I would consider the pricing just to justify the items that I had. Sandwich was alright eventhough it was very small (but it’s organic and no chips!) Potato Gratin saved me, Banana muffin and eclair turned to be the king and the queen of the night. Bye bye red velvet full of whip (unless you are whipped-cream worshiper). All you can eat breakfast for IDR99K.

(Please note that the rest room is outside of the establishment – just in case)

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