THE front facia of this new restaurant creates a good impression, bright, clean and airy with hanging pots full of ornamental plants. Put simply, I am welcomed warmly as a young waitress comes bounding over to call me by name and to ask if I remember her from her time at the former location of Ya-udah Bistro on Jalan Jaksa.

This is Lumbung Padi (Indonesia fine dine) on Jalan Johar, a short Menteng street that connects Gondangdia railway station