JAKARTA2

Restaurant · Taichung, Taiwan

About JAKARTA2

JAKARTA2, written locally as the Chinese characters for "Jakarta 2," is an Indonesian restaurant in the Central District of Taichung City, Taiwan, a short walk from the city's old railway station area on Guangfu Road. The restaurant serves classic Indonesian dishes aimed partly at Taichung's sizeable population of Indonesian migrant workers, whom the Taichung City Labor Affairs Bureau estimated at more than 30,000 people in the city as of 2018, with domestic caregivers forming the largest single group among them. Reviewers consistently point to the restaurant's nasi goreng and chicken satay as standout dishes, describing the satay in particular as carrying a distinctive Indonesian flavor profile. The menu also includes tempeh with peanuts, fried mashed potato, and a spicy egg dish that reviewers recommend by name. Portions are generous, and multiple reviewers single out the restaurant's practice of letting customers build their own bento-style takeaway boxes from rice, meat, and crackers, a detail that points to its role as a practical, affordable stop for workers on a budget rather than a destination restaurant. JAKARTA2 has accumulated a strong 4.6 out of 5 rating across 78 Google reviews, with the large majority rating it 4 or 5 stars. A recurring complaint among reviewers is that the dining room allows on-site smoking, which some visitors find unpleasant, and one review noted the tempeh with peanuts can come out over-fried and harder to bite through than the nuts themselves. JAKARTA2 keeps an unusual weekly schedule for a restaurant of its kind, open only on Saturdays from 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM and Sundays from 7:00 AM to 8:30 PM, closed the rest of the week, a detail diners should note before planning a weekday visit. This weekend-only pattern is consistent with a business that may be run alongside other work, an arrangement not uncommon among Taiwan's Southeast Asian migrant-run food businesses. The listing fills a real gap in the directory's Taiwan coverage, which until now included restaurants in Taipei and Kaohsiung but nothing in Taichung, despite the city's large and well-documented Indonesian caregiver community.

Address

No. 29, Guangfu Rd, Central District, Taichung, Taiwan

Opening hours

Saturday
7:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Sunday
7:00 AM - 8:30 PM
Monday Friday
Closed

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Category

Indonesian Restaurant in Taiwan

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