Shophaus Menteng

A collaboration space joint is one of the newest place model that attract so many visitors lately, bringing such a fresh concept where we can find easily several brands being in one place at the same time. The latest place that offering this concept was ShopHaus at Menteng. Just like several predecessor that already starting their journey like Ruci's Joint at Senopati, ShopHaus offers a unique concept on their collab space.

Several well-known brand such as Pigeonhole Coffee, Berrywell, Gelato Secrets, Mockingbird and Namelaka Patisserie for representing the F&B category that using this spot. There's also The Roots Barbershop and Everlash Eyelash Expert for the grooming category that occupying the ShopHaus spot.

This time we covers the Pigeonhole and Gelato Secrets outlet from the ShopHaus area. First time knowing about this place was because the Pigeonhole expanding their nest in the heart of Central Jakarta. Never had chance to visit their first outlet at Bintaro, the ShopHaus is one of good opportunity to check them out.

They called it Pigeonhole Coffee 'Chapeter 2', it wasn't big enough but still has cozy ambiance which is good for me to enjoying my first cup from them. Their impressive espresso machine San Remo Cafe Racer was the first in Indonesia. A complete setup bar inside this petite spot was really nice, double Mythos One grinder and limited edition of Mahlkonig EK43 Mini was installed on their bar, and not forget to mention the Marco Boiler that seems so helpful.

Enjoying the Best Panama beans for the Espresso, it was turn out quite watery and didn't expect to be that bad, probably wasn't my lucky day? From what I heard, they actually has good reputation for their coffee so I am gonna plan for re-visit.

The second cup was enjoyable and my favorite too, had their manual brew with Geisha beans. A typical of Jasmine flavor was feel dominant, light with silky body and sweet linger aftertaste. This cup just paid off my disappointment of my first one.

Overall, Pigeonhole is a must place to visit whenever you are coffee-hopping in Central Jakarta. It was already on my list.

Just beside the Pigeonhole Coffee, the Gelato Secrets came down from Bali to served the gelato in Jakarta. The unique flavors of their gelato and sorbet is an interesting one.

Numerous of interesting flavors made us confuse to have it. The smooth texture and sweet taste of their gelato wasn't so fit on our taste at the moment but still has decent taste.