Kayu

Grill Salmon Sushi

Our dinner at Kayu proved to be a very nice ending to the birthday of our friend S (Happy Birthday again :-) ). It took us some time to find a parking lot because there were two wedding parties going on in Srijaya building. There was valet service but we are too stingy to pay for valet :D . Kayu is at the 5^th floor of Srijaya building. Accidentally, we went to a different floor at first (bad sense of orientation combined with bad indication), the floor where one of the two weddings was going on. For a moment, we were tempted to crash the wedding party but then decided not to because we were too hungry already!

Kayu is a very nice and cozy restaurant. The interior consists of a lot of wooden elements which create a quiet and warm atmosphere. Kayu really has soul. It is hard to explain what ‘having soul’ means for a place but if it was a person, he would be honest, true to himself and not trying to be someone else or faking something. We haven’t found a list of criteria yet which determine if a place has soul or not, but usually you can feel it when you are there. 

Domicile Kitchen & Lounge

Durian cheese cake

Domicile Kitchen & Lounge opened its doors in the beginning of this year and many of you may have already tried it. We heard from quite a number of people that Domicile is one of the new trending places in Surabaya (mainly due to its unique lounge atmosphere). We just made it there last week (we are no trendsetters) and had quite high expectations.

The place is big and the interior looks very nice. We took only a few (bad) photos of the place itself but you can find nice pictures at Laura Angelia’s blog (she also did a review). We sat outside on a comfortable sofa-chair combination. There is some kind of air-conditioning outside and (fake) plants hanging above your heads. We didn’t really like that the plants are fake but if they were real, they would maybe attract unwanted insects.

Now, let’s get to the most important part: the food.