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BRINGING THE TASTE OF NEW YORK, THE HALAL BOYS NOW OPEN IN JAKARTA

The Halal Boys, a newly opened Food Stall in Senayan area (South Jakarta) which located exactly in front of Waluma Waroeng, and across the Beautika restaurant become a hit place to visit recently. I heard this brand carries the concept of The Halal Guys, a famous food street in New York since 1990. The owner of The Halal Boys seems to want to answer the longing of New Yorkers who are in Jakarta. This food stall just opened last Thursday (it meant three days ago) and I was surprised at the number of people that were ready and soon make a long queue when The Halal Boys opened their container at 5 pm.



The Halal Boys only offers three choices of rice food; there are Chicken over rice, Lamb over rice, or Half-half (Mix both). At first, it looked like a normal rice bowl,but they come with a different presentation.



The Halal Boys use spiced rice, which known as Briyani (long-grain brown rice) and served with a choice of meat, pita bread, vegetable and the special sauce available in two options: white sauce and red (spicy) sauce. They also provide a BBQ sauce as an optional sauce if diners want to try something different.











by : Myfunfoodiary.com

HEAVENLY GYROS FROM THE HALAL BOYS

Since starting EATS Jakarta, we have been on a mission to always try at least one new dish, a restaurant or a food stall every week. It’s been fairly easy to do our mission because almost every week there’s always something new to try. New menu, new food trend, new restaurants, and new food stalls pop-up to satisfy what each one is craving for. Last week, we were fortunate enough to be one of the first ones to try The Halal Boys. The Halal Boys is home to the newest and hottest gyro (roasted lamb or chicken) rice bowls in Jakarta. Their concept came from a very successful gyro food stall in New York City made famous by their White and Red sauces. Are you ready to find out more about The Halal Boys? Well, here goes our latest EATSperience, enjoy!



We ordered one Lamb and one Chicken so that we can clearly identify which one tastes better. Join us as we go inside their humble kitchen. Let’s go!







The White sauce is never to be missed. As for the Red sauce, always proceed with much caution. Unless, you really love spicy food.



He said: I loved the Chicken Over Rice! Bits of chicken that were cooked and seasoned to perfection, placed over rice, that was good enough to be eaten by itself and the White sauce was AWESOME! I couldn’t believe how light and flavorful it was until I was already hooked. The more sauce the merrier your experience will be. Simply delicious!

She said: I enjoyed every spoonful! The rice had its own character that blended well with the flavorful chicken bits, small pieces of pita, shredded lettuce and the amazing white sauce. Every ingredient had its own delectable taste that made this rice bowl really good.



He said: I got confused after trying the Lamb Over Rice. I was torn whether I loved the Chicken or the Lamb more. The lamb was really fragrant, tender and flavorful. It really had a strong Middle-Eastern flavor coming from all the spectacular spices that they used. I guess I will just have the Half & Half just to have the best of both worlds.

She said: This is my personal favorite! I loved the how moist the lamb bits were. Aside from it being moist, the flavor was amazingly good! I can finish one bowl of this Lamb Over Rice. I made sure that I mixed everything well so as not to miss any good flavor. This really stood out! One rice bowl that I will definitely come back to!



All in all, we had a blast at The Halal Boys. We loved the concept of eating something really delicious yet very handy. Jakarta will surely line up for their heavenly gyros for lunch, dinner and even for night-cap. Lines may be long, but not to worry, as these boys move fast! Make sure you try both Chicken and Lamb with the White sauce plus a little bit of the Red sauce to have a complete EATSperience.

That’s it for this latest EATS Jakarta edition. Keep EATing, Jakarta!

The Halal Boys

Jalan Hang Lekir 2 No.4,

Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta Selatan

Email: thehalalboys@gmail.com
Website: http://www.thehalalboys.com

Instagram: thehalalboys

Store hours:

Monday to Thursday: 11am-10pm
Friday and Saturday: 11am-1am

Sunday: 8am-10pm



by : Eatsjakarta.com

#NEIGHBOUREATS Middle East Gyros Platter Food Cart by The Halal Boys in Hang Lekir Kebayoran Baru Jakarta

For those of you who used to live in the Big Apple or Stateside in general, you might have heard The Halal Guys, a street food cart on the southwestern corner of 53rd Street and Avenue that are serving platters of lamb and chicken slaughtered in accordance with Islamic law. They are well known for its authentic Middle Eastern spices and the mysterious and mighty secret white sauce. Do not you remember those thing? Well hungry no more, a particular group of Indonesian recently brought this Manhattan, New York halal carts to the busy street of Hang Lekir, Kebayoran Baru Jakarta. And for you who are craving for some particular chicken and rice, you can get yourself ahead today as they open daily from Monday to Thursday starts from 11 in the morning to 12 at night. During the weekend from Friday to Saturday, they are open from 11 in the morning to 2 at dawn. For some of you who are asking about the food that they are serving, it is middle eastern kind of food that some people would call it platter or kebab. Although others know it as chicken and rice or lamb with rice. But other than that, this delicious classic street food has this incredible tasty white sauce that nobody knows what it is but but everybody knows to ask for lots of it!



The menu at The Halal Boys Jakarta remains as simple as ever, which is lamb over rice, chicken over rice, or half and half. Well if you would like to have lamb, it is roasted on a rotating spit at the kitchen and chopped to bits before a final crisping on a flat-top grill, while the chicken is simply grilled. All the food will be served with traditional basmati rice, pita bread, salad, topped with their signature of white and red sauce. Everything will be price with a little over 50 thousand Rupiah while the drinks only cost you IDR 5.000. After all The Halal Boys Jakarta aimed to provide a quality and affordable quick serve comfort food that fulfill the needs of busy working professionals and university students with hectic schedules. In addition to those three menus, the owner of this halal carts will soon added few more relatable dishes along with their specialty drinks that could match perfectly with the meals.





So what are you waiting for? Come and join for the festivities as the space is fairly utilitarian, with tables crowded up front, in-front of to an longing stand of Waluma or shorted of Warung Luna Maya. But if you are not to keen to sit in front of the stand, you can always come in and order the drinks from the Indonesian-Italian food restaurant. Aside from it, you must definitely try the white sauce as they always available on demand, from giant squeeze bottles stocked in a bodega-like cold case. There are red bottles, too, filled with the equally legendary hot sauce, which throws flames down the throat but somehow it suites with the tongue of Indonesians. For those of you who could not come to their permanent location, do not worry because The Halal Boys would definitely visit to your surrounding neighbor or business area across Jakarta in the future. Or you can always order these delicious rice bowls via Go-Jek. But in the meantime, you can always visit their perfect yellowish container at Hang Lekir, Kebayoran Baru Jakarta, opposite of Beautika Restaurant to try their Middle East Gyros Food Cart. For more information please visit their official site here or follow their official Instagram account.











by : neighbourlist.com

The Halal Boys, Kafe Terbaru yang Wajib Kamu Coba

Bintang.com, Jakarta The Halal Boys adalah tempat yang menggabungkan konsep kafe dan restoran dengan mini trailer kecil yang disulap menjadi dapur 'Live'. Pengunjung bisa melihat makanan yang tengah diolah secara langsung.

The Halal Boys menghadirkan menu khas Timur Tengah dan baru punya satu tempat di Indonesia yakni di Jl. Hang Lekir, Jakarta Selatan. Kalau kamu pergi ke Universitas Moestopo, nah, gak jauh dari situ sudah bisa melihat posisi kafe ini.

Rata-rata kuliner di sini terbuat dari bahan baku kambing dan ayam, dan disajikan secara khusus dengan nasi India. Ini khas yang gak dimiliki tempat lain. Perbedaan lain ada di saus putih (white) yang menjadi resep rahasia The Halal Boys.

Last but not least, tempat ini wajib untuk kamu kunjungi. Ingin tahu seperti apa menu-menu disajikan oleh The Halal Boys? Lihat saja rangkuman yang telah Bintang.com siapkan di bawah ini. Cus!


Menggunakan konsep badan kontainer sebagai tempat penyajian dan transaksi makanan ini.


Konter trailer The Halal Boys tepat berada depan Warung Waluma.


Jika kamu ingin memesan makanan sebaiknya lihat menu yang tersedia di badan kontainer The Halal Boys samping kasir. Harga makan yang di tawarkan relatif murah kok. Hanya dengan Rp. 55 ribu kalian telah mendapatkan satu porsi nasi ayam atau nasi kambing bersaus putih yang nyam nyam.


Setelah memilih menu makanan yang di sediakan kamu dapat langsung memesannya di konter ini.


Bahan utama ala Timur Tengah yang menjadi menu di The Halal Boys.


Penyajian yang higienis menjadi prioritas yang diutamakan saat menyajikan makanan.


Inilah menu makanan The Halal Boys yang telah tersaji dan tinggal kalian tambahkan saus.


Setelah orderan datang, kamu dapat mengambil sendiri saus putih sesuai keinginan kamu.



Kalau sudah seperti ini tinggal kamu aduk jadi satu lalu tinggal kamu santap deh.

Bagaimana? Kalian pasti nggak rugi deh datang ke tempat yang satu ini. Selain harganya yang cukup terjangkau, kalian juga nggak perlu jauh-jauh datang ke Timur Tengah untuk membeli makanan yang satu ini. Selamat mencoba ya.



by : Bintang.com

The Halal Boys - Gyro Rice Bowl (Senayan, Jakarta)

The Halal Boys, a newly opened gyro rice bowl in Senayan - Jakarta. Last week we were invited to try The Halal Boys. For the concept, one of our foodies friends from EATS Jakarta told us this like from the New York food stall called The Halal Guys. They had successful and famous for their gyro rice.



Okay, back to topic about The Halal Boys. Located in Senayan area in Hang Lekir road, you can find this yellow container just in front of Waluma Waroeng. At 5 PM we arrived and start to order. They have 3 choices of bowl:
Chicken Over Rice (55k)
Lamb Over Rice (55k)
Half Chicken and Half Lamb (55k)



So, we ordered the half mix gyro by their recommendation because we want to try both of the chicken and lamb gyro. When we got our bowl, it consist of basmati rice cooked by spices and fill in by the chicken and lamb gyro. They also put some piece of pita bread and lettuce. They provide with 3 special sauce to pour in the bowl. There are white sauce, red sauce and BBQ sauce. The white sauce is a magical things on this bowl because it makes the gyro more tasty and you will love it for sure! Red sauce for you who like spicy food and it has different spicy flavor from chili sauce.


Mix it all together and a full spoon of happiness will coming to you right away. We are really had a good time there and sure we are willing to come by again.

The Halal Boys
Jl. Hang Lekir 2 no. 4
Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta Selatan

Instagram: @thehalalboys
Website: thehalalboys.com

Mon - Thu: 11 AM - 10 PM
Fri - Sat: 11 AM - 01 AM
Sun: 08 AM - 10 PM




by : Foodirectory

THE HALAL BOYS JAKARTA

This will be a short review of this current highly talked-about place called “The Halal Boys” and their single menu: Gyros rice, and yes from its name, the food served here is HALAL certified. It’s located just opposite the Manadonese restaurant, Beautika, in the form of island stand (so it’s tiny with several tables and seats). If you’ve heard about “The Halal Guys” in New York City, the concept is pretty much the same.

Anyway, there has been questions whether The Halal Boys is the same as The Halal Guys. After a little research on the Internet, Twitter and Instagram, I still couldn’t find the exact answer, but from what I read, I assume they’re not the same. The Halal Guys made an announcement on the Instagram saying they’re opening soon in Manila and Jakarta, but there’s no further reply everytime the followers ask both parties whether they are under the same brand. If I happen to be wrong in the future, I would edit this post.



Basically Gyros rice consist of fragrant brasmati rice (Indian rice) soaked and marinated with spices and condiments such as meat, lettuce, cabbage and pita bread. They offer three meat options here: chicken, lamb and half-half (chicken and lamb) and all priced as same as IDR 55k. They currently only have mineral water (300 ml) for the beverage, priced at IDR 5k. The ordering system is self-service, you order what you want and wait until your number got called to collect your meal.


I tried their Half&Half because I wanted to experience how unique can the flavor of the lamb & chicken be in a single serving. For a touch of yum, try adding in their white sauce, BBQ sauce or extremely hot sauce. I prefer not adding in the chili sauce because I want to keep the flavor as original as possible, but I did add in their white sauce on the side. The white sauce had this light-cream texture and tasted like savory yogurt.



I had nothing bad to say about the rice, I am a huge fan of brasmati rice and for me, you can never go wrong with brasmati unless you overcook it. I once made fried rice from it and it was divine. The rice was seasoned nicely and fragrant, but as I scoop everything for a single bite, I soon found that the lamb flavor overpower the chicken flavor, if not, I barely taste the chicken flavor, just texture. I wouldn’t say it stinks, but it did has that mutton smell to it, but nowhere near bad. I didn’t find anything special about the pita bread since it didn’t contribute much to the serving.


Overall, I still find it a good simple comfort food, and IDR 55k is still a pretty good deal, I mean that’s the standard of the pricing these days.

The Halal Boys
Jl. Hang Lekir 2 No. 4 (opposite Beautika)
Senayan, Jakarta Selatan 12220

Opening Hours:
Mon - Thu: 11 AM - 10 PM
Fri - Sat: 11 AM - 1 AM
Sun: 8 AM - 10 PM
Pricing: IDR 55k/portion




by : Eatsandtreats

THE HALAL BOYS JAKARTA

Coping with what's trending at the moment, I went to The Halal Boys just yesterday to try the famous Gyros rice. The Halal Boys is a food stand with the same concept as The Halal Guys in New York City.

If you are unfamiliar with The Halal Guys, it's one of the popular food stands in New York that sells rice bowls with their humble street food cart. They are one of the pioneer in quick service street food cart who serves halal food with their signature rice bowls and iconic white & red sauce.

The Halal Boys copy the same concept and menu with serving only rice bowl with three choices, lamb over rice, chicken over rice or half chicken and half lamb for those who wanted to try both at once. All items are priced at 55k.



Their yellow food stand "parked" at Hang Lekir street strategically opposite Beautika restaurant with several tables for customers to dine in. If you're not fond of the idea eating in the street, you can always have it to go or eat it in the car, the Styrofoam container makes it easy.


I was there with hubs and he ordered the Chicken over rice (55k) since he doesn't eat lamb. While I opted for the Half & Half (55k). The order system is pretty simple, all self service, you order and then waited for your number to be called and pick it up. The iconic red & white sauce are available for all you can have.



As seen on the picture above, they have the red BBQ sauce and white sauce for us to mixed it all along with the rice. The white sauce is sort of like yogurt with less thicker texture.

When it comes to any food and drink, I'm not the kind of person who likes to stir my food, I don't even stir when I have porridge or mixed shaved ice, there's something about stirring food that just gross me, so I was having hard time on eating this one. But if you are someone like me, I strongly recommend you to just close your eyes and do the stir as you really need to mix the rice with the sauces to bring out all the flavors. My favorite recommendation is the extremely hot red bottle! It was the special chilli sauce and it was so good! Definitely bring out the flavors best. But people who can't eat spicy, go easy as it was HOT.



The rice they used is a basmati rice, topped with your meat options and shredded cabbages. I personally liked the chicken better than the lamb as I feel the lamb still comes with its strong mutton smells.



I love how it can be a great option for a quick convenient food and at the same time tasted delicious as well. Try them! =)

THE HALAL BOYS
Jl. Hang Lekir 2 No. 4
(Opposite Beautika Restaurant)
South Jakarta

Opening hours:
Mon - Thu: 11am - 10pm
Fri - Sat: 11am - 1am Sun: 8am - 10pm
IG: @thehalalboys





by : Only1ivy