Bel Mondo Café

I think this was the first café with premium beef imported from Australia, U.S.A, and New Zealand. I still remembered when my Mom brought me here to eat. I would always order Chicken Maryland and Lumpia. Their Chicken Maryland was by far the best in Medan (until today, the day I typed this post. I don't know if "the-best-Chicken-Maryland-in-town" title would still be given to them in the future when any of you were reading this post) that I've ever eaten. The crisp of the skin, the tender meat, everything was purr-fect! Right the way I wanted it. Since then, Chicken Maryland has been labeled as the food that I would recommend to my friend whenever they asked me what to eat at Bel Mondo. I think I was not the only person to recommend this dish to their acquaintances...or was I?

Anyway, I had to ransacked my laptop looking for the pictures of Chicken Maryland (since I enjoyed snapping pictures of food since I had my first mobile phone with built-in camera) but I couldn't find them, so I had to google the picture for you. Here are some food that I have tried before but I couldn't find the pictures on my hard-disk/ laptop/ mobile phone:

Cheese Bruschetta - photo credits to: Bel Mondo Café Facebook Page
In my opinion, this was by far the best cheese bruschetta I've ever had in Medan. The mozarella cheese smelled soooo good and alluring. Not to mention the bread itself was quite thick but still crispy. Please give it a try when you visit here, you will not regret it.

Blackened Salmon - photo credits to: Bel Mondo Café Facebook Page
Blackened Salmon was one of a kind. The stewed potatoes were good but I think it would taste better if they sprinkled more salt on it. I don't know if the way they served the stewed potatoes was supposed to be with or without salt, but again, that was my two cents.

Here is what I quoted from Bel Mondo's website:
Bel Mondo Cafe has been presented with the prestigious American Beef Club Award by the United States Meat Export federation (USMEF). This prestigious award is only awarded to the world's top restaurant for the highest standards of U.S meat served to their customer. Bel Mondo is the first and only restaurant in Medan, and the second in Indonesia that has been presented with the prestigious award.
Wasn't that amazing? The first and only restaurant in Medan! I don't know if this was valid (being the only restaurant in Medan to have received such prestigious award) because the way I see it, it has been a long-long time since the last time the website was updated, but hey, that was awesome!

Finally, pictures of food I have tried and yes, I could find the pictures:
Totally forgotten the name
The food shown above tasted HORRIBLE. The tomato sauce was tasteless, the pasta was tasteless, and the only food I could eat was the french fries. Even the taste of the chicken was horrible. I really regretted ordering this food. 


the Legendary Lumpia
Mouthwatering lumpia with thick mayonnaise sauce all over it...this is a good treat for anyone who is in for good food.

Anyway, on the day of my visit to Bel Mondo @ Teuku Daud, I was more than disappointed. The service was terrible, and that was not the first time I encountered bad services at Bel Mondo @ Teuku Daud. I waited for more than an hour for my the main dish (which were the three food on the picture above) and when the food were served, they were cold. I complained to the manager in charge, but she just smiled and apologized without any proper explanation. Come on, was that how you handle complain? Please, if I was her boss, I would have fired here for being impolite and ignorant. 

Bel Mondo Café
Jln. Haji Zainul Arifin No.:122B
Tel.: +62 61 4518846
Medan - North Sumatra - Indonesia

Bel Mondo Café
Jln. Teuku Daud No.:9
Tel.: +62 61 4514697
Medan - North Sumatra - Indonesia

Bel Mondo Café
Jln. Jawa No.:1
#1F-17A Mall Center Point
Tel.: +62 61 4518846
Medan - North Sumatra - Indonesia

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