Have you ever wonder to spend your weekend to learn something that would be useful to increase your creativity? Or just to learn something new to unlock your hidden potential rather than walking around from mall to mall on Saturday?

For the first time, Arumdalu lab, Jakarta Nature Creative Community Space, is now available for those who passionate about teaching or learning something new. Located in a hectare research tropical forest and organic farm in the middle of BSD City, Arumdalu Lab offers a community space for public usage upon request

On this upcoming 24th September 2016, we are launching our first natural workshop event "TERRARIUM LANDSCAPING” Where you will learn how to do mini landscaping in a jar. Making it more fun, we will be giving a tour to our organic farm researches and also we will end the day with lunch! Book now as the space available are limited!

TERRARIUM LANDSCAPING WORKSHOP

Time                 : 10:00 AM - 12.30 PM
 Location         : Arumdalu Lab
Address           : Jl. Buaran Timur, BSD City, Tangerang Selatan,
Rundown        : 10:00 AM        Introduction to Organic Urban Farming 
                           10:30 AM        Terrarium Landscape Workshop
                            12:30 PM        Indonesian Lunch

If you are interested to join our very first event, email us at lab@arumdalubelitung.com or call +62 819 4943 0545. Looking forward to see you in Arumdalu lab!

​In our very own Sahang Beachfront Resto, the freshest local ingredients, wisdom, community, and seasons have always become our core inspirations on creating the 5-senses seasonal menu. But do you know that you yourselves, our guests, are also our main inspirations on creating new cuisines in Sahang Resto?
 
We often asked our guests on their wildest ideas, “What kind of cuisine do you want to be here for you to eat?”. We personally like to ask that question to our guests as sometimes it is surprising to know what our guests truly love or their comfort food. We love to hear the wildest ideas from our guests, and if we can transform it into a special dish, it is more satisfying than anything. Doing this is always a new challenge to our skills, understanding, and taste.
 
Our bestseller authentic Spanish Churros simply was created because we hosted a family from Spain and their little cute daughter really loves to eat Churros. Our Belitung-twist fish & chip was created because of a challenge by our guests from Britain. We will tell you the exciting stories another time in another posts.
 
So few weeks ago, our story continues. We had a family from Bali (originally from New York) stayed with us and they truly every single menu that we cooked for them. This made us really happy and we brought up the million dollars questions” So, what do you want us to create here?”. Then they answered “how about a Taco?”. Then we were stunned. We have cooked Japanese, Chinese, European, American, Indonesian, and Indian cooking but we have never expected a request to create a Mexican taste!
 
 We were stunned for a second but we quickly researched about what is the philosophy behind a Taco (thanks to Mr. Google for helping these), experimenting with our locally sources ingredients, combining few techniques we found, and of course finding an artisan way to create a crispy taco skin in Arumdalu very own way. We were determined to create a Mexican Taco inspired yet using totally all freshest ingredients in surrounding us. So in the same day, we came out with the perfect Arumdalu’s Taco combination. Here it goes, Tadaaa!

​Do you like how it looks? So Arumdalu Taco is made with a combination of a handmade crispy taco skin filled with grilled spiced local fish-of-the-day, topped with fresh Arumdalu farm chopped handpicked salads, and finished with a spoonful of Arumdalu pickles made from the authentic Belitung ingredients, creating a hint of summer taste of Arumdalu. We even designed the plating for it made from wood by our own in-house wooden artisan.


"Do you know sometimes it feels great to put a new menu not because we think it might be another big hit, but because we want to share the happiness of the process of inventing this new dish with our guests."
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We quickly gave it as a surprise to our guests and they truly love it! They said that it tastes so delicious and refreshing, a Mexican snack yet a truly Arumdalu way. Seeing their happy expressions made we realized that it might be another great idea to put this Taco into the menu for our guests and dinners. Do you know sometimes it feels great to put a new menu not because we think it might be another big hit, but because we want to share the happiness of the process of inventing this new dish with our guests. So we call this taco, BOB’S TACO, simply because Bob, our guest, was the one who came out with the idea. We want to tell everyone that our guests are also part of the family of the resort.

So here is the story of BOB’S TACO. Don’t be surprise if one day all Arumdalu menu will start wit our guest’s names. We truly love our menu, so we do hope you will love it too! BOB’S TACO will be available from 1st September onward in Sahang Beachfront Resto. Try it, we promise you gonna love it!
 
Ps: tag us in your photo taken in Arumdalu. We will feature you & stand a chance to wind a prize from us! #Arumdaluresort 

​Have you ever wondered where all the Eco Luxury concept of Arumdalu Private Resorts were started? Where were all the innovation started and experimented before being used in Arumdalu? Well it all started in our Research Garden in Jakarta. Since more than 10 years ago, even before we discovered Arumdalu, we have started many researches in farming, gardening, constructions, and eco technology in our 1 hectare land in the middle of BSD City, a suburb of Jakarta (which is like a modern city by itself now). Many researches in our Research Garden such as breathing gazebo, ultra-quick grown productive trees, organic farming, Your Simple Garden precision agriculture, insulated stone, and many more, become the base principle on how Arumdalu Private Resort is moving towards the future. 

After we launched Arumdalu Private Resorts two years ago as the first and the only eco luxury private resort in Belitung island, Indonesia, we have started to get huge attention and appreciation from local and international guests around the world. Many truly loves our concept of preserving the nature, working together with the local community, using local fresh ingredients, and developing local culture to a whole new level. This has become our lifestyle, and many becomes our biggest devotees and fans demanding us to do workshops and talks in Jakarta too. Realizing this positive impacts we have created, we truly feel that Arumdalu is not just simply an eco luxury resort, but a lifestyle too, a happy one indeed! We then decide, we need to have a presence in Jakarta too! But the question is “how”?


"Realizing this positive impacts we have created, we truly feel that Arumdalu is not just simply an eco luxury resort, but a lifestyle too, a happy one indeed! We then decide, we need to have a presence in Jakarta too! But the question is “how”?"


A quote says “The only way to predict future is to create it”. We truly want to spread our lifestyle as we want many people to share the experiences our guests have felt to everyone we can. We believe in the same way there are people in Jakarta that think likewise and we want to connect everyone together. Henceforth starting next month onwards we dare ourselves to step deeper into a new water, to open our Research Garden in Jakarta for public, and launch it as ARUMDALU LAB, as the first nature urban creative community space and Arumdalu Private Resort research lab in Jakarta. 


"Arumdalu Lab is built to be the first Jakarta Nature Urban Creative Community Space which is also Arumdalu Private Resort core Research Garden Lab"

​Arumdalu lab is a creative space that is surrounded by greenery, both forest and farm of ours and also our researches as the main explorations there too. We dream Arumdalu lab to be a place where creativity is nurtured! From wellness workshops, inspiring talks, networking lunch, pop-up lunch, fine dining pop-up, aspiring start-ups launching, small wedding party, birthday lunch, cooking class, urban farming workshops, farming research, organic farming workshops, and many more up to you. We want it to be a space for people to meet, to be creative, to relax, to meet up, to collaborate, and to have fun!
 
For now Arumdalu Lab will be open only during workshops events and special invitation base (Charlie and the chocolate factory’s ticket style ;)).  If you have an exciting new start-up, or if you are an aspiring new chef, or even just simply want to have a quality event with your close friends, this is the right place! If you have any plan to create any workshops or any creative events or gathering, please do contact us to lab@arumdalubelitung.com ! We look to hear your burning ideas. Why not start something great now?
 
Ps: In the next few days we will be launching our first exciting Arumdalu Lab workshop event curated by us, Arumdalu Private Resorts. So stay tune! Don't forget to follow our official instagram/facebook account: @Arumdalulab

Belitung Island or Billiton is located just about 1 hour flight from Jakarta, the biggest and the busiest city in Indonesia. However, did you know the history behind everything that happened in Belitung Island? Perhaps there are few things that you might not know. So here is the history of Belitung!

Let's not forget why Belitung was one of the invaded province by the dutch colony hundreds years ago. Belitung was once a huge gem for tin and kaolin resources, and yeah it is also true that Belitung is the largest and finest tin and kaolin producer in Indonesia. You can see the trail all over the island and some even have their own uniqueness, for example the kaolin lake. Things just got serious up until the government ban the mining forever, both for tin and kaolin, as it is damaging the environment, but for some businessmen, laws are made to be broken, and they keep doing what they did. The rest of the local miners started their life as farmers and some choose to be fishermen in this blessed island.

One of their best agricultural product as farmers are the peppercorn, especially when you go to the southern side of Belitung, most of the field is fill with peppercorn farm, and it is proved that Belitung peppercorns are one of the best quality in Indonesia and yes it is also an export quality. With almost zero maintenance fee, that is the answer why the dutch colony risking their lives hundred years ago to get Indonesian spices, especially Pepper. More interestingly, Belitung pepper divided into 2 kind, the white pepper and the black pepper, which came from the same peppercorn, but processed differently. So, which is your favorite black pepper or white pepper.

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What is luxury? Going with your precious one on a luxurious Yacht? Buying the limited edition clothes that cost like buying a car? Buying the most expensive diamond in the world? Today, we are going to twist everything you think you know about luxury.

"I think the definition of luxury no longer mean all those mentioned above anymore in this age of fast movement and high advancement of technology!" said Albert Arron Pramono, the young CEO of Arumdalu Private Resorts. A man with vision and ambition to take the hospitality business into the next level. Introducing the eco luxury concept of Arumdalu Private Resorts is the first step that he do, but it is never enough.

While the others have to buy their vegetables on the market, Arumdalu have both local source suppliers and their farm to table system that must pass through the quality control as their commitment to serve the best, the organic and the healthy for their guests. Nothing could comparewhen your 5 senses evoked through the delicious and nutritious food of the Sahang Beachfront Resto.

A peaceful heart and happiness is also part of luxury, which is what the guests feel most of the time, 90% them feel surprised the first time they step their feet in Arumdalu, but of course not everyone will understand what do Arumdalu are going to do, sometimes, things just running unexpectedly. But one thing is for sure, the understanding for nature is our priority that will have never ending discussion.

So, are you ready to change your thought about luxury? Come and experience with us.

Sustainable living, sustainable energy and sustainable system.. These words are very popular nowadays, widely used by many resorts, hotels or even restaurants. There is nothing wrong with these words, but we would make sure that everyone get the right id ea of sustainability. Sustainability literally is the capacity to endure, how we keep something long lived and healthy, for an illustration let's imagine a resort surrounded a natural lush rainforest.

Sustainability here is how a resort can get along with nature, from the first time they built the resort to the principle that they upheld. Probably, you have already heard a lot about how eco Arumdalu Private Resorts are, how sustaining the system is. Well, this is not some kind of empty talk, but it is our commitment ever since our founder decided to build Arumdalu in this enchanting island.

Arumdalu sustainability system was first founded by the PT. Prammindo Windukarya Cemerlang, one of the most leading engineering company in Jakarta. Together with Prammindo, we collaborate and create something that unique yet useful for the environment. Take a look on how they created the water treatment system for entire resorts, just to make sure that every waste do not flow directly to the beach and re - used it for watering our organic farm.

We committed ourselves to be the eco luxury resorts in Belitung Island, indonesia, not only focusing in our service to our guests, the welfare of our local staff, but also how to live harmoniously along with the nature. We believe that whenever you look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. Therefore, we want to encourage everyone of you to join our movement too. Let’s support each other, one step at a time, towards a more sustainable future, a future for the next generation. 
 
Ps: we welcome you to visit us to know more about our Eco Luxury strategies :)!