Chili's restaurant starts operating

Chili's restaurant starts operating

JAKARTA (JP): Chili's, a restaurant which offers a combination
of Texas-Mexican taste, on the second floor of the Sarinah
Building on Jl. Thamrin, Central Jakarta, has started operating.

The restaurant was officially opened by Minister of Tourism,
Post and Telecommunication Joop Ave and Minister of Trade Satrio
B. Joedono on Friday.

Joop said is his opening speech that with a variety of
restaurants that serve difference menus, foreign tourists, as
well as domestic tourists, have a wider choice.

"This of course supports Indonesian tourism and increases the
country's foreign exchange," said Joop.

"Based of a survey, Chili's is always received with a warm
welcome," Norman Brinker, the chief executive officer of Brinker
International Inc., which owns the restaurant, said.

Chili's visitors enjoy Chili's not only because of the food
that is served, but also for its experience and reputation, that
exists throughout the world, he said.

Brinker, and a number of other executives, came specially from
America and Singapore to participate in Chili's official opening
in Indonesia. (hhr)