May 4 |Soto Madura Rendi

It has been so long since we last visited Soto Rendi, which, in my opinion, is the best soto madura I've ever tasted in Jakarta. We returned last week to savor the soto once again. From what we heard, Soto Rendi has expanded and opened a second (bigger) branch near Kampus Anggrek Binus. We tried to look for it but couldn't find it. So we decided to visit the old one instead. Located in Kompleks Sandang, the place is very very cramped. We were lucky to find two empty seats inside. We ordered the usual bowl of Soto Ayam Nasi Campur (rice topped with all the soto inggredients & drenched in chicken broth) at 8K per bowl, a very reasonable price, although it has increased since our last visit almost two years ago. The ingredients were not as generous as I remembered, but the taste is still every bit as good as the last time, especially when you add a dash of lemon & some sambal. Soto Rendi was even reviewed by Laksmi Pamuntjak in her newest edition of Jakarta Good Food Guide.

Depot Soto Ayam Madura
RENDI
Jl. Kompleks Sandang No.D8
Kemanggisan - West Jakarta
ph. +0813 83765678

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Apr 25 |RM Saji

I read about this place on Jalansutra mailing list about 2 months ago. Several members said that Saji serves up decent and very reasonably-priced Thai cuisine. So one day, along with some colleagues, we went there for lunch. The restaurant is located in a shophouse in Sudirman Park Apartment area. The interior is very spartan, just like a cafeteria with a bit of Thai accent in the corner.

The menu turned out to be a combination of noodle selection (mie ayam,mie bakso, mie goreng, lomie etc), rice (nasi goreng, nasi capcai, nasi goreng ikan asin, nasi goreng hongkong, etc), chicken (ayam goreng mentega, ayam goreng ala thai, ayam kungpao, ayam kuluyuk, etc), beef (sapi lada hitam, sapi panggang thai, sapi cah jamur, etc), prawn (udang mayonaise, udang cabe garam, udang tauco, etc), fish (gurame asam manis, gurame tahu tausi, etc), veggies (kailan polos, kailan cah sapi, bayam taiwan polos, etc), and some other common chinese dishes.

There's no specific heading for Thai dishes, so we just picked several dishes that have Thai sounding names or are well known Thai dishes: Tom Yum Kung 22K, Ayam Daun Pandan Thai 20K, Cumi Cabe Garam 25K, Udang Goreng Cabe Garam 30K, Kangkung Belacan 12K with Thai ice Tea 7K. Overall, the meal was not bad. I especially love their udang & cumi cabe garam. The Tom Yum Kung, though tasty and aromatic, was not my favorite as it was not hot & spicy at all.

RM Saji
Sudirman Park C/32
Jakarta
ph. +62(21) 32302363

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Apr 11 |Kamseng Restaurant

Last month I bought a new book by Laksmi Pamuntjak called Jakarta Good Food Guide 2008-2009, it consist of about 400 eateries from all over the place in Jakarta. One of the place recommended by this book was this sapo restaurant called Kamseng, served all kind of congee 24 hours. The congee selection include : beef, all kind of pork offal, squid, fish, chicken, Guangzhou - Beijing - Shanghai - Taiwan Special, saklon, seafood, prawn, meatball, eel, 3 flavor, crab and plain. Since we're still a bit full from nasi goreng, we only ordered the eel congee 24K with telur phitan 5.5K. The meal came in a hot sapo pot, the congee was very tasty but the texture was too fine. Usually I didn't like this kind of congee but this one can makes me scrape the bottom of the bowl. later I found out that we can choose a coarse type of congee. With this price plus it was much2 more delicious than the famous congee next door, we surely will be back. :)

Kamseng Restaurant
Bubur Sapo
Jl. Mangga Besar I No.26
West Jakarta
+62(21) 6492319, 70766958 ()

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Apr 10 |Tom Yum Mama Kitchen

Two weeks ago we were at Mangga Dua doing some errands, and I'm taking that opportunity to try the famous Tom Yum at Mama Kitchen ITC Mangga Dua. The stall was quite crowded at the time we arrive, but we still managed to get a seat. They served only tom yum, from tom yum kung super, seafood, with noodle/kwetiaw/rice to tom yum fried rice (with salted fish, prawn & pinneaple, seafood). So I ordered a bowl of tom yum seafood (very hot) with rice 20K with ice tea 2K. After waiting for a while the meal came, the soup color was so tempting, range of orange to red which could only mean one thing : the soup is super hot, with fresh seafood topped with cilantro makes this meal irresistible. I'm not sure if this meal was the authentic Thai cooking, but It surely delicious. :)

Tom Yum Mama Kitchen
ITC Mangga Dua Lt.II Blok B No.15
North Jakarta 14430
ph. +62(21) 6017129

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Apr 6 |Ah Tuan Ee's

The first thing that grab my attention from this place is its interior. Decorated in Malay's kampong house style, using bird cage as their hanging lamp, plus the servant dressed in sarong and kebaya makes this place quite catchy. Located at Pacific Place, served malaysian nyonya cuisine. such as nasi lemak, asam laksa, char kuay teow etc. we decided to order the asam laksa 35.5K, kuay teow 28.5K with teh tarik 13.5K and honey lime 17.5K. Actually the food was not bad, but not really suit my taste. the asam laksa's concoction was too thick compared to what I had at Penang. but the taste was OK though. the kuay teow was too sweet and a bit too oily, the teh tarik was good, but my honey lime turn out to be kum quat juice. :)

Ah Tuan Ee's
Malaysian Nyonya Cuisine
Pacific Place 4th level
Kawasan Niaga Terpadu Sudirman (SCBD)
Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav.52-53
Jakarta 12190
ph. +62(21) 5797 3364
fx. +62(21) 5797 3365

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Mar 29 |Dimsum @ Samudra

1. Siew Mai (12K) & Kaki Ayam (11K) 2. Bubur Ayam Phitan (14K) 3. Cheongfan Udang (14K) & Cheongfan Cakwe (14K) 4. Lumpia Saus Tiram (11K) 4. cristal seafood (13K) 6. Hakau (12K) 5. 7. 8. Guo Tie(11K) 9. Lobak Goreng Telur (14K) 10. Puding Mangga (14K), Almond (13K) & Alpukat (13K) + Coffee (7K) 11. Talas Goreng (11K) 12. Bebola Kumis Naga (13K) 13. Tan Tat (11K)

Samudra Seafood Restaurant
8th BRI II Center Park
Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 44-46,
Jakarta 10210
ph. +62(21) 5713600
fx. +62(21) 5704124

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Dec 16 |Beirut Lebanon Restaurant

Last Friday, we tried this Lebanese restaurant called Beirut Lebanon Restaurant. They offer Lebanese cuisine such as Tabouleh, Homous, Motabbal, Baba Ghannaouj, Kebbeh, Sambousek, Falafel, Kebab, Shish Taouk, Shawarma etc. The restaurant is located on the second floor. It's nicely decorated, though it felt a bit old school. Wwe got ourselves a place at the corner, since they have no non-smoking section. Luckily, the place was not very crowded. We ordered their hot appetizer (hot mezza) : Falafel (fried ball or patty made from spiced fava beans and/or chickpeas) 21.5K. For the main course we ordered Riz Basmati Kebuli (basmati rice cooked with a lot of spices and topped with lamb meat) 52K, and for dessert we ordered Mohalabia (a honey-drenched milk pudding) 15.5K. Actually, we want to try Baklava, but they only have Mohalabia and Riz Bil Halib (rice pudding). Overall the meal was satisfying even if I'm not very familiar with Lebanese Cuisine. I especially liked the Kebuli rice and the milk pudding. :)

Beirut Lebanon Restaurant
Jl. H. Agus Salim (Sabang) No. 57
Jakarta 10350
ph/fx : +62(21) 31938147

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Nov 27 |Adira Kenduri Kuliner Nusantara

Last weekend, we visited Adira Kenduri Kuliner Nusantara event held at Gedung Arsip Nasional (Jl. Gajah Mada 111, Jakarta Barat). The entry fee is 20K per pax, and to buy the food we have to use coupons (5K per coupon). There were a lot of interesting food selection offered, such as : Boepet Mini - Martabak Palembang - Mie Tjelor Pempek - Boergo - Nasij Oedoek Laksa &Tape Oeli Tjisalak - Gaboes Poecoeng Ciboeboer - Soto Mie -Tahoe Pong - Gado-gado dan Roejak Tjingoer -Koepang Lontong & Asem-Asem - Mie Kepiting Pontianak - Atjil - Sate Jamoer - Nasij Bali - Ajam Taliwang Senggigi Coto - Yougwa Masakan Papua - Koewe Tradisional Eis Mangga & Pala - Tjintjaoe Djahe Tjikini - Biir Pletok - Serabi Solo Notosoeman gaja Menteng - Eis Kelapa Muda &Otak-otak . Since I haven't had breakfast yet, I started with Nasi Jenggo 2 coupons (very pricey judging from the meal's portion & content, and originally in Bali, this food is very cheap), while SC looked for Semur Jengkol & nasi uduk from Nasi Uduk Betawi Bang Nuri. The meal cost him about 20K (4 coupons), but it tasted delicious. After that, I tried sate jamur from Banyumas (half portion : 1 coupon), Sayur Babanci, tape ketan & uli from Mpok Minoel's Stand. Then, I bought a portion of papeda with ikan gabus kuah asam (3 coupons) from Yougwa stand. I had wanted to try papeda for so long, but never have the courage to actually sample it. I mean, I was a bit hesitant to try the papeda (it looks like sticky glue), but suprisingly it tasted OK, the soup was so fresh and delicious. :)

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May 24 |Penang Restaurant

Several weeks ago, we happen to pass in front of "The Food Place" on our way to Mangga Besar, and we decided to grab something light there for dinner. It's not 6PM yet, the place was quite deserted, there's sushi nobu, pizza hut & imperial chef on the ground floor, and on the basement we found there's a Penang restaurant. From the banner outside this place, we knew that there's a promo for crab (not more than 50K) so we decided to try it. Since SC predicted that he will have a sore throat, we only ordered "steam crab with garlic". I also ordered nasi lemak to eat with the crab. When the meal came it looks delicious, but when we tasted it, it was rather bland except for the strong smell of garlic. plus its rather hard to eat crab with a bowl of rice & chopstick. :P Later that night we still feel hungry so we stop by Martabak Har for a plate of "nasi biryani cooked with lamb meat" and "teh tarik".

Penang Restaurant
The Food Place
Hotel Jayakarta
Jl. Hayam Wuruk no.126

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Mar 21 |Sate Afrika

I've been longing to visit this place since last year but never had a chance till now. Located in the area between "Indonesia Power" building & "Museum Tekstil", this place served Malinese Cuisine known better as "Sate Afrika". We arrived around 11PM and ordered 2 portion of lamb meat & 1 portion of "jerohan" and "pisang goreng tanduk". We watched them prepared the meat : grilled, and then cut into pieces, put into a pan and mixed with spices & cooked again until the meat is soft and tender. served in an aluminium plate topped with sliced onion, Overall the meat was delicious, not oily at all, not smelly (ngga bau prengus), make a perfect combination with the fried banana and their special chili sauce (a combination of sambal lampung, mustard and sweet soya sauce), but a bit too tasty :)

Kedai Sate Afrika
Jl. KS Tubun I No. 6,
Jakarta
Ph. 0817855881

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Jan 12 |Food Republic @ Vivo City

This is the (newest?) mall in Singapore designed by a Japanese Architect : Toyo Ito. Located next to Harbourfront, this place has a great view over 'Sentosa Island' and a friendly place for childern since they have a nice playground, a huge open space & the rooftop with several knee high pool for childen to run across :). Inside this huge mall there's alot of shops, boutiques, rows of restaurants, later I found my self wandering alone to the top floor where there stands a very nice designed : food republic. The food republic was designed in the old chinese style, walking inside makes me feel like I'm walking in the past world, a narrow street full of interesting food to try.

The first thing I tried at this place was "Chong Pang Nasi Lemak", offering a list of dish to pick to accompany the nasi lemak, so I took a queue and ordering nasi lemak with "ngo hiong" (yes, this is not a HALAL nasi lemak), some "sambel kacang & ikan teri" & cabbage cooked in coconut milk, all of the dish was put on top of a small tray with apiece of banana leaf, cost about $5. Overall its not bad at all, the "nasi lemak" was cooked in a right way, not sticky. the dish is good, very clean indeed, but I could not help myself to compared it to "Nasi Uduk Kebon Kacang", still prefer 'nasi uduk kebon kacang' and realised how I missed Indonesian Food so much. *hiks*

After finished my 'nasi lemak', I wandered again and still trying to decided what i'm gonna try nect, there's a roti prata, when I walked deeper I found a mini restaurant offering" bak kut teh" (pork rib soup), and I think I still can have another more dish, I walked in and ordered : 1 bowl of premium "bak kut teh" $7.5 and Chinese tea (shi gu feng) $3, to my pleasant surprise, they gave me an "mangkok kaleng" with a small teapot, 5 small cup and a pack of tea - turned out I have to make my own tea... wow this is so interesting, I can play 'gong fu cha' here :P. the 'pork rib soup' was decent, but I traced to much white pepper in the soup.

Overall the food in food-republic are quite acceptable, although it is quite pricey and I believe I can get the one I just had in much2 cheaper price & taste equally or more delicious. :)

Food Republic
VivoCity Level 3
1 Harbourfront Walk
Singapore
Opening hours: 10am - 10pm (Mon - Thurs, Sun), 10am - 11pm (Fri, Sat & eve of public holidays)

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Dec 4 |Nasi Kebuli @ Biak Street

I visited this place about a month ago with SC, located in front of "Mestika Bank" at Biak street, the street was full with a lot of interesting street food vendor at night. from what I heard this place served quite authentic "nasi kebuli" (every Saturday), so without hesitation we ordered 1 portion of nasi kebuli with kari kambing, 1 roti canne (plain, because we think we can use the kari kambing for dipping) and 2 "teh tarik". overall the food was delicious, but was a little bit pricey. All of that cost us about 52K. besides nasi kebuli, they also served : "martabak kari palembang", "martabak telur daging special", "prata ala Singapore" & "mie celor Palembang".

AR Hj. Abdoel Razak
Jl. Biak Roxy (beside Mestika Bank)
Jakarta
ph. (0818) 801330

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Nov 28 |miitem

2 weeks ago, we decided to try a new hip noodle restaurant called : miitem. Located at Kemang Food Festival, the small restaurant was decorated in black and white interior (IMO maybe looks cool at night, but a little bit dull at noon). We decided to order 1 miitem aglio olio 25++ and 1 miitem with fermented prawn 25++ and lemon grass ice tea 15++ and mango ice tea 15++. This place seems to be adopted a fast food type restaurant, since all the meal (mi item) was served in a chinese style take-out carton and the drinks was served in a plastic glass. I noticed that not many people like to dine in using a paper ware & plastic glass especially with this price. The meal mainly was made from noodles infused in squid ink, resulting a dark color noodles with a very savory taste. overall the meal was not bad, the noodle was very tasty (aglio olio was a bit hot). but we feel very thirsty afterwards.

miitem
Kemang Food Festival
Jl. Kemang Raya No.19 C
South Jakarta
ph. +62(21) 7197105

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Oct 26 |Around Kuta

Since we stayed at Legian - Kuta, we had a chance to try so many restaurant in here, and I decided to make a summary of what we have here. Some of it was international cuisine : greek/Turkish at Kebab Palace, Italian cuisine at Kuta Puri Restaurant. We also found Balinese buffet at glory restaurant. Most of the night we just wandered around Kuta traditional market where there's a lot cheap food choices : nasi pedes (java), bakmi ayam, soto ceker, several nasi lawar babi seller, nasi jenggo. All of it were very cheap (from 2K - 7K).

Kebab palace
One night we decided to tried a turkish/ greek cuisine at Kebab Palace, it's an affordable restaurant serving quite authentic turkish and greek in a relaxing lunch and casual dining. We choose to sit outside the restaurant and ordered : Pilav Ustu Lamb (lamb kebab on a bed of pilav 21.9K, Feta Cheese portion 9.9K and for drinks we ordered Turkish Cay 6K. quite delicious although the portion was not so big.

Kebab Palace
Jl. Kartika Plaza - Kuta Center
Bali
Ph. +62(361) 758075

Aquarius
One day we decided to try on of the restaurant at legian street, it was called :Aquarius, from the menu I saw they served wood oven baked pizza, so we decided to try their speciality : Aquarius Pizza for 29K. not bad and good services.

Aquarius Restaurant and Bar
Legian street
Bali - Indonesia
Ph. +62(361) 756573 - 756564
Fax. +62(361) 751762

Glory Restaurant.
Actually its rather hard to found an authentic Balinese cuisine aroud Legian - Kuta. So one day we passed this restaurant and I found a leaflet that said they served Balinese homecooking lunch buffet every Sunday for only 25K, we decided to try it. So we arrived the next day around 11AM and waited for the servant to prepared the buffet table. At least twelve of the following exotic dishes was served incuding : Komoh (soup), ikan bumbu bali (fresh fish fried in balinese spices), ikan cekalan (salted fish fried in a complex chilli sauce), jukut jepang (chokos simmered in santan), jukut urab (a steamed vegetables and shaved coconut), jagung goreng (corn fried with beaten eggs and spices), telur bumbu bali (hard boiled eggs in tomato chilli sauce), urutan (pork sausages), jukut bayam, jukut banci (young coconut stewed in a strong stock), kacang saur (peanut and coconut fried with chillies), sate kelapa (meat and coconut satay), tum (spiced forcemeat steamed in banana leaf), ayam pecel (chicken in rich santan sauce), timbungan (mince pork roasted in bamboo tubes - a tabanan speciality), lawar (finely chopped meat, vegetables and spices). It was said that no Balinese feast is complete without lawar. Plus there was several dessert : bubuh injin (black rice pudding served with coconut milk), jaja (several balinese sweets). All of the dishes are spicy, some hot. But overall the food was good although not superb.

Glory Restaurant
445 Legian Road,
Legian - Bali
Ph. +62(361) 751091
Fax. +62(361) 753219

Kopi Pot
We decided to spending an afternoon in one cozy café located at legian street. The place was called the Kopi Pot. We ordered a pot of ceylon orange pekkoe tea 8K and darjeeling tea 8K. and a slice of black forrest (they claimed their blackforest was the best in town) 20K. the place ambience was cozy, we can have a tea and watching people passing by on the street. Our tea came in a set of tea pot with a strainer, but when we tasted the tea it feel weird, we noticed that the water had some smell. When we asked them they said they got the hot water from the machines they used to served coffee. And the black forrest was not as good as they claimed it. It was too much milk and so little of chocolate. Maybe if we have chance to visit this place again we better stick to juices or cold drink.. not tea.

The Kopi Pot
Raya Legian St. No. 139
Kuta Village, Kuta
Bali
ph. +62 (361) 752614

Kuta Puri Restaurant
We found this restaurant by accident. I was craved for creamy risotto and I start to search it at every Italian restaurant I found around Legian - Kuta. And later we fount it at a restaurant located at Poppies Lane I. the restaurant was placed in a beautiful garden and was part of Kuta Puri Bungalows. so we went inside for dinner and order a plate of seafood risotto 30K, and penne marinara 18K. We also ordered a bowl of potato & leek soup 9K. the food was good, but what makes us fall in love with this place was their soup, it was so delicious and came in a very generous portion. We decided to be back tomorrow morning for breakfast.
Kuta Puri

The next morning we came back here for breakfast, I ordered a complete American breakfast (toast, egg, bacon, juice and tea)15K while SC ordered honey pancake 7K and a pot of lipton tea 4K. crazy for their soup we also ordered : French onion soup 9K and pumpkin soup 9K. both were so delicious plus with a very reasonable price. SC also claimed that he never tasted a pancake this delicious and I agree to him. We'll sure be back here if we have chance again .. hiks

Kuta Puri
restaurant and bar
a Balinese and International restaurant
Poppies Lane I
Kuta Beach
Bali.
Ph. +62(361) 751903 - 754596
Fax. +62(361) 752585

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Sep 26 |Gloria

Located at Pancoran, this place was the "china town" of Jakarta, the small alley of pancoran was occupy by a lot of exotic & delicious street food fendor. Such as : Tim Pi Oh, Sekba, Bebek Peking Sedap Wangi, Siomay, rujak juhi, The old Kopi Tiam called Tak Kie, Toko Kawi, and there's a place that was used as a location in "Berbagi Suami" movie. I always like to go to this place from time to time, just for food hunting and enjoy the ambience :)

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Sep 21 |Selendang Mayang

"Es Cendol & Selendang Mayang Street Vendor"
The seller of "Selendang Mayang" (Betawi's authentic dessert which already hard to found in Jakarta) located at Gang Kali Mati - Pancoran (West Jakarta)
For order call: (021) 54392735 or (0813) 46151337 (co Salim)

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Sep 19 |5 things to eat before you die

Ritha from Daun Pisang tagged me to list my "5 things to eat before you die". Thanks Ritha :) The project was initiated by Melisa from The travelers lunch box. who got her inspiration from a list of the 50 things to eat before you die, compiled via a poll of BBC viewers and aired as a television show back in 2004.

It surely is hard to list, since I love so many food (pemakan segala), so it's so difficult to me to narrow it down to 5 choices only *greedy*. So later I decided just to list the one I want to try in their original place in Indonesia, and here they are...

1. "Ayam Tangkap" (crispy fried spicy chicken with alot of temuruy/curry leaves, it's so crispy even the leaves are like crackers), one of Aceh Signature dish. I ate one here in Jakarta at RM MEUTIA (they called it 'ayam tsunami' :( ) but I still want to try it in the capital city of Aceh: Banda Aceh.

2. "Naniura" : one of Bataknese authentic cuisine besides "panggang lomok-lomok" and "saksang". Naniura usually make using gold fish, but not cooked. the (raw) fish was only marinated in lemon lime, tamarind and other spice & herbs. I want to eat this in Tanah Karo - North Sumatra.

3. "Gulai Itiak Samba Lado Hijau" (Duck Curry cooked with green chillies paste) at "ngarai sianok" West Sumatra. I've eat one here made by my friend's Mom, but still want to try it in "ngarai sianok" :)

4. "Babi Guling" (Balinese roast suckling pig). this one is a must must eat dish if you are happen to be in Bali. One of the most recommended restaurant serving this "Babi Guling" is Babi Guling Ibu Oka located at Ubud - Bali.

5. "Paniki" (Manado authentic cuisine made from bats). I've been curious to eat this item in Manado, North Sulawesi. since its very hard to find in Jakarta. mostly Manado restaurant in Jakarta served only 'halal' manado cuisine.

Next I'll tag ....
Febi, Allee, Reza and GoodEater

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Sep 13 |Food Studio @ Senayan City

We visited Senayan City again last week, to me this place are just like a big playground for my appetite :) there's mainly 2 place to enjoy good food here : lower level and the fifth level. the lower level had a wide array of choices such as : J.Co Donuts, BreadTalk, Sing sing Japanese Noodle, NanXiang & etc. and Krispy Kreme will be opening soon opposite to J.CO :P there's Pizza Marzano & Starbuck on the ground level, Itazuki on the fouth level, and on the fifth level, there's Panice (padang restaurant with sushi style), Tea Gallery (soon), Pho 2000, Sushi Tei etc. but my destination was 'the Food Studio'

There's several food stall already open that night : such as tomodachi, trattoria pizza, mi hotplet, steak ?, & 1 place serving Taiwanese noodle if i'm not mistaken. that night we decided to try : mie hotplet & co, so I ordered : "black pepper steak with fried rice" (15K) while SC ordered "omelet fried rice with cheese?" (15K). both of the food tasted ok, but not superb. OK lah for foodcourt's quality & price :P

While having our meal, we noticed that Trattoria pizza's stall was very crowded, and since we're not very full yet, I decided to bought a piece of pizza there (just for testing). turned out that night they gave the pizza for free, maybe its their opening night. So they gave me 2 pieces of Pizza Margherita (tomato and mozzarella) and 2 pieces of Pizza Funghi (tomato, mozzarella and mushroom) 8K and two cups of Lipton Ice tea (9K). the pizza is square cut shape thin crust pizza, to me the taste was so so, the dough was to crispy & the topping were so simple. pizza margherita only got tomato & mozarella (no basil ), the same with "pizza funghi" :( for that price (around 7-8K), I think I better go to marzano :)

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Aug 28 |Bakmi Garing

2 weeks ago, on our way back from kelapa gading, we feel hungry again :P, so we stopped by a "kaki lima" place called "bakmi garing 21". its almost midnight when we arrived, but the place was still crowded. so we ordered their pork noodle (around 9K if I'm not mistaken). the noodle tasted so delicious, much better than "bakmi kepiting owkie" that i had at sunter in the afternoon. :)

Bakmi Garing 21
sedia : bakmi/kwetiau/bihun rebus, baso sapi/ikan/babi, nasi tim ayam, pangsit goreng/rebus, baso goreng, dll

Jl. Pangeran Tubagus Angke
(Jembatan 2)
West Jakarta 11330
ph. 0815 1619379

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Jul 26 |Tour de Pasar Puri Indah

Two weeks ago, I spent my Saturday morning exploring "Puri Indah" traditional market. I always like to go to "pasar" because usually they got a lot of food variety in a very honest price. "Pasar Puri Indah" located in Puri Indah's housing complex. the place was quite clean, and organize in order. beside selling vegetables & meat, they also sell alot of "jajanan" such as : Indonesian traditional cakes (fresh from Senen), ketoprak, somay, gudeg, buntil, pecel, martabak, many kind of "nasi" (nasi bogana, nasi langi, nasi uduk, nasi hainam, etc) :)

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Jun 28 |Penang Restaurant

I tried "Roti Canai" again last weekend, this time I went to "Penang Restaurant" located at Tanjung Duren Road. and I insisted to order "roti canai with chicken curry" 16.5K again to compare it with the one I had at "Penang Place", the Curry turned out much more spicy than "penang place", and the roti is more firm & oily but still don't resembled what I ate at KL. I think I'll continue to search for "roti canai" whenever I went to Malaysian restaurant.

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Jun 21 |Roti Canai

Last Friday, I tried this "roti canai with chicken curry" (18K) at Penang Place - Plaza Indonesia. When the waiter taking my order, she asked me whether I want the "Roti Canai" soft or crispy, and I said firm. When it came, the dish looks so crispy, I asked the waiter again and she said it was the soft one. I'm rather disappointed - its so different from the one I hat in Penang or KL, I think Roti Canai suppose to be soft and a little bit oily, and the curry tasted too sweet.

Penang Place
Plaza Indonesia L3 F-12
Jakarta 10350
ph. (021) 310-7620
fx. (021) 310-7651

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Jun 16 |Brasserie Bauma

Last week we had lunch at "Brasserie Bauma - Fusion Restaurant". The Restaurant looks small from out side but it turned so big once you're already inside. Decorated in semi formal dining room, when I read the menu, I was quite surprise that they served 4 types of cuisine : chinese, japanese, western (steak, pasta, snadwich, burger, etc) & indonesian (just make me guess how big the kitchen is), they also had an open kitchen to make "robatayaki" if I'm not mistaken.

So here's what we ordered : NZ Rib Eye Steak 190gr (NZ Rib Eye steak with red wine sauce, potato wedges and sauted mix vegetable) 93K * I ordered the steak in medium rare*, Grilled Chicken Steak (chiken steak with barbeque sauce, french fries and sauted mix vegetable) 45K, Black Pepper Beef (stir fried sliced beef with red & green pepper onion served with rice) 48K, Seafood teppanyaki Course (pan fried seafood and vegetable served with steamed rice, pickles and miso soup) 95K, & "Sop Buntut" (Indonesian clear oxtail soup with vegetable served with steamed rice and melinjo cracker/ "emping" ).

Overal the food was not bad, my steak was tender & juicy, the service was quite OK, but it also quite pricey plus all the prices are subject to 21% tax & services (emangnya hotel).

Brassiere Bauma
Western - Japanese - Chinese - Indonesian
Fusion Restaurant
World Trade Center Ground Floor
Jl. Jend Sudirman Kav. 31
Jakarta 12920

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May 30 |ChatterBox Cafe

2 weeks ago we had dinner with some friends at "ChatterBox Cafe". Its been a long2 time ago since I last visited this place (maharani bo!). But this time they have "dailycious" program which gave 20% off for BII card holder, so we decided to gave it a try.

When I was here before I usually choose their Hainanese Chicken Rice, but this time I saw there's alot of new menu including some pasta selection, sandwich & Indian fried rice. so we ordered : "seafood with green noodle and cheese sauce" (served with prawn, dory fish and spinach noodle) 54.5K, "seafood clay pot" (served with rice) 46.5K, "kung po chicken" (served with rice and vegetable) 38K, "hainanese chicken rice" 34K, "chicken, prawn or fish curry" (served with rice, potato and curry sauce) 43K, "szechuan tau foo" (served with rice and vegetable) 30K, "es kacang" (shaved ice on red beans, jelly sweet corn and palm seeds flavored with rose syrup and durian ice cream) 19.5K & bottom less ice tea (free flow) 19K.

Overall the taste was not bad, better than I remembered. Good service & the price *sigh* yah OK lah but still a little bit "mahal" lah.. and I didn't like the interior, its like sitting in a glass cage :P

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May 15 |Odise : French Yogurt

My new favorite French yogurt made in Bandung. available in so many flavor : chocolate, vanilla, mocha, banana, mango, strawberry, lychee, lemon, honey, grape.. etc.. and came with very affordable price too. Thx Cindy :)

available at :
Jl. Dr. Junjunan no 131
Bandung
ph. (022) 6078201
opening hours : 08:00 - 21:00

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Apr 21 |Tour De Pasar Muara Karang II

Last weekend I visited "Pasar Muara Karang" again with some friends. I always love this place coz it have alot of yummy food (halal & not halal). We arrived late around 8:30AM, my friends already moved from "Sinar Pagi restaurant" to "Kedai Kopi Kosasih", so we joined them there and ordered a bowl of bihun kari ayam (chicken curry with rice noodle), then we tasted what the others had ordered : Lupis, Pisang Goreng Ketan, Pork Satay, Bihun Kerapu (really love this one) and pork noodle. After that the gang moved again to another place with another food stalls and ordered bihun bebek Binjai, Yong Taufu and Bapang. In my opinion, all of it were very delicious. especially when you eat it together with friends :)

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Apr 11 |Beston's Fresh Fish Soup

About 2 weeks ago, on our way to Carrefour Puri Indah, we stopped by a restaurant located at Jl. Pesanggrahan (in front of Hero Srengseng). The restaurant decorated in a simplicity with wooden chair. This was our second visit, and this time we ordered : "Sapo Sop Ikan Segar" (clear milk fish soup) 24K, and "Tahu Goreng Mintan" (Japanese beancurd served with sweet and sour sauce) 16.5K and for drinks I ordered "Es Teh Romantis" (sweet ice tea with a little hint of vanilla essence). To me the taste of food here is so honest, fresh & delicious. There are two types of fish choices : Bandeng & Tenggiri, and can be cooked in clear soup or hot & sour soup. There were so many types of food I want to taste here like : Ikan Bandeng Cabut Tulang bumbu Kelimutu 35K, Kuah Ikan Asam Pedas (with bandeng 24K / tenggiri 18.5K), Nasi Unagi ala Beston 25K, Kangkung Belacan 12K etc. but I'll leave it to next time :)

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Apr 6 |Macaroni Panggang

Macaroni Panggang
Jl. Salak No.24
Bogor

Ph. +62(251) 324 046
Fax. +62(251) 362 121
e-mail: pia@cbn.net.id

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Apr 3 |Mangiare

Last week, I had a one day trip to Bogor with some of my colleague galls, its almost lunch time when we arrived and we stopped by Kafe Mangiare [baca : manjare] for lunch. my friend, Febi recommended this place to us. Its an old colonial style house transformed into a restaurant. there's 2 dining area, the main house and at the backyard. We decided to have lunch at the backyard.

We ordered : Sup Buntut Sapi Goreng (Fried Oxtail Soup) 42.5K, Sup Iga Asam Pedas (chili Sour Ribs Soup) 27.5K, Caserole Spagetti (27.5K), Smoked Beef Fettucini (27.5). The tasted was not bad, the pasta taste delicious. But the portion was quite small, my "sop iga asem pedas" had more bones than meat.. but overall worth to try lah...

Kafe Mangiare
Jl. Pakuan No.21
Bogor 16143

ph. +62 (251) 371450
fax. +62(21) 337 554

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Mar 17 |Hotel Borobudur 32 Anniversary Promo

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Feb 15 |Tabona & Sawasdee

One of the food I tried in Medan last holiday was Bihun Kari Ayam (Chicken Curry served with rice noodle) at RM Tabona. I insisted to have lunch here the first day I arrived. RM Tabona served a delicious Chicken Curry & Beef Curry, usually eaten with rice or bihun. The curry tasted so different from the one I tried at Padangnese restaurants. It tasted richer and spicier.

RM. Tabona
Jl. Wajir/Mangkubumi no 1
(in front of Brastagi Fruit Store)
Medan

Sawasdee
is a 2 story Thai restaurant located in Sinar Plasa Complex. We ordered Tom Yam Thalai 38K, Kheow Wan Gai 35K and Kailan with Garlic 29K. Not bad but not really special too :)

Tom Yam Thalai 38K, Kheow Wan Gai 35K, Kailan with Garlic 29K

Sawasdee
Restoran Thai
Jl. Guru Patimpus Block G No. 11
Komplek Sinar Plaza
Medan
Phone +62 (61) 4561631

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Jan 23 |Bakmi Top 17 :(

A couple of week ago we visited this newly opened restaurant at Plaza Semanggi level 3A (Next to waroeng Podjok), ordered their Special Noodle & Sapo Noodle, the price were quite reasonable, but the food quality were poor, the noodle taste weird :( I overheard the next table people complaint too... I guess this is my first & last time here.. not recommended at all!!!

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Dec 29 |2005 in Review : My Favorite Meal

Looking back at 2005, The following were some of my favorites meal this year :)

*    Liyen Chinese Restaurant, located at jl Asemka, probably one of the best Chinese restaurant in town with its signature dish : Udang Telor Asin (prawn with salted duck egg yolk) served with fried "mantou"
*    Noodles : Crystal Jade Kitchen, Huang Ting, Canton Bay, Bakmi Ayam Kumango Medan
*    Sambal Bu Rudy - Surabaya, Sambal Terasi Limo - Bandung
*    Nasi Pepes & Pepes Telor Asin Tante Liana - Bandung
*    My fav Donburi : Oyakodon at Kiyadon and Ajihara
*    Bihun Bebek (Rice Vermicelli serve with steam duck and clear soup) ala Binjai & fish porridge at Muara Karang
*    Manado Food: all dishes from Biutika and Kerapu Kuah Asam (sour fish soup) at Benhill Food court
*    Indian Food : Komala & Papadam
*    Peking Duck at The Duck King, one of the best peking duck in town
*    My all time favourite : Soto Madura ( Madurese Style Chicken Clear Soup) Kompleks Sandang - Kemanggisan

Disclaimer :
This list was based on my own opinion, I'm not promoting any restaurant just mentioning my favorite meal there. :)

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Dec 19 |From the "Chicken Story"

Visited "Chicken Story" last week before the movie, nothing special the taste just so so... just another fast food restaurant :P

Chicken Story
Plaza Semanggi
Ground Floor 104A
Tel. (021) 2553 6739
Fax. (021) 2553 6740

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Dec 12 |At a wedding party

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Dec 6 |Breakfast @ Muara Karang

Vegetable Spring Roll and Chicken Rice were from Sinar Pagi Restaurant, Bihun Ikan Gabus was from the restaurant "Acai" next door
Jl. Muara Karang Blok T4 Selatan
North Jakarta

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Nov 28 |Putu Bambu & Putu Mayang

Last night on our way home, SC & I stopped by a small road side cafe for dinner. The place have some food cart that sell various meal such as "nasi goreng, mee goreng, etc", "sate padang", "pisang goreng" and "putu". after browsing around we decided to order 2 portion of kwetiaw goreng ( so standard - nothing special :( ) and then SC ordered putu for dessert.

Putu is one of Indonesian traditional cake, there is 2 type of putu available here : Putu Bambu (make from salted coconut-milk with a lump of palm-sugar in the center of the dumpling and then steamed in a container made from bamboo shoot), "Putu Mayang" ( made from steamed rice-cake pressed through a perforated mould and thus resembling vermicelli, which is sprinkled with shredded coconut and palm sugar), both was very delicious usually eat while still warm, can be found at traditional market, usually at night, or sometimes you could found it in a wheeled cart that past through you house. (sorry no pic :P I forgot to bring my cam, will try to get the pic if I have putu as soon as possible )

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Nov 16 |Chowking revisited

We had lunch at Chowking Mall Ambasador yesterday, actually its my second visit. the first one didn't went so well, but I decided to give it a try. This time we ordered Chicken Mushroom Luk Mien (11.818), Crispy Noodle(14.091), Chow Fan Special (11.818), Spring Roll Lauriant (18.636), and for dessert we ordered Halo-Halo Fiesta Petite (7.273), Almond Jelly Lychee (5.909), Buchi (4.545).

This time our meal arrived on time, but they still make some mistakes like keep sending food we didn't order :) The meal was not really special but acceptable lah... my almond jelly was to sweet and covered with alot of syrup, the hula-hula petite didn't have any taste :P other than that its OK...

Chowking's Outlets
Mall Artha Gading, 2F Millenium
Mall Ambasador G/F (near main entrance)
Mall Ciputra, 5/F (beside Gramedia)

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Oct 25 |Taste Tea

Taste Tea Cafe
Plaza Indonesia Entertainment X'nter Level I-40
Jl. MH Thamrin Kav. 28-30
Jakarta 10350
Indonesia

ph. 021 315 2810

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Oct 17 |Noodle Tasting

We visited 3 different chinese restaurant at MTA last week and tried 3 kind of noodle they served. The first restaurant was "Noodle Cafe" - very crowded, we ordered "egg noodle with wonton & roast duck" (21.5K) , have to waited for half an hour just to know they put the wrong order on our table :( the food taste was not very special, not recommended lah :(

Then we decided to go down and visited "Canton Bay" and ordered "Dry Noodle with Lo Duck and Lo Pork" (24K), it tasted much better than the first one, good service too :).

After that we noticed that there is a new restaurant opening called "Huang Ting", operated under the same management with "The Duck King" and "Imperial Chef", so we decided to tried it next time we go to MTA, last night we came there and ordered "Noodle Soup with Shui Jiau Wonton"(26K). not bad - for that price, the noodle texture was perfect.. mmm after that we ordered "Xiao Long Bao"(16.8K).. delicious... i'll be back hehehe :),

Noodle Cafe
MTA 4th Floor E 22A

ph. 021 5639090
fax. 021 5639151 Canton Bay
MTA 3rd Floor no. 349

ph. 021 5639127
fax. 021 5639128 Huang Ting
MTA 3rd Floor #G05-G09

ph. 021 5639478
fax. 021 5639376

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Aug 10 |My Fav Breakfast

I have planning to write about all my fav breakfast for a long time but never had time to do it untill now, below are some of my fav breakfast meal that can be found near my place.
	"Ketupat Sayur Padang" (Padangnese Style Rice Cake)Located at Slipi Jaya Traditional Market parking lot, I always bought this at least once a week on my way to office. The meal was simply delicious for me, because of its rich coconut paste, if you like hot & spicy meal then you must be like it, but some of my friend prefer "Ketupat Sayur Betawi" (Betawi style Rice Cake).
	Nasi Gemuk (coconut rice in Jambi style), can be found at Jl. KH Syahdan (near Bina Nusantara University), tasted a bit like "Nasi Uduk/Nasi Lemak" but in a different twist. the rice was topped with chicken slice a half piece of boiled egg.
	Mi Celor (Jambi Style Noodle in shrimp sauce) can be found at the same place at "Nasi Gemuk", tasted like "Eer Mie" (from Medan). Very tasty, topped with chicken slice & boiled Egg.

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Jul 21 |Chowking Restaurant

There's a new restaurant opening at Mall Ambasador yesterday, serving various of Luk Mien, Chow Mien, Chow Fan, Chicken Supreme, Lauriant, Dimsum, Deserts.. etc. It supposed to be a quick serving restaurant but it turned out we had wait for almost 1 hour to get our meal plus 2 times complaint... :( mmm not really recommended, if you want to had quick lunch. :(

Chowking
Mall Ambasador
GroundFloor - Ruko #7
ph. 57939541

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Jul 16 |Canton Bay

I visited "Canton Bay" again at Mall Taman Anggrek last Friday night, that night the restaurant wasn't very crowded, so I was hopping that the service would be improve :)

That night we decided to have a light dinner, so we only ordered Plain Noodle(9K), Stewed Fish "Wulam" Style in Sapo(23K), Caimiaw with Garlic(16.8K), Pigeon Soup(14K), Chicken Herbal Soup(14K) and Chinese Tea Chrysanteum (5K). The food turn out not bad, though the chicken herbal soup tasted a little bit plain in my oppinion. the stewed fish was supperb. :)

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Jun 10 |Riesen Chocolate

Riesen Chocolate Chew I have been very lazy lately :P 2 weekes ago I found this delicious snack at "Hero" Supermarket's snack counter, bought it & love it. Actually I didn't notice it at first, until SC pointed it out to me, so I bought a pack.. and 2 days later back for more hehehe

Its a delicious caramel and rich dark chocolate merge into a chewy chocolate toffee that melt in your mouth. a must must try for chocolate lover. :)

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Jun 8 |Lo Han Kuo Infusion

One of my must have item when I went shopping was a pack of "Lo Han Kuo Infusion".Lo Han Kuo is used in Chinese Traditional Medicine to cool the body down.

Lo han Kuo infusion contains 95% fructus momordicae and 5% cane sugar. Good for cough and phlegm and soothes the lungs. As a summer beverage, hot or cold, it is effective in eliminating summer heat and quenching thirst.

Each time dissolve one piece of the infusion with a glass of hot water and then drink it after having stirred it evently.

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May 20 |Mangkok Putih : the noodle bar

Last night we had dinner at Mangkok Putih located at Setiabudi Building. The restaurant was decorated in the usual cafe decoration with a touch of red accent. I don't really like the place setting, I think it's a little bit too crowded, no separation between smoking and no smoking area. :(

After seated we ordered 2 Duck Noodle(27K), Tempura Udon(35K), MP Fried Seafood Kweteow (26K), MP Fruit Cocktail (10K), Lime Squash(12.5K), Lime Juice(12.5K) and Guava Juice(12.5). One of the house speciality that we ordered last night was "Duck Noodle", I agree that the duck was delicious, but the rest of our order didn't taste very special. mmm I ate at Mangkok Putih @ Cilandak Town Square once, and I think their food quality is better than this one.

Mangkok Putih was located at :

Jl. Panglima Polim IX no.124
Kebayoran Baru
Jakarta Selatan
Ph. +62(21)7248334

Cilandak Town Square
Jl.T.B.Simatupang
Kav.17, 1st Floor
Jakarta Selatan
Ph. +62(21)75920300 Jl.Kemang Raya No.66
Kemang
Jakarta Selatan
Ph. +62(21)7196913

Plaza Setiabudi I
Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said
Kav 62, 2nd Floor
Jakarta Pusat
Ph. +62(21)5210548

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May 10 |Pasar Kopro

Last weekend I went to Pasar Kopro (Kopro Traditional Wet Market) located at West Jakarta. I always pass through this place but never had a chance to visit it, but from what I heard this market sell a lot of bangka food.

That day I ate Mie Bangka (Bangka style chicken & pork noodle) Choipan, Tahu kok, otak2 bangka saos tauco (Bangka Style Cake served with soybean sauce), otak2 tim (Steamed Fish Cake), dried bilis fish, lempah nanas (kind of sweet & sour soup with pineapple), Lempa Darat, Ng Sang (tasted like a Thai vegetable salad with peanut sauce, but actually contained raw tenggiri fish), We also had soya milk and green bean juice. In my opinion the food was nice but not very special, but anyway it was a new experience for me :)

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May 4 |Bakoel Koffie

Tired of hangout at Starbuck / Coffee Bean, Last weekend with a couple of friends we headed to "Bakoel Koffie" Cikini. From what I heard Bakoel Koffie serves a various coffee provided by good quality beans taken from Indonesia’s plantations in Sumatra, Sulawesi, Timor, Java and Bali.

I'm not a big fan of coffee so I can't tell much about the coffee quality here, but I guess it was OK lah, not bad judging from all the seat in this place mostly occupied :P The place was decorated in a warm nostalgic atmosphere, being inside the cafe just like seeing old movies, here and there alot off people chatting. and since I can't stand smoke we choose to sit at the non smoking section. I accidentally meeting Feby there, and had quite a good time there drinking Coffee Mocca.

Bakoel Koffie was located at :
Jl. Barito II no.11A
Jakarta 12130
Indonesia

ph. +62(21) 722-8353
fx. +62(21) 722-8354

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Apr 1 |In love with Royce

Last week, a friend of mine got me a box of Royce's Dark Chocolate from her recent trip to Singapore. I have been longing for royce chocolate for so long, but couldn't found it in Jakarta. The box consist of 25 simple blocks of the smoothest chocolate, in fact it was the most delicious chocolate I had ever tasted... the chocolate was so smooth it melt in your mouth.... mmmm I think I'm in love with Royce, Thx alot zink :)

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Mar 28 |Chamoe Chamoe

Last thursday, we had lunch at a Manado restaurant called "Waroeng Chamoe-Chamoe" located at Sudirman CBD. I love to eat at Manado restaurant very much since they always serve very very spicy food (I love spicy food) hehehe..

The restaurant was decorated in warm and cozy indonesian ethnic athmosphere. It was very full with people when we arrived there and since we didn't make a reservation earlier we had to wait. After waited about 15-20 minutes to be seated, we ordered "Kuah Asam Bobara" (spicy & sour 'bobara' fish soup), "Ayam Woku Balanga" (spicy chicken cooked in 'woku' style), "Bunga Papaya Cakalang" (stir fried papaya flower & 'cakalang' fish), "Perkedel Jagung" (fried corn croquette) accompanied with "Dabu Dabu" sauce. Very tasty indeed.. hot, sour, and spicy combined into one dish. Selamat Makan :)

Waroeng Chamoe-Chamoe
Gedung Milenia 2nd floor
Sudirman Central Business District
Jl. Jend. Sudirman
South Jakarta 12190
ph. 515-2905 515-2906

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Mar 23 |Bahtera Cafe

Last night, me & ms Tabok had dinner at Bahtera Cafe located at jl. H. Taisir - Kemanggisan. The restaurant speciality was "Ayam Bakar" and other "Bakar2" stuff. That night we ordered "Ayam Bakar Paha", "Tahu & Tempe Goreng" and 2 portion of "Sayur Asem". The taste was not very special but since its cheap & near my place it was worth to try lah... in my oppinion I like "Ayam Bakar Raymond" more than this one, they got the best & hottest "sambel" I had ever tasted :) so next stop we're going to "Ayam Bakar Raymond".. Selamat Makan :)

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Mar 22 |Dinner @ Petojo

I promised my friend to visit this restaurant yesterday, she can't have dinner here anymore since she moved so far away, so she ordered us to dine here yesterday and took a picture own the owner there. :) Petojo Restaurant was located in front of Bina Nusantara University, very popular among the student for its delicious and cheap food. Last night we ordered "Nasi Goreng" and "Cap Cai Goreng". It's still as delicious as we remembered... and its only cost us about 12K, very cheap huh?

Thx LH for the inspiration, tonight we'll be going to "Bahtera Cafe", one of your fav restaurant I guess hehehehe :)

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Mar 21 |Lunch @ Duck King Restaurant

Last weekend I promised my friend to had lunch at "The Duck King" restaurant Plasa Semanggi. Since both of us was in diet mode :), we only ordered one portion food for each of us. I ordered "Duck King's Special Fried Rice" while my friend ordered "Hainamnese rice with Roast Duck" and ended it with a portion of "Fried Durian". hehehehe.. very delicious .. thx Soi for the threat :)

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Mar 18 |Lunch @ Wale

Wa Le
Jl. Kupa No. 6
Komp. Rancakendal
Dago Atas
Ph. 022 250 1396

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|Dimsum @ TelagaSari Restaurant

On Monday morning we wake up early, there is still alot to do before heading back to Jakarta. We stopped at several place to buy some cake & cookies for friends & family, First stop that morning was at "Kartika Sari" bakery which was very famous for its "Pisang Molen", after that we headed to "Prima Rasa" bakery and bought some Brownies, steamed Brownies, Cheese Stick, Lasagna, "Bocca Potjes" and other snacks. After that we went to Telaga Sari Hotel & Restaurant for DimSum.

After several course of dumpling, porridge and tofu pudding, we are ready to shop again hehehe... this time we headed to "Rumah Mode" factory outlet, quite a lot of collection there. After a while we went to "Batagor Kingsley" before going to "Wale"

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Mar 14 |Bandung Food & Shopping Adventure

Image hosted by Photobucket.com On Saturday morning, I wake up very early because I had travelling plan to Bandung - West Java with some of my colleagues. Bandung also known as the "Paris Van Java" city was a beautiful mountain city at west Java which became a very popular tourist destination every weekend. We arrived there about lunch time so we headed straight to "Nasi Timbel Dago" and had Nasi Timbel Komplit + Ayam Bakar Dada. after that we are ready to explore the city. :)

Dago street or Jl. H. Juanda was one of the Bandung's main street, full with Mall, Factory Outlets, Hotel and places to eat :) I forgot some of the factory outlet we entered here hehehe. after that we headed to Jl. Riau and entered some factory outlet such as "Heritage", "The Summit", "China Emporium" and offcourse "Edward Forrer" (Bandung's famous shoes & bag factory) :)

That night we had dinner at "The Valley" located at jl. Lembah Pakar Timur 28 Dago. This was my fav restaurant with breathtaking night scenery and delicious food. :)

to be continued

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|A Day @ Bogor

Last friday morning 11/3, I went to Bogor with some of my Milist friends for Bogor Food Tasting Journey. The journey to Bogor took about 1 hour, we arrived at 8:00 AM and headed to "Taman Kencana" for breakfast. We had Nasi Pecel and rawon there, there is a popular "Macaroni panggang" cafe nearby. After that we headed to "Rangga Gading" traditional market to tried "Pangsit Penganten", Soto Mie, Combro etc. After that we tried "Toge Goreng" sold by "Ibu Amah". Since I'm not a big fan of toge (beansprout) I only tried a litle.

At lunch time we had "soto mie ciseeng", "ngo hiang", "Bakut Goreng", "Bakut Kuah"... well theres alot more :) such as "Es Mangga", "Asinan Gg Aut", etc.

After Lunch we headed to Warso's Farm to tried out Durian :)we also walk around the farm and watch how the "Duren" fruit grow .. From Warso's Farm, we went to Bukit sentul where we tried es cendol & "Tahu Pong" mmm.....what a yummy yummy day, and my diet was officialy ruined but I didn't regret it hehehe :)

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Mar 3 |A day @ Penang

This morning we headed to Penang Traditional Market near Komtar. At first I want to had some dumpling there but couldn't found the coffee shop serving that, so i gave up and enter a coffee shop and ordered Oyster Porridge while my Mom ordered Chicken Rice.

After that we headed to Prangin Mall & Komtar for shopping. At the Shopping mall I was fastinated by so many selection of traditional food stock which can't be found at jakarta. So I grabbed as much stock as I could hehehe (kalap mode: on): Chicken Stock, Ikan Bilis Stock, Herbal Claypot Soups and some spices :P went to Vinci Shoe Store too hehehe. After that we went to Midland Plaza (also known at Looking Good) at Pulau Tikus and had lunch at The Famous Nasi Kandar. we had Nasi kandar with Tandorri Chicken mmmm... not bad.

In the afternoon we headed to Gurney Plaza where I had fun at the bookstore upstair choosing alot of cooking book (4 books for 10RM) I got about 8 books there plus 3 cooking book from Popular bookstore :P people will think that I was into a career as a chef hehehe :P
After that we had "Ipoh Chicken Hor Fun", and then we had "Hainamnese Chicken Rice", braised Tofu & Egg at the Chicken Rice Shop mmmm yummy.... Selamat Makan :)

The Next morning, we walked to "Wat Chaiyamangalaran" Thai Buddhist Temple which got a Giant Sleeping Budha inside. We also entered a Burmese Budhist Temple across the street. On our way back we stopped at Pulau Tikus traditional market and had a bowl of Duck Bihoon there. after that we prepared to go to the airport and fly back to Medan, North Sumatra. :)

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|Medical Check Up

Penang is famous because of its food heaven :) but they also famous for their medical facilities, there is some big hospital here such as Island Hospital, Gleneagles, Adventist, Loh Guan Lye. This morning, I force my mom to had a complete medical check up at heart and valve centre at Adventist Hospital Penang and then headed to Gleneagles Hospital for Eye Check Up. We had lunch at the backside of Gleneagles Hospital.. not bad actually with a selection of delicious homecooking and very cheap price too :)

After that we bought "Beh Teh Sor" Biscuit and the walk back to adventis hospital through the gurney drive hehehehe very interesting because the street was packed with restaurants & cafes at one side and sea shore on the other side. That night we visited Keh Lok Sie temple. at night the place was surrounded by light, very beautiful scenery. after that we headed back to gurney drive again for dinner, that night I tried fried "Lok Lok", "Char Kwey Teaw", "Chee Ceong Fun" and drink "Mata Kucing" ice ... Selamat Makan:)

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|Dinner @ Komtar

After arriving from Kuala Lumpur, that afternoon we headed to Komtar (Kompleks Tun Abdul Razak), a land mark building in Penang. and had Duck Rice, Kwey Teaw Theng, Curry Mee, Laksa... hehehe very delicious and comes with very reasonable price too :P after that we headed back to Midland - Pulau Tikus, and visited the gurney drive again and had a "char kwey teaw" & "Muar Chee". mmm what a long long day :)

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|A day at Kuala Lumpur

We arrived at Kuala Lumpur at dawn, lucky for us our hotel was right in front of the Puduraya Bus Station so we don't have to take taxi :P But the hotel won't check us in until 7AM, so we wandered around the hotel and found a small coffee shop nearby the hotel that still open, so we sit there eating "Nasi Lemak" and drinking Tea :)

After checked in and take a nap, we are ready to explore this town. So we walked through the street try to found a bus to KLCC. At last we found it after asking several times for direction, its bus no 28 from KutaRaya to KLCC. At KLCC after take a few picture in front of the Petronas Tower, we headed to Suria KLCC's food court for lunch. There is two food court available there, one serving the international cuisine and the other on serving Asian Delight Cuisine. We choose the Asian delight food court, after wandered around looking of the food selection we ordered "Mamak Nasi Kandar", Wonton Noodle, and "Ganthari Rice" (some of the food name misspell :P). Not very special but the "Nasi Kandar" was very tasty hehehe :)

>after lunch we wandered through the mall, enter Kinokuniya Bookstore. There is a "Vinci" female shoes store at KL CC, but it was very crowded so I made a decision to visit the store at Penang. After that we took a bus back to Kutaraya and wandered around the small shop there and found a "Junk Book Store" the biggest second hand book store in Malaysia .. hehehe.. bought 2 novel here (Artemis Fowl & Sophie World) and I promised to be back tomorrow :) after that we walked (again) to Bukit Bintang Street, a famous tourist street in KL full with Hotels, Cafes, and Malls. I Entered two shopping mall here (Bukit Bintang Plaza & Lot 10) then.. my food gave up, so I had to purchased for a flat slippers there hehehe :P after that we sat at the outdoor food stall outside Lot 10 and ordered "Hokkian Char Kwey Teow" and Juices... the food was simply delicious or maybe thats because I too hungry after a long long walk hehehe :P after that we walked back to the hotel.

At night we visited Petaling street, from 6pm onwards, the street is turned into a night bazaar (Pasar Malam) as open-air stalls are set up selling so many goods. we had dinner there. I picked the Famous Claypot Rice and Some Chinese Soup. Personally I prefer food in Penang than in Kuala Lumpur, but its worth to try :P On our way back to the hotel we bought a roti "Pratha" in the Indian restaurant nearby... mmm not bad :)

The next morning it was raining, but we decided to had breakfast at Petaling street again because it was the closest place from the hotel. We had some Chinese Dumpling, Fish Porridge & "Kuan Yin" tea there, then wandered around the traditional market. My mom bought some Chinese Silk there and I insist we go back to the book store, but when we reach the place it still close :( but then I noticed its Monday. after that we went back to the hotel and prepared to checkout and headed back to Pulau Penang by bus. I'll be back again some times.. there is still alot to visit in this town :)

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|Gurney Drive @ Penang Island

Last week I had a short trip with my Mom to Malaysia. Our first stop was at Penang Island where we order a bus ticket to Kuala Lumpur. While in Penang we visited Gurney Plaza and had lunch there. My Mom ordered a "Yong Tofu" with TomYam Soup while I wandered around the food stall, at first I want to try the duck rice but it is out of order, so I ordered Plum Chicken Rice. The tasted was not very special, I can't wait to goto Gurney drive at night where they had much much more food selection. :)

That afternoon we went to Gurney Drive for dinner... there is alot of food selection there for us to choose :) That night we ordered Laksa and Ais Kacang. After that I tried some Lok Lok mmmmm ... yummy and bought some Sweet corn for our trip tonight. :)

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Feb 21 |1st day @ Kisaran

Sunday morning, I want to had "Bihun Bebek" (Duck Bihun) for breakfast. So we went to my Mom friend's place who served the best "Bihun Bebek". And the food is as good as I remembered, what make it special is the soup that contained a lot of chinese herbs that make it tasted unique & special, very delicious :) Their other specialities is "Sapo" (every meal cooked using a separate Claypot), every monday they served Tom Yam Sapo, but it was already gone by the time we arrived there. :)

For lunch, my brother took me on his motorcycle and we headed to a small village (Gambir Baru) not far from "Kisaran". My Brother said there is the bigest Bataknese community there (you can know it from counting how many church in that village.. more than 10 I guess :)). At there we headed to a small restaurant located at people court yard. From out side you already can tell that this was a very popular restaurant, there is alot of car parked along side of the street, and the restaurant was very crowded. They only served 3 types of meal there : "Panggang" (Roast pork), "Saksang" and "Arsik" (traditional Bataknese meal). That afternoon they already run out of "Arsik" (fish), so we ordered 2 portion of "Panggang", a portion of "Saksang", all of them comes with white rice and clear pork soup. hehehehe... the tasted was very delicious ... and from the visitor you can tell that the people eating there was not the local people but from "Kisaran", in fact most of it was from the chinese ethnic. hehehehe... what a place .. Selamat makan... HORAS:)

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Feb 20 |A day @ Medan

Last saturday, the first thing pop in my head after we arrived at Medan, North Sumatra is where are we going to have lunch. I insisted my Mom to take me to "Bakmie Kumango". So We headed there, and I ordered my usual plate of "Chicken Noodle" while my Mom ordered "Chicken Hainamnese Rice". The noodle is not as delicious as I remembered, maybe because of my high expetation. but It still the best noodle I have ever taste. Bon Apetit :)

After lunch we headed to "Pasar Ramai". Its a popular traditional market in Medan, Lots of foods (off course :)) and other goods hehehehe. After we circling the market for about 1 hour, I felt thirsty. So we stopped at some food stall and ordered Es Sekoteng, Es Cendol and He Ci (fried prawn, tofu, kangkung served with sour and sweet sauce). mmm... quite good. Actually there is still alot of food available there, such as e-mie, wonton noodle, nasi campur etc, but since I just had lunch I can't ordered them all hehehehe...

That night on my way back home to my hometown "Kisaran" (about 3-4 hours from Medan), We stopped at "RM 100", located at Jalan raya Medan Kisaran km 100. This is quite a popular restaurant according to my mom, they served alot variety of seafood for us to choose. So We ordered "Grilled Bawal Fish", "Grilled Pare Fish", Udang Tauco (stir fried prawn with fermented soybean sauce), and "Cah Kangkung". mmm not bad... Selamat Makan :)

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Feb 14 |Duck Bihon

It's been so long since I last eat Duck Bihon (Rice Vermicelli serve with steam duck and clear soup), everywhere I go I always look for this kind of food. One of my favorite bihun bebek was back at my home town, but last night I had an opportunity to tried bihon bebek at Mangga Besar. In my oppinion the taste was not very special, different from what I was looking for.. not using chinese herbs in its ingredients, but OK lah... can't wait to tried Bihun Bebek Kumango at Medan - North Sumatra this weekend. :)

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Feb 13 |SlipiJaya Pasar Hopping

Last friday afternoon, I was stuck in Slipi Jaya traditional market because of rain. So I took that opportunity to explore the market. Saw so many goods, so many indonesian traditional foods such as Soto Pak Kumis, Ayam Goreng, Baso, Martabak, Kue Pukis, Kue Pancong, Sate Padang etc . I was tempting to try all of them hehehe... so I tried Sate Padang (Padangnese Beef Satay served with Rice Cake and hot & spicy sauce) after that I bought home some Pukis cake (indonesian type of pancake I guess, CMIWW). there is so many variety of the Pukis Cake, such as using Cheese, Banana, Pandan and Raisin. mmmm what an afternoon. Selamat Makan :)

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Feb 11 |Daniang Dumpling

Yesterday we went to MTA after 2 days stuck at home alone doing nothing except eating & sleeping :P At first we want to watch movie but there is no good movies available.. so we walk around the mall.. eye washing :P after that we headed to "Da Niang Dumpling" for dinner. Surprisingly the restaurant was very crowded, but we got a place near the glass wall showing the chef was working making noodle. That night I ordered Tau Cha Chiang La Mian (clear soup noodle with mince pork), the soup taste quite delicious. My friend ordered a plate of hot & spicy Suikiau, but I forgot to take a picture.. well GONG XI FA CAI, HONG BAO NA LAI :))

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Feb 7 |Tour de Pasar MK

Last saturday morning, with some of JS milist friends, we headed to Muara Karang wet market located at north Jakarta. Not to shopping, but to try some food there :). We started by ordering Chicken Steam Rice, Chinese Spring Roll, Fish Porridge, Pork Satay, Lontong Sayur (rice cake in coconut milk). After that we moved to another place.. I was hoping I could try Bihun Bebek (steam duck with bihun), but no luck :( after another course of meal I lost track about what I ate :P ... after that I only remember I tried "er-mie" (prawn noodle in thick brown sauce), Yong Tofu, Chai Thau Kwe ( cake), pisang goreng (fried banana), Pork Noodle, Chi Ceong Fan, Chicken Curry with bihun, Tahu Goreng (Fried tofu salad serve with peanut sauce), Laksa Jose Rizal, Cendol ice, CingCau Ice, SekoTheng ... its almost 2PM when we headed home with each holding a pack of otak-otak (Grilled Fish Cake wrapped in banana leaves, serve with spicy peanut dressing ). mmmm bon apetit :)

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Jan 21 |Soho Music

That afternoon, we hangout at a Soho Music. This unique music store try to combine the music shop with a hangout place at the back of the store. Serving a various of desert, coffee and juice. The atmosphere was cozy with comfortable sofas and cushions.

We ordered a cup of tea and cappucino, and a piece of almond cheese cake.. mmm not very special compared to "cup&cino's" cheese cake next door.. but value for money :)

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|Shilin

Last friday, we had lunch at Shilin restaurant. From the restaurant name you can know that this restaurant was specialized in Taiwanese Cuisine. The name "Shilin" was taken from the famous Shilin night market in Taiwan.

The restaurant interior wasn't very special, after seated we ordered "Taiwanese Chicken Fried Vermicelli" and "Pineapple Chicken Fried Rice". All the food comes with a small bowl of chicken broth soup and sugar cane juice. In my oppinion the food was lack of salt, a a little bit tasteless but worth to try lah :) Bon Apetit.

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Jan 3 |Fish & Co

I had lunch at "Fish & Co" at MTA yesterday, this restaurant was specialized in fresh fish & other seafood such as prawns, oysters, mussels etc. their menu board was very attractive. We ordered a pan of "Salmon Grilled in Cajun Style" came with french fries. not very spicy... so so lah :)

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Dec 31 |The Coffee Club

I had dinner with my friend at "The Coffee Club" Plaza Senayan ground floor. Since I already ate a very big portion of nasi padang (padangnese rice) I decided to choose a lighter meal, So I choosed a "Spicy Mango & Prawn Salad" with "Carribean Tea", while my friend picked "Ground Beef Steak with Japanese BBQ Sauce" with "Berry Tea". My salad turn out very fresh & delicious, my best salad this year :) Bon Apetit

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Nov 3 |Sapo Singapore Original Claypot Cooking

Yesterday night, I had dinner at Mall Ambasador Foodcourt. There's alot of variety cuisine to choose, following one of my friend suggestion I tried Sapo Singapore Original Claypot Cooking. Among the house specialties comes the clay pot with a choice of meat or seafood. I had chosen beancurd in cantonese sauce with rice.. This one was yummy, with a delicate flavour... one of the best Sapo I ever tried. :)

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Oct 14 |Lunch at Tawan

Today we had lunch at newly open Ta Wan Restaurant in Setiabudi Building. "Ta" in chinese means Big, and "Wan" means Bowl. This chinese style restaurant specialised in porridge, was always pack with people during lunch time and dinner time. It have several restaurant in several mall in Jakarta.

Although Ta Wan called it self "the Porridge Place", but the "black pepper beef" here was very delicious. Today we ordered a set menu for 8 which included : Black Pepper Beef, Ta Wan Special Crispy Fried Chicken, Lie Hong Kian Shrimp Egg Roll, Fried Shrimp with Sesame Seed, Baronang with Tauco Sauce, Hot Plate Seafood, and my fav Scallop Brocolli in Oyster Sauce. Overall its very recommended, Good food combined with good service, and very reasonable price too. Bon Apetit :)

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Oct 4 |Midnight food hunter

Last friday, after visiting Jakarta Books Fair and Cosmopolitan Fun Fearless Female final at Gran Melia (no foods there anymore except for Lumpia :( because we arrived late), we headed to Kota looking for food :) We stopped at Bubur Mangga Besar 1 and had supper there, If you like chinese style porridge with salted chicken, this place is recommended :)

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