After the not-so-satisfying meal at Deltoro, we went to this bakery right in front the Deltoro.
I stopped at this rack immediately.
Beautiful egg tarts no? Tasted good of course.
And since the air filled with the hot pimpin' doughnut, we managed to brought some :)
Look at these cute bun! :D Only with 5.5K you got this goodness, yummm :D
So, after a week full of yummy meal , last Friday me and the team went to GI for a long lunch. We were stumbled upon this place and we put big attention on one thing : 50% discount ALL food and drinks hehe...
The place was quite crowd at the time we arrived although it's early lunch. And the crowd keep coming, maybe because the discount and the amount of people in the restaurant, plus the image of people eating ribs when you're passing by, it's hard to not stopping by, I know. Been there, done that :P
The menu was so simple, I think (CMIIW) it's only about 3 sections. The Spare Ribs, Baby Back Ribs, and Grilled Chicken. The Spare Ribs and Baby Back Ribs has few options between Balinese Style, Honey sauce, and 2 other sauces I forgot. Since the Spare Ribs were sold out, we ordered the Balinese Baby Back Ribs, 92K. We had one choice of side dish, they only had mixed vegetables and french fries, so I chose the french fries.
I counted the people on the restaurant, it's about 25-30 persons. And guess what, they only had 2 waitresses, and 2 chef on the kitchen. And one of the waitress looked pissed off, he started with say no to customer coming in, and then he started to wash the dishes but kinda smashing down all the dishes, I don't know why.
Well, anyway since the restaurant was kinda full, our order came really late, and so did our drinks. But is it worth with the wait? Let's see...First, the portion, there's been inconsistent portion on our table. Second, the ribs, I was wishing for more meat. I had Baby Back Ribs before at other place and none of them was as thin as this. Third, the sauce. Where's the spice in it? I can only taste the sweetness of the sauce. Forth, the service, do I need say more? So I would say, it doesn't worth with the wait.
Btw, I googled it and guess what, I think we don't get the Balinese one :(
I think Warung Ubud's version is MUCH BETTER. The only thing I'm happy about the meal was the discount for almost every credit cards :(
Okay, I admit I'm being addicted with this drink. Gosh I even drink this twice this week, three times if I don't limit myself today :( It's hard to try new flavor since I could not pass the Chatime Special Roasted Milk Tea with Grass Jelly each time. btw, I found their coconut jelly was irresistible too :( but few days ago I went there with my friends, I had an opportunity to try the other menu; Matcha Latte with Red Bean Smoothies (good! but smoothies keep my brain freezing); Lemon Juice with Aloe Vera (super sour for 100% sugar --it means real lemon! -- and aloe vera chunks nyam!); Pearl Milk Tea (it's different than Roasted Milk Tea, it's more alike Thai Milk Tea for me, still good though); Matcha Latte with Red Bean (the latte itself already good, smoothies version was better since it mixed well the matcha and the bean.
I should try the Kumquat juice but how can I pass the Roasted Milk Tea? Maybe I should drink the Roasted Milk Tea till I had enough so I can move on to the next flavor.... (alert : lame excuse to keep drink this).
Okay, the custard supposed to be not oozing from the tart. But when I heat it in the microwave, it almost exploded, or at least, that's what the office staff said. Nonetheless, it's quickly changed from liquid into somewhat jelly / pudding texture. I love the tart, it's flaky and not overly sweet to balance the custard. The custard was good, I love the Mango - Vanilla combination :)
After seeing few reviews about this bistro, I was drooling for the garlic bread, so I went there with Mr Chubby. The place was casual, and most of the customers was non Indonesian. The menu was big, with too many choices, hiks.
I ordered the Goulash Soup (standard portion), 28.5K. The portion was generous, served warm, looked tempting but too watery and need more seasoning :( I even put some S&P, some ketchup and some chili sauce on this, hiks :(
Mr Chubby went for more carnivore style, the Meats Eater, 58.5K. It consisted with 3 types of meat, Beef, Chicken (wrapped in bacon), and Pork, with one side dish. We picked French Fries out of Mashed Potato, German Potato, Spaghetti, etc - I forgot hehe.. I would say........... it's not satisfying because 1. I'm not a steak lover. 2. It's watery, not juicy. 3. The butter was weird. Maybe it's a matter of personal choice. Plus, the french fries was cold. Okay not really cold, but warm, like it's warmed on the microwave not the warm when it fried right after you ordered it :( The only thing I could chew happily on that table was the bacon. hmmm :D too bad it's only one piece!
And of course, Garlic Bread, 22.5K. I LOVE IT. It's smeared with golden goodness of garlic (do these words exist? Sorry I don't know how to express these feeling :P ) Totally recommended for a devoted garlic lover like me :P
Btw, the table beside me ordered a spaghetti and boy, that was a huge plate of spaghetti! whew -__- the dishes taste might be hit and miss but I think the generous portion make up for it, might be come back with a larger quantity-lover group!
Lately, my favorite destination for lunch is Kantin Moko. Located at the basement of Tempo building, Rasuna Said, they served homemade meal with many varities. I love their meal, it's so simple, hearty and cheap of course :P Last week, I had lunch there everyday :P
Day #1. Black Sticky Rice Pudding, Banana, and 2 Combro (I don't know what this is in English), 10K. Can you believe it? whew~! The pudding, hm.... it's not watery (like the one sold on the street) and the salty coconut milk gave a really nice combination :) I love their combro so much, it's not too spicy, crispy and the innards was fantastic!
Day #2. Sorry for the bad quality image :P Smoked Beef Omelette, Macaroni Schotel, and again, Combro, 16.5K. That day I already told myself to stop eating fried stuff like that, it's hard to resist! That omelette was one of the best omelette I ever had. It's about 10 x 15 cm, and guess what, sometimes when on the menu said smoked beef, it means chopped smoked beef. But these one, hmm a (big) sheet of smoked beef, almost as big as the omelette. Nyam. The egg was sweet, not oily and the vegetable really mixed well in that dish.
The schotel was rather okay for me, so does the combro of course :P
Day #3. Zuppa Soup, Fried Banana and Fresh Papaya, 16.5K. Can you believe they served zuppa soup in that small kitchen? It was good, although served lukewarm, the creamy soup was filled with quite generous amount of chicken, mushroom, potato, etc. I wish they served this again tomorrow hehehe..The fried banana (okay fried stuff again :( ) was no ordinary, it's warm, sweet and the batter was not as thick as I thought. I love how they put attention on the warmness of every dish, especially the fried stuffs hehe..
Day #4, Ground Beef Omelette, Kailan with Chicken and Mushroom, Lemper (okay, I need translator here), and Fresh Papaya, 14.5 K. The ground beef amount was generous inside the omelette, tasted good although slightly dry. Thank God for the vegetable, it was good, I especially love the mushroom :) and the Lemper....
It was huge! Tasted good of course! :D
Btw, if you realize from all my lunch photos, I barely eat rice. I don't know why I started this habit, I always get stuffed easily and sleepy after eating rice. Sometimes I eat rice on full-week period, sometimes I don't. This week of course the non-rice season :) And my friend was curious how can I still not hungry when I had the non-rice meal (sometimes I do, though) so he tried to following my lunch :P He had Smoked Beef Omelette (no vegetable :( ), Cap Cay, Fried Banana, Mung Bean Porridge, and Thailand Cassava (yes they served this! still can't believe it :P ), 23K. He was stuffed, and got hungry few hours later haha!
Tomorrow I'm gonna hit this place again! Love their menu rotation :P
Few weeks ago, after an office sport event at Serpong, me and several work colleagues went to dinner. One of us suggesting Sate Babi Pasar Lama. I never tried them and not fond of satay, but when I heard pork ribs spoken, they had me hehe! :P
I forgot how much each satay costs, I think it's 4K. There are two types of satay, sweet or salty. I can't taste any difference, all pork is good for me :P
We also ordered porridge, it came in a big bowl with a small plate of condiments. More ca kwe please... :P
And these, was the reason. Pork Ribs , around 35-40K for 2 small racks :) good bargain though :)
We started with a Hot and Sour soup, it's really refreshing :)
Next, the main course, Black Pepper Beef, Bean with Minced Beef, and 3 Flavors Squid. The Black Pepper Beef was really good, it has depth black pepper flavor with nicely cooked beef :) yum yum! We also ordered few bowls of porridge.
It's disappointing to see the food service quality nowadays. Some said, price equal with the service. Mostly did. Some didn't. Since I am working in service industry, I usually really put service on top of everything when visiting a restaurant. Sometimes even on top of the food itself.
I remembered in the old days when a bowl of ordinary soto came with a smile from a woman who made it. There's another soto vendor near that stall, but I keep coming to that woman. It's about the warmness of the service that keep me visiting that stall.
But people were going stiffer and stiffer. Nowadays, you can even sit on the hippest restaurant at the fanciest building at Jakarta, and you can't get your simple request (ex napkins) even done. And you got to pay 10-15% tax for that kind of service, funny right?
Last friday I encountered some unfriendly service, this time from Pan-Ya at FX Mall. It's a fancy bakery (which usually sold their bread minimum 8K) and it's a shame to find out many flies were flying and sitting on top of their breads. Me and my friends were asking (fyi, nicely) to the cashier girl that there's no one on the bread shelf and there's a lot of flies flying. She just answered 'oh the flies came from the lower ground.' and she did not respond anything else, like we were not saying anything. Heh? I don't care where the hell that flies coming from, but please for the sake of many people's health, please do care about your store cleanliness!
Is it just me who's finding service nowadays really annoying?
Got these new product for 10K (2pcs) from Homemade Bakery. The pie was flaky and lovely, but the custard was disappointing, it was not oozy, but more like Bakpia filling. Hiks too bad.
After a few trial with other's hainam rice, I'm back to my old favorite, Kacamata. Located nearly from my home, it's kinda hard to resist myself for not having a plate of hainam rice on a windy day like yesterday.
I ordered Hainam Campur, 30K. It was worth with every rupiahs. The rice was as good as I remembered, not too oily and sticky, with nice fragrance. The meat plate was also satisfying, with crunchy Pork Belly, Steamed Chicken, and Cha Siu Garing Madu was the winner. It was more fatty than ACC's version, still I love the smokey meat with enough sweetness to bring out more pork flavor!
And this, is a serious thing. The meat broth. I love how they put in a bowl, not everyone's a fan of pouring the broth (I called it 'wet' type of hainam rice), but me, as a committed lover, more than happy to finish the broth :P It was really good, I could even eat 2 plates of rice only with this broth!
My sister ordered their Special Noodle, 33K and totally satisfied with it. It was smooth, tasty, and the meat...hmmm :D
And what's better to finish the meat feast than a glass of Sarsi Badak, 7K?
Got Max's Teh Tarik for tea time today :D plus, I scored a pack of mochi from my recent lunch trip to Ambassador Mall, nyam!
One of my work colleague was having her last day at our office, so she sent each team a box of this brownies. It's Blueberry Rum flavor. The brownies was kinda good actually although I can't really detect much rum flavor nor smell. Thank you miss A, hope you always success with your new journey :)
Today's snack, Bread Life's Chicken Mushroom Pie. The pastry was flaky and crispy but I am not really fond of the filling, especially the green peas, it's a matter of personal opinion :P
Another baganese dish, it's basically steamed rice with yam, pork belly, mushroom, garlic etc. I love yam since I was a little :D thank God I was born in a baganese family, whom their cuisine mostly including yam :)
And paired with my mom's special chili sauce, it totally made my day :D
So, the next day after Apollo failed to impress me, I went to Gading area for some hainam rice hunting :P Mr Chubby suggesting me to try ACC, located at Gading Boulevard, they claimed their specialty is Chasio Garing Madu. The same as Kacamata.
Nasi Hainam Campur, 50K. I was shocked when the plate came, it was HUGE! I could not even finished it alone, I think it's meant to be shared between 2 persons. The rice was also served generous, twice bigger than the ordinary serving I had, so no need to order extra rice like usual too :P Despite the huge portion, the hainam rice was not really wow-ing. Even Apollo's version was better, but still the huge portion point win my heart easily :P
Finished it up with Susu Kacang, 7K which kinda watery and weird because they are using sugar in sand form instead of liquid form -__-
It was a long time since my last visit. I remember they served good Lap Cheong, so I was happy to pay a visit :D
Nasi Hainam Campur, 30K. I think the hainam rice takes a big part in this dish. It has to be fragrant, not too oily and tasted right with balance between all the herbs well. The hainam rice at Apollo was good, the ginger and garlic really give a nice flavor for your taste bud. I could eat only with this rice and some fresh cucumber :P
We ordered siomay, satay and bakso goreng, each 7K. In my opinion, their siomay and bakso goreng was ordinary, but the satay was quite good :)
The fried pork fat (this sounds really unhealthy, I know :P) could not resemble the glorious version I had at Bakmi Cubeng :(
got mini fruit tarts from E , sorry for the messy pictures :P
J brought us pork bakpau from Bakpau Olen! Yum yum I love how they mixed mushroom and pork in the filling :D
And cheese cake from Kartika Sari. It's the first time I tried their cheese cake. To my surprise, it was good, it's smooth and airy :) I was expected it was gonna be like cheese chiffon cake, but it wasn't. I'm gonna put this on my must-buy list when visiting that city!