Food reviewing… Come on visiting Tangerang and enjoy its yum-yum and fun culinary

4 November 20156 November 2015Leave a comment

I live in Serpong, South Tangerang area. Tangerang all around has so many culinary spots. Here I would like to share my findings for culinary in Tangerang, which mostly is Cina Benteng Peranakan foods, but they are all, for sure, yummy… 🙂

Morning Hawkers

Nasi uduk komplit Encim Sukaria – it includes savoury rice (nasi uduk – rice steamed in coconut milk), served with fried vermicelli (bihun goreng), stew potato+tofu+egg (semur), choices of fried side-dish (hash potato, corn fritter, vegetable fritter), fried onion and crackers. Optionally, we can also get some other side-dishes, such as egg in chili sauce, tofu & egg cooked in coconut milk gravy.

My taste review: good, high demand food

Price range per person: Rp25.000,- – Rp40.000,-

Available from 6.30 am until around 2.00 pm

Ketupat Sayur Encim Sukaria – it includes pieces of steamed rice cake (ketupat – rice steamed in rhomb shape), vegetable+egg in coconut milk gravy (sayur lodeh), choices of fried side-dish (hash potato, corn fritter, vegetable fritter). Optionally, we can also get some other side-dishes, such as egg in chili sauce, tofu & tempe cooked in coconut milk gravy, stew potato+tofu+egg.

My taste review: better than good, high demand food

Price range per person: Rp25.000,- – Rp40.000,-

Available from 6.30 am until around 2.00 pm

Ketupat Sayur Pasar Lama – the content is almost the same as Ketupat Sayur Encim Sukaria’s. The difference is, it’s a kind of food stall at the roadside, they provide some plastic seats for customers while eating. They do not offer any optional side-dish.

My taste review: good, high demand food

Price per standard portion: Rp12.000,-

Available from 6.30 am until around 11.00 am

Es Podeng – it’s a kind of dessert, includes pieces of cubed white bread, boiled mung beans, kolang-kaling and merah delima, topped by traditional-made ice cream and chocolate condensed milk (if like).

Evening Hawkers

Sate Ayam H. Ishak, Pasar Lama – it includes 10 skewers of chicken satay, pieces of steamed rice cake (lontong), served with spicy peanut sauce.

My taste review: delicious, very high demand food

Price range per standard portion: Rp17.000,- – Rp25.000,-

Available from 3.00 pm until around 7.30 pm

Otak-otak – snack made of grounded fish + flour + coconut milk, mixed – index finger shaped – wrapped by banana leaf – grilled. Served with peanut chili sauce

My taste review: it’s yummy, I like Otak-otak 🙂

Price range per portion of 10 pcs: Rp27.000,-

Available during evening hours

And here are the other food stalls we could find along the street of Pasar Lama, Tangerang

(sorry that I could not give any details for these food stalls, for I haven’t yet trying them out)

Roti Bakar 88

Toast served with various fillings and toppings

Ketan Duren, Ketan Susu, Ketan Keju Susu

Kind of munchies, steamed glutinous rice served with some choices of topping; durian sauce, milk sauce, and milk cheese sauce

Nibbles

This place is probably a snack & drink café

See these pictures, showing you the fun & full of lamplight nights in Tangerang

“Everybody thinks that every girl’s dream is to find the perfect guy…pshhh, every girl’s dream is to eat without getting fat” ~Daisy Villanueva~

Serpong, 4th November 2015, 14.58

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Food reviewing… Desserts – sweet, soft and cold ~ chilling out our minds, soothing our hearts

18 October 201518 October 2015Leave a comment

Four-of-us…oops now five-of-us love desserts, almost any kind, from the most simple ones up to the fancy and need-a-special-skill-to-make ones, in taste and look. We enjoy their sweetness, softness and freshness. Once in a while my girl makes simple puddings in between of her crocheting activities, and usually it would not be long lasting in fridge 🙂

Here are some of the desserts that we fond of:

Mango Pudding, homemade by Joven

Es Pleret Nangka, from Pondok Es Cendol Pondol, IDR15.000,- It contains some pieces of Pleret + small cuts of Jackfruit

Es Pleret Tape Ketan, from Pondok Es Cendol Pondol, IDR16.000,- It contains some pieces of Pleret + fermented glutinous rice (tape ketan) + syrup + condensed milk

Pleret is thin slices of coconut that already been drained. It has smooth texture and tastes a bit crunchy. Here is the closer view of Pleret.

Sinsa Patbingsoo, from Patbingsoo, Flavor Bliss, Alam Sutera, IDR78.000,- It contains Honeydew balls + Pat (red bean) + Vanilla Ice Cream + Shaved Ice, served with white condensed milk

Namdaemun Bingsoo, from Patbingsoo, Flavor Bliss, Alam Sutera, IDR35.000,- It contains Coffee Jelly + Cornflakes + Rhum Raisin Ice Cream + Shaved Ice, served with white condensed milk

Seoul Bingsoo, from Patbingsoo, Flavor Bliss, Alam Sutera, IDR38.000,- It contains Peach slices + Peach Jelly + Peach Shaved Ice, served with Plum Sauce

Chungmuro Patbingsoo, from Patbingsoo, Flavor Bliss, Alam Sutera, IDR35.000,- It contains Matcha + Cornflakes + Pat (red bean) + Matcha Ice Cream + Shaved Ice, served with white condensed milk

Apgujeong Bingsoo, from Patbingsoo, Flavor Bliss, Alam Sutera, IDR45.000,- It contains Cheese Cake + Cheese Wafer + Grated Cheese + Cheese Powder + Cheese Sauce + Vanilla Ice Cream + Shaved Ice, served with white condensed milk

Dongdaemun Patbingsoo, from Patbingsoo, Flavor Bliss, Alam Sutera, IDR35.000,- It contains Banana slices + Pat (red bean) + Ovaltine + Vanilla Ice Cream + Shaved Ice, served with chocolate condensed milk

Gangnam Patbingsoo, from Patbingsoo, Flavor Bliss, Alam Sutera, IDR35.000,- It contains Popcorn + Pat (red bean) + Cornflakes + Caramel + Vanilla Ice Cream + Shaved Ice, served with caramel condensed milk

City Hall Bingsoo, from Patbingsoo, Flavor Bliss, Alam Sutera, IDR38.000,- It contains Plum + Fruity Flakes + Plum Shaved Ice, served with Plum Sauce

“When you’re stressed, eat ice cream, cake, chocolate, and sweets. Why? Because stressed spelled backwards is desserts” ~ Unknown

Serpong, 18th October 2015, 21.33

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Food reviewing… Let’s talk about noodles

5 October 201511 December 2015Leave a comment

I guess it’s a bit hard to find people who don’t like noodles, but of course, everybody had their own favorite noodles.

For me and my family, we have quite a lot options for enjoying noodles, but here are some favourite noodles that we loved the most.

Bakmi Ayam Karet (Chewy noodle with boiled chicken)

Located in Jalan Samanhudi, Jakarta

‘Karet’ in English is meant as Rubber, so the fans of this noodle aren’t those who like the soft noodle. Most elderly do not like this chewy noodle. We may request for the softer noodle, though. The longer it is being boiled, the softer it was.

We could request the chicken topping, either breast meat or thigh meat pieces, or without specifying, they will then give a mixture breast and thigh meat pieces. Or we could order the chicken meat in separate bowl, as an additional portion or as a side dish when ordering plain noodles. I like to order plain noodles and the side dishes separately. They have some choices of side dish; chicken meat in soup, chicken innard in soup, chicken blood in soup, meatball in soup, wonton soup, fried dumpling, fried meatball –this one is toothsome and fastly sold out-, and one side dish we’ve never missed is cakwe, a kind of fried cake, we dip it in soup for a while before eating it. It gives an extra unique taste to the noodle. More leek in the soup was also giving an additional good taste, for me, as some people do not like leek flavor.

Cost range: Rp35.000,- – Rp65.000,- /person

Bakmi Permata (Noodle and Chinese Food)

There are some outlets in Jakarta (Green Garden, Kebon Jeruk, Permata Hijau, Blok M, Pamulang, Pasar Baru, Wisma BNI46 Sudirman)

The noodle is curly, thin, and having smooth texture, but not too soft. I don’t like the plump and mushy noodle. For boiled noodle, we can choose the favored topping, chicken meat pieces or mushroom cuts (both was cooked in soy sauce). As I am not a big fan of meat, I mostly order the noodle with mushroom. They have a delicious crunchy fried wonton, we’ve never missed this delicacy. Besides boiled noodle, this resto offers some other delicious choices in their menu list, such as Ifumi (fried dry noodle served with mixture of vegetables, chicken cuts and seafood in sago sauce), Nasi Tahu Jepang (steam rice served with egg tofu and chicken cuts cooked in sago sauce), Capcai (various vegetables, chicken cuts and seafood cooked in sago sauce) and some other great choices.

One fun thing from this resto, which I believe could becoming their plus point, is the free dessert as a compliment which they serve to every guess when we almost done with our meal. It’s just a small bonus to be enjoyed, but we love getting it.

Cost range: Rp30.000,- – Rp65.000,- /person

Bakmi Aheng (similar to Bakmie Ayam Karet, Jalan Samanhudi)

Located in Jalan Mandala Utara, Tomang, Jakarta

The look and taste is pretty close to Bakmi Ayam Karet, but Bakmi Aheng has bigger cuts of chicken and the thing we prefer is the slices of mustard green (sayuran sawi hijau/caisim) as the topping, side by side with chicken cuts.

Price: Rp30.000,- /portion; Cost range: Rp30.000,- – Rp50.000,- /person

Mie Aheng 1

Bakmi Amen

Located in Jalan Mandala Utara, Tomang, Jakarta

This one is Mie Bangka, with two kinds of noodle, original noodle and wide noodle. As usual, Mie Bangka is served with bean sprouts, mustard green, and chicken small cutlets cooked with soy sauce as the toppings. As an option, pork small cutlets is also offered for topping.

Price: Rp17.000,- /portion; Cost range: Rp20.000,- – Rp35.000,- /person

Mie kecil.jpg Mie lebar.jpg

Bakmi Gajah Mada (Bakmi GM)

As declared by its name, the first location of this resto is in Jalan Gajah Mada, Jakarta. Currently there are quite a lot of its outlet in Jakarta as well as some other cities.

For the lovers of old style noodle, Bakmi GM is one option. Fried dumpling from this resto has also been the most popular choice.

Cost range: Rp30.000,- – Rp60.000,- /person

It’s easy to impress me. I don’t need a fancy party to be happy. Just good friends, good food, and good laughs. I’m happy. I’m satisfied. I’m content. ~ Maria Sharapova

Serpong, 05th October 2015, 23.58 – updated 11th December 2015, 20.07

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Food reviewing…I’d love doing it, as I love enjoying food :)

27 September 201528 September 2015Leave a comment

Another friend of mine has just launched his foodstall in Puri Mansion Foodcourt. There are Ayam Goreng (Indonesian style seasoned fried chicken) and Lontong Capgomeh (pieces of rice cake with thin sliced chayote and some other perks in savory coconut milk gravy) in his menu option.

Ayam goreng is served with steam rice, fried tofu or tempe (fermented soybean), fresh raw vegetables (cucumber, tomato, lettuce), and sambal terasi (chili paste). Sayur asem (specific vegetables and beans cooked in spicy sour soup) is an optional for a perfect deliciousness… yummy, it is!

My review: The fried chicken is toothsome, I love the salty savory food, and this chicken comes with appropriate savory seasonings and good crispness. The chili paste is great for me, not too hot, so I need no worry of being pungency, but for others who like the very hot sambal, it might be less spicy. The spicy sour soup is tasty, the veggies in it are still fresh enough, not mushy. But well, the important thing for me is, the good rice. Good rice will make any good side dish tastes better. And I am happy as I got what I like here.

Lontong Capgomeh is one of Peranakans’ Specialties. It comes as a dish-meal (food served in a dish to be eaten at one time). Included in each portion is some pieces of rice cake; thin sliced chayote, a fried boiled egg, a piece of fried tofu, all of these three ingredients are cooked in savory coconut milk gravy; shredded chicken breast which is also cooked in coconut milk gravy (opor ayam suwir); spicy chicken liver fritters (sambal goreng ati ayam); and crackers as a delicacy adder.

My review: Overall, the taste is delicious, the look is tasteful and tempting. I love the good looking food. The sliced chayote in coconut milk gravy is in good cut, not mushy. However, as the coconut milk gravy is somewhat too little, my girl was feeling need to ask for more and she got it. I told my friend about this too-little-gravy as a note for becoming better.

Might be required info:

Puri Mansion Apartment, Jl. Lingkar Luar Barat, Puri Kembangan, Jakarta 11610, Indonesia

“Food is essential to life, therefore make it good” ~ from 40 Best Food Quotes Ever

Serpong, 27th September 2015, 22.50

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Food Reviewing…Enjoying cuisine, enjoying friendship

23 August 201517 November 2015Leave a comment

Yesterday we have had a good lunch, some Indonesian foods had become our preference.

Friends of mine, a couple of husband-Hans and wife-Lina, are the owner of Javanese and Balinese cuisine specialties. There are plenty of Indonesian cuisine restaurants around the area of our living quarters who offers delicious menus, and this friends’ resto is one of them.

Located in neighborhood housing complex, Gading Serpong, they open for dining-in, taking-away and the most I guess, accepting delivery-orders. They deliver meal boxes and Nasi Tumpeng Lengkap (completed cone rice) for ceremonial events, family, community and corporate gatherings, and any other kinds of event. I have few times ordered their Nasi Tumpeng Lengkap and meal boxes. The nasi tumpeng is amply with various appendage side dishes, and they are all so tasty.

For me and my family, the taste of each menu is toothsome, the look is tempting, that’s the reasons of why we are visiting this resto quite often, besides as the location is not too far to our home.

Talk a little about the background of how I know this couple; Lina has been my long time friend since we were in kindergarten, while Hans, being friends since we were in high school. I know them as an ordinary couple, educated and religious in a humble manner. The fun side is, Lina is an active and talkative woman, while Hans is a quiet but ready-to-assist person. We have once never met each other for a long period, but then by chance we have chosen the same residential area, so the precious friendship is pleasantly reconnected. We had a lot to talks every time we meet –of which not too often-, but just the fun and good things, about our family and friends. I think Lina and I have one similarity in viewing the life, that is enjoying whatever we have with gratitude, in the way we are.

Here are some appetizing choices available in their resto:

Nasi Pecel Komplit

Includes: rice, boiled vegetables, spicy peanut sauce, peanut cracker, shredded sweet spiced fried beef, sliced cucumber, kemangi leaves, chili paste

Nasi Gudeg Telur

Includes: rice, sayur nangka gudeg, spiced boiled egg (telur bacem), fried tofu cooked in coconut sauce (opor tahu), calfskin cracker in spicy coconut sauce (kerecek), sliced cucumber, chili paste

Nasi Langgi

Includes: rice, savory beef, chili fried beef liver, sweet sauted tempe, thinly sliced omelette, sweet potato chips, grated coconut, sliced cucumber, kemangi leaves, chili paste

Nasi Kuning

Includes: yellow rice (yellow color is derived from turmeric), Javanese style fried chicken, red chili potato cubes , thinly sliced omelette, sliced cucumber, kemangi leaves, chili paste

Nasi Kuning

“If you really want to make a friend, go to someone’s house and eat with him…the people who give you their food, give you their heart” ~ Cesar Chavez

Serpong, 23rd August 2015, 20.07 (editing time)

Updated on 17th November 2015, 14.31

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I Love Birthdays… hari-hari ulang tahun itu menyenangkan… :D

3 August 20154 November 2015Leave a comment

Karena acara utamanya pasti makan, menikmati kuliner yang enak di lidah dan bersahabat dengan perut.

2 hari lalu adalah hari ulang tahun saya, kebetulan hari Sabtu, hari ngumpul keluarga. Acara makan-makan dimulai dari sarapan. Mie Karet Krekot, mie paling enak buat kami sekeluarga, jadi tujuan pertama kuliner ulang tahun kali ini. Ulang tahun harus ada mie kan? semoga kebahagiaan, kesejahteraan dan rejeki selalu hadir dan berlangsung panjang dalam kehidupan keluarga.

Berlokasi di Jl. K.H. Samanhudi (Krekot), tepat di sebelah lintasan Kereta Api Krekot untuk jurusan Senen-Kota, resto sederhana ini sudah ada sejak sekitar 40 tahun lalu. Selain menu utama mie ayam, resto ini juga menyediakan nasi tim, pangsit kuah, kwetiau kuah. Kami belum pernah mencoba menu selain mie ayamnya, bukannya tidak suka, tapi setiap kali kesana gak pernah bisa pindah ke pilihan lain. Makanan pelengkap mie ayam yang tidak pernah kami lewatkan –karena benar-benar menambah selera- adalah cakwe, baso sapi garing, hati ayam rebus, dan baso goreng. Jika datang antara jam 06.30 – 08.00 menu utama dan makanan pelengkap bisa dipastikan masih tersedia lengkap, selewat jam 08.00 pasti ada saja yang sudah habis, cakwe dan hati ayam rebus paling cepat habis.

Untuk makan siang, kami pilih Resto Warung Entjiem Lauw’Tan yang berlokasi di Jl. Batu Ceper no. 7, dari Jl. Hayam Wuruk, masuk jalan di sebelah Dunkin’ Donuts, posisinya tepat disebelah Dunkin’ Donuts. Resto bersuasana nyaman, dengan perabot kursi kayu warna gelap, meja-meja marmer untuk 2-4 orang, dan meja besar dari jati untuk 8-10 orang. Nuansa Cina Peranakan cukup terasa, ada beberapa foto tua di langit-langit, tapi buat saya kog kurang bisa dinikmati ya, harus mendongak sih, leher bisa pegel. Pelayanannya cukup baik dan cepat.

Sesuai namanya, resto ini menawarkan masakan Indonesia ala peranakan (encim). Kami memilih beberapa menu andalannya, yaitu Nasi Granat, Nasi Ranjau, Bubur Kampoeng, Gado-gado, Es Campur sebagai desert, dan minumnya Hot Chocolate dan Teh Panas Celup-celup yang free-refill.

Nasi granat (menu terkenal dari resto ini): nasi putih yang legit dengan topping campuran potongan ikan peda, pete dan sambel dibungkus daun pisang berbentuk segitiga dengan semat lidi. Porsinya kecil banget, paling ukuran 2-3 suapan normal. Buat saya yang gak terlalu kuat dengan rasa pedas level tinggi, sambelnya terasa cukup menyengat, tapi karena rasanya enak, meskipun megap-megap kepedasan, habis juga sih. Harga Rp8.500,- perporsi.

Nasi Ranjau: mirip dengan Nasi Granat, tapi ada tambahan ayam suwir dan telur dadar diiris tipis, dibungkus daun pisang berbentuk panjang pipih seperti Nagasari (kue pisang). Porsinya satu suap lebih besar daripada Nasi Granat. Pedasnya sama, bikin saya megap-megap juga. Harga Rp10.000,- perporsi.

Bubur Kampoeng: bubur ala Jakarta dengan taburan ayam suwir, irisan cakwe, kacang kedelai goreng dan daun bawang iris, disajikan dengan kerupuk meriah dan kuah santan kuning dalam mangkuk terpisah. Rasanya gurih (karena kuah santannya) dan enak, buburnya gak encer, jadi cukup bikin kenyang. Harga Rp22.000,- perporsi.

Gado-gado: seperti umumnya, campuran sayuran rebus dengan saus kacang, dilengkapi potongan lontong. Yang saya suka saus kacangnya diulek, jadi sayurannya dimasukkan ke saus kacang ulek yang sudah diracik dengan bumbu-bumbu. Saya tidak suka gado-gado dengan saus kacang yang diblender, kurang klik rasanya. Toppingnya telur rebus setengah, bawang goreng, dan emping. Harga Rp25.000,- perporsi.

Es campur: ada kolang-kaling, tape, alpukat, nangka, dan potongan roti tawar dipenuhi es serut dengan sirup merah dan susu kental manis. Belakangan ini saya memang lagi senang menikmati desert, jadi menurut saya es campur ini enak J. Harga Rp22.500,- perporsi.

Hot Chocolate: ini pesanan anak saya yang suka banget minuman coklat. Harga Rp19.000,- percangkir

Teh Panas Celup-celup: Air putih panas dengan 1 kantong teh beraroma melati. Boleh minta air putih panasnya berkali-kali. Harga Rp13.000,- percangkir.

Menu andalan lainnya yang layak dicoba:

* Homemade Tahu Lada Garam Rp27.000,- perporsi

* Engkong Tan’s Favorite Rice: nasi dengan topping irisan daging sapi dan sayuran, Rp45.000,- perporsi

* Entjiem Hainam Chicken Rice Rp35.000,- perporsi

* Nasi Lemak Bakar Rp35.000,- perporsi

* Laksa Nyonya Besar Rp37.000,- perporsi

Di tulisan berikutnya akan saya lengkapi foto menu-menu sedap tersebut 🙂

Resto berlokasi mudah dicari, bersuasana nyaman dan bersih, makanannya enak, harganya cakep buat kantong, pelayanannya oke, narsis tidak dilarang (boleh foto-foto), kami pasti datang lagi dan lagi… 😀

“Life should not only be lived, it should be celebrated” ~Osho~

Monday, 3rd August 2015

Serpong, Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia

Published on 3rd August 2015, 23.22

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Food reviewing… Come on visiting Tangerang and enjoy its yum-yum and fun culinary

Food reviewing… Desserts – sweet, soft and cold ~ chilling out our minds, soothing our hearts

Food reviewing… Let’s talk about noodles

Food reviewing…I’d love doing it, as I love enjoying food :)

Food Reviewing…Enjoying cuisine, enjoying friendship

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