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

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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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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… 😀