HELLO KITTY CAFE @ KARAWACI

It looks familiar, isn't? Yes, it's HELLO KITTY and I just knew that there's HELLO KITTY Cafe in Jakarta. I saw my friend updated her status so I thought of why not we gave it a go! I saw the ones in Korea and it looks very nice though and yes, I'm expecting that this would be as great too. It took around an hour to actually look for the cafe itself and it was hard to find anyway. It's located at the nearby Apartment, right next to UPH ( I forgot the apartment's name). I didn't take lots of photos of its interior since there's nothing to show I guess apart from the cute chairs they have. Basically, the owner just sells Hello Kitty stuff with some random food they sell.

However, we tried their favorite drink as the owner said - Liang Teh (Chinese Herbal Tea) with Hello Kitty Jellies. The jellies surely looks cute but the taste of the tea itself is a way too sweet! Even for a person who love sweet like I do, admitted it :) Then, we decided to try their Siomay and gosh, please don't try, it's disaster; really it's!

I really would like to apologize but this place is definitely not recommended at all. First, the food is totally crap, 2nd, there's nothing like you would be hoping it would be (the place is extremely small), 3rd : the service is not that good neither, and the last thing is definitely not worth it if you are living outside Jakarta. If you are looking for buying some Hello Kitty's accessories then go for it but other than that purpose, hmmm consider twice! Really am sorry for such a writing but it's the fact go for it if you are curious because none of my friends even bother to come back :)

Meatballs @ West Jakarta

Meatballs has always been my favorite food since I was a little kid. It was precisely the food that I grew up with. I don't need to look for any other places outside the west area just to eat meatballs! I've 3 favorites places to eat - Green Garden, Sunrise Garden and Bakso Jawir At Puri. Sunrise meatballs might not be as famous as the rest two but it's as good as the rest of two. Unfortunately, there is two shift at Sunrise, if you happen to see the ones with blue cart, then DON'T eat that one - come back the next month!

I always ate two bowls of meatballs and yes I can still eat more than that. I just love meatballs too extremely much. And I like to eat them either with our traditional cracker (Kerupuk) or the fried snacks like fried tofu. Bakso Jawir at Puri , right opposite of Cimory store is actually nicer than Green Garden ones but for the tendon meatballs (bakso urat), Sunrise Garden ones is unbeatable. Sunrise Garden's meatballs is actually the ones nearby the high school down there. And don't forget to order Orange juice with coconut at Bakso Jawir, it's just a perfect drink for the delicious food!

The meatball's at Green Garden is quite expensive though Rp. 12.000 ($1.20) per portion and I seriously think its not worth it sometimes unless that's the closest place from where you live. you should try their traditional crackers (kerupuk). Their meatballs is not that bad neither but somehow Jawir is a lot better!!! The soup in here is better than Jawir!

Cuppa Coffee Review

Cuppa Coffee is the place where I had these food and drink. I forgot what my drink called; it's either Green Tea Latte or Fraps, I'm not quite sure but theirs is a must to try! I never fond of Green Tea but I gave myself a go and without disappointed with its taste. The price is around Rp. 27.000 ($ 2.70) not too expensive! Oh yeah, you can find Cuppa Coffee in places where Carefour is around ( I think so)! I had mine the ones at Permata Hijau ITC but I know they also have it at Puri Carefour. 

Then at Cuppa Coffee, they offer this main courses menu into several package with a price around Rp. 50.000 ($5.00). Unfortunately, when I went there, they didn't have the stuff I wanted (I forgot the pancake called). But anyway with 3 main courses for a price of Rp. 50.000, then it's cheap right? Mum ate their Mushroom soup while I ate their Sandwich and Pancake. 

I don't know how the soup taste since I hate mushroom but mum didn't complain at all, so I guess it's alright. While the sandwich itself is just too plain but well, you can't expect much for a package right? Their pancake is very good except its just too thin. The oreo cracks, chocolate syrup, vanilla ice-cream and oreo cookies blend very well in sweet pancake. 

Good place too eat pancake and drink coffee while waiting but not a good place to hang-out with your friends. It's good for meeting but I think the way they designed their place it's more like a coffee place for an individual. Grab their main courses package which is cheap (including soup, 1 main course and 1 Pancake). I spent around Rp. 87.000 (including tax) in total and quite full afterwards.

Shabu-Shabu Slim Review

 

This Shabu-Shabu restaurant has to be one of my favorites at the moment. I don't know where-else Shabu-Shabu Slim is at, but I eat the one at Central Park, LG. They are Cheap, refreshing, and delicious with three kinds of soup you can choose. I love their Tom Yum soup a lot while their chicken soup is just ordinary clear soup (they should make it much tastier).

With just a price of around Rp. 80,000 ($8.00)/person, you can eat as much as you want with a time limit of 1.5 hours. They have meatballs, fried tofu, the delicious fish ( I don't know what its called), etcs, various of vegetables, few kind of Sushi and some deserts too! If you come down there on Monday or Wednesday, then you must try their delicious Green Tea Ice-Cream (mixed it with Strawberry ice-cream make it yummier!). For me, it's cheap and totally worth it!

And well since I'm sick and too lazy to take a photo, so I just captured mum's face ha-ha-ha. Hey, this is my third visit! The First and Third with mum while the second one with my friend, Devi. You can either eat it in a group or you can just sit in the bar with your own hotpot! The service is also friendly. So, highly recommended to try ;-)

PS : Don't compare them with Hanamasa although the price is slightly different. In here, they only offer Shabu-Shabu and for the taste itself, Hanamasa is far away from here. Hanamasa is good but this one is a lot better!!

Another Pancious Menu

Pancious has become my favorite restaurant to eat and hang out with for the past 2 years. I love their food, beverage and ambience too although sometimes its too crowded =P! Their pancakes is delicious because of the variety of toppings they have. "Manggo Cheese Double Pancake" used to me my favorite but right now, I'm just picking any random pancakes I feel like eating at that day.

Their pasta is great too apart from the carbonara and my friend recommend me which one to choose. Well, I've tried most of their pastas even the newest one - Chicken Blue Cheese and each of them is highly recommended. So, my friend decided to order "Chicken Blue Cheese" and she likes it :)

While my lunch is a bit different than usual. I decided to eat their burger again after the last one I like. This one I forgot what it's called really but there's bacon and beef and totally recommended!!!! It's delicious although it looks not too big but you'll definitely be full with it!

Nanny's Pavillon at Pacific Place

Well Nanny's Pavillon is definitely famous down in Jakarta for their unique decoration in each branches they have. Me and my singaporean friend, Devi who came down to Jakarta went to the ones that is at Pacific Place. The theme is bathroom and have to admit, I love their decoration! ( who doesn't)

This is my second time there and still the food is just alright; not too awesome but worth it in a way. The price that they offer also very reasonable and their waffle is yummier than the ones in Pancious. I tried the new drink they have in the menu called Melon Lemonade. I thought it would be somehow sweet but unfortunately it's sour enough so I asked for an additional sugar =D!

Then, here is the waffle we ordered. I'm sorry I forgot what it called but it's like Oreo with Caramel Sauce and Vanilla Ice-cream. It's delicious and order their waffle instead of pancakes ^-^

Sorry for unable to take closer photo of their 'bathroom theme'. I didn't bring my camera so the photo qualities are pretty much ugly! I hate Blackberry's camera. It looks nice at their screen and worst when you see it in the computer!

My THANKSGIVING food

I got a feeling that today might be thanksgiving and I was so damn right. I checked the calendar it's the 25th November and since we are one day early than America so I thought why not we celebrated it today. Unfortunately, thanksgiving celebration isn't something we really celebrate but you know just for entertainment, why not making this day a bit special somehow :-)

I made this for mum but instead she didn't eat it, sad! It's basically fried bananas with dark chocolate, bit of strawberry topping and butter. Well, of course it's definitely fatty and sweet so I ended up finished it by myself ha! ha-ha-ha-ha!

Then, there's a pack of whole corn and I had no idea what to make so instead I just boiled the corns and added cheese afterwards which is delicious. But my tips is to add butter to make it tastier! Butter and Cheddar Cheese! Another fatting desert for me today *stress invasion dot com*

And well, seriously for Thanksgiving instead of made Turkey, I decided to grab Domino Pizza at Central Park. I wanted to bring my mum for dinner but I was kinda tight on budget so Pizzas shall do and I know she loves it too. I forgot to tell my driver to make it crispy but then Domino's Pizzas crust is a lot better than Pizza hut, so I don't really mind. It tastes good though. I got two pizzas and the first one is : America Cheese Burger and you gotta love this medium pizza each of its slices especially if you ordered the thin crust!

Look at at my mum's pretty face! Supposedly she smiles but it's hard to capture that priceless smile of her! But anyway, I know she's happy eating those pizzas at thanksgiving ha-ha-ha-ha! 

Then the second pizza is " American All Stars" , which basically the same except they are using mustard and Jalapeno, nothing else. 

Since, it's just me and mum who ate, we decided to just put two of the pizzas together and you won't even know the different! ha-ha-ha! it blends well, isn't!

You don't want to miss out Ketchup and Chili sauce, don't you?

And if you wonder why I put Canon next to the pizza is because of Canon's slogan " Delighting you always " and these delicious pizzas though the crusts aren't crispy delighted me and my mum on thanksgiving :-)

Happy Thanksgiving you each of you and thank you so much for visiting my blog over and over again. Extremely thankful ^-^

Yoshinoya's Food Review

I ate at Yoshinoya in Grand Indonesia. Saw the que was kinda long so I decided why not give it a go anyway. I like beef bowl at this old Japanese restaurant that I used to eat since I was on the 6th grade called Goiza. I wonder where Goiza is at nowadays in Jakarta? :-) (Do tell me if you know, thanks)

So I decided to eat the same menu "Beef Bowl", one of the house's specialities. Personally, I found it just alright - too plain I think. Even Hoka-Hoka Bento's Beef teriyaki tastes better. I tried to eat it with their Mayonnaise and it tastes a lot better but still I was expecting somehow the same taste as Goiza does. The price it's around 22 Rb ($2.2) for the Regular Size; not too pricy but still better eat at Hokben if you are a food lover. 

Then my friend ordered their "Teriyaki Chicken" rice bowl. Shockingly they only gave 4 pieces of Teriyaki Chicken slices and the bowl is just full with vegetables. Okay! this one is highly NOT recommended whatsoever. It seriously tastes crap! At least when I tried it did.

Honestly, go to Hokben is better or if you really curious about how they taste just try the Beef bowl for safety. My other friend also tried their "egg rolls" and she was totally hated it. The beef bowl is alright but you know, the tastes is just too plain. I don't know why the que was long each time I saw but for me, I kinda mind on going back there. I still want to try their Yakiniku Beef Bowl though but later sometimes when I have no other option at Grand Indonesia! ha-ha-ha!

For the price itself, it's reasonable starts from 20 rb and the place is not that bad too for hanging out with your friends. What else? Oh yeah you'll also be getting Miso Soup. Well, that's all about it. But really if you ever tried Goiza (though their place never look cozy), you would be disappointed by this taste. Or might be I've a high expectation? 

It's still eatable and since the price is reasonable, so it isn't a bad place to hang out. But if you are foodie lover like myself, then just bare by its tasteless food. And don't forget to ask for Mayonnaise and ignore that "looking weird" face that the waitress might given to you because she was giving me 'what-the' face to me when I asked for her to put Mayonnaise on top of my Beef Bowl! >.<!

Peach Garden

Mum was insisting me pretty badly to eat at this Chinese Restaurant for Dim-Sum. I think "Peace Garden" have several branches but I ate the ones at PX (St. Morris). My aunty told my mum that their Dim Sum is somehow cheap and not that bad neither; so we gave it a try anyway. Here are the food we and I didn't take a photo of their Prawn Chong Fun had no mood of doing so!

My Review :

I'm so sorry but this looking classy restaurant is just not worth to spend your penny at. For the pork itself, it costs around 48 Rb ($4.80) and it tastes like crap. Their whole Dim Sum is also tastelessly crap. And their service? Oh! You really would be so disappointed especially on how it took around 15 minutes or more to serve Chong Fun!! Its kinda over-priced but as long it tastes great then it shouldn't be a matter. The one that has a better taste if those 3 pieces of skinless small bread with egg yolk. Seriously, HIGHLY NOT RECOMMENDED , crap tastes and slow service. NEXT!