ALBA FATTORIA

Last week, I went to this place TWICE. Its name is Alba Fattoria. Located on Jalan Barito 2, next to Interni Asia. South Jakarta

Upon its grand opening, I have been very interested to drop by.  But after I found out that the interior designer is my friends, I became very eager to put my feet on that place. Very curios!

The interior theme is "a barn with orange twist". There's a cake bar at the center of the room, and fruits display on the side. Very sweet..

After a very passionate suggestions from the pretty waiter, (Yes! She was very persistently suggesting us more food even though we have ordered two dishes for both of us). I finally put on my decision on the "Salmon with asian sauce" (95k). Even though i have more preference on sweet food, the sauce was too sweet for me. I had "Es buah pala" (25k) for the drink. It had a very very strong 'pala' taste, that's all i could say. My mom loved it tho'

The next days, I ordered the "Chocolate Souffle" (35k). To be honest, it was my first souffle ever. Well, without other comparison, I would say that it tasted pretty delicious. Crunchy outside, and soft inside.(Will try another souffle). My drink, a sour "Kiwi lemonade"(33k) could balance the souffle's sweetness. I was interested on the Paninis and Cheese Souffle too, a savory souffle..humm..will try it next time =)

Overall,  the ambience and the food have strong points to be your next favorite place to hang around.

COFFEEBEERIAN

Few weeks back, a new coffee and beer shop proudly opened on Jl. Panglima Polim 9 no.8.

From its apparent name, it's obvious that it sells coffee and beer.

My friend suggested me to try their speciality, which was CoBe(30k). Yes, coffee and beer mixed together. As someone who does not have beer as their first preference, this CoBe is very acceptable. The hint of lemon zest and additional flavour softened the beer taste. Just follow what the waiter told you. Stir it properly. The more you stir the more you get the sweetness. CoBe really reminds me to lemon lime bitter with richer taste.

Then the other time, I tried another drink that called "Milky gut"(28k). It was actually not on the menu board, but the barista said I would love it. It's beer combined with coffee, cut cherries, and vanilla ice-cream. VERY interesting. But next time, if you do not really have a sweet tooth, please kindly ask the barista to reduce the sugar.

Overall, this cafe offers a unique variety of coffee and beer. What lacking were the foods as they haven't had much variety of snacks to accompany the drink. But they say they have been working on the menu.

And they actually have Lemon Cheese Cake which was everyone's favorite but it's not available at that time. Can't wait =)

ZZZZzzz

Long time no write. Actually I have been to few restos, and actually worth to retell here. But I was taken aback to compose a post because I forgot to bring a camera or my mobile phone's camera wasn't good enough to capture the paradise I were in. Sorry.
Pictures could have said 1000words.

SANTOUKA RAMEN

Another Ramen Euphoria.

Last week I went to Plaza Indonesia for this famous long-awaited Santouka Ramen. Well, that's according to my friends who have tried the one in Singapore.

There was quite a long queue at the front as the restaurant is not that spacious.

We waited about 20mins on the queue. That included the time when we gave up our table for my friend's boss who was standing before us on the line. Fortunately, we got a better table =)

I order the miso soup based ramen, small size(65k) and gyoza (35k). Very nice and delicious for the first half bowl. But I slowed down towards the end as the broth was somehow very heavy and felt oily.

I think Yellow fin's Ramen is much better.

CAFE ARIA

Yesterday, I went to "Cafe Aria" for a catch-up session. Located on Jl. Jenderal Sudirman kav.1, where Tony Toma's used to reside.

The area was looked very, very spacious as there were only few people there.

First, we ordered Nachos (58k) to wait for another friend. It came out quite surprising because I have always had ones which condiments put together on top of the nachos. But Cafe Aria served it separately.

Bit weird as the nachos were put on a dim sum basket. But maybe it worked well because it kept the nachos crispy until the end. The salsa tasted really good, sweet and good sour. The guacamole tasted milky and refreshing too. Two thumbs up.

Then, I had "White egg omelette with sautee spinach and chicken sausage"(38k).
I have never had an egg omelette before, but I really like the texture. The spinach was soft and tasty too.

I think this place is good for a business meeting or a date as it would not be that crowded.

Good ambience. Good food. =)




Ps: if you are on a meeting with your laptop, make sure you put the battery on. The electricity was once dropped for about 2 mins.

DO AN

This is actually my most favorite Vietnamese restaurant that I have ever tried.

Located on the upper level of Cilandak Town Square - South Jakarta
It's always full during the lunch time.

Almost everything is full of flavor. The spicy pho with beef sliced and the grilled beef with tomato rice.

However, my favorite is "bun ga nuong xa" or Rice vermicelli salad with grilled chicken satay (48k).
The portion is quite big for the so-called salad.

Full of texture with the sweet, sour and hot sauce. The spring roll and the chicken satay complete each other.