JUN NJAN @ JALAN BATU CEPER

Restoran yang satu ini sekarang udah punya banyak cabang di mana-mana tapi setau Ms.AH  di pusatnya (Batu Ceper)  paling sip punya. Jadi waktu kepengen makan gurame asam manis Ms.AH dan Mr.HATT langsung kabur ke Jun Njan Batu Ceper. Terakhir kali (udah lamaaa banget) sih rasa-rasanya makan di sini puas dan nikmat banget! So, apakah rasa makanannya masih seperti waktu itu? Let's check!

GONG CHA @ CENTRAL PARK

So...by looking at how many bubble tea joints in CP, we can say that people here  are still goin gaga for bubble tea rite? In contrary, Ms.AH haven't getting much connection with any of them lately. Well, after having a very heavy early dinner in Jun Njan (will post about it soon), Ms.AH and Mr.HATT deciding to have an exercise in CP. Yup, we considered strolling around a mall for 1,5 hours as our sport :) Halfway, we stumbled across a Gong Cha kiosk and stop there. Well, not much choice for us to choose, very different from the Singapore's branch. Since Ms.AH felt very thirsty and craving for something refreshing but not milky, the green tea yogurt seems like the wisest pick. Ms.AH expect it to be sour but it turned out differently, but not sickly sweet either. In normal condition, Ms.AH would find it nice, the green tea flavour was there with only a hint of sourness. Yah well...  now Ms.AH and the fetus inside are always in need of sour kick so this drink wasn't satisfied us. Really, if it wasn't for Ms.AH's bias taste, the drink is actually good.

AHOK BAKMI DEMPO @ JALAN MUWARDI, GROGOL

Sori folks, no fancy foods/places for a while ya...Ms.AH lagi gak selera banget sama makanan-makanan elit :) Nah kali ini mari kita bahas "Bakmi Dempo", another chinese style noodle kiosk yang menurut Ms.AH enak! Bakmi Dempo ini adalah bakmi ala Palembang, disajikannya bukan pake mangkok tapi di piring ceper trus makannya dikucurin jeruk semacam limo yang kalo gak salah sih ya namanya jeruk kunci.Seger jadinya!

MARTABAK BANDUNG JAYA @ GREENVILLE, TANJUNG DUREN

Siapa yang belom pernah makan martabak? Kayanya gak ada orang yang gak pernah makan cemilan yang satu ini ya, saking populernya martabak, setiap jalan satu kilometer (di Jakarta ya) minimal kita bisa nemu satu gerobak penjualnya (ehm...ngarang sih ini :P). Eniwei, dari sekian ragam penjual martabak di Jakarta, Ms.AH punya satu-dua gerobak favorit, nah inilah yang satu itu, martabak Bandung Jaya di depan perumahan Greenville, daerah Tanjung Duren.

TOM YAM GOONG @ MAMA KITCHEN, ITC MANGGA DUA

Beberapa minggu lalu Ms.AH dan Mr.HATT ada urusan di ITC Mangga Dua dan mampir nge-TomYum di Mama Kitchen yang udah lama eksis. Mama yang satu ini khusus menyediakan makanan yang berhubungan sama Tom Yam tok, ada yang klasik yaitu sup Tom Yam, ada juga makanan 'wajib' orang Indo, nasgor, pake bumbu Tom Yam tentunya. 

NASI PEDES @ LITTLE UBUD, PIK

Lately Ms.AH lagi ngidam jalan-jalan ke Bali, pengen makan nasi ayam Bu Mangku, nasi pedes, gelato di Ubud, and so on... *ini pengen jalan-jalan apa membabi ceritanya?* Sayangnya, Mr.HATT kurang semangat menanggapi ide 'baby moon' ke Bali karena emang baru setengah tahun yang lalu kita jalan-jalan ke sana (walaupun dengan sedikit rayuan sakti Mr.HATT pasti tunduk tapi...) Ms.AH gak mau juga kalo Mr.HATT-nya jadi kurang enjoy gimana gitu dan di sisi laen Ms.AH mempertimbangkan kalo dalam beberapa bulan mendatang keperluan baby bakal menguras kantong kami *yang dasarnya kurang tebel hehehe* Yah kita liat aja nanti, apakah pesona Bali akhirnya menang atau Ms.AH bisa kuat iman :P Untuk saat ini, marilah kita cukup berpuas hati dengan makan nasi pedes ala Bu.Andika di Little Ubud, PIK

MR.CRUNCHY @myMRCrunchy

Baru-baru ini Ms.AH mendapat kiriman *gratis, yeay!* rengginang...snack tradisional Indonesia yang dibuat dalam versi modern, thanks to Mr.Crunchy.  Rengginang konservatif bentuknya gede dan rasanya cuma asin atau manis tapi, Mr.Crunchy bentuknya bite sized dan punya banyak rasa. Ms.AH mendapatkan rengginang rasa pedas (ukuran regular), rasa sapi panggang (ukuran kecil khusus sebagai sample), rasa keju (ukuran kecil), dan renginang rainbow coklat beraneka rasa (ukuran regular)

A&W SPICY AROMA FRIED CHICKEN @ GANDARIA CITY

Kenapa ya saat kita lagi pengeen banget sesuatu justru sesuatu itu susah dicari/didapet tapi, pas lagi gak pengen sesuatu itu selalu tersedia. Begitu juga ceritanya waktu Ms.AH capek-capek pulang dari toko dan ngidam KFC original terus mampir ke Gancit. Yah KFC yang ori-nya abis aja gitu loh, kuciwa deh :( Sambil menyeret kaki dengan sedih, Ms.AH dan Mr. HATT lewat A&W dan liat banner mereka tentang ayam goreng resep terbaru, spicy aroma fried chicken. Baiklah, yuuk mare kita coba! 

HAKATA IKKOUSHA RAMEN @ MUARA KARANG, PLUIT

Makan apa selalu menjadi isu yang sulit bagi Ms.AH belakangan ini tapi, Ms.AH tidak ingin merusak kesenangan Mr.HATT dan berusaha menyesuaikan diri sebaik-baiknya *ciyus? tumben banget... ;P* Jadi waktu Mr.HATT ngidam ramen Ikkousha ya Ms.AH ngikut aja. Disana Ms.AH cuma makan gyoza panggang isi babi dan udang, ramen sama sekali bukan selera Ms.AH saat itu. Gyoza-nya enak, juicy banget isiannya dan gurih. Menurut Ms.AH ini salah satu gyoza yang paling enak yang pernah Ms.AH coba walaupun rada over priced yah... IDR 35,000,- per 6 pc.

BUBUR PEDO, BUBUR AYAM CIANJUR @ FOOD SENSATION MKG 1

Di masa expecting dini ini, Ms.AH rasanya seperti jadi orang laen aja, dikit-dikit feeling blue, males berkepanjangan (loh bukannya dari dulu itu mah?), dan catet nih, paling penting! selera makan ancur banget. Jangan harap deh Ms.AH mau diajak ke fancy restoran sekarang, wong maunya makan makanan ala kampung aja. Aneh bin ajaibnya lagi, Ms.AH benci banget sama semua yang ada hubungannya sama keju padahal biasanya keju adalah dewanya makanan buat Ms.AH. Jadi di sebuah wiken yang tidak terlalu ceria, Ms.AH memaksa Mr.HATT untuk nyetir ke MKG khusus buat makan bubur ayam ala abang gerobak tapi versi bersihnya di food court MKG 1.

SPAGEDDIES (AYCE MONDAY) @ SENAYAN CITY

Hai...hai...lanjut dari posting sebelumnya, Ms.AH kan bilang kalo kita punya good news. It's officially true jadi udah boleh di-share nih ceritanya :D Soon, little Ms.AH or little Mr.HATT will be coming to this world...yay...mohon doanya yah biar semuanya bae-bae aja :D Nah sehubungan dengan hal itu, maap maap aja kalo Ms.AH bawaannya males mulu, gak mau ngapa-ngapain, bahkan gak suka makan! Wadaw...bentar lagi mesti ganti nama nih, udah gak laper terus sih. Nah waktu ke Spageddies ini emang rasanya udah rada aneh, tapi belom pasti kenapa, Mr.HATT sih makan AYCE tapi Ms.AH yang udah gak napsu itu cuma beli Oriental Chicken Salad sama minum jus apel doang (dengan catatan tentu aja nyomot-nyomot makanannya Mr.HATT, biar bisa pesen lumayan banyak dan gak rugi tentunya). Mau tau selengkapnya? Yuk bacaaa terusss XP

XI MEN DING, TAIWAN CUISINE @ SENAYAN CITY

Apakah sudah ada yang bertanya-tanya kenapa Ms.AH rada lama gak laporan-laporan tentang makanan? Gak ada yang tanya ya.... :( ?  Ya udah gapapa, karena Ms.AH dan Mr.HATT lagi hepi berat tapi kata orang pamali kalo diceritain sekarang euy, nanti aja kalo udah pasti xixixixi. Eniwei, mari kita kembali ke topik. Minggu lalu Ms.AH, Mr.HATT, cici ipar, dan suaminya lunch bareng di Xi Men Ding, Senayan City, beginilah ceritanya...

 

BAKMI AYAM ALOK @ GG.MANGGA (TANJUNG DUREN)

Ayo...apa bedanya bakmi sama mi aja? Menurut mbah google, bakmi itu sebenernya gabungan dari 2 kata dialek Hokkian ; bak (daging babi) dan mi. Jadi kalo mi topingnya daging ayam maka gak bisa disebut bakmi ayam tapi cukup mi ayam aja. Nah jadi 'Bakmi Ayam Alok' menurut tata bahasa itu tidak bener dan bakmi-bakmi lain yang topingnya bukan daging babi :) *sok pinter banget dah* Eniwei, Ms.AH gak pernah bosen sama yang namanya mi ayam, beda kalo ketemu ramen yang ngetrend itu, kalo sama ramen, abis makan sekali rasanya minimal tiga bulan kemudian baru pengen makan lagi. Kalo mi ayam sih tiap minggu makan juga Ms.AH hepi. Dari sekian ribu entah berapa ribu tepatnya tempat makan mi ayam, Ms.AH punya tempat mi ayam jagoan, namanya bakmi ayam Alok.

KITCHENETTE @ CENTRAL PARK

Ms.AH's busy cousin was having a birthday and she managed to squish a late lunch date between her hectic routine. We went to Kitchenette at CP,  Ms.AH and mom were there early so we just waited on the spot. We had Melon Frost Frosty Elixir, Lychee Berry Frosty Elixirs, and seaweed & melted cheddar cheese fries to accompany us, the waiting girls. Melon Frost was great, very refreshing...it was a mixed of melon and kiwi fruit drink, blended with ice and filled up with a lot of kiwi chunks inside. Mom's Lychee Berry also nice, a mixed between lychee and blue berry, garnished with a few lychees fruit but, this one was sour, not really Ms.AH's type. Move to the munched, seaweed fries was delicious, the seasoning tasted so much alike Taro seaweed flavour :P and what can go wrong with cheese & fries combo? Absolutely nothing!

HACHI HACHI BISTRO @ MTA

It's been a while since the last time Ms.AH treated mom and dad with breakfast / lunch / dinner, so being a good devoted daughter, Ms.AH recently brought them to Hachi Hachi Bistro, an old player of Japanese food eating place, owned by local. The first thing that Ms.AH remembered is their spicy seafood yaki udon. Stir fried udon and seafood cooked in spicy sauce. This udon used to be really spicy, it will bring tears in your both eyes. Too bad, yesterday there was only a hint of spiciness but, everything else were good. The udon cooked well, the seafood was put generously, well seasoned, and good portion *important lol*. Just like the good ol' days minus spicy.

SAINT CINNAMON @ MTA

 

Do you remember the time when zuppa soup was a big hit in culinary world?  Forgot exactly when  but, maybe around 7-8 years ago? Well, Ms.AH simply heart the creamy chicken soup covered with big layered puffy pastry, sooo damn good!  So far, this combination never failed Ms.AH any where, any time, any occasion. In one hungry afternoon, Ms.AH was wondering around MTA with mom and remembered that Saint Cinnamon is selling those zuppa soup that we never managed to try before. 

SHARE TEA WITH VOUCHER (MATCHA RED BEAN MILK TEA) @ MTA

Lately, those voucher site haven't got any interesting promo that made Ms.AH's heart skip a bit XP. If anybody out there know about new interesting voucher promo website other than those usual, please let Ms.AH know, will you? From food and beverage voucher purchased, Share Tea is Ms.AH's last stock. With the voucher, we can get 5 different drinks for as little as IDR.50,000,- not bad huh? Visiting MTA have been a ritual for Ms.AH since mom and dad are actually living above the mall, so Ms.AH choose Share Tea MTA outlet as the pick up point. The place is colorful and cheerful, exactly  like how a good bubble tea place should be. The variation of their drinks are not as wide as other joints but they do offered some quirky flavours and varieties such as choco cheese something, blended drinks with ice cream which is almost never found in other bubble tea spots. 

MS.AH'S CRAVING SERIES : CHOCOLATE BROWNIES

It's a common thing to crave for something, in Ms.AH's case it happens regularly. Ms.AH's last crave was a simple chocolate brownies. Whoever said that mistake isn't meant to be repeated must haven't heard about how brownies invented. People saying that one time, a chef was about to make a chocolate cake but he didn't put baking soda so the cake turned out to be the famous brownies that we all familiar with nowadays. Usually Ms.AH is not really a big fan of brownies until last week, when suddenly, from out of the blue, Ms.AH had a strong urge to eat brownies. Ms.AH did try a few chocolate brownies from three different places, here come the story now...

 

GO CURRY! @ PACIFIC PLACE

Well, Ms.AH and Mr.HATT continue our less excited weekend with dining in Go Curry! on the following Sunday night. It wasn't our first time, we knew exactly what to order, how will it tasted, how much it will cost, etc...no surprised at all. What surprised us was the heavy traffic, c'mon it was Sunday! We were heading to PP from Kelapa Gading, everything was fine until Senayan area and the horror began. Jakarta's traffic is really sucks! Ooops, sorry! Anyway, let's get back to the foods.

XO SUKI & CUISINE @ SENAYAN CITY

Ms.AH and Mr. HATT had a rather less exciting weekend. We didn't feel like trying some new restaurant, we didn't have the urge for eating, we were not really into foods.  Ms.AH once heard, when you are aging, you are not getting excited over things that you used to love as much as before. So that's mean Ms.AH and Mr.HATT are getting old and boring? Wait...no...no...the truth is...we both feel a bit frustrated because of our gained *weight* Considering our problem, on the supposedly the funnest night on a week, we only had hotpot without rice at XO Suki & Cuisine. Some boiled foods seems like less fat, less guilty right?

For those who never tried, Ms.AH will inform you that in XO you got to picked your shabu-shabu contents from 2 big chiller display, usually they put their display at the back of their restaurant. They arranged a wide varieties of meat balls, from beef to salmon, dumplings, slices beef, vegetables, noodles, and everything else that used to be throw in a hotpot. All those stuff is putting in small different colors plate which differentiate the price. At the end of your meal, the waiter will calculate your plates, what colors are they, and then giving you the bill. Maybe you can bring one of your big tote bag and hiding a few plates to save a bit of your pocket but, of course it just an idea, Ms.AH is an honest lady you know XP

SUSHI GROOVE @ MTA

A couple of days ago, Ms.AH went to MTA to renew passport but failed because of one incompetent person in the travel agency. Well, don't make a big fuss over a small unnecessary matter, let's just eat and be merry, shall we XD ? Since it was only Ms.AH and mom, we were looking for some light bites. It  was occur to Ms.AH that we haven't checking in to Sushi Groove for some times. So we did checking into there.

WENDY'S @ SENAYAN CITY

Not having any luck with fried chicken steak along the weekend, on the following Sunday night, Ms.AH made Mr.HATT to promise to take Ms.AH eating some fried chicken asap. As a real gentleman, Mr.HATT keep his promised and we went to Wendy's on the next day. Starting  the week with fast food, not bad huh :D We ordered a lot...really a lot...of those junk *feeling guilty afterward*

IKKUDO ICHI RAMEN @ PIK

Finally, Ms.AH and Mr.HATT successfully...officially...try the 'IT' ramen in town. Learning from the past, cash stashed *not much* in wallet and arrived at the scene after their peak hours (way over lunch time, around 2 PM something and they almost closed for afternoon tea break) had made our way going smoothly. Ms.AH was ordering  Ikkudo's Tori Kara, chicken ramen with ikkudo's special secret red spicy sauce. As you may all aware, here in Ikkudo we can customized the richness of the broth, the texture of our ramen, etc. and Ms.AH opt everything to be normal and had the curly type ramen. 

OUTBACK @ PONDOK INDAH MALL

For Jakartans, Outback is a well-known steak place, where you will definitely find a good steak with a not too good price of course. Whenever Mr.HATT's carnivore instinct arise, he will think about Outback, just like last Friday night. Ms.AH was about to buy a goggle at the time, for the sake of one-stop-shopping & eating, we choose to eat at Outback PIM. As an opening, we were served a loaf of wheat bread, still warm and fluffy. The bread was nice, accompanied with some butter, one word for that...yummy!

DOMINO'S PIZZA @ BELLEZZA

Domino's Pizza have been around for awhile now, adding more choices to us *pizza addict* XD In Ms.AH's mind, Domino's is great, been eating it quite often. Usually Ms.AH bought the pizza from their branch in Central Park but recently Ms.AH moved away from that area so. Yah well, in short, a few days ago Mr.HATT was really into munching some pizza and decided to get it asap. That's mean, we got to get it from the nearest branch which is the one in Bellezza, Permata Hijau.

FISH & CO @ MTA

There are not much choice of seafood restaurants in malls, from those few, Fish & Co stands out. No need further explanation, Ms.AH believed that almost everybody already familiar with this place. Ms.AH just visited parent's place, it was dinner time so the three of us decided to have some seafood feast. The seafood platter for two always been our all time favorite, we ordered this one then. It's consist of pan fried dory fish, grilled prawns, mussels, squids ( we asked the squids to be fried, usually it's grilled), rice paella, and fries...yup it's a huge dish. The seafood platter is drizzled with lemon butter sauce, well everything on the pan is just fantastic. For this dish, a long decription really not necessary, just try it and you won't regret it.

JALAN SURYAKENCANA : PETUALANGAN JAJAN MS.AH VOL.3 @ BOGOR

Sepanjang jalan Suryakencana adalah salah satu pusat jajanan yang paling ngetop di Bogor, hampir semua jajanan khas kota Bogor numplekplek semua di sini. Diantara banyaknya jenis jajanan di jalan ini, inceran utama Ms.AH adalah sebuah gerobak yang khusus menjual aneka pepes. Gak cuma jenis pepes yang udah biasa kita kenal aja yang dijual, ada juga pepes  sagu pisang dan nangka.

MIE YUN SIN (SAHABAT) : PETUALANGAN JAJAN MS.AH VOL.2 @ BOGOR

Target berikutnya adalah toko mie jadoel Yun Sin, letaknya tidak jauh dari Bogor Permai, seberangnya for more exact. Gak kalah kuat dari Bogor Permai, tempat ini juga udah ada sejak lama, bahkan pengunjungnya aja keliatannya ABG (Angkatan Babe Gue). Ms.AH dan Mr.HATT paling keren dah di sana hihihi. Karena masih rada kenyang akibat makan toge goreng, kita pesen 1 porsi mie aja untuk di share.

BOGOR PERMAI : PETUALANGAN JAJAN MS.AH VOL.1 @ BOGOR

Kayaknya kalo ngebahas jajanan abang2/mbak2 gak afdol yah pake bahasa Inggris hihihi, banyak term-term yang susah di bule-bulein gitu XP Misalnya pengen bilang 'abang tukang gorengan', kalo diinggrisin jadinya 'mr. fried food seller' gitu? Gak gaul banget kan!?*emang si abang tukang gorengan gaul apa?* Duh, cukup deh yang gak pentingnya, kembali ke pokok permasalahan! Ms.AH baru aja jajan-jajan di Bogor, maka oleh-olehnya adalah review-review makanan khas Bogor yang dibagi menjadi 3 bagian biar seru :)

KATSUSEI @ GRAND INDONESIA

Long...long time ago #when Ms.AH was still single and looking hihihi...Katsusei already exist and Ms.AH been dining there once. It was a blur memory but one thing is crystal clear, they are damn pricey.  Last month, Ms.AH's favorite voucher website were selling Katsusei with a quite reasonable price, so to refresh Ms.AH's memory about Katsusei, why not buying? Now, let's see what Ms.AH and Mr.HATT were having there.

KETUPAT SAYUR H.MAHMUD @ KEBAYORAN LAMA

Waktu jamannya masih jadi mbak2 kantoran Ms.AH demen banget lunch *the happiest time in workday* di sini. Judulnya emang ketupat sayur tapi bang haji ini jual nasi uduk ala Betawi juga. Terkenang enak-enaknya makanan disini, suatu siang waktu dapur lagi kekeringan, Ms.AH merapat ke kedai ini dan beli bungkus. Susah memutuskan antara mau ketupat sayur atau nasi uduk, akhirnya Ms.AH dapet ide brilian buat combine keduanya. Jadilah Ms.AH pesen nasi uduk, kuah ketupat sayur, ditambah telor pindang n bakwan udang.

SAMY'S CURRY @ PACIFIC PLACE

Since Ms.AH read the Samy's Curry menu in room service deliveries booklet, this place  have been sitting for some time on Ms.AH's must try list. But now Samy is gone already, Ms.AH and Mr.HATT just visited one of their branch. Samy's Curry is a franchise restaurant from Singapore, as read in the name, this place sells curry and other Indian foods, popular kind of food in Singapore. They have an open kitchen concept, therefore we can see that Samy's dishes cooked by an authentic looking Indian man. That night, we were kinda 'gelap mata' and ordering a lot...and a lot...

KEMANGI @ PESANGGRAHAN (PURI INDAH)

Like hubby like wifey, like Mr.HATT's sudden craving of drunken shrimps, Ms.AH also had food craving last week. After watching 'Food Surprise' about nasi lemak on late night TV show, Ms.AH suddenly had the urge to have some. So far, Ms.AH likes nasi lemak from Kemangi the most so that's where we headed right away XD. As always, the nasi lemak is tasty, very fragrant, and satisfying. Served with some shredded omelette, crunchy small fishes, melinjo crackers, and fried ground peanuts, this nasi lemak might be simple but never doubt its taste.

SUNCITY @ HAYAM WURUK

Once upon a time...errr....last week for more exact, Mr.HATT had this severe craving of 'drunken shrimps'. After doing a little research, Mr. HATT suggested that we eat at SunCity. For those who haven't been too familiar with the dish, let Ms.AH give some enlighten :D Drunken shrimp is referring to live shrimps cooked with wine,  no... the shrimps didn't get drunk because of drinking, hmmm just a little maybe? Usually the chef will cooked this dish in  front of the customer, entertain us with a little cooking acrobatic.

LOTTERIA @ LIPPOMALL, KEMANG VILLAGE

There are a new mall in the block, newest addition of the already mushrooming shopping purposed building in Jakarta. It's Lippomall aka Kemang Village, Ms.AH just went there today. Since the place relatively new, only a few tenants who  already open their business in here, of course one of them are Lotteria. It's some Korean fast food chain, they sell fried chicken to burger and fries with other typical fast food dishes.  Ms.AH was accompanied with beloved mom who felt like eating junk food at the time, so here we go.

TORIGEN JAPANESE CUISINE @ JALAN WIJAYA 1

Ms.AH and Mr.HATT gone crazy every weekend, always eat a bunch and spend a lot. Sigh, the last sentence is so not right. But worry no more, we just found an authentic japanese restaurant with good foods but quite pocket friendly. It is Torigen we talked about, located in South Jakarta where Japanese crowds can be easily spotted. We came here for a Saturday early dinner and Ms.AH didn't feel too hungry at the time so Ms.AH decided to have some light meals which turned out to be heavy on the stomach XP

THE CLASSIC HOT FUDGE SUNDAE & MUD PIE BY ISLAND CREAMERY *AGAIN* @ ALAM SUTRA

The weekend just ended *darn* and let's get our spirit up to start Monday by looking at this beautiful lookin' ice cream creation.  Sorry, exaggerating a bit :P , you know Ms.AH's affair with ice cream, it's a never ending story. Once again, yesterday Ms.AH was happened to be in the same neighbourhood with Island Creamery *hooray* (Ms.AH attending a very wild party in that area, well... a little guy turned 1 year old, what can be more wild than that *grin*)

SOTO PADANG H ST.MANGKUTO @ PINTU AIR,PASAR BARU

Last week Ms.AH ate at several different places, one of them was soto padang. The soto padang thing was Ms.AH's dad in law's idea. Apparently, he used to eat here since he was very young and he wanted to introduce soto padang to Mr.HATT who never try this dish before. For Ms.AH who already familiar with soto padang, this H St.Mangkuto soto was just okay. For starter, Ms.AH must highlighted about the tiny portion. They are using rice bowl to serve the soto, can you imagine how small it is? For around IDR.25,000,-  per bowl, Ms.AH think  that they must give us more of those soup. The soup tasted fine but the fried meat could be more crunchy. Oh well, Mr.HATT said that he has no interest to coming back, Ms.AH of course will obliged. So bye...bye..soto Padang H St.Mangkuto, you won't see us again.

SWEETS WEEKEND : D'BEANZ + A QUART OF BASKIN & ROBBINS @ GANDARIA CITY

It's weekend again everybody, the happiest days of a week XD So why don't we start it with sweetness. Ms.AH just wondering around Gandaria City and stumbled upon this little stall selling modern beancurd. They have several flavours; original, almond, durian,  and strawberry. After sampling all of them, Ms.AH choose the strawberry merely because Ms.AH never eat strawberry flavour beancurd  before, the fact is all other flavours also good. D'beanz beancurd have a very smooth and silky texture with  strong beans fragrant but at the same time we still can tasted the flavoring. Ms.AH dislike the traditional ginger flavour beancurd so this strawberry flavour  is a good new way to eat cold beancurd. Now Ms.AH can enjoy a cold beancurd dessert, thanks to d'beanz...

SAM & JOLLY @ CENTRAL PARK

After spending some time @ Starbucks, Ms.AH and gang moved to Sam & Jolly to grab some foods. We were not really hungry but Ms.AH influenced the others to try their signature 'Na Go Yo'. Ms.AH think that this nasi goreng is nice presented with good portion and have innovative side. The yogurt gave an unique touch to overall taste. Ms.AH quite enjoying this dish but not really blown away by it. Well, but Ms.AH must really appreciate the master mind who create this creative mix.

SALTED CARAMEL MOCHA FRAPPUCCINO @ STARBUCKS CENTRAL PARK

 Ms.AH just went for 'Bubulic' gang monthly meeting *please don't ask what the meaning of 'Bubulic'...let's just say the meaning is not pretty at all, very contrary from all the beauties of bubulic member XD* Anyway, like usual, before we had our serious meal, we always hang out in some coffee shop to share pre-newest gossips hihihihi. Since Starbucks offering buy 1 get 1 for their Frappuccino, without hesitation we were all agree to meet up there. I mean, who on the earth not love all the buy 1 get 1 offering out there :P

MIE BANGKA BINTARO BUT NOT @ BINTARO

One day, Ms.AH and mom did groceries shopping at Carrefour Permata Hijau. Since there wasn't much choice, we decided to grab some light meal at the food court. Mom claimed that she heard some good reviews about one of the kiosk, Mie Bangka Bintaro, so we gave it a try lah. This is what we ordered at the time.

RESTAURANT ANGKE @ KETAPANG

 Ms.AH think every chinese breed in Jakarta must be all very familiar with this legendary old restaurant or at least have knowledge about this place. Mr.HATT has been eating their food all his life and grown very fond of this place. Angke is those typical chinese restaurant where you will find three  or more generations of a family dine-in together. So it is a bit odd when Ms.AH and Mr.HATT-*ehm...ehm...a very young couple* often spend our date night there :) And this is our most recent trip to Angke.

THE GOODS CAFE @ PACIFIC PLACE

Last Saturday, one of Ms.AH's close friend was celebrating her li'l angel 1st birthday at BK Senayan City. After ate some burgers and fries, chit-chatting, and gossiping around, Ms.AH and Mr.HATT realized that the night still young and bright, such a waste if we just went straight home. Since Ms.AH been super curious about The Goods Cafe, hearing a lot of good comments regarding this place,then we decided to give it a try.

NEW ZEALAND ICE CREAM @ PLAZA SENAYAN

Ms.AH used to have this New Zealand Ice Cream regularly, but right after Baskin and Robbins have the special offer using Mega Credit Card, Ms.AH broke up with New Zealand and become engaged with Baskin. Sorry Newzea, discount items always been Ms.AH's weakness. Anyway, Ms. AH suddenly missing the sweetness of Newzea then bought two scoops of this yesterday. The unlucky flavour that got picked are Boysenberry Cream and Cookies n Cream. Well the Boysen turned out  to be too sweet but the Cookies was milky nice and got a lot of cookies crumble, just the way Ms.AH think about how a good cookies n cream ice cream should be. Now Ms. AH has a newest sweet affair to deal with.

SNACKY TIME : DORITOS, RITTER SPORT CHOCOLATE, FROZEN BITTERBALLEN

Ms.AH is a sucker for 'micin' taste hihihi, got this yummy umami Doritos specially imported from Singapore by Ms.AH's kindhearted sis in law. Not that we can't get it here, it just that Ms.AH doesn't feel like paying IDR.85.000,- to Ranch Market :P

EATON @ MTA

There's must be one or two or maybe several places that we usually go when we ran out of ideas about what to eat :D Because we know that no matter what, those one or two or several particular places will give us our comfort foods. For Ms.AH, one of those places is Eaton at MTA. Ms.AH never tried Eaton at other branches than MTA because rumour saying bad news. But it's still just rumours you know. Eaton is collaborating with two other brands; Ah Mei Cafe (serving Kopi Tiam style foods and beverages) and Sen Ju (serving Japanese foods), so you'll get plenty of choices.

PIELICIOUS (ONLINE STORE)

Ms.AH is a regular and loyal customer of those voucher websites. The most recent buying of Ms.AH was Pielicious fruit tartlets charged as little as IDR.30,000,- for ten pieces. But you know what, they charged quite pricey for the delivery to Ms.AH's area which is not really that far from Pielicious kitchen. It was even more expensive than the fruit tartlets price itself!