Aranzi Cafe

Looking for a nice café to hang out in Kelapa Gading - Jakarta? You may try Aranzi Café.

I guarantee, you (especially ladies) will be falling in love after seeing the cakes that they have. These cake designs are super cute.

We try Black Rabbit's Chocolate Fruit Cake and Horse's Vanilla Mousse.

Black Rabbit's Chocolate Fruit Cake IDR55.000

Horse's Vanilla Mousse IDR55.000



Black Rabbit's Chocolate Fruit Cake toppings contains four types of fruits (Strawberry, Kiwi, Grape and Peach). The fruits are fresh enough in a big portion. But, it's too bad that the cake doesn't taste really good. It's dry and too thick. It would be better if the cake is not so thick. 

 

 

Horse's Vanilla Mousse is very tasty. This cake becomes our favorite in here. You will not regret for choosing this cake :)


For the drink, we try Banana Milk Special.

Banana Milk Special IDR43.000

Although I like banana, I feel this beverage is not good. Sorry to say this, it tastes weird.

 

Will I go there again? Yes. Although we don't like Black Rabbit's Chocolate Fruit Cake and Banana Milk Special, but we really love their Horse's Vanilla Mousse :)

Aranzi Café Interior

 

Details

Name: Aranzi Cafe

Address: Mall Kelapa Gading - Gading Walk Island C-02 Jakarta Utara - Indonesia



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Tai-Parfait

Today I will share with you about a famous dessert among youngsters and girls named Tai-Parfait.

Tai-Parfait (a.k.a Taiyaki Parfait) is a dessert that is made from the combination of Japanese dessert (Taiyaki) and French dessert (Parfait).

Basically, they put whipped cream/ice cream, chocolate sauce/caramel sauce, chocolate stick, and azuki/fruits (banana, strawberry) on the top of taiyaki mouth.

It's a very smart idea for creating this dessert. The cute looks of Tai-Parfait makes this dessert popular among girls and in a very short time, it becomes a famous dessert in Singapore. 

Over there, I order Strawberry Chocolate. Strawberry Chocolate consist of whipped cream, strawberry, chocolate sauce and chocolate stick.

This Strawberry Chocolate Tai-Parfait is amazingly delicious. The combination between taiyaki and the toppings are perfect.

Will I go there again? Yes

Tai Parfait Interior

Strawberry Chocolate $4.90

Details

Name: Tai-Parfait

Address: 200 Victoria Street #B1-03A Bugis Junction

Nearest MRT: Bugis MRT

 

Opening Hours

Daily: 10:00AM - 10:00PM

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Kue Cubit and Kue Laba-Laba

Hi All. Today I will introduce you to some delicious Indonesian street snack named Kue Cubit and Kue Laba-Laba.

You can easily find Kue Cubit & Laba-Laba seller around primary school area. These snacks are my childhood favorite snacks.

Commonly, this seller is selling two different snacks: Kue Cubit and Kue Laba-Laba.

Kue cubit (a.k.a Pinch Cake) is made from flour, baking powder, sugar and milk. After it's half cooked, the seller will pour chocolate granules on top of the cake. 
 

Kue Cubit

 

 

Curious why do they named it kue cubit? It's because of the small size, they need to pinch the cake to eat it. Normally the seller will serve this cake after it's cooked enough. But upon request, you can order half cooked kue cubit (cooked on bottom and half cooked on top).

Kue Laba-Laba (a.k.a Spider Cake) is using the same ingredient as kue cubit without chocolate granules. The name of Kue Laba-Laba is inspired by this cake shape that is similar as the spider web.  This Kue Laba-Laba is crispy enough.


 Kue Laba-Laba

Below are pictures on how to make kue cubit and kue laba-laba.

Kue Cubit

 

 

 

 Kue Laba-Laba

 

Kue Cubit & Kue Laba-Laba seller

 

 

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Jamie`s Italian

A few months ago (duh, lazy me, for only manage to post it by now?!?!), , my manager treated my team for dinner at Jamie`s Italian restaurant.
 
We decided to choose this place because we were curious of "how tasty Jamie Oliver dish will be? -- as he is very famous chef".

Despite many not-so fantastic reviews from fellow bloggers, I still dared to persuade my other colleague to try the restaurant.

When we arrived at Jamie`s Italian restaurant, we were amazed with their classic and cosy interior decoration. It's so cool.

We ordered Crispy Squid, Rump Steak, Bruschetta Board, SPC Marinara, Crab Spaghetti, Mushroom Risotto, Tagliatelle Bolognese and Funky Chips.

FYI, almost all the dishes have 2 different portions: small and big. All of the dishes that we tried are in big portion. Actually, the big portion is not “that really big”. For me personally, it's just a common adult portion.  I believed the small options is referring to kid’s portion.

My favorites are Crispy Squid and Funky Chips. Those dishes are tasty. You may consider to order it.

Rump steak is quite salty. If you prefer to reduce your salt intake, you might reconsider to order this dish :)

The rest of those dishes` taste are so-so only.

Overall, we were not satisfied with the foods that we tried. I believed if Jamie Oliver cooked those dishes himself, the taste will be so much better (and of course the price will be so much higher)..

Will I go there again? No.

Crispy Squid S$11.50



Rump Steak S$28.50

Funky Chips S$6.50



Mushroom Risotto S$26.50

 

 

Jamie`s Italian Interior

 

Details

Name: Jamie`s Italian

Address: 1 HarbourFront Walk #01 165-167 Vivo City

Nearest MRT: HarbourFront MRT

 

Opening Hours

Sunday - Thursday: 12:00PM - 12:00PM

Friday - Saturday: 12:00PM - 11:00PM

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Le Cuisine

Hello December, the most wonderful month of the year!!!
 
Today I want to share one awesome post to you all. Chef Daniel Koh opened a new restaurant named Le Cuisine restaurant at ChinaTown Point.

In this restaurant, you will find his impressive “must try dishes" that combines the technique of European cooking with Asian flavours and spices.

One of the must try dishes that I ordered was Signature Crabmeat Burger.

Signature Crabmeat Burger consists of crabmeat and ebi burger with fried egg, served with stir-fried cabbage, okra and tomato. This dish is very delicious.

For the desserts, I tried Chocolate Fondant. This Chocolate Fondant served with Vanilla ice cream. It's yummy as well.

So what are you waiting for?!?!  Bring your love one to visit this place. It's worth to try.

Will I go there again? Yes

Signature Crabmeat Burger $13.50

Chocolate Fondant $6.50

 

Le Cuisine Interior

Details
Name: Le Cuisine
Address: ChinaTown Point #B2-34 & 36
Nearest MRT: ChinaTown MRT

Opening Hours
Lunch: 11:00AM - 03:00PM
High Tea: 03:00PM - 06:00PM
Dinner: 06:00PM - 10:00PM

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Happy eating with maximum $5 at Zaiman Corner

Yippie, its Friday again!!!! Today I am back with “Happy eating with maximum $5” article. So sorry for MIS for the past few weeks.  

If you looking for Halal foods around China Town area, I believed this article will be useful for you.  I found Zaiman Corner food stall while exploring a new place with my colleague for lunch. 

At first, I never realise about Zaiman Corner whereabouts. After looked around for all the food stalls in that hawker centre, I am curious about Zaiman Corner because this stall have the longest queue compare with other stalls. So without hesitation, I decided to ordered my lunch at Zaiman Corner.

They sell many types of malay dishes such as Lontong, Nasi Lemak, Mee Siam, Mee Rebus, Mee Soto, Soto Ayam and Tahu Goreng. They also have mixed rice. The mixed rice price is vary depend on how many meat and vegetables that you choose.

Other than normal menu that I mentioned earlier, they also provide special menu that not same everyday:
- Monday and Wednesday: Nasi Ambeng
- Tuesday and Thursday: Nasi Ayam Penyet
- Friday: Nasi Briyani

That time, I tried Nasi Ambeng. FYI, Nasi Ambeng is a dish that consists of white rice prepared with chicken cooked in spicy tomato sauce, achar, shredded coconut mixed with beansprout, potato with longbean, fried coconut flesh, perkedel and cooked chili sauce. 

The portion is big and it's very delicious. I am quite amaze with the taste. It's beyond my expectation.

Will I go there again? Yes. 

Nasi Ambeng $5

Zaiman Corner stall

 

Details

Name: Zaiman Corner

Address: 34 Upper Cross Street #01-170

Nearest MRT: China Town MRT

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Jakarta Street Food Festival (14 - 30 November 2014)

From November 14-30, 2014, La Piazza has Jakarta Street Food Festival. This festival is a good place for you to enjoy your day by eating delicious foods after tired working. 

You may expect many delicious local foods and international foods in this festival. I found some foods that was also sold in Singapore like Hot Star Large Fried Chicken, Egglet, Taiyaki,  Nasi Lemak, Prata and Ice Cream Wafer.

In that time, we only tried two dishes: Bubur Kuning with Chicken and Perkedel at Bubur Kuning Plus2 and Bakso at Bakso Radja.

Bubur Kuning (Yellow Porridge) is made from porridge mixed with turmeric. Turmeric produces yellow color. They add chicken, Cakwe (Youtiao) and Perkedel into this yellow porridge. It's delicious. The only comment with this porridge is having small portion.

Bubur Kuning Plus2

Bakso Radja that we ordered was contained of four pieces of bakso (beef ball), one piece of egg beef ball and one piece of tofu. It was yummy and the soup was also delicious.

Bakso Radja

 

The interesting part in this festival is that they are using fake paper money like Monopoly money. In order to get this fake paper money, you need to exchange with real money at money counter.
 

Fake Paper Money

Be sure to visit this festival if you have time before it's end.

Jakarta Street Food Festival

 

Event Details

Name: Jakarta Street Food Festival

Date: 14 - 30 November 2014

Location: La Piazza Kelapa Gading, Jakarta Utara Indonesia

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