Monday, January 27, 2014

[JAPAN] DISNEYSEA TOKYO

THEMEPARK DAY!!! so excited. I rarely eat my breakfast at the hotel, so I decided to go to nearest mini market to buy something to be consumed. And taa-daa I bought Starbucks Matcha Latte! So yummy I think it tasted better than real greentea latte dine in, so creamy yet bitter. From my hotel to Disneysea, it only took about 1 hours, not that far and no traffic except when we were out from the freeway to the Disneysea's entrance gate. Along the way, I saw some Disney cute suttle buses and Disney hollywood hotel, hope maybe next time I can back here and stay there *fingercrossed* About 10.00 AM, We arrived and SO FREAKIN COLD! Wind was blowing hard and I left my gloves at the hotel *great* So happy because I came here in early december so It was not so crowded but for saving time, I took some fast passes , and here's some pictures!
STARBUCKS MATCHA LATTE ¥2000
DISNEYSEA's  ENTRANCE GATE





FIRST RIDE :
INDIANA JONES ADVENTURE
Well it likes indoor coaster, it tells the adventure from Indiana Jones that looking for some precious stones inside a cave.My embarassing picture has super annoying face :P

lunch area : 
ARABIAN COAST
JAPANESE CURRY




CURRY SAMPLER ( BEEF, CHICKEN, & SHRIMP ) WITH RICE AND NAAN ¥990
I AM SO FULL! so delicious japanese curry with different taste in every bowls, For the meat and chicken is so tender and lil bit spicy, and For the shrimp ( you see a bowl with cream on top) hmm ok but taste not too fresh. I totally in love with the rice, Japanese rice has the best taste *I think* sticky and has a good smell. And for the naan, tasted like unbaked roti prata, perfect match for curry but I prefer rice :9

2nd RIDE :
TOWER OF TERROR
UUUU haunted hotel! Come inside, take a lift and..... DROPPED! Like Hysteria in Dufan but indoor BOO!





CUTE MARIE!


snack time : 
REFRESCOS
located near Journey to the centre of the earth's area



MICKEY CHURROS WITH CHOCOLATE DIP ¥350 & HOT COCOA ¥260
churros tasted too crunchy and oily, chocolate dipping weird, but I love the hot cocoa, warm my body up, thick and bitter YUM!


I was so happy! I wish I never grow up so I always excited everytime I go to themeparks. :3 Disneysea is become my #1 Favorite theme park because of its adrenaline rides. Hope I can go back here so I can play  all rides since I just played around 8rides ( I cant imagined if I go here in high season, maybe I just can play about 2 rides HAHA ) Still more long long long super duper long stories more about my Japan Trip, ciao!

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Friday, January 17, 2014

COCO CURRY HOUSE best curry in town!

Last thursday night, I hung out with my office mates for some birthday treats YEYEEEE I just started my diet on Wednesday and it died on the next day BZ BZ BZ well shortly, I finally done making this review after this second visits, COCO CURRY HOUSE! Newly opened restaurant in Grand Indonesia, located next to pancious. Actually, I have seen Coco in Japan, so attractive displays but I am not a curry fan so I prefer eat ramen or sushi he he he But if I compared with other outlets in other countries, Indonesia's choice of menu is fewer. But it's ok, it still eye-catching and succeed make me confused with lots of choice of topping 

And how to order? Call the waiter lah LOL kidding. There are 2 kinds of curry, omelete curry or original curry. For Omelete curry, you can't customize it but for the original one you can! For you who in diet, you can less the rice (150g - less IDR 5K), or order the standard size (250g), or for your super hungry belly you can upsize the rice (350g - add. IDR 10K)(450g - add IDR 20k)(550g - add IDR 30K). Challenge yourself with the spiciness level 1 to 5, or add some additional topping to your curry!! You also can upgrade it with "SET A" = get a mini salad + any drink or "SET B" = get a mini salad + any drink + ice cream and jelly as dessert.






HAMBURG TOMATO CURRY + SPICY LEVEL 5 + SET A ( drink lemon tea) IDR 70K + 25K
The Hamburg is so yummy!!! I dont know what coco does with it, It just like heaven in a palm hand size minced beef unomnomnom when you take a bite it tasted so tender like melting in your mouth, combined it with sour fresh tomato and curry sauce CAN'T STOP!!! and for the salad, I like the dressing, sour and fresh, and for lemon tea, tasted watery and the glass is too small :p
CHICKEN CUTLET CHEESE CURRY IDR70K
best match! crispy chicken with melted cheese and spicy sauce :9 Good choice to add cheese in!
 STEAMED CHICKEN OMELET CURRY IDR 70K
i am totally in love with the omelet from the first time it came into my mouth, perfectly smooth, creamy, not overcooked, speechless........steamed chicken can be my guilty medicine after ate all of the rice because it doesn't contain fat #LIAR so smooth, creamy, and tender :9
CHICKEN CUTLET OMELET IDR 80KChicken cutlet tasted so tender and quite big and for curry itself is not too thick so flavory and yummy!
CREAM & MUSHROOM OMELET IDR 60K blow me away!!! totally gorgeously creamy! Combination of curry sauce and heavy cream is perfect although only with mushroom but tasted so fancy! Score : 100/100!
 COCO CURRY HOUSE
Grand Indonesia Shopping Town
West mall Level 3A unit E0 01-1
Jl. M.H Thamrin no. 1
Jakarta Pusat
Phone : (021) - 23580960

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

[SINGAPORE] "STANDARD" FOOD COURT

Singapore oh singapore, I always ask myself, why I never get bored traveling to this little country. I always miss to go back here and explore their cuisine. One of the most that I always eat if I go to Singapore is its "standard" local dishes at my favorite spot in City Hall area. I used to stay in a hotel nearby named Peninsula Excelsior. When I was a kid, my mom left me at the hotel while she's shopping, So me and my sister loved to buy something to be eaten. Go outside the hotel turn left and taa-daa there is a place like food court that sell Singapore Local dishes, drinks, and desserts. Always full every lunch time and dinner or when after office hour, people comes here chitchat and drink cold beer together with colleagues. Here in CityHall area, the price is still reasonable compared with in Orchard Road area.And these are some my favorite! :3


 PIG ORGAN SOUP S$ 4.00
love this soup! not too clear but so light and savory. The organ is so tender yet chewy. With celery sprinkles NOMNOM
 SEKBA S$ 4.5
too bad I forget the name, but in Indonesia we called it sekba. So good! see the fat layers ?? slruppppp Some samcan cut, tofu, pig skin and pig gut :9 SUPER NOMNOM 



  FRIED WONTON S$ 4.00

my most favorite!!! so crunchy outside, so damn hot inside HAHA 10 pieces of guilty pleasure served with sour sweet dipping. Minced pork, spring onion, and some copped cabbage inside are wonderful to the mars and back!

KOPI O- PENG S$ 1.50
go away sleepy head! Super strong ice americano called Kopi O (Coffee with sugar) - Peng ( ping in mandarin means cold/iced) even stronger than Starbucks' HAHA so thick and not too sweet as I wished
1S$ = IDR 9K


SIDE WALK
FOOD COURT
near Funan digital life mall
New Bridge Rd, City Hall
Singapore

[JAPAN] BEST RAMEN IN TOKYO

HUFFFFF i kinda boring with my office and i think I need some day offs :( Throw back my duty trip to Japan on december always makes me happy and wanting to go back to Japan. One crazy night that I have done in Tokyo was trying a traditional ramen house in the middle of the night!! SUPER CRAY CRAY SUPPER! actually I NEVER eat something heavy after 9 P.M. My friend said that if you come to Tokyo and stay around Ikebukuro area, you have to try this. Lucky me! I stayed at Hotel Metropolitan in Nishi-Ikebukuro ( West Ikebukuro ). 

And how to get to this super ramen house?? Oh iya, by the way it named MUTEKIYA RAMEN HOUSE. Exit the hotel from the front gate turn left just go damn straight, go , go , go , until you find a  big cross and this located on your left side, so easy, isn't it??

"L" long line queueing didn't make me give up waiting for it HAHA It was -3'c outside so cold! I kept imagining a big bowl of ramen with hot pork crazy broth AAAA :'''') I didn't care of getting fat because of having supper at 11 PM HAHA While queueing, the waiter came out, gave me a menu and took a note of my order. So happy because the waiter could speak english! It took time for me to decided what to order because all menu is in Japanese so I just randomly chose it based on attracting picture in it. There are 2 sizes for the noodle, big one is 400 grams and the small one is 200grams. I chose the small one lahhh so crazy if I ordered the big one HAHA. After 45 minutes, freezing finally I came in BABY!!!!!

Ramen houses in Japan always have a small space not like in Indonesia. Mutekiya only has about 20 seats in it. So warm inside *so happy* On my table, there are some ramen additional seasoning, chili oil, chili powder, vinegar, soy sauce and garlic with its masher. For the drink, here they serve a jar of cold water and one clear smaller jar for thick green tea essence. 

Not took to long, my order was coming! OMG the small size is as big as Indonesia's large size. Very very attractive *ngiler* Smells so good. First impression when I slruppppp the broth OMG OMG OMG so damn thick!!!!! so porky so savory so crazy AAAAA this broth called as Tonkotsu Shoyu Ramen, made from pork bone ( tonkotsu) that being boiled for long long time until it broke and shoyu (Japanese soy sauce)( in every area has different kind of Ramen you can check it here ) then I gave some mashed garlic and other seasoning wuuuuuuu I touched the buta(s) so tender so fat so thick. The noodle texture is so chewy, not to big, and perfectly cooked. Other "thing" inside are yummy egg, spinach, spring bamboo, and green onion.

After only about 15 minutes, my belly was fully filled. And I reduced porky taste in my mouth with drink a full glass of pure green tea essence without water, so bitter but porky taste was gone away after that. My mouth was being ripped!! My super unforgettable dish in Japan. 45 minutes of waiting was priceless. That crazy bowl of happiness only priced ¥800 super worth it if you compared it with Indonesian ramen house. Hope God gives me chance to go back to Tokyo to eat this thousand more times! BEST RAMEN SO FAR IN MY LIFE !! 


1¥ = IDR 110

MUTEKIYA
RAMEN HOUSE
MinamiikebukuroToshimaTokyo PrefectureJapan
Phone : +81 3-3982-7656