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Nasi Goreng Hitam

Long John with beef paste, beef kebab, Cheese and Egg.

Ice Durian Ovomaltine

I finally sat down and eat in OTW food street. The recent hip place in Kelapa Gading. Always crowded with people and only open in the evening.

I came with a group of friends who's as curious as I was. So we queued and surprisingly we wait for a while and then we're called to our table. Quite fast actually, i didn't expect that. OTW street food is actually somekind of food court concept. It consist of 4 different food joint - martabak, drinks, dessert (cendol and durian and Kue Cubit) and the main course (noodles, rice and burgers). You order them on the respective seller, pay them first and the food will be delivered to your table.

Getting a table was fast but a different story in queuing to order and food delivery. They really did take quite sometime. The queue for ordering in the main course section was.. not really long, but each customer took sometime to order. Basically because they didn't put a big menu where everyone can see and choose while they wait and not enough menu books. And the cashier was not being helpful, i mean she could really hasten the ordering proses but i find her somewhat slow in responding when i ordered. And the food getting out from their kitchen is really sloooowwww, i didn't count but i'm guessing we're waiting around 30 minutes until we can get our Long John. The rice meal was quicker to be delivered. Kinda weird, because i'd assumed that rice meal needs time to prepare while burger and sandwich is basically half prepared already. But that's what happen. *shrugs*

The black squid fried rice (Nasi goreng hitam) taste quite good in my opinion. This is my first time eating squid ink fried rice. So i can't compare to any other, but i found it taste ok. Different from usual fried rice and to compare them i think i prefer the usual one, but this one quite appetising XD While the long john taste like.. I almost can't taste any beef, only bread and tomato sauce and mayonnaise. Though they did grilled the bun so it's a bit crunchy on the inside but nothing special. Beef patty should be a better choice but they haven't sell the Long John with beef patty yet. And another let down is they don't have french fries!!!! I love to have the burgers with french fries.

The Durian ovomaltine though... YUMMY!!!! i really love it!!!! Shaved ice, durian juice, grass jelly, chocolate ice cream and then poured with a squirt of ovomatine. Apart from the grass jelly, i thought it's pretty good combination. I didn't expect chocolate going well with durian but it does. The only thing annoying is the grass jelly, because i don't think it fits together. And it's quite expensive, durian ovomaltine 30k but still i would go and buy it again XD The service is fast too, either ordering and delivering is fast. so I'm really satisfied.

On the place, I think it's just so so, half of the place is outdoor. But I think it's better to sit outside since the indoor was quite hot, albeit all the air conditioner was on full blast. The place was packed, the seat is small so not so comfy to sit on for a long time. The pricing is affordable, main course ranging from 20-40k, Long John 45-55k, drinks 5-40k, desserts 15-30k. I didn't check the martabak one so i can't say for sure.

All in all, i really love the durian. I'll go back just for that XD

OTW food street

Jl. Kelapa Kopyor Raya, Blok BA 2 No. 1

Kelapa Gading

Jakarta Utara

Opening: 4 - 10 pm.

For couple of days we've been using this place for our ads shooting projects. So naturally when i was surrounded by cake, it was my natural instinct to go and want to eat them XD especially the chocolate one XD

So at the end of the shoots, i finally lost to temptation and just order what i had wanted for days. The chocolate oreo tart (47.5k). It was what i have expected, chocolate. Though it looks so small, I actually can't finish it. I was surprised that it was so dense with dark chocolate, chocolate ganache, chocolate sponge complete with the tart crust at the bottom. I was hoping for it to be more moist than it was and as usual i'm not a fan of tart crust. It was not DA BOMB but it was enough to satisfy my cravings XD

Hmmm the other fruit tart looks extremely tempting XD

Tart Tart
Jl. Kelapa Nias Raya Blok QE 1 No.11,
Kelapa Gading, Jakarta
Opening times: 10am-10pm

Mocha

Ice Cappucinno

French Toast

Big Breakfast

Q-tan is a coffee drinker and she found this cafe since she went past it a few times. She told me she has interest to visit it and try their coffee (she is a legitimate coffee lover unlike me XD) And of course if it's a cafe i would like to check on it XD

So last saturday we went and visit it. I must say, it did look interesting from the front. There's parking space but parking in south area is always tricky as usual. But we didi get a parking space fine and we went in.

The place is simplistic, in natural tone and very welcoming. This would be the perfect cafe for working. I spot a few cushion seat but most of the seat is wooden seat some with back support, some only stools. They use a very large glass windows so a large amount of natural light, since i was visiting during daytime. The lighting on the store itself is pretty subdued, soft evening light kinda feeling.

Came in the store and went straight to ordered on the ordering desk. The ordering is pretty challenging on it's own. They only provide, menus on the ordering desk, we pretty much spent quite a while in front of the cashier because of that. (I'm choosy XD) Which make me feel rushed since there are other customer queuing behind us. And after you pay they give us number and then you can choose where to seat, wherever you want to XD.

I ordered Mocha and French toast while Q-tan have Big breakfast and Iced Cappuccino (they have all day breakfast here, which is always get a high point from me XD) Usually i'm staying away from coffee on weekend, unless i really have to drink them. But since we were visiting a place that are well known for their coffee, I thought i should have made an exception.

My mocha was exquisite, creamy, not overly sweet, balance between chocolate, milk and coffee. The coffee itself is not strong, I felt fine drinking it without adding anything or making me nauseous afterwards. Q-tan also said that the coffee was good (that's a certified comment there XD) My french toast was fluffy and soft and lovely, would be perfect if they gave us more maple syrup because i'm such a sweet tooth but it's great. While Q-tan's big breakfast have quite a flaw in my opinion. the corn fritter taste a bit bland, great salsa sauce on top though but the fritter itself is bland and the texture feels like i was eating corn shell. They also overcooked the poached eggs, so there's no melting yellow goodness, which is disappointing. but the sausage taste heavenly, greatly seasoned. Overall was ok but surely it could be better.

Pricing is pretty upscale. Drinks varies between 25-40 (I didn't manage to really learn the menu, i knew they also sell non-coffee drinks but i didn't properly see the drink menu so yeah i could be wrong) Breakfast varies around 50-90k, they also sell desserts and pastries. I spent around 102k for my french toast and mocha, while Q-tan spent around 110k.

The place was pretty crowded when we were there, most of them doing works and meeting to discuss things. No wonder really, the ambience really do support you to do your works XD I'm pretty hooks with this place and would be great place for me to do my works. Too bad it's so far away. at least i will try to come back for the desserts next time XD

One Fifteenth

Jl. Gandaria I no. 63

Jakarta Selatan

ph: (021) 7225678

Working hours: 7 am- 9 pm

www.1-15coffee.com

	~ tokie ~ (@tokiekins)
10/05/2014 11:45 pm Day 16 #100happydays : food hunting (and getting lost and collecting fat) with @aQuacchi <3 pic.twitter.com/wfGC11Zuky

Gluton Saturdate with Q-tan!!! Awesome like usual! 3 restaurant, will review 2 of them soon-ish >.<

Also Q-tan give me candy-like bracelet... It's sooooo CUTE *_* happpyyyy~~~~

Lunch : one fifteenth cafe

Prezzies!!!

Dinner: kaiten sushi by ippeke

Afternoon desserts: pipiltin cocoa

~ tokie ~

Been quite a while i want to visit this place since i learn about their quirky name. Dialogue can also be read as Dia (he/she), Lo (you), Gue (me) in jakarta slang. Genius! And finally i got a reason to go there XD my cousin asked me to buy a radio made of wood for her. And the sell it in this store. So i drove way to Kemang.

I met up with 'birulangit' a friend of mine who live in Kemang area to have lunch there as well. The place is a bit hard to spot at first because they are close to the corner and their sign is on the side wall, they didn't have high billboards and a little bit hidden. I almost miss it but i manage to notice their sign right on XD. And their entrance door is a bit tricky. They are located on the left side of the building, almost seems like house door because it made of wood without glasses, i thought it was wood wall XD

So i manage to get in, swoon by the goods that they sell and almost scream here and there before i manage to find the radio right in the middle, paid them and head inside to find this huge place. Not many seat, and more accommodate for the art space. And the green open room at the back. It was raining so it's a bit cool and relaxing on the back.

They serve all day breakfast so of course that's what i ordered. With hot chocolate to complete my breakfast. While birulangit ordered fish and chips with lemon tea. They really came in big size although the size is so so. My scrambled egg need more salt and my bacon need to be more crunchy but my chicken sausage was tender and they use a good butter. While birulangit fish and chips... I thought they ought to serve sauce with it and of course salad dressing to accompany them. I ended up asking for sauce and they came in tiny saucer XD i love ketchup and chilly sauce... So of course i need much more sauce XD

The lemon tea is genuinely lemon and tea, that's a plus. But the hot chocolate remind me of some chocolate milk brand, which is too sweet for me. I prefer dark chocolate and this one is nor for me.

The price range for food is somewhere between 25-60k with drinks from 15-40k. I think they are quite alright. Pretty decent compared with the quantity.

But i really fell in love with the place. I would love to go there and do my work there. I would probably go there often if it was somewhere near my home. Too bad they are far away. I love to go there again though, just for the art and the cozy place (not the chair though, mind you XD)

When we dine there i did notice in glance that they're closing around 6, i assume they got private event on the night and we did told that last order is at 4.30 pm. So do take note or call them if you plan to go there. And of course do take a look on their shop too before looking at the art XD (they are at the front so of course you won't miss them XD)

Dia.Lo.Gue
Jl. Kemang selatan 99A
Jakarta
Ph: 021 7199671/72

I've been wanting to visit this place for months because i love tea. Such and obvious reason XD i tried them when i went to Singapore. The experience of tea time pulled me back again. Last time i drank their tea, i didn't find it to my liking so this time, i was convinced i should get something not with chocolate.

When we came at 5.30pm, we had to wait. There were 5 names above us but they welcome us to browse around the store and took photos as much as you want, they also offered to take pictures for you. Apart from the dining area, they display all the cups and cattle and tea related stuff for sale. Including cakes, macaroons and their tea of course. They got well over 400 type of tea here. So it's kinda confusing to find the right one for you. Take time to browse around, i found their display interesting and they were ready to offer you help if you got lost amongst the tea. XD just like i did when i was getting confuse on the million tea, and i love smelling them. So when they caught us busy smelling tea, they came to us and explaining which tea is good for afternoon, which one is the best seller, which one is pretty good for diet. I had fun while waiting and also have a good idea on what to order.

So when our turn came, we got seated right in. The dining area is pretty cramped so it feels like we are sharing table with the couple beside us. For a person who likes privacy, i feel a bit threatened XD. We decide to order the dessert package that consist of 5 tea pastries (scones, financier, celenes, muffin, madeleine) and 3 macaroons. And of course purple buds for the one (who's having a fake) on diet.

The tea came first but the nibbles came a bit later, i almost emptied 2 cups of tea when they came. And i could barely ate them all. Just not my liking, i should have stick with cakes instead. It's too heavy and too dense for me. Unfortunately my tea choice wasn't my cup of tea either. The purple buds, taste light and it taste like tea with too much tap water. And since we finished the tea while we barely eat the nibbles, we ordered another one for share. Pisuko choose Rum tea. And it's a mistake for us too. We need bitter tea to washed down the sweetness of the nibbles but the rum is pretty light with a hint of rum and it smells sweet. Not too much help.

The price range for the tea is between 42k-100k per tea pot which make approximately 4-5 cups of tea, unrefillable of course XD food range from 35-350k including sets. They got brunch from 11-3pm also tea time from 3-6pm.

We are pretty much beaten down to try to find a great tea to suit us but well we might come down to give them a last try with some extensive research maybe?! It's a plus they have a great service and a comfy seat XD

TWG tea salon and boutique

Plaza Senayan Level 1 Unit 109A

Jl. Asia Afrika No. 8, Senayan

Jakarta
Indonesia

Ph:(021) 5725276

~ tokie ~

I've been dying to try them out. The only stopping me is because i'm trying to cut my high sugar intake, i am constantly on diet because i always failed to do so.

Just exactly what happen when i decided to screw diet and walk to this store. Ain't regretting it XD i was actually planning to do my work in the usual cafe, but it's so crowded i can't even find a space to sit down. So instead i went to this place. They got wifi, good bright place, got plugs so i went in.

I got myself a slice of mudpie (39k) and hot black tea (10k). The tea came in a small cup although they gave free hot water refill. I drank lots so they came back and forth to get my cup refilled. Great staff, polite and kind.

When the mudpie came, i didn't realise i ordered icecream pie, i thought it was normal cake but it's actually icecream pie made chocolate and cookies and cream icecream with burn caramel and chocolate pie crust top with oreo crush on top. This is what i mean deliciously sinful. The bitter taste of burn caramel blend together with the sweet icecream and since they also got dark chocolate crust and the oreo cookies (the black part only), it works beautifully when you eat them all together. Usually when you ate ice cream you get sick of the sweetness but this mudpie is not overly sweet. The portion is pretty big. I love it so much!!!! People shared this between them but i ate them all by myself. I'm sweet lovers so that's to be expected.

The price is a bit expensive but for this size and taste... I can accept it. XD the place is pretty neat, wifi works fine albeit a bit slow and they got child lounge for those who have kids. It's more of a family place than a hangout place. The chair ain't that comfy. Such a shame but i'll be back to try other stuff.

Island creamery
Gading walk, Mal kelapa gading
Jl. Boulevar Raya
Kelapa Gading, Jakarta

We actually ate here a while back. Around 2 weeks ago, for celebrating belated birthday of p-chan XD

We was actually torn between this place and another one but since we though this one look cosy, we went in. Since our little gathering took hours so of course cosy have to be one of the important factors XD and i was glad we went in. The decor details is so nice, i can't appreciate it when we were standing in front of the restaurant but when we went in, i saw a lot of detailed that went into the decor. I was surprised to see they use real books on the table. It did feel like we are in some european house taking lunch XD i adore the decor!

Mango Yogi & Purple Lust

Mika Capuccino (was so tempted to call them Mikapucinno!)

Then we ordered, mitsu got salmon oatmeal and mango yogi, p-chan got fish katsu on egg mayo and Mika cappuccino, and i got chicken nabe with purple lust. When they drink came we kinda get a tad to excited snapping here and there XD all of us get excited with an appearance of pretty food so they win us with the presentation. But mitsu got problem with the mango yogi, she said it's too sweet for her so she swapped with my purple lust which actually was still too sweet for her but better compared with the mango yogi. She even add water on the purple lust! I think she should stay away from all the syrup flavored drinks! And mika cappuccino taste... Bland, it's just weak coffee, abundant milk... Cute appearance but just bleh.

On to the food, i actually like the fish dish, both of it. And i kinda dislike mine. It's just... Salty soup with chicken and rice, simple taste nothing spectacular. While fish dish has much flavor. Nut again mitsu doesn't really like tomato puree so she swap with p-chan for the fish katsu XD personally i like the salmon oatmeal it was something different and it taste good, except that the fish flavor us a bit off they got fishy flavor, maybe they didn't use fresh fish? And the fish on egg is a good fish and chips. We also ordered sweet potato chips and hojicha panacotta. The chips is ok, i just wish they make it sugar glisten chips XD but it's not they served it with chilly sauce (i thought it went better with tomato sauce) and the hojicha panacota is a ok too, the hojicha taste like coffee. It taste good but it's just that, nothing mentionable. Maybe the green tea is better.

Salmon Oatmeal

Fish Katsu On Egg Mayo

Chicken Nabe

Sweet Potato chips

Hojicha panacota

Overall i actually quite like it. The price not too expensive, the food is quite good. The place is cute. I actually like to go back again.

If you go there make sure you asked what other menu that they offer, they got a lot of stuff that they offer but they didn't put on a menu, a seasonal dishes or drinks ;)

Mika - Japanese Bistro
Food Society, Kota Kasablanka
Jl. Casablanca Raya Kav. 88
Jakarta

Indonesia

Last week when i was waiting for my brother who participate in instameet at Central Park Mall, i went to Liberica coffee to do my work.

I heard their coffee is good, but since it was already 3pm if i do get a strong coffee i would probably be awake for the rest of the day and night so i opted for hot chocolate.

The hot chocolate was creamy and chocolaty and a bit too rich for me because of the sweetness. I'm not sure what they add but it's sweet for me, a bit bitter would be perfect. While my brother had oreo chocolate ice blend which i didn't take photo off (stupid me!). Taste much better than mine. It taste a little bit coffee-ish blend but it was non coffee drink so must be dark chocolate XD it's good, I would opt for that next time. But the price is pretty steep for this joint. My hot chocolate is 39k while my bro is 43k (if my memory serves me right, i remember the total being 92k for sure)

The place wasn't that cosy for working, the sofas isn't aerodinamic enough for my back. It's great for hang out place BUT they don't have non smoking area. I work there with almost all people smoking and it's get so bad until my eyes watering and it hurts. It would be better to sit in outdoor seating area since the aircon inside was almost not working in my opinion. So hot and so smoky! Not a really good experience for me!

But i'm still wondering about their coffee so i'm going to try them again someday but just not inside. They also have plugs on the outdoor area. Still... Won't be anytime soon. I need to work out the smoke trauma from the last time first D:

Liberica coffee
Central Park Mall, GF
Jl. Letnan Jendral S. Parman Kav.28
Jakarta

Finish one project.

And since they have a promo buy one get one free with the hazelnut mocha, i got double shot of caffeine.

I got high!

Because i'm too sleepy... A big mug of chocolate XD

Please do keep me awake, sugar! XD

I tried out another cafe while i'm doing my work XD

I ended up going to this cafe while it was terribly hot today D: and my father insist on accompanying me while he'a waiting for his meeting time.

I got myself a hazelnut coffee mocha while my father got an ice chocolate. After trying out this, i'm convince and Korean tends to have their cafe sweet. Granted they said that hazelnut cafe mocha taste sweeter than cafe mocha, but since i don't need to add another sugar it's mean it's sweeter than it should XD

I got mine with whipped cream on top. I'm not sure if they use instant or they made it their own but their whipped cream is sooo milky and sweet. It's heavy for me. I think i got a lot of calorie from these D: it taste pretty ok and the coffee is weak.

The ice chocolate is good, strong flavour and sweet and chocolaty but not overly sweet... Well for me XD but i always got hot chocolate because creamy drinks taste stronger when you have it hot but well with this kind of weather ... Ice will help! D:

I didn't get to eat their cake since i was too full, and they didn't look too appealing either. But their wifi is fast i can get a lot of work done while my drinks still half full XD

Their pricing is pretty average both of our drinks cost 32k each, we got small cup but for me it's quite big for a coffee. I'm pretty happy for it.

Since they're located in lotte mart just right in front of the supermarket, it was very noisy but it's cozy enough with big sofas. Not a great place for hangout but for work (if you're ok with noise) and for relaxing after shopping is not a bad place XD will be back for the speedy wifi And trying out their hot chocolate ;)

Angel-in-us coffee
Jl. Boulevar raya barat
Kelapa Gading, Jakarta
Indonesia

(Their tray is so cute XD cute drawing!!!)

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