Minggu kemarin saya dan hubby K pertama kalinya nyobain yang namanya Steak Hotel by HolyCow! Hahaha iya bener, ini baru pertama kali alias ketinggalan banget hehe Tapi kan better late than never kaann? hehehe...

Anyway, singkat cerita.. Berhubung yang paling deket sama rumah kita itu adalah TKP (Tempat Karnivora Pesta) Holycow di Kemang jadilah kita menuju kesana menjelang jam 8 malam. Tempatnya berupa bangunan dua lantai kecil di pinggir jalan raya Kemang (alamat lengkapnya ada di bawah), dari luar agak gelap sih jadi hati-hati kelewatan kalau mau kesana karena nggak ada sign lampu yang terang atau baliho gede. Cuma ada tulisan Holycow! di tingkat dua bangunan.

Berhubung waktu itu cuma bawa tas clutch kecil jadi saya gak bawa kamera pocket karena ga muattt hehehe Walhasil untuk review kali ini hanya bermodalkan kamera HP aja yaa...

Oke, untuk TKP di Kemang ini area duduknya ada di bagian atas, di bagian bawah sebenernya cuma untuk area dapur sama kasir aja. Tempatnya lucu, bersih, artistik, dan nampak pretty cool (jiehh.. ;p).

Nggak pake lama saya langsung pesen Wagyu karena emang udah kebelet banget pengen cobain wagyu yang katanya lebih lembut dan lebih juicy dibanding daging biasa. Hubby K pesen yang jenis Prime karena kata temen kantornya yang Prime juga enak.

Pesanan saya: 

Wagyu Sirloin Steak (well done) dengan BBQ sauce

Pesanan K: 

Prime Sirloin Steak (well done) dengan Mushroom Sauce

Untuk rasa, dua-duanya sama enaknya. Saus mushroom-nya yummy, kentang-nya besar-besar dan enak banget, dan sebagai pengganti coleslaw disediakan tumis bayam dengan setengah potong cherry tomato ;p Agak unik sih makan steak pake bayem, tapi lumayan juga buat penyeimbang nutrisi biar nggak daging melulu isi perutnya ;p

Untuk steak-nya sendiri sih kita berdua setuju kalau Wagyu tetep yang paling enak hehe Yang Prime juga enak kok tapi kalau dibanding dengan yang wagyu sih masih lebih lembut wagyu. Overall sih puas sama rasa dan porsi steak nya. Potongan daging nya lumayan besar dan kentang nya pun banyak. Semuanya fresh jadi nggak ada yang dingin seperti yang pernah saya temukan di restoran steak murah lainnya dimana steak disajikan hangat dan lalu dingin di piring 5 menit kemudian. Mana enak makan steak dingin kan? So thumbs up buat Holycow! yang menyajikan makanan fresh dan hot from the kitchen.

Anyway, untuk tingkat kenyamanan restoran lumayan oke. Untuk non-smoking ada area teras diluar. Perlu diperhatikan untuk parking spot berhubung tempatnya kecil jadi siapa yang beruntung dia yang dapat parkir hehe

Untuk harga makanan:

Prime Sirloin Steak sekitar Rp 85.000

Wagyu Sirloin Steak sekitar Rp 120.000
Untuk harga minuman standard lah ya karena saya hanya pesan ice lemon tea.

Steak Hotel by Holycow! ada di beberapa TKP di bawah ini:

• Jl. Radio Dalam Raya No. 15 Jakarta Selatan
• Jl. Kemang Raya No. 95E Jakarta Selatan
• Lantai 5 Gedung Seremanis, Jl. KH. Agus Salim No. 16 Jakarta Pusat
• Ruko Bidex 2B no. 2, Jl. Pahlawan Seribu, BSD City, Tangerang
• Lantai 1 Gedung Teras Benhil, Jl. Bendungan Hilir Raya no. 34, Jakarta Pusat

• Jl. R.E. Martadinata no. 79A Bandung
• Kompleks Ruko Plaza Graha Famili B3 & B5, Jl. Yono Soewoyo, Surabaya

For more info: www.hellocarnivores.com

Cheers!

Breakfast Station

Dulu waktu awal-awal pindahan yang paling duluan rapih adalah area storage untuk printilan breakfast! hahaha... Soalnya saya itu tipe yang suka nyetok (stok) segala macam kopi-kopian, teh, dan berbagai macam minuman dalam sachet ;p

Jadi mau nggak mau stok yang seabreg itu musti ditempatin segera biar nggak berantakan dimana-mana. Lagipula, tiap pagi kan saya musti ngopi, jadi area kopi itu penting banget buat rapih duluan biar kalau pagi saya mau ngopi gampang, gak usah pake ribet nyari-nyari kopi di kardus dulu hehe

Biasanya dari semua stok yang saya punya, saya nggak buka semuanya sekaligus. Palingan saya cuma buka beberapa box aja. Kalau di foto atas ada beberapa macam merk dan varian kopi maklumin yah, itu karena saya emang bosenan, jadi saya senang kalau punya/ada pilihan. Jadi misalkan pagi ini saya lagi kepengen minum kopi A, trus pas sore saya tiba-tiba kepengen minum kopi B yang lebih ringan, kan enak kalau punya banyak pilihan hehe...

Biasanya saya hanya buka beberapa dus aja, pokoknya sampai wadah ungu diatas udah ga muat dijejelin kopi. Sisanya saya simpen di lemari ;)

Wadah kopi ungu ceria ini saya taruh tepat di atas dispenser. Berhubung dispenser saya itu yang model galon di bawah (lihat post ini) jadi bagian atasnya rata dan memungkinkan untuk tempat naro barang alias tempat buat naro si wadah kopi-kopian ini.

Di atas dispenser ada semacam rak, dan rak tersebut saya manfaatkan untuk breakfast station kami seperti di bawah ini ;)

Ada Nutella, Skippy, Selai coklat rasa tiramisu (enak loh ini, nemu di Lotte Hypermart). 

Trus juga ada meijses (gitu bukan sih nulisnya?), sereal cornflakes sama sereal fruitloops (kesukaankuh!). Biasanya roti nya juga ditaro disini, tapi kayanya pas foto ini pas roti lagi abis deh ;p

Nah di blakang botol sereal dan selai itu ada tempat penyimpanan berbagai macam teh dan botol kopi Nescafe + creamer nya. Nanti kapan-kapan saya fotoin deh koleksi teh saya yang amburadul saking banyaknya gara-gara gak sadar terus-terusan beli padahal stok masih numpuk (heddeeehhh...)

Oya, di belakang itu selain terkumpul koleksi teh juga ada koleksi gula sayah hehehe 

Aneh yak, koleksi gula? 

Soalnya gulaku itu packaging nya lucu-lucu siihhh, dan saya emang banci packaging, sering banget beli sesuatu cuma karena packaging nya bagus/lucu/imut/unik (-_-)

Tuh lucu-lucu kaan? Itu gula semua loh hehe Ada yang modelnya sachetan, ada juga yang langsung tuang seperti biasa. Lama kelamaan saya jadi koleksi gulaku nih emang, tiap ada design baru langsung beli. Kebetulan gula emang cepet abis sih kalo di tempat saya, seneng yang manis-manis soalnya ;)

Nih detilnya untuk kemasan Gulaku yang lucu-lucu itu :

Edisi Bali / Legong

Edisi rumah (kalau saya bilangnya ini edisi Parisian hehe)

Edisi Hello Kitty dan close-up edisi rumah/Parisian

Dan ini beberapa edisi terbaru versi Hello Kitty dari Gulaku:

Imut banget yaah? :D

Anyway, sehubungan dengan breakfast, biasanya saya cuma ngopi sama ngemil roti. Rotinya bisa roti sobek, roti tawar dikasih selai atau meises, atau roti beli dari bakery di mall ;) 

Kadang bisa juga sarapannya ngopi + semangkuk cereal. Atau kadang suka nyobain yang lain juga kalo lagi bosen (kan saya udah bilang saya orangnya bosenan hehe). Misalnya nyobain oatmeal atau bikin salad buah pake buah potong disiram mayonnaise dan/atau salad dressing dingin. 

Tipikal brekkie saya :

Nyobain oatmeal instant yang udah ada potongan berries nya. 

Mmm... gak sukaaa bangettt ternyataaa uhuhu.. Contoh brekkie yang gagal ;p

Salah satu video yang saya bikin buat instagram. 

Ini salah satu brekkie yang berhasil ;)

Begitulah random post saya hari ini. Semoga post berikutnya nggak begitu random yah ^_^


Adios Chicas!

Food Diary

I wanted to re-live the food diary posts that I had on this blog a couple years ago and I even saved several photos on my phone (mostly when we ate outside). The last time I did this kind of post was back on September 2012 (what??!! it's been so long). So without further ado, here are some of the food that me / we ate recently :

 Kenny Roger's Roasters

(love the beans!)

 Ramen and Fruit-infused Ice Tea at Little Taiwan (so-so)

 Yummy sandwich which I forgot where I bought it from

 Danish style Fish n Chips at Fish n Co. (Yum!)

Some sweet snack from Le Bridge Resto at Ancol Beach

 Super yummy Kaya Toast & White Coffee Freeze at Old Town White Coffee

 My weekly dose of Starbucks! Oh yeah.

 Good 'ol American fried chicken, curly fries, and waffle with vanilla ice cream from A&W. 

Junk food galore.

I actually still have several food photos left on my phone but I am too sleepy right now so I'd just end the post here and will continue posting my food diary photos later on.

I hope these food photos won't make you hungry ;p

Adios chicas!

Jakarta's Street Food Edition: Tongseng

I just browsed an old photo folder and found these photos of another street hawker food called Tongseng that I haven't posted yet. (Actually there are many food photos and restaurant reviews that I haven't posted yet ;p). 

Anyway, in Jakarta you could find Tongseng sellers on many corners of the city. Lots of street vendors as well as small eateries all around the city offer Tongseng for the city dwellers. You can also find Tongseng in bigger restaurants and food courts. 

I like Tongseng since the first time I tasted it which is back in high school when me and my classmates used to skip school to go hang out at a small city park in jl. Lembang (Lembang street). There were several Tongseng sellers on the park so we're used to have Tongseng as our lunch. I love the sweet savoury taste of the hot soup and the dash of spiciness in it.

For you my foreign readers, you must have a big question mark right now, asking "what the h*ll is Tongseng?" ;p

Well, according to Wikipedia, Tongseng is a goat meat stew in curry-like soup with vegetables and sweet soy sauce. Originally from Surakarta, a province of Central Java, Indonesia.

The soup is made of ground mix­ture of garlic, shallot, black pepper, ginger, coriander, galangal, bay leaves, and lemongrass sauteed with oil until it gets aromatic. The diced meat then poured into the sauteed mixture until cooked. Add water until it's boiled and add sweet soy sauce with tamarind juice. When the boiling reduces, add shredded cabbages and sliced tomato. 

Tongseng is usually served with hot steamed rice. And I would usually order an iced sweet tea with my Tongseng because it is a hot soup, and hot soup + iced tea = my favorite formula ;)

Here are some photos of the food that I took while eating Tongseng in a small eatery (warung) near hubby K's home. It was good and we left with a full happy tummy ;)

Served with rice

Green tomatoes were used instead of red ones

Iced Sweet Tea - perfect with a hot soup!

See other Jakarta's Street Food Edition, here.
See other Food & Cooking ideas, here.
See other Places To Eat, here.

What We Ate Lately

Trying to keep up the pace here on this blog, so here's a post on what we ate lately ;P 

I had a post like this before and by overseeing the statistic data of this blog I found that the "What We Ate" posts are one of the most read ones, so I thought I'd do it again (maybe regularly ?). 

So anyway, here's this month's edition of what we ate (and drank) lately ;)

 

 Sushi Tei
Pondok Indah Mall 2

Here's the drinks that we order from when we were having a Sunday Sushi lunch at Sushi Tei. I've been dying to try out their Salmon Carpaccio but always forgot about it, maybe because we were always distracted by the various sushi options on the menu. Maybe next time.. The drinks are a real thirst quencher though.. ;)

Pad Thai 

Thai & I, Pondok Indah Mall 1

I usually would order the Seafood Tom Yum Soup or the Pad Thai in Thai Express because both dishes are slurpy goooood ;p Love the presentation too! The pad thai came in a small wok with pandan leaves as the dish base. I also love the level of spiciness!

American Breakfast 

TRS Diner, Cilandak Town Square

I forgot the exact name of this order but it's one of the breakfast menu offered at TRS Diner. I love almost everything in TRS Diner and they always serve the breakfast menu all day, even for dinner ;) From the hearty breakfast menu above I love the baked beans the most! But everything else is also good :D - Full review coming soon!

Kimberly's Green Sausage Pasta & Capers, Fried Buttermilk Mushroom, Blueberry Lemonade
Nanny's Pavillion - Sewing Room @Gandaria City

I've reviewed Nanny's Pavillion before (over here) and (here). But this one is at another counter, the one in Gandaria City. I ordered Kimberly's Green Sausage Pasta and Capers and Fried Buttermilk Mushroom.

And I don't know if it's just me ..but i found that all the food in the Gandaria City's counter are not as good as the one in Pacific Place. We tend to always ordered the same thing over and over again at Nanny's Pavillion Bathroom counter at Pacific Place so we also ordered the same menu while in their "Sewing Room" counter, and that's how we noticed that something seems not quite right. So far, the one in Pacific Place tastes better than the one in Gandaria City. So if you never try Nanny's Pavillion before I suggest their "Bathroom" counter at Pacific Place instead.

Chicken Glass Noodles with Meatballs Soup

(Bihun Ayam Baso) @ Bakmi Bangka Afen, Pondok Indah (Pertok)

As you might probably have figured out by now if you read my blog regularly, I am a noodles lover :D I love noodle dish, but I only like thin noodles. I don't like big / thicker noodles such as Udon, etc - I like mine thinner ;p The thinner the noodles, the more i like it ;)

So no wonder I love glass noodles, because they are super thin, LOL. Bakmi Bangka Afen is one of our favorite noodles resto, and it's located not far from our house too. And it's relatively cheaper than the ones in the mall ;p

On one of our outings there I ordered this chicken glass noodles with meatballs soup, and it was a delish (as expected from Bakmi Bangka Afen ;p). If you live near Pondok Indah area you must try this place, I have been a fan since I first visited this place back when I was in high school!

 

 Crab Corn Soup, Dory Fish Fillets Sprinkled with Salted Egg, Sauteed Green Vegetable, Blackpeppered Beef.

Ta Wan - Setiabudi One

It was my mother in law's Birthday and we left for dinner pretty late that night and didn't have any reservations. My MIL (mother in law) loves Ta Wan so much so it was a safe bet to go there for her Bday dinner. 

Ta Wan is one of our favorite family restaurant because we have tried literally almost everything on their menu and not once did we find something bad with the food. All the food on the menu always came out delicious, thumbs up for Ta Wan! Well I don't know about the other counters but the one at Setiabudi Building is highly recommended! ;D

Chocolate Mocha Milkshake and Sausage + Fries Platter.

BMC - Bandoengshce Melk Centrale, Bandung

We went to Bandung (a nearby city from Jakarta) several times these past few weeks and in one of our outings there we stopped by at BMC for an afternoon snack before heading back to Jakarta. I ordered the above menu because I was half hungry, LOL. The milkshake is good, and i love the historical building as well as the history behind the BMC itself.

Cheese Burger from Klenger Burger

Klenger burger is one of local burger stalls, i think they're trying to be the dupe of the more famous local burger joint: Blenger Burger (noticed the similar name?), but sadly they failed big times :( - This particular cheese burger that I ordered was so blah, I would prefer the more cheaper Dwima Burger over these Klengers.

Red Velvet Cake

I got this from my sister in law who in turn..got this from her sister in law (confuse, much? ;p). I don't know if this is home made or bought from the store but this one is soo delicious and looks really great. I love the color red so seeing this cake in display is really a feast for my eyes ;)

Spicy Chicken Ramen and Baked Potato with Butter
Kin No Taki Restaurant, PIM 2

As usual, at least once a month we ate at Kin No Taki ;p If you read my blog long enough you would know that this is one of our fave Japanese resto in Jakarta ;) - You can read my review here.

Meanwhile, if you dine there don't bother to order the baked potato with butter above (I forgot to take note of the Japanese name on the menu), it was really just a baked potato with butter ;(

 

Chicken Glass Noodle Soup

Bakmi Villa, Cinere

This is one of our old hang-out place, and it has been there for quite a long time too so almost everybody who lives in nearby area would know about this noodle place. I usually ordered the Yamin noodle but these past few weeks I am more into glass noodle soup, and I don't know why ;p

Almost everything in Bakmi Villa are delicious, their fried wonton are similar to the ones from the more popular big brand noodle restaurant Bakmi GM ;p They also have Iced Passion fruit drink which is my favorite drink everrr!

Rotiboy
Carrefour Lebak Bulus

This is one of my favorite munches ;p Rotiboy is simply a type of bread/bakery with coffee topping and butter filling. It's crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. Super yumminess in one simple bun.

Hubby K brought me one of these when he arrived home from work one day. Well actually I gave him a hint earlier that I'm craving this big fat boy ;p

ABC Selera Pedas Hot Tomato Instant Noodle Soup

This is an instant noodle soup, I ate it late at night in the middle of my blogging when I got hungry ;p I love noodles so it's no wonder that I always stocked my cupboard with instant noodles ;p I know eating them regularly (or eating any instant food) can cause a great danger for our health so I tried to only eat them sparingly. This is one of my favorite hot and spicy instant noodle soup brand on the market.

Roasted Chicken Salad

Kenny Rogers, Pondok Indah Mall 2

Sorry for the almost-empty plate photo hahaha... I was invited for a BFF meet-up by The Body Shop team at Kenny Rogers (the whole story on The Body Shop BFFs here), and knowing that Kenny Rogers have a big portion of individual food so I was afraid that I couldn't finish their meal. I don't want to offend the ones who invited me by not finishing my meal so I ordered a smaller meal instead which is the Roasted Chicken Salad above. 

Well it turns out that I was still hungry when I left Kenny Rogers, LOL - so I end up buying some pretzels instead to satisfy my belly ;p

 

Cheese and Original Pretzels

Auntie Anne's, Pondok Indah Mall 1

I knew Auntie Anne's pretzels since my early work days and was feeling a little bit sad when I can't find them on my usual spot, but now I'm glad that there are one of their counter near my house ;) - I love both the cheese and the original ones, and I always ordered an additional cheese dip for my pretzels ;p

 

Chicken Porridge, Omelette with Potatoes and Sausage platter

Savoy Homann Breakfast area

Me and K were accompanying K's father to Bandung for his reunion. The reunion were held at one of the famous historical hotel in Bandung which is the Savoy Homann. The reunion wasn't until 10:00 am so when we arrived there early we had a chance to grab some breakfast at the hotel's famous breakfast spot, the Garden Restaurant. 

I really love it! I love the ambiance of the place and the various selections of breakfast buffet that were offered. All the food were delicious too. Both me and K are breakfast buffet lovers so we were absolutely in heaven there ;p 

You can have breakfast there even if you don't stay at the hotel, just paid an "all you can eat" price at the front desk near the entry to the breakfast area.

Chicken Noodle in Sweet Sauce with Meatballs & Trife Soup

(Yamin Manis Ayam + Baso Babat) @ Cafe Halaman, Bandung

While waiting for K's father reunion, me and K went shopping at factory outlets ;p And then we went to Cafe Halaman for lunch. Cafe Halaman is one of my hang out place when I was still in college so to be there again after all of this time is such a great feeling. I ordered their famous Bakmi Tasik which is as above. I would still prefer Bakmi Lela at Dago Atas / upper Dago area though, but this Bakmi Tasik is still OK lah ;p

Home-made Steak with Potato Wedges, Steamed Carrots and Green Beans

Nothing really special, this is just a home-cooked meal on an ordinary night at home.. I thought I'd put up a picture of a homemade meal for a change, instead of those restaurant meals photos ;p

 

Kupat Tahu Burangrang

(RiceCake & Silk Tofu Dish with sauce), @ a small stall in Bandung

This is a local / traditional dish that we ate when we're in Bandung. I don't really like this dish. I ordered this one because I don't like their other menu which is Kupat Tahu Petis, and unfortunately both Kupat Tahu and Kupat Tahu Petis are not for my likings. But both my parents in law loves the Kupat Tahu Petis because this is practically their childhood food. Me and hubby K are not really a fan though.

 

Hot Cappuccino @ Warung Garem-Garem

Jln Cihampelas, Bandung

K's cousins family were opening a new cafe called Warung Garem-Garem that has newly moved to it's new place at Cihampelas street. It was a pre-opening small celebration party, held for family and close friends. The food served were buffet style, and all of them tastes delicious because the whole family are into culinary business for so long so they really know what they're doing ;)

I asked if they have coffee and one of the friendly waitress kindly offered me a Cappuccino or a latte, and I chose the Cappuccino instead. It tasted so good with a strong coffee blend in it, unlike your usual cappuccino which can be too sweet. My cousin who runs the place thinks that it might be too strong for public's general taste and he might change the consistency but as a coffee lover I'd say it's gooodd ;) 

Do come and stopped by at Warung Garem Garem at Cihampelas (at the corner, right across the Advent hospital). They already had their soft opening last week ;)

And that's it guys!..

Phew... it became a long post in the end ;p

So what did you guys ate lately?