Tahu Telur (Tahu Tek) Pak Jayen – Dharmahusada , Surabaya Review March 25, 2012

For tonite, I will make a review about Tahu Tek Pak Jayen at Dharmahusada street just nearby Kertajaya street in Surabaya.

Tahu Telor Pak Jayen (taken by: hikaruRKB)

Tahu telor or usually well-known as Tahu Tek in Surabaya, is one of Indonesian traditional food so you must try it. It made from Indonesian tofu that you fried with eggs. Sometimes you can mixed it with lontong (a steamed rice that wrapped with banana leaf) After that, they will put peanut sauce on it. It’s totally must item to try and I like it. Hohohohoho…
In Surabaya, one of popular tahu tek place is this Tahu Tek Pak Jayen.

Actually, tahu tek pak jayen is not quite cozy for its atmosphere place yet it’s worthy to go there since theie tahu tek taste deliciously.

In the morning, the place will open as a repairment car. But in evening, it will be opened as tahu tek pak jayen.

The food price will be IDR. 9,000 per portion. And for a woman, the portion is quite big.

Sushi Hana – Kertajaya Review March 24, 2012

This is the first time that I went to Sushi Hana restaurant yet the service somehow pissed my friend Karina and me.

First, for soft opening, it’s kinda weird if you don’t have any sales promotion for your restaurant yet sushi hana did it. I was thinking there will be a promotion such as buy 1 get 1 or discount or free voucher or beverages or maybe at least welcome drink. No. You can not find it at here as their soft launching. But I think it will be acceptable then.

Second, the waitress totally made our day. Usually, they will inform you that the payment still not accept credit card or debit card for premium restaurant. But at here, she forgot it and informed it when food already arrived. It’s kinda irritated us since we just back from gym and we only few cash with us. Totally made our day. Poor service ever. It’s kinda ashamed then. But Thank God my friend and us could accept it and there is BCA ATM just behind it. But still we need to walk kinda far and made us not comfortable for enjoying our food.

But overall, except the service, we can bear it. And somehow, both of us, agreed that the interior cozy enough. Like Japanese style yet we feel like at outdoor. For interior, somehow I like it.

interior of sushi hana kertajaya (taken by: hikaruRKB)

And for foods, the taste also good. But I still prefer hachi-hachi better. Coz the price still cheaper yet taste almost the same. But the atmosphere better at here than hachi-hachi in Tunjungan Plaza.

Rock & Roll sushi (taken by: hikaruRKB)

Kamenashi Beef & Chicken (taken by: hikaruRKB)

For the price will started (foods) from IDR. 30,000 – 200,000. They also provided sake and some alchohol beverages. They also has bacon in their menu. My favorite one will be the ocha tea. You can refill your glass for it.

Chubby – @The Square, Surabaya March 22, 2012

Chubby packaging (taken by: hikaruRKB)

This one will  be one of my favorite snack. You can find their outlets in Surabaya at PTC, Tunjungan Plaza, Galaxy Mall, and The Square. It will be the same concept like Shinlinh Taiwan Street Snacks. For Chubby, they only offer chicken, squid and dory fish. For the seasoning the variance flavors are original, garlic, blackpepper, chilli, and curry.

But for my favorite will be chicken with blackpepper and garlic flavors.

It’s so tasty. For the price will be IDR. 12,000 for chicken, IDR. 15,000 for dory fish and IDR. 18,000 for squid.

Yet at the square, the price for chicken will be IDR. 10,000.

Chubby - Chicken with Blackpepper + Garlic Flavor (taken by:hikaruRKB)

Sluurp – The Square, Surabaya.

Sluurp @ The Square, Siwalankerto, Surabaya

Well, I’m going to do beverage review once again. For this time, I will make a review about my experience about a new place that called Sluurp . The place quite small and we only order it for take away. But they provide a bench from mall management in front of this store. I love this place since they have a promotion buy 1 get 1 . I already tasted oreo twist, chocolate twist, honey lime dash green tea, lime dash green tea, chocolate milk tea, and chocolate soy milk (but for sure, you can find many varieties in their menu).

I like all of them yet my favorite will be Oreo Twist .

oreo twist @ sluurp

This Oreo Twist totally make me addicted by it. The pearls also chewy and tasty. It is also making me addicted about it.

I’m not a vanilla lover at all.

You can say that I dislike it.

Usually vanilla flavor gives me nauseous feeling because too delicate. That’s why I prefer chocolate milk than vanilla. I will bear myself with banana milk or melon milk rather to drink vanilla milk.

Yet for their oreo twist, although they mixed the vanilla in it, I still can enjoy it! The vanilla flavor still at there yet it didn’t give me any nauseous feeling at all. So that’s why I said this Oreo Twist awesomely delicious!

I will surprise if I find something that I don’t like yet I still can eat it or it will be edible for me. Hehehehe…

The price (normal price) will be started fromIDR. 12,000 – 16,500.

It’s an affordable price for students too.

And this review, will be agreed by Ardine and Beatrice too since they like it. Hehehehe..

Beatrice & Ardine whose are enjoying their sluurp beverages.

Gurin – Cincau Station. ^_^

Gurin - My Favorite. (taken by:hikaruRKB Photography)

I love this beverage! It’s so tasty!

For your information, if you don’t like green tea, you should try this gurin at cincau station booth. You will change your perception about green tea then. I’m not a green tea lover at all yet I love this one.

It’s also cheap. With IDR. 5,000 , you already get 1 gurin. And you don’t have to queue for a long time since the service quite fast. Actually they have many options for beverage in cincau station yet I never buy them except this gurin.

So you can imagine how tasty and delicious this one with low price!

Enjoy it all!

You can find cincau station booth at Galaxy Mall, Supermall,  or Tunjungan Plaza in Surabaya. The booth will dominant with white and green colors.

Soto Djempol – Jl. Solo KM. 10 , Kalasan, Jogjakarta March 19, 2012

I think, it will be my last review for today. Phewww…..

I was thinking that awesomely good for those gastronom or food critiques can make their review so detailed and precisely. Somehow, it is tempting me to be one of them. But I couldn’t.

Well, the last place I will make as a review is :

Soto Djempol

Jl. Solo KM. 10 , Kalasan, Jogjakarta

If you want to experience a great culture atmosphere with a good food, you can visit this place when you are still in Jogjakarta. It’s really nearby with Adi Sucipto Airport. The price also affordable started from IDR.3000 – 10.000.

Taste good, great quality, affordable price, clean, hygiene, and have an original atmosphere of Javanese culture.

Moreover, the owner is very friendly. Her name is Risa.

Soto Djempol (taken by:hikaruRKB)

And for theSoto. What is soto actually? It’s a soup that is not delicate like cream soup yet almost like chicken soup with rice inside it (but sometimes you can ask them to put it separately). The soto at soto djempol tastes refreshing and good. And I also try their herb tea that can heal you from stiffness. I will put the picture respectively at here.

Soto Kudus @ Soto Djempol (taken by: hikaruRKB)

 

herb tea @ soto djempol (taken by: hikaruRKB)

 

Just prove it by yourself then! And welcome to the Never Ending Asia, Jogjakarta!

Hugs & Kisses,

-Biring-

The Light Cup (TLC) Cafe @The Square – Surabaya

TLC Beverages Menu (taken by: hikaruRKB)

Wow! It’s already my fourth post for today at the same wordpress blog. Hmm.. It’s kinda rare for me to be so diligent to make any review in my blog. You can check it by my other wordpress account which are http://talkingaboutlive.wordpress.com or http://rookieinlive.wordpress.com . I think it called ‘Power of Foods’ then! Hahahahaha…

I love to do my food reviews. It likes that I’m living in the sweet soft dreamy land. Hahahahaha…

Well, just see it. Am I doing it so diligent like today or not in the future. Coz sometimes I’m too lazy to finish something about reviewing something. Moreover, my internet connection somehow can be so slow and lame. That’s make me cranky for sure. :p

Ouchhhh!! Please don’t get bored.. I know.. I know.. Sometimes I can have a very long introduction and not getting straight to the point. But please bear with it then. It’s only about my style. Hehehehehehe..

So, let’s start our review for this new place.

It named The Light Cup (TLC) Cafe. The place will be at The Square in Jl. Siwalankerto Surabaya. Just in front of Petra University. This cafe just opened about a week ago and still in its soft opening. I’m getting interested about this place, since from outside, the place looks so cozy and warm. So, a few days ago, on Saturday, Priski and I went to this place. My first impression about this place is good enough (remember when I saw it from outside) yet when I entered this cafe, it’s so small.It has two stories and in each story, they only has 2-3 tables for 2 people. And 2nd stories, they put

TLC Foods Menu (taken by:hikaruRKB)

two tables and you can sit on the floor just like japanese people do. At here, we called it ‘lesehan’.

Then, the waiter is lack of information about the menu. When I asked about ‘Aglio Olio’ that I want to order, he has no clue about it. Maybe he just nervous then. And when I ask, is the price already included 10% tax, he said yes but actually in fact it’s not. Once again, it’s kinda irritated me, if  you go to the place that is not cheap but they are not serve you right.

The price is started from IDR.20.000 – 70.000 something.

But I like the menu’s design. Simple yet nice. They have two kind of menu. One for beverages menu and one for foods menu. For beverages menu was made by stainless steel yet the foods menu made by wood.

Then, we ordered our foods which are Aglio Olio, Spaghetti Bolognaise, Raspberry Smoothies and Virgin Mojito. For the promotion, since they still have a soft opening, will be two offer. The first one is, discount 20% for all item. But actually it means the discount will be 10 % since you are going to have 10% tax. Yeah.. marketing thingy. Not deceiving you yet there will ‘terms&conditions apply’ thingy. :p

The second promotion that we got is, buy 1 get 1 for any smoothies. So, overall, I think It will not cost them much money since beverages production costs will not as big as food production cost. Yet, I’m still thankful for the promotion. Hahahahahaha..

Raspberry Smoothies (taken by:hikaruRKB)

Okay.. let’s make a review for the Raspberry Smoothies. It doesn’t taste like raspberry. I was thinking at least it will be like Ribena (do you know this syrup that made from raspberry? taste good) but it’s not. It tasted like strawberry smoothies. Ja well..

Since I love strawberry, so it’s forgiven easily.

The second one, for Aglio Olio and Spaghetti Bolognaise.

Aglio Olio and Spaghetti Bolognaise (taken by:hikaruRKB)

Well.. Hm… I will not said it taste bad yet I think I can make my own Spaghetti Bolognaise better than theirs. But for Aglio Olio, it tasted good. Like it! It has creamy taste yet the spicy things from fresh chilli is great. Nice combination I think. But for the cleanliness and performance, they provided a good one.

And the disaster and awful one is the Virgin Mojito. It taste lime squash. (T__T)

Not mojito at all.. I can’t taste the mint right at here.. And they said they put apples but no apples taste at all. And many more.

That’s why I told you, it’s totally a mess one.

Virgin Mojito @TLC (Taken by: hikaruRKB)

Well, I think that’s all my review about this cafe. So, I will put as average place. But let’s think positive then. Maybe its soft opening that’s why they still have a service and product like that. I think I will try again to go there and see is there any improvement or not. And I hope I will get my Mojito right at that time.

Hehehehehe…

Have a nice day all! ^_^

Hugs&Kisses,

Biring @TLC (taken by:hikaruRKB)

Lumpia Malioboro Jogjakarta

Have you ever went to Jogjakarta? It’s one of beautiful cities that Indonesia has.

When you are going to travel to a new place, you should try some great culinary places. And for Jogjakarta, you must find this place. It’s in Malioboro where is our Jogjakarta’s Orchard road. It’s totally great shopping atmosphere where it has many ethnic and lovely items and ambience originally from Indonesian culture. This Lumpia’s booth just next to Mutiara Hotel at Malioboro street.

It’s totally delicious!

Lumpia nearby Hotel Mutiara Malioboro - Jogjakarta (taken by: hikaruRKB)

The taste will be savory and sweet. You can choose either it will be fried or not. So, for people who hates greasy food, you can ask for non-fried one. The filling will be eggs,chicken or vegetables only. The place is quite small since the counter only a booth yet they provide chairs for anyone who wants to dine in. Mostly people take away their lumpia. No worries, although they only have limited chairs, you still can seat at the concrete block which are look like a chair in front of this booth. They also sell some beverages but only for ‘teh botol’ (this is one of famous tea soft drink in Indonesia. If you are foreigner, you have to try this beverage too), bottled water, ice orange and ice tea. The price for 1 lumpia will start from IDR.3000 – 5.000 depends of the filling that you want.

Somehow, when you are doing a food review while you are fasting is totally headache! Like what I feel now. (-_-)” Hahahahaha…

Happy monday all!

Hugs&kisses,

-Biring-

Hungry? Grab it (but only 1/5 of it)!! (T__T)

(taken by: hikaruRKB)

I’m a chocolate lover! Snicker is one of my favorite.

Yeah.. I know the calories are high yet I can hardly to hold my desire. Hahahahahahaha…

I love how’s the snicker melted in my mouth and the caramel plus the peanut gave you great sensation while you are chewing it.

So, what’s going on with this snicker?

I have a friend called Michael. Just call him Mike then. He is one of my best friend yet he’s totally like my mom who loves to nag ( in good way)about my habit to eat high calories food. I know that means that they love me yet sometimes I ignore their fretting. (Sorry mom.. I love you!)

So, at that time, we are going to eat at Pizza Hut , Galaxy Mall, Surabaya. Me and my friends (including Mike) are going to have Pizza festival yet there is Johan who just finished shopping from Ranch Market and buy this snicker. He gave me a snicker and then Mike said that I must eat it for 5 of us. Honestly, I’m kinda upset at the first time. But when I remember again that I’m in my diet so I cut it into 5 pieces. Then I think, maybe it is a good way to pleased your desire about food. Hey! We can share it with our friends and we are not going to gain weight so easily.

So, if you hungry, just share it with your friends just like I’ve done. For a snack not your meal.

Otherwise, you are going to be starved to the death! Hehehehehe…

Hungry? Grab it but ony 1/5 of it !

Hugs&kisses,

Biring

Spaghetti Neapolitan – The Spaghetti’s Galaxy Mall Surabaya – Review

(taken from: google.com)

When you lived in Surabaya, mostly we are going to the mall to spend our leisurely time. Just like me. Yeah, I can say that mostly people who live in big cities in Indonesia will spend their leisure time in mall. Hehehehe..

That’s why the mall’s management precisely think which tenants or merchants those are suit with their concept. Galaxy Mall is one of premium mall in Surabaya.

I’m not a ‘mall-er’ addict yet I also spent much of my time in mall to meet my friends (since they love that place).

Okay.. I think it’s way too long introduction at here. Just like I said before, this is my first review. So sorry for a long introduction then.. So, let’s start the review! ^_^

 

Spaghetti Neapolitan – The Spaghetti’s Galaxy Mall – Surabaya

(taken by: hikaruRKB)

I love this spaghetti! I love the taste since its taste so rich and delicious. The tomato sauce absolutely good and not too sour nor salty. The portion is big enough. I even shared it with my friend. But for many people who loves spicy food, they won’t like it yet they must try it! The price also reasonable as the portion that we will get. But the place atmosphere is not pretty good since its too small and we need to sit at food court which is the mall’s management already provided. And the food court also too crowded since many tenants also use it as their place.

But for the food, I love it! :P

So, I think you must try it then! Smakklijke eten, allemall!!

*kusjes*

-hikaruRKB-