The Lab PIK – Remisnisce about Chemistry Lesson

Thirsty for being around “Kota Tua” on Sunday afternoon make me and my bf also his sister looking for a place to freshen our body and soul. So we choose to go to Pantai Indah Kapuk because this place is so popular nowadays for people who love to eat. we choose to grab something at ‘fish n co’, and after we finished we looked that there was an unique place beside it. Many blue large pipes decorate the exterior of the shop. It’s called “The Lab”. So, we decided to entered this place.

The Lab from outside

Who ever think to make a laboratory as a theme of a tea shop? Such an unique idea. Like the name, this tea shop contains so many things that you can find in a chemical laboratory. As soon as you arrived in The Lab, your memory about chemistry lesson in your senior high school will be storming out. The interior design is very impressive. Inside the store, you can see so many beaker, test tube, chemical formula, and other chemistry stuffs. The tables read many chemical elements. Even you can find periodic table of chemical elements. It was really remisnisce me about how to memorize all of the chemical elements when i was in my senior high school. Beside that, the waiter here wears lab coat and called “scienTEAs”.

ScienTEA

Chemical stuff

Periodic Table

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Inside The Lab

Another side of the Lab

There are many variety of bubble tea served here. When we have choosed our tea, we can also add it with some topping, like boba, popping boba, jelly, and etc. After read the menu, i ordered macadamia milk tea with Lychee Popping and Chocolate Milk Tea with Strawberry popping. And don’t forget to show the glass of the milk tea. It resemble with measuring glass. It’s designed slim and tall. They sell not only milk tea, but also some dessert and appetizer.

The taste of the macadamia milk tea and chocolate milk tea satisfy my thirst. But, about the taste, its kinda similar with other bubble milk tea. It’s just a tea. Added by milk flavor. The difference is with the topping. Its make the tea more fresh, specially when you got the bobba and make the boba implode inside your mouth. And also we make a race to found the most boba in one suction.

All of the photo taken by Tata Angelita Marsha 🙂 Thank you so much.

The Lab
Location : Ruko Crown Golf Blok D, No 29, Pantai Indah Kapuk, Jakarta UtaraTelp : (021) 081288186866
Opening Hour: Mon-Fri 11.00-24.00 WIB, weekend 11.00-01.00 WIB
Price : Rp 22.000-58.000 per item

 

 

Magnum Cafe, Chocolate Lovers’ Heaven

Chocolate is one of the most favourite food in the world. Some research show that eating some ammount of chocolate brings health for body, specially dark chocolate. Dark chocolate contains flavonoids which acts as antioxidants. This antioxidants protect our body from aging caused by free radical. Chocolate also has other benefits, like gives a feeling of pleasure and anti deppresant.

Talking about chocolate, there is a cafe in Grand Indonesia that could be heaven to those who love chocolate so much. On the sixth floor grand Indonesia, you can find Magnum Cafe. Of course, everybody know magnum ice cream, nne of the finest chocolate ice cream from walls. In this cafe, we don’t just taste the ice cream, but also sit and feel the chocolate atmosphere inside the cafe. The decoration of the cafe is in chocolate shade. The dominant colour are brown and black and the property made from wood. Because we are in the sixth floor, we can see the Jakarta city view from the window.

Inside Magnum Cafe

Just like the name, Magnum cafe inspired from the magnum ice cream. We can order magnum ice cream on a stick with variety taste, and also some luxurius menu. We can eat the mix of ice cream, waffle, and Belgia chocolate. We also can make our own magnum ice cream with some topping. It also serves some menu, like steak, pasta, french fries, Some of the menu that i ordered are waffle D’ Antwerp and Chocolate blend. Waffle D’Antwerp is combined of two stick of chocolate ice cream that dipped into chocolate and waffle. They also added cherry sauce on the edge of it.

 

Waffle D’Antwerp

Chocolate Blend

When we read the menu, we found one quote that make us come into a serious discussion.

“Nine out of ten people like chocolate. The tenth person always lie.” John Q. Tullius

I conclude all of the ten peoples like the chocolate. The nine peoples love chocolate. And the tenth is not include into the group of nine. So, if the tenth is always lie that he/she don’t like chocolate. Of course he/she  like it. But my partner said that not all the people like the chocolate because of the tenth people maybe include in the nine others who love chocolate.  So, how about your opinion?

Magnum Cafe, The House of Chocolate
Location : Grand Indonesia, West Mall 6 th Floor, Jl. M.H. Thamrin No. 1, Jakarta
OPening Hour: Mon-Sun 10.00- 22.00 WIB
Price : 20.000- 100.000/item

 

 

Eating inside train in Warung Leko Grand Indonesia

Walking arroung the fifth floor in Grand Indonesia, you will noticed that a train parked there. Many people sit and eat inside the train. It is an Indonesian restaurant that called Warung Leko. Warung Leko has many branches, usually in a shop, not inside a mall. Warung Leko usually has sundanese decoration in every branch. But, in Grand Indonesia, you can see quite a different view of Warung Leko. We will eat inside a train and sit on the train seat.

Warung Leko’s Train

Some time ago, me, my boyfriend, and his sister visited this place. This restaurant has speciality in Penyet’s food. We ordered Iga Penyet, Ayam Penyet, Enoki msuhroom, Tauge with anchovy, cendol ice with cincau, and tahu sutera. Every penyet’s food completed with chili. We also can customize the spiciness of the chili, like middle level or full level. I love the chili so much. The taste is really awesome and always make me want to add the hot rice. So i can finish the chili till empty.

The taste of tauge with anchovy and enoki mushroom are good. Enoki mushroom is fried with flour and make it crunchy. But the tahu sutera is not quiet good in our opinion. It’s because of the tahu is a little wet but it was fried. So, when we bite it, a little water will poured.

Ayam penyet

Iga Penyet

Cendol ice with Cincau

Despite of the restaurant usually full, food that we ordered would not take so much time served to us. The hygiene of the food and the place is quiet good also. The price of the food is not really expensive. We spend about 220.000 for three people which each people eat their own food and drink. We also add the tauge with anchovy, enoki mushroom and tahu sutera.

Warung Leko
Location : Grand Indonesia West Mall Lt. 5, Jl. MH. Thamrin No.1 , Thamrin – Jakarta Pusat,10310
Opening Hour : Mon-Sun 10.00-22.00 WIB
Spending : 50.000-100.000 per head

 

There are some Warung Leko outlet in Jakarta :

Warung Leko PIK
Ruko Cordoba Block F-19
Pantai Indah Kapuk, North Jakarta
Phone number: +62-21 30631423 / +62 (0) 818321631

Warung Leko Citywalk Sudirman (L1)
Jl. KH Mas Mansyur No. 121
Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta 10220
Phone number: +62-21 2555 8890

Warung Leko Kelapa Gading
Jl. Boulevard Barat Blok B No.9,
Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta
Phone number: +62-21 45851340  

Warung Leko Hayam Wuruk
Jl. Gajah Mada No.123
Phone number: +62-21 6007106

 Warung Leko Puri Indah
Jl. Pesanggrahan Raya No. 168 F

Warung Leko Serpong Tangerang
Jl. Ruko Villa Melati Mas Square A 2/8
Phone number: +62-21 53151433

Chicken Ham and Scrambled Egg Sandwich

Being an boarding house student who is identic with instant food, make me want to make a different menu every morning. One day, i tried to make sandwich for my breakfast. It’s really simple and take about 10 minutes to prepare it. Night before the day you want to make the sandwich, you should go to supermarket to buy some ingredients. For the bread, you can use white bread or grain bread depend on you. Beside that, you can toast the bread first if you want.

Chicken ham and scrambled egg sandwich

Ingredients :

• white bread or grain bread
• lettuce
• Sliced fresh tomatoes
• Egg
• Chicken ham
• tomato sauce and chili sauce

Method:

1. Crack the egg in to a bowl, Add milk, pepper, and a little salt, then whisk it until well combined. Heat the skillet over medium heat and melted butter in the pan. Pour the egg mixture and start to scrape the egg until the egg looks no longer liquid. Place it on a plate or bowl.
2. Divide half the chicken ham. Brush the chicken ham with butter. Heat it into over medium heat pan.
3. Divide half the bread. Slather a litlle tomato or chili sauce on one side of each slice of bread.
4. Add a layer of lettuce on a slice of bread, a layer of chicken ham, put the scrambled egg, a layer of sliced tomato, and cover it with another sliced of bread.

If you want to make it as your packet lunch, you can put it into your lunch box.

In lunch box

Bali Heaven

You don’t need so far away go to Bali if you want to feel Bali’s shade. Bali Heaven is a restaurant and factory outlet at once that located in Bandung. It also has SPA facility. You can find this place easily, because it is located in Pasteur intersection. This place has a Balinese concept, start from the ornaments, the waiter’s uniform, until the foods. Inside Bali heaven restaurant, you can see black and white tablecloth on the table, wooden-table and chair, and many Balinese statue.

Foods in here is not just Balinese food. They also serve western and sundanese food. I order Coconut fried rice, because from the picture in the menu it seems very unique. The fried rice isn’t serve on a plate, but in a half of coconut. It served with fried egg, prawn cracker, and lettuce. Inside the friend rice, there are also prawn and squid for you who like seafood.

Coconut fried rice

For you who want to try balinese food, you can order “Ayam Betutu”. The chicken’s texture  is so soft. And the flavour is absorbed in the chicken meat make it taste delicious. Ayam Betutu is served with cassava, Balinese sauce, and a cup of soup.

Ayam Betutu

We also order gamma ice and one kind of ice that i forgot its name. About the price, i think it has  a standard price. If you order one kind of food, and one kind of drink, you just spend max 50.000.

Bali heaven

Jl. Pasir Kaliki 185-187, Bandung Tengah

Bandung

Bakmi Karet – Bandung

Having bored with some breakfasts as boarding house student make me want to looking for a special breakfast sometimes. I want to eat noodles, but that is not “Indomie”. So, i ask to my friend, who has been living in Bandung so long, about the places that open in the morning and serve noodles. He said there is a place in Karanganyar that has a delicious noodles and he likes to go there with his family. This place’s name is “Bakmi Karet”. Be calm! It’s not made from rubber. I never go there, so i think it’s okay to try this new place.

It’s not difficult to find this place. You just need a GPS and put the address. Then, the GPS will tell you the way to go there. 🙂 Bakmi Karet is located in a small alley. Many cars parked on the alley, so if you go there by car, you must be careful. This place is like a home. The room is not really big but very clean and neat. The waiters are so kind and friendly. When you arrived there, they will serve you a glass of tea soon and he/she will refill your tea if it seems to be empty.

Bakmi Karet from the frontside

Bakmi Karet has a speciality in its noodles. The noodles is bigger than usual. This noodles has two tastes, sweet and salt. I never taste the sweet one, because i always assume the salt one is better. You also can choose the topping like pangsit and baso. Beside that, it also has rica one for you who like spicy food. But, if you feel afraid to eat the rica one, you can order the plain one, and you add the spicy sauce by yourself like i always do. I always order “Bakmi Karet Asin Pangsit” and my boyfriend always order “Bakmi Karet Rica Asin Baso Pangsit”.

Bakmi Karet Asin Pangsit

Bakmi Karet Rica Asin Baso Pangsit

Beside bakmi karet, they also has other kinds of noodles, like yamin and yahun. For additional food, they also has fried meatball and fried pangsit. The fried meatball is made from pork. Its really RECOMMENDED! Trust me.. the taste is very tasteful and fragrant. We always order 1 portion of fried meatball and we ate it slowly. Because we will regret if it was finished soon.

Fried Meatball

About the price, it is not very expensive if you have tasted it. I have taking the menu’s photo in September 2013. And you can see the price there.

Menu

Bakmi Karet
Location : Jl. Karang Anyar No. 77, Cibadak, Bandung
Phone : (022) 72214222
Spending per Head : Rp 25.000 – Rp 40.000
Opening Hour : Mon-Sun 08.00 till the noodle finished

 

 

The Peak – Dining Restaurant

Bandung is a romantic place that i love so much. It hides so many romantic stories for me. 27 Feb 2013 was my second year anniversary with my crazy boyfriend. On the day, he kidnapped me to a superb romantic restaurant that i ever go until now. The name is ‘The Paek’. The place is so far from Dago where i stayed at that time. It took us about 45 minutes from Dago to The Peak. The way to get there is pretty hard. Quiet a long time to reach it but trust me, it’s really worth the trouble.

The Peak has a European cuisine concept. It has ethnic architecture. The building itself is decorated with some torchlight to make it feels more romantic.

You guys can trust me, it is a very special place for you who want to capture a special moment with your special one. The restaurant is located at the Bandung summit. Undetected, my boyfriend had reserved a special indoor room for both of us. We called it sky private. Yeah, we enjoyed our candle light dinner in our private room on the third floor. From our special room, we can see sparkling light of Bandung city from the top.  Beside that, The Peak also have outdoor dining area.

Sparkling light from our sky private room

Then, on our table, there are some additional stuff like a big white candle, a vase of white roses, and a bell. The bell is used to call the waitress to help you anything like capturing some romantic moments and more.

Stuffs on the table

About the food, it serves premium dishes, from international until indonesian food. The most recommended food is steak. There are many kinds of steak in The Peak, like Australian Steak, Black Angus Steak, and others. The food also have a good technique on plating. About the price, it is a little bit expensive. But, i think i really worth with the scenery that you get here. 🙂

The Peak:

Jl. Desa KaryaWangi

Ciwaruga KM 6,8 No 388

Kacamatan Parongpong Kabupaten, Bandung, Indonesia

website : http://www.thepeakresortdining.com/

Salted Egg Fried Chicken

Working so hard for my thesis make me want to eat something different this weekend. i really want to eat something that taste spicy and salty. So, i was browsing on internet to looking for menu that i can make for my lunch in weekend.  And finally i found salted egg prawn. But, i think i want to make it into chicken that i can buy it easily and good enough for my money in my wallet. 🙂

Then, i went to superindo to buy something that I need for cooking this kind of food. I used smoked salted egg because it will make our food more fragrant. Beside that, i also used Kobe for frying the chicken to make it crispy.  And don’t forget to put some green chilies to make it spicy. If you don’t like spicy food, don’t give the chili and it will not make your food tasteless. So, you make the choice.

Ingredients:

• 1 piece of chicken chest fillet
• 3 smoked salted egg, chopped
• 2 cloved of garlic, minced
• 1 cloved of red onion, sliced thinly
• 3 small green chilies, sliced
• Pinch of sugar
• 1 packet of Kobe for frying
• cooking oil for frying

Methods:

1. Slice the chicken into dices and put it in a bowl. Add Kobe powder, then mix it until all the pieces of chicken covered by the powder. In heat enough oil, fry the chicken until it crunchy. Remove and drain it with tissue.
2. Briefly, chop the smoked salted egg. Set it aside.
3. Clean the wok and put 2 spoons of oil. Heat it. After that, add in the minced garlic and red onion. Add also a half spoon of sugar. Reduce heat to low fire. Add salted egg and chilies. Stir it immediately until fragrant. Return the fried chicken in the wok. Stir just to coat the chicken wel..
4. Dish up and serve it with white rice.

Serve for 2 peoples . Enjoy 🙂