[Giveaway] Fruchips: Healthier Way to Eat Your Chips

As a mini bites eater, I often buy chips. You know, Indonesia is a chips-country. You may find many kind of traditional chips here. Lately, as food tech developed well, results many new cooking techniques. Fun? Should be. 

Fruchips is a product made by modern technique. Cooked slowly with corn oil, there's no sugar or other ingredients added. Taste? I'm a big fan. 

Available in 3 (three) flavors; banana chips, jackfruit chips, and snake fruit chips. 

My favorite is jackfruit. :)

Anyway, I found it hard to seek for jackfruit and snake fruit chips in Jakarta. Fortunately, Fruchips has them! YAY! 

Moreover, their banana chips is unique, and has a different taste with common banana chips. 

All of Fruchips variants aren't too sweet, so it's suitable for you who's doing some diet. :p

Craving some? Go and buy ones! Available at Foodhall, Duta Buah, Zen-O, Nano Reflexology Pluit, Harmoni, Total Buah Segar, etc. 

Or just call  62 812 80 800 889 to order. Visit their website on www.fruchips.co.id

Price (approx) IDR 19.5K -- slightly different in each store. 

Hey hey! Don't stop reading! Read some more! :)

Banana Chips

Jackfruit Chips

Snakefruit Chips

GIVEAWAY TIMEEEE!

Yes, this is my first giveaway via blog. Ready to join? :)
Win 3 packs of Fruchips deliver to your door!
Here's the terms: 
1. follow @Yummyfordummy and @Fruchips on Twitter
2. (still on Twitter) post this sentence : "Win @fruchips package from @Yummyfordummy. Read here: http://bit.ly/YDFfruchips   #YFDGiveaway "
3. This game is on until 4 May 2013. Winner will be announce 7 May 2013 in this post & twitter. 

Good luck! :)

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We got the winner already, it is.......*drum roll*

Congrats to "@LUMINESTAR" !!!! 

See you in the next post. ;)

Printemps Manufacturer of Sweets (Food Tasting)

As I told you in the former post, Indonesia's online store in booming lately. This is one example of the new little baby born in this industry: Printemps (pronounce as "prangtong"). Offers cookies and pound cakes, made with the best salt in the world; Fleur de sel de Guerandec. The other competitive edge they have is their products. I found "Rose Petal Cookies" funny at first. I mean, we are used to have cookies with dairy or fruit taste. But flower? No, I never tried. Fortunately, dried rose in a cookie turned to be a nice-scented bite. The rose scent wasn't too strong, and I still tasted the butter-cookies-taste in it. My next favorite went to chocolate chips cookies! I know it's a usual product, but cookies always been my fave product. I've tried cookies from almost all cakery and bakery I found. Printemps had soft cookies, which (they claimed) crunchy outside and soft inside. Well, when the sample food came to me, the choco chip cookies wasn't crunchy at all. But no worries, I liked it anyway. Yes, i love soft baked cookies with a little gooey-ness. :)

Rose Petal Cookies : Small (IDR 30K) / Reg (IDR 50K)

Chocolate Chips Cookies: Small (IDR 30K) / Reg (IDR 50K)

More info:

Printemps Manufacturer of Sweets

Facebook : Printemps 

Twitter: @printempsmos

Email: printemps_mos@yahoo.com

0813-8096-7268

Rujak Bebeg (Mashed Fruit Mix)

If you ever visit Jakarta, Rujak Bebeg is one of the 'must-try' items. Not only it can pamper my tongue, but also it is healthy. It's made from many kind of fresh fruits which mashed together, added with brown sugar, salt, terasi (fermented shrimp paste). What kind of fruits it contains, you may ask. Well, to be honest, it's up to the seller. The main fruits are bengkuang (yam bean), ubi (sweet potato), jambu air and kedondong. The rest is different between one and another seller.

Where can I find it? 
The seller is nomaden. They move from one place to another place. So you cannot looking for them. You wait for them passing in front of you. The one in my images can be found around Green Garden area, West Jakarta.

How does it taste?
Sweetness from brown sugar combined with sourness of fresh fruits and spiciness from chili (adjustable). 

Price?
It depends on the seller. This one is IDR 5K. I once found smaller portion with IDR 3.5K. (early 2013)

So when you find a Rujak Bebeg seller around you, do not hesitate to try. Go get a life! ;)

Otak-Otak Si Dia: Street Food No More

Indonesia is famous of its nature and delicacy. Located within 2 enormous oceans and 2 continents, made Indonesia much affected from outsiders, especially in field of culture and food. Otak-Otak is one of famous Indonesian food. Similar with Malaysian or Singaporean (they call it as Otah), even in Indonesia there are also many kind of otak-otak. The differences located in their recipe and ingredients. In Jakarta, we usually find otak-otak seller in hawker stall. Yup, otak-otak might be counted as Jakarta's street food. But lately, as I told you before, online-based business is hip, there is an online tenant whose sell otak-otak and do delivery to Jakarta area; Otak-Otak si Dia. Yes, a unique name it is. Delivered to me in a tidy and clean packaging, nice touch. :)

It came with 2 kind of dipping sauce: peanut sauce and vinegar chili. Peanut sauce was nice. Not too thick and not to spicy. Fit me well. The other sauce, which is vinegar chili was my fave. Gave me a different way to eat otak-otak. Even it's vinegar, it had only a glimpse of sour, and not spicy at all. I enjoyed it a lot. 

With a price of IDR 4K/pcs, of course you can taste the difference with the cheaper one that you may find on the street. Definitely, Otak-Otak si Dia is made from high quality ingredients with perfect seasoning. Covered with banana leaves and grilled to perfection. I could tell you from the first bite, you'll taste the mackerel fish with perfect chewiness. Welcome to the new era of otak-otak! :p

If you're craving for some, you may contact them. Don't forget, reservation needed. They do delivery to Jakarta (minimum order of 20pcs; free delivery for 50pcs). Or they also available on sedapur.com for you who live around Jakarta (Bekasi, Tangerang, Depok). 


Otak-Otak si Dia
www.OtakOtaksiDia.com
Phone   :  ( 021 ) 26 170 180 
Email    :  order@otakotaksidia.com
Twitter  : @otakotaksidia
Facebook: Otak-Otak si Dia
Need reservation max. H-2

Alcoholic Bar: Eat and Drink Alcohol! (Food Tasting)

Heyho, people! After a long blogwalking, my writing spirit has been awaken somehow. Thanks to my fellow foodies! :p

Kemang area is famous as hang out place for Jakartan youngsters. Many fancy restaurants built in here, offer their own uniqueness. Alcoholic Bar is one of them. Located a bit 'hidden', you may find it still in one complex with KOI Kemang. 

I received invitation to try their new brunch menu with some fellow foodies. 

My coming is well-welcomed with the first appetizer; Green Peas Cream Soup with Diced Pork (IDR 38K).  IMHO, this was a good appetizer. The green peas puree wasn't too soft, still had some rough texture. Glad to hear that. If the texture was too soft, I guess it would look like a baby food. 

Tasted a bit plain, but good enough to tickle my buds. Now I'm ready for bigger kick. 

Green Peas Cream Soup with Diced Pork (IDR 38K)

They served all the brunch menu with Italian Sparkling Wine. This was my first time having brunch with alcohol in it. lol.

Anyway, they are having weekend brunch promo, where you can have 3 course continental brunch menu (consist of soup, main course, and dessert) and FREE FLOW Italian Sparkling Wine, only for IDR 250++. This promo valid only on Saturday-Sunday 10am-2pm.

Go give it a chance and make sure you don't get drunk! ;)

Italian Sparkling Wine

Foccacia with Cointreau Gravlax Salmon, Scramble Eggs & Rocket Salad IDR 50K

Eggs Blackstone IDR 45K

Crispy Amaretto Pork Belly IDR 68K

Eggs Hemmingway IDR 50K

Jack Daniel’s Baby Back Ribs IDR 180K (full slab) or IDR 90K (half slab)

Orange Martini/Champagne (I forgot)

Salmon Crepes with white Wine Mornay Sauce served with rocket salad IDR 40K

Champagne Jelly

HOMEMADE VODKA RASPBERRY SORBET IDR 28K

I had a blissful brunch. I loved the food. My favorite was the Pork Ribs. I loved it. Heavenly well-marinated. Came in one plate with baked beans and chick peas. I loved them too. No, it's not canned baked beans. They made it themselves. Sweet enough and not tomato-sauce-ish.  

They had 5 types of poached-egg-with-muffin (you may read them on the photo above). The differences between them was the topping only. Which one was the best? Depends on your taste. ;)

The poached egg was perfect. The yolk running out sexily covering the muffin and topping. 

In the end, they served us Orange Martini/Champagne. I forgot what's that. The point is, it was orange alcohol, which I enjoyed a lot. It was my fave beverage that day. Light and refreshing. 

The dessert was too serious for me. I always love light and fruity dessert. But I just can't stand the alcoholic dessert. Maybe I got too much alcohol that day (since I'm not an alcoholic person). 

If you can't drink alcohol, don't worry. You still can eat the dishes. Alcohol material won't leave any alcohol effect after been cooked, but the exotic scent still remains in the dishes.

Alcoholics Bar

Jl.Kemang Raya no. 72N

Jakarta Selatan 

Tel : +628 719 5675 

@Alcoholics_Bar

http://www.facebook.com/AlcoholicsBarGrill

www.alcoholicsbar.com
info@alcoholicsbar.com

RM Jatinunggal: Feed You with (/and) Fish

Have a daily routine in crowded and noisy Jakarta has given me some stressful head. I needed some air. Fresh air. 

I heard there a restaurant in Jonggol, near Cibubur, West Java, which is located among natural charm. There I went. After fought against Jakarta's traffic and strayed for a while, I got there! Woohoo!

Breezy wind, splash of water, green green grass, and dance of goldfish in the water welcoming my coming. Made me forget Jakarta's crowd for a while. I love the place. Pretty clean for an outdoor restaurant. Carrying Sundanese theme restaurant, or we call it as lesehan, they offered authentic Indonesian food. Not too crowded, just plenty people come and having lunch, most of them came with family.

They had a quiet big place. People said Jatinunggal is very famous. They first opened in 1989 and never open a branch afterwards.

Gurame Goreng (Deep Fried Carp)

Everytime I order seafood, there's a piece of worry in me. I always afraid the food will be fishy. Fortunately, my worry was not proven. The carp was definitely fresh! A little oily, but still acceptable. I asked for half kilo carp for two persons. 

Kangkung Hot Plate (Hot Plate Kale)

They was not only provide fresh fish, but also fresh vegetables! The kangkung came in a very big portion. More than enough for just two of us. :)
The only thing I could complain was it wasn't salty enough for me.  

Sayur Asem

 What's the meaning of having lunch in Indonesian restaurant without ordering Sayur Asem? I'm a big fan of Sayur Asem, and it's hard for me to find an outstanding Sayur Asem out there. (Pssstt... my mom's is still the best)
Here, they had a pretty good one. Just a little less bold than I expected. But the vegetables was good, balance of spices was also nice. 

Coconut

The sunny day and breezing wind invited me to coconut. I forgot to ask for a young one. But they gave me what I wanted. *super big grin* 
The coconut was nice, juicy and soft. Or in brief, it's young. :p
They put brown sugar into coconut water, and it wasn't too sweet. I loved it! :))  

I don't know why they wrote goldfish whereas I ordered carp. They both worth the same though.

They have a big pond with a lot of goldfish. We can feed the goldfish with the fish food they sell. It's only 1K/pack. And when you throw the food into the pond, here's what happen to the fish! They jump, they gather, they swarm. Fun!

View around the restaurant

Overall, I like the place. So peace and quiet.  I had fun and relax. So bad, too much energy to spend to go there. And now... I miss it already.

Tips: They had some big signage though to guide your way. But it's located in rural area so there's no clear address. Just asked the people around, they must be know the place. 

RM Jatinunggal

Jl. Jatinunggal, Sukasirna Jonggol - Bogor, Jonggol, West Java, Indonesia

021-89931132

Sweet Treats by DeJaap Baking Co.

Red Velvet cupcakes

Heyho, people!  I am a huge sweet tooth. I love cakes, chocolates, candies, and other sweets. My prayer is I can eat all the yummy cakes in a cakery and not getting fat. Lol
Anyway, e-commerce and start-up business are booming lately. Online-based business has significant growth within last 2 years. Some of them using website to market the product/service, some of them still go with "simpler online basic" using social media. People may say the one with social-media-based-only is less serious, but hey, as they are business, not a book, so don't judge.

I found one little online cake shop that got compliment from many of my friends. And, apparently they're about to get some more from me. It is De Jaap Baking Co.

Tartlets (10K each)

 Available in 3 varieties: Nutella with Toffee, Creamcheese with Blueberry, and Cream Banana with Cheese. My heart definitely fall for Nutella with Toffee! Ha!
The tartlets weren't too crisp, but a little soft. Yes, prefecto. It also not sweet, but more into plain, give balance to the sweet toppings. :) 

Rumball (35K / package of 9 pcs)

 Nah! This one is my favorite! I loved the rumball. Different from I usually find. The chocolate was so bold and rich. I prefer when it started to melt, so the texture became even softer. :9

butter cookies with filling (5K each)

Who doesn't love cookies? For me, cookies will never go wrong. One bite is never enough. ;)
Available in two varieties of fillings: Peanut Butter and Nutella. Really really really will never go wrong, right? :))

Red Velvet Cupcakes (10K each)

Well, i'm not a big fan of red velvet cake. I mean, yes, I love all kind of cakes, but red velvet, rainbow cake, or for instance, the cake using a lot of food coloring. But objectively, I would say this wasn't a disappointment. The perfect amount of sweetness, moist and nice texture.


I'm definitely want to try their other menu. I just never get enough sweet bites. :)


To order:
@dejaapbakingco
email: lia_rimaldi@yahoo.com
SMS or Whatsapp : 08819902233
Delivery : Jadetabek only
Need reservation 3 days in advance

Sukhothai: Eat Till You Drop Authentic Thai

This is my first experience if All You Can Eat (AYCE) Thai Food. To be honest, when I heard AYCE, I didn't expect something outstanding. I was just hoping for many good food, not superb food. But wise people once said, "Put your hope higher, and your expectation lowest". And my hope was not a waste. I was impressed with the incredible dishes of the dinner.
I went home with a big smile on my face, forget about all dietary thingy. :p

Oops. Let me rewind my memories for you.

Our dinner started with a bowl of Thom Yam Thalay. Hot and sour soup with seafood, that's how they wrote it on the menu. Who doesn't know TomYam? Famous thai soup which always available at any Thai restaurant. A strong flavor of spiciness did surprise me at first. "Ah, ini sudah diadaptasikan dengan lidah Indonesia loh. Kalau di Thailand asli mah harus lebih pedas dari ini. (Ah, this flavor has been adapted to Indonesian taste. In Thailand, the level of spiciness must be way above this one.", Mr. Iqbal (Marketing Manager of The Media) said. 

After some bribes, I was getting used to and started to enjoy the dish. And finally, it successfully kicked my appetite. 

The next starter was with Pla Takrai. It's fried marinated fish with lemongrass and fresh herb. In Indonesian, we usually call it as "sate lilit". Actually I didn't know what kind of fish the use, but it tasted so goooood. *big grin*
Perfect seasoning in this dish succeeded to make me ask for more. Tender and delicate texture did indulge my taste buds. Both hands od Pla Takrai weren't enough.

Khao Pad Sapparot was pineapple fried rice. I found some uniqueness in a good way in this dish. Recording to Chef Sidik, the unique fragrance and taste came from the soy sauce he used. They imported it from Thai. IMHO, I loooove the dish. It was perfectly seasoned. Tasted savory with a little hint of sweet and sour from pineapple. 

Phad Pho Taek (squid, fish and prawn stirred in Thai herb chilli). So bad it also contained crab, so I couldn't eat it due to my aleregic. But my friends said all the components were well-cooked. The prawn was fresh, even the squid wasn't too hard to chew.  Pad Kana Kratiam was stir fried baby kailan.

Pla Sam Rod was deep fried fish with three flavors sauce. The deep fried fish was chrunchy outside but very soft inside, and wasn't smell fishy.  Love the tangy sauce, nice balance of salty, spicy, and a hint of sour.

Kapraw Gai was stir fried minced chicken with thai basil. The dish wasn't the best of all, but it suceeded to hit top three. There was beef version of this dish, named Phad Kapraw Nuea. Similar taste, just different meat.

Anyway, due to bad lighting and  not qualified camera of mine, so, all the photos credit in this post goes to AnakJajan. Thanks to Mrs. Jajan who gave me permission to use their photos.

Recording to Mr. Iqbal (Marketing Manager of The Media), name "Sukhothai" is taken from an ancient kingdom in Northern Thailand. "Sukhothai" means dawn of happiness.
Chef Sidik, the executive chef in charge, is a humble and creative chef. I could say it just by tasting his dishes and ask him few questions. He's not a Thai, but he successfully cooks authentic Thai food. He also gave us some quick cooking trick. How generous he was.

I found a jaw-dropping fact during my visit. They had their cutlery brought directly from Thai. Made from copper. And yes, it's traditional Thai cutlery. How cool is that?

Tell me what you think! Do comment below. ;)



Sukhothai Thai Restaurant
The Media Hotel & Towers 6th floor
Jl. Gunung Sahari 3
Jakarta 10720
Phone: (021) 6263001 ext. 4605
Opening Hours: Daily – Lunch 12.00 pm – 2.30 pm, Dinner 6 pm – 10.30 pm
Price: 149K IDR nett (excl. drinks)
Twitter: @SukhothaiResto

Taiyo Sushi: Another Fusion (Rock 'n) Roll - Openrice Gathering / Food Tasting

If you happened to Pluit Putra Raya, you might notice a big sign written "Taiyo Sushi" on the left side. Once closed for a period, now it's re-open with new look. Even the changes weren't not far from the former, to be honest I prefer the old one. Well, who cares about it anyway. Let's go to the dishes. It's more important. :p

 I got the invitation from Openrice. So there were some of their staffs greeted me when I came in. 
First dish was Chawan Mushi (12K), which was a very appropriate appetizer, just exactly what I expected. The chawan mushi has nice texture and perfect seasoning. Loved it!

Chawan Mushi (12K IDR)

Taiyo Sushi Roll (52K). Half baked salmon with cucumber and crunchy inside. I forgot how they called the crunchy for sushi. Whatever it was, it definitely win my heart. Mayo and cheese on top went really well. Pssstt.. this one was my favorite.  

Taiyo Special Roll (52K IDR)

Tempura Maki Floss (22K) was a simpler roll. From the name, you might know what's in it. Yup, prawn tempura and floss. The prawn was perfectly cooked. I loved it too. Light and tasty. Let's call it as easy bites. 

Tempura Maki Floss (22K IDR)

Aburi Mozarella Roll (56K). As I googled it, aburi sushi means sushi whose fish on top that is torched by flame in a glimpse, so the fish is partly grilled and partly raw. I don't eat raw food, but aburi sushi was an exception. I loved the grilled-smell sensation. Aburi Mozarella Roll had kani inside, and chicken floss and tobiko as topping. The mayo was only for decoration; had no impact.

Aburi Mozarella Roll (56K IDR)

Unagi Salmon Special (54K). Tasted similar with Aburi Mozarella Roll and Taiyo Sushi Roll. Perhaps because they had similar ingredients. But the ingredients were too strong that the unagi was almost undetectable. 

Unagi Salmon Special (54K IDR)

Kare Pasta was their new menu. This dish contained fettucini and kare. The fettucini was overcooked for me. White sauce was a bit tasteless, but it's okay since kare was the hero of the dish. The Kare had pretty strong spices but still not sharp enough. 

Kare Pasta (45K IDR)

interior

Overall I loved the dishes. They had lovely unique taste that you'll only find in here. They kept the uniqueness so hard that almost all the sushi taste the same. That's so bad. 
I'll come back someday, anyway. :)


Taiyo Sushi
Jl. Pluit Putera Raya No.17, Jakarta
(021) 669-3675

Island Creamery

Hi, there! It's dessert time!! Who's up for some ice cream? Me me me!!

For me, there's always a place left for dessert, so after had my dinner, with a full belly, I had no doubt to enter this ice cream joint in Flavor Bliss (Alam Sutra, Tangerang). This is their first branch in Indonesia. 

Rocky Road Cake is below. I loved it. Marshmallow, peanut, and chocolate fudge combined in one bite was such a bliss to me. 

Rocky Road Cake

Red Velvet Cake (25K IDR). Well, this wasn't not my type of cake. The cake was too dry and sweet for me. Well, maybe red velvet cake just became trending lately so many joint try to serve it, hoping it could boost their popularity. Unfortunately, our tongue don't do lie. I don't recommend this cake to you. If you happen to be here, try their another cake. 

Red Velvet Cake

Mud Pie (35K IDR/Slice). Consisted of many layers of ice cream, and contained many oreos. *big grin*
Had layers of ReverseO Ice Cream (chocolate), Cookies n Cream, and caramel, with dark chocolate in the bottom and oreos on top. The dark chocolate worked to balance the sweetness from other components.

Mud Pie Slice 

Kahlua Latte Ice Cream Scoop (22K IDR). 

Latte and kahlua in ice cream form was not bad. If you're a coffee lover, go try this one!

All ice cream price: 

22K IDR for singe scoop

36K IDR for double scoops

Kahlua Latte Ice Cream Scoop

Mini Baked Alaska (35K IDR). Looks so tempting, isn't it? 

Thin slice of sponge cake as the bottom layer, berry ice cream for the filling, and meringue for the cover. Anyway, the berry ice cream took most part of it. I tasted too much vanilla and too little berry in it. 

Mini Baked Alaska

Mini Baked Alaska 

Red Velvet Ball (5K IDR each).

Nice try! The red velvet much moister and richer here.

Red Velvet Ball

Hot Chocolate Cake. 

It was very toothsome, but unfortunately too sweet. The chocolate cake was perfectly baked, so the chocolate melt was draining out lovely. 

Island Creamery
The Flavor Bliss
Alam Sutera Kav. 11, Tangerang. Indonesia
Phone: (021) 29005040