Smells Like Coffee

Never get bored visiting this place.. :)

Anyway, I once read a blog that said Toko Coklat have a special cake called Inbox, and I finally tried one. There are two sizes available for this cake. The small one is just a perfect couple for a cup of coffee. The other one is a bit larger so it might be nice for a gift. Wondering why the waitress never offered me this cake before.. 

Inbox cake is simply a chocolate cake. But I tell you that the taste is not that simple. The cake is very delicate, with a nice chocolate ganache (with a few drops of rhum, I think) in every layers, and cover up by a creamy chocolate. Think I could eat it more and more! 

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Cimanuk 5

Bandung, Indonesia

I got invitation to try out Rollaas Cafe last Saturday. They said that it runs by local people and also use local products on their menu. Almost all of the ingredients are came from several farms along Java island, especially their coffee and tea selections.

The place is not too small, with simple interior filled the color of woods and coffees. I guess there will be enough room for about 50 persons there. Quite a nice place to have a casual meeting and friends or family gathering.

Spent Saturday night chit-chatting with Sats and Dadi at Starbucks BIP Bandung. I just tried their Espresso Brownies and it taste nice.

And here it is, Sat's little sketch.. :)

I just found a new place to grab some pizzas. Here in Magic Pizza, you can choose all of the ingredients for your pizza, from the thickness of the bread to the topping of it.

Me and Sats went to this place week while there is a 10% discount for every parts of the pizza, hahaha.. what a coincidence! We had a medium size of thick bread with barbecue sauce, smoked beef, roast chicken, onion, mushroom, and of course mozzarella cheese on the top of them.

We had a little doubt at first, honestly. Whether the taste of the pizza would be a little bit weird, or the topping are just in a small amount. You know, it's natural when you come to a new place to have a little worried, right? But when our pizza came, I just couldn't resist the smell, yummm~  :-9

I like their thick but soft crust, and you can see that the topping and cheese are just generous! This is definitely our new favorite of pizza place. ♥

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Riau Junction

R.E Martadinata 17 Bandung

West Java - Indonesia

It's been a long time since the last time I came to Tree House. I used to spend a lot of time with Sats and our friends here because we love the place, their food, their drink, and the fast internet connection that they have! :D

Last Friday I came back and found something new about the place. They changed the menu, add some new foods and beverages on it, and they have improving their food and beverages styling. Love those latte art on the Hug Mugs..

I like mojito. I like it even more when they serve it in a jar, hahaa.. how big, how cute!

Over all, I like all of the foods that we ordered that night but one, the Spaghetti With Spicy Grill Beef. It's not that I don't like the taste. It taste quite good actually, but kinda weird in the same time. I appreciate the modification that the chef made with the pasta. But creamy pasta with Bangkok's sambal? I don't think they make a great fusion.

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Jalan Hasanuddin No.5 Bandung

West Java - Indonesia

Got a packet of Famous Amos cookies from Mbak Ida and Mas Ario at Jakarta.. yay!!

My favorite is "Double Chocolate & White", chocolate cookies with chocolate and white chocolate chips. Wait! Shouldn't it be a "Triple Chocolate"?? Anyway, sorry I didn't get the picture of that one. They were fall down to my mouth like raindrops.. :P

Well I guess for the next couple of days we'll going to have cookies and coffee for breakfast, hehe.. 

Have a nice dinner at Warung Garem Garem last night with Sats, Dadi and Hasto. Cute table number!

Anyway, "Garem Garem" literally means "Salt Salt", but don't worry because they are not serving salty foods. ;)

It's a Green Tea Smoothies. Nothing wrong with the lighting, the smoothies was just not really have a green color like the usual green tea smoothies I have. Taste good, but I barely feel the green tea, too much milk/cream I think..??

Finally found another place that have chamomile. We like chamomile tea a lot, they are really good especially when we feel a little bit unwell, but it's kinda rare in Bandung right now.

They have various Mojito with fruit taste.

Pastaaaa..!! Yuummmm~

I tried their Homemade Cheese & Chicken Ragout. It's quite good, but I think they used too much cheese. It's not balanced with the chicken. I also took a bite of every order on our table, hehee.. I like their pasta. Both spaghetti and fettuccine are well cooked. The Aglio E Olio was fine, it's the first time I ever tried an anchovy with pasta. I also like the creamy Don Miguel.

By the way, they also have a breakfast menu, from 6.30 to 10.00 a.m. Garem Garem serve Italian American and Indonesian cuisines. All price range: IDR 7K - 110K.

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Jalan Diponegoro 3A Bandung

West Java, Indonesia

Me and Sats love coffee so much that we almost couldn't went through a day without it. Couple months ago we saw this new product of Starbucks Indonesia in one of their store, I think the one in Paris Van Java Mall. Sats have tasted it, but we were in a rush and not really interested back then.

Last week we came to Starbucks BIP in a more relaxed way and bought a pack of Starbucks VIA Colombia to try at home later. And later on, we tried it and we were like, oh wow! this is definitely be our favorite! hahaa.. 

Sometimes we do need a quick instant coffee (me and Sats actually drink instant coffee almost everyday), but we want it smooth and taste nice too, just like the one we have in the coffee shop. For this ready brew VIA, they take the same roasted beans that they use in their Starbucks stores and create a blend of instant and microground coffee to be enjoyed whenever and wherever.

Oh hey, I love their trademark: 

"Never be without great coffee."

Have a nice day!

I was read about Mrs. Fields on a food blogger post a few days ago, and here we are in a very crowded Jakarta city, in a searching of some tasty chewy freshly made cookies..

We went to Summarecon Mall Serpong 2 yesterday and tried these nibblers (small cookies) and a cup of hot cappuccino with a bear face latte art on top. Yumm~  :-9

My favorites are the Chewy Fudge and White Chocolate Macadamia.

Have a nice long-weekend folks..!! :D

Mrs. Fields
Summarecon Mall Serpong 2
Gound Floor 239-240
Jalan Boulevard Gading Serpong
Tangerang 15810
Phone: 2931-0389

Sats once ask me why I wrote the word "macaron" instead of "macaroon" on my first post about it. Who knows that missing an "o" in a word could cause so many problem?? For you that think a macaroon is a cute and colorful little dessert made of egg white and filled with jam, nnnggggg.. you might get it wrong. Well, not completely wrong, since the English word "macaroon" is derived from the French "macaron". I might not a true expert here but I love them so much that make me feel like I have to let you guys know that the right word is actually "macaron", drop one of the o please!

MacarOn is known as a French dessert, although there has been much debates about its origin because some have traced that an Italian pastry chef brought them to France. It's a sandwich-like pastry that come in a variety of colors and flavors.

Here is the basic split of a single macaron:

1 part cookie [ground almonds + egg white + sugar] +

1 part filling [buttercream, ganache, jam] +

1 part cookie [ground almonds + egg white + sugar] =

1 complete macaron [happiness] :)

While macarOOn is a small cake or meringue-like cookie. Although both macarOn and macarOOn use egg whites, they look totally different. MacarOOns usually use coconut (the American way) in their ingredient, and sometimes topped with a tiny slice of cherry

MacarOOn is more like a small and simple cookie, and often dipped in chocolate.

You might know that the "oo" in macarOOn spells like "broom" or "room". Now how to spell macarOn? It's "maka-ron" just like the name Ron. Few people pronounce it like it rhymes with the vowels in "room" but I go with the short one.

So, for you that have been wondering, I hope this could help. ;)

Have a nice day..!!

Sources: 
Wikipedia and Wikipedia
Serious Eats
There's No Place Like Oz