Smells Like Coffee: Chinese

Short Visit To Sam Poo Kong Temple Semarang

Chinese August 04, 2015

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Some of you might have know about kopitiam, but let me explain it to the others who might have wondering for some time about it. Kopitiam is a traditional coffee shop that can be found around some Southeast Asia countries like Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Usually run by their local Chinese peoples. The word kopi is Malay for coffee, and tiam is Hokkien dialect word for shop.

So, kopitiam is basically a coffee shop. What makes it different from other cafe is their menu. Kopitiam mostly offer coffee, tea, and Milo (a malted chocolate drink that is very popular in Southeast Asia, and happened to be my favorite too, hehee). They also offer simple foods based on egg, toast, and kaya jam. Some of them also have other traditional Southeast Asian foods like kway tiao, bakmie, and nasi lemak.

Well, kopitiam is one of our favorite place, of course! They serve nice coffee, milo, toast, and some kopitiam in Bandung are also serve dim sum, yay!! Me and Sats love spending our free time chit-chatting in kopitiam just like what we usually do in other coffee shops or cafe. Different atmosphere, different taste, but same pleasure! :)

Anyway, we were just visited the famous Kopitiam Oey that newly opened recently in Braga, Bandung. Since we came a little bit late and they will be closed soon, I only took some "important" picture of my order and eat them up so quickly, hihiii.. Since I don't have their interior picture, I will explain it later when I re-visit this place. But I can tell you that this kopitiam is very homey and the servant are very nice. :)

Milo Dinosaur | 20k

Milo Dinosaurus is one of my favorite drink when I visit kopitiam, especially since I got pregnant and have to cut down my caffeine consumption. But I prefer it without any whipped cream or jam, cause they kinda interfere the real taste of the Milo.

Roti Canai Kari Ajam | 27k

I was surprised by the food that I ordered that night, Roti Canai Kari Ajam. Aside of my first time tasted, it taste really gooooooddddhh..!! I love the curry consistency. It was a small portion but came with a big taste! Looking forward to visit Kopitiam Oey again soon.. :)

>> Kopitiam Oey <<

Braga 45 Bandung - Indonesia

(022) 42600612

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Holiday..!! (part-2)

art works September 09, 2011

Day 3

Off to Borobudur and Jogja!!

People are keep staring on us when we took those pictures with a yoga pose. Hahaa.. I know, it's a public space, and you might think it's funny to see people do a weird pose for their photo, but it's fun anyway.. ;)

Beautiful, isn't it..?? Borobudur Temple is the biggest Buddhist temple in ninth century.
Come visit Borobudur here in Central Java - Indonesia.

Day 4

Uniquely Semawis..

Pasar Semawis is a kinda like Chinatown fair in Semarang. Open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday night along Gang Warung road. There are so many things that you can find here, from variety kind of cuisines to beautiful jewelries..

Look at that! There's a stand that sells Hello Kitty's stuff. Cuuutteee!!

Another interesting thing is a stand that sells quick-handmade Chinese painting. This guy name Suharto Martanto (Tan Eng Tiong) is amazingly genius. He made such a beautiful Chinese ink painting in a shortest time that I could have ever imagine. Too bad my camera and all of our phone batteries were out at the same time so I could only got a few pictures of his art works. But he told me that he is using facebook so for you guys that are wondering, see his page over here.

By the way, if you want to learn how to make Chinese ink painting, he would love to teach you there at Semawis. Just come to his place at Jalan Gang Warung 86 Semarang - Indonesia.

Day 5

Last night, enjoying the coffee at S2.

S2 a very interesting place. They have 7 different places inside of it, including 3 different restaurant, one bakery, 2 ice cream and yoghurt stand, and a gym. Well, what's the problem of having a gym above the restaurant? None! Hahaa.. (^^)

Anyway, since we didn't have much time left before we leave, we decided to come here and have a quick relaxing time having coffee and tea. Oh I wanna go back there to taste some other food and beverage sometime..