[REVIEW] Paul Patisserie Pacific Place Jakarta

Finally my exam is over and I finally could taste an internet again because my internet at home super sucks >.< 

Sooooooooooooooo I know I have been very lazy to update in this month and finally today I'll make another post.

I went to Paul Patisserie in Pacific Place Jakarta with my friend. We were so curious about this place because the hype was so high when this place opened for the first time so we decided to give it a try. 

Luckily we came at the right time. The restaurant was full when we came and we were the first in the waiting list. After waited for about 5 minutes finally we got our seat inside. Yeay!

 These are the display of their patisserie next to the cashier for those who wants to buy for take away. I can't take a lot of photos because it was crowded. 

In total, we ordered 2 cakes and 1 set. A lot? You gotta see by yourself. Because, I told ya, once you were there, it feels like you wanna try all they have. So here it is. 

1. Millefeuille Fraise

 IDR 50k (not inc. taxes and service charge) 

OMG!!! I LOVEEEEEE THIS CAKE so freaking much. For me this is the icon of Paul, the best from them. It looks so beautiful. I had to stared at it a few minutes until I finally ate it because it looks so good for my eyes. 

The pastry were so crunchy while and the filling tasted so fresh and not too sweet. I love it! Super Perfect combination. I love the sliced strawberry in the filling it makes the cake so balance and have the sour, sweet, crunchy, salty, and cold.

 My advice, you all HAVE TO try this then you know how nice this is. 

2. Tartelette Framboise

IDR 55k (not inc. taxes and service charge) 

It looks so beautiful too *cries*. The pie crust were too hard not crunchy so when you want to cut it you need to give a slightly more power. But the filling and framboise or raspberry were fine, super fine. Again, I love when fruit combines with pastry, it feels so fresh and it tasted so balance, it has all the flavor you can imagine you'll get from what it looks like. 

Oh, what I don't like from raspberry is they got some kind like fibrous thingy outside the fruit so I feel kinda disgust when I'm about to eat this. But the taste is great so.... Yeah LOL

3. Menu cafe Surprise 1

IDR 95k (not inc. taxes and service charge) 

The set consisted of:

a. a teapot of tea which you can choose what kind of tea you want and I chose Earl Grey

FYI, this tea is refill as much as you wish. Yeah! But the waiter said if you refill too much the taste would be plain. LOL. I know but it's refill as much as you wish sooooo I feel glad. HAHA

b. creme brulee 

I love how is tasted. But it wasn't fully caramelized at the top so it didn't look delicious, it looks kinda pale. 

c. Chocolate something (I forgot the name it's kinda like brownies)

When I was looking at their menu and saw this cake, it looks really nice and looks so tempting and we actually wanna ordered this single piece. But then, I found the menu set that this cake is included in that. So we ordered that set instead of the single piece. Unfortunately, the result didn't look as tempting as the picture is and the taste was so ordinary. For me, nothing really special about this cake. 

b. Macaroon 

These are they small macaroon, the one that cost around IDR 40k or more are the big macaroon. Both of them got different flavor.

Personally, I don't like macaroon. Seriously. I don't know why lol. The one that I ate is pineapple flavor. It's crispy outside but super soft in the inside. It's not too sweet too. But still, I don't like macaroon LOL ;)

Overall, I love this place, it's so comfy even tho it's quite crowded. I'm super in love with the pastry! Seriously, it's worth the price. Just perfect, melt in my tongue. I would definitely come back to try their main course because it looks super delish. 

So after we finished eating, we went around the mall and went back to Paul because I wanted to but it for take away. Guess what? It was getting more crowded than we were there before and the waiting list was surely got a lot of people. 

This is the box to take away

For addition, you also have to pay taxes if you want to but it for take away.

This is a must try place! Worth for every bite! I promise. Lemme know if you have tried this :)

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Devina❤

[REVIEW] Green Tea Roll Rati-Rati

I actually visited Rati-Rati almost a month ago lol but yeah I finally get a chance to write a post about it now *a bit shy HAHAHA. If you want to go to this place, you have to search for it closely because the name's board is really small and the place from outside looks kinda dark.

This visit was unplanned. Me and my friend actually just wanted to go for a dinner but yeah, our tummy didn't agree LOL. Anyway, why did I only choose the green tea roll? Because after me and my friend had our dinner, we want some dessert but we can't eat a lot again, our tummy already full enough but we still want some sweet things so we chose Rati-Rati, and besides my friend wanted to buy it for take away. 

 Green Tea Roll Cake around IDR 38k inc. tax

When I was looking at the display, my eyes definitely went to green tea so we ordered that. Tbh, I had a high expectation about how it would taste, because people were talking about it and this restaurant is quite famous. But, in the end, it only felt enough satisfied.

The ice cream and crunchy was standard, nothing really special. You can choose the ice cream flavor, there are vanilla and chocolate, that's what I remembered LOL. The roll was perfectly made, it was soft and I liked that. But the problem is the taste of the green tea. It had the same taste with the green tea powder that I bought in a cooking store to make my green tea cookies. Perfectly the same! I was like, geezzzzz. 

But for you who never tasted that green tea powder, it was nice! Super nice I'm telling you, it really smells good makes you want to eat it ASAP. So does the taste, really really delicious, it had a strong taste of green tea. I would love it if I hadn't taste it before. 

The bomb part for me was the filling. They combined it, which I thought is a whipped cream, with red bean in it and it came out really good. I really really love it. Not too sweet, and just perfectly match <3

When you want to eat this, or any other flavor, I advice you to eat it with a bite of the roll + the filling don't forget, the ice cream and the crunchy! Parfait :)

Now, about the price it's kinda insane to set that price for only a roll cake. But, I think you won't regret it to give it a try! ;)

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Devina❤

Do Ya Miss Me?

Hello guys... Hello March~ I know I knowwww..... I've been gone for too long right? Yeah, that's because I got a lot of homework before (life of an university student *sigh). Anyway now it's all done and I wish I can a bit relaxed next week *finger cross. 

So I visited the mighty Paul Patisserie, Pannacotta Etc, and some other restaurants, I also baked some cakes and even tried to cook main course. Lemme have my time to edit the picts ok? Please look forward :) 

Oh btw, I'm counting days to watch Bruno Mars's concert. I do really hope it will go smoothly. Amen! I feel super excited since it will be my first American singer's concert HAHAHA :D

from LeeHi's instagram ;)

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Devina❤

[RECIPE] Green Tea Ice Cream (No Ice Cream Maker)

There are a lot of foods and drinks that you can make with the miraculous ingredient called "the green tea powder". You can make green tea latte, green tea ice cream, green tea cookies, green tea pudding, green tea pannacotta, green tea roll cake, mochi green tea, and other creation that you can think of. I made some of it and of course I'll post it later ;)

This miraculous ingredient is quite expensive. I bought it for IDR 30k for around 50 grams green tea powder if I'm not mistaken. I forgot to take a pict of it :( 

This time I made green tea ice cream. At first after I bought that powder I didn't really know what I was going to make and my dad was suggested to make ice cream, so i made it.

I'm a freak green tea lovers, yes yes yes. And I think that ice cream is the dish I like the most from green tea. I don't know why but everytime I am going to buy an ice cream, I usually buy the green tea flavor. I think I can't live without greentea desserts LOL.

I adapted the recipe from "Spoonful Blog" :) I put a little more of the matcha powder but didn't add more sugar so it's a bit bitter because a lot of matcha which I like it that way.

Result: 3/4 part filled of 20 x 20 cm container box

Ingredients: 

- 3 tablespoons green tea powder (matcha)

- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 3 egg yolks (room temperature) 
- 600 ml milk
- 500 ml heavy cream

How to make it:
1. In a small bow, mix the green tea powder with 2 tablespoons granulated sugar.

2. In a separate bowl, mix together the egg yolks and remaining sugar. In this step, you have to be careful because the egg yolk and the sugar might not be able to fused perfectly. 

3. Pour the milk into a small pan and gently heat taking care not to let it boil (ideally the temperature of the milk should be 176 degrees F) and stir it continuously. 

4. Remove the milk from the heat and mix a few spoonfuls of the warm milk with the green tea powder and sugar in a small bowl. When you have a smooth paste, add it to the remaining milk in the pan, then gradually combine with the egg yolk mixture.

4. Return mixture to the stove and heat slowly over low heat (taking care to not let the mixture boil), until the mixture coats the back of a spoon. Remove from the heat, strain through a fine sieve, and allow to cool completely.

5. Lightly whip the cream and then add it to the cold green tea-milk mixture.


6. Transfer the mixture to a large container and [chill for an hour or two in the refrigerator] and then put it in the freezer. 

7. As ice crystals start to form, remove, and mix well with a spoon (use a wooden spoon and stir very vigorously) to break them up and return the mixture to the freezer. 

8. Repeat this a few times as it freezes to ensure that the ice cream is smooth. This step is very important if you wanna have a perfect ice cream's texture. 

Poor me, I used cooking cream (I bought it wrongly, blame the shopkeeper because she said that it's the same with the cream that I used to buy ~.~ and I didn't really pay attention to the word "cooking cream" lol) and for the last step, I didn't do it like it used to be, I only stir it one time and it's already completely frozen. So the ice cream's texture is rough, not smooth and crystalized. 

It's just the different texture (which you can see from the the photo) from usual ice cream.  But, the taste is superrrrrrrrr delicious, and it really suits me well. I love it seriously, I just can't stop eat them everyday. 

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Devina❤

[RECIPE] A Delicious Snack, Fried Mantou

It's been a long time since my last post. Not too long actually, but I feel it's quite long lol. Anyway, I've been busy spent some time with my friends because my pretty n lovely holiday is over :( And I've been busy packed my things to bring to my dorm. I'm not ready to go back to my daily routine but here I am already passed my Monday morning class and finally find the right thing to post on my blog :)

I've always snacking at late afternoon, around 4-5 hours after lunch. Yeah, that's why I'm getting fat a lot :( So, I'm going to share this super easy and delicious snacks. 

This menu were served at one of a dimsum restaurant near my house. One day when me and my friends were about to ordered this menu at that restaurant, it's out of stock. We were so sad because we wanted to eat that so badly. So after I went back home, I were inspired to make this.

You only need frozen mantou and sweetened condensed milk, you can find both of it easily at the supermarket, and oil and a pan to do the deep fried process. 

How to make this is sooooooooo freaking easy, you only need to deep fried the mantou with medium heat. After it's getting brown, put it on a plate and pour the sweetened condensed milk on top of it. Voila! It's done. You can eat it right away! ;)

P.S: This snacks may cause you can't stop eating them and off course getting fat! ;) 

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Devina❤

[REVIEW] Koi Cafe Indonesia

I can't sleep because I drank venti sized Caramel Macchiato Starbucks at 5 PM alone! So here I am digging my laptop to find something to post on blog.

Yes, I'm a green-tea freak, super freak :) LOL. And for the past few months I kinda get crazy with their Green Tea Macchiato, since KOI Cafe (finally) opened their first branch in Indonesia in Emporium Pluit Mall, which is sooooooo close to my house but the freakin' traffic made it so long to get there. Jakarta oh Jakarta :(

KOI Cafe is from our neighbor, Singapore. In here there are only 2 size of drink, small and medium, but in Singapore there are 3 size, they have large size. The large size cost around 4 SGD. Their bottle size are just like Starbucks size, their large is just like Sbucks's venti, the medium is just like Sbucks's grande. In Indonesia, the small size cost around IDR 15k++ and the medium size cost IDR 20k++. The menu also different between Indo and SG, I think SG got more kinds of drinks. 

There are only 2 KOI Cafe in Jakarta and both of them are in North Jakarta and both of them are kinda close -__- It's like only 3-5 Km distances between them, LOL. Yes, both of them are crowded especially on weekend.

The one in Emporium Pluit Mall are bigger than the other one, got more space to sit, but still it's hard to find a place to sit and enjoy our drinks on weekend and sometime on weekdays too. I'm telling you the queuing at weekend is crazy. Even tho you find a place to sit, you still can't enjoy your drinks peacefully because it's located in front of an electronic store! The positive thing is it's free music, and the negative thing is it's too loud. This cafe is on an open space so it's more like a stand or kiosk.

 (From KOI Indonesia's Facebook) 

The latest one is in Baywalk Mall. This place is smaller than the other one, but this is in a store. The main point from this cafe is the sofa that have a very beautiful view straight to the sea. I do always feel amazed by the scenery *__* Anyway, the negative side about that sofa is there are no tables, but there are a lot of electric socket under that sofa. There are also sofa with table but there aren't any electric socket and the scenery is the barista LOL. It's okay actually because sometimes their interactions are funny anddddd they are quite good looking tho HAHA (results from visited them a hundred times and sat there for more than 2 hours sometimes) *more laughing at myself* HAHAHAHAHAHA.

You can clearly see the sea, super love this place!

If you pay more attention to their kitchen, you'll realized the way their cook their tea is a bit different from others because there are a lot of pipes which I don't know what is the function. 

Actually, I'm not only tried their Green Tea Macchiato, I tried their other menu too but I only took photo of the green tea because love is in the air between me and that drink HAHAHA. 

Medium size IDR 21k 

These are the drinks that I have tried:

1. Green Tea Macchiato

(From KOI Cafe's website) 

Do you guys know the 1st top reason why I like this drink? The Cream! Omg, I can even lick it until nothing left, super delicious but yeah this consist a LOT of fat :( How to drink this drink is cut a little at the edge and drink it right away from there. But I prefer to shake it first until it mixed because if you drink like their way, at the end the only left is green tea, and the taste is just like green tea. This drink suits me well, blend in my mouth and the cream? Geez, it's melting in my mouth! For me I always ordered it with 70% sugar, this is perfect for me, not too sweet and not too plain, and no ice for me, it's already cold and the ice won't melt so nothing will change the originality of the taste :)

2. Black Tea Macchiato

(From KOI Cafe's website) 

It's just the different kind of tea, this one is black tea. I think, this black tea have the same taste with those tea that we can buy in supermarket. Not too special for me. 

3. Passion Fruit Macchiato

(From KOI Cafe's website) 

If you want something fresh and you want it to be macchiato, this would be perfect! Sour, not too sweet, and so fresh. To be honest, this doesn't suit me because I don't like sour hehe :)

4. Mango Machhiato

(From KOI Cafe's website) 

Another not really special for me. But for you who get bored with tea and want something not too sour, this will suits you. 

5. Bubble Milk Tea

(From KOI Cafe's website) 

I personally like their milk tea, not really special but better than other's store in taiwanese tea business. Oh, their bubbles? I love it too. It's small and not too chewy. 

I don't know about other toppings because the only one I've tried is their bubbles. Not really interested in adding toppings to my drink because even without topping, it's already expensive -__-

6. Ice Cream Milk Tea.

Sorry but I didn't find a catchy pict of this drink :(

They put the ice cream first in the bottle about 2 scoops and then put it in the freezer or refrigerator. When someone ordered it, they only pour the milk tea and voila! Here you go. This one is quite unique for me lol. But the taste isn't as unique as it's heard. At the end, the only left is the ice cream because it's really hard to stir and mixed it perfectly. Tips from me, order it with less ice or even no ice, it's better, because the ice already like filled 1/3 of the bottle lol.

Overall, the other drinks except macchiato is just ordinary, doesn't have something really special but still taste better from their competitors which already slowing down while they are shining bright. They really stand out because of their macchiato, it's really different from others, and they are truly the best for that! Both of the store have the same taste, they quite standardized. 

We can say that these drinks are quite expensive. The price that we paid for KOI's medium size, we can get large size at other kinds of store. But the medium size is perfect, not too little and not too much. If I see the large size I think I'll throw up and off course get fat because too much cream geez for the sake of my health I think I should control myself HAHAHAHA :D

P.S: Sorry for the bad quality drink's photos, blame Koi Cafe website lol

KOI Café (Indonesia)

1. Emporium Pluit Mall Lt.3 Unit 03-EC-02

    Mon-Sun 10:00-22:00

2. The Baywalk, Green Bay Pluit, Lantai 4, Jl. Pluit Karang Ayu 3, Pluit

    Mon-Sun 10:00-22:00
    021 2962 9631

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Devina❤

[REVIEW] Gudeg Yu Djum Yogyakarta

Yeay, finally homey after visited relatives's houses because it's (finally) Chinese New Year :) My legs are tired even tho all I did for the whole day was just smile, talk, "kiong hi", and eat off course. So got nothing to do anymore, here I am (finally) found something to blogged.

I visited this restaurant when my last trip to Yogya, in late 2013, right before new year's eve. 

Everybody are saying that if you come to Yogya, you have to try this gudeg. So here I am.. 

Basically there are two kinds of gudeg, wet and dry. The wet type has a lot of sauce, and the dry type only has a little sauce. This Yu Djum's gudeg is the type of dry gudeg. 

There are a few branches of this restaurant. I tried in two different place.

This one, I tried in Kaliurang Street (if I'm not mistaken, poor my brain, i forgot T_T). There are three billboards besides the road, it contain three different restaurant of gudeg, and one of them is Yu Djum. BUT, to get to the Yu Djum one, you should walk a little further from the main road and this restaurant is in a house (maybe this is the headquarters). 

I came at night, I think around 7 or 8 PM. Gudeg? Check! There were still available, so did the egg, check! BUT, the only chicken that left were chicken wings and there were only 2 or 3 pcs left (I'm not a fan of chicken wings, but that's the only left behind so what can I do?). Anyway, I was still the lucky one, because the customers after me definitely can't eat the chicken plusssss the egg was out of stock too LOL. 

This located in the middle of the town, just need to walk a little further because the place is, let's say isolated. But they never out of customers just out of stock everyday.

Addition, you can park your car inside or in front of the restaurant but the place is small, so if it's crowded (poor you) you have to park on the main road and have a bit exercise.

around IDR 20k

This one I tried after I bought some souvenirs, around Road Magelang-Yogya, it's right before I was going home. I accidentally found this restaurant LOL (fate to eat this before coming back haha). This place is not located in the middle of the town and only consist of 3-4 tables, so yeah it's small. If you want to be more easier, try this before you come back home. 

 I'm telling you again, I was the lucky one too, the next customers after me, didn't get the chicken because it's out of stock! Fate goes to me LOL

Btw, you can see the difference between the egg compare to the first one. The second egg were too dry I think, so it became hard especially the outside. I don't know whether they cooked it too long or what. But the first egg were fine.

around IDR 30k

I surely love this gudeg! I love the taste, I love how the gudeg melt in my mouth (over act? lemme be sometime). For me, the "krecek" was too dry (it's only the matter of personal taste). But overall, I love it. I'm telling you, it will be even more tastier if they serve with hot rice, that would be parfait!

About the price......... I think this was my most expensive meal in Yogya.

Lemme warn you guys! If you really wanna try this restaurant, you MUST come early to try their best! 

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Devina❤