[F&B REVIEW] Sumoboo, Pantai Indah Kapuk

 

Although I live near PIK area, which is the heaven of foods. It's also the place where dessert shops like Sumoboo, Shirayuki, Shirakuma, etc. first started to become famous. But I haven't tried most of them for like after a year or maybe a few years after the trend started. Slowly, I'm catching up with those shops. I tried Sumoboo probably a few months ago to be honest. You know, college life is hard guys I've been so busy with a serious amount of project, homework, and exams #sigh. 

Alright! Enough for the excuses, now let's get into the business. I went there with my friends. We only ordered two dishes because we went there after our dinner so we are feeling quite full but still wanted something sweet. 

When I came there, it's packed but we could still get a seat. Even though it was kinda forced out. There are four of us but the table is very small, like literally small. The service is okay. I personally live the design, I will love everything that made from woods. 

We ordered their two most famous and probably favorite menus. Here are what we ordered.

1. BOO!! Matcha

IDR 30k (not inc. tax)

  

  At first we were about to order the strawberry one but it was sold out or not available I forgot. The shape of it is super cute. It forms some sort of a bear I supposed... This is the shaved-ice kind of dessert with ice cream, matcha sauce, pieces of strawberries, sweet condensed milk, and pieces of milo cereal. 

I love the ice cream. The dish tasted nice, not too sweet, which is very important. But, honestly speaking there is nothing really "wow" about this dish. The matcha flavor is not strong. The price is quite affordable and the portion is quite big too.

2.  Nutella Bomb + chocolate mountain + sliced almond

IDR 40k (not inc. tax)

This is really the bomb, the famous nutella bomb. There are two kinds of this dish. The one with only the mochi and this one that came with shaved-ice. Nutella bomb is basically a mochi with a nutella filling. The mochi is chewy, of course, a little bit over my chewiness level but still tolerable. When you bite into it, it breaks down and the nutella is overflowing, filling up your mouth. Yep, it's that delicious.

 The filling itself isn't came in a small amount in my opinion. The shaved-ice compliments the bomb very well. The sliced almond gave a nice crunchy texture to this dish. It's not too sweet either, which is good. The price is affordable too. If you are having a hard time finding this dish in their menu, they are at the Kakigori category, right under the BOO!! Kakigori.

Overall, Sumoboo is a good place if you are looking for sweets with a decent taste and an affordable prices. Their shop's interior is also nice and cozy. No wonder in all their branches, it's always so packed or there are even a waiting list for it.

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[REVIEW] The Cup Indonesia, Pantai Indah Kapuk (PIK)

Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! Geez, I finally working my a$$ again on this blog. I've been so so so lazy to write, I fell ashamed for myself. Anyway, I actually have been going to some new places, especially dessert house, for the past a couple of months. 

And I went to this restaurant called "The Cup". I knew about this restaurant because a foodblogger posted about it so I thought why don't I give it a try. I thought the restaurant is a dessert house, but actually they're not. They originally came from South Korea and they have main course too, that served in a cup that looked like a chinese food box in U.S. I didn't order it because I'm actually quite full. 

So, I ordered "Matcha Bingsu", Bingsu or bingsoo is actually a Korean shaved ice with some toppings. This dessert became come popular lately, as the K-pop started to invaded the world. LOL. 

"Matcha Bingsu"

 IDR 52k (inc. tax)

I must admit that the presentation of this dessert is mouthwatering, except their "slowly gone" logo on the board. The shaved ice are so soft, when I was eating it I don't feel like it's a shaved ice. The texture almost kinda like a cotton, and it's white while ice are usually uncolored, clear like water. I personally liked the ice because I didn't feel like I was eating an ice. As you can see, the toppings are almond, matcha powder, wafer, mochi, green tea ice cream, red beans, two sticks of Pocky and a drizzle of sweet condensed milk.

Start from the green tea ice cream, it taste wonderful, well actually it's the same taste you'll get everytime you go to dessert house that served greentea ice cream as a topping. I honestly didn't like the mochi, the flavor is bubble gum and I think it's not suitable and matching with the green tea flavor. 

The flavor and the smell of the matcha powder wasn't strong, it didn't give me a "matcha kick" (is this makes any sense LOL). The one that I bought from a cooking shop would still win over the matcha taste. 

As you can see, the portion is kinda big, could be for 2 persons. But, it didn't have any fillings inside (of course because it's a toppings) and the shaved ice is tasteless so I think you might wanna eat your toppings wisely lol. About the price, I think it's a bit pricey for just a bowl of dessert and to mention that they didn't give quite amount of toppings. 

Overall, truth be told, this is just some of the dessert that looks absolutely mouthwatering. Meanwhile the taste is so ordinary.

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Devina❤