The Beauty of Nature - The Banyan Restaurant

THE BANYAN RESTAURANT

Address : 

Pesona Alam Resort & Spa

Jl. Taman Safari No. 101, Kampung Baru Tegal, Cibeureum, Cisarua, Bogor, Jawa Barat 16750

Phone : 

(0251) 8217111

Dress code : 
casual with outer outfit

Type : Lunch Buffet

Price : approx. IDR 150k / person

Time : 11.00am - 03.00pm

My Story : 

Hello, have you heard The Banyan Restaurant ?
It was located inside the Pesona Alam Resort & Spa, this is the only place for you to have heavy meal during the day in the resort area.
In my previous story, I told you about Club Huis. Both located in the same area but different building and type of food.

This time, I ate at this restaurant with my whole family (mom, dad, big bro, sis in law, and my niece). We arrived a little bit late that day. Around 02.00pm , so it was a rush for us to finish our meal.
The restaurant itself located beneath the lobby area and facing the beautiful mountain and pool.
As you can imagine, this place doesn't have air conditioner , for me the cold breeze was enough.

Frankly speaking, the food was a contradictory with the view. If the view was very pleasant to see, the food was not that enjoyable. The variant was too little and the taste itself was not at it best. However, If you do not want to take the buffet package, you are able to order the ala carte menu. But, considering the price, 2 menu with drink will have almost the same amount with the buffet package.
It was more economical for me to take the buffet package. (consider my big appetite too :p)

the buffet menu : 
drinks : hot tea, sweet ice tea
fruit    : melon, snake fruit, oranges, sugar palm fruit, bengkoang and sweet potato for Rujak
Main course : white rice, fried rice, fried noodles, black pepper beef, saute vegetables, fried tempeh, and soto (Indonesian soup)
dessert : chocolate cake, pandan cake, and some pastries, waffle

A. Drinks
     for the buffet, we didn't have any option rather than to drink tea. The tea itself was ordinary    
     without any special taste
B. Fruit
     I didn't eat much fruit that day because I ate too much soto T_T (I consider the soto as their best
     menu in the buffet) but the fruit were not sweet and sorry to say, it were just ordinary

C. Main Course
     Well, I ate the appetizer first. The salad bar didn't have too much ingredients but sliced cheese
     still available along with several dressings. Quite fresh :)

 
 The rice were a little bit dry, the vegetables color were not fresh, it was dark green like being

     cooked to long.
     The meat were okay but not too special

   





For the meat, there were kungpao chicken and beef with cauliflowers.
The kungpao chicken didn't taste like one but it was better than the beef.

The fried rice should had meat based on the name , however I could not find any :( only some pieces of egg as seen in the picture

The fish : 
errrr.. the smell was very fishy. I didn't take any. YUCK







Fried noodle : this one was better than the fried rice. Even though I still could not find the meat T_T the texture was nicer and not too dry












 




    The best was the SOTO * mention it again and again LOL
     The soto contain of meat, tomato, green onion, fried red onion and I requested to exclude the
     white cabbage , it was quite perfect while I was added the lime water.
   

D. Dessert
     the dessert and pastry were quite many in amount. The cakes were in small slices but the pastry

     were in big sizes (normal sizes). I was a little interested with  the pudding but kinda hate the vla.

     The pastry was okay and also some of the cakes.
     For cold dessert they served es campur that we could prepare by our-self.

     Just for suggestion, you don't need to spare your stomach's space for the waffle. The waffle was
     quite horrible, it was hard and tasted bad

After enjoyed our meal, we were free to play in the resort area esp. for the trampoline and mini outbound. And of course we took several pictures around the pool too.
 My companion : 

As you all know, the traffic usually sucks, so we took some selfie in the car

Here is my cute niece :

and me near the pool 

happy jumping!

Good spot for family bonding

my favorite pic taken by me :D

 Have a nice holiday for all of you
and
Almost happy new year


TGIFoodLovers

Ig : @caca_ietcha / @blackholeduet
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Feels like home - Club Huis

Club Huis

Address : Pesona Alam Resort 
Jalan Taman Safari No. 101, Cibeureum, Cisarua, Bogor, Jawa Barat 16750
(0251) 825 2426

Dress code : 
casual (better with outer, it can be very windy when raining)


















Best spot : 
sitting in terrace area if not raining
or you can experience eating in dining room area or living room area

Highlight : 

Only sell cookies, cakes, mini pasta, and drinks
the banana cake with oat crumbles is the best 
great for relaxing time

My Story : 

Actually I can categorize this place as not so brand new because it has been opened for public for around a year or more. However that time was my very first visit to pesona alam resort and quickly fall in love with the ambiance and this place becoming my current favorite spot at puncak.

For the first time around July 2016, I went here with my parents. As for your information, my family love to relaxing outside the city and to have a closer look with the nature (not in the extreme way tho)
I have been asked my family for couple of times to go here but didn't get a serious response due to certain reason such as too busy with works and others.

We didn't stay at the resort, we only stop by for couple hours enjoying the view and the food before heading back home.
It was a special Sunday if I must say, it had been a very long time since the last fog in Puncak. We didn't expect to see the fog followed by the heavy rain. It created a romantic family time ^_^

hahaha, this is a picture when my dad and my mom insisted on taking pictures
the fog was so thick and everything become white, mystical maybe.

So when the rain started to pouring down, we entered the restaurant immediately. Surprised surprised ! Looks like home! with living room, family room, dining room and a door like bedroom door. Also a beautiful backyard covered by fog and they turned on lights in colorful colors near the trees. Let me say It was quite magical rather than mystical :p

So here are the menu : 

 What we had :

 

DOn't forget to enjoy your  cake with a cup of warm coffee

Apple cinnamon cake with oat crumbles
the best apple cinnamon cake I have ever tasted in my life
I could smell and taste the real apple and cinnamon mixed well with the saltiness and sweetness of dough and oat

 My dad is a meat lovers so he decided to order sausages and fries. At that time, the sausages and fries felt so good in my mouth. Better than any regular sausages and fries that I bought in the market.
Well, as a hungry daughter, I also ordered pasta. call it mini pasta because it was so small and I still need another menu to satisfied my appetite

 this pasta was in the size of cream soup. the taste was great , contained of macaroni and rich of cheese and milk. If you asking was it worth to buy? then the answer is yes because I only had few choices and frankly speaking, the price was quite expensive considering the size.

Well that was a short story about my first visit at club huis with a lot of pictures of me, mom and dad :D

thank you for reading

TGIFoodLovers

ig : @caca_ietcha and @blackholeduet
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No need to be mad - MAD BOWL Gading Serpong

MAD BOWL EATERY

Address : 

Ruko Graha Boulevard
Blok B No. 9
Jl . Gading Serpong Boulevard
Gading Serpong
Serpong- Tangerang
Indonesia

Phone : 

0812 885 777 96

Dress Code : 
Casual

Price : range from 10k for drinks and 50 + for food

Recommendation : 
Prawn Brazillian Gremolata with Paela rice

My Story :

So that day, I went there with 3 foodies friends
We decided to meet on weekdays after working hours because one of them wanted to tell her love story. So let say it was an urgency :D
In the other hands, this place at that time was brand new and we would like to make a food review about it. (if you remember, I have told you before that I am a reviewer at pergikuliner.com too )

I arrived too early so I waited for couple minutes and decided to order first. I order prawn brazillian gremolata with paela rice. So basically it was a yellow rice ( Europian style : consisted of raisin yumm my fav ) and cooked prawn with coriander, parsley, garlic and strong lemon flavor. That was totally my kind of food.

For a girl like me with a big appetite, the portion matched me.
I got a happy tummy after eating

Actually at that time, there were several promotional menu but they didn't offer it to me. I realized it as soon as my friends order that promotional menu for only 20k including ice tea. erghhh
However that still a good thing that I didn't order the promotional menu because the meat was too little and the taste was like heaven vs earth if I compared it with my original non promotional menu.

To eat here, it is better for you to prepare at least 100k to eat and drink.

VS    

Left : promotional                                                                                   Right : Non Promo

Note : the signal is sucks, you need to get out from the restaurant to get phone signal . Also hopeless wifi :(

Enjoyy

TGIFoodLovers <3

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Rumah nya jjigae! - Jjigae House Muara Karang

Jjigae House
Jl. Muara Karang Raya No. 40A, Muara Karang, Penjaringan, Jakarta Utara

well, it's time for Korean food! WOhoo!

None like my pevious review, this time I will write in Bahasa Indonesia , my mother language

Udah agak lama sebenernya makan di jjigae house ini cuma baru nulis review di blog ini sekarang

Buat pecinta makanan korea pasti udah tau apa itu budajjigae dan kayanya mungkin udah pernah coba juga ya makan disini. 

dari beberapa budajjigae yang pernah gw makan, makan di jjigae houselah yang paling berkesan. 

ga cuma berkesan karena harus antri lama bisa hampir satu jam tapi lebih ke arah positif yang rasa nya di lidah terkenang kenang. 

disini bisa pilih daging nya, ada yang chicken, beef , pork ataupun seafood. 

kebetulan gw dan teman-teman saat itu sangat menyukai daging babi jadi terpilih lah jjigae dengan pork. serta tambahan ramen nya. 

nah begini lah kira-kira penampakan pada saat belum disiram kuah, udah menarik ya menataannya 

nah kemudian isiannya tadi disiram kuah pilihan kita

oh iya untuk broth nya sendiri pastikanlah memilih broth kimchi dibandingkan chicken ataupun beef karena ini yang signaturenya. kimchinya bener-bener enak pula dan mereka jual per kg jika kita mau beli untuk di bawa pulang. 

awalnya keliatan kayanya besar deh porsinya jadi cuma nambah ramennya aja 1. tapi ternyata kurang. sampe nambah ramen ada kali ya 3 -5 biji. plus nambah spam 3 kali juga. 

rasanya ga puas-puas , berasa kurang terus saking enaknya

ga cuma rebutan isian nya tapi juga rebutan kuahnya juga tatkala isian sudah habis dimakan. 

nah saat uda mendidih , masukan ramennya

kemudian aduk-aduk sampe rata

masing-masing orang diberi mangkok kecil , nah bisa langsung comot2 dipanci besarnya atau taro inceran kita di mangkok kecil kita dulu supaya ga keduluan ama temen-temen.. hehehehe 

My Companion : 

waktu itu makan ber 5 karena nambah-nambah terus akhirnya seorang kena sekitar 150 ribuan setelah kita bagi rata. 

seharusnya sih yang pot cuma 94 ribu harganya .. hhahaha ga jadi murah deh 

namun apalah artinya 150 ribu kalo emang puas banget .. tsaaahhh * kibas rambut * 

 Note :
waktu itu kita makan di jam makan malam hari (tepatnya da telat sih jem stengah 9 gitu) dan ngantrinya ga kira-kira, gimana coba kalo wiken yah :( bisa pingsan kelaparan duluan ngantri di depan, mana panas ga ada teras nya ,,huhuhu



Thx guys for the great companion

kiri : albert, sisca, me

kanan : reza, stanley

Feb , 2016 

TGIFoodLovers 

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Good coffee and pastries Spotted @Spotten.id alam sutera

Spotten coffee

Address :
The prominence townhouse
Block 38D no. 37
Sutera boulevard street
Alam sutera-serpong
Tangerang selatan
Indonesia

Pay as you like from october 1 , 2016 - oct 5, 2016



The top window gave me a nice cloud reflection
love it <3

Price : approx 45k in average

Open 08.00 am to 08.00 pm ( sun-thurs) and 08.00 am - 10.00pm (fri-sat)

Payment : cash only

Interior : simple and a the space is a little bit small , ac

Exterior : shop house

Wifi available with plucks

What I  have tried : quiche, chicken mushroom puff, salted egg croissant , colombia geisha coffee, london fog

The quiche was so soft it was almost melted in my mouth but some how i prefer the croissant and the puff was the best.

The croissant had a good texture which crunchy in the outside but the salted egg still soft in the inside. The salted egg was not too creamy but quite  firm
 .
 Instead of runny like others it gave you more real salted eeg sensation with a little taste of nutty

However the puff was the best for me.

The layer of the puff was amazing. It had enough layers on top and plenty of chicken and mushroom inside. The chicken and mushroom itself had the precise quantity of cream and not mushy. The mushroom and chicken real textures were there blended like heaven.

For the drinks , i must say that day was one of my most historical day in my life
.
After a very long break of coffee finally i was able to enjoyed almost half cup of it. The taste of colombia geisha was a quite sour and little bitter with not too strong aroma but still nice. The best part it didn't make my stomach upset in a blink.
Usually coffee makes my stomach in real upset condition right after tasting it.

But not this one. It was good 😀

Another recommended drink as they called it signature drink was london fog. They said it was a mixture of tea and vanilla .. the taste wasn't too strong because it used ice. I think the ice shrinked the tea and vanilla. Hopefully the hot one will be better.

Overall it was nice and I want to come back specially for the pastries. ( as I am not a coffee expert I would like to apologize that I cannot give you a lot of review about it :) )

Life is an adventure.. you'll never live until you do something wild that your old self in the future will remember - TGIFoodLovers

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Have a wonderfull day guys

New Coffee Shop - Home Brew Coffee Alam Suteran (video)

HOME BREW COFFEE

Address : 

Alam A10 i No. 1, Sutera, Provincia di Caltanissetta, Sicilia

Open :
Everyday from 8am to 7 pm (approx 6 pm for last order)

Dress Code : 
Casual 

Hello! 

This time is gonna be different a little bit
Well, yesterday (July 18, 2016) Me and 2 of my foodies friends visited a new coffee shop at alam sutera.
It was located at the back side of ex. rasane building near Flavour Bliss.
The building will be on your right side when you take a first turn on your left.

Park outside or inside the building, take the 1st left corner in front building to P3 to get to home brew coffee shop.
Yesterday was their soft opening day, so there was not so many people inside. Only relatives  and some foodies like us.

The owner was really nice, it was the same with his crew. they sell amazing drinks and foods.
Not only for the coffee, but the non coffee were great too.

I had the opportunity to try the mojito, cajun pasta and my favorite banana caramel bread with vanilla ice cream.
I must say all were good and even so yummy.
I can tell there is another place which also sell banana caramel bread but here they served it with ice cream. How can it not be my favorite even more! the bread itself was amazing plus ice cream it created a heaven for me!

and here is my real expression while trying the cake and pasta (thx u @stelmaris for the unforgettable video! XOXO)

WARNING : The video is a little bit ridiculous :p but its real

Thank you for reading and watching
Gonna make a complete review about home brew coffee shop soon!

I am happy while eating good food
TGIFoodLovers

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Noodle King PIK

Actually I visited this place months ago (Feb to be exact) on the 1st day they open the store

but well due to some reasons I post this right now for you and hopefully still giving the helpful information 

Noodle King 

Location : 

Ruko Crown Golf, Blok A No. 31, Bukit Golf Mediterania
Jl. Marina Indah Raya, Pantai Indah Kapuk, Penjaringan, Jakarta Utara
021 29424861, 021 29424862

I went there on 21st February 2016 with some friends so I was able to try several menu such as jjangmyeon, jjampong, and japchae

1. Japchae

    too bad the japchae was not the best japchae that I've ever tasted 

    and the portion was way too small if I compared it to other restaurant

    the normal price is around 90+ let say 100k 

    hmm not the best offer to buy

2. Jjampong

    The jjampong was the very best among all 

     the taste was great  a little sour a little sweetness and quite spicy

     I could say that those seafood were fresh and not fishy at all 

 3. Jjangmyeon

    Yes hello it reminded me of the favorite food in K-Drama

    The noodle with black bean paste

    Sweet and savory that is all I can say to you

    But for sure, this one was quite nice to eat , did not make me feel want to puke like the other one         that I have tried before because it was too da*n sweet and too much of onions

*  Thumbs up

-The portion for their foods were not too big but using big plates-

Interior : 

modern casual 

Dress Code : 

casual

Service : 

Average, I think gonna takes a long time when full, it wasn't too fast even when a lot of seat were vacant

Price : 

approx. 100k + per person 

You don't need a silver fork to eat good food.
Paul Prudhomme

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