Enjoying the Mountain's Breeze - Melrimba Garden

Melrimba Garden

Address : 

Jl. Raya Puncak KM 87, Tugu Utara, Cisarua, Tugu Utara, Cisarua, Bogor, Jawa Barat 16750

Indonesia

How to get there : 

Private car, approx 2 hours from JKT 

Phone : 

(0263) 523205

Open for restaurant : 

08.00 am - 09.00 pm 

for garden, bike rental, trampoline , etc : 

08.00am- 05.00pm 

Dress code : 

casual , just bring outer with you

Menu that I bought : 

Fried Banana with caramel and palm sugar and butter

 So, basically this fried banana is my favorite, my family favorite and I suggested it to my friends and they love it too.
Most of you must be wondering, whats special about this banana, you can find it everywhere. Well, I must say this is the best fried banana that I have ever tasted in my life so far.
The banana always sweet, I cannot find undesirable taste of it (in Indonesia we call it sepet). The texture is crispy on the outside but moist in the inside. The sweet mixture from the caramel and palm sugar are not over taste either. It gave me the precise desirable sweet taste that brought calmness and relaxation. <3


 the price approx 40 per portion (2 pcs as seen in the picture)

Poffertjes

 This is a wonderful round profferjes. It looks tempting with the snowy sugar on top and a little chocolate sauce at the corner.
For your information, the taste of this sweet is not the best in puncak, but still okay and nice to have it after a journey full of traffic and polution :P
 price : approx. 30k+ per portion

 Fried Kwetiaw

Well,  I must say, all the food and drinks here are not cheap. But it adequate  with the cozy environment and the taste that we get.

That time I also ordered fried kwetiaw. Unlike the normal kwetiaw that I know, this one had wider piece. You can order the one with chicken meat or with the seafood. It is all up to you.

In the picture : seafood ( I prefer not to use squid actually)
the taste of the kwetiau was nice. I was able to taste the savory and sweetness of the kwetiau without unnecessary burning sensation taste. The portion was not too much but still okay for my portion.

Drink : 
Traditional poci tea with rock sugar ( refillable)
It was served with 2 glass of made of clay, the same with the tea pot.
Some people said, the more you used the tea pot set, the better is the taste of the tea.
When I ordered this tea, the clay was already dark brown and the taste of the tea was nice with the rock sugar, it refreshed me after a long sitting in the car.
Let say it energized me and matched with the food

a cup of coffee : 

Oh well, to be honest I only took a sip. 

I didn't drink the coffee tho, it was belong to my dad. 

however don't expect a latte art from this restaurant

it is not a coffee shop so let say the coffee was so so and they will give you a lot of sugar pack to use o_0

What I did ?

There is an orchid shop inside the area, I usually go there to look around and take several pictures. 

Some other flowers and plants also available and you can have a sneak peak inside the melrimba garden (you must pay the entrance ticket for melrimba garden approx 15k per person - if I am not mistaken :p , excluding the bike rental and camping and fishing)

Pony are also available for rent

If you bring little kid with you, this is one of interesting and fun attraction. 

They also have atv, trampoline, mini outbound 

My companion : 

My beloved parents who loves to go to Puncak at least once a month :D

and I love it too

TGIFoodLovers
ig : @caca_ietcha / @blackholeduet
web : www.cacaietcha.wix.com/TGIFoodLovers

Martabak Encek Gang Aut Bogor

Martabak Encek (CTTY)

Gang Aut - Bogor

Address : 
Ranggagading street
next to Ngesti store
Bogor- West Java

 I cannot read the name clearly but I think It is CTTY

Dress code : 

Casual comfortable 

No dine in 

Exterior : 

street food

Interior : 

N/A

Operational hours : 

Sold out in couple hours.. so better come early to get this

Menu : 

Sweet martabak

What I bought : 

Sweet Martabak cheese and chocolate

My father bought this for my family at home. He went to Bogor with his old friend who used to live in Bogor for couple years. His friend said this martabak is good and a lot of people come to buy even though this is categorized as food street. For the additional information, the seller is an old man maybe that's why the martabak was good (a lot of experience in making martabak ?!).

At their first visit there, my father wasn't successful to bring the martabak home but at the second visit, they got it and bring it home successfully YEAYY!

That was my fortunate time to be able to try this legendary food. When I opened the box, the martabak looked so ordinary like the others. The martabak was not too oily but not dry either. When I touched the martabak, the surface was in the perfect moisture level.

For my first bite I can tell you it wasn't disappointing. The taste was salty but in a good way because it gave a balance taste in my mouth between the sweet fillings and the milk inside. My father told us that the seller didn't use butter for the martabak and only using ordinary margarine like blueband. Wow.. how can the seller able to create such tasty martabak with ordinary margarine? And the smell.. uhmm.. even after a long road from Bogor to Jakarta, the smell of vanilla still there for us to smell.

If you come to Bogor area, please make sure you go to Surya kencana road and Gang Aut to have a great culinary experiences.

TGIFoodLovers

Asinan Bogor Gang Aut - AHAUW

Asinan AHAUW a.k.a Asinan Gang Aut

Address : 
Roda Ujung Road no. 5 (near Surya Kencana road and Siliwangi Road)
Bogor, West Java

Phone : 
N/A

Dress code :
casual and comfortable
No dine in (take away and eat at home after refrigerated!)

Operational Hours : 
Closed on Monday

Exterior : 
street food style

Interior : 
N/A

Menu : 
Asinan Buah (pickled fruits)
Asinan sayur (pickled vegetables)

What I bought : 

Asinan buah (pickled fruits)

For years, people form outside Bogor usually buy pickled fruits from Asinan Gedung Dalam, most of them or us don't know that there is another famous pickled fruits called Asinan Gang Aut (Asinan Ahauw).

My dad went to Bogor with his old friend to buy martabak encek (also the famous one in Gang Aut) and this pickled fruits. His friend used to live in Bogor area so he knows good food for Bogor people. He said that Bogor people usually buy this asinan instead of buying it at Asinan Gedung Dalam.

When I saw the pickled fruits, it was totally different with asinan gedung dalam. The fruits were sliced thicker than asinan gedung dalam, the chili it self looked rougher but pretty much had the same red color for the soup. The soup itself wasn't spicy like Gedung dalam, it was more sweet and mild. I like that kind of taste considering I cannot handle spicy and sour too much.
When you buy this you will get roasted peanut along with wide cracker and grounded chili. Too bad I didn't take the pictures of the roasted peanut and the chili :(

As you can see in the picture the pickled soup is red but not as red as asinan gedung dalam. Still, the taste was delicious,, sweet a little bit sour .. all I can say, It was fresh!

The papaya itself was sweet and crunchy!
All the fruits ( papaya, mango, bengkoang, tuber, nutmeg) were in a very good condition to be eaten, not too ripe and not too unripe either.

The cracker was special for me. When I ate the cracker alone without the pickled fruits the taste was odd, but when I mixed it in a bowl along with the pickled fruits and soup the taste became great.
It tasted like ebi (dried prawn) and strangely it mixed well in my mouth with the fruits.. AWESOMEEE

How I enjoy my pickled fruits ^_^

My family really loves fruits, esp. My Mom and Dad. We have a lot of fruits inside the refrigerator from Salak fruit, dragon fruit, orange, mango, grape, Californian papaya, pear, etc. You can imagine when fruits turned into pickled  fruits.. 1 portion for 1 day (max) we can eat 2 portion a day in couple hours.

The love for the fruits are getting crazier these days.
For recommendation, better to buy fresh fruit at special fruit store like all fresh. It becomes our favorite now :p .. pricey but good quality( including the fresh fruit salad)

Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.

James Allen

TGIFoodLovers