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Ocharaka at Food Culture AEON Mall BSD City: From Taiyaki To Kakigori Still remember clearly that 2 years ago was hard to find Taiyaki here in Indonesia, but lately it's getting easier. Taiyaki Parfait is one under the spotlight, such as Tai-Parfait at Gandaria City and Pungopang at PIK. Here, it's the place for regular taiyaki. Warm fish-shape cake filled with blueberry and cream cheese, yes it's not only sweetened adzuki bean, matcha also available. Soft pancake-like texture with crisp edges.  Korean has Bingsoo , Japanese has Kakigori . Shaved ice dessert that is perfect for summer, well here it feels like summer everyday so you can have Kakigori whenever you want. Matcha Red Bean Kakigori was my first choice, surprisingly the matcha was quite nice though it was way too sweet for me.  One more, it's Ricotta Berry Kakigori - luscious cheesy ricotta combined with sweet and sour berry sauce, delightful! But again for me it was too sweet, it costed IDR 45.000 quite p

Ingredients : 2 cups all purpose flour 1/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup coconut sugar / brown sugar 2 eggs 1/4 cup oil / melted butter a pinch of salt ground cinnamon to taste 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 1 cup grated carrot Directions : Combine flour, salt, cinnamon, baking powder, and baking soda Mix the eggs, sugar, and coconut sugar until pale Add in oil Throw in the dry ingredients and grated carrot, fold the batter until combined Bake in a preheated oven 220C for about 30 minutes Cream Cheese Frosting : 1 cup cream cheese 1 cup powdered sugar or more if you prefer it sweeter 3 tbsp butter 1 tsp vanilla extract salt to taste Whip the butter and cream cheese with a mixer until creamy, finally fold in the rest ingredients Find me on: Youtube  and  Instagram   @heytheresia  for daily food and travel updates

What's the best thing to do in weekend? We, Asian do love having noodles in Sunday morning but there's a time for a luscious Egg Benedict don't you think so? Last weekend, I spent my Sunday noon at Potato Head Jakarta to try their special brunch menu that is available only on Saturday - Sunday and public holiday 11 am to 3 pm. OK if you're reading my writing on social media or here for quite a while, you may notice that ya most of the time I eat fruits for breakfast. Trying to keep fit because most of the time I went voracious when eating my lunch. But brunch should be just enough to fulfill hunger and pamper taste buds. Started with  Ricotta Salad (IDR 130.000), homemade ricotta flavoured with basil served with semi-dried tomato confit, local organic romaine lettuce and cheese croutons. Looks pretty appealing yet super tasty, mild cheesy taste just perfect with sweet semi-dried tomato.  Potato 'En Cocotte' (IDR 100.000) baked egg and mashed potato, served wit

Ramadhan With Middle East Food Feast At Sailendra JW Marriott Jakarta When I got the invitation for this Ramadhan food tasting at Sailendra JW Marriott Jakarta, I was extremely excited because of the menu, middle east food!! I've been to not so many places here in Jakarta for middle east food, but when I was in KL I had a nice experience at Al-Rawsha the 24 hours Lebanese restaurant. Personally, I don't really compare restaurants one to another because every of them has their own specialty and of course we do have different appetite, we might have different experience, and wise enough to say we see things in different way.  Hot appetizers such as samosas and falafels were served freshly fried from the kitchen, but this time I want to introduce more about cold appetizers even if in general I know that it doesn't fit everyone's tongue. First, Hummus (chickpeas puree with tahini / sesame seeds paste, garlic, and lemon juice). Babaganush and Mutabe are both made from eg

Yamatoya at Food Culture AEON Mall BSD City: Super Takoyaki!! A very popular Japanese snack, takoyaki the octopus balls. To be compared with some others that I had in Jakarta and around, here at Yamatoya was my best takoyaki experience so far. It is inside of Food Culture AEON Mall not too far from Kushiya Monogatari , yes currently the hippest shopping mall in Serpong. Dominated with Japanese food tenants and the AEON supermarket also offers wide selection of sushi and some Japanese snacks. But, please do a queue at Yamatoya first then tell me. What makes it special here, the size of delicious octopus chunks, crispy on the outside, hot steamy and soft inside. It was quite addicting, a box filled with 6 balls for only IDR 29.000, pretty affordable. Hard to forget and every bite was absolutely worth, creamy batter was none like any other places. Let me repeat, creamy on the inside. The thing is the creamy texture that creates a unique sensation, melt in mouth! Here there are only few