STEAK BEEF & FISH - New menu from Kenny Rogers Roasters

I always excited when it comes to Steak. And a view days ago, I heard that Kenny Rogers launched new grilled menu.

Grilled menu that Kenny Rogers offers are choice of Beef and Fish. But you have to beware. Because this menu only for period time. So mark your calendar. Beef & Reef menu will only available start from 1st December 2014 - 25 January 2015. So don't miss it!

GRILLED BEEF STEAK - IDR 89.000
Imported Beef Marinated with Seasoned Herbs. Served with Grilled Tomato, Mashed Potato and Garlic Butter Mixed Veggies. 
Kenny Rogers serve Australian Rib Eye for their new menu. What I like from this Beef steak is that it marinated well and the seasoned really soak up into the meat. The sauce taste is like the black pepper sauce that they usually served in their regular menu. But too bad, the beef steak texture is so dense and really hard to chew. I think its too overcooked otherwise there's a mistaken on butchering the beef. Kenny Rogers really need improvement with this beef Steak. Like the veggies also. It still crunchy and fresh when it served. With a hint of garlic butter.

GRILLED FISH FILLET - IDR 69.000
Specially Seasoned Fish Grilled to Golden Brown Served with Aromatic Rice or Mushroom Chicken Soup and Garlic Butter Mixed Veggies
Like the combination between the Gindara Fish and the marinara sauce. The sauce really marinated the fish well. It taste right. Sweet, Spicy and a bit tangy. Its so match with the fish. Meanwhile the fish is so tender and not smell fishy. You can choose either the cream soup aromatic rice for your side beside the mixed veggies.

DELUXE COMBO - IDR 119.000
A Combination of 1/4 Rotisserie Roasted Chicken with Grilled Fish. Served with Mashed Potato, Garden Salad and Barbeque Baked Beans
If you think one is never enough, then I think you should try this deluxe combo. The portion seriously huge. if you familiar already with Kenny Rogers menu, then you must be know about their chicken size. I like the old chicken of Kenny Rogers. It cooked great. With a crisp skin and tender meat. What could you ask for more. If in one plate you get the signature chicken of Kenny Rogers and their new menu Fish Fillet. Recommended!

Other menu that Kenny Rogers offer is the SUPREME COMBO - IDR 79.000 that contains of 2 (two) of Grilled Fish Fillet that served with  garlic butter mixed veggies and Mushroom Chicken Soup.

Overall, I always excited visiting Kenny Rogers Roasters. The variation of the new menus that seasonally served makes their customer feel not bored to visiting Kenny Rogers. Keep make improvement Kenny Rogers. Good Luck!

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Boka Buka Cipete Jakarta

I've been heard about Boka Buka from my foodies friends. And when me and hubby  passed through in Cipete area, we decided to have a try on Boka Buka.

Boka Buka located in Cipete Raya near Laughing Stock & Grill. Opened since 1999, Boka Buka offer a French Casual Dining. We came at 3pm for a late lunch. And apparently, we're the only customers that afternoon. I thought they only serve for lunch and dinner. But, as they welcome us and open their restaurant, we stepped in to the restaurant.

The interior dominated with dark wooden furniture with a dim light. I think it make the room looks small than it used to be. Looks like they placed Boka Buka in a house building. The room that used to be a bedroom, become their private room. Its more relaxing I must say. Still with wooden chairs and an attractive paintings.

Eventhough the dining area is pretty cool, but I don't feel relax and cozy here. So, I ask my hubby into the outside area. The outside area become a smoking area with a big glass door that connected us with the garden backyard. We can find a bar here at the middle room. Since no one here who smoke, then we moved here.

Our lunch begins with the bread and the home made ginger juice in a sloki glass that taste freshening as a complimentary. 

Complimentary bread - The garlic butter is fantastic!!

Cream Of Pumpkin Soup

Cream Of Pumpkin Soup - IDR 35.000

The appearance is so  captured my eyes. Not just the bright pumpkin color, but the smells of the soup is so good. When I take a sip of the soup, it's as its look. Served when it still hot. The consistency is just right, not too thick or runny. Like this soup.

 Pan Fried Red Snapper

Pan Fried Red Snapper
Served with boiled potato, sautee mushroom and tomatoes.
I'm a bit disappointed with this snapper. The fish taste a bit bitter and not so fresh. The side dish also overcooked. This must be a major attention for Boka Buka.

Spaghetti Aglio Olio

Spaghetti Aglio Olio - IDR 65.000

Sauteed spaghetti with olive oil, fresh chilli and smoke beef

When I first taste this spaghetti, my throat is burned! It so freakin' hot and spicy. The waiter has warned us though. But I still can enjoy it. The spaghetti cooked aldente with the right amount of seasoning. 

WINE - IDR 75.000 per glass

As for our drink, we had both white and red wine. YES!! We had wine during our late lunch. I like the white wine better. Its more crisp, light and sweet than the red wine. And the white one is more suitable with the both our menu.

At the end, Boka Buka still not fulfill my expectation. As from I read in several blogs, that they have great menus. Probably, I'll take a second chance to visit here some other times. But their service been very amazing and helpful. 

BOKA BUKA

Jl. Cipete Raya No. 1 Fatmawati

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Celebrate your Valentines Day at OH LA LA

For you who love to eat fresh bread and cake, you must know about Oh La La. So I think I don;t have to introduce it to you again aight? Because I can't wait to spread to you the scrumptious menu. With a French Casual Dining, Oh La La offered us not only a good place to dine but also a good food for you too choose.

Placed in Kota Kasablanka,   Oh La La has 40 seat capacity for outdoor and 35 capacity for indoor. If you not smoking, better you seat indoor. But if you don't mind with smoke, you can seat outside and can see Kasablanka street for the view.

We can peek their kitchen behind this frame. It just like a moving painting aight?

Like I mentioned earlier above, I'll spread you Valentines Day Package that Oh La La have. They have a very fantastic offer this time. Just only IDR 250.000++ for 2 person you already get appetizer, main course and dessert. Not only that, special in February 14th, every package that you order, you'll get the red roses. This promo valid start from 8 February until 28 February 2014.

APPETIZER

Baked potato jacket that served with chilli con carne, Mozzarella Stick with Marinara Sauce that really really when it's warm so we still can taste the melted mozzarella in our mouth then the last is the Gratin Chicken Avocado with barbeque sauce that be my most like from the appetizer plate that day.

MAIN COURSE

PAN SEARED DORY PRIMAVERA
Pan Seared Dory Primavera served with Pesto Spaghetti. The spaghetti cooked aldente and the dory fish fillet also tender and not fishy. I like well balance from the marinara sauce. It taste a bit tangy from the tomato and a bit spicy.

ROAST CHICKEN SCALOPPINI POTATO and RATATOUILLE
Roast Chicken is so tender. The taste is decent. The skin is crisp and the sauce soak well into the chicken. The ratatouille a bit overcooked but still taste good. Mix well with the scaloppini that taste a bit bland. Overall this roasted chicken quite good.

BEEF WELLINGTON with SCALLOP POTATO and MIX VEGETABLE
A dish that consist of sirloin beef and fried mushroom poured with gravy sauce. Served with potato that filled with scallop and ratatouille.
The appearance to me is more look like a beef pastry than the beef wellington I usually eat and see. But this one taste pretty good. The is tender and the pastry quite moist. It crisp in the outside. But there's something from the pastry that missing. Not too fluffy in the inside.

Looks like Oh La La don't have any standard for each menu consistency.  Because when I asked my friend in the different table, some said the Beef Wellington was tender and other said it was chewy and not nice. That also happened with the Roast Chicken, in our table the taste is nice but my friend's chicken  taste a bit salty.

But overall, the main course served was decent and quite good to try.

DESSERT

ASSORTED SLICE OF CAKE
Lemon & Peach Cake taste good. Not too sweet, pretty moist, but the weird thing is, why they put blueberry sauce as a mix. It would be great if they put lemon or peach sauce.
Opera Cake taste nice. Moist and smooth. The layer is good. Really melt in my mouth
Strawberry Shortcake taste pretty good. The cheese filling quite nice. But the cake not too fluffy.

Overall, Oh La La still on the track to serve their yummy and scrumptious menu. So many selection of cakes, cookies, bread or any main course that can make your drooling. Just prove it  by yourself.

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Tea Revolution at MING Dine & Chill

I know this is a very late post from me. But I'm still excited to tell you guys about the tea revolution. If usually we eat some food we paired it with wine, this time I was invited to try pair some food with Chinese fabulous tea. This event was held in great Chinese fine dining restaurant,  Ming Dine and Chill placed in Epiwalk Rasuna Epicentrum 2nd Floor.

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Before the main event begin, they gave us a quick grand tour to their restaurant. And I'm pretty amazed with how they manage the restaurant. Ming Dine and Chill is a fine dining restaurant where you can talk with your colleagues or dine with your family. It has 300 capacity sitting area that accommodate you whether in public dining area or in private room. The private room it self can accommodate 10 - 20 person for minimum purchase IDR 2.000.000 Complete with big screen TV for you who want to sing karaoke after dine. This definitely a plus facilities if I want to go back later with my ganks or with my family, who coincidentally a singer wannabe hohoho...

Patio

Dining Hall

VIP Room

After a tour, we seated in a very nice bar where the main event will begin. The event begin with an opening & a lil' speech from Mikael from Ming Dine and Chill. After that, Danny Handimulyana, Sales Director from DeVieni explain all we need to know about tea.

DeVieni is a  company that promote high end good quality tea from Indonesia also the import tea that will sell to the local market. They do cooperation with some restaurant and cafe to do the tea tasting and tea pairing.

    
Here, DeVieni want to give a little bit view point about tea. I bet some of you only know several tea like green tea, black tea and so on without knowing what food is good to accompany the tea. That night we did the pairing with 4 kind of teas with several menus from Ming Dine and Chill.

Chrysanthemum
With a Latin name Chrysanthemum morifolium, we can get this flower from the highland of China. Many use for medical purpose that can heal fever, influenza etc. In Indonesia we know it as Krisan flower many served in Chinese restaurant. Really good if we pair it with dimsum or boiled food like siomay.

Oolong
Known for its sweetness and its fragrant flower or fruit aroma. Before it fermented, the oolong leaf should through one process calles "Shaking" which is mixing leaves in a big rattan bowl (tampah) or with machine. The mixing between those leaf that leave taste and a good aroma and it make it different than usual green tea. Some of famous Oolong tea like Gao Shan Oolong, Dong ding Oolong and Tie Guanying.
Oolong Tea suit with some food that not have too strong taste and aroma like chicken, fish or seafood.

Black Tea
Black Tea or in Mandarin usually called Hong Cha is a full fermented tea. Black Tea really famous But it can be different with it taste and aroma. Really good in many varieties food that have a strong aroma like curry or fried dish.

Long Jing
Is a green tea without any fermentation process at all. Really have a strong aroma and it has green yellowish color. Long Jing has a top rated among the other kind of green tea. Long Jing has a really mild aroma and a little bit sweet. That is why Long Jing can be pair with food that have a little sweet taste also like cookies or cake.

White Tea
Been exist since the China Dynasty and it only served to the Emperor and family. Known with the antioxidant and has the most vitamin compare the other tea because it less process and fermented. The shape is like needle and a bit grey, taken from the unopened buds of the tea plant. It become yellowish when we brewed it.

White Tea

Now let me show you some of Ming Dine and Chill menus that can be pair with those tea above...

APPETIZER

Steamed Chicken Char Siew Cheong Fan, Steamed Shrimp Dumpling, Steam Truffle Dumpling with wild Fungus
- pairing with Chrysanthemum

Probably you see the appearance not look appetizing, specially when you look at the Truffle Dumpling. But believe me, these appetizer taste great. It really smooth, really rich in seasoning and taste fresh.

MAIN COURSE

Steam Fish Filled with Taiwanese Black Bean
- pairing with Oolong Green

This steam fish also taste great. It so delicate, so rich, so melted in your mouth.  a bit sweet come from the black bean blend with the seasoning. Ended with a good savory taste.

Emperor Chicken
- pairing with Black tea

A very unique presentation from the Emperor Chicken.It came with extravagant way hohooho... Basically, it's a chicken that cooked with clay and leaf. First it came clay shape like coconut with fire. So cool... Then we need to break it to get the chicken. And the chicken wrapped with a leaf. It leaves a very good aroma, full of herbs, so rich yet light. Beside the chicken, there's also mushroom and bamboo sprout. The texture still crunchy but tender. Me likey...

Japanese Handmade noodle with Handmade sauce and Crabmeat
- pairing with Black Tea

Eventhough for me the noodle a bit too overcooked, but the taste still good. I like when the sauce really blend together with the noodle. and the crabmeat is so tender and not smell fishy.

DESSERT

Deep Fried Sesame ball with Salted Egg filling
- pairing with Long Jing

I feel like in laboratory  when I see the presentation of this dessert.  If no one told me that the filling is salted egg, I probably would not notice it. Because it taste like custard. And it so damn yummy. It so melted in mouth and it still warm when it served. The sesame ball texture also so smooth and not chewy. The drink in the tube is guava mix orange juice. Taste freshening. 

Food and beverages served that day are for personal portion. Of course you'll get the real and bigger portion when you come by your self. Many food here are perfect for sharing. Like the Emperor Chicken above. A great service is really a plus. 

Thank u Ming Dine and Chill for a great dishes & thank u DeVieni for a tea knowledge.

Ming Dine and Chill
Epiwalk Rasuna Epicentrum
2nd Floor Unit #318-330
JL HR Rasuna Said
Karet-Kuningan
Jakarta Selatan 12940
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Talaga Sampireun Bintaro - Hangout with the fish

On my Daddy birthday, we celebrate it in a very great place. It took in Talaga Sampireun Bintaro. Suasana tanah Sunda di Resto Talaga Sampireun sangat terasa. Dengan deretan saung-saung dan danau-danau, Talaga Sampireun menampilkan pemandangan yang indah dan memanjakan mata pengunjung nya.

Talaga Sampireun reception

Pilihan tempat nya terbagi atas 3 area. Area saung, area taman dan area Indoor. Dengan view dan fasilitas yang disediakan oleh  Talaga Sampireun, agak nya sayang sekali kalo kita memilih indoor. Saya sendiri lebih suka yang open air. More view to see.

Teras area

Lake area

Saung terbagi atas 2 pilihan, mau yang ber-AC atau yang tidak ber-AC. Saran saya lebih baik yang tidak ber-AC. karena kita bisa langsung interaksi dengan ikan yang ada dibawah saung kita. Saung ber-AC juga bisa sebenarnya kalo kita mau main-main dengan ikan. Tapi jadi nya sayang. Karena pintu saung jadi terbuka dan pemakaian AC jadi mubazir.

Saung Talaga Sampireun

Talaga Sampireun

Feeding the fish

Ketika kami duduk, diatas meja sudah tersedia otak-otak yang sepiring berisi 5 buah dan sekeranjang kecil camilan kering seperti peyek kacang, emping manis dan kacang-kacangan.

Otak-otak

Camilan kering

Untuk hal makanan, karena ini resto Sunda, jadi makanan yang disajikan mayoritas masakan Sunda. Dari segi harga memang a bit pricey. But hey... it's worth with the taste and the view we've got. Karena sebelum nya saya order tempat dengan kapasitas 15 orang (keluarga ku seperti rombongan sirkus... banyaaakkk), maka untuk starter saya memesan Paket Sampireun (Rp 1,000,000 untuk 10 orang). It's part of Talaga Sampireun rules. Untuk pemakaian saung dengan kapasitas more than 10peoples, maka minimum order must be Rp.1.200.000 Mahaall yaahh... But then I think again... In my family, woman is just a gender, when it comes to eat we transform into piranha hahaha... Menu Paket Sampireun terdiri dari:

Patin Bakar Bambu (terdiri dari 2 porsi), disajikan diatas sebuah bambu panjang dan dibungkus daun. Rasa nya? Enaakk... Bumbu nya banyak dan meresap ke dalam ikan nya. Karena dibakar dengan daun dan bambu, jadi rasa nya rada smokey-smokey gitu. But it's good.

Patin Bakar Bambu

Udang Kipas Saos Pedas (terdiri dari 2 porsi). Saos pedas nya saya pikir menyerupai saos padang gitu. Tapi ternyata engga tuh. Rasa nya malah ngga terlalu pedas. Tapi enaakk aja tuh. Udang nya empuk dan ngga amis. Bumbu nya juga terasa.

Udang Kipas Saos Pedas

Udang Windu Bakar (terdiri dari 2 porsi). 1 porsi nya terdiri dari 1 ekor udang windu bakar. Ukuran nya lumayan besar.  Seperti nya udang ini hanya di bakar dengan butter atau sedikit minyak. Meski begitu rasa nya tetap enak.

Udang Windu Bakar

Udang Windu Bakar Daun  (terdiri dari 2 porsi). Meski cuma terdapat 1 ekor udang, tapi udang nya lumayan besar. Daging nya juga empuk. Karena dibungkus dengan daun, jadi rasa nya lebih meresap dengan bumbu nya. Disajikan diatas hotplate.

Udang Windu Bakar Daun

 Kerapu Saos Melinjo (terdiri dari 2 porsi). Kirain melinjo cuma buat ditumis sama di sayur asem. Ternyata dibuat bumbu saus ikan kerapu ini jadi nya enak bangeett loohh..

Kerapu Saos Melinjo

Gulai Gurame (terdiri dari 2 porsi). Disajikan dimangkuk besar. Kuah gulai nya sangat segar. Ngga terasa rasa amis dari ikan nya

Gulai Gurame

Tahu Gejrot (terdiri dari 2 porsi). Ngga terlalu suka sama tahu gejrot nya. Karena penyajian nya hanya memakai bawang merah, cabai dan menurut saya kurang berbumbu tasty.

Tahu Gejrot

Karedok (terdiri dari 2 porsi). 1 porsi disajikan diatas piring kayu sedang. Rasanya juga biasa saja. Tidak terlalu pedas. Disajikan komplit dengan kerupuk nya.

Karedok

Tumis Pucuk Labu (terdiri dari 2 porsi). Baru kali ini saya mencoba Tumis Pucuk Labu. Ternyata rasa nya enak. Kuah nya kental seperti kari. Disajikan dengan irisan wortel dan ikan teri kecil

Tumis Pucuk Labu

Tumis Bunga Pepaya (terdiri dari 2 porsi). Bedanya dengan Tumis Bunga Pepaya dari Menado adalah pedas nya. Tumis Bunga Pepaya bersi Sunda tidak pedas. Meski ada irisan bawang dan cabai diatas nya. Tapi soal rasa, sama enak nya tuuhh...

Tumis Bunga Pepaya

Sambal (terdiri dari 5 porsi). Sambal nya disajikan diatas cobek batu kecil. Banyak macam nya sambal di Talaga Sampireun. Tapi yang saya pesan cuma 2 macam. Yaitu sambal mangga dan sambal terasi. Kedua sambal nya tidak pedas menurut saya.

Sambal Terasi & Sambal Mangga

Tape Goreng (terdiri dari 2 porsi). Tape Goreng ini berbentuk stick panjang dan disajikan bersama taburan keju, saus gula merah dan potongan buah strawberry. Rasanya enak. Renyah sekali

Tape Goreng

Buah Campur (terdiri dari 2 porsi). Setelah makan yang berat-berat, nothing better then eat a fresh fruit.

Buah Campur

Asyik nya memesan menu paket adalah kita tidak perlu pikir-pikir mau makan apa. Rata-rata menu yang disajikan sangat enak rasanya. Khusus menu paket Free Flow Nasi Putih dan Es Teh. Paket yang tersedia di Talaga Sampireun 5 macam. Paket Banten (Rp 700,000 untuk 10 orang), Paket Betawi (Rp 850,000 untuk 10 orang), Paket Sampireun (Rp 1,000,000 untuk 10 orang), Paket Nasi Liwet Daging (Rp 200,000 untuk 4 orang), Paket Nasi Liwet Ikan (Rp 300,000 untuk 4 orang). Kalo ngga mau pesan paket, Talaga Sampireun menyediakan banyak pilihan menu.

Menu minuman di Talaga Sampireun juga sangan beragam. Minuman segar ciri khas Indonesia (sunda khusus nya) berasa sangat menyegarkan. Es Buah Lontar. yang rasa nya segar. Paduan antara buah lontar, selasih, es serut dan sirup merah nya terasa sangat pas dan ngga blenger. Es Merah Delima. yang berisi merah delima parutan es, santan dan sirup yang berwarna merah. Rasa nya menurut saya sih kurang oke. Kurang menyegarkan. Ketika kakak saya menanyakan ke pelayan nya, apa minuman favorite di Talaga Sampireun, si pelayan merekomendasikan Es Sirsak Talaga Sampireun, yang memang rasa nya enak sesuai promosi. Lalu ada Es pisang Ijo Duren. Ketika memesan es pisang ijo duren karena tertarik melihat gambar nya di daftar menu. Tapi ketika disajikan, pisang ijo nya malah ngga keliatan. Yang terlihat jelas malah duren dan nangka. Ini sih Es Duren nama nyaa.... But my hubby said, rasanya enak.

Es Merah Delima

Es Sirsak TS

Es Buah Lontar

Es Pisang Ijo Duren

Bagi pengunjung yang membawa anak-anak no need to worries. Karena disini tersedia arena bermain. Ada permainan di playground atau permainan bola air yang menggelinding di tengah-tengah danau. But it's not for free. For playground, pay for Rp15k and your kids can play all day.... sepuas nyaaa...

Taman Bermain

Balon Air

 We really had a great time here. The place was very fun. The food was delicious. The service was fascinating.

Blok B7 / N1 Boulevard Bintaro Jaya Taman Menteng / Kawasan Niaga Bintaro Sektor 7
Tel: (021) 745 399 9
Fax: (021) 745 519 6
E-mail: reservation@talagasampireun.com
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