Cake A Boo - Pantai Indah Kapuk (PIK)

So many dessert cafe lately in Jakarta. After visiting Shirayuki we planned that we must visit Cake-a-boo also. Stalked on their instagram, it really caught my eyes. They have a very cute and adorable concept for both their restaurant and cakes selection.

We came to Cake-A-Boo around 3pm and its rainy. When we arrived, the restaurant that have to spacious area already full packed. So we have queue to get our seat. Finally we got a seat infront of the conveyor. Yes, cake-a-boo has a conveyor like in Sushi Restaurant. So we can pick the cake that we want straight from the coonveyor.

When 1st entering the Cake-a-Boo restaurant, i can't stand on my eyes capturing every single details in the room. It so playful and colorful. So eye-catching.

Look at the interior, surely I have a very high expectation on their menu. Plus see the presentation of their cakes, that really makes me drooling.

Cake-a-Boo menu Book. so cute

MIKO'S CAKE - IDR 35.000
Caramel mousse, crunchy caramel, melted salted 
I like the combination between caramel and chocolate. Even though both sweet, but its not too overwhelmed. And I guess Cake-a-Boo already adjust the sweetness so I don't feel it too sweet. The saltiness from the salted caramel make the caramel more tasty.

 
RASPUNZEL - IDR 35.000
Raspberry mousse infused with pistachio brulee
A very pretty and girly cake comes from Raspunzel. So beautiful with a fondant bow on top. Anything goes sour, it worked with me. And knowing it paired with the pistachio cream, make it balance between sweet and sour. Love it. 

NUTELLA BURGER - IDR 35.000 
Red velvet burger bun filled with nutella patty and assorted fruits. 
Love the nutella patty. The combination of rice crispy with the nutella is so addictive. The strawberry balance the sweetness from the nutella patty. However,   I don;t like the bun that made from red velvet. It so dry and not  moist. Really need improvement in it.

CAPPUCCINO BRULEE - IDR 29.000
This coffee is to sweet for my liking. I wonder if the coffee less sweet to make a balance from the sweetness of the sugar caramel on top.

Overall, I'm pretty impress with Cake-a-Boo. Still curious with their other menu. They also serve cake in big version in case you want to have your birthday cake here. Because Cake-a-Boo still new joint in town, just get prepare with the long queue. Specially on the weekend. But don;t worry, the service is really quick and very informative.

CAKE-A-BOO

Rukan Garden House Blok B22

Pantai Indah Kapuk, North Jakarta

 

Open : 11 AM – 22 PM

Smoking area : No

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KRONUT at Mandarin Oriental Hotel Cake Shop

Actually this one is a very very late post. But since I can't stand to hold this in my folder, so I still want to post it anyway.

In one nice afternoon, me and hubby suddenly want something sweet. And then I remember, in one of my mate blog, I found Kronut review in Mandarin Oriental Hotel Cake Shop. So me & hubby straight heading to MO Cakeshop. Since we just need to blink from our office in Imam Bonjol, Thamrin area.

MO CakeShoop placed inside the Cinnamon Restaurant. You'll find a yummy and pretty cakes in their display. From tiny lil' cake to whole cake that look tempting. But this time, we only want to snacking on their Kronut. This just because I suddenly mouthwatering see it in one my blog's mate.

MO Cake Shop named their cronut with cronut. Kronut is a croissant donut. It has shape like donut but taste like croissant. With a fatty and crunchy layer, Kronut MO Cakeshop is really have to try. To get your Kronut, just call them and make reservation. No minimum order. Even if you only want to buy one, they still serve you happily.

Vanilla Kronut - IDR 33.000 ++

Vanilla Cream Kronut taste so yummy. It so melted in your mouth. The vanilla cream is not too overpowering, so it taste not too sweet and not leaving weird taste after eating it. Beside on top of the Kronut, we also can find the vanilla cream In the middle of the Kronut. Almond give it more crunchy texture.

Chocolate Kronut - IDR 33.000 ++

Chocolate Cream Kronut from MO Cakeshop is another choice of Kronut that you can choose. When you slice the the Kronut we can see the generous amount of the chocolate cream. The texture is not too thick. It has a good texture. But it too sweet for my liking. Specially mixed with the sliced chocolate as the topping. So, I end of only eat the Kronut and the topping.

I told you before that actually this is a late post aight. So, this chocolate Kronut is no longer available in MO Cakeshop. They replace it with Christmas Edition with ginger taste in it. Looks like MO Cakeshop want to make many kind and taste of Kronut so customer wont get bored.

Vanilla Bourbon TWG

To balance the Kronut, so I ordered with this comfort Vanilla Bourbon from TWG. Served hot in a fancy tea pot it so nice to pair it with Kronut.

Strawberry Milkshake

My hubby is always be a number one sweet tooth fans. So, he order this milkshake to accompany his Kronut. This quite good. It has the right thickness.

Like I mentioned earlier, don't forget to call one day before if you want your Kronut. And make sure that you arrive right on-time. So you'll get the fresh Kronut. Considering this Kronut only can stand within 6 hours, so you better not keeping it too long. As for me, no need 10minutes to eat this yummy Kronut.

The Mandarin Oriental Cake Shop

http://www.mandarinoriental.com

Mandarin Oriental Hotel

Jl. M.H Thamrin PO BOX 3392, Jakarta 10310

(021) 2993 8823

Breakfasting with Goorme & Urban Kitchen

Yesterday  me and several blogger & media friends was invited by Goorme to attend breakfasting at Urban Kitchen Senayan City. Urban Kitchen is a hip Boutique Food Court with tagline "FOOD NATION" try to offer many varieties of famous restaurant in town. When we came in to Urban Kitchen area, the waitress gave us payment card. Yeepp... they using card for payment system. So, we just need to sweep the card to each tenant after we ordered the meal. The we pay it in cashier when we want to go out from Urban Kitchen area. It make us more easy in ordering something, especially if we come in a big group.

With capacity for 450 peoples, Urban Kitchen spacious enough to accommodate hungry peoples around Jakarta. With left and right side for smoking area and in the middle for non smoking area. The sitting area pretty convy. With the new look, it's really simple and modern.

Smoking Area

Urban Kitchen Venue

While waiting for the breakfasting time, the event begin with a lil' speech from Urban Kitchen, who explain about their tenants and their new concept and The Baked Goods, who opened their new store in Urban Kitchen. So, for those peoples who can't go to their shop in Sabang Street, can buy it here.

From Left To Right:

Natasha Utamilia (Adv & Promotion Manager Urban Kitchen)

Romeo Tjhang (General Manager Urban Kitchen)

Jana Parengkuan (The Baked Goods)

Erwin Parengkuan (The Baked Goods)

Since breakfasting time is about to come, me & my friends flew to all over Urban Kitchen. All tenants make me drooling and of course make me mouthwatering. Confuse what we want to eat. Because all tenants looked tempting. Finally... here are the menus we choose...

Ramen Sanpachi 38 Express

My friend Melly decided to order Ramen and Gyoza from Sanpachi. 

Ramen Sanpachi Express

Gyoza Panggang 28k

Gyoza Panggang texture light, a bit dry outside but tender inside. Eat it with sauce that came along with the gyoza. 

Chasu Ramen 57k

Chasu Ramen served a bit cold. The noodle also overcooked. But the chicken chasu pretty good. It's tender.

Iga Penyet Wong Jowo 

My other friend, Aline choose Indonesian  menu for her...

Iga Penyet Wong Jowo

Buntut Penyet

Set 59k

On Rice 55

Buntut Penyet served with tahu, tempe, chilli and rice. I don't really like the buntut. Too much fat in it. And the season also not blend well. The chilli also Javanese typical, a bit sweet.

La Scala

As for me, I choose from Italian tenant for my breakfasting meal.

La Scala

Salmon Palloneto

Small 49k

Large 55k

I was ordered the small one. But either the waitress wrong put my order, or the small size really that much. I actually like this pasta. It cooked aldente. The sauce not too thick. The taste of the herbs quite strong. But the salmon cut a bit small.

As for share menu we ordered these...

Imperial Duck

Imperial Duck

Siew Mai 16k

KUNG

KUNG

Tukbokki | Kimchee

Tukbokki

Tukbokki or also known as deokbokki is one of famous dish in Korea, It made from rice cake, meat, veggies, eggs and sprinkle with sesame. The real one is really spicy, but not with tukbokki from KUNG, It's not too spicy, so i can eat it calm. I kinda like this tukbokki. All seasoned well.

Kimchee

Kimchee is traditional fermented dish from Korea. Many kind of food using kimchee as a side dish. The taste is sour and spicy. But it's good.

SUSH!

Salmon Aburi 25k

Salmon Aburi taste really light. With salmon, cucumber inside topped with salmon. Taste good. But nothing special. The soy sauce served in sachet. With a little wasabi and no ginger with it.

Tradisonal Side

From Indonesian side, we have several traditional meal. It so exciting found really authentic Indonesia food that not served in a stall or counter. But they really selling it with their typical cart. We can found many varieties menu here such as Selendang Mayang Ice, Cendol Ice, Kue Rangi, Kue Lekker (thin crepes) etc.

 

Kue Rangi

Kue Rangi always be my favorite snack. Made from dry coconut and pour with brown sugar. A bit chewy when it's cold. And the brown sugar sauce also not too good.

Kue Lekker

Eat this never enough. Have to eat it when it served, if not it become not crispy anylonger. 

THE BAKED GOODS

The cake shop that I usually stare from my office window not open their other store in  Urban Kitchen, yeeii... I was so curious with their diabetic cookies and cakes. I finally found something for my dad. 

The Baked Goods

During the event, The Baked Goods gave us a sample for their several cakes. For this Ramadhan, they make Oat Kurma Cookies and Kurma Cake. The Baked Goods also gave us sample for their diabetic lemon poppy seed and oat kurma cookies. The sweetness was just right. It's so good.

Gift from The Baked Goods

Then I bought some cookies and cake for take away...

Dark Chocolate With Cashew 75k | Parmesan Mushroom Biscuit 70k

Crunchy, crisp, not too sugary, just love it.

Crazy Dark Chocolate 28k | Bublanina 20.5k

Bubblanina, a cake from Czech. With strawberry inside and topped with sprinkling of crumble. 

Diabetic Carrot Cake

Nutrition Facts - taken from http://thebakedgoods.co.id

All cakes and cookies that I bought that night was so delicious. My dad loved the diabetic carrot cake much. He's excited that now he has something to eat and thrilling that he can eat chocolate again without any scare feeling.

So overall, I had a great time having a breakfasting with Goorme & Urban Kitchen. With many new varieties and great tenants that Urban Kitchen had, we don't need to be confused any longer. Thanks a billion for invitation

 

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The Baked Goods

In one fine afternoon... me & my girls craving something good and light to eat. Finally, we decided to go to The Baked Goods. A bit curious with this place, since i can see The Baked Goods store from my office window.

The Baked Goods place in the corner of  H. Agus Salim (also known as Sabang), 1 area with  Sere Manis resto. The Baked Goods have a not too spacious place, but pretty convy to hangout. Split into 2 area, outdoor and indoor. At Indoor, we can find rack full of cookies display, then there are rack full of cookies that succeed making me drooling. They also have jars of testers. The cookies taste good.

Here are what we ordered...

Lemon Poppyseed 22

Sponge cake  with lemon glaze on top. What I like about this cake was, the cake so spongy and smooth. The poppy seed and the lemon glaze make this cake more unique.

Fruit Cake 28k

This one slice of fruit cake so full. It so tiny at appearance, topped with generous dry fruit. It's good at the beginning. But feel so full at the next bite.

Quiche Spinach Mushroom and Cheese 21k

The quiche to savory for me. Even the spinach and the mushroom didn't help much.  Also filled with the smoke beef.

Tuna Sandwich 18k

One slice of tuna sandwich... Uuumm.... this was just one bite at a time LOL... The filling also not so generous. The onion make the tuna loss the taste.

Dark Choco Pudding 15k

As appearance, nothing special with this pudding. Served with fla.

Hot Cokolada 25k

This hot chocolate really thick and too sweet. You even don't have to add some sugar no more. Enough for 2 actually. My friend ordered this for her own, and she can drink it all hahahha....
 

Vanilla Latte 39k & Caramel Latte 39k

Totally confused at first when this drink came to my tables. The server said, the vanilla latte is the one with much milk on top and the caramel latte with caramel syrup above. But when I drink it, the taste was so opposite LOL... The Vanilla Latte taste much more coffee than the caramel Latte and the caramel Latte just tasteless. I don't know whether they forgot to add the coffee or they add too much ice. Even when I tried to add some liquid sugar, it didn't help much....  

Overall, The Baked Goods cake was pretty good, eventhough still need improvement in several menus. The service also great. It worth to try.

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