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So I tried one of their popular dessert of ice cream shaped like a panda. It contained vanilla ice cream, oreo, mochi, red bean, and matcha shaved ice. The taste was okay. The vanilla ice cream was smooth, and the red bean was fresh. Mochi was gooey and still in good condition, while their shaved ice was nice too. Overall, not bad :)

Popolamama has this chic, modern interior. We wanted to catch up when we're here, but the music was a little bit distracting when you wanna have conversation here.

FOOD:

[Pesto Pasta with Potato and Sausage Rp.60.000]

I kinda love this pesto! Generous, grainy basil sauce, a bit too soft and unfamiliar taste of pasta (I heard they used different pasta), and yummy toppings! The portion was enough for me too.

[Smoked Chic Focaccia Rp.45.000]
My bf ordered this subs. For me, the taste was a little bit plain. Maybe because I tried this after I ate the pasta. He actually thought that this was delicious :)


[Cold Ocha Rp.12.000]

Regular ocha.


[Pizza Margherita Rp.55.000]

Medium, 6 slice of pizza. A little bit oily, but quite yummy. The bread was okay.

[Apple Cinnamon Pizza Rp.54.000]

Kinda new for me. Pizza for dessert. The smell was delicious and it tasted wonderful too. Enough cinnamon and apple on top, combined with whipped cream.

SERVICE:

We got a good waitress. Attentive, friendly, and voluntarily gives suggestion about bills and promotions so we could get the best deal.

KOI Cafe is def one of my fav bubble tea shop! I've always been a fan of their ovaltine machiato. This time, I tried their Honey Milk Tea [Rp.28.000]. The milk tea was bolder than the regular milk tea, and their bubbles were gooey and yummy. The milk was so smooth and not too sweet. Different from regular bubbles too. KOI's price was above the average but I always find their taste and quality, above the average too :)

I tried few of their bread, such as:

[Hokaido Rp.13.000]
This is a big, round vanilla bread. At first I thought it must be bland and ordinary, but out of my expectation, this bread was actually good! The texture was soft on the inside, and it tasted like a delicious sweet-vanilla. It was actually really huge too so you can share it with your friends.

[The Ring Rp.12.500]

My favorite bread in here. I've been eating this several times. Cheddar, mayo, smoked ham in a bread, tasted so wonderful!

Was very hungry and got this on delivery! I tried their Gyutan set [Rp.100.000], which includes a gyutan with rice and miso soup, plus salad.


[Gyutan and Rice]
I am quite overwhelmed with its goodness. I mean, the beef is so tender, juicy, thin and seasoned until it was so tasty and a bit spicy. The presentation, although it's a to-go meal, was quite appealing too. The rice was soft and smooth, the miso soup was okay.

[Salad]

It's a regular salad, the difference is on it's mayonnaise. Balsamic, and peanut made this mayo taste so fresh and yummy.

AMBIENCE:

They had this cute, cozy, and clean place. There're a lot of seat, free wifi, and also, a lot of plugging spot available. Sure, this is a place for you to bring your laptop and be productive.

FOOD:

We tried their tea, less sugar. It was nice and refreshing. Natural flavor, not much artificial. Their chicken was too, more natural compared to other shop that sold similar chicken. Not too much seasoning, but tasty enough.


SERVICE:

Their service was okay. They served fast.

This place looks quite attractive. So I went here after dinner to try their dessert. I ordered their Giant Valrhona Chocolate Soufflé [Rp.70.000]. It's like chocolate lava with ice cream. They did serve you with bigger portion than usual, and for the taste, it was okay. Nothing too exciting to be explained, though. The ambience is nice, bar with bartender doing some action with fire and drinks. That's what makes this bistro stands out. But I think we're just lucky we're having our dessert just in time with special performance :)

Need something sweet for the drinks and saw the advertising. We tried their Raspberry Blossom and Orange Blossom. Their Raspberry Blossom contained of hazelnut, raspberry, milk and sugar. Those hazelnut combined with milk and raspberry tasted like Marjan syrup combined with coconut milk. Unique taste, I weirdly like it when I knew those familiar taste actually comes from hazelnut. A little bit too sweet and doesn't really scream Starbucks, though. Their Orange Blossom was okay. I've tried this twice. I'm not really a fan. The orange blend with milk, sprinkled with some honeycomb on top, doesn't really suits my taste. I don't know why, but I really thought that orange and milk doesn't really go together.