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I've been excited for a while before we visited this place. And much as my expectation, this place were just amazing! First of all, the decoration was just wonderful, you can feel the authenticity of Japanese windows when you dine in this place. They only serves in few hours a day btw, and the cooks were all gather in the middle. We tried a lot of their menus, but here's few of my favourites: 

Steak Meltique
Seriously, you gotta try this. It melts in your mouth and tastes so wonderful! They cut the meat into cubical and serves you just the right amount to satisfy, but then, wanting more. The meat were wonderfully cooked to your preferences, I chose medium-well.

Butterfish Misozuke
This is a Gindara fish. I was blown away! Well-seasoned and they cooked the fish so perfectly that you can feel its buttery texture without any smell at all. Just.. Amazing!

So those two are definitely my favourite and will definitely have repeated orders for those menus if I visited this place again in the near future.

Other menus were actually all yummy as well. I remember eating Pizza Mentaiko Potato, which is more like a grated potatoes on top of the pizza. Asparagus Niku Maki, which is some asparagus covered in delicious pork belly. Teppanyaki Garlic Rice, we ate this for the rice to accompany all the meat we ate. The rice may be a lil bit overcooked. Salad Mushroom, this is quite a dish, the mushroom was fresh and the dressing was tangy in a good way.

For the dessert, we try their Fries Black Sesame Mochi Ice, for black sesame lovers, I must say that I was a little bit disappointed with this one. I prefer the black sesame to be bolder so that I could feel the sesame a bit overpowering the taste and not the milky ice cream. We also try Cheesecake Cocktail, which is delicious and fresh! The cheesecake were really tasty and salty, while caramel was sweet. Matcha Creme Brûlée. This is definitely my favourite! They could mixed the matcha with the creme brûlée and it was just seriously taste wonderful! :D The matcha was definitely the hero! Last but not least, Matcha Ogura Shiratama. Matcha ice cream, and guess what, delightful as well! bold and delicious!

What an experience eating here. Definitely looking forward for the next visit!

Marina kitchen ini lokasinya ada di deretan ruko2, lahan parkirnya luas, dan interiornya juga cukup menarik dan rapih. Memang kalau mau kesini harus diliat baik2 gps nya dan plang nya karena agak kecil tulisannya. Kemarin waktu kami kesini ramai2, malah sempet nyasar sampe masuk ke ancol dulu hehe.

We ordered quite a lot disini. Marina kitchen ini baru buka sekitar 3 bulan, mereka specialized in chinese cuisine and dim sum. Katanya kalau orang deket kompleks pada lari pagi, suka mampir buat sarapan disini :) berikut menu2 yang kami coba disini:

Dimsum
Kami cobain banyak dimsum disini, salah satu yang jadi sorotan utamanya adalah Onde Isi Wijen Hitam ala Marina. Saya ini pecinta onde dan mochi, dan waktu pertama liat bentuknya, I thought lumayan unik dan appealing. Mochinya sendiri kulitnya kenyalnya pas dan wijennya wangi. Yang beda itu dalemnya, biasa onde dalemnya agak keras, nah ini agak semi cair cuma tetep dense dan bertekstur. Rasa black sesamenya juga jagoan. Bawahnya ada jelly, which was quite refreshing. Siomaynya not bad, Kuo Tienya dalemnya generous dan rasanya juga enak, dan terakhir kami makan Durian Goreng ala Marina. Duriannya enak!! Wangi, pulen, dan legit. Luarnya kriuk2. Ohya ada satu lagi, bakpao telur asin. Ini juga enak. Gak amis sama sekali, telur asinnya di dalamnya lumayan manis, bentuknya mirip vla.

Ikan Malas Goreng Saus Hongkong
Dari beberapa jenis ikan, saya lumayan suka tekstur lembutnya ikan malas. Walau digoreng, dalemnya tetap lembut dan luarnya crunchy. Seasoningnya pas. Biasa ikan malas memang di tim, cuma kalau bisa dimasak dengan tepat tanpa mengurangi kualitas tendernya tekstur ikan, we should applaud the chef.

Buncis XO
Buncisnya berkualitas, seasoningnya pas dan gurih, dan matangnya juga pas, gak lembek atau kekerasan.

Sapo Terong Ayam
Ini sapo banyak peminatnya :) terongnya lembut, kuahnya wangi, dan rasa sapo di hot pot nya betul2 menggoda :9

Mie Goreng Seafood & Kwetiau Goreng Sapi
Ini salah satu menu favorit saya disini. Pertama2 mienya sungguh luar biasa dari kenyalnya, bumbunya, sampai ke toppingnya. Bumbunya betul2 nikmat dan gurih, minyaknya juga pas, enak banget pokoknya! Kwetiaunya is the same thing. Dari segi rasa, enaknya sama, sapinya lembut, dan kwetiaunya sendiri bentuknya beda dari biasanya. Lebih lebar dan tipis, namun tetap kenyal dan enak.

Sapi Lada Hitam
Dari sekian banyak sapi lada hitam yang pernah saya coba, sapi lada hitam ini definitely the best. First. Sapinya. Sapinya betul2 tender and juicy. Imagine eating medium or medium well wagyu. Nah seperti itulah teksturnya. Rasanya sendiri enak dan bawangnya banyak dan wangi. Top notch!

Udang Goreng Telur Asin
Sekali lagi. Udangnya. Betul2 enak. Pertama, tekstur udangnya betul2 juicy dan empuk dan gak kering, gendut2 juga. Saus telur asinnya pun uenak. Saya sampe ketagihan makannya.

Overall it was a delightful culinary experience. Pelayanannya cepat dan ramah, harganya tidak terlalu mahal, makanannya rasanya enak2, dan tempatnya pun baik. One of my highlight is their food quality. I admire how well prepared they are in choosing the finest meat and ingredients for their food. I mean lain soal if I was eating in a fine dining or more like an expensive restaurant, I expect them to provide food with quality dong. Tapi ini bukan restaurant yang mahal, namun kualitas dagingnya betul2 di cermati dan dipilih dengan baik. Thumbs up! :)

Music played so groovily, welcoming us as we entered this not so spacey, yet quite crowded coffee place that was currently hyped among its neighborhood. The space available for parking wasn't much, so we needed to park along the street in front. Giyanti's ambience, for me, was a real nice place to induce some creativity.

I tried their affogato, while my friends tried their coffee. The coffee was in much of its very character, strong with a bit acidy after taste. My coffee enthusiast friend said that it much pleased her. Me and my bf weren't much of a coffee lover, actually. Their affogato, since the coffee poured on top of the vanilla ice cream was so strong and in generous amount, my suggestion for someone who were not a fan of bitter taste would be to add the in-take ratio of ice cream. The ice cream and the espresso were both in a very good quality.