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First I'll talk about the ambience. The decoration was quite nice. There's cute wooden wall, to make this look like a vintage-barn. They need to do something about the lighting, though. Most of the rays were captured on my camera, and feel a bit gloomy when I went here. They also didn't turn on music. Maybe that's one of the reason why.

So they had 2 different style of foods in two different menus. There're asians and westerns. We tried their western food:


[Chicken Creamy Cheese Rp.40.000]

Too much cream for me. They need to add more cheese and herbs on this because the taste was too milky and creamy. But the pasta was al dente, and the sauce's density was enough. The portion was huge too :)


[Fish and chips Rp.55.000]
They present the fish and chips on a pan. Kind of remind me of some other restaurant. Good presentation, they already cut the fish into 7 and fried them. The outside were so crispy and tasty, and the fishes were tender. It was a little bit hard to cut it in a good shape, though. Maybe because the flour doesn't really glued to the fish or the fish's fibers a bit off. The tartar sauce was amazing! And the salad was really delicious too.

[Iced Tea Tarik Rp.14.000]

Good, milky Thai tea. A bit creamier and milkier than usual, but I like it.

Overall I had a good meal here, the price was affordable too, the place was not bad, the food were okay.

Sekarang Maxx Coffee uda buka cabang dimana2. Waktu lewat kemarin mampir deh mau minum yang segar2.

This time I tried their Three Berry. Since the last time when I tried their Iced Chocolate wasn't so pleasing. Luckily, this drink was refreshing! Fresh berries blend with ice and just a bit of milk, sweet and sour. The strawberry was the most dominant taste for this one. Good choice if you didn't feel like drinking caffeine or in the mood of something that's not very milky :)

One of the dessert stall that's quite known in its area, but not so widely popular because it happened to be opened in just a few location.


I went here a few times, and had tried their mango and durian series. Most of their mango dessert was nice and fresh, enough level of sweetness, and the ingredients inside were very delicious. Their durian was not bad. I tried the one with the black sticky rice and it tasted nice. The durian came in a good portion, seedless, and sweet. The sticky rice were fresh and chewy. Yummy :)

I was firstly attracted to try Fat Straw when I saw its picture of its cute packaging. It has lower height than usual plastic glass, but a lot fatter. Which is cute because they had Fat Straw as a name (which now I wonder, the straw is always fat right for bubble tea?)

Anyway...

I tried their Mango Bubble Tea. The bubble was okay, chewy and fresh, good quality. The drink was okay. The ice wasn't too rough to your teeth and the taste not too sweet for me. Refreshing. They offered enough variation too. Not bad :)

Pertama-tama, tempat ini bener2 ramenya minta ampun. Saya datang jam 9 pagi and this place was just packed with people. Saking ramainya, servicenya jadi sangat lalai dan lamban. Kami minta beresin meja aja lama sekali.

Kami pesen siomay, lumpia goreng, pangsit goreng mayo, lumpia goreng rumput laut, char siew panggang, tan tart, cha siaw pai, wotie, mochi, kaki ayam dan bubur ayam. Overal dimsum disini enak2 semua. Siomaynya kenyal dan gurih, lumpia dan pangsitnya very tasty dan dan crunchnya juga pas, char siewnya gendut dan isinya banyak daging dan sayurnya, wotienya juga lezat dan empuk, saya ga makan kaki ayam soalnya ga suka, dan mochi dan lumpia rumput lautnya ini lumayan unik ya buat saya. Mochinya sendiri bentuknya lucu ga seperti mochi pada umumnya. Isinya kacang merah, kenyalnya dan teksturnya betul2 cantik dan ada taburan wijen diatasnya. Rumput lautnya juga lucu kaya di goreng bulet2 gtu dlmnya ada sedikit nasi. Setelah makan byk bgt, saya betul2 kaget si mami masi pesenin bubur ayam seorang satu. Akhirnya kt bungkus 2 bubur bawa pulang soalnya uda kekenyangan :p buburnya juga enak btw. Lumayan asin, tp ya dimasaknya pas kentelnya.

Kafe betawi ini menyediakan banyak sekali pilihan makanan indonesia. Waktu kami kesini, kami pesan beberapa menu seperti mie tek tek, mie goreng, asinan sayur, sate ayam dan soto betawi.

Pertama nyobain asinan sayurnya, kerupuknya keras! Soal rasa ya not bad sih. Cuma kuahnya dan bumbunya kurang ada mmph nya actually. Buat mie tek teknya, pacar saya suka bgt nih. Memang bakmie disini tekstur dan masaknya juara juga karena aldente ya. Mie tekteknya lebih berkuah, rasanya lumayan beragam di dalamnya ada sayur dsb. Mie gorengnya seperti mie goreng jawa, mienya manis. Sate ayamnya enak! Dagingnya lembut dan gendut2, saus kacangnya mantap dan kecapnya juga gak kemanisan. Soto betawinya not bad, porsinya besar, santannya dan kuahnya enak dan dagingnya empuk.

Makan disini juga lumayan pewe, lumayan bs ngobrol tapi ya agak sedikit berisik soalnya agak nyaru sama luar.

Lagi di daerah sunter trus kelaperan dan ada McD, jadi mampirlah beli take away fish filletnya. Fish filletnya ya buat rasa lumayan, porsi tapi dikit dan harga tidak terlalu murah untuk porsi mini seperti ini. Pattynya standar, ikannya juga standar, saus tartarnya lumayan tapi cuma dikit :(

Dunia per froyo an sepertinya lagi berlomba-lomba bikin inovasi baru. Baik dari warna, tekstur, bahan dsb. Sudah sempat nyobain yang black sakura, jadi waktu kami kesini kami cobain skim milk nya mereka.

Buat tekstur sih masih halus seperti biasa. Kami nyobain conenya juga sekalian, dan conenya sendiri agak sedikit rapuh. Tapi rasanya not bad. Buah mangganya agak kurang segar, tapi manis, longannya standar. Asemnya pas sih buat saya, dan sour sally, seperti namanya, memang rasanya lebih seperti froyo asam2 manis ketimbang pesaing sebelahnya yang terkenal dari singapur itu. Saya personally suka dua2nya, they got their own thing but could play it pretty well.

I ordered some food here:

Soup of the Day
Soupnya lumayan encer, and as for being me, mostly I love bold stuff tapi I gotta say this soup was really nice. Rasa mushroomnya sangat berasa, kaldu dan sayurnya juga pas, dan encernya actually goes along well nemenin makanan yang berat supaya gak eneg.

Manhattan Fish and Chips
Their fish and chips were not bad. Porsinya banyak, dan ikannya dibagi jadi 3 gorengan. No, it's not small btw. Ga bau amis, luarnya juga crispy and seasoned well, creamnya juga enak dan kentangnya pretty generous and fried well too.

Mad about Mackerel
Nah yang ini sayangnya bau amis. Saya sebenernya dulu uda beberapa kali ke Manhattan Fish Market, pernah cobain pasta and ikannya dlu and it's not really a good experience karena kebanyakan masih bau amis. Ikannya sebenernya teksturnya sangat enak, very tender and smooth, dan I gotta say the rice were just delightful. Pulen and buttery and garlicky. Cuma sayang bau amis.

Brooklyn Sunset
What a fresh and delightful drink! My bf sampe minta foto bilang we have to remake this later. Mango, strawberry, lemon and soda. Very pleasant and refreshing!

Pork Ribs Soup
Pertama, kuahnya really asin dan rasa ladanya lumayan kerasa sekali. Tapi not a problem for me sih, karena daging mereka betul2 ga kerasa bau sama sekali. Tepuk tangan! :)) dagingnya lembut, teksturnya kaya, dan tidak bau. Rasa di dagingnya sendiri ga terlalu kerasa jadi ya diimbangi dengan kuah yang super asin ini

Saya juga coba kembang tahu mereka. I gotta admit it's like really good! Rasa asinnya pas, kenyalnya juga pas gak terlalu kering, dan waktu dicampur sama bubur atau mi sua nya juga enak.

Bubur disini juga enak. Kentalnya pas, tidak terlalu encer, masih ada sedikit nasi stgh bubur yang kerasa (my fav kind :p), and seasoned well too. Cakwenya ya standar dan dicampur bubur enak.

Yang unik dari semuanya adalah minuman tehnya. Karena gelasnya super duper mini dan they juga selalu sirem baknya ini pakai air panas. Traditional chinese tea, sekali teguk harus tuang lagi :)