Bite the Brownies

Chocolate Brownies..There are many myths exist about this delicacy.

One of the myth said that someone who are in love and make brownies..then the brownies will taste just perfect!!...what should I say, I am in love..and my 1st home made brownies is just perfect ;) hihi lebay

Somone said that in the past time, the chef who created brownies recipe for first time was a man who was madly in love..and try to express his feeling to his lover through brownies cake..mm..maybe..part of it is true..since the way to make it is pretty easy..so probably it was a man who invent the recipe.. what an inspiring myth ..hihi lebay lagi

anyway..I just wish that I can share my first bite of this brownies with all of you outhere..especially someone who is still not believing me, that I really had made brownies ;) even till now..

Have a sweet day ;)

Tekka Kebab, Jarjeer, Humus - Mengenal Makanan Doha

Awalnya diajak temen gw, Zeyad, dulu banget pas gw awal-awal datang ke Doha, lama-lama ampir tiap kali gw ke Souq Waqif, gw selalu mampir ke ini restoran. Namanya? Gw gak tau, karena gw gak liat ada papan nama. Tapi yang jelas kebab daging sapi nya enak. Entah diapain, dagingnya bisa empuk. Kebab ayamnya, sama hati sapi bahkan jeroan ayam juga ada, dan enak juga. Dan pastinya yang punya juga ramah..hehe..ya iyalah..siapa sih yg gak ramah ama orang indonesia :)

Berhubung ini di tengah-tengah pasar, pas gw iseng nyari ke-dua kali nya, agak susah..tapi skarang gw udah nemu patokannya, yaitu mesjid. Meski emang mesjidnya jg gak keliatan karena persis di tengah-tengah pasar, dinding-dinding mesjidnya samping-sampingan ama pasar. Tapi setidaknya, kalo nyasar mau nyari restoran ini lagi, gw tinggal nanya aja ama orang, mesjid di mana? Hehe..pasti di anterin nyusurin lorong yang liku-liku sela-sela bangunan kotak-kotak khas arab. Ketemu deh tuh mesjid, sekalian ketemu tuh restorannya. Hadooh dosa ya, nanya orang terus jauh2 dianterin ke mesjid, padahal sebenernya tujuan utamanya ke restorannya :)

Menu favorit gw Tekka Kebab (sate daging sapi asap yang empuk), rotie (ya roti khas arab apa india ya .. yg kering dibakar), hamuss (semacam mayonese low fat khas arab), sama Jarjeer (green salad khas sini yang entah apa namanya gw ga nemu di indonesia).
Konon si Jarjeer ini punya khasiat kalo di indonesia mirip sama ginseng yang bikin jreng..alias bikin kuda liar..hehe..sampai kata temen gw, "if woman now how important jarjeer is, they will grow it under their bed",,,hehe..berhubung gw masih single gw smpet mikir buat batasin tuh makan jarjeer...tapi karena emang agak susah nyari lalaban di sini...dan emang enak...jadi gw maen hantem-hantem aja makan tuh jarjeer...hehe...besok nya bisa kerasa khasiatnya hehehe... ....(ups sensor)
Pas gw ajak si istrinya-temen-gw-yang-lagi-STA-di Doha..ternyata dia doyan juga tuh sama jarjeer...("emang enak sih kayak lalaban", ujar dia sungut-sungut..entah mengulang kata-kata gw atau dia menegaskan...tp emang gaya dia begitu..latah)...meski gw udah bilangin bisa ngasih epek kuda liar...tapi dia cuek aja..bahkan gw inget ampe nambah satu porsi jarjeer tambahan....hehehe...besoknya langsung curhat memelas pengen pulang inget suami...(gw sih iya2in aja..sok2an jadi temen yang baik...tapi gw yakin sebenernya itu epek jarjeer hehehe)....



si babeh pasang tampang..siap di foto..:) Beh..saya moto stiker!! Ya udah sini-sini saya foto ..

Makan di Rumah Bu Endang

Gw jadi obat nyamuk. Haha..abis gimana ya..gw gak bisa escape juga. Tapi aniway, gak semua obat nyamuk baunya busuk kan. Gw obat nyamuk yang wangi. Dan mereka nyamuk2 yang baik hati (ngomong apa sih). Ya gitulah, kamaren threesome, pas jalan ama dua temen gw (yg mana mereka adalah couple..hallah..tp gw kenal ama dua2nya), ga penting amat sih.

Intinya, ni posting mo ngomongin tempat makan favorit tuh temen gw. Namanya rumah makan Bu Endang di daerah wijaya. Pas nyampe sana, emang kondisi lagi laper2nya, jadi aja semua makanan keliatan enak (ni rumah makan yang ngejual makanan rumah a.k.a tradisional) dan kita pesen jadi agak membabi buta. Tapi, emang enak..kali ini bener2 berasa makan di rumah, dan kita pura2 jadi anak baik, jadi semua makanan abis, bersih..persis seperti pesen mama (hehe..pdhal emang laper, enak, plus rakus aja kitanya).

Menu khas nya, gadon daging (kayak pepes daging);mmm..sumpah yummy abes..
Konon kabarnya, kalo pas jam lunch, Bu Endang yang ayu itu mendatangi meja satu persatu ..sayang pas makan malem, Bu Endang g ada. Jd gw g sempet ketemu. overall..ni tempat, asik;enak, terjangkau, bersih (konon ini rumah jadul bekas jaman belanda, dan interiornya dibikin vintage), suasananya tenang..gw suka. Have a try if you seek for some traditional taste.

Thanks to megski dan chachaboy udah nganterin gw muter2 cari tas buat ponakan gw. hehe..

Tempat Makan Di Jakarta

Hunting tempat makan baru nih di jakarta. Meski kalo soal rasa, akurasi selera gw mungkin kurang bisa dipercaya, secara ampir semua jenis makanan masuk ke perut gw (catat yg halal), tapi gak ada salahnya kalo gw sok2an nge-review tempat makan yang emang sebenarnya udah terkenal sih. Mereka nge-claim sudah terkenal sejak 1942. Mmm gw gak bisa buktikan karena gw jelas belon lahir tahun segitu. Ada juga foto Presiden SBY di pajang di situ..gw gak tau kapan tuh SBY makan di situ..sebelum jadi presiden apa sesudah. Karena kalo sesudah kyknya gak mungkin, presiden kan sibuk ngurusin negara, masa sempet2nya makan di resotran dan bikin macet jalan ke resotoran...atau emang dia gak sibuk?! hihi..meneketehe ya...(presiden jg manusia kaleee..aih ntar gw di gugat kyak Prita Mulyasari lagi..takut).

If you are looking for indonesian food. Rawon Nguling could be a good choice. It's located in Cikajang (jl. cikajang no.49 kebayoran baru, phone 021-739 4319). The specialty is east java's food which called nasi rawon (meat soup with tradional herb; becung that bring black color to the soup), soto surabaya (soup with some coconut milk). The taste is good (the way it should be, from traditional point of view), the service is also excellent, quick and clean.



Harganya ya lumayan lah, berhubung service ama rasa, gw pikir harganya standard2 aja.
Yang unik, ni restorant kayaknya usaha keluarga. Selain Rawon khas nguling (nama tempat di jawa timur), pemiliknya kyaknya sodaraan ama pemilik resotaran empal gentong (segmen yang sama, makanan traditional khas cirebon, belum nyoba sih..di daerah Tebet)...cuma kebetulan, kok nama pemilik ni restoran rawon nguling am empal gentong mirip2 ama nama gw ya..nama keluarga nya haryanto..aduh jangan2 gw masih ada sodara ...kalo ada hubungan sodara kan bisa aja dapet diskon. (Hallah udah makan di bayarin SonSki aja masih minta diskon..btw. thanks SonSki..sering2 ya hehe).
Gile ya..nama gw pasaran pisan..saat nya gw bikin partai haryanto kali ya...

Cheese Cake and Friends

Glad finally i have chance to be in jakarta again, even just for few days. Weird.. this time, I don't feel really excited being in jakarta. Not that Balikpapan now becomes sort of 2nd home, or jakarta is 1st home, i don't know. The truth is suck having my stuff scattered in so many places. After 1 year back and forth to balikpapan, i start to confuse finding that I dont fit no where.

I have new friends but I feel like I also lost some of my old friends. I know, I can't be in two different places and catching up with everyone at the same time. But they used to be around a lot, and i kinda miss it...and now it seems that everybody busy catching up with lot of thing (yea..i know, i've been going for too long).




The good thing, some of my friends are still there. At least, some of them. They don't really treat me as a stranger like many others did. It makes me feel a bit fit here.
Mungkin karena hobi kita masih nyambung; makan-nongkrong-dan mengumpat-ngumpat soal kerjaan. Ya..ya ..ya..ujung2nya emang ngumpat2 soal kerjaan .. how sucks and unfair life is. which i believe many people do have this kind of thing anyway. Please don't think we do not grateful for whatever we have right now, we just like to talk about those shitty part of our day, just talk..nothin more than that..

At the end of the day, cheese cake with coffee or chocolate in rainy afternoon was a perfect combination.

Maybe this is just a way of life should be. People come and go writing each other story. I just don't ready yet to be part of their history, but now I need to get used to it. Catching up with friends. Before those friends turn to be a total stranger..or I become a total stranger for them..whichever?! don't like that.



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Anomali Coffee

Gw nemuin ini coffee spot setelah baca majalah Time Out. Mm..itu cukup menjelaskan ke-tidak-gaul-an gw. Whatever, tapi akhirnya dengan berbekal nekat, naik taxi (karena gw udah gak otogenik lagi), akhirnya gw pergi ke nih coffee spot yang di tuh majalah disebut2 tempat nya asik. Namanya Anomali Coffee. Tempatnya lumayan cozy, ada free wi fi nya yang bikin dia emang enak buat nongkrong. Ngopi, sambil browsing2 lumayan enak di sini. Gw nyobain Aceh Gayo sama Papua Wamena, lumayan. Harga? sekitar 30rb an per cup. Tapi dengan free wi fi yang lumayan high speed, ngabisin waktu di sini jadi gak kerasa. Dimana? Senopati 35, Kebayoran Baru. Satu lagi yang gw suka; ada musholla-nya.

Mereka cukup punya banyak jenis coffee; Aceh gayo organic, Bali Kintamani, Lintong Mandailing, Toraja Kalosi, Java Jampit, Papua Wamena.



::Sneak peak, from the most outside spot 1st floor. The 2nd floor is also comfy. No wonder, people spend hours here



:: The non-smoking spot..


:: My view, abis ujan..



:: Gudang beans..