Foods: Steak Hotel by Holycow, Kemang

Wooohoo…

After waiting for so long I finally made my way to Holycow at Kemang. I was craving for steak since like about 2 months back. My friends told me they ate there, show me their picture, and I was a crying baby to my BF, asking for a trip there.

So, be prepared, a long review about steak!

First of all,
with a bunch of craving, whining, and constantly asking my baniiih (My boyfriend) to go to Holycow, we finally made it.
Steak House by Holycow at Kemang located at Jalan Kemang Raya, No. 95, South Jakarta. They have another store at Radio Dalam. Don't be fooled, there are 'similar' steak house named, Holycow Steak House, and no, i am not reviewing that right now.
Anyhoo, they open everyday with these schedule:

1. Mon-Fri: 11.00 AM - 02.00 PM, break, then open again at 05.00 PM until Sold Out.
2. Sat-Sun: 11.00 AM - Until Sold out.

By reading this schedule only, I assume they are very confident to say that they will sell all the available  steak. Also, they might only have limited amount of steak, which is nice because they don't keep the old meat.

We found that the place is pretty concealed. The door remains closed, like nothing's there (too bad I wasn't take the picture). We came in and welcomed by a big window with a kitchen scenery. Chefs were cooking the steak. Then I found a narrow way to finally see the cashier near stairs, then the waiter took us to the second level. We sat outside on a smoking area, but decided to go back to non-smoking area because there are finally some available seat. The concept is making anyone who comes there a REAL CARNIVORE. They're like saying indirectly, "If you are not into meat, GTFO". They even named the place TKP (Tempat Karnivora Pesta) which means "A Place where Carnivores Partying".

This is how the indoor looks like

Checkout my Indoor's picture, it's neat, and the outdoor is pretty good as well, but since Jakarta was pretty humid, we preferred indoor with Air Conditioner :D. They have a lot of scripts hanging on the wall. Mostly about how great it is to be carnivore or foodies, or even their awards as the best steak seller etc, but, one of my favorite is this:

A quote by Julia Child, too bad the name is blocked

The waiter is pretty helpful and patient (to face my not-so-patient boyfriend). But, I honestly think they might need to add more waiters. Because somehow we needed to wait 5-10 minutes for each thing we want to ask because the waiter itself was pretty busy in serving other guests. And finally we can order :D They will ask our name first, for payment purpose.

the breadsticks

Sooo, I ordered:

• Wagyu Sirloin 200 grams (around 8 fluid oz in US) - Mushroom Sauce -  Medium - Rp. 118 K ($9.8 USD) 
• Ice Tea (Re-fill) - Rp.15 K ($1.25 USD)
• Mushroom Sautee - Rp. 25 K ($ 2 USD)
• Additional BBQ Sauce - Not charged :D

My  Boyfriend ordered:

• Wagyu Topside 9+ 200 grams (around 8 fluid Oz in US) - Black Pepper Sauce - Medium Well - Rp. 99 K - $ 8.2 USD ( My boyfriend is not a meat-lover nor a true carnivore, so he ordered Kid's meal previously because he saw it on the menu, but the waiter said, we cannot order it *WTF)
• Ice Cappuccino - Rp. 15 K ($1.25 USD)

Here comes the foods!
Oh before I forgot, they served us breadsticks for free, whilst we're waiting for the food. Woohoo, I love free food.

My BF Wagyu Topside 9+  w/ Black Pepper Sauce, Spinach Sautee, and Fries

My Wagyu Sirloin Steak w/ Mushroom Sauce, Spinach Sautee, and Fries

Mushroom Sautee

My Baniih Ice Cappuccino, not re-fill-able

My BF MEDIUM WELL Wagyu Topside, a good one.

Mine, MEDIUM Wagyu Sirloin, what a pink meat!  *drooling

Then we continued our perfect steak journey (mine actually) by eating those steaks. Each steak had their own flag, to differentiate which one is which. There is some description behind every flag, identify whom steak it is.

I love how they made mine perfectly medium. It's very juicy and pleasantly tender! A great grilled-smell, lovely pinkish color adding extra juice to the meat. The mushroom sauce is good, but for great steak like that, I don't think we need to emphasize the sauce, the meat itself is the winner! The fries is fries (what can I say, I was blinded by the meat), and the spinach is unique, I never had steak with Spinach Sautee as the side dish. If I could ask more, I'd like to pick Mashed Potatoes instead of fries to minimize the flavor, so it won't mixed too much.

Meanwhile, my boyfriend is pretty satisfied with his steak. He's not a meat-lover so he said his steak was "OKAY". He can not stand about how big the steak is! Check out his,"I'm-so-done-with-steak-for-my-whole-life-" face. He literally ate with a suffered face because the steak was too much for him. A long sigh and not-so-happy face. I was burst at laugh looking at his face.  But he does love the Mushroom Sautee. He said he could eat it the whole plate and preferred it over the steak (sigh.. my boyfriend is almost becoming a vegan :P). I love it too! It's buttery and just perfectly working well with the steak. Love love!

he finished it, but it's like the meat was torturing him hahaha :D

I tried his steak. It's good too! But just a tiny itsy bitsy tougher than mine because his steak was medium well. Thank god, he's almost ordering well done, it could've been hard to bite. But his sauce, I admit, it's better than mine. The blackpepper sauce goes really well with the strong meaty flavor. So, if you want to go there, I suggest Black Pepper sauce instead of Mushroom Sauce.

Oh, and also, the BBQ sauce that I ordered separately is pretty good too. A bit sour, but acceptable. So the sauce (In My humble opinion) in orders are:

1. Black Pepper Sauce (not that hot, just perfect)
2. BBQ Sauce
3. Mushroom Sauce

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He wanted to kill someone who made the steak so darn big :D

The Additional BBQ Sauce

Me, super happy (chubby) face :D

Smelling his food,  Joe Bastianich Style

looking at his food, Graham Elliot Style

Previously, I checked some review from some bloggers. They have pretty much the same review as mine. Also, they said that if we tweet that we are at the restaurant then mention @holycow_radal with hashtag location (mine is #tkpkemang), we will get a free tiramisu (if available) or cupcake :D So I tweeted (with my bf's account) and I got this baby. Blueberry Cupcake from Cupcake Company (I think they are working together for this semi-marketing promo)

Blueberry Cupcake by Cupcake Company with Cream Cheese Topping

I am certainly not a big fan of cupcake, for me it's too sweet. But this free dessert was surprisingly tasty! Not so sweet, great punch of cream cheese and good hints of sour blueberry. Love love!

Well, that's all of the foods we had! We can pay directly to the cashier by letting them know our name instead of table number (this is simple, but I think it's pretty good). For me, it cost Rp. 302 K (tax, service, etc included)


So, here's the quick review:

Overall: 4.5 out of 5 stars!!!!
Price : around Rp.99-180 K (for steak)
Taste: Greaattt for a very affordable price!
Atmosphere: just right :D
Service: good enough, the waiter is kind, but need more waiters tho!

Extra picture:

BURP….

Until then!

Tata for now!

xoxo

Amiyaa. (and Sigit)

Travel: Cimory Riverside - Puncak (and the Chocolate Shop)

Hallooo..


Hari ini, gue sekeluarga mabur ke Cimory Riverside, Puncak. Di mulai dengan gue yang udah siap-siap mau ke kantor, walhasil membatalkan niat untuk bekerja lantaran si bokap tiba-tiba bilang, "Ke Cimory yok?".
Ahey...
Pucuk dicinta ulam tiba, gue pun semangat buat pergi sama bokap, nyokap, kakak, dan ponakan gue (emang lo aja males kerja Namiraaa).
Gue berangkat sekitar jam 13.00 WIB dari Sentul City. Sekitar 1 jam perjalanan dengan sedikit macet karena adanya pasar di daerah situ, plus Tol Ciawi yang hanya Seribu perak saja dari Sentul maupun Bogor. Initially, gue dan keluarga pengen ke Cimory Resto yang Mountain View (yang agak jauhan dikit), ealah ternyata tutup untuk Renovasi sampe tanggal 12 July 2013. (;_;) sediiihhh...

Puter balik sodara-sodara ke Cimory Riverside, yang letaknya cuma berjarak yah sekitar 1 KM lah dari Cimory Mountain View.

Meanwhile, kita foto-foto di mobil.

kaka gue, bokap, nyokap, ponakan, dan gue, oh, dan tengkorak pink

Sampe lah kita di Cimory Riverside.

tampak depan

Masuk kedalam, disambut sama mbak-mbak yang lantang bilang, "Selamat datang di Cimory, silahkan reserve dulu". Shoot ternyata gue masuk waiting list.

Rame banget men, yah possibly karna anak sekolah lagi pada libur ya (ngelirik ponakan).

Di dalem Cimory Riverside ada segala macem pernak pernik Sapi. Jam nya Sapi, Patung Sapi, tembok nya warna kulit sapi, lucuk lah pokonya, secara gue demen banget ama sapi. Bahkan kata kakak gue, itu di Cimory Mountain View, lampunya bentuk pentil sapi. Ah sayang sekali gue ngga bisa ngeliat -,-

Otherwise gue bakal merengek minta beli. Hahahha.

Anyhoo, Cimory juga ada display kue-kue cantik di depan, kata kakak gue rasanya ngga sebagus bentuk-bentuknya, okay gue mengurungkan niat buat beli.

kue-kue cantik, tepat sebelah kasir

Daaan, akhirnya menunggu kurang lebih 30 menit untuk mendapat meja untuk 5 orang. Sementara nunggu, nyokap, bokap, dan ponakan gue ngeliat-liat barang di souvenir shop nya, gue bakal bahas itu nanti.

Disambutlah kita dengan pemandangan ini:

Luckly dapet duduk di bagian bawah, straigh to the view!



Ijo. Ya, ijo. Yang keliatan cuma ijo. Dan kalo ngelongok ke bawah ada kali. Mereka bilang sungai, buat gue itu kali. Soalnya coklat.

Dan kita pun pesen makan. Karna penuh, kayanya ada bau-bau bakal lama deh, jadi kakak gue, bokap, ponakan, dan gue, mesen hal yang sama Paket Iga Bakar. Nyokap stay dengan yang 'anget-anget' yakni Yong To Fu. Untuk appetizer, kita pesen lumpia ayam kulit tahu dan somay udang.

Minuman, gue dan ponakan pesen milkshake strawberry, kakak gue Oreo Hazelnut Latte, bokap pesen ice cappucino, dan nyokap tetep dengan air mineraal.

Setelah beratus tahun kemudian (karna lama banget si makanan), keluar lah semua makanan dan minuman kita, kecuali minuman ice cappucino bokap.

Unfortunately gue lupa fotoin makanan nya.. Maklum, lapar (-_-").

Jadi langsung skip ke bagian review nya:

1. Paket Iga Bakar: in my humble opinion, ini ngga enak, terlalu berasa pedes lada, dan kebetulan gue orang yang ngga suka pedes lada.
2. Lumpia Ayam Kulit Tahu: enak, yah biasa lah. Dimakan pake sambel bangkok yang somehow terlalu asem.
3. Somay Udang: enak juga, sama-sama makan pake sambel bangkok, cuma yang somay entah kenapa sambel nya pedes.
4. Milkshake Strawberry: nah kalo yang ini gue suka, ada crushed strawberry, tapi ngga asam dan rasanya creamy, milky, enak pokonya.
5. Yong Tao Fu nyokap: ngga nyobain, dia bilang ngga enak
6. Oreo Hazelnut Latte kaka gue: terlalu manis, oreo nya dikit banget mamen.
7. Ice Cappucino bokap: ngga keluar sampe makanan habis (-,-)

Okay, setelah puas makan, gue dan kakak gue memutuskan ke Souvenir Shop dan Toko Coklat nya.

Souvenir nya ada tas sapi, gelas sapi, kaos sapi, sapi (ngga, yang ini becanda).

tas sapiii :3

Keliatan apa ngga ya, itu di pojokan ada kaos kuning dengan tulisan I (HEART) NYusu. Yeah, kesannya I love New York tapi karna ada tulisan 'usu' nya jadi I love nyusu deh. Kocak sih, tapi kalo makin lama dipikir jadi jayus. Hahhaa. Anyway, yang gue foto adalah tas sapi. Sayang itu tas gemblok, kalo kaya clutch gue beli. Hahahha

Terus sebelah toko souvenir yang super cilik, ada kaya supermarket tempat beli susu, yogurt dan dairy product lain, plus mereka juga jualan keripik dan cemilan. Oh ya, nyokap gue beli Chicken Cordon Bleu (soalnya Cimory Riverside nyediain Cordon Bleu juga di menu mereka).

Tampak depan supermarketnya, dengan kaka gue melenggang bak model :D

Cemilan dan Keripik

main product, dairy products, milk and yogurt

Okay, now for the highlight. Toko Coklat. Somehow gue lupa sama namanya. Pokonya dia toko cokelat. Dengan embel-embel "Free Sample" harusnya sih banyak orang yang kesitu yah. FYI Free sample nya lumayan kok.

Disambut dengan interior yang modern sekaligus hommy. Tema nya coklat-coklat gitu lah, weh too bad, foto keseluruhan tokonya terlalu gelap buat gue pajang.

Anyhoo, ada beberapa type barang yang dijual disini:



Praline, Nutella adalah favorit gue! Harga Rp. 8K/pcs

salah satu coklat bentuk nya kantong kertas, harga Rp.38K

Gelas, lucu gelasnya, Rp.40K plus bonus Coklat Button yang bisa dicampur susu

Chocolate Button, sekaleng isi 4 pack, harga

Coklat versi kotak, rasa macem-macem, sekitar Rp. 30K - 40 K

Lollipop dan Coklat coklat mini, Harga sekitar Rp. 10K


Overall, kalo emang cari tempat makan, I mean yang makanan nya enak, jangan ngarepin Cimory, soalnya ngga enak, dan mahal -,- Gue makan ber-5 minum ngga aneh-aneh itu habis sekitar Rp.482K. tapi kalo cuma mau cari tempat kongkow sambil minum susu anget, ini enak. :D

Big Hug and Kisses :*

Amiyaa

Review: Abuba Steak

Hi All


After several days I didn't write down any review, now I will wrote review about one of the famous steak restaurant. Abuba Steak. Located at: Jln. Boulevard Kelapa Gading, next to Pisang Hijau Restaurant.

I bet you know this famous steak house. So, I will make this review shorter.

First, since it's Sat Nite, the restaurant crowded. There are many families hangout here. So, the service took quite long time. Also, when we asked the about the level cooking of steak (Raw, Medium, Medium-well, Well-done) they seem confused and for what I got, it was not as I expected.

I've asked: The US Sirloin Steak (Medium)
I've got: The US Sirloin Steak (Medium-Well)

Sirloin Steak US - Medium Well

 For me, the steak was NOT pink enough. It makes the meat a little 'tough' to bite. But it's okay. Based on its seasoning, I think it's lack of anything (except salt). It's salty enough, but still lac of pepper, and other seasonings. Maybe, it's because they grilled it for too long. It makes the meat bitter.

Grilled Chicken

My sister, my father, and my Bf ordered the same thing as well. My brother-in-law and my nephew ordered The NZ Sirloin steak (well-done), and what my brother-in-law got was a MEDIUM NZ Sirloin Steak.  Since, he doesn't like anything uncooked well, he switched his steak to my sister. His meat was so pink and (looked) yummy. LOL :D

Anyway, my mother ordered a grilled chicken. After a (very) long time, the chicken finally came out. As well as my sirloin, the seasoning is lack. For a pricey steak, it's kinda disappointing. The service and lack flavor of steak are the main problem. Me and My Family are a huge fan of steak. We are used to make our own steak. I'm gonna share the recipe later.

But, when negative happens, comes positive. I think the atmosphere and the location are good. But, according to my experience, I assume you to do the reservation first. The price of the foods are quite expensive (and a little bit worth-less). They are about 70-80 K rupiahs per portion. In my humble opinion, it's not really worth.

So, here's the quick review:


Overall: *** and a half out of *****
Price : around Rp.50-150 K
Taste: Not as I expected from its price
Atmosphere: nice and comfy
Service: not good enough, they had forgotten my cooking level. :(

Foods: Sushi MIYA81 - Tebet

Hi all!

Last night I was dinner with my BF after office hours. According to one of my hobby (eating sushi), we decided to try a new (or atleast We just saw) Sushi Restaurant at Tebet. It called SUSHI MIYA81. Yes, the name is confronting your mind (if we substitute "81" with "BI") LOL XD. Well anyway, first time I attract here is because the place which is looking cozy and comfy.

Here's the pic for the place and atmoshpere.

A bad camera makes a bad picture (-_-"). Anyway, that's the place. The red shocking theme was really interesting and eye-catching. At there's indoor and outdoor area. So, after afew times choosing menu, I decided to pick 3 items. But, before I mention what I've ordered, I just wanna tell you, the service is not good enough in my humble opinion. They seem very rookie and like don't know what to do. One of the servant (by his clothes, he seems the manager, I don't know why i called him servant, haha :D ) seems don't know their menu. I ask what items that provide raw fish, then he just like laugh at me and then said that "It's sushi rolls, so most of them are raw" (with high notes). Then I read the menu one more time and found that just one of the menu has raw fish on it (what a shame your attitude manager!). Oh yeah, and also, they DON'T have any standard sushi like Nama Sake sushi. They have fussion in all menu and a bit out of theme (sushi-theme) food like western instead of making them a bit Japanese.

Before I forget, after I ordered, and my foods came out, they FORGOT to brought a chopstick for me and my BF. What the......? How could I eat my sushi without chopstick or any dining utilities??? I have to ask first (with "PLEASE" word... How pity).

Anyway, after confusing (because no standard sushi available), I ordered:
1. Ozawa Salmon (crab salad, kyuri *Japanese cucumber, avocado, rolled and topped with fresh raw salmon)

Ozawa Salmon

First bite, I got salmon, no crab-salad tasted, crunchy kyuri, not much avocado and also mayonnaise on top. What I didn't expect is a red sauce which my tongue have translated as tomato sauce, it's not that blended well. With a little bit of soy sauce, this is not that bad. But still, not good enough for me. They didn't mention a seaweed on their menu, but there are inside the roll.

Okay, on to the next menu!

Green Spider Rol

2. Green Spider Roll (Soft Shell crab, Kyuri *again, Avocado, Spicy mayo)

Their didn't mention the lettuce and seaweed as well. Okay, for the first sight, it's definitely not balanced when we measure it from its size. Too big at the edge, yet too thin at the center. It makes my mouth full with only one edge-cut. And, how is it taste? It's good, the soft shell crab is very good and crunchy. There are two kind of sauce, spicy and yellow-ish mayo. Both are not as I expected. The yellow-ish mayo is too sour, almost make the soft shell taste disappear, and also, the spicy is not that spicy IMHO. But still good enough compare to the Ozawa Salmon.

California Roll

3. California Roll (Avocado, kyuri *more kyuriii, crab, flying fish roe)

This is the most 'normal' menu I ordered. With sweet crab inside, a crunchy and fresh flying fish roe on the outside. Really simple yet mouthful of taste. I think it's taste really good because of its simplicity. Literally, the sushi rice and the crab is really sweet. No mayo means no more too much taste. Not overwhelming. Highly recommended!


4. Salmon Sashimi

Salmon Sashimi

Sliced salmon it's really good dish. But... In this restaurant, the fish is not really fresh. But they chopped into a pretty big chunk. They served it with LIME, not LEMON... I think it's really bad choice. Lime really ruined its taste. I prefer not to squeeze the lime on it and eat with soy sauce or straight.

5. Ocha (re-fill)
The best about this Ocha is re-fill system LOL :D. But with big glass, I think it's enough to neutralize the mayo taste to taste the next sushi.


Overall, the menu here's not quite variate, the plate for the sushi was nice and elegant, the price a lil bit pricy compare to Sushi-Ya (Im gonna review it later), Oh yeah, and the chopsticks are lil hard to use. It's kinda palstic or melanmine, good for our trees, bad for our tongue (too long, to make sushi arrive at our mouth LOL :D).



Well, that's all of my review about Sushi Miya81. Hope this review helps!
Keep healthy!

Xoxo
Namira

Review:
Overall: ** and a half out of *****
Price : around Rp.20-30 K
Taste: Quite good
Atmosphere: very nice and comfy
Service: Not good :(