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

Photos, My other's sense.

Hi,


It's been so long I haven't written anything yet. Still, I am not quite ready for writing something. However I feel like I need to start writing something right now. Anyway, my mood is kind of pounding and hurting, thus I think it would be better for me if I start to allocate my bad mood to a writing thing.

Anyway,
I will start my post with photograph things. I have uploaded several pictures on Facebook for fulfilling my photographs hunger.

You could check on my favorite one,

This one, I called "Death Ahead". I took this one from the big road in front of my office. I went to the center of the road, and captured the picture while a car was coming after me. It was close, but the picture is worth I think. I was not using any SLR or cam, just my HTC Sensation XE, with a touch from Pixlromatic. For me, no matter what camera you will use, no matter what software will be used, the composition is still the most important thing on a picture. I won't say this is a photograph, because I'm not a photographer.


My passion in getting a great picture is not literally a hobby. I seldom take a picture, oh and yes, for me mood is really important as well. I have tried to always take a picture once, whenever I go. But eventually, I couldn't get any great picture, not even good. So, mood is really important for me.

Anyway, here are some other pictures:

Enjoy ;)

xoxo

Namira

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 :(

Travels: Kawah Putih, Ciwidey, Bandung

Hi All..

After all of my review about the cosmetics, allow me to give you a review about a place in Bandung called Kawah Putih, name that in English means a White Crater. By its name, we could imagine a landscape with marvelous white crater. And yes, it's true. But first, let me tell you how i got there.

I departed from Jakarta to Bandung on Friday at 7 pm. A bad traffic for a trip that trough the freeway at that time. People are coming home trough that same freeway. Also, the vehicles that driving factory's stuff (big trucks - literally) made our trip a bit scary (since something big side by side with our car). I took Cipularang Freeway, the shortest way to Bandung. It costs us about Rp. 50K each time.

Anyway, it took about 3 hour to get to Bandung from Cipularang freeway. I arrived at Bandung at 10 pm. We came out at Cikopo Freeway Gate (it's not as far as you came out from Pasteur Gate). We ate at someplace near Cikopo Freeway Gate, I went to bathroom and gooosssshhh, the bathroom was awful. It smells bad, looks bad, very dirty, but in case of really need to go to bathroom, I shut my mouth up then pee.

After I arrived at Bandung and have somehting to eat, I went to Ciwidey, the place where Kawah Putih belong. Some peasant said, it took about 2 hours more to get there! So, My Sister, My Brother, My Niece,  I decided to look for some cheap hostel to sleep and then go to to Kawah Putih first in the morning.

Then, after a dark trip for half an hour, we found Saung Bilik, a hostel (resort for exactly). A comfy place with affordable price. Here's some pict I got from there:

The air it's cool and sooooo refreshing. Even we're not arrived yet at Kawah Putih.

After ate some lunch, we're took off to Kawah Putih. It's really not like our plan which is depart first in the morning. We're busy enjoying the view at the Saung Bilik.

Then, we took about 2 hours to get to Kawah Putih. What a wonderful view! It's like Puncak if i could say. Then, we're arrived at Kawah Putih Entrance. What I didn't expected is we need to pay! It's okay I guess if we paid for the maintenance cost, but somehow I guess it's too expensive. It took only Rp. 15K per person above 12 yrs old, then it took Rp.150K for a car! Also, we need to pay (again) for the parking cost at the top of the Kawah Putih. After we paid the car (insurance LOL), we took another half an hour to really get to the crater. Then, some citizens came to our car then said that we must buy a mask for our safety, it's because the sulfur's is active when we're there. And then again it's too expensive for a mask (which i could buy Rp2.5K each) with Rp.10K each. *I'm gonna bring my own mask next time.

We need to climb a few (my sister said a lots) of stair before finally see a magnificent landscape outspread.

But, it's really worth! A beautiful landscape! Refreshing air! And super cold weather (shame on me I'm wearing mini jumpsuit LOL).

Here's some pict at Kawah Putih:

 Wonderful landscape right? It's literally white. And BTW, I didn't wear any mask because it's really unnecessary! Shame on you hey mask-distributor! The sulfur smelled, but the level of the sulfur is not damaging your health.

I love Kawah Putih very much. Even I've heard about the advantages when you take a bath on its crater. It would cure your skin problem, from the lighter like acnes until the heaviest like skin cancer.

But still, I prefered not to touch the water LOL :D

Well, that's all of my review about my trip to Kawah Putih. I strongly recommend you to come to Kawah Putih anytime you want to spend your time, refreshing from the crowd (especially when you live at a big city like Jakarta).

Indonesia really have a marvellous and wonderful nature!

I Really love Indonesia for its nature and culture :D
Oh God, please keep us realizing YOUR bless :) and keep us taking care of it for our children, grandchildren, next generation.

XOXO
Namira

Quick summary:

Cost:

• Cipularang Freeway cost: about Rp. 100 K, Jakarta-Bandung-Jakarta
• Fuel cost (Honda Jazz): about Rp. 250 K Jakarta-Bandung-Jakarta
• Inn/Hostel cost: about Rp.250 K/night/room
• Kawah Putih Gate cost: 
• Rp. 150 K/car
• Rp. 15-20 K/Person above 12 yrs old

Landscape and view: SUPER FANTASTIC, you wont regret :)

Tips:

1. Bring a jacket, extremely cold without jacket
2. Don't wear short or mini jumpsuit like i did hahaha LOL
3. Wear hiking shoes for comfort
4. Sunblock is a must girl!
5. Bring your own mask (Seriously) hahahah LOL :D