Selected by The New York Times as one of the most memorable events of 2011 and 2012, The Jazz Age Lawn Party offers a magical opportunity to travel back in time. Two weekends a year, guests are invited to discover and experience one of the most colorful and formative epochs in American history.
Read More…I remember it's only been 4 days since I moved to New York a month ago, I got introduced to some Indonesian friends living in Elmhurst, Queens. They had a car so we took a ride around Williamsburg and parked a couple of blocks near the venue. I had no idea what were we getting into, but what I know back then was the fact that it's super crowded and damned hot (almost 34°C!). Now ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to:
Read More…Last weekend, Saturday to Sunday 9-10 November 2013 I went to a local event called “Bucolic Weekend”, organized by Javara and Maharasa Indonesia. As the name suggest, it’s basically a pop-up market selling local crops and farm produces that are naturally grown from numerous farmers throughout Indonesia
Read More…In case you haven’t notice, you have 2 more days left to enjoy authentic Mexican cuisine through “Taste of Mexico”, a collaboration between Mandarin Oriental Jakarta Hotel and the Mexican Embassy.
Read More…“KEUKEN is a one-day food festival addressing the issues of city public spaces utilizations with wisdom of street-inspired culture. Along with the burgeoning notions, we also enhance the festivity with lists of professional cooks and chefs, music performers and DJs, and engaged communities which we gladly invite for collaboration” – keukenbdg.com
Read More…Being on a 3D2N trip, I managed to go to the Jamboree twice, at Sunday night and Monday whole day. Located at the F1 Pit Paddock area, WSFC Jamboree occupies a really spacious venue, I must say, that the crowd seems to look more scattered and sprawled. In WSFC 2013 Jamboree feast, there were over 44 different kinds of foods from 37 food stalls from 10 countries: Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, India, China, United States, Mexico, and Denmark.
Read More…Wow, I don’t know where to start. It’s been over 2 weeks since my WSFC (World Street Food Congress) trip to Singapore, until I finally decided that I owe this blog some nice, thorough post about the whole journey. One thing for sure, I’m overwhelmed. And grateful I had the chance. The hospitality was amazing.
Read More…On Tuesday, I was having a regular Lync concall at the office when my phone kept ringing for about 4 times from 021-xxxxxxx. I was nearly like, "Okay this shouldn't be just another credit card phone scam, this might be somewhat important". And so my boss told me to pick up the phone; so I paused our meeting and I answered.
Read More…Some people might ask, "why go to Japan on February? It's not even the time for Sakura blossom yet, and it's still a transition month from winter to spring so you'll end up having no snow & no sakura" .... so why? One of the reason I decided to go on a trip to Japan on February, is because of this: Ume Matsuri, Japanese Plum Blossom Festival. And yes, simply because it has my name in it, lol.
Read More…Two weeks ago I got a special invitation from Goorme.com to attend a 7-course gala dinner as a part of Jakarta Culinary Festival 2010 closing. As we all know JCF 2010 was held for only one month (whole November) in Grand Indonesia, so the closing took place in Pop-Up resto – which you must know, that it was built only for the event!
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