So October was truly a month full of good foods. Last month I got the honour to work with FARRAGO Indonesia, a communal e-magazine platform on food and fashion owned by MagPro Publishing (a sub-sector of EMAX Group, official Indonesian partner of Apple) - to review few tenants in Plaza Indonesia as a part of their November campaign of "Eat Well, Live Well | Good Food Guide".
Read More…Few weeks ago, a team from ICDC (Innovation for Community Development Center) Indonesia contacted me on a subject of product review inquiry. Usually I don’t get this excited when doing sponsored review, but this one’s quite different. What’s different is...
Read More…Cronut strikes back! In less than a month after the first ever Cronut made its way to Jakarta through Mandarin Oriental Cakeshop, few cronut creations are starting to bloom. And as a loyal cronut hunter I just couldn’t miss reporting my findings as a follow-up to my dear readers (well, if there is such thing ;). As far as this post is written, I had only found 3 places: at Publico, Union, and Goldfrance Bakery at Pasaraya Blok M. Rumor also has it that Vineth Bakery owned by Wongso's family in Panglima Polim is also going to launch their version, but haven't heard any updates.
Read More…Foodpanda is an online food ordering service that operates globally in 27 emerging markets focused in Eastern Europe, Asia, Latin America and parts of Africa; including our dear nation Indonesia. At first I honestly thought that they’re a small local startup, but turns out that they’re huge already; backed by one of the largest online startup incubator worldwide called Rocket Internet, the same company that backed Zalora & Lazada, with its main headquarter in Berlin, Germany.
Read More…Let’s be honest. Despite every issues that tag along once we mention “frozen foods” – chemical preservative, not fresh, altered ingredients only-God-knows-what, etc – we know that some part of us just can’t hide the fact that we love them. We love the practical side of cooking with frozen foods. On certain occasions. It’s quick, convenient, and delicious (IF, and it’s important to mention, ONLY IF you buy the high quality ones such as Fiesta, etc – explicitly means that the ratio of meat versus flour in these snacks is well-balanced.)
Read More…When I first heard about Travelicious, I immediately thought that it’s definitely a travel-related website. So when a friend of mine gave me the invitation to their gathering, I really thought I would meet travelers’ community. Well no, I was wrong. Owned by Panorama Group, one of the leading company on tours & traveling industry, Travelicious is a daily-deals website covering travel & leisure, hotel, F&B, even beauty, entertainment and relaxation activities. Much similar to other ‘big players’, the flow is pretty much simple: First you have to become a member, choose the deal you would like to purchase, and finally print to redeem it. Boom. Cheap and easy.
Read More…As described on the Cronut 101, Cronut – literally half-Croissant, half doughnut – started all the way back when Dominique Ansel’s bakery in Manhattan NY first introduced them (for $5 each) on May 2013, and then in less than a month it has become an international phenomenon, making it the most viral item in the pastry world to date. Ever since, copycats are everywhere from Washington DC’s doissant, Canada’s frissant, LA’s crullants, Boston’s cro-nots, Chicago’s crognets, to Philippines & Melbourne cronuts interpretation – everyone is trying to mimic Ansel’s creation. And the sickest part of it, in the US itself blackmarkets are starting to spring up with scalpers selling it for $100/a PIECE. Sick!
Read More…I've said it before, Cireng to Indonesian is as addictive as French Fries to Americans, and Tteokbokki to Koreans, lol. Had been living in Bandung for over 4 years during college, it was more than enough for cireng to leave a long-lasting impression to me :p It's cheap, tasty, and you can found them almost everywhere. But ever since I moved back to Jakarta, I tell you, it's quite hard to find cireng stalls on the street. Even if it's available, they're nothing like what I usually had in Bandung. Until one day.....
Read More…Since the era of Twitter, and with the fact that Indonesia quickly become Top 2 - the most populated twitter user in the world (after United States of course), online food delivery business in Indonesia has gained pretty much interest in the real world. Not only that it has advantage on reaching more and more users each day, but also the power of social networking (plus the power of delivery services) promises long-term value. I have tasted one of the best samples for this online delivery food service, Siomay Perintis.
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