There is always a first time for everything in life.
The first time you grab a pen and make your first scratch.
The first time you push a button on an elevator.
The first time you eat a raw sushi.
Selalu ada waktu untuk yang pertama kali, buat apapun. This post will eventually get there, my first time spending time away from home.
But first, talking about the first, last Saturday me and two of my fellas; Asta and Dina, have just visited the first Dunkin Donut store in Indonesia, di Jalan Hayam Wuruk, Jakarta. My friend is a die hard fan of DD so it is super necessary to drop by there only to know how was it look like to enjoy your donut in 80's era.
My impression about the store was; oh so American. Interior kedai Dunkin Donut ini banyak memakai unsur kayu dan cahaya temaram lampu kuning, jadi kesannya hangat. Ditambah lagi kursi-kursi yang tersedia masih pake kursi klasik a la American dinner dan beberapa kursi rotan dengan warna senada. If you're a fan of The Perks of Being A Wallflower, the ambience is quiet looking like Kings.,
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| The kind of friends that I keep : they let me take pictures of our table |
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| I am hanging out with millenials who have life on the phone. |
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| She does, too, |
Di area luar, masih berasa banget kesan jadul nya. Kebetulan karena kami dateng di siang hari, keliatan aja bagian luar dibiarkan terbuka tanpa tambahan cahaya lampu, I feel like I am watching Indonesian soap opera in 90's era. But the thing that a bit different for me is, hampir 80% pengunjung adalah bapak-bapak (I guess above 40 yo) yang datangnya bergerombol gitu, sekadar nyantai-nyantai, well I rarely see that in a typical donut cafe.
I don't have to talk much about the menu because, who doesn't love classic DDs? And who's ordering a dine in menu without having dat winning chocolate? (Well actually we only ordered one cup for three lol).
After DD, we decided to walk about 2 kilometers to take a peak on an ice cream pioneer in Jakarta, Ragusa Eskrim Italia. Sering lihat eskrim ini dalam acara jalan-jalan di televisi, ternyata rame betul di kedainya yang kecil dan sederhana. Di depan nya banyak pedang berjualan juhi & asinan, otak-otak, kue ape dan aneka jajanan lain, yang juga bisa pesan untuk makan di kedai Ragusa. Jadilah kami yang nggak dapat tempat duduk ngemper di luar dengan pengunjung lainnya. But I this the first time I saw people make a long line, we can see it from outside of the store, to eat ice cream.
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| Natural crowd. Taken by Asta Pramesti |
Ragusa ini berdiri sejak 1932, I imagined that time, dimana Indonesia belom merdeka, only fancy people eat there. Menu nya juga klasik, nggak neko-neko dengan banyak pilihan topping atau varian rasa, simplicity in a very best way. I actually thought that Italian Ice Crem texture must be like gelatto, but turns out Ragusa is more like milk ice cream and it taste geeewd.
