Strolling Around : Jakarta

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.,

The kind of friends that I keep : they let me take pictures of our table

I am hanging out with millenials who have life on the phone.

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.

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.

Sweet Teeth

Finally this is the end of semester again! But no I  won't grumbling about how last semester wrecked me or guessing how next semester will be. But this post coming from an assignment, actually.

So last week my lecture gave us an assignment to make a photo story. Sure thing that suddenly came up to my mind is "It has to be food!" and looking like a magazine article. The topic I chose was culinary and to be more specific I chose sweet dishes that originally coming from Solo.

Then I remember that there's a dish that my grandpa usually brought every time he visits us; Jenang Lenjongan, the colorful jenang (jenang is Javanesse for porridge). At first, I thought lenjongan is the name of mixed sweet snack consist of klepon, gethuk, tiwul, and any sweeties made from cassava. But my mom said that lenjongan is the substitution word for mixed-variant of the dish.

I used an assignment pic so pardon that huge caption hahaha

Basically, jenang lenjongan is a mixed of various jenang in a plate. Consist of jenang mutiara (the red one made from pearl sago), jenang grendul (the caramel one made from rice flour), jenang sumsum (the white one made from rice flour), jenang ketan hitam (the black one made from glutinous rice). Those jenang then doused with coconut milk and palm sugar dressing. What I love the most from this dish is the sweet taste won't make you feel sick. And since it's all made from traditional ingredients, the price is not increasing at all since I was just a kid, only IDR 5000,-. I know the portion must be decreasing but they kept the taste just as good as always. This dish is kinda time machine for me to go back to 90's lol.

Yelled : I want more!

I didn't much jenang lenjongan stall in the city but this one is my family's favorite, placed near Pasar Nusukan (an alley before Bakso Kadipolo) Solo. But if it;s hard for you to find this place or you might want to try every jenang in this city for free, do come to Festival Jenang, an annual festival in Solo held every February to celebrate Solo's anniversary. You might found any kind of jenang there, not only the sweet one. But for you Solonian and #jajansolo tribe, this jenang place is very worth to try!

Will add more sweets soon.

xx,

Avi

Eatery Review : The Escape Lesson

Hi.

This is the first time of me reviewing an eatery...

Couple weeks ago, one of my friend suddenly have an idea, how if we escape life a little while; quick trip to Jogja. Since we're facing final exam, we said yes. Our brain needs refresh click. And after spent 2 hours of doing girls-knotty-thingy and 1 hour on the road, we finally step our feet in the capital city of Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta. It's about 2pm when we got there and we're all starving to death. After those "up-to-you" battle, finally we decided to stop by Kongkalikong. Here's a quick review.

Kongkalikong (Dine & Coffee House)

Located at Jl Taman Siswa No 17, Yogyakarta, DIY

Exterior hint: Old-fashioned house

Interior theme: Vintage (♥♥♥)

Cosiness Rate: ✔✔✔

Serving Rate: ✔✔✔

Price Range: I lost my notes but I think it's IDR 3K - 56K

This is our table view.
Number 5's food haven't arrived yet, and I had to choose between starving-as-hell-yet-capture-complete-dishes or take-pictures-now-eat-asap-not-caring-about-our-friend-tummy.
Yea we are mean girls -only when we're starving.