HOT STAR Large Fried Chicken

Hot Star large fried chicken, one of the most popular night market snack in Taiwan is finally here. After having only Shilin for years, I was ecstatic in welcoming them.

[CLOSED] Societea

When the number of bubble tea shops at Pantai Indah Kapuk reached a dozen, I actually thought it would be the last one. I was wrong. A local bubble tea shop, Societea opened around few weeks ago with one of the prettiest design concept among the bubble tea shops lining up at PIK.

Dakasi: Bright shiny stars from Taiwan

Tuesday night...
During Keeping up with the Kardashians...
Beep beep
Got a bb message from a friend of mine,
"Hey why your recent posts lately cover those places at PIK only? Don't you go anywhere further than that place?"

I smirked, replied... 
"You talk to your new governor, tell him to do something with that traffic on his 7k highway, then I'll start to review all kinds of new places you want".

I noticed. Guilty as charged, I have not really been myself lately. I never like the traffic in Jakarta, but it used to never stop me from hunting new cafes in town.
These couple months, just the thought of getting the car out of garage, side by side with those traffic easily convinced me to change my mind from having lunch at south to randomly sauteed whatever I can find inside the fridge.

I'm not a grumpy, I know that traffic jam is a done deal package for people living in Jakarta. I used to not really bother by it, but lately I don't know man... Is it just me who thinks the traffic just getting worse and worse?

So, for the time being... Please bare with me when my post mostly limit to cover places at PIK. ;)

Planet Popcorn

Recently opened the first Taiwanese popcorn in Jakarta. I passed their bright yellow stall during my visit to Mall Taman Anggrek yesterday, and the free tester caught my attention. Yes, I am that easily  intrigued. *blush*

Serving packs of ready to serve popcorn in packs or bucket with six flavors asf:

Original (30k per pack/ 50k per bucket)

Caramel (33k per pack/ 55k per bucket)

Cheese (35k per pack/ 60k per bucket)

Seaweed (35k per pack/ 60k per bucket)

Wasabi (35k per pack/ 60k per bucket)

Kimchi (35k per pack/ 60k per bucket)

[RELOCATED] Bobabits by Auntie Betsie

A friend of mine told me about this recently opened bubble tea and Taiwan street snacks named Bobabits in Pantai Indah Kapuk. As soon as I heard, I have this urge to try it immediately. I always am fan of bubble tea and to add Taiwan street snacks into it just make me want to try even more. So this afternoon, on my way to PIK hospital to get my medical check up result, I stopped by at Bobabits for a take away.

The place was located few ruko away from Smokey Ribs. As I parked my car in front of Bobabits, I saw this cute patio design with green chairs and white table with big umbrella in each table. Stepping in, the place was dominated with white and green. Cute was the first thing popped in my mind looking at the interior of the place. 

Taiwan Dian Xin

After reading the review on Anak Jajan, I was very eager to try as I love Taiwan snack and can never get enough of bubble tea. As Pluit Village was not far from my home, I went there with my best friend on a weekday afternoon. The joy of not having to work 9-6. ;) 

My friend was not that excited as she said she had passed that place several times and the menu on display wasn't even looked interesting, but stubborn drooling me insisted! I ordered the Taipei 101 combo (45k) for sharing where we can picked 1 main dish + 1 side dish + 1 drink. We chose Mushroom combo as the main dish, crispy corn for the side and bubble milk tea for the drink. For me, I added a Taiwan winter melon tea (12k). 

Just like Shilin, I think the seasoning powder was way too many MSG, the kind of snacks that are not good to be eaten too many times. The mushroom was covered with too many flour, while I found the corn was quite ok. I was not crazy about them, but overall it was not bad. Couple days later, I went to Pluit Village for another purpose and stop by for their Osmantheus Tea (12k) and Crispy chicken popcorn (22k). Comparing between Taiwan winter melon tea and Osmantheus tea, I like the second one better as it was more refreshing, winter melon was too sweet for my taste. From my 2 visits, I think their beverages were better than the snacks.

Taiwan Dian Xin 

Pluit Village Level 4

North Jakarta