I am a fan of Fish n Chips. I love the dory fish that served at Fish n Co. Now it's time to try the new fish in town, Manhattan Fish Market. They got particularly the same menu but Manhattan offers three different kind of fish to choose for the Fish n Chips. You can choose between Dory, Cherry Snapper, and Cod which is odd. I never try Cod fish before and wondered on how it taste would be.
Apparently i didn't try the Cod and choose my fave Dory instead. I'm not that hungry so i ordered it small size. My friend ordered Cherry Snapper. I should be frankly speaking that i still love the Dory Fish n Chips they had on Fish n Co than here. And the Cherry Snapper are quite not suitable for a Fish n Chips. I also tried their new dessert, Caramel ice cream brownie. It really was my guilty pleasure. Ice cream, brownies and caramel blend in one and it was served uniquely, hot VS cold. I didn't finish it though, too full already.
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A noodle lover like me would never missed this one. Bakmie Garing 21 is located just a couple blocks from Season city. The menu is averagely the same with other noodles vendor. Just some additional like pork meatball and suikiaw (which can be found easily in most noodles vendor now). Other thing like fried meatball and dumplings are common. I tried each of them except for the dumplings. I always curious about the taste of the additional. The unique about this place is they open til' 2 AM and always full of customers!
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| A man with hungry stomach on the queue |
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| The complimentary fried lard |
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There are so many ramen vendors in Jakarta nowadays. Marutama ramen is one of it. Curiously trying its taste and craving for ramen, i went to one of its vendor at E'X plaza. I straightly ordered Karashi spicy pork ramen with egg and Tori Karaage i'm so damn hungry that time and my friend ordered Marutama Chicken ramen. Looks like the waiter mistaken the spicy ramen i ordered and got swapped with the non spicy ramen that my friend ordered. My friend got his ramen spicy and mine was not.
But i'm glad, the ramen soup was pretty addicting without its spicy taste. The soup is savory, fit, not too plain and not too bold, unlike Ikkousha's which is too bold and too oily. Though the egg here was too salty. So yeah, it has the perfect taste for ramen soup. I always got my tongue burn out almost everytime i eat ramen. But it was worth it. The service was pretty good too. They served me the extra chili without me asking. And yeah, Marutama is definitely on my number one fave ramen now.
But i'm glad, the ramen soup was pretty addicting without its spicy taste. The soup is savory, fit, not too plain and not too bold, unlike Ikkousha's which is too bold and too oily. Though the egg here was too salty. So yeah, it has the perfect taste for ramen soup. I always got my tongue burn out almost everytime i eat ramen. But it was worth it. The service was pretty good too. They served me the extra chili without me asking. And yeah, Marutama is definitely on my number one fave ramen now.
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Playground is a hangout place for youngsters on weekends. It's not too crowded in the afternoon. I prefer to sit near the window to see the sunlight, apparently it was cloudy. But i hate they allowed people to smoke freely here. I ordered spicy Aglio Olio with extra mushrooms and Lychee ice tea. My friend ordered Ribs soup. My Aglio Olio went too damn spicy, it got me shed tears! Though the mushrooms were deliciously juicy and chewy. The lychee ice tea got too much ice, i've got to put out some. The ribs soup was nice but they put too much bones than the ribs' meat itself. The interior were designed by its name. They put toys and swing chairs. Creative indeed.
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| The complimentary appetizer served well done. |
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| Lychee ice tea |
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Flavor Bliss Alam Sutera is on the rise. They have so many kick off food place, resto, cafe and lounge on the ground. Vintage Wine & Grill is one of them that provide live band every Friday and Saturday now i sounds like their marketing staff. As its name, wine and drinks are their speciality but we're not in the mood for alcohols so we didn't order any of it. Just a normal drink. I ordered Shirley Temple and my friend ordered Lime soda ice, also fish n chips for our snack. The fish n chips is not recommended. Too plain. My drink was okay but the lime soda was way too sour.
Don't expect a non-smoking area here. The place is quite spacious which is good and they got second floor bar which had the view of 1st floor and the stage as well. The service was quite bad. It's kinda hard to ask for the menu and order here. The waiters were very hard to be called and you've got to wait a long time for your orders to come (probably it was new year's eve and they got too crowded). For the bad fish n chips and not too good drinks, i think this place is way too expensive.
Don't expect a non-smoking area here. The place is quite spacious which is good and they got second floor bar which had the view of 1st floor and the stage as well. The service was quite bad. It's kinda hard to ask for the menu and order here. The waiters were very hard to be called and you've got to wait a long time for your orders to come (probably it was new year's eve and they got too crowded). For the bad fish n chips and not too good drinks, i think this place is way too expensive.
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| The view from second floor bar. |
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| Even the appearance was not tempting at all. |
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| Shirley Temple |
Don't drool ;)
