Brownies n cookies - Cute Christmas

Christmas day is already in the corner! Something fun to do during Christmas is sharing our joy by giving Christmas presents to those who we care.

I believe the brownies cake shaped as a tree, covered with green icing fondant and some Christmas ornaments made also from fondant on it plus "cute doggy" cookies, can become a cute Christmas present ;)

Ready to deliver :)

I hope the ones who received this Christmas present will feel the joy and enjoy it.

Merry Christmas 2010 & Happy Holidays, Everyone!

JCF Food Blogger's Dinner

Jakarta Culinary Festival (JCF) held a special event called Food Blogger's Dinner - Eat, Drink and Write at Pop Up Restaurant & Bar on 30 November 2010. It's a collaboration between Ismaya Group and Goorme.com (an Indonesian food portal).
The JCF Food Blogger's Dinner started with a talk show about Writing presented by Ivan Sielegar (Goorme.com), Erza S.T (Food Writer) and Photography Tips and Tricks by Himawan Sutanto (Foodtography).
Then after the talk show, Chef Hugo Adrian demonstrated the step by step how to prepare California roll.
As soon as the demonstration ended, all the food bloggers headed to the dine area. As a starter, we were offered for the complimentary welcome drink such as Erdigner Beer or Ketel One Lychee Martini. Then, the complimentary wine - G7 Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon or G7 Shiraz or G7 Chardonnay, to accompany our dinner.

While waiting the dinner to be served, I sneaked to take a glance about the activities in the kitchen ;)

The 7 - Course Gala Dinner prepared by 7 chefs.

Cold Appetizer

by Fahmi Widarte - Corporate Chef of Rotaryana Prima

Balinese Chicken Salad

with coconut vegetables and sambal matah.

Hot Appetizer

by Hugo Adrian - Executive Chef of Blowfish Kitchen & Bar

Braised Wagyu Beef Cheek in Sweet Miso

Soup

by Agus Ishermawan - Head Chef of Ismaya Catering

Authentic Sultan's Tomato Cream Soup

Pasta

by Gianfranco Beltrame - Italian Chef De Cuisine at Casa D'Oro,

Hotel Indonesia Kempinski Jakarta.

Conchigliette Rosse All 'Uovo Mantecate Al Ragu' D'Anatra.

Pinoli Tostati E Rucola

Red Shell Pasta With Duck Ragout, Pine Nut

and Rocket Salad

Fish

by Sofyan Joshua - Technical Culinary Chef of Sukanda Djaya

Chilean Sea Bass

seasoned with Lee Kum Kee Ginger Oyster Sauce

Meat

by Ignacio Virgen Jimenez - Chef de Cuisine of Potato Head

Short Rib, Truffle Demi Glaze, Charcoal Oil, Glazed Carrots,

Potato Hot Foam and Nuts Fake Cous Cous

Dessert

by Rinrin Marinka - Artistic Chef

Green Tea Cake ala Tropicale

The 7 Chefs who prepared the delicious dinner.

At the end of the Gala Dinner, I was awarded for my food blog with the Grand Prize - a Sony Bloggie :)

Thank you to Ismaya Group and Goorme.com for this wonderful event.

Location:

Pop Up Restaurant & Bar

Grand Indonesia West Mall, Level 5

Central Jakarta

Pizza e Birra

Last night, I was invited to a birthday party at Pizza e Birra. The restaurant has a fun casual dining concept. It serves many varieties of pizza from the traditional Italian pizza to the innovative, unique non-Italian pizza.

Pizza e Birra has also many selection of beer.

Thus, I gave a try for the Beer with peach flavor - Rp. 39.000

So, no wonder to see the interesting napkins. It says "Save Water Drink Beer"

Well, I didn't get the chance to try and eat all the ordered food but I managed to take most of the pictures with my new camera canon (uhmm.. why I don't feel satisfied with the result of the pictures?). Anyway, some of the pizza that I tried were good but some were not as good as I expected. As for the dessert, I don't think I will order it when I come back to this place.

Appetizer

Fish and Chips - Rp. 39.000

Portuguese chicken wings - Rp. 35.000

French Fries

German Sausage Platter - Rp. 75.000

Threesome sausage combination in tomato Hamburg curry and potato salad

Pizza

Regular size - Rp. 49.000

Large size - Rp. 75.000

KungFu Peking Duck

BBQ duck with cucumber and red green chilies

Morning After

Bacon, fried egg and crispy rosemary potato chips

Lord of the Onion Rings

Beef meatballs, bell peppers and mushrooms plus onion rings.

I'm not sure the name of this pizza

Sicilian Salami

Classic pizza topped with beef salami

From India with Love

Tandoori chicken and cashew nuts with mango chutney

Wasabi Wasabi

Served with tuna sashimi marinated in balsamic reduction

Meat me in heaven

A combo of beef salami, turkey ham, meatballs topped with caramels onion

Texas BBQ Story

Zesty barbecue chicken in Texas bbq sauce with sour cream

Mommy's Boy

Crispy fried calamari and garlic mayo with fresh aragula salad

Pasta

Spaghetti Aglio Olio - Rp. 29.000

Spaghetti Japanese unagi hot chili and garlic - Rp 72.000

Dessert Pizza

Small size - Rp. 35.000

Medium size - Rp. 55.000

Black Eye Pears

Chocolate pudding and pears topped pizza with white chocolate coins

Mad about Tiramisu

Warm pizza topped with traditional coffee tiramisu cream sprinkled with cocoa powder

Traditional Tiramisu - Rp. 35.000

Caramel Latte

All prices subjected to 5% service charge and government tax.

Currency: 1 USD = Rp. 9.000

Location:

Pizza e BirraPlaza Indonesia Extension
Lantai 5, Unit E 22
Jl. MH Thamrin Kav. 28-30
Jakarta Pusat 10350
Tel. (62 21) 319 28070

Disclaimer:

The review and opinion expressed here are purely according to my personal taste. There's a possibility that the taste of the food might change later on, which could affect the review and opinion here. I also affirm that no monetary or non-monetary compensation has been received from this restaurant for writing this review.

Korean Cooking Demo

Hero Supermarket (one of Indonesia's biggest supermarket chain), together with Mu gung Hwa (Korean Supermarket & Distributor in Indonesia) held a free Korean Cooking Demonstration at Taman Anggrek Mall yesterday afternoon.

This event is related to the Korean Festival - selling Korean food products with a 10% discount, from 8 November - 5 December 2010.

Testing Food in the Hero Supermarket.

Tteokbokki (Korean rice cake)

Hot & Spicy Tteokbokki

I joined the Korean cooking demo. While waiting for the cooking demo to start, I got a can of Korean green tea :)

The cooking demo was conducted by Ms. Lee Young Hee - a very friendly, funny and energetic lady. She speaks fluently Indonesian language.

Ms. Lee demonstrated 4 Korean dishes:

1. Kim Chi ingredients

1 chinese cabbage

finely chopped garlic chives

finely chopped scallions

3 cloves - grated ginger

1 Tbsp. finely chopped garlic

1 Tbsp. Seujeot (fermented small shrimps)

3 Tbsp. Myulchijeot (fermented anchovies)

Gochugaru (chili powder) to taste

3 Tbsp. Chili paste

Sugar to taste

Salt to taste

Sesame seed

2 glass of water

Kim Chi

2. Jap Che ingredients:

150 gr sliced Beef

150 gr Dangmyun

2 soaked and sliced Shitake mushroom

1/2 Onions

2 cloves finely chopped garlic

sliced red, yellow and green paprika

1/4 sliced carrot

70 gr Horenso (spinach)

150 gr sugar

Jingangjang (dark soy sauce)

sesame seeds

sesame oil

cooking oil

How to prepare the ingredients before cooking:

Dangmyun (Cellophane/ Glass noodles) made from sweet potato starch.

It need to be soaked for 30 minutes before using.

Marinated the beef with sugar, Jingajang, garlic, sesame seeds and sesame oil .

The cooking:

1. On a heated pan, put a few drops of cooking oil.

2. Add garlic and onions - sautee

3. Add all the vegetables and beef - stir

4. Add the soaked Dangmyun - mix

5. Add Jinganjang, sugar, sesame oil and final add the sesame seeds

Jap Che

3. Bulgogi

(No recipe provided)

4. Bibim Bap ingredients.

(No recipe provided)

Note:

- All the pictures in this post were taken using my cellphone because my digicam is broken. Sorry that some of the pictures are blur.

- This is not a promotion post, just for sharing :)