Thursday, February 24, 2011

The U Coffee

It was already late around 10 pm, but my friends and I still wanted to hang out at a place to catch up some stories thus we decided to try out this place called "The U Coffee", which got our attention as a coffee bar with a bistro and a library.

When I stepped in, I could feel the nice ambiance of semi classic/semi modern with a touch of vintage.

The U Coffee Bar on the 1st floor


I didn't manage to take a picture of The U Bistro on the 2nd floor.

The U library on the 3rd floor
It's quite impressive to see a pretty range collection of imported and also local books, plus some games such as checkers, monopoly, scrabbles, etc
My friends and I decided to sit in the U library and tried their beverages plus a snack.

The U Coffee Latte - Rp. 12.000
For hot latte, customers could request for art latte.
The rabbit is so cute, isn't it? ;)


Left pic: Chocolate ice blended - Rp. 23.000
Right pic: The U Special Volcano - Rp. 23.000


The U Potato Wedges - Rp. 12.000


Currency: 1 USD = Rp. 9.000


Location:
The U Coffee
Jl. Tanjung Duren Barat 1 No. 12
Jakarta Barat
Tel: 5664031
Opening hours: 10 am - 12 pm

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.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Ya-Udah Bistro

Last Friday, I went together with my colleagues for a dinner. One of them suggested "Ya Udah Bistro" which located in Central of Jakarta.

When we arrived around 5.30 pm, there were already several customers having their meals and most of them were expatriates. I was quite surprised that with the hot climate in Jakarta this Bistro has no air-conditioner at all.

The Roast Chicken is my favorite dish here, but we had to wait for 1 1/2 hours until the Roast Chicken was ready out of the grill. Anyway, it was worth it ;) Later on, I was informed that in case, we don't want to wait for the Roast Chicken, we can pre-order it by phone first.



Garlic Bread - Rp. 19.500
Seriously this garlic bread tasted so delicious! It's crispy but also fluffy and moist from the garlic butter. I really enjoyed every bite of it.

Streaky Bacon - Rp. 31.500
Another great appetizer but for sure, we all had to totally ignore the cholesterol from each layer bacon that we indulged! The 6 rashers of the fried streaky bacon were so yummy - crispy and as for the fat, I could feel it melted nicely in my mouth.

Potato Wedges - Rp. 16.000
The fried spicy potato wedges were quite decent. Nothing really to shout about but yes, the plate got empty fast :)

Chefs Salad - Rp. 25.500
A large bowl of salad consisted of tomato, radish, carrots, cucumber, sweet corn (but lack of lettuce because the restaurant was out of lettuce) sprinkled with smoked chicken strips and cheddar cheese, plus Italian dressing.

Chicken Cordon Bleu - Rp. 41.500
My colleague love this tender boneless chicken breast filled inside with cheese and ham.


Chicken Curry - Rp. 41.500
Another colleague ordered this chicken curry. According to him, the taste was a bit bland compared to Indian curry.

Black Pepper Beef - Rp. 48.500
Beef cooked with onion and paprika in Chinese black pepper gravy, sprinkled with sesame seeds.

served with rice.

Roast Chicken - Rp. 59.500
As I can remember, this Roast Chicken is one of the most succulent Roast Chickens that I've eaten. The meat was so tender, juicy and really well flavored.


Red Wine Rp. 46.000/glass
Hot Tea - bottomless Rp. 8.500/cup
Ice Tea Rp. 7.500/glass
(currency: 1 USD = Rp. 9.000)

No desserts at all because we were all so stuffed with the food. Each of us were delightful satisfied with the food especially the Roast Chicken. Well, I definitely will come again to this bistro and I think it will be very soon! ;)

Location:
Ya-Udah Bistro
Jl. Johar No. 15
Gondangdia, Menteng
Jakarta Pusat
Tel: 314-0343

Opening hours:
Sunday - Thursday = 08.00 - 24.00
Friday - Saturday & holidays = 08.00 - 02.00

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.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Incredible "Rabbit" Pineapple tarts/ rolls

Bunny cookies

Tomorrow is Chinese New Year. In order to celebrate Chinese New Year, I made pineapple tarts/ rolls which is one of a definite cookies being served during Chinese New Year. But then, I made it with a shape of a rabbit face since according to the Chinese zodiac, this year will be the year of the Rabbit :)

Recipe:

Ingredients:
200 gram flour
150 gram butter
75 gram sugar powder
20 gram milk powder
50 gram corn flour
2 egg yolks
1/2 tbsp vanilla extract

Filling: pineapple jam

Egg wash: 1 egg yolk

Directions:
Pre-heat oven 375 F
Cream the butter with sugar.
Add egg yolks and vanilla extract.
Mix with flour, corn flour and milk powder.
Roll out the dough
Cut the dough with a cookie cutter
On the first dough, place the pineapple jam filling then cover with the second dough to enclose the filling.
Then press the cookie molder on the dough.
Put the molded dough on the baking tray.
Brush with egg wash.
Bake cookies about 15 minutes.
Leave it cool

Happy Chinese New Year!
Gong Xi Fa Cai