Liberica Coffee

Liberica Coffee House is a nice cozy place for having a cup of coffee, brewed from coffee beans that planted in Indonesia known as Liberian coffee or coffea liberica. 

Interested to understand more Liberica coffee? Here's the information that I gathered. The Liberian coffee beans originally found in Liberia - West Africa then brought to Indonesia during the late 19th century to replace the Arabica trees killed by the coffee rust disease. The Liberian coffee trees are also grown in Malaysia and the Philippines. Even though, most of the coffee beans in these 3 countries come from the Liberica plants but only 1% of Liberica coffee are traded in the coffee trading around the world.

The Liberian coffee beans can be harvested all year long. The berries' size is the largest compared to the other coffee species and has harder skin. It takes more time to process and that might be the reason why it has strong aroma and flavor.

According to an expert, Liberica coffee has a pungent and strong aroma of nuts, cedar and hickory. The after taste is like dark chocolate flavor.

The Liberica's coffee arts.

Hmmm... not sure what the Barista was trying to create. The left one kinda looks like an elephant with  two trunks and the right looks like a heart shape with a smiley face.

Classic Hazelnut Latte (Regular size) - Rp. 36.000 

Crème Brûlée - Rp. 39.000

Liberica coffee in take away cups.

Current currency:

1 USD = Rp. 9.200

Location:
Liberica Coffee

Pacific Place, 4th Fl.
Jl. Jend. Sudirman 
Kav. 52-53

Jakarta 12190
Tel: 62-21- 57973375
Business hour: Mon - Sun, 10 am - 10 pm

Tukang Bubur Kacang Hijau dan Ketan Hitam (Mung Bean and Black Glutinous Rice Porridge man)

Saturday morning, I was rushing for a meeting in the central of Jakarta. When I got off from a public bus to change to another public transportation, I saw this Tukang Bubur Kacang Ijo (a street vendor who sells mung bean porridge and also black glutinous rice porridge). Well, I actually already had my breakfast - a cup of coffee with a slice of sponge cake, and the time was ticking, but still I could not resist to have a bowl of mung bean porridge and glutinous black rice porridge with coconut milk :)

Mung Bean is known as "Kacang Hijau" in Indonesia. It literally means "Green Bean". "Kacang" is bean and "Hijau" is green but for the word "Hijau", sometimes pronounces as "Ijo".

Sweet Mung Bean Porridge 

Sweet Black Glutinous Rice Porridge

Coconut milk cooked with Pandan leaves to give a nice fragrant 

Breads are also provided. A slice of bread cost Rp. 1.000 (about 10 cents US)

Mung Beans porridge and Black Glutinous Rice porridge with Coconut Milk.

Cost only Rp. 3.000 (33 cents US)

The vendor even provides water to drink.

A glass of water - free of charge :)

Warung Kopi Alun Alun Indonesia

Someone asked me for a meeting at Warung Kopi located in a corner of the Alun Alun Indonesia, Grand Indonesia Mall. Warung Kopi is a café serving Indonesian food and drinks from regions across the country. Frankly speaking, me as a local, I prefer not to have Indonesian food and drink at the fancy malls because of the overly charge prices and the taste usually can not be compared with the authentic homemade, being sold at the traditional markets or on the streets.

This place is good for tourists or expatriates who want to experience the Indonesian food with Indonesian decoration and traditional music as the background sound.

An area for sitting on the floor.

Black Coffee

Indonesian Sweet Platter - Rp. 28.000

Gerontol Jagung (steamed corn with grated coconut), Sawut (steamed cassava with palm sugar and grated coconut), Ongol-ongol (sticky rice flour and Java almond with palm sugar), Lupis (sticky rice with palm sugar), Cenil (shaved, steamed strips of rice flour with grated coconut)

Tamarind Punch - Rp. 20.000

Tamarind juice with soda, passion fruit seeds and a lemongrass.

All prices subjected to service charge and PB1

Current currency: 1 USD = Rp. 9.200

Location:
Warung Kopi 
Alun Alun Indonesia
Grand Indonesia Shopping Town, West Mall – Level 3
Jl. M.H. Thamrin No. 1 Jakarta 10310
Tel: 23580890
Opening hours:10.00 am – 10.00 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.

Momi & Toy's

Today, Momi & Toy's has its soft-opening at Plaza Senayan. It is the first outlet in Southeast Asia. So far,  there are already 80 outlets in Japan, 3 outlets in Shanghai and 6 outlets in Taipei. 

The crepes in Momi & Toy's are known as Torokeru crepes and freshly made. By the way, Torokeru in Japanese means creamy with superb melting texture while eating it.

Kuromitsu Kinako Cream with Ice cream - Rp. 39.000

The crepe is good, soft and flimsy but I'm not a fan of whipped cream, so actually the ice cream  and the drizzle of the syrup are already sufficient for me.

Cheese Egg Rice Roll - Rp. 34.000

A unique type of  soft crepe filled with rice, boiled egg with chili sauce.

Mix Berry Frutte - Rp. 24.000

Tea with berry flavor syrup at the bottom.

Location:
M & T Crêperie 
presented by Momi & Toy's
Plaza Senayan Level 3 Unit 320 C (4)
Jakarta

Go! Curry

A couple weeks ago, Jenz Corner and I had a nice lunch at Pacific Place mall. Without any hesitation, I just directly agreed to Jenz's suggeston when she mentioned Go!Curry. The location is secluded in a corner and the restaurant is pretty small but it's quite cozy.

Interestingly that Go!Curry is serving 5 types of curry - eating countries (England, Thailand, Japan, Indonesia and India). We ordered the Indian curry. Of course, you can mix and match everything that is offered on the menu ;) But we decided to have the Indian version.

So, this is how we ordered and chose our lunch curry:

Step 1: Choose the curry
Rogan Josh - Go! Curry version of the Kashmiri classic

Step 2: Choose the spiciness
Medium

Step 3: Choose the rice
Cilantro Rice - rice added butter, chopped Cilantro and mild seasoning

Step 4: Choose the topping
Tandoor Chicken Tikka - Chicken cubes, marinated in traditional Indian spices, then grilled in a traditional clay oven.

 MS Chicken Tika - Rp. 56.000
Good! Not too spicy... Not too hot.. 

Garlic Naan - Rp. 19.000

Traditional Wheat flat bread made with roasted chopped garlic.

It tasted nice when we dipped it to the Tandoor Chicken Tikka sauce. 

Red Velvet - Rp. 45.000

since Jenz knows the owner and it's new on the menu, it's a complimentary for us. Thank you, Go! Curry.  Personally, I like this Red Velvet although the chocolate taste a bit dominated it. Plus point, it's not as sweet as the other Red Velvet that I've eaten.

All prices subjected to 5.5% service charge and 10% PB1

Current currency:

1 USD = Rp. 9.100

Location:
Go!Curry
Pacific Place Mall Fl. 4 Unit 4-01
Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 52 - 53
Jakarta Selatan

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.