Monday, December 23, 2013

My Bucket List : 100 Things To Do Before I Die

Wow, time passed so fast, It's already in the end of 2013, so many things happened in 2013, good things, bad things, but now is the good time to make our resolution for 2014 or list of things you wanna to do or achieve in the next year or years ahead.

And I'm going to make a list, about 100 things i wanna do before I die. Till now, I think I live my life without having specific goals. I mean if someone asked me "what do you want to do about your life?" or  "what are you going to do with your life?" or maybe "what are you going to be?", I will answer it with "I'm going to be a successful person", "I want my life to be great at everything" which I realized that this kind of answer or goal are never take me anywhere in my life.

So I decided to make this list. I haven't finish this list, but I'll update this list as soon as possible. And then how if I can finish this list and I'm still alive?? Then I'm going to make another list of course :D
For some of you after you read my list, maybe you are going to think "what kind of dream is that, it's too easy to get" or "I've done this things so many times before", but this is my life, I'll write something that for me, it's gonna need hard effort and time to achieve it. I'm not gonna write something that I can achieve easily or I can get it with my condition right now, but I'm going to write something that seems impossible for me or something that I should work really hard on it if I wanna get it.

Why I write this on my blog is just because I believe that sometimes I can't achieve my dream alone, so maybe you all can be my support :D
Or maybe some of you till now live your life like what I did and after read this post, you are inspired to do the same thing.
So here it is, I'm going to start with the most simple one and will be follow with another in no particular order, and I will update each dream I already done

  1. Active Blogging, you all can see that this year, I rarely update my blog. I really want to take a commitment to keep on writing on my blog. I want to be a blessing for others using my blog. I'm going to start share not only food review, but everything that I believe it will give you something. But yes, my blog will remain dominated by food review 
  2. Have a Healthy Lifestyle ( Fit in size 6-8 or less )
  3. To Be Invited in Food Tasting Event and Asked Make A Review About It
  4. Celebrate My Birthday in Orphanage or Nursing Home
  5. Go Rafting
    Telaga Waja River - Bali
  6. Visit Maldives
    credit to : nationalgegraphic.com
  7. Bungee Jumping From Macau Tower Before I Turned 30
    credit to : lakwatseradeprimera.com
  8. Making Snow Angel

  9.  Take Picture in front of Eiffel Tower
    credit to : enjoyourholiday.com
  10. Learn Two or More Foreign Languages
  11. Take a Cruise



  12. Spend The Night In a Jjimjilbang
    Burim Jjimjilbang - Jeju
  13. Swimming With Pigs in Bahamas
    credit to : lostateminor.com
  14. Ride The London Eye, UK 
  15. credit to : londonpartner.com
  16. Drinking Soju With Friend In Food Tent in Korea Like in the Korean Movies
  17. Go On Vacation To Boracay Island, Philippines
    credit to : achivirdayan.wordpress.com
  18. Take Picture With A Herd Of Sheep in NZ
    credit to : naturalunseenhazards.wordpress.com
  19. Travelling With First Class / Business Class / Premium Class / Whatever It Called
    credit to : flyl4l.com
  20. Go On Helicopter Ride
  21. Drive A Cool Sports Car
    credit to : keith.internetlifestylenetwork.com
  22. Ride In A Limousine
    credit to : collenpillar.co.za
  23. Start My Own Business
  24. Travel To Barcelona ( Meteor Garden Inspired  :D )
    credit to : traveler.es
  25. Romantic Dinner At The Famous Restaurant ( Michelin Star Restaurant )
  26. Spend The Night In At Least 5 Stars Hotel
    Ayana Resort - Bali
  27. Had Financial Independence Before 30 and Financial Freedom Before 40
  28. Had My Own Car
  29. eBuild and Design My Own Home
  30. Go To Disneyland and Other Famous Amusement Parks
    Everland - South Korea
  31. Find My Soulmate
  32. Take Picture Under Orange Leaves Tree In The Middle Of Autumn Wearing Cool Coat
    Nami Island - South Korea
  33. Spend Christmas in Seattle
    credit to : westseattleblog.com
  34. Eat Log Cake On Christmas Day 


  35. Enjoy Walking and Sightseeing in the Real Local Farmer Market
  36. Do Happiest 5K Running In The World 
  37. Ride A Mechanical Bull (Rodeo Machine)
    credit to : theboken.com
  38. Watch The Sunset From Oia, Santorini, Greece
    credit to : lifed.com
  39. Visit The Louvre in Paris 
    credit to : thewissrock.wordpress.com
  40. Take Picture Like The Famous Beatles Cross The Abbey Road
    credit to : whizzpast.com
  41. Visit Manufacturing or Production Factory, ex : Food Factory, Car Factory, etc
  42. Walk On The Great Wall Of China
  43. Visit The Colosseum
    credit to : hdwallpapers.in
  44. Holiday Overseas For At Least a Month 
  45. Ride A Cable Car In San Francisco
    credit to : lifed.com
  46. Get Married 


  47. Take a Submarine Tour
  48. Become A Manager Before Turned 28
  49. Enjoy Beautiful Cherry Blossom In Japan
    credit to : bubblews.com
  50. Swim In The Infinity Pool
    Rimba Jimbaran Resort - Bali
  51. Try Waxing Service 
  52. Travel Solo 
  53. Go To A Concert 
    credit to : sodahead.com
  54. Get Christmas Presents 
    credit to : mirror.co.uk
  55. Buy Christmas Tree
    credit to : hdwalpapersinn.com
  56. Buy and Wear Chinese Dress / Cheong-sam on Chinese New Year
  57. Ride A Gondola In Venice 
    credit to : dreamtraveltrip.com
  58. Scuba Diving In The Great Barrier Reef
    credit to : diving.abyss.com.au
  59. Snorkel In Bunaken
  60. Trip To Derawan Island
  61. Spend A Night In The Ice Hotel 
  62. Eating at Taipei's Street Food 
  63. Try Extreme Food 
    Bondaegi - Silk Worm - Jeju
  64. Go Eat Happily At Bangkok Street Market 
  65. Travelling To Raja Ampat 
  66. Trip to Labuan Bajo and spend the night on Phinisi 
  67. Go to Alaska
  68. .......


Well this list is not finish yet, but I'm going to find more things I really wanna do before I die. 
Please, feel free to suggest anything interesting :D 

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Tsurukamedou Ramen, Green Ville

I've been so busy lately, so I can't update my Blog, so sorry about that T__T 
And starting from this post, I'm going to write down any review in English, because I think I have to start practice my English. So please be open minded, that this poor soul still struggling to make my English better and better, pardon my words if there will be a tons of grammatical error. :D 

This time I'm going to write my review, about a new Ramen Restaurant located in Green Ville, near to Taman Ratu's Green Gate. I knew this place from the internet, and when I read a Food Blog,  the writer told me according to him, this is the best ramen in town. Of course I'm shocked, how come I never heard about this place? whereas the ramen bussiness still booming in Jakarta. At that time, I immediately contacted my friends, looking for anysoul who can be dragged along to try this restaurant. Hahaha...

So next day, after I was able to persuade my friends and my sister to come along try this Best Ramen in Town? Maybe?? :P 
The first problem that morning was we don't their operation hours, so after doing some research on the internet, I found that they will open at 10.00 a.m.
Exactly at 10.00 a.m, four of us already standing in front of their door. And the door is still closed. Well, there was someone who come and told us that they will be open at 11.00 a.m 
Oh God??!! Please be merciful to us, 4 hungry souls, stranded on the street. Fortunately, we saw that 7-11 logo from afar, and we decided to wait there until 11.00 a.m 

At 11.00 a.m sharp, we walk again and again to this place, and thanks God they were already open. This place is quite small and dominated by black color, but if you already saw Taman Ratu's Gate, then there it is. 
When I entered this place, I think that this place only can accommodate less than 50 persons at a time, maybe around 35 maximum I guess, but the place was clean and tidy, the interior were dominated by wood and stone, after we were seated the waiter show us the menu, they don't have many options, but there were few kinds of ramen, Japanese fried rice, curry rice, gyoza, and few kind of side dishes. 

I ordered tonkotsu shisen ramen for myself because i loved spicy food, the waiter told me that this one tastes spicy, and tonkotsu ramen for my sister, additional pork chasiu and grilled gyoza. We waited for around 10 minutes, and there it is our food : 

Tonkotsu Ramen (45k++)


Tonkotsu Shisen Ramen (59k++)

The ramen we ordered both were pork broth based, the broth is rich and yummy, I personally prefer thick broth than the light ones, so this one is suitable with my taste. The only thing that I don't like is the ramen noodle texture itself, I prefer bigger size noodle, this one is like angel hair pasta, I know their intention make it small noodle so that the broth gonna come along when we slurping it. But I personally don't like very small noodle.
The different in tonkotsu shisen ramen were the broth more spicy (only slightly more spicy) than the tonkotsu, they put tauge in shisen ramen as the topping, more pork chasiu , and there was no egg and nori in shisen ramen.

Additional Chasiu (12,5k++)

Grilled Buta Gyoza (32k++)

For the additional pork chasiu, there is no different from those ramen's topping, just if you want to add more pork, then you can order it. Gyoza tastes average, there is still much much better than this one

You can request for some grated onion if you want to add it in your ramen and sliced chilly. For me to add more onion to your ramen, the way to crushed it using onion crusher like the other Ramen Restaurant I've mentioned in my previous post works better. With the grated onion, I can't smell the yummy onion fragrance on it, the spicy flavor from onion juice that come out when you crushed it also not there. 

The sweet little treat you can get free Green Tea Konyaku Jelly as dessert after you finish your meal :D 
And it tasted good, I like this Jelly more than the Gyoza. Hahahaha... 

Green Tea Konyaku Jelly

Taste : 7 / 10 -- Just because I don't like the noodle 
Service : 8.5 / 10 -- The waiter was really attentive
Ambience : 7 / 10 -- The distance between tables too close



Tsurukamedou
Jl. Ratu Kemuning Raya Blok A2 No. 8A
Taman Ratu, Greenville
Jakarta Barat
Ph. +6221 56940711

Monday, February 11, 2013

Blacksteer, Belleza Shopping Arcade, Permata Hijau, Jakarta Selatan

Hai para pembaca, Happy Chinesse New Year !!!!!! Yay.... :D

Kali ini saya akan membuat review salah satu restoran yang sebenarnya sudah cukup lama saya sering lihat di Mall Grand Indonesia, tapi kali ini saya berhasil mencicipi tentunya karena tiba-tiba saja ada promo yang cukup menggiurkan di portal diskon disdus.
Tetapi kali ini saya bukan menyambangin resto yang gerainya terletak di salah satu mall, melainkan gerai yang terletak di salah satu apartemen di daerah Jakarta Selatan yang sekaligus merupakan shopping arcade. 


Singkat cerita karena saya datang menggunakan voucher yang mana artinya saya sudah tidak bisa memilih-milih menu sesuka hati saya, hanya memilih appetizer dan main coursenya saja, maka tidak butuh waktu lama untuk sesi pusing menentukan menu. Hanya memilih minum saja yang kebetulan ketika kita datang untuk beberapa menu minuman ada promo buy 1 get 1 free tanpa ada syarat dan ketentuan apapun. 


Dimulailah dengan kemunculan pesanan kami, ice choco yang rasanya menurut saya seperti es milo :P 
Tapi lumayanlah karena saya datang untuk brunch, maka masi cocok-cocok saja dan langsung minum :D

ice choco
Disusul dengan kehadiran complimentary breads, yang menurut saya yah biasa saja. Roti kosong yang disajikan dengan butter.
complimentary breads

 Tak lama setelah kemunculan ice choco dan roti, disusul segera dengan sajian soup of the day mereka, yaitu tomato soup. Yang menurut saya rasanya asem kecut tapi menyegarkan, cocok untuk menggugah nafsu makan yang sebenarnya pada saat itu tidak perlu dibangunkan lagi karena saya sudah kelaparan. Tomato soup nya teksturnya encer, karena menurut kesotoyan saya tidak menggunakan cream dan ditemani dengan roti panggang. Saya pribadi suka dengan supnya karena menyegarkan, walau saya sebenarnya lebih menyukai creamy tomato soup.

Tomato Soup
Untuk appetizer kami memilih potato skin, yang tentunya lebih dulu menanyakan seperti apa sajian potato skin di sini, karena kami sudah pernah tidak cocok dengan menu potato skin yang pernah saya ceritakan di sini. Akhirnya muncullah dan tampaknya tampilannya berhasil menenangkan kami. Potato skin dengan sedikit smoked beef dan sour cream. Walau menurut saya rasanya tidak "wow" tapi cukup oke bagi lidah saya dan adik saya. Penyajiannya disertai dengan sayuran dan sambal tomat yang saya rasa dari teksturnya menunjukkan buatan sendiri, tapi menurut saya pribadi malah kurang cocok kalau makan potato skin dicocol dengan saus tomat tersebut.

Potato Skin 
Untuk pilihan main course saya memilih grilled chicken marinated sedangkan adik saya memilih grilled gindara fillet. Untuk maincourse nya menurut saya kedua menu yang kami pesan memiliki rasa enak versi standar pada umumnya, alias tidak memiliki "wow" factor.

Grilled Chicken Marinated

Grilled chicken nya menurut saya agak overcooked, sehingga daging ayamnya terasa kering, dan sayangnya agak banyak bagian hitam-hitam terbakar yang mana biasanya harus saya singkir-singkirkan lebih dulu.

Grilled Gindara Fillet

Grilled gindara fillet juga dari segi saus, salad, dan hasil panggangan dagingnya sendiri tidak jauh dengan grilled chicken marinate pesanan saya yang menurut saya juga agak overcooked. Untuk rasa saus nya cukup oke, dominan rasa manis. Presentasi makanannya pun cantik, andai saja dagingnya juga dimasak dengan pas pasti akan sempurna, perfecto !!!


Suasana di sini menurut saya sangat sepi sekali, bahkan hanya ada satu customer yang sedang menikmati makanannya ketika saya datang, padahal resto ini cukup luas, dan suasanya juga oke. Walau memang pelayan di sini menurut saya agak judes dan berbicara dengan suara sangat pelan sekali sehingga saya harus bertanya kembali.
Beberapa foto interior tempat ini yang sempat saya abadikan :





Nah biaya yang saya keluarkan untuk menikmati semua menu di atas adalah 99k (voucher) + 30k (minum)
Demikian review singkat saya ke Blacksteer, semoga bermanfaat untuk kita semua :D


Rasa : 6 / 10
Pelayanan : 6.5 / 10
Suasanya : 7.5 / 10



Blacksteer Belleza
The Bellezza Suites lt. GF 78-79
Jl. Letjen Soepoeno No. 34
Arteri Permata Hijau, Jakarta Selatan