Pipiltin Cocoa Senopati Jakarta

Back to business!

I don't know why I said business when I literally earn zero from this blog lol.

So I've been MIA for more than half a year! Still ate in random places though, just being lazy to write hehe~

Last April, my friend (with her cousin) and I bought Groupon promo for Pipiltin Cocoa (which I had trouble to spell the first time. Pipitlin? Pitiplin? Pipiltin.). The promo was reasonably priced, so we thought why not. There are 3 of us, but each of us bought 1 Main Menu + 1 Dessert lol. But thank heavens we did that, because the portion was small!

First up was the drink. Mine is in the middle: Iced Apple Tea Caramel. The two in sides were either Lychee or Lemon Tea.

While waiting for our food, we wandered around the store. They also sell all kinds of chocolate treats that you're free to nibble. Even if they don't display some tester item, the waitress would willingly crush 1 item for you to test :) my friend's cousin made a big talk about how she would buy some of those, but at the end she didn't :/ I pity the waitress.
One treat that interest me was something like croissant stick dipped in chocolate. I also didn't buy btw. But if I was to buy, I will buy that one :D

Slow-Cooked Chicken Rolled

This was my entree. Shocked when seeing the portion honestly. And I actually forgot whether the filling was chicken or meatball hmm O_O Anyway, despite of its disappointing portion and the chips which I really despise, the taste was good. So I forgive you wtf. My friend had the same, only the filling was sausage, I think. Her cousin had cheese quesadilla. Not pictured, I also didn't try.

Another Egg "No"

That's no no. This could've been a good dessert if only those chocolate soils were removed! It was chili chocolate for crying out loud! Other than that, the rest were acceptable. The problem was, we can't eat those "acceptable other parts" cos the soil gets in the way la!! It is. Really. Spicy. And ruins everything. Probably there are adventurous people out there who loved spicy chocolate but definitely not us!

Macadamia Chocolate Soft-Cookie Pizza

This was okay taste and huge in portion. We whined about the portion of the entree and thought about where we should eat next, until this came and we could barely finish it. It has chewy texture and sweet in general. There was bits of very ripe banana in here, so it could be extremely sweet. Other than that, it was also very fulfilling. Hence why we cancelled the next destination lol.

Chocolate Soup

Probably the best menu we ordered. The white crumbles were crushed white chocolate? Or just sugar lol cos it's sweet. The brownies bits were also good. The chocolate shell would melt the second you pour the hot chocolate soup. Overall it was good dessert.

I visited this Pipiltin in Senopati branch. I heard there are other branch (sorry, couldn't remember!) which serve more menu than Senopati. Buying the voucher was worth it, but if I have to pay on full price I'd have to really think hard hehe..

Rating: ★★★☆☆

Will I be back: As said, when there is another promotion :p

The NEW Magnum Cafe House of Chocolate Grand Indonesia Jakarta Review

So right after light dinner at Kamikaze Karaage, I was actually saving up spot in my tummy for this Magnum Cafe. Bf suggested that we should head there directly as the queue can be really crazy. But surprisingly it's not as bad as I heard from other people. It was quick queue though despite it's on Sunday night. Or because the day after is Monday so..

I've never been in Magnum Cafe before. Previously when the first Magnum Cafe was opened, I didn't had a chance to visit at all. This time I should've not missed it! However, this is bf's third time because his cousins were big Magnum Cafe fan.

Few snaps I took that night while queuing lol.

The view you can see while on escalator :) looks luxurious isn't it.

First picture is background of the queue line. Lots of people took picture in here. Also got very bright lighting. I also took a pic! ;)

Second picture is the busy receptionist. She held a walkie-talkie to communicate with people on the inside.

We had a choice to sit both indoor and outdoor. Outdoor was meant for smoker and I usually HATE smokers. I still do, because they're so inconsiderate. But the view beats my hatred so I chose to sit outside. I think Magnum Cafe was on level 6 so the view is quite breathtaking. (not as breathtaking as SKYE of course. I jokingly said to bf that outdoor Magnum Cafe is like SKYE's inspired :p)

We took our order and we're told the food will come in 10 minutes. I was busy camwhoring so it didn't feel like 10 mins. It feels faster! Haha.. Drinks come earlier though. I had chilled Apple Juice (IDR 20k) and bf got Coca Cola (comes in can for IDR 15k)

Chocolate Brownie with Magnum Chocolate Truffle

Forgive me the actual name is really hard to remember. But the waitress speaks it out fluently she might be have some French blood on her. That's joke if you can't see it coming :| But you got my point :) I hope with the description it can help you in ordering :D

Chocolate Crepe with Magnum Chocolate Truffle

(both picture taken with flash and both food came out at the same time)

MINE! This is HEAVENLY! I'm sure deep inside those crepes (it's soft crepes btw) contains some delicious chocolate liquid! The combination of cold ice cream and warm chocolate sauce is DIVINE! Too bad because they already cracked half of the chocolate cover of the ice cream, mine was bent and it fell from the stick wtf. I eat ice cream with fork and knife as result :| but it was YUMMY!

The brownies' also YUMMY! Suddenly I'm lacking of vocabulary because of yummy food I had that day. I actually interested in the Rainbow Cake and Red Velvet menu. However it dips the magnum ice cream into some kind of powder (?) and I'm afraid it will taste sandy in my mouth. Also bf's cousin already had it and she said it's just ordinary. But those two menus we had was beyond ordinary!

I will come back for 3 more times I guess. I want to try the strawberry chocolate liquid dessert, waffle, and fruit pies! Give me voucher, dear Magnum? Hahaha.. *shameless*

Anyhow thanks for the experience! Please don't be a temporary store like last time :( I also wait for one of the variant with all strawberry inside and white chocolate outside! :D (saw once on Philippine ads).

View you see when you walked outside. Before going, don't forget to take pic with the gigantic ice cream!

I LOVE MAGNUM! ♥

Lotteria Supermal Karawaci Review

Call me biased! You all may be agree or disagree, but I really think there's some kind of Korean invasion into this country, correct?

Anyway to those who's looking for food information in here, I'm deeply sorry that I didn't update my blog for a very long time.

So today's post is about another Korean food stall entering Indonesia. Lotteria has been in Indonesia for quite some time it's just me that's late noticing :| As I know there are already 2 Lotteria, each at Gandaria City and Mall of Indonesia, Jakarta. Somehow they expanded into Lippo Village in Karawaci, Tangerang and I'm thankful for it. For me personally it's better than BonChon and like an upgrade version of KFC (yeah, Kentucky Fried Chicken).

I was first seeing it on Twitter. It's a very random day to see grand opening of a food store on Twitter, I know. But what catches me and made me squeak to everybody I know to accompany me going there is because 2 reasons. First, I once saw Lotteria in this Korean variety show, Running Man. It's my favorite show and I'm literally addicted to it. Each episode has been replayed by me minimal 10 times. Ask me any episode and I'll tell you the guest and their missions right away wtf sorry out of topic. So ya I saw Lotteria in Running Man, episode 74, if you care to look by yourself lol. Second reason, the endorser is Song Joong Ki. Former Running Man cast as well. He's the latest endorser I think, because back in 2000 when Lotteria first established in South Korea, the first endorser is Song Ji Hyo. Also Running Man cast lol. The only female member, super pretty, smart, and bad ass. Even though super blank most of the time but she is adorable and so goddess like. Cut the story short, I tried Lotteria because of Running Man. End of story :| Eh those two people sharing both Song surnames are not related btw haha I dunno why I bother explaining this -_-

This is Lotteria Chicken Set. Buying set means you already got 2 chicken pieces (one big, one small), rice, simple salad, and drink of your choice. The chickens consist of soy and sweet spicy. I ate this with my BFF and we both agree that the sweet and spicy isn't really nice. Compared to the soy one which is HEAVENLY. After that day I brought bf here as well and he's agree that the sweet and spicy isn't nice.
Later on we figured out that you can change one of the chicken but only into original one. We asked for both soy sauce but can't get :p So we have one original and one soy sauce since then. The top one (dark reddish one) is the sweet and spicy sauce chicken, while the bottom one is the heavenly soy sauce. The cashiers are usually polite and will patiently explain the menus to you, and later they will deliver your order to your table. But maybe you should be the one that have patience when the store is packed because other than the original is usually not yet made so you should wait a bit longer compared to ordering only the original one :) They have the set with one chicken thigh, that's only original and you are not allowed to change. The best part that I secretly like is they don't serve chicken wings. I hate chicken wings T____T it's too complicated to eat, contain very few meat, and too mainstream tsk. [TIPS] Also if the store isn't crowded you can ask which part of the chicken with which sauce. I usually order upper thigh with soy sauce (since it's bigger :p) and the lower thigh with original one :D

Drink included in the set is choices of soda like any other junk food store but it can be upgraded by only adding few thousand Rupiahs. I upgraded into Ice Choco.

It's not chocolate milk. It's chocolate drink. Better than Milo, a bit more like Cadburry hot chocolate drink. Except this is iced of course. Took a picture of a tray because it's cute hehe.. Koreans love pastel so much! Like I do! :p

Dessert! Something that should not be missed! Well, Indonesian McDonald's has finally brought McFlurry Oreo into the store but strangely only Orange Ice Cream flavor is available -_- so when I see this ice cream I was interested because I thought it's McFlurry Oreo! This is called Tornado. Comes in 3 flavors: Oreo, green tea, and forget... :| but it's too watery? Also the biscuit isn't Oreo because it tasted bitter :(

I ate in here 3 days in a row lol. First day with BFF. Second day with bf. Third day with brother. Hahaha.. they all love it. But I don't think as much as I do. Objective opinion without being biased, the chicken is really nice. Also the chocolate. I also already tried the Beef Teriyaki burger. It was good as well, but I don't really like the texture of the bread. Other than that no complaint! I believe it has lots of calories, fats, and oils... but it's nice haha.. Price also very affordable (read: cheap).

Give it a try and later leave comment if you'd love to! See you around :)

Sweet Obsession

I've been into candies and chocos lately. Honestly I don't know why. I actually on diet (HAHAHA) and reduced all my meals' portion but my tongue was like calling for sweets. You know the feeling you have on your mouth and throat after you eat and the food got too much MSG? I felt all dry and wanted to nom candy instead.

So few weeks ago I managed to get bf bought me this new edition of Fox Crystal Candy. It's Spring Tea flavored. So hard to find fml. Not all supermarkets in Jakarta sold it. Even in Plaza Senayan which has 2 supermarkets (Hero and Food Hall?), you can only find this in Hero and only 3 cans left wtf. Anyhow, I tried to Google and can't find the pic (!! Google has failed 3 times to give me what I want this week!) since I left my candy can at bf's car, probably photo's gonna up on weekend. It has minty hint of taste but only 4 choices of flavor in one can :) And the flavor I like the most only got provided like 4 candies -_- Fox is always that mean!

Next obsession is the Traditional Handmade Yummy! Yay Sticky finally opened its first store at Mall Taman Anggrek, Jakarta. I knew about this brand during reading Xiaxue's blog on last year and been trying to get my friends from Singapore to bring it here but they keep forgetting (but they didn't forget to shop me shoes which is weird lol not blaming :p) And it's still fresh from the oven! Like the stores they have in another country, Sticky Indonesia completed the store with the live candy making. I was drooling and wanted to be all greedy there picking all the candies but I'm afraid of fat and cavities hahaha.. But I did buy Banana Rock and Watermelon Rock though! :) Wanted to buy the Xmas Mix but it's out of stock!!!!

DELICIOUS!
Anyway be careful though. All candies they sold seem to have sour flavor which is refreshing and good for those who doesn't like sweet but I was craving for sweets! So I asked the candy girl there for sweet flavor and she recommended me Banana Rock and Watermelon Rock :D *grabbing and walking to cashier directly* This Banana Rock is my special favorite since it reminds me of my childhood candy, Banana in Pajamas. Hahaha I didn't remember that candy until I put this candy on my mouth. This candy has now officially gone and turned into cavities in my teeth but who cares~ ;p

And since I got nothing to nom here, I back snacking my chocolate candy :9

 

Snapped this right before I opened blogger.com lol. Lotte Dream Cacao! It's like a must buy list every time bf and best friend went to Korea. This got 56% and 72% version. For me 56% is already bitter enough :( And bf keep nomming 72% as it's the sweetest thing on earth -_- Best friend also introduced this to his gf but his gf claimed Royce is still the best before she even tried this one hahaha.. I think this 5672 (this is how we called this choco because Lotte Dream Cacao is too long to pronounce and too complicated lol) has its own advantage since Royce must be kept in fridge but this one can be put anywhere. Ya of course don't put under heat or sunlight la -_- (bf tried to ship this once during my stay in hometown and I got harden liquid with no form as result) but I meant room temperature is fine for it :)

This is how it looks like inside. Totally already 1/3 bottle left since I kept eating it since bf gave me -_- You decide it's a candy or a chocolate! :D

Dessert Island

Lotte Choco Pie ♥

Happy Promise? What does that imply? :| Anyway bought it at Food Mart Gourmet in a medium red box. Each box contains 6 small packages and it keeps calling me whenever I walk, so I decided to buy ♥

Lotte Choco Pie (inside)

Two soft cakes as top and bottom. And in the middle is... Marshmallow! I thought it was vanilla cream filling! I was fooled x_x

Mango Pudding

The tissue below the glass printed Genting. Well it was in Genting Highland, Malaysia but I can hardly remember sorry. This was taken on October 2010 :| But Mango Pudding is always been my favorite dessert in almost every Chinese Restaurant so this must also be a good one ;)

Roti Prata Ice Cream

Roti Prata is an Indian Cuisine but the cafe combines it with 3 selections of Ice Cream, with poured Chocolate Sauce. Heaven! (Location: Safari Cafe, Padang - West Sumatra)

3 scoops of Strawberry Ice Cream

Nothing special just want to get all of you drooled. *getting punched from every sides*

Waffle with Strawberry Ice Cream and Banana Slices

Yummy look right? I was having this one day before my dental surgery. This waffle is hard to chew. So. Chewy. With standard-of-course-yummy strawberry ice cream and sweet banana slices. But BEWARE! There's hidden peanut butter in every corner of the waffle! If you like peanut then good. If you don't then get ready to dig up! Get rid of it! Ugh.. (Location: Malacca)

Haagen Dazs' Passion Waffle Delight

I changed the Ice Cream selection since there's no Passion Fruit flavor available at that time -_- that was Strawberry and Raspberry, I guess.

Haagen Dazs' Banana Split

My friend changed the Ice Cream selection into Green Tea, Belgian Chocolate and Vanilla. Lol looks kinda funny though, but delicious! Well you can always trust Haagen Dazs :p (Location: Central Park, Jakarta)

Harvest' Chocolate Cake

This was a slice from a birthday cake.

Ice Durian

A must try dessert for Durian lovers! Not much place can make a good one though. Most of the place use over matured durian causing the taste being overwhelming. (Location: Padang)

Chocolate Brownies

Handmade brownies by little sister! Unbelievably yummy ;9

Cornetto Disc Strawberry

Topped with thick chocolate and peanuts, all strawberry ice cream with strawberry jam inside in the middle of ice cream and crunchy ice cream cone! (Produced by: Wall's)

So. Here's my collection of almost one year desserts ;p May you all get encouraged to keep eating desserts as important part of daily meal. Desserts bless you!