Local Taste at Tribeca - Central Park Mall

LOCALTASTE.CO.ID

Local Taste ID happened from 30 April to 3 May 2015. on 1st of May i went back to Jakarta for short holiday. And since i was very curious for a long time ago, i really wanted to go to food bazaar in Jakarta. A lot of food bazaar passed already, and it seems like a lot of nice foods selling there, and i cannot try, feel so sad. And for your information, the foods and beverages selling in food bazaar usually don't have physical stall at any shopping malls, they start selling from online store or any kind of bazaar like this. So that is why, i want to go and try various kind of desserts. i have been following several instagram accounts that organise food bazaar quite some times, thus i knew there will be a food bazaar in Central Park when i was going to Jakarta for short holiday.

Localtaste.co.id was organized at one of shopping malls in Jakarta named Central Park. 

Location: Jalan Letnan Jenderal S. Parman Kav. 28, Jakarta Barat 11470, Indonesia

Central Park Mall has one big park (Tribeca Park they called) and it was where this food bazaar located. So many events happened in this park, because actually the park is nice, and quite big. 

To keep it short, i went there with my families, the bazaar divided into two sides, A and B, one was more into ice creams, whereby other side was more into salty foods.
I just tried 5 different foods, because i have to had my lunch that time. 

the first one is Krispy Krips.
Taste: 7/10
Instagram : @krispykrips

Krispy Krips

i tried the fried mushrooms. they got several flavours, and you can choose either chicken or mushroom. the taste was not bad.

2. we went to try Chewbites. I have been craving for this Kue Cubit for a longgggg time already. this was one of my favourite childhood's snacks. And suddenly it becomes happening again, but this era, got a lot of flavours. One of them is Green Tea.! My favourite. So yea, i got try the Green Tea flavour with Chocolate Kitkat for topping. It was a long queue there. But luckily i got try. You can choose either cooked, or half cooked. I chose the half-cooked.

Taste: 9/10

Instagram: @chewbites

Sure will buy this one again when i go to Jakarta.

3. Then i went to the ice cream's area, where most of the ice creams stall were there. I'm quite curious about this Larc Ice Cream, i have seen a lot of posts about this ice cream. So i tried one. I chose the caramel popcorn, and Honeycomb as toppings. Well, it was below my expectation actually. I have seen lots of posts about this Larc, thought it was good, from the photo that i took, it was melting, maybe the weather that time was too hot. i have seen lots of nice posts about this ice cream, so i thought it was as good as that. The ice cream, the taste was too milky. and the honeycomb not so nice. But well, at least i got try and answered my curiosity.

Taste: 5/10

Instagram: @larc_ind

4. Eggeats. this stall selling ice creams, served with egg waffle. Man! It was very good combination. I love both. So, i decided to order one of the famous menu which was Snowpop. Egg waffle topped with flavor ice cream, sweet popcorn, caramel syrup, cookie crumbs, corn flakes, oreo crumbs, and original baileys. You should try this ! The queue was one hour, i was shocked, but then nevermind, since i wanted to try, i just ordered, and walk around to another places, and come back after one hour. Super delicious!

Taste: 9/10

Instagram: @eggeats

5. And the very last one before i went back, i bought this cold pressed juice. I have been following their instagram for quite some times also. And i was curious too about these juice, seems so nice, eventhough only a juice. Got a lot of flavors available. Colourful juice, and it is really healthy, without sugar added. Recommended! i bought the green one, and you can see the ingredients from my photo below. If you read, it looks like weird combination but then, when i tried, fresh and a bit sour. 

Taste: 9/10

Instagram: @euphoricjuice

I am waiting for another food bazaar coming up in Jakarta!

Cheers,

Pris

pricillchandra@hotmail.com // @pricillchandra

A little Surprise

MACAROONS

If you got read my blog previously, i have wrote few posts about macaroons that i tried. I don't know since when i become so in love with this round and tiny sweets. So this post will goes to someone that i love. Well, that day, when i was in internship. In a week, usually i will pack a lunch for my boyfriend, well it's not everyday, but one day when i packed him a lunch, at night, he sent me to home, and he returned the paper bag with the food containers inside. I didn't check whether the food containers have already been cleaned or not, and so on. He just keep asking me during our walk to my house, am i craving for macaroons right now. Well, i was not really craving though that time. I didn't suspect anything weird. Once, i was at home, and i was going to put the food containers to sink, i figured out something inside the bag that unusual, and it was a little box of 4 macaroons. OMG! I was shocked, and happy. Never expect this. Thanks to you, because i know that he is not that kind of person who likes to make a surprise, but i know that he puts an effort to make a surprise for me. I don't know where he bought it. The box was very simple. The taste was nice! and the colour, oh man! i super love with the colours, PASTEL <3

So once again, thank you. :) These are some photos that i have taken.

Thanks for reading. Super short blog but means a lot for me. 

Cheers,

Pris

pricillchandra@hotmail.com // @pricillchandra

Food Trip to Medan - Part III

Food Trip

10. After we had our dim sum and steamboat kind of dinner, we went to the next stop which was Room Ice. I was quite curious about their ice. Because actually in my hometown (Jakarta) got this kind of ice, but then i have not got any chance to try it. So that, i found one in Medan, why not try it right. They had several choices of cone, with fruit loops is one of the choices, and then got several flavors of ice cream, but unfortunately i did not what i expect, the choice of flavors very less only. So i ended up with mint flavor. Because some of flavors also finish already. Overall the taste was just okay. I will try this kind of ice cream in Jakarta next time. The location also not really convenient, and you only can take away, they did not provide any kind of chairs and tables there.

Location: Komp. Asia Mega Mas Blok G, Medan (Seberang Landak Laut Seafood)
Instagram: @roomice_id

11. This kind of ice, pot ice cream, located just accross the room ice. I didn't know their name, because there is no name in their stall also. My friend the one that tried this kind of ice cream. Looks unique and seems so real right.

12. After our ice cream time, my friend's parents brought us to the durian place, named Ucok Durian. But i did not take any photos there. 

Location: Jl. K. H. Wahid Hasyim No. 14, Medan

13. This is the last day of our food trip in Medan, for the breakfast we had another mee, named Tiong Sim Mie Pangsit.

Location: Jl. Semarang, Medan.

They are located in roadside. The taste was good as well. Different kind type of mee with the first one we had on the second day.

After we had our breakfast, we went to buy the souvenirs to be brought to Malaysia, we bought Bolu Meranti, famous bolu in Medan. Not forgot to buy our favourite Macarons from La Maison Patisserie. After that we went back to pack our luggage first, then we went to have our lunch,

14. Our lunch was at Tau Kua He Ci Sunggal. I cannot explain what they selling, basically it seems like fried yong tau foo that i had in Malaysia, the difference was the sauce, and in Medan we cannot choose the ingredients. They had pork satay as well. We had those two. What i meant of fried yong tau foo? the photos are below.

Location: Jln. Sunggal No. 1, Sumatera Utara

That is the end of our food trip to Medan. We will sure come back to eat other foods in Medan. and go other places such as Berastagi and Danau Toba as well.

Thanks for the reading !

Cheers,

Pris

pricillchandra@hotmail.com // @pricillchandra

Food Trip to Medan - Part II

Food Trip

6. My friend and her family very often to visit this restaurant, it already become one of their base to hang out. So they brought us to here. The next stop was TIP TOP Restaurant. i heard that this place has been there for quite a long time ago. The interior design so vintage. They sell desserts and main dishes as well. Got indoor and outdoor seating. We chose to sit inside. And because that time we already quite full, so we only bought two small cakes and two ice creams shared into 4 people. The cakes they sell remind me to old time. The taste is good. The ambience, the design, all are good. I think when you go there, try their cakes, and ice creams. I got take photos of what we ate that time. The price not expensive.

Location : Jl. Jend. A. Yani d/h Kesawan No. 92 A/B, Medan, Sumatera Utara 20111
Phone : +62 61 4532 042

After so many foods we ate, we decided to walk around in shopping mall named Sun Plaza. 

Location : Jl. KH. Zainul Arifin No.7, Medan, 20152, Sumatera Utara

One of biggest shopping mall in Medan. We walked around, to bookstore (Gramedia), then we went to supermarket to buy some Indonesian snacks to be brought to Malaysia XD, around 1hour plus then we continued our food trip to next stop.

7. Macehat

Location : Jl. Karo No. 20, Medan 20112, Sumatera Utara

Phone : +62 61 452 9944

This place very famous as the first and only place where selling the freshest and best quality coffee, they are selling the coffee beans and equipments too. Their promise is to serve customer with the premium cup everytime. And their coffee drinks are made from Sumatra's coffee beans. To be honest, i really agree that their coffee is best! I tried the Avocado Coffee Float. The combination between avocado, chocolate ice cream, and coffee is soooooo PERFECT. you should try this one ! They are selling some foods also, but most of the time people come to Macehat to chill and have coffee. The place is in the small road, so when you park you need to be very careful one. Actually Macehat's place last time was a house, but then now they change to small coffee shop, but what's unique is inside the design still like house. In addition, even weekdays, also full one. Sometimes need to wait until you get your seat but luckily that day we got the seat straight away. 

8. After went to Macehat, it was already evening around 6 o'clock, so we went to my friend's house to have a rest for a while. But well, we still eating something when we were at her house. It was the Nyonya Kuih or Jajanan Pasar that i have mentioned in Part I. Let me show you the one that we bought. It was one big box. But then, actually both of us did not eat all. Because most of them was my friend's mom's part.

Name : Phin Phin Jajanan Pasar & Bakery

Location : Jalan Dewa Ruci no. 32-34, Medan, 20112, Sumatera Utara

Phone : +62 61 452 5121

These are the names of what we bought :

- The 3 reds on the left : Kue Ku - inside got nuts flavour

- The very top next to Kue Ku - Lemper Ayam (inside got chicken flavour)

- Above Lemper actually got Dadar - filled with Gula Jawa

- Below Lemper - Lapis Kanji - sweet taste

- Below Lapis Kanji - Sagu Lonceng (i didn't taste this one)

- Below Kue Ku - Bika Ubi

- Beside Lemper Ayam - Wajik (i did not taste as well)

- Below Wajik - Kue Sus (creamy filling)

- Beside Wajik - Sawut Ubi (I did not taste) (Ubi = Sweet Potato)

- Below Sawut Ubi - Bugis (i did not what is inside, and i also first time seeing this kind of jajanan though)

- Beside Bugis - Lapis Ketan Hitam (Ketan Hitam - Glutinous Rice/Pulut Hitam)

- Below Bugis - Lumpang (eat with Shredded Coconut)

When i was going there, i was shocked because what, lots of choices! I even confused which one i want to try, it feels like you want to buy all, but unfortunately this kind of food cannot long very last, and also my tummy cannot fit in everything inside. 

If you are curious with Indonesian Kuih, you should come here and try those kuih. Lots of traditional kuih from Indonesia.

Below is Ongol-Ongol (Brown), Onde-Onde (Green).

9. Time for dinner has come then we went out again, we requested to try the dim sum there, so they brought us to this dim sum named Dim Sum & Sang Wo Ayong.

Location : Jl. Babura Lama No. 12, Medan, Sumatera Utara

Phone : +62 61 4566 161

They are selling Dim Sum and Steamboat together, but steamboat in Indonesia not buffet one. You can take a look to the photos below, help you to know how was the Dim Sum and Steamboat there. Overall the place was neat, good place to hang out with family especiall, air-conditioned, the pork belly very nice, price i am not too sure about that, because we ate together we my friend's family, the taste is good, some of them only okay. 

Egg Tart.

Kwetiau (Above) and Noodle (Below). From the photos, it might seems so plain, and not really nice, but i would like to say, these two were so delicious, i tell you the truth. First i also thought that we will eat these inside the steamboat, but actually if you eat only like that, it has already delicious.

Fried Pork Belly. eat with the sauce, very NICE!

NOMS!

Hungry? Yeah, me too. I wish to go back to Medan again soon.

Will continue my Part III and it will be my last part of food trip's posting.

Stay tune.

Thank you for reading.

Cheers,

Pris

pricillchandra@hotmail.com//@pricillchandra