Ciwik Goes to Bandung // Don't Let Me Go, Bandung !

After spent 6 days in Jakarta, our next destination is Bandung. I and my friends stayed at my friend's villa in there and of course it was free, so we can save our money for shopping. Bandung is near Jakarta, maybe need 2 hours to arrive at there from Jakarta. When I was there, the temperature in the morning was 28` C and 24` C in the evening, made us wear thick clothes when we went outside. 

I'm already falling in love with Bandung, I felt wanna stay longer in there because Bandung is the best city for shopping, travelling, and culinarying I think. There're good quality bistros, lil boutique, factory outlets along the city. There's a place named Rumah Mode, it sells cool clothes which are cheaper than the other shops, and they're branded ! Like Zara, Minimal, etc. Maybe they were the undsold items in the past, then the stores move the items to here. When I was there I didn't take photos because I was too busy to shop, lol.

Anyways, we spent 1 day to tear up all of the Bandung's sights. First destination, we went to mt. Tangkuban Perahu in Lembang. Tangkubang Perahu is so popular in Indonesia, when we were here, there were a lot of tourists in there. Korean, Arabian, American, and many more. 

Ps. Don't forget to bring your thickest jacket and a masker, because it'll rain when you can't even predict and smokes sometimes.

This is the best way to capture the best panorama !

Next destination : Tea Field. This tea field products one of the best tea in Indonesia from here, WALINI. I've drank the tea when I was there, and the taste is good ! As a tea lover I bought it and brought it to my home.

And the last destination, we visited Happy Farm, a strawberry field & lil restaurant. The special thing in here is we can choose and pick up the strawberries by ourself. In the end, after you pick up the strawberries, the employee'll wash them then they'll also weigh yours, wrap your strawberries and you should pay how much is that. When we were here, the strawberries were still growing, they were still small, even we couldn't find strawberry in some areas. Maybe it was not right season to visit.

A nice restaurant, my favorite menu is Ayam Penyet. But the Pisang Kipas was delicious too.

THE VICTIMS

Garden 56 shirt by : Stradivarius

black cardigan by : Mangga Dua, Jakarta

skinny jeans by : Logo

boots by : Elite Group, HongKong

bag by : Jimmy Choo KW, HongKong

Ciwik Goes to Jakarta // Pullman CP, The Art Gallery Hotel

This is the extension of my journey in Jakarta. After I spent 2 days in Mulia Hotel, I and my friends moved to another hotel, Pullman Central Park. There're two Pullman hotels in Jakarta, Pullman Thamrin CBD and Pullman Central Park. But we chose Pullman Central Park because it's damn near Central Park mall, one of the best malls in Jakarta. To arrive at Central Park mall from Pullman, we can go there by foot, because the hotel's location is exactly beside the mall. So I can go shopping whenever I want, I just need 3 minutes to arrive at the mall from my room. This is what the girls totally need !

Besides, I really love the Pullman CP's interior design, its like an art gallery and museum in hotel. From the lobby to the rooms, there're art, art, and arts. The paintings are so unique and cool, the statues are wonderful. I even can't think, where did they get the arts from ?

A painting in my room, I wanna hang it on the wall of my room too :(

When I was in the restaurant to have breakfast, I felt like in a heaven of food. There're chinese food, japanesse food, western food, and of course Indonesian food. Siomay and sushi were my favorite when I was there, they are the best breakfast menu in hotel I think. I enjoyed all of the food, but I said no to the hakao. I thought the hakao was not on good quality. The shrimp was not fresh, I really hate it. I complained it to the manager via Trip Advistor ( an app which is available in apple and android ) and 2 weeks later the manager replied me that he was so sorry about that and he'd not let it happen again. But never mind, I still love the food.

Wonderful panorama of Jakarta from my room, do you think so ?

Ciwik Goes to Jakarta // Culinary.ing

After a long time vacum, Im back. And I have an important announcement. So now Im not a high school student longer anymore, because finally Im graduated ! After the shitty national exam, I threw up my stress by going to holiday in Jakarta-Bandung with my super besties last May. We called our holiday Ciwik Goes to Jakarta lol. 

For the first day, we spent along time just for culinary, culinary, and culinary. Please, don't judge us. For our brunch, we went to Holycow ! Chef by Atit, Senopati. We knew about this because we've searched 'delicious food in Senopati' on Google, and the results was Holycow on the top answer. Holycow isn't only at Senopati but they're at another place in Jakarta. They also open in Surabaya and Bali too. Anyways, why did we choose Senopati ? Because we spent our 2 days in Mulia Hotel Senayan, that's near Senopati. Maybe just 10-15 minutes by taxi. The price starts from 50.000 IDR - 270.000 IDR. And for you who love steaks, you should try this. Why ?

1. In here, you can choose : medium rare, medium, or well done steak. 
2. You also can choose between mash potatoes or fried potatoes.
3. For the sauce, you can choose between mushroom sauce or BBQ sauce.
4. If you order ice lemon tea for your drink, you'll get free refill.
5. Mention @steakholycow on twitter, show them your tweet, and you'll get fresh silky puding.

And the most important. You're having birthday ? So you should go there because you'll get free steak when you inform the employees that day is your birthday, then show your ID card to them and free steak is waiting for you. How cool ! Anyways, I ordered well done Tenderloin Steak with fried potato and without vegetables.

Ps. Don't worry to can't go home from there if you don't bring your private vehicle. Just ask the employee to call taxi which one do you want, and they'll call it for you. Don't forget to give them tips, and enjoy your next destination !

After I and my friends had a delicious lunch, we went to Pondok Indah Mall to shopping. Girls' bad habbit. We spent along day at here, and after we were tired of everything, we came to Blacklisted to have dinner. It's in Street Gallery, the second floor of PIM. I love the atmosphere, the furnitures, the smell, and of course the food. I knew this place from my bestie because her favorite spot is here, and I was not regret of her recommendation. I love all of the foods in here ! There're pasta, soup, salad, steak, burger, sandwich, chicken wigs, and many more. You can call it restaurant or cafe, maybe it's like Excelso. The price starts from 20.000 IDR - 169.000 IDR.

What I and my friends ordered in there :

1. Half of BBQ Chicken Wing and Honey Caramel Chicken Wing for 35.000 IDR. The chicken wings are 8 pcs on the plate. But there're 2 choices if you want the chicken wing. My friends ordered both of them because she couldn't choose between them, so she chose both of them. 4 pcs for BBQ, and the last 4 pcs for honey caramel, and the price is still same. Anyways I prefer BBQ, the taste was delicious !
2. Pink Vodka Farfalle pasta for 88.000 IDR. It's like a bow tie pasta with a super delicious tomato cream and Vodka sauce, with prawns too. If I can come back to this place someday, I'll order this again. Best pasta I think !
3. Open-faced Chicken Schnitzel Sandwich for 65.000 IDR. Damn, its my second favorite food in here. The sandwich is so big, the taste is so awesome and unique. I swear that was the best sandwich I've ever tasted !

Ps. I didn't have drink because we wanted to buy Chatime lol.

Before we came home, we bought the delicious cupcakes. It was Parish Cake Shop. They don't open the bakery in malls, their own shops located alongside the big road in Jakarta. I knew this bakery from television, there were a show and gave reviews about top 5 bakeries in Jakarta, and Parish was the one of the shops. They sell cupcakes, cakes like rainbow cake, red velvet cake, and many more. And the interesting side from here is you can decorate your cake ! They called it Decorate It Yourself ( DIY ). They've prepared the chocochips, choco crunch, whippy cream in white, pink, chocolate, and many more toppings. Anyways I think the bakery was on process construction, because when I saw on tv, the bakery was wide and nice cafe, and the reality when we visited that day, it was so narrow. Because of that we decided to bring them to our hotel.

What I and my friends bought in there :

1. Red Velvet cupcake for 24.000 IDR.
2. Cookies & Cream cupcake for 24.000 IDR.
3. Forgetabble-named-cupcake for 24.000 IDR.
4. Small Sized Cheese cake for forgettable price.
5. Small Sized Dark Chocolate cake for forgettable price too.

From all of these cupcakes I've tasted, I really enjoyed the Red Velvet cupcake. The taste was not too sweet, delicious, and so something. But I didn't like the cheese cake and the dark chocolate cake. I don't know why, maybe because they were not my favorite taste. But after all, I think these are the best dessert after I had lunch and dinner that day. Sweet taste with the wonderful panorama from my window's panorama.