--> Aswin and Alia's Food Journey

Mamak Kitchen: A Fusion of Singaporean, Malaysian, and Thailand Cuisine

Opened in the mid of 2013, the restaurant is serving a fusion of Singaporean, Malaysian and Thailand cuisine

Bali (Culinary) Trip in March 2014

Finally, after a year of planning, we are able to set up a trip to Bali. Very excited! Alia has been mentioning about Ubud for quite some time and now this trip is about to be realized.

Welcome Home: Nanny's Pavillon Housewarming

On 30th of April 2014, we were invited to the housewarming of the newest Nanny's Pavillon restaurant in Jalan R.E. Martadinata (Riau), Bandung.

Caffe Bene: Korean Coffee Shop in Bandung

Alia has been craving to visit this place for a while, so when the time comes to visit she was delighted

Warung Sangrai: Real Indonesian, Eat With Their Bare Hands!!

Located in the opposite side of Mamak Kitchen, the restaurant is serving traditional Indonesian Food with one particular course that are standing out: Quails

10/21/2013

South Korea (Culinary) Trip in November 2012: Farewell Meal

We were on our way on the flight to Indonesia.
Good bye South Korea. See you again next time. Looking forward another trip to this country again. 

Enjoy!

Lunch set

Onigiri

10/20/2013

South Korea (Culinary) Trip in November 2012: Dinner at Daepyeong Galbi, Seoul


It was our last night in South Korea, so we must celebrate the farewell night with something unique that is their famous cuisine, Kalbi or Galbi. According to Wikipedia, kalbi or galbi generally refers to a variety of gui or grilled dishes in Korean cuisine that are made with marinated beef (or pork) short ribs in a ganjang-based sauce (Korean soy sauce). In the Korean language, galbi literally means "rib" and can refer to cooked or uncooked ribs. Although the dish's full name is galbi gui, the word "gui" (grilling) is commonly omitted. It is listed at number 41 on World's 50 most delicious foods readers' poll complied by CNN Go in 2011.


The restaurant located on the way from downtown to our hotel. The place had rustic atmosphere and quite traditional, we sat on the floor, and as usual the eating done in communal consist of Beef Galbi and the side dishes, they also served lettuce as a wrapper. Well, I love this food, actually I love Korean food in general.

So, it was sad to have to leave South Korea because we had so many amazing experience. We LOVE South Korea, their food, their cultures. Hopefully we had a chance to come here again!

Enjoy!

153-1, Pyeongchang-dong,
Jongno-gu, Seoul
South Korea

The Beef Galbi #1

The signage
The stairs to the restaurant
The corridor
The seating area
Our group
Exhausted
The Beef Galbi #2

The Beef Galbi #3
The side dishes
The set menu
The salad
The sea weed
The side dishes
The lettuce


10/19/2013

South Korea (Culinary) Trip in November 2012: Coffee Addict



Do you know how Korean loves coffee. Just take a look at the pictures. :)) I love coffee too, but I find their coffee too sweet for me. 

Enjoy!

Coffee all over
South Korea



10/18/2013

South Korea (Culinary) Trip in November 2012: Ilpum Shinto Duck, Seoul


After we had gone to few of tourist attractions, including cosmetic shop, we had a barbecue as our lunch. The barbecue consisted of duck and beef meat. It was quite expensive as we looked in their menu, for a set menu they charged it for KRW 63.000 around Rp 630.000. Wow... But it was good, of course it good. We ate the barbecue with rice wrapped in lettuce like I always saw in Korean Drama :P For the dessert, we had red bean ice or it is called patbingsu, well it was also delicious. Well, maybe it was the holiday atmosphere made all the food taste good.

So, we were continuing our trip in the city of Seoul. It was our last day in Seoul after all. Enjoy!

Ilpum Shinto Duck
349-1 Namgajwa dong,
Seodaemun- gu, Seoul
South Korea Ph. 02-306-2345~6

The signage
In front of the restaurant
The menu #1
The Menu #2
The seating area #1
The seating area #2
The menu set #1
The menu set #2
The barbecue #1
The side dish: Onion
The sauce
Green vegetables as a wrapper
Tofu (?)
The side dish: the infamous kimchi
The rice
The soup #1
The soup #2
Patbingsu