Papaya Japanese Supermarket
PAPAYA is a Japanese supermarket in Jakarta. Every time I put my step into Papaya, it felt like I was in Japan. You can find all the essential ingredient… Read more
Friday Finds ☆ Bagel Bagel in Kemang, South Jakarta
What do you crave when you’re overseas? Bagels are my favorite kind of bread and I miss bagels when I’m not in the States and I’m not even American. When I lived in … Read more
Friday Finds ☆ Rainbow Cake at Jesslyn K. Cakes
Rainbow cake anyone? Rainbow cake seems to be the cake to have these days. My friend bought a piece of rainbow cake at Jesslyn K. Cake, a local bakery in Indonesia, and it was good. I re… Read more
Lunch at Le Mistral ☆ Houston, Texas
Le Mistral
My husband’s stepmother’s father treated us to a lovely lunch at Le Mistral, a charming French bistro in Houston, Texas during our visit in the summer 2012… Read more
THE HARVEST Cafe
I wrote about the famous cake and chocolate shop in Indonesia called The Harvest almost two years ago. To see the post, please click here. I have been to The Harvest many times in the p… Read more
Friday Finds ☆ EMILIE, French Restaurant ☆ Jakarta
My husband and I went on a date to a fabulous French restaurant, EMILIE, in Jakarta last November in 2011. My friend, Julie, a friend of mine who knows a lot about Jakarta, but unfortu… Read more
Friday Finds ☆ Tin Pan Alley
Design Cookies By My Friend
My friend, Yumi, makes these gorgeous cookies. She is a Seasonal Color Analysis consultant currently living in Tokyo. She took a cookie frosting class and since then, she really e… Read more
Friday Finds ☆ KOI Mahakam, Jakarta
Monday Mode ☆ ONEANDAHALF & Brightspot Market
I bought this set of tops at ONEANDAHALF at Brightspot Market. I finally made it to Brightspot Market held at Gandaria City for the first time in my two-year stay in Jakarta!! My swee… Read more
Friday Finds ☆ Plan B ☆ Spanish Bistro
After we had tea at my Japanese friend’s we went to Plan B, a bistro managed by a Spanish owner which opened in May, 2012, about two weeks before we went there. It was brand new, b… Read more
Friday Finds ☆ Cuisine Wat Damnak ☆ Siem Reap Angkor, Cambodia
When my girl friends from Jakarta and I were in Siem Reap Angkor in Cambodia for the Angkor Wat Half Marathon in December, 2011, we had our special meal at Cuisine Wat Damnak. I am very … Read more
Wednesday Wall2Wall ☆ Black & White Sip N’ See
Sip N’ See is a southern tradition in the U.S. where friends gather to meet a baby. My talented, stylish friend, Ana of Stumble Abroad, offered to host a gathering for me and my … Read more
The Blue Pumpkin ☆ Siem Reap, Cambodia
The Blue Pumpkin is an ice cream parlor, bakery and cafe all combined. My girl friends and I loved the lunch and dessert at The Blue Pumpkin so much that during our 4 day stay in Siem Rea… Read more
Antipodean ☆ Kiwi Australian Style Cafe in Kemang, South Jakarta
Antipodean in Kemang Jakarta
Antipodian is a Kiwi/Australian style cafe in Kemang Hero Complex in Jakarta, Indonesia. It is currently one of my favorite places to go in Jakarta. T… Read more
Tanba ☆ Previously Bochi Bochi ☆ Japanese Restaurant in Blok M Jakarta
UPDATE
on May 27, 2014
☆ ”Bochi Bochi” was renewed and opened as ”Tanba” in March, 2014. According to some Japanese blogs, Tanba is in the same building with the same interior decor a… Read more
Lagnaa ☆ Indian Restaurant in Little India Singapore
Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice ☆ Singapore
Tian Tian Hainaese Chicken Rice
Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice is a famous howker stall in China Town in Singapore. If you visit Singapore and want to taste something from a local … Read more
Pregnant Belly At 28 Weeks
Vietopia Vietnamese Restaurant & Pregnancy at 31 Weeks
A while back I took my older daughter to Vietopia, a Vietnamese restaurant, for lunch on her day off to have Pho. It is a pretty Vietnamese Cafe off of Senopati in Jakarta. I craved Pho … Read more
Friday Finds ☆ Sam’s Kitchen Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
If you ask me which restaurant I liked the best in Kuala Lumpur during our short trip in December 2011, I would say Sam’s Kitchen. Thanks to my husband, we found this wonderful … Read more
Friday Finds ☆ POP Shop Bandung
My girls wanted to take this sheep home really badly.
There are some really cute items.
Hot shoes are always fun to look at.
Funky lamps. Would you like one?
Their purses are in cute de… Read more
Wednesday Wall2Wall ☆ Vanilla In Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
This photo above makes me think of this very cool blogger in Japan who post photos of herself in the air. Her blog is yowayowa camera woman diary and it’s worth checking out her … Read more
Friday Finds ☆ Union Brasserie, Bakery & Bar at Plaza Senayan Courtyard
I had lunch with my friend at Union Brasserie in Plaza Senayan Courtyard on Jalan Asia Afrika. I loved the way Union Brasserie is set up. It is facing the courtyard with fountain with … Read more
Wednesday Wall2Wall ☆ Middle Eastern Food For Foodie Night
These are photos from the Foodie Night I hosted at my place recently. What’s Foodie Night? One of my friends started a group of women to get together once a month for a potluck s… Read more