Turkuaz is a Turkish restaurant in Jakarta. One of the owners and chief chef from Turkey at Turkuaz used to work for Anatolia in Kemang for a long time. He left Anatolia and opened Tur… Read more
Friday Finds ☆ Ganesha Cafe Jinbaran & Salsa Verde Nusa Dua ☆ Bali
GANESHA CAFE
My husband’s coworker took him and some other coworkers to Ganesha Cafe, a sea food restaurant, on the beach of Jimbaran Bay. I don’t have many pictures o… Read more
Friday Finds ☆ Clear River Fredericksburg Texas
Friday Finds ☆ Krung Siam ☆ Thai Restaurant In Roppongi Tokyo
When we stayed in Tokyo, we met up with our friends who currently live in Tokyo at Roppongi Crossing, which is a big intersection with Roppongi-dori and Gaien-higashi-dori. From t… Read more
Gula Merah ☆ Gula Semut ☆ Palm Sugar ☆ Coconut Sugar
There are several different kinds of palm sugar you can find in Indonesia. The three kinds I feature here are the ones I have at home. In Bahasa Indonesia, they are called gula merah (… Read more
Project KOI XI ☆ Delicious Bar Food
Delicious Bar Food at KOI
I have to apologize to you that this is going to be short as I have a headache. Probably it was caused by lack of sleep.
I took these photos several weeks ago at K… Read more
Japanese Children’s Day Cake ☆ 鯉のぼりケーキ
May 5 is Children’s Day as well as boys day in Japan. Families with sons hang carp streamers for May 5 to celebrate the Children’s Day. The families with boys also decor… Read more
Friday Finds ☆ Friut Stands At Pasar Santa
Do you buy your fruits at a supermarket or fruit stand? I used to buy fruits at a supermarket in Jakarta, but I always wondered where locals go to find fresh fruits with cheaper prices … Read more
Friday Finds ☆ Pak Manto’s Kripik Chips
Pak Manto’s Kripik
Do you like potato chips? If so, I think you’ll like the Indonesian potato chips “kripik”. Kripik means chips in Bahasa Indonesia. T… Read more
Wednesday Wall2Wall ☆ Y&Y Restaurant Grand Indonesia
When you pick a restaurant, how do you pick? If we have the time to research at home, I do, but if we are already out and about like in our case here at a shopping mall, Grand Indonesia, an… Read more
Friday Finds ☆ Seribu Rasa ☆ Wonderful Indonesian Food Restaurant in Jakarta
Seribu Rasa Jakarta
My friend who were visiting from Okinawa, Japan and I went to Seribu Rasa, an Indonesian Restaurant for dinner one night. (Our husbands were busy unfortunatel… Read more
Friday Finds ☆ Anatolia In Kemang, Jakarta
Anatolia is a Turkish restaurant in Kemang, South Jakarta. Do you get cravings for yummy hummus and falafel? I do! I have heard people rave about this restaurant, so I was glad that I … Read more
MAQUI’S KOBE Plaza Indonesia
I don’t know why, but I never knew about MAQUI’S Kobe, a sweets store originally from Kobe, Japan, until I came to Jakarta. It seems that Maqui’s sweets are very … Read more
Friday Finds ☆ HACIENDA Mexican Bar and Grill
My Texan husband and I lived in Austin for 2 and a half years a year after our marriage. Austin has numerous wonderful Tex-Mex restaurants all over the city. Ever since we moved away f… Read more
Kempi Deli’s Marshmallows ☆ Hotel Indonesia Kempinski Jakarta
My friend brought me these wonderful homemade marshmallows and I fell in love with them. I never knew that homemade marshmallows taste so delicate and wonderful! These are not mar… Read more
Phloey ☆ Thai Restaurant In Jakarta
Phloey is our favorite Thai restaurant in Jakarta. I’ve been warming this post for a while for the better timing. Since we were in Bangkok last week, I thought this might be a g… Read more
Project KOI ☆ Restaurant Bar & Wednesday Ladies Night
I’m back to post my photo project at KOI. I have a couple of more sets I can share on Thursdays. This photo shoot was a fun one and I enjoyed it not to mention after I shot the gorgeo… Read more
Friday Finds ☆ BIRDCAGE Restaurant & Bar, Jakarta, Indonesia
I had a chance to go to Birdcage in Jakarta twice within a week. It is a very cool hip restaurant and bar that looks like a house and the restaurant and bar are on the second floor. The res… Read more
Friday Finds ☆ Restaurants In Hoi An Vietnam
GANASH
If you like Indian food and will be in Hoi An, this is a MUST! We found this restaurant on Lonely Planet and decided to give it a try. Thank you, Lonely Planet! It was awesome!! It … Read more
Friday Finds ☆ Restaurants in Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City
If you miss some American style bakery and cafe in Ho Chi Minh City, here’s one for you to enjoy. We learned about this place from Lonely Planet. You can find cinnamon rolls and … Read more
Project KOI ☆ Photography I
This is a photo I took and KOI used on their table ad for an early bird breakfast for two (or more) which KOI introduced to its customers in the recent past. Basically you pay for the cof… Read more
Friday Finds ☆ aTavoLa Italian Restaurant In Kemang
Last weekend, my husband had to work, so I took my girls out for dinner on Saturday night. It was an easy decision as to pick where to dine. I picked “aTavoLa” in Kemang Se… Read more
Trying Out Snack From Indonesia
These above goodies are my random picks at a local supermarket in Jakarta. I don’t know if they all are originally created in Indonesia, but based on their prices, I figured t… Read more
Got Chocolate?
It was too cute to not take photos of her face. I bought this chocolate spread that I avoided buying for a while every time I go grocery shopping. Why? I can’t help eating bread a… Read more
Halloween☆Party☆Costumes☆Decoration
How was your Halloween? Ours was a lot of fun!! Halloween is one of my favorite events of the year. Now I have kids that I get to experience the kids version of Halloween once again and g… Read more