from Kuala Lumpur to Jakarta.....on March 15 - 16, 2010

Day 1.
March 15, 2010

     Jakarta from the air  

Our destination for this time still Indonesia.We decided to visit Indonesia for our second company's trip because of many reasons. First, because of the currency, secondly, halal food, thirdly, language, and last but not least, shoppingggg. There were ten of us..and all gurlz..And it was my first time in Jakarta.. Many say about how bad the traffic in Jakarta is. We departed from LCCT at 9.50am (Malaysia time) and reached in Soekarno Hatta Jakarta Airport at 11.10am (Indonesia time).

With Hendi our driver to hotel

Our 'supirs' were already waited for us. We took 2 vans to the hotel. It cost us Rph 250,000 per van. Our journey was great because Hendi, our 'supir' explained  about Jakarta's traffic and his life. The journey from airport to the hotel went smoothly because still not busy yet..We just went straight to the Ibis Tamarin Hotel to checked in. The hotel was booked thru internet. We decided not to go to the rooms yet because we wanted to save our time for sight seeing and shopping at Tanah Abang.

Ibis Tamarin Hotel, Jalan Kh Wahid Hasyim

Furthermore, everybody was so hungry since we just had light breakfast at the LCCT airport. Got some infos from the reception table, we headed to Jalan Sabang and hunt for our lunch. After about 10 minutes walking we reached at Warong Desa. Why we went to this place because it was an air conditioning. It was so hot, busy, noisy outside....Yeahh!! we wanted to enjoy our food, that was why we needed good place to eat..And Warung Desa was the place..

Varieties and tempting name of drinks

Warung Desa opens 24/7, located at Jln H Agus Salim or Jalan Sabang, Jakarta Pusat..

The interior was great, and we hope the food as well. We ordered varieties of food and the drinks name were also so interesting. And...apa lagii....Ngappp. ALHAMDULLILAH..the food was great and we was entertained by friendly and helpful staffs.

After really heavy and 'happening' lunch, we went to Tanah Abang by walking. It just to save the budget on cab. Some say it is a must place to go..We decided to take a walk to go there. While walking, we saw how bad the traffic was. Some of the drivers, simply could make the u turn in a middle of the road..It was so ridiculous.. Kept horning..Goshhh..i thought the traffic in Kuala Lumpur is bad, but this was really worst. I have to admit that, i m not dare enough to drive here.

 Ojek is the cheapest transportation

Half way, my feet felt soo bad due to my knee problem, then we (4 of us) decided to take a cab. The rest of us just continued walking to Tanah Abang. It just cost us Rph 10 000. I think it was really cheap. The traffic was so heavy. We just spent about 30 minutes here. It was so noisy and croweded with people . Many activities of business here.

This situation really made me headache. Then we took a cab to go to other places.

Before going to Jakarta, i had made some researches about places to go while in Jakarta. I would like to go to Monas and Istiqlal Mosque. So, i have to make sure my dreams would come true. While the cab was moving, we still had not decided where to go yet..mosque or Monas. Then we ended up at Istiqlal Mosque.

It is the largest mosque in Southeast Asia which could accommodate up to 250,000 people in one time. It is situated at Jalan Taman Wijaya Kusuma, Central Jakarta , next to Monas. It was started under President Soekarno's reign and finished during Suharto era. Once entered to the mimbar, i felt so happy. One of my dream came true, on that day. ALHAMDULLILAH....We spent about 45 minutes here and did our 'jamak' prayer. Then we took a cab to the hotel to take shower and had a rest before going to Grand Indonesia at nite. I had a small meet up with my travbuddies, Yanti, Ari, Nabil, Vina, Aswin and Eliz. Unfortunately Ari , Aswin, and Eliz could not make it.

We went to Grand Indonesia to have our dinner. It was a high end shopping mall. After asking to the security, we headed to the third level, the food court.Wow!! the interior was so great.

Very big.I could not explore the place because i had a meet up with Yanti, Vina, and Nabil. We decided to have our dinner there. I brought cupcakes for them (as i promised Yanti). We took a chance taking picture before saying goodbye. Thanksful to Yanti who gave a novel to me 'Laskar Pelangi'. At 10.30pm we went back to the hotel and had to sleep early because we have to get up early due to our early journey by train. Good nite everyone. We had a long day to go tomorrow..

Sari Ratu Restaurant

While staying in Pandan Perdana, Kuala Lumpur in 1995 till 2002, we like to go to this restaurant in Desa Pandan.

6C - 28C, Jalan 4/76C, Desa Pandan, 55100 Kuala Lumpur

Tel: 03-9285-8831

Once we transfered to Shah Alam in 2002, quite hard to find it here. So, we usually go to Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur.

Ground Floor, No-24-2, Bukit Bintang, Jalan Tun Ismail, Kuala Lumpur.

Tel:03-2141-1811

And very lucky now we are so happy that new outlet is opened in Subang Parade. It just takes us only 15 minutes to have it. It serves the authentic Padang Cuisine. We love it so much especially Sambal Ijau, Gulai Lemak Urat, Soup Buntut..hee.. Oxtail Soup, Avacado Juice, and Es Teller.

Alpokat Jus - Avacado Juice

Es Teller - everyone favorite

Mango Juice

Paru Goreng

Sambal Ijau

Yumm..Yumm

Oxtail Soup

Where in Subang Parade???

LG31/G29, Lower Ground Floor

Tel: 03-5632-4140

Fax: 03-5632-4423

Web: sariratu.com

Go here..The food..walla...

Cupcake for the first trial...

Semenjak dua menjak ni kami (aku, adik, dan cousin) tengah menggila dgn cupcakes.Bukannya suka makann, tapi suka mengasah bakat yg terpendam..Tambah-tambah lagi ada yg suka mengoder bila ada majlis2 yg berkaitan..Bila ada tempahan yg mendadak, apa lagi habis semua dikenakan kerahan tenaga, termasuk anak2 aku yg kecik tu..Apa lagi..memang itu yg ditunggu2...IRFAN pun boleh menunjukkan bakat terpendam..Yang seronoknya, my hubby juga tak mau ketinggalan..

Not only talking about the cupcake itself, but aku kena admit lah, the mastermind of course my sister yang memang dikenali MISS CHEF in the family..Without her, of course all the craziness about cupcakes ni tak menjadi..

Cupcakes yg di atas ini merupakan percubaan pertama kali yg benar2 menjadi..Ini merupakan tempahan my neighbor for her son's birthday party.Kena siap kan almost 100 cupcakes..Bagai nak terjojol mata semuanya..lebih2 lagi itu merupakam tempahan pertama dalam quantity sebanyak itu..TAPI ALHAMDULLILAH..nampaknya tidak menghampakan hasilnya..Untuk tempahan ini, zura telah membuat 2 flavors for the cake, satu tu, chocolate flavor and the other one is vanilla flavor..NOT BAD...

Apa lagi berlambak2 lah photos being captured by me..So enjoy lah tengok aksi2 menarik kami dan juga cake2 comel dr kami...Nanti aku post kan how to make the cupcakes..So ilmu yg ada dapat dikongsikan bersama - sama..Mudah2an pahala kita berpanjangan..

Have a cup of coffee at Strudels in Mid Valley...

The menu

On March 3, me and my sister went to Mid Valley and did some shopping.We were looking for shoes and blouses before have a trip to Jakarta and Bandung. Lady as usual...I like doing my shopping in Mid Valley because of many reasons.First, i like to have valet parking because i dont like to waste my time finding the parking. Second, many of my things are easily found here. Last but not least, The Metrojaya is here..Talking about Metrojaya, what i like most especially now, it has simple cafe, Strudels.

The chocolate croissant and cappuccino...

Well after tired of shopping, boleh lepak here and have brew coffee. For any men, while your wifes do some shopping, you can relax and have cup of coffee...

Get more energy after coffee...

Just look at the interior, looks like home sweet home

The interior is so beautiful with modern concept.The color of interior is so tempting with pink. The ambient of the cafe really catch my interest. Many selections of coffee you can have here while waiting the rest shopping.

Vegetarian Shepherd Pie(RM9.50), Fruit Tart (RM6.80),Tiramisu (RM8.50), Cappucino (RM6), Iced Earl Grey Tea with Tangerine (RM5.80)

Some infos about the menu there that i can share.

New recipe.....CHICKEN SAUSAGE CROISSANT

No special name of croissant. Sausages in croissant... boleh lah..When the appetite bermula, we r so creative..This was zura and nadia had been done..A pack of croissants was not touched since last three days...Looked at the expiry date...Emmm something had to be done...U can do it also..so simple and yummy...I m sure your kids gonna love this..

A bar of mozzarella - shredded

Croissant in bowl and sausages (slices)

Put sauce

Tabur cheese

Break an egg

Bake in microwave pun boleh..

See!!!! after baking

Yumm..yumm.....

The ingredients:

Plain croissants

Sausages - chicken or beef ikut suka..Cut slice

A bar of mozzarella cheese or shredded

Eggs..

Soup Bowl - use this bowl to bake the croissant

Chili or tomato sause..(ikut suka ati korang)

Oregano

How???

1. Croissant cut in the middle, bukak kan, then put in the soup bowl. Then bentukkan bila dlm bowl tu..So in a middle nampal kosong.

2. Now you put slices of sausages. Susun di tepi2 croissant tu..

3. Then put chili or tomato sause. Nak pedas - chili, tak nak tomato, But kalau tekak cam org Melayu - buh je chili api..Boleh gak.tak mabuk..

4. Put the cheese..Ikut suka korang gak..Nak bertali2 macam Pizza Hut tu, Emmm letaklah sebanyak mana pun.....

5. Then break an egg and put on the top of the cheese.

6. Put oregano on the top of egg.

7. Time to bake.. Approximately 8 to 10 minutes. Tengok je lah bila cheese tu start melting. dah leh angkat lah tu..Pakai microwave pun boleh...

8. Keluar kan dr bowl and serve..Good to eat while it still hot..

Okay..SELAMAT MENCUBA

N3 copy paste from old blog.