A bright and beautiful day is a good start for any weekends, just like last week. Can't get more luckier, G.B Bistro & Dessert given me a chance to have a taste of their festive desserts for Christmas 2015. It all thanks to Indonesian Food Blogger (IDFB). So, here we are me and my friend at Senayan City agitate to try them along with some new exciting flavors coming in 2016.

Waiting for tea time at the back

Front side of the restaurant

Our treats for the afternoon

High tea time...

They all so tempting...

The friendly staffs always helping with smiles, including when this picture were taken

Note: the cinnamon only for decoration

It's been a long time since rain pouring down our beloved city, Jakarta. Right on the day I'm going to attend OpenSnap's event, rain suddenly fell out of nowhere. I'm not blaming rain as my excuse for coming a bit late that day, despite it really is the cause. Many of the participants also late because of it, luckily the event went well. The colaboration event between OpenSnap and IDFB (Indonesian Food Blogger) took place at LUC Bar & Grill that located at Wolter Monginsidi, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta not far from the famous Santa Market. Honestly I'm not too familiar with this area, but lucky I checked the exact location first before going here through OpenSnap app. So here I am, a bit wet and excited to meet and greet with OpenSnap's delegation, many foodies and of course to grab a bite at LUC Bar & Grill.

I took the picture when we're going home, where the weather was nice and warm again.

Inspirational quotes...

Cozy place to chit chat with your friends

The most eye catching decoration for me at LUC

The bartenders in action, yup they serve licquor

MC from OpenSnap gave an opening and welcoming speech

After filling the registration form, time to choose what to order. Beside the provided menu, there's also one special newcomer food for group photo competition with cash prize from OpenSnap. What are they? Scroll down to find out...

My food card with my picks, hopefully they're tasty since I'm hungry

FOOD

Big family photo with IDFB and OpenSnap Members

Last but not least, thank you OpenSnap and IDFB for the invitation and the event. It's been so much fun to meet with old friends and a lot of new foodies too. And thank you for LUC Bar & Grill too for being a host for the event, I know it's hard to keep patient with a lot of foodies roaming around from table to table. Big thanks for you all, hope we can meet again some other times. Bye for now ^.^

LUC Bar & Grill
Jl. Wolter Monginsidi No. 33
Kebayoran Baru
South Jakarta
P +62 21 7206370
Instagram & Twitter: @lucjakarta

Hello again, this time we're going to a small place with great food not far from my home. Located at Tomang Utara not far from Alfa Midi. It called Pempek-Pempek Aloy 45, hadn't notice what's it called before often come here purely just to enjoy the food. Here they're selling pempek and es campur. Open daily at daytime and last only for a few hours or sooner depend on the stocks. Eventhough the place is quite small but always full of visitors. 

IDR 15.000 / piece

IDR 5.000 / piece

Fried fish ball, so moist and delicious especially when you eat them with the spicy sweet sour sauce. According to the owner it always freshly made from lot of limes. That's what made this sauce so special and tasty, my favorite among the other sauces. You can also choose between regular or hot spicy for this sauce.

IDR 3.000 / piece

Despite the look this small pempek from taro as the basic ingredients also taste good, in fact they all tasty ^-^ If you like crispy pempek this should be the answer.

IDR 12.000

Pempek-Pempek Aloy 45

Jl. Tomang Utara Raya no.45

Tomang (behind Roxy Square)

Jakarta

Tel. 021 999 29245, 0813 166 99126

Cabang: Duri Kosambi, Cengkareng

Hallo, it's been quite a while since the last resto review. Yes yes I've been laid back lately. But now I'm back with Publik Markette from Ismaya Group which located at Ground Floor East Mall of Grand Indonesia Mall passing through Central Department Store. The concept "Food Gallery" perhaps a little odd for me at first. Not like other restaurants the waiter will give you a menu to choose then wait for your orders. Here at Publik Markette, the waiter will give you only the drinks menu from D'Journal (did I hear cry of joy from coffee fans back there?). While waiting for the drinks to come you can grab your table number stick and bring it to the food counter where you can see and choose the food directly complete with the chef's explanation about them. After you choose wisely what to eat you can show your stick or just mention your table number to the chef, so the waiter can deliver your food as soon as they ready.

A bit clue for the place before going to the menu. I like the atmosphere here, it's a cool place to hangout for chat and a romantic place to date also. Moreover the friendly waiter who always standby around. And now let's eat ehm... head to the food tasting. There's no picture of a big feast with load of food on the table since I order then one at a time to maintain the freshness and avoid mix of tasting. Here they are...

Tomato Salami

IDR 45.000

Four slices pizza with salami and cheese on top, as tasty as it looks. Come in adequate portion to enjoy alone or together with your friends.

Mixed Pasta Bolognaise

IDR 55.000

This one is so good, penne pasta with bolognaise sauce and melted mozzarella cheese. Definitely my favorite, curious to try these menu on my kitchen someday.

Crushed Potatoes

IDR 25.000

And this is the most affordable price among the other menus, if you low on budget but want something tasty but still heavy for your meal then this is it.

Bitter Sweet Love

IDR 55.000

Dessert... After a moment of doubt I finally chose this dark chocolate based dessert. Just like the name it's a mix between bitter from dark chocolate yet still sweet enough to get your tongue to dance.

Tropical Sunrise

IDR 38.000

One of the healthy juices, the combination of greens, pineapple, cucumber, lemon and honeydew. I know it's hard to get rid of the strange feel and smell of greens in any drinks no matter what you do. So I guess this one is quite success since I still able to drink it with joy.

Mango Blush

IDR 45.000

From the Power Smoothies family we got Mango Blush, the combination of mango, passion fruit and bananas. This one is definitely good, you must try it yourself to prove my word.

Overall I enjoy my visit here, but then again I always think if I'm going out of a restaurant with a full tummy and feeling happy then it's a good restaurant and encourage me to visit again some other time. Especially Publik Markette, from what I heard they prepare different menu from day to day. Feel free to come and try at anytime. Bye for now, until my next review ^.^