I'm Ready to Folie in Love

Since I still got my day off today, I decided to head out in search for a cafe that would fulfill my needs for aesthetic and delicious food. I had my eye on Cafe Folie for a while now, a beautiful french cafe located on the first level of Beachwalk Shopping Center. I was immediately sold when I saw the tableware that they use to serve the guests. They are all very pleasant to look at! Finally, I got my chance today and I visit the lovely cafe during brunch time. 

Instead of coffee, I settled for their loose leaf tea. The one I had was the French Rose Buds Vanilla, which was served in a beautiful porcelain cup that has drawings of roses on it, and it only took five minutes for my hot beverage to be served after I placed my order. Each serving of this loose leaf tea is equal to four cups. The tea had a very strong vanilla flavor and very fruity. It had a very strong vanilla scent, as well as this hint of sweetness which I’m guessing derives from the rose petals. 

I decided to have a cake as well for companion. They have a wide variety of petite cakes and pastry and I really had a hard time choosing because they all looked very pretty, so I gave the decision to my boyfriend. The choice fell to the Blueberry Cheesecake that was purple in color, decorated by crushed peanuts on the side, complete with a dollop of whipped cream and slices of berry on the top. This cake was very beautiful, and it gave me an irrational thought about how it looks like a moe version of Thanos. 

Very light and creamy this cake was. The texture was very milky and creamy, while the purple layer had a rather gelatin-like texture. I really love the combination flavor of the crushed peanuts and the cheesecake itself, sweet and savory at the same time. Inside the cake was a generous amount of blueberry compote that tasted nothing but sour. I’m not a big fan of berries on cake, but this blueberry compote managed to balance the overwhelming sweet cream that dominated my tastebud. 

The service here exceeded expectation. The waiters and waitress treated me like I was some kind of a royalty, which is nice once in a while. I brought my laptop with me and they were keen enough to offer me a table that has electric sockets nearby. I also added a bit of, “I need a table with less crowd surrounding it,” and they immediately assist me to this particular corner that fulfilled my needs. Two thumbs up!

Cafe FOLiE

Beachwalk Shopping Center, Level 1

Jalan Pantai Kuta, Badung

Bali 80361

Contact:

+62 361 846 4843

+62 811 393 6262

Opening Hours: 

SUN - THU: 10 AM - 10 PM

FRI - SAT: 10 AM - 12 PM

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Tastyfy Your Tastebud

Akhir-akhir ini banyak gue lihat orang-orang di dalam hidup gue yang sedang meniti usahanya sendiri di dalam dunia kuliner, salah satunya adalah saudara gue. Biasa dipanggil Ruru, dia adalah sepupu gue dari keluarga Bapak. Usaha yang tengah dia kembangkan berspesialisasi di cheesecake. Sudah banyak pesanan yang dia ambil dan ulasan mengenai cheesecake-nya pun bertebaran di akun Instagramnya. Penasaran, gue memutuskan untuk memesan satu dari masing-masing produk yang dijual, yaitu Oreo Cheesecake dan Regal Cheesecake. 

Tekstur dari cheesecake-nya sendiri nggak seperti tekstur cheesecake pada umumnya, malah lebih mirip bubur sum-sum dengan kepadatan agar-agar. Nggak lembut seperti mousse, nggak seperti tekstur kue bolu yang empuk tapi tetap nikmat untuk digigit, dan nggak seperti tekstur krim keju yang biasa kita temuin di kue-kue hasil garapan the Harvest. 

Rasanya lebih ke arah gurih, hanya ada sedikit banget rasa manisnya, dan ada kemiripan rasa dengan bagian putih dari Kue Talam. Nggak terasa kejunya, padahal judulnya "cheesecake", dan malah lebih terasa seperti tepung. "Kayak pake tepung hun kwe," kata Ibu di suapan pertamanya. Taburan remah-remah Oreo dan Regal di atas cheesecake-nya adalah satu-satunya yang bisa gue nikmati, meskipun kuantitasnya kurang banyak kalau dibandingkan dengan cheesecake-nya sendiri. 

Sejujurnya, gue kecewa. Kalau judulnya "cheesecake-flavored pudding", gue masih bisa menerima dan nggak akan sekecewa sekarang. Sayangnya, dari awal gue udah berekspektasi bahwa kudapan yang dibuat oleh saudara gue ini adalah cheesecake, tapi yang gue dapatkan adalah bubur sum-sum dengan taburan remah-remah Oreo di atasnya. Realita nggak sesuai dengan ekspektasi. Di lain sisi, kuantitas dan ukurannya cukup manusiawi untuk dihargakan Rp45.000,00, tapi tidak untuk soal rasa. 

Tapi, ya, yang namanya lidah orang, kan, berbeda satu sama lain, pastinya apa yang terasa di lidah gue berbeda dengan apa yang terasa di lidah kalian. Kalian harus coba dulu sendiri untuk bisa menyanggah ulasan gue mengenai cheesecake-nya Tastyfy. 

Kalau kalian mau pesan, kalian bisa kirim pesan melalui Whatsapp di 081294131777, atau kirim DM ke Instagram saudara gue, yaitu @ruruchy. Cheesecake-nya dibuat berdasarkan sistem pre-order yang secara konstan diumumkan di Insta-story saudara gue. Pesanan bisa diantarkan ke tempat tinggal kalian (untuk yang berdomisili di daerah Bintaro dan sekitarnya), atau ke tempat lain yang sudah disetujui bersama.

Kit Kat: Baked Cheesecake

Dad flew to Osaka a while ago and brought home a pack of Kit Kat with flavor I have never encountered before: cheesecake. But, there is something special about this particular chocolate other than the unique flavor itself. This is a bakeable Kit Kat! You can actually put the mini chocolates into an oven toaster and it will transform into a cheesecake. Yes, cheesecake! God bless Japan! 

I didn't, and still don't, understand a single word written on the packaging. There were no number that can make me speculate about how long it takes for the chocolate to transform into a cheesecake after I put it in the toaster. I didn't even know that machine I should use to bake the chocolate. There was this picture of what it seems to be a microwave on the packaging, which looks similar to Mom's mini oven toaster. Might as well give it a try, I said to myself. The worst that could happen is the chocolate will melt and end up making a hole in the toaster as it transforms into a goo of solid acid instead of cheesecake. What? 

Without any acknowledgement about anything involving the chocolate whatsoever, I unwrapped three of them and toast it with Mom's mini oven toaster. I set the timer to three minutes and prayed nothing goes wrong with them. 

I waited and waited and three minutes had never felt that long. I became anxious as the chocolate started to melt. It's never going to work, I thought. I mean, how can a white chocolate possibly turn into a cheesecake, right? 

But, then, something happened. The surface of the melted white chocolate started to burn. It gradually burnt and transformed into something like burnt meringue. It was fascinating! 

Ding! the toaster oven made a sound that signaled me that the toasting process was finished. I took out my batch of baked cheesecake Kit Kat and was welcomed with a deliciously sweet, yet cheesy and savory, aroma - just like how a baked cheesecake would smell like. 

I used a butter knife to scoop the Kit Kat from the tray. I was expecting a gooey texture like how melted chocolate should feel like, but I was stand corrected. The melted chocolate that transformed into a baked cheesecake had a solid texture like the shell of a macaroon. It cracked as I slipped the butter knife underneath the Kit Kats. I was lost for words. Japan truly does exceed expectation when it comes to unique munchies, isn't it?

 

The baked cheesecake flavored chocolate tasted like how white chocolate should taste like, with a hint of cheesecake here and there, and a slight burnt caramel after taste. It also had this citrus like flavor like that cream in every Khong Guan biscuits (Indonesian can relate). The texture was like macaroon without the ganache, it cracked within every bite. True, it tasted a bit weird, but in a good way. A definite must try for those of you who fancy peculiar snacks like these!