Warkop Yang Tertukar

Satu tahun yang lalu, di suatu malam minggu random dimana gue pingin banget nongkrong di luar karena nggak ada gunanya kalau gue ngendok sendirian di rumah, gue ngechat semua teman taruna yang namanya terlintas di kepala gue untuk gue ajak ngablu bareng di sebuah tempat tongkrongan di Jatiwaringin. Warkop yang Tertukar namanya. Akhirnya gue berhasil ngejaring dua dari sekian banyak taruna yang gue LINE. Entah kenapa kok mereka mau aja nurut pas gue ajak ngopi-ngopi cantik, apalagi salah satunya datang jauh-jauh dari Tangerang.


Bukan Kinan namanya kalau nggak pakai acara nyasar, alhasil gue nyasar dulu lah di pintu keluar Jatiwaringin. Yang harusnya belok kanan, gue malah belok kiri. Gue sempet kebingungan nyari letak si Warkop yang Tertukar karena, ternyata, tempat nongkrong itu terletak di suatu area yang isinya banyak tempat tongkrongannya. Dan, kebetulan, pintu masuk ke area tersebut nyempil banget di ujung jalan. Ya jelas aja akhirnya gue harus muter balik, masuk tol lagi, keluar pintu tol lagi, dan baru sampai.

Sesampainya di sana, tanpa banyak babibu, gue langsung memesan segelas Iced Chocolate dan Roti Bakar Oreo, yang disajikan dengan isian olesan Nutella, taburan potongan Oreo, dan sesendok es krim Vanilla. Di sini gue agak rancu, jadi gue pesen Roti Bakar Oreo atau Roti Bakar Nutella? 

Nggak banyak yang bisa diceritain dari tempat nongkrong ini karena makanan dan minuman yang disajikan nggak terlalu variatif dan spesial. Semuanya bisa kita bikin sendiri di rumah, dan mungkin bahkan bakalan lebih enak. But, it's not a bad place to hang out with your friends. 

Seperti yang gue bilang, karena Warkop yang Tertukar terletak diantara tempat nongkrong lain, jadi agak mudah buat kita untuk pindah tempat semisal udah bosan dan buntu mau ngapain lagi selain main-mainin sisa lelehan es krim dari roti bakar. 

Warkop yang Tertukar
Garden Kuliner, Jl. Jatiwaringin No.7
Pondok Gede, Jakarta

Opening Hours:
Monday - Sunday: 4PM - 12AM

OldTown White Coffee's Kaya & Butter Toast

It was at night when my parents and I decided to make a quick stop at OldTown White Coffee while we wait for our plane. 10 o'clock, my watch showed, and my plane will not takeoff in another two hours. So, the three of us rest our butts at a table near the smoking room and ordered some refreshments. I ordered myself a plate of Butter & Kaya Toast and Dad ordered a glass of OldTown's Enriched Cold Milk. 

OldTown's choice of dishes

Dad's cold chocolate drink was milky and creamy! This cold beverage costed Rp27.000,00 each. It is fresh and refreshing. The milk was very thick and creamy, making the whole drink itself rather heavy and pretty much suitable to be consumed when our stomach is empty.

Dad's OldTown Enriched Cold Chocolate

Cold and thick

You know how some food products ended up different than the one in the add, right? Well, I had the feeling that my toast would turned out like so, and I was right. But, my dish came out worse than I expected it would be. My toast looked very crispy and dry, similar to a dessert. It was thin and very crispy, and there were no creamy butter on sight. I was a bit disappointed with its' physical appearance, but, let's not judge a book by its' cover, shall we? 

OldTown's Butter & Kaya Toast

How the toast supposed to look like

Each plate consists of two toasts and it costs Rp23.000,00. It was crispy, and it tasted sweet from the Kaya jam and also salty from the butter. Light and not nauseating describes my Kaya & Butter Toast nicely. I have never tried Kaya jam before and, I have to say, it somehow tasted like Marmalade Jam. 

Kaya jam, Ladies and Gentleman, is made out of coconut milk and egg. Combine those two ingredients together, then add some sugar and pandan leaf into the mixture, and voila! there you have it. The jam is sweet and creamy, somewhat milky and caramel-like as well. This particular food is well consumed in Southeast Asia, especially Singapore and Malaysia. 

My first experience in eating Kaya & Butter Toast was nice. The Kaya jam and the butter blended nicely with each other. But, I can't help but to think that the crunchy toast works better with crisp bacons, sliced ham, poached egg, melted cheddar, some hollandaise sauce, and a dash of fresh cut celery.

The Kaya & Butter Toast that is lacking of butter

One unfortunate thing about my dining experience at OldTown White Coffee was about how the place the lack of good service. One of the waitress was rudely shouting to answer the chef's call and another waiter lacks of friendliness. It was a bit uncomfortable to dine in such situation, but Dad's cold chocolate managed to ease my temper.

Peek-a-boo, I see only a wee butter in you!

OldTown White Coffee
Terminal 2, Soekarno-Hatta International Airport

Saturday Night Out

What is Saturday without hanging out with your friends at a fancy cafe?

KKKID is reunited once again and TIS Square made an awesome meeting point. 

Just KKKID being awesome, with each different charms

TIS Square is your exceptionally efficient hang out place for teenagers and adults, where you can find various choice of restaurants and cafes, along with its numerous cuisine to dig in. Dunkin Donuts and Starbucks are two of the most commonly visited cafe that you would find at TIS Square, along with Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. Food, such as Indonesian food, Japanese food, and western-style food, are available incase if you want to have a quick culinary adventure. It has been a while since me, Icha, and Dila meet up, so we decided to dine in at TIS Square, at Sushi-Ya to be exact. 

At Sushi-Ya, both cold and hot ocha only cost Rp5000,00 each serving

Unagi roll-ups at its best, served with
sweet and salty soy sauce and sesame seeds

Mochi Matcha Ice Cream is a perfect dessert for those of you
who wouldn't say no to an invitation to a food adventure

We spent hours at Sushi-Ya, sharing stories and catching up with each others. The food was delicious and they didn't cost much like those fancy Japanese restaurants that you can find in fancy malls. The soon as we finished our food, and had great time fancying some ridiculously good-looking waiters, we head out to Starbucks to grab some drinks and cakes. 

It was pretty late, and I would probably stay up if I had some coffee, so I bought a nice glass of ice chocolate and a medium-sized chocolate chip cookie instead. Dila, one of my best friend, told me to ask the Starbucks' worker for some extra milk. "What for," I asked. "To dip the cookie in it," she replied. I have to say, that is one brilliant idea, not to mention they don't charge us for extra quarters for the milk. So, I did what Dila told me to do and that was one splendid food adventure she got me in to. 

A glass of ice chocolate and a small cup of milk
for the non-nocturnal beings

There is an inner cookie-monster side
inside of everybody

TIS Square
Tebet Indraya Square (TIS)
Jl. Letnan Jendral MT. Haryono No. 9
Jakarta Selatan, DKI Jakarta 12810