Tag: Peranakan
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QuikSkoop™: Marina Prawn Mee
It’s a rare thing for me to scour as far as Western Jakarta (somehow Bali or Saigon feels nearer), but it’s a good thing. You get to know one or two new things, especially the bustling restaurants around Taman Ratu vicinity. Marina Prawn Mee being one of them invited several bloggers to let them know ‘Singaporean’ they are.
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Kahvehane: Pauw’s Kopitiam
Though unfortunate to find Pauw’s Kopitiam closed during my first visit the day before, it’s just a matter of time to face the inevitable. The next morning I found myself right at the entrance of this lively kopitiam, ready for another peranakan cuisine adventure. It was quite surprising to see this modern counterpart of Tung Tau. Sleek, […]
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Kahvehane: Waroeng Kopi & Roti Bakar Tung Tau
Though originally known as the land where martabak was born but the native Chinese immigrants seem actually more proud for their kopitiam legacy. Heartbroken to found that so far the best martabak are only found in Java, I decided to just unravel the secret behind Bangka’s famed coffee shop, Tung Tau. The descendants of Mr […]
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Restaurant Review: Kembang Goela (Aquila-Asia, Jan-Feb 2011)
Kembang Goela is an exquisite addition among the small ranks of premium Indonesian cuisine in Jakarta. Located strategically but also somehow hidden from sights at a separated building resembling a house inside Plaza Sentral premises on Jalan Jend. Sudirman. Kembang Goela symbolizes itself as a woman arrayed in colorful kebaya seated elegantly on a chair. This is […]
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Kahvehane: Kopi Lay
Early morning in Bandung has always been cool and nice, but we bid our time until the sun shone up a bit and off we go to the place at around 8 AM. I’ve been dying to have a good kopitiam style breakfast in Bandung and from what it seem, Kopi Lay seem to resemble […]
RIAN FARISA 
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