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Showing posts with label food. Show all posts

Monday, May 30, 2011

Nongkrong Cantik di Hari Minggu

Rijika, hari Minggu melakukan apa? *

Hari Minggu kemarin, saya bangun pagi #penting #biasanyabangunsiang. Saya sudah niat mau ke Jakarta, ngajar di Taman Ilmu Setiabudi. Setelah beberapa minggu absen karena kesini kesitu, begini dan begitu, akhirnya kemarin kesampaian juga ketemu lagi sama anak-anak kecil lucu dan bandel-bandel itu... :D

Sebelumnya saya janjian dulu sama teman saya si bulet ini, ceritanya saya mau lihat kosan dia yang baru di daerah Karbela. Awalnya saya mau naik Transjakarta koridor 6 (sekalian nyoba, mumpung belum pernah) transit dan lanjut ke koridor yang lewat daerah Kuningan itu. Harusnya saya turun di Komdak atas, eh tapi kok ketiduran. Dan baru siuman dari tidur setelah Komdak lewat begitu saja. Akhirnya turunlah saya di Polda.

Ya sudah, saya naik P66 akhirnya, dan turun di Setiabudi One. Setelah telpon dan dijemput si bulet, kita beli sarapan ketupat sayur dulu sebelum ngajar. Sambil sarapan, saya ikut mendengarkan obrolan mas-mas yang sarapan di sebelah saya (catet, mendengarkan bukan menguping). Dia cerita ke temannya, kemarin malamnya habis futsal di Kuningan. Dan menurut dia, bayarnya cukup mahal karena sejamnya 400 ribu rupiah dan yang datang futsal cuma sedikit. Jadi lumayan besar patungannya.

Selesai sarapan, saya jadi ngobrol sama mpit. "Nanti kita bisnis lapangan futsal aja. Sekalian kosan cowok". Dan mpit juga setuju. Err...berasa man hunter sekali kita. Ya maklumlah, jiwa-jiwa muda, single dan menggelora *kok saya jijik sendiri sama bahasa di postingan kali ini ya*.

Setelah ngajar kelar, kita meluncur ke Senayan City. Belanja sekalian makan di Spageddies Italian Kitchen. Tempatnya cukup enak, bernuansa Itali dengan ornamen dedaunan plastik yang menjalar di tembok. Dan banyak pigura berisi testimoni dan tandatangan artis yang makan disitu (kok nama saya gak ada, saya kan artis!!! #diceburinkekawah).


Saya pesan Soup of the Day, yang ternyata hari itu adalah Mushroom Cream Soup. Rasanya creamy sekali dengan sedikit tendangan rasa jamur #halahbanget. Agak aneh di lidah saya sih, berasa makan bubur jamur. Selain itu saya pesan Chicken Spaghetti Primavera. Waktu makanan datang, lumayan juga porsi dan penampilannya. Seperti spageti ala oglio yang dimasak ditambahi dengan potongan ayam, sayuran dan taburan cabe kering. Dan bagaimana dengan rasanya? Enaaaakkk...yang jelas saya sih suka. Kalau mpit sih pesan cannelloni-sesuatu-saya-lupa-namanya. Rasanya enak juga, cheesy dan creamy, tapi saya sih lebih suka pilihan menu saya :))

Dan untuk minumnya, ada beberapa pilihan minuman beralkohol #iyasayatau #bukanuntukkonsumsisaya, soda dan jus. Pilihan kami berdua jatuh pada jus jeruk, yang ternyata setelah diminum saya nyeletuk, "ini kok kayak pulpy orange". Errr....

Harga makanan disini cukup variatif, mulai dari 10k untuk sup yang saya beli, 40-100k untuk menu pasta. Ada juga menu steak dengan harga variatif juga, di bawah 100k sampai diatas 100k. Dan bagi yang tidak mengonsumsi alkohol, wine untuk saus steak bisa diganti dengan saus jamur.

Sorenya kita ke Setiabudi One, nyoba nongkrong di Anomali Coffee yang pernah kita baca reviewnya di Tumblr *lupa lagi linknya, dooh*. Walaupun saya bukan pecinta kopi, tapi menurut saya kopinya lumayan. Suasana kafenya cozy dan ada free wi-fi. Asik buat nongkrong sendirian nyari inspirasi atau rame-rame sama teman ngobrolin urusan negara :)


Menikmati kopi sambil lihat kendaraan lalu lalang di Rasuna Said sudah, kita beranjak cari makan. Ada beberapa pilihan PKL, tapi saya sedang malas makan berat. Akhirnya kita malah ngglinding ke Kuningan Village. Oke, saya jalan dan mpit ngglinding #ditabokmpit :D

Kita berdua dengan sotoynya naik ke lantai 2. Dan di ujung tangga ke atas itu ada 2 orang mas-mas yang lihat kita dengan pandangan aneh. Eh, ternyata lantai 2 itu lokasinya The 3 House bistro and bar. Pantas aja tampak janggal. Masa iya 2 orang cewek berjilbab mau ngebir di bar -__-"

Akhirnya kita turun ke bawah, nah disitulah foodcourtnya berada. Tempat makannya bisa milih di teras luar atau taman, atau di dalam. Kita sih milih di dalam, ada AC jadinya lebih adem. Di tempat ini juga free wi-fi *yaaayy \(^_^)/*. Dan setelah tidak kenyang makan dimsum enak seharga 15 ribuan isi 3 potong, saya pun pulang :D




* biasanya tiap meeting Senin pagi si menejer suka nanya ke anak buahnya hari Sabtu-Minggu kemana. Jarang sih saya ditanya-tanya, tapi sekalinya nanya dia pasti kesusahan menyebut nama saya dengan benar. Eh, tapi pagi ini dia gak nanya ke anak-anak buahnya tuh

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

How To Relieve Menstrual Cramps


Women must be familiar with PMS(Premenstrual Syndrome). Wiki says that PMS is a collection of physical and emotional symptoms related to a women's menstrual cycle. Let's say simply (and harshly), it is women's jerk-time :D
Like it is not hard enough with the PMS, there is another problem to deal, menstrual cramps. Most women i know, experience some degree of menstrual cramps. The pain can be varies, from mild to severe. The cramps may felt in abdomen, in back, or even down the legs.

Here are some methods and foods to relieve the cramps:
1. Reduce caffeine, soda, fat, processed sugars, salt and alcohol. Wait, alcohol? Umm, indeed i don't consume it but so as readers know.
2. Vitamins that would help are vitamin B and E. *silakan nyemil beras dan taoge*
3. Increase potassium, magnesium and calcium. Do you think of eating metal bars or nails and so on? No you don't have to do that debus thing.
Easy choice for potassium: banana and orange *yaaayy, love these fruits*

For magnesium: lentils and nuts
For calcium: milk, cheese and yogurt.


4. Keep the body hydrating, could be by drinking plenty of water or consuming plenty of fresh fruits and veggies.
5. Do some mild exercises (walking, mild stretching, etc) will increase blood flow so it will help the cramps to go away.
6. Apply heat to your muscles when cramps occur. Try to put a hot water bottle on your abdomen or lower back.
7. Curling up or nestle on bed or couch like a baby would help *for me, mostly*


8. Consume herbs like the traditional jamu-kunyit-asem or else pain-killers drug.

Hope those tips above workin' for you women ;)


*dan tadi malem saya bela-belain beli pisang impor demi mengurangi derita kram perut inih, tapi sepertinya belum mateng bener, kurang manis rasanya :D*

Monday, October 18, 2010

Amo La Pasta

One of my post-Ied resolution is to cook Italian dish. I fancy Italian food, especially pasta. Since this is not food blog, i don't post the recipe. Just want to share a little bout those i've made.

There are many type of pasta.

Long Pasta

Short Pasta

Short Pasta

Minute Pasta (Pastina, used for soups)

Pasta all'uovo (egg pasta)

Fresh Pasta

Pasta for Pasta al forno (baked pasta) dishes

There are many sauce also to accompany pasta dishes. Such as bolognese sauce, pesto, carbonara, puttanesca, aglio olio, etc.
I've cooked two kind of sauce, which are bolognese and carbonara. While bolognese is tomato based sauce, carbonara is made of egg yolk and cream. Here are my two cooking.

Spaghetti Bolognese

Fettuccini Carbonara

Buon appetito! ^_^

Monday, October 4, 2010

Lebaran 2010

Things happen and people change. Some are predictable and the rest aren't. Happiness comes, and sadness as well. But whatever the color of the day, whether grey, black, blue or yellow...YOU are the one who can pick it for coloring your day :)
Like these photos below, i choose bright color for my days ^___^

Cookies in jar


Morning breeze



Sometimes happiness is just as simple as curving your own lips into a smile.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Cooking Time

Welcome Ramadhan *oh-so-late* :D
It's 9th days of Ramadhan, and Thank God i'm still fasting...full *grin*
One thing i'd like to write now. It is my cooking, yaaayy...umm not precisely my own cooking, but our cooking (me, Elly and Ester).


We've bought a magic jar (rice cooker+warmer all in one) before Ramadhan. And start to cook after then, but not often, just occasionally. So far i just cooked 3 times, wkwkwkw (instant food aren't counted).

1st cooking
Fried chicken(by Elly) and veggies soup(by me and Ester)


2nd cooking
no pic, but i cooked Chickpea with Baby Corn saute

3rd cooking
Shrimp Potatoes with Hot Sauce and Kangkung saute(by me and Ester)


All are simple. We are newbie, no? ehehehe
But i'm glad to do this, and learn to make better cooking :D


P.S: am wondering to make a good photographs of those cooking...

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Nasi Tumpeng


Suddenly, today i want to eat Nasi Tumpeng (Tumpeng Rice).

Tumpeng is a cone-shaped rice dish like mountain with its side dishes (vegetables and meat). Traditionally featured in the slamatan ceremony, the cone shape of rice is made by using cone-shaped weaved bamboo container. The rice itself could be plain steam rice, uduk rice (cooked with coconut milk), or yellow rice (uduk rice colored with kunyit (turmeric)). The cone shaped rice erected on tampah (rounded woven bamboo container) covered with banana leaf, and surrounded by assorted of Indonesian dishes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumpeng

The problem is, i dont know how to cook it and prepare it. Well yeah, anyway there is no special occasion to be celebrated (Nasi Tumpeng is used to celebrate special or important event). I just want it!!