Bromo Beauty

This was an unforgettable trip.

The beauty of Mount Bromo, the villa where we stayed, catching sunrise, pasir berbisik and teletubbies hills. 

Java Banana Villas

Sunrise

the beauty of mountain

Watching Teletubbies Hills

A view from my room

View from my Jeep

When Sands and Hills collide make a perfect picture

Lets pick your ride

The Hills

Horse to ride to the top

Suddenly Miss Jogjakarta (part 3)

I saw pictures of some of my friends went to Jogjakarta this weekend.

Those pictures made me miss Jogjakarta.

I miss the "angkringan" or street food which I can find in every corner of this city.

One of this angkringan sells Kopi Joss.

I never heard about Kopi Joss  until I went to Jogjakarta last year. 

It's a hot black coffee served with hot charcoal in it. And it doesn't taste weird  at all. 

It's like coffee. They believe that charcoal can lower the caffeine in coffee. 

And it's just became a unique experience and I drank the coffee twice during my stay. 

This coffee usually at the stall nearby the train station.

They also sell food and noodle and small portion of white rice called nasi kucing with side dishes different kind of satay, such as: chicken liver, chicken intestine and other chicken organs 

and it taste unbelievably delicious.

Another meal for supper is Gudeg Mercon. The famous gudeg mercon is Gudeg Mercon Bu Tinah at Jalan Asem Gede Kranggan. The location is really close to Gudeg Bu Djuminten store.

First time we're looking for this place we thought the place had closed because it's too late.

But when we came back later, it's  already open. 

The gudeg is different cause it's more spicy then other gudeg that's why they called it gudeg mercon.

And it's so delicious because I'm a spicy food lover.

Another stop at night is Bakmi Harjo Geno just in front of Pasar Prawirotaman.

The place was very small,  so usually it has to be a long que to be served.

However lucky us, since we had this place for ourself.

I tried the nyemek style, it's the cooking method like stir and fry, so the noodle is not too dry.

Or you can try the magelangan, that's the combination between fried noodle and fried rice.

Hmmm.....writing this post certainly make me hungry.

I think I'm gonna cook some instant noodle for my dinner.

Kopi Joss

Kopi Joss Stall

Any kind of satay

Gudeg Mercon "Ngatinah"

Magelangan Style @ Bakmi Harjo Geno

My First Cooking Class

Hello, May.

Long time not writing in this blog.

If you asked me why? Mostly because I was focusing on finishing my book.

So I spent my weekend only working on it.

This Tuesday, I joined a training from office.

since the very first time I got notification about this training, I'm very excited.

Lucky me that my boss let me joined.

It's called "Coffee Culture" and my favourite person will be there too as a coach.

Rene Suhardono as a founder of Impact Factory. He's really cool.

The training took place at Almond Zucchini, cute, hah?

It's like home, with a big kitchen (I really had weird feeling about this kitchen.

The atmosphere was very easy. We just sat on the rug with pillows all over the floor.

And there's a big coffee machine that was operated by one guy, i knew later that his name was Hendry and he's a coffee consultant.

So the training was delivered by fun and famous coaches from Impact Factory.

I learned about the circle of creativity, mindfullness, work with passion, how we can create our own story by doing something meaningful in life and coffee culture.

The coffee culture session that made this training was extraordinary.

Because we learned a lot about coffee. 

I love coffee and I almost drink coffee everyday. 

Since Starbucks also my favourite escape from my works.

I learned something new, that good coffee surely has to be acid, that in Bali the coffee is planted yamong the citrus plants so the taste is more acid. That Indonesia is one of the best coffee producer.

There is one Indonesia's varian coffee that's being exported to other countries and not being consumed by Indonesian people.

I learned why we supposed not to drink coffee sachet since we didn't know exactly whether it's pure coffee or mixed with corn. And we supposed not add sugar in coffee because coffee will give the sweet taste itself. And that makes me want to learn more about coffee.

Another experience was that we had to cook our lunch. We divided into three groups and we had to 

cook Bali Food: Ayam Pelalah, Sate Lilit, Urap sayur and sambal matah in only one hour. 

I never thought that I can cook in that limited time. But it was fun, and how we handle the situation is almost similar with how we handle our work at the office.

So, I'm thinking about writing my story. And it should have a happy ending.

Happy Chefs

Ready to Rumble

Let's the competition begins

cook and cook

It's all good

Yummy Dishes