[Kuningan City] Humming Bird Eatery

Last week my elder brother took me to Hummingbird Eatery. This eatery is located in the mid-bustle-town of Jakarta, Kuningan City. Hummingbird has a unique interiors concept, the birdcage-themed, with the dominance of wood color. The name of Hummingbird fit perfectly with its interiors. As I walked into the dining, I could see a number of giant bird cages, bird painting on the walls, and trees at the corner. This interiors create an atmosphere that you were eating at your home garden. 

Let's talk about food. Hummingbird eatery does not only think about a good concept of its interiors, but also its food. Hummingbird serves a wide range of menu, that is, sandwiches, soup salad, Asian and Western course, pasta, sweet and savory crepes, waffles, pancakes, and of course a selection of drinks.

We went there around 3 pm, which was perfect for afternoon tea/coffee time. So I ordered Allen's Sweet Crepes (IDR 39.5k) and Minty Mint tea (IDR 23k). While my brother, who apparently hungry all the time, went with Western main course -Rosemary Infused Roasted Chicken (IDR 69.5k), and Lychee Cucumber (IDR 40k).

Hummingbird Eatery

Hummingbird cages

Hummingbird cage seating

Some decoration to celebrate Halloween

Canned fruit decoration

Rosemary Infused Roasted Chicken is roasted chicken with fried potato, green salad and mushroom sauce. The infused word here means, seasoning is injected to raw meat. The purpose of this is to get flavor deep into the meat when its cooked. If you look at the picture, it looks a bit messy. No worries, it tastes good. Allen's Sweet Crepes is crepes with cream cheese, raisins, raspberry syrup, and vanilla ice cream. The crepes are soft yet crunchy. Crepes would be best choice at this time. Minty Mint is mint flavored tea from TEAriffic menu. Well, I personally like original tea more than flavor tea. I just wanted to try something else every time I visited a restaurant. And, Lychee Cucumber from Nojito and Granita menu, is actually a non-alcoholic version of Mojito Granita. So this is basically fruit drinks.

Rosemary Infused Roasted Chicken

Allen's Sweet Crepes

Left: Minty Mint,  Right: Lychee Cucumber

Hummingbird bar seating

HUMMINGBIRD EATERY

Kuningan City UG Floor No.55

Jl. Prof Dr. Satrio kav.18

Jakarta Selatan

Phone: +6221 30056370

Open hours: Monday – Sunday 8 AM to 10 PM

www.hummingbird-eatery.com

Payment: 10% service charge || cash & all cards accepted

Kid friendliness:  Kids will love its decoration, kid friendly dishes

Food: êêêê¶

Ambience: êêêêê

Visit reviewed: 11/02/2014

Map: 

[Ciputra Mall] Nanny's Pavillon Laundry Room

Nanny's Pavillon creates a different interior concept of each branch. Its branch in Ciputra Mall has a laundry room theme. There are indoor and outdoor seating. The indoor decoration is very sweet and has a vintage nuance. In accordance with the theme, one wall is decorated by the hanged baby girl's clothing. On the other wall, you can see a vintage clock, a pile of clothes in the basket, and a series of hanger. These are the tone that portray the warmth atmosphere of a home. 

Nanny's Pavillon Laundry Room exterior

Outdoor seating

"You're Here, You're Family"

Nanny's Pavillon Laundry Room interior

Nanny's Pavillon Laundry Room interior

I was not sure what to order back then. So the nanny recommend me Jack's Spanish Paella (IDR 68k) which is Nanny's Pavillon favorite menu. This baked yellow rice has a bit of everything such as prawn, chicken, and some of Spain's ingredients. This tasty paella is regarded as Spanish cuisine. The taste in my opinion is like our traditional yellow rice. The paella itself has wonderfully flavorsome, and the mushroom sauce give extra rich flavor to it.

Jack's Spanish Paella IDR 68k

When I came yesterday, it was Halloween. I didn't notice that until the nanny show me another menu -Spookytacular menu, special for Halloween. Nanny's Pavillon offer two kind of Halloween special pancakes: scary face pancake (IDR 42k), choco spider waffle (IDR 39k), and two special drinks: wicked twist (IDR 29k), vampire sangria (IDR 29k). However, this special menu only offered by Nanny's Pavillon on Sept 26 - Oct 31 2014. 

Aren't you curious of scary face pancake. Because I am. So I ordered one. It's actually two pancakes being stacked together, and filled with banana, chocolate jam, and almond. It is then covered with vanilla cream. As a final touch, it's sprinkled with smoothed-oreo around the cake. This becomes special because the pancakes are decorated to resemble a scary cartoon character of the night before christmas. I didn't order choco spider waffle because I was too full. The pancake is way too big for dessert. Anyway, I still enjoyed taking some pictures of scary face pancake.

There are two special drinks as I've mentioned earlier, wicked twist and vampire sangria. Wicked twist is made of lemon. While vampire sangria is a mocktail made of black tea, and combined with mixed-berry (strawberry and raspberry). This is a perfect drink after meals. Fresh!

Vampire Sangria IDR 29k

Scary face pancake IDR 29k

NANNY'S PAVILLON LAUNDRY ROOM

Ciputra Mall - Cibubur
Jl. Raya Arteri Cibubur (km. 4 dari Pintu Tol Cibubur)
Ground Floor
Phone: +6221 2906 7028 / +6221 2906 7038
www.nannyspavillon.com

Kid friendliness: kids will love its decoration

Food: êê궶

Ambience: êêêêê

Visit reviewed: 10/31/2014

Map:

IKKI Japanese Restaurant in Taoyuan

IKKI is a Japanese restaurant belonging to the WowPrime Group in Taiwan. There are about a dozen of IKKI restaurants spread throughout Taiwan counties. This review is a visit to the one near Zhongli station in Taoyuan County. It was a farewell party with some librarian colleagues. The best thing about eating with a large group is that you can share to sample different menu. IKKI offers you a full course meal starting from appetizer to side dishes to rice to main courses to dessert and beverage. And it's only at NT$698 or about IDR 210.000 per person. That’s actually an acceptable price considering the number of courses and service you get. For each course you'll get to chose one out of three or more items.

IKKI JAPANESE RESTAURANT

2F., No.118, Zhongshan Rd., 

Zhongli City, Taoyuan County

Website: www.ikki.com.tw

Payment: 10% service charge

Visit reviewed: 01/2014

Miso Soup

The first course is appetizer. We managed to order different menu out of three options. I went with fresh seasonal salad, while other friend chose fresh mushroom salad. Both taste really good. Fresh seasonal salad is tomato stuffed with potato and topped with thin slices of smoked salmon. It is served in a beautiful glass dish filled with garlic mud sauce. It’s a perfect way to whet the appetite.

Fresh Seasonal Salad

Fresh Mushroom Salad

The second course is side dishes. It's a deep-fried fish fillet with tartar sauce (a mayonnaise-based sauce) on top of grapefruit. It was excellent combination. It's my favorite dish at IKKI. 

Deep-Fried Fish Fillet with Grapefruit

There's still a couple of courses before the main. A bowl of rice with crumbed salmon & salmon roe and a glass of lemon sorbet. Next up, steamed-prawn with garlic sauce as seasonal boiled dish.

Salmon & Salmon Roe Over Rice & Lemon Sorbet

Steamed-Prawn with Garlic sauce

At long last, we finally reached the main course. There are 10 options. I went with salt-grilled seasonal fish. I was too full by then, so I asked the waiters to wrap it up and I took it home. When I got home at night, I could only think to eat my wrapped-grilled-fish from IKKI. I was surprised, they even manage to give me additional salmon rice without extra charge. I literally had my lunch and dinner by IKKI.

Salt-Grilled Seasonal Fish

Lastly, desserts and beverage. We got a caramel mousse cake and a pineapple panna cotta. Both were good. But I would suggest to go with pineapple panna cotta, since you've ate pretty much a series of courses. 

Fleur de sel Caramel Mousse

Pineapple Panna Cotta

Osmanthus Green Tea with Cream

In my opinion, the flavors of IKKI food are generally tasty. The service and quality are both excellent. You are not going to regret to pay for the price.

12 Scarf Organizer Ideas

Are you a great lover of scarves? Do you have problem finding your scarves-to-go in the closet? Because I do. So check this out. Here are 12 solutions to neatly organize your scarves:)

Leave me a comment if you have any other fun ideas!

1. Shower Curtain Rings – Cornflower Blue Studio

     

     
   
     Fab Fatale

    

     The Crafty Scientist
  
    

    Real Simple

   

2. Multi-ringed hangers from IKEA - A Pretty Obsession

3. Upcycled Cans -  By Stephanielynn

     

4. Giant Peg Board with Cute Knobs - Hello Natural

      

5. Tights Tidy Hanger - The Guardian

      

6. Shoes Organizer that turned into Scarves Organizer - I Heart Organizing

      

7. Letter Holders - Design Mom

     


8. Cardboard Rolls - Moms Have Questions Too

     

9. Wall Hooks - DIY enthusiasts

    

10. DIY Fabric Scarf Holder - Burda Style

     

11. Intriguing Rope - Tiger Ligan

       

12. Foldable Boxes - Sabbyprue