Bogor Weekend

 A weekend in Bogor, an hour away from Jakarta.

Weather up here is cooling, reminded me of Cameron Highlands. 

 Simple lunch for the three of us

 The house keeper brought us a mountain of corns! :)

 Someone knocked on the door offering pony ride.

 BIL and GF went for the pony ride while hubby and me took  FIL's precious out for a ride. It's so funny to imagine old people riding scooter up the mountain, i meant my MIL and FIL, 几 lomantic 一下. 

 Tea plantation

 Found a resort on the mountain, The Pinewood.

 The organic stretch of The Pinewood, they grow and deliver organic greens to Jakarta. 

 Organic market, this is a gem. If you ever tried vegetable steamboat on Cameron Highland you will know how sweet and crisp mountain vegetation are. So fresh, so sweet, so affordable. 

 Cutest pumpkin i ever seen

So much of organic veges plus a small pumpkin for less than 10 SGD.  

 Vege with korean dipping sauce Ssamjang 쌈장

Started drizzling, couldn't use the outdoor BBQ pit, lucky there is a portable one.  

MIL's marinated beef prime riibs (bulgogi) is so succulent, all of us just gathered around the BBQ stand waiting for them to be cooked. 

 BBQ pumpkin

 BBQ corn here is so sweet, we didn't even add butter or salt.

 BBQ sweet potato

 MIL's two new baby German Shepherd, she got them a few months ago after this house got broken into.

They are babies but they are not cute and very aggressive. The husband got multiple scratches and holes on his new tee shirt. I am hiding behind the doors peeking through the window watching them play. 

Bye babies, see you again soon.

Jakarta Weekend

A short weekend trip back to MIL's place

 The very much raved about Chanel compact power $70 and eye linear $30 at DFS. 

Recommend the conpact, the eye linear is not smudge proof.

 Our first time taking off in budget terminal. We usually took airasia which is in T1.

Chong Yee wearing the new clothes i bought her

 MIL home cook food

Very delicious spicy fish stew

MIL's new place she is very proud and excited about. 

We see the husband's head is a genetic pass down.

 Went down to the mall below the apartment for lunch. 

 Shabu Tei, serve really good shabu shabu. Soup base is exceptional savoring.

 

Abundance of greens for steamboat

 Since the price is more reasonable here we ordered Wagyu beef shabu. I can feel the oiliness of the meat, the melting fats when i touch it raw. Good quality of marbling, cho oishii.

 This is the killer, garlic, radish, spring onion to be added to the shabu sauce.

Tempura and hot soba soup with chawanmushi and salad.

Paid about roughly 40SGD for the meal.

 Cooking mama

What is Hello Kitty doing here?! 

 Home decor departmental store

Cute coin banks 

Contemplating to purchase a new set of plates for membina. 

 Met up with Jakarta great sales, all price are slashed. 

 Bought this complete set even include cups at roughly 50SGD

 Evening few from MIL's room

 We talked the in law to try OMO chicken

 Korean fired chicken.

 Rice ball with fried ikan bilis and seaweed. Yummy, i wana try this at home someday.

Sweet and spicy chicken, the husband's favorite. 

 Rice roll with beef inside. 

Night dipping (without the skinny), MIL went down with us with another Korean ajuma neighbor to chit chat beside the pool.

 The husband drinking Yakult in the hot Jacuzzi pool

 Comfortable to soak in the hot tub with the cold air breezing.

How not to love this new apartment, i hope to get one soon too (and also to keep membina).

 Check this, MIL's toilet has a huge window.

 MIL bought a whole tree as her dinning table, seriously one piece, one whole tree -.-"

She is telling us thing tree required 10 man to carry up into the apartment.

Our folks has their very unique sense of taste, she mixed everything she likes without a theme. Her new place is quite big as she bought 2 unit and rebuild everything. 

Full leather sofa set, envy lor. *rumble* 

Sunday was church day for my in law, no homecook lunch so we went down to hunt for meat!

 Butcher look promising to provide us some meat.

 

 With my messy hair back then 

Potato wedges with nachos topping (beef chilis, avocado and sour cream), once start cant stop.

 We ordered a steak and their signature foie gras burger to share. 

Nothing to fuss about the meat, fresh chilled no frozen meat imported from US, juice tender and melts in your mouth. Chimichurri sauce is a little oily with mild herbs, not too strong to enhance the natural flavor of the meat. 

Waste my money foie gras burger. Burger steak is too dry, i barely taste the foie gras or maybe i should say foie gras and minced meat doesnt match. Maybe a chunk of foie gras on a piece of steak will better bring out the best of both world. Meal cost us also roughly 40SGD.

 Assam sweet, only in Indonesia.

Roppan for dessert

 Sweets on pan (bread)

 Savory on pan (bread)

 

 Macha Azuki 

 MIL is having beef bone soup porridge for lunch back at home

 MIL quick fix chicken stew dinner before we leave :)

 A last picture of the tree in MIL's place. I know she loves woody stuff but i cannot imagine she can managed to get herself one whole tree into her apartment. Complete kudos to her.