Tokyo Belly: Happy Belly

Tokyo Belly has definitely become one of my favorite restaurants. The food they served definitely made my belly happy. I'll definitely come back to eat their sushis! It's located on the West side of Grand Indonesia Shopping Town. For those who remembers Mr. Curry, here's the replacement of it. Tokyo Belly is also managed by Ismaya, which also runs Mr. Curry, Blowfish, Social House, Pizza e Birra, Fook Yew, Kitchenette, and... What did I miss? Visit their website for more! 

Salmon Ikura Horenso Omurice (IDR 58k) Omurice is basically (omelette and rice) The sauce was yum! Salmon and egg cooked and seasoned perfectly. Under the egg is rice. 7/10

Tokyo Belly House Salad (IDR 48k) This was an okay dish, the fried prawns with a touch of mayonnaise tastes alright. The portion is just right for one person.  6/10

Cute cup, hot green tea.

Tokyo Belly Classic (IDR 53k) I don't wanna say that it's the best ramen I've ever eaten, but the broth was definitely on of the best. I wish the egg could be soft boiled egg instead of hardboiled. 7/10

Crispy Rice with Spicy Tuna (IDR 38k) I honestly never had anything like this before. The rice was dried and made into cubes. The sauce was something like yakiniku sauce.  8/10

Twisted Salmon (IDR 38k) This tasted okay, just like any other salmon. The plus side of this is probably the extra stuffs on the top. It was a mix of crunchy and soft, yum! 7/10

Chicken Katsu Curry Rice (IDR 54k) Curry has always been one of the greatest things in life for me. This definitely satisfied my belly. I'll come back for this! 9/10

Seared Salmon Tako Bites (IDR 38k) A great dish for Japanese fusion, creative and original! The thing on top is something like edamame, the next layer is seared salmon, the next one below is soft rice, and last but not least is some kind of Mexican taco. 5/10

Blossom Belly (IDR 55k) A mix of seafood in a sushi roll. Crab stick and salmon, a spoonful of teriyaki sauce. I personally loved it and it was recommended by the waiter. We decided to make a second order for this dish, yum! 9/10

Salad for Sides (part of curry dish) I personally wouldn't call this a salad, too much salad dressing. 4/10

Overall, it was okay and I will definitely come back.

Tokyo Belly
Grand Indonesia, West Mall Level 3A
Jl. M. H. Thamrin No. 1
Jakarta Pusat, 10310

Altitude: Enmaru - Japanese on 46th

I am so glad to home. Yes, Jakarta is my heaven. After 1.5 years of leaving my hometown, I'm finally back for Summer holiday. The day I arrived, we decided to have a family dinner since we haven't really had one in a while. They were talking about Altitude and said that it's a really nice restaurant, I was quite curious and so we all agreed.

There are a few restaurants managed by Altitude and they are both right across from each other, Salt Grill, Gaia, and Enmaru. From what I know, Salt Grill serves Australian cuisine, Gaia serves Western, and Enmaru serves Japanese. They're all located on the 46th floor of The Plaza.

source: Metaphor - Interior Architecture

source: Metaphor - Interior Architecture

Du Kuh Bee: Eat-out at Late Night

I haven't had the chance to eat proper restaurant's meals lately. Portland, Oregon is famous for their culinary (foodcarts) but, there aren't a lot of places or dine-in restaurants that opens late at night. Du Kuh Bee is one of my favorite places to eat when most restaurants are already closed. This place is in Beaverton, Oregon which is on Southwest Portland.

They open until 12am on Monday to Thursday and closes at 1am on Friday and Saturday. Their special dish is 'Pork Noodle' the noodle is freshly handmade. You can choose the level of spiciness, usually I go with the medium spicy, trust me it's not even that hot.

Du Kuh Bee is rather small, sometimes you have to wait for a while because it can get quite packed at times. The restaurant itself can hold around 30-40 people.

Appetizers from the kitchen!

Chinese Herbal Pork Hock, this was probably the most disgusting edible dish I've ever eaten. I'm not a pork fan and so this was not my favorite. It was chewy, quite similar to jellyfish and very oily. At first I thought it was pig's ears, but it doesn't look like it, turns out it's their feet. (3/10)

Close up pic of the Pork Hock

Shrimp Fried Rice, THIS WAS MINE! :') I'm not sure why, but to me this tastes perfect. Though it looks simple and plain, but it somehow tastes really good. It contains prawn, green peas, scrambled egg, and thin cuts of leeks. The prawn tasted fresh and the whole meal was evenly seasoned. Yum! If you don't eat seafood, they also offer 'Kimchee Fried Rice', 'Egg Fried Rice', or 'Chicken Fried Rice' (8/10)

Close up pic of the Shrimp Fried Rice

Du Kuh Bee's Special Pork Noodle (Medium Spicy) People usually come here to eat this. I remember ordering this dish with zero spicy and it tasted bland. The spicy seasoning is what makes this dish tastes really good. It contains cabbage, FRESH HANDMADE noodles, blocks of pork meat, and thin cuts of leeks. If you don't like pork, they also have 'Vegetarian Noodle', 'Chicken Noodle', 'Shrimp Noodle', or 'Squid Noodle'. (8/10)

The price person is around $15-$20/person for all these dishes. Here's a review from Oregonlive that I found online.

Du Kuh Bee
12590 SW 1st St
Beaverton, OR 97005
(503) 643-5388

Hours:
Monday to Thursday
16:00 - 00:00

Friday and Saturday
16:00 - 1:00

British Columbia!

I finally have the time to update my blog, again. A few days after my trip to Las Vegas, we went to Vancouver and ate at this place called 'Sun Sui Wah' or the right place to eat King Crabs. It was definitely worth it!

Alaskan King Crab. Before they cook it, they bring out the crab for us to take pictures and or to show us how big the crab we ordered. Fresh from the water!

We tried their special dish, pigeons. It was amazing, tastes like chicken, but softer. The skin was a bit crispy and oily, it was the best part of all to me.

Here is the crab on the previous picture. Cooked, seasoned, and delicious. So, we got to pick different styles of how we want the crab to be cooked. For the legs or 'chelipeds'(?) we wanted it to be steamed in garlic.

For the body, we wanted it to be cooked in "Salted Egg Yolk", but this is what they gave us... Salt and Pepper. It was disappointing, but we managed to complain and they cooked it again for us!

They finally gave us the dish we wanted, good service! This is what we wanted, Salted Egg Yolk. It was amazing!

This is the crab shell, we wanted it to be cooked as Portuguese Fried Rice. The sauce was something similar to curry, but it was not spicy. Inside the shell is rice mixed with a bit of prawn and bits of crab meats.

Portuguese Fried Rice!

Freebies from Sun Sui Wah, warm red bean was a perfect dessert!

After we ate, we decided to walk around Vancouver's downtown and see what is there to see. I found this chocolate place called "Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory". All the things inside looks so cute and appetizing, makes me want to eat everything.

This was in Rocky Ice Cream! Cute designs for chocolate dipped apples, so not sugar-free.

I can't stop staring at the Angry Birds characters, too cute!

More chocolate dipped apples :')

Chocolates, sugars, and more sweets.

Enough for day 1 in Vancouver. The next day, we went to a Greek Restaurant called "Stepho's Souvlaki Greek Taverna" to eat their lamb chops. I don't love it too much, but it was okay. The place was really crowded, but luckily the place was huge. I love how the decoration makes me feel like I'm eating at a Greek house.

All the food they serve!

Just like every Italian restaurants, they serve you bread for appetizer before your entrée. This is Pita Bread.

Their special lamb chops and this is what we came here for.

Medium-well lamb chops with roast potatoes, bege briami (greek salad) and rice pilaf. The briami was really good, you can order separately.

After a yummy Greek lunch, we decided to go to Whistler, BC. Just when we were walking around their street of shops, we found this long queue for ice cream. It's weird how it was cold, but people were buying ice cream. We decided to try "Cows" Ice cream.

Different choices just for their cones!

These are the flavors they offer for the day I came. I think it changes everyday. 

They have waffles too!

We decided to try the Messie Bessie

YUMMMMM! :') It has some brownie bits in it.

That was the end for our Vancouver trip. Just yesterday, we went to Canada again just to eat lunch at 'Sun Sui Wah' and we ordered the exact same dishes for all. I would want to go there for the third time. I found reviews and critiques from newspapers all around the world.  This time, we tried the Russian King Crab, it was definitely better than Alaskan. It was sweet and juicy.

In the afternoon, they also offer Dim Sum. This is Shumai, dumpling filled with prawn. 

This turns out to be their signature dish, "Roasted Squab"

Crab legs steamed with garlic.

Crabs cooked with Salted Egg Yolk

Portuguese Fried Rice!

These are their aquariums for all of the sea creatures you are going to eat.

Mango pudding from the Captain. Yum!

Sun Sui Wah Seafood Restaurant (Where I went to)
3888 Main St
Vancouver, BC V5V 3N9
(604) 872-8822
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Sun Sui Wah Seafood Restaurant
102-4940 No 3 Rd
Richmond, BC V6X 3A5
(604) 273-8208

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory
1017 Robson St
Vancouver, BC V6E 1A9
(604) 688-4100
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Stepho's Souvlaki Greek Taverna

1124 Davie St
Vancouver, BC V6E 1N1
(604) 683-2555

Cow's Whistler
4295 Blackcomb Way RR 4
Whistler, BC V0N 1B4
(604) 938-9822
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