Do you believe in chances? This morning, I was looking for a place for breakfast while waiting for a doctor appointment. Chance brought me to my new favorite corner in Gandaria, Jakarta Selatan: Cartea Book & Bistro. “Cartea” means book in an old Romance language. True to its name, Cartea…
Banten and West Java
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Slow Sunday Morning at Sovu Coffee Gading Serpong
The Sunday morning mass has just wrapped up. While spiritually charged, I mentally still need something to reset before Monday madness. I always have this imagination to relax: reading a book with a cup of coffee and music in the background. So, after I plugged in my car, I looked…
Banten and West Java
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Bakmi Qiu Qiu BSD: Do These Popular PIK Noodles Deliver?
Our latest Bakmi saga in BSD brought us to Bakmi Qiu Qiu. It originates from Pantai Indah Kapuk. The BSD branch is conveniently located at Ruko Greenwich near my running route at the Mozia loop. Bakmi Qiu Qiu BSD was fully packed on a Saturday morning. We were lucky to…
Banten and West Java
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Our Experience at Bakmi Oukie Sudirman Gading Serpong
The name Bakmi Oukie sounds familiar. It is a famous noodle house from Pontianak, Kalimantan, with several branches across Jakarta. When a new Bakmi Oukie Sudirman recently opened, a natural question arose. Are they even related at all? That morning, we decided to give Bakmi Oukie Sudirman a try. Its…
Jakarta
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Experiencing Brunch at Amalgam Coffee
It was the weekend right before Indonesia’s Independence Day celebration. Road closures around the National Monument (Monas) area made traffic much worse than the usual weekend. Thankfully, Jalan Kebon Sirih was still reasonably accessible for us to reach an unmarked building. Right on the lobby of the GMP building is…