For the Love Of Coffee

Almost everyday we can find a new coffee space to hang out or take away.  I always fell for a minimalist place and good coffee of course.

If it’s too crowded, i might just take away the coffee and have it outside.

Proudly saying that the local coffee shop in Indonesia is way better than the famous “green icon” brand.

I’ve been a coffee drinker since I can’t remember to be honest. Starting with creamy sugary milky coffee in my youth and now consciously turn my head to bitter or black coffee.

I need the caffeine kick not the sugar, though I have a weakness for Ice Latte 😁

This one is still number 1 for me 😁

And happy to find some other follower that taste good as well.

Made in Bandung yay!

Or this one nearby our apartment.

All those Ice Latte are sharing the same taste. Bold coffee with touch of cream and not too milky.

Simply delicious!

Coffee is giving the kick from its caffeine but be very careful, it can caused addiction.

Light roasted coffee is having higher caffeine comparing to dark roasted and light roasted tend to feel more acid comparing to the darker one that develop oil while being roasted.

However, the origin, environment, age and processing may affect the taste and quaility of each coffee.

Current trend is some coffee shop using blonde coffee. It’s a light roast coffee and of course with higher acidity. For you who love a hint of lemon sour in coffee, this is the coffee for you.

Please be aware of it especially if you have gastric problem.
By having sufficient rest and healthy food (maybe combine with some regular exercise), you might not need coffee as a booster.

If you are wondering why am I Being so serious about coffee, because I take coffee and food seriously. I need to enjoy the coffee 😁

Oh well, once in every blue moon, I can write something so serious LOL.

Now please excuse me who’s enjoying my afternoon coffee.

Till next time.
xoxo

-A-

Red, pink, fuchsia

Another smoothies and snacks posting 🙂

Go Green

Wow, a month and i have not posting anything?shame on me.
Excuse me for not being polite and not keep my blog updated.
As a fresh start, i would like to share that lately i tried to live healthier, more raw veggies, fruits and i am no longer eat red meat.

My current 2 fav items are green smoothies and green snack.

My version of green smoothies ( pineapples, pak choy, a little coconut milk with topping gojiberry and chia seed)

Matcha Lemon Truffles recipe from talesofakitchen.com
Super Yummy.

Another one, original Avocado smoothies

My (wannabe) healthy breakfast

Good morning, selamat pagi, bonjour.

It’s friday and weekend is almost here.. Yippie.
To celebrate that, i spend my morning enjoying mix banana berries juice with one gluten free cupcake.

Well, what i would like to share is this cupcake is super good. No mixer needed and super easy to made.

Inspired by taste.com.au dark chocolate cupcakes.
I substitute the flour with gf and coconut flour instead of almond.
It is super good and we really love it.

Lazy Cooking Mama

Hello again, lazy mama is here.
I did not cook much lately but during long weekend (finally), i make myself productive.

First i am making a gluten free donut. Lazy mama did not feel to fried so using oven and bake it.
All ingredients are the same.
It is good and healthy alternative.

Second one i am making martabak manis. In Indonesia we call it terang bulan (reminds us of full moon).

It is similar with pancake with thicker texture.
In Jakarta, there is one place that made this martabak using nutella and they said super delis. Well, i only have leftover hershey and yes i am using it for filling 🙂 YUMM.

The last one, i am making gluten free cake using muffin pan/mould.
Just a basic cake with chocolate flavor.

Chocolate Therapy and easy breakfast

Yeayy long weekend is here. Monday is a public holiday and i am so ready to enjoy my long holiday.

We do not have any plan yet for today but i want to share some highlight of our yummy snacks and food.

Started with a slice tiramisu for yesterday breakfast and a closure of ice cream in a jar that i made.

This morning we decided to have slightly healthy breakfast.
Sautée mushroom, red cabbage, scramble eggs, sausage and some leftover Cesar salad as side dish.

Yummy yummy in my tummy.

Have a great weekend everyone 🙂

Cupcake Store

Today is my sister birthday and we decided to treat her.
Start with morning coffee and take her to buy her favorite cupcakes.

It is not easy to find a delicious cupcake store here but this one is one of the best, not too sweet and they have wide range of flavor as well.

I love the red velvet, the cream cheese is just right. Yummy.

À la boulangerie

I really love this place, they are offering wide selection from bread, pastry, cake, macaron up to chocolate.

I have tried almost everything and love them all.
Well to be honest the cake might be too sweet for me.

I don’t know if this Levain has any relation with the one in NYC.
But for a local version i think they are a truly recommended place to visit.

My favorite is hot strawberry chocolate and i love the apple strudel.

Sunday before Monday

I always love Sunday. You can do whatever you want and enjoy it to the max.
I started my Sunday with waking up super late (thx hubby for keeping little boy company and feed him with breakfast – read : cereal and rice milk).

Not like any other Sunday, we are having our lunch at mall (we usually go out for brunch and have a late lunch preferably outside the crowded mall).

My son love train and we treat him a new speed train from toys r us.
We also visit the petshop and now we are considering to buy small aquarium for him (hmm still consider 🙂 )

My hubby gave me few hours off from house routine every weekend. So today in the afternoon i went outside and enjoy that privilege with my sister.

Starting with buy myself a casual maxi dress (love everything about it, the cutting, the fabric and the pattern), continue with having good afternoon snack and spend hours walking around at s.wang.

It’s a fun Sunday.

Happy Saturday Lunch

We are having padang food for lunch, yeayy.
So lucky to have this place nearby. They have the best rendang and ayam bakar.

Rendang is traditional padang food cooked with special method using coconut and chili.

Forget about diet or clean eating when you are here – I AM 🙂

I rarely drink packaging tea but this one is must (super good but not healthy of taken too often hehehe)

Happy tummy to start happy weekend.