Monthly Archives: June 2010

Brutal Dinner at Seasons Cafe

Begini kronologis ceritanya, siang itu saya lagi ga ada kerjaan. Trus iseng2 deh buka twitter. Eh Detikfood lagi ada kuis yang meminta kita2, para followernya untuk mention tempat2 yang asyik buat dinner.. Hohoho, yang namanya doyan makan, langsung lah saya menyebutkan beberapa tempat yg makanannya maknyus dan juga sesuai dengan kantong, dan menyebutkan beberapa kelebihannya.. Salah 1 tweet dari saya juga menyebutkan tentang review resto Lembur Kuring di blog pribadi saya. Eh ternyata secara tidak disangka-sangka, saya berhasil memenangkan voucher dinner buffet untuk 2 orang di Seasons Cafe, 4 Seasons Hotel. Hwaaaaa, bener2 rejeki yang tidak diduga-duga. Mungkin rejeki jadi capeng kali yeee.. :D

Lucky Me!

Lucky Us! :D

Setelah mengambil test food box dari Chocolique, dan berbekal sebuah dinner buffet voucher dari Seasons Cafe, kami dengan PD melangkahkan kaki ke 4 Seasons Hotel dengan muka barbar, wajah binal, dan perut lapar.. wakakaka.. Mungkin hari itu adalah hari sial para koki dan waiter dari Seasons Cafe, karena kedatangan orang2 seperti kami. :lol:

Setelah duduk manis, sang pramusaji pun memberikan daftar menu kepada kami. Aw aw aw, betapa shocknya kami begitu melihat harga2 yang tertera untuk minuman2nya.  1 gelas orange juice, dan juice2 yang lain dihargai sebesar 52rb rupiah (excl. tax), air mineral berlabel Evian dihargai sebesar 48-52rb rupiah (excl. tax). Kenapa kami melihat2 daftar minuman? Karena voucher tersebut tidak termasuk minuman sodara2.. wakakakakak..

Masku yg amat bermuka badak itu berbisik kepadaku, “biasanya kalau air putih itu disediakan, dan gratis.. Bentar yah, mas keliling dulu, mau liat ada ato ga..” Wakakakak, saya jawab “ok..”  Dan saya pun berpura-pura melihat-lihat menu, tak lama mas pun kembali, dia kembali berbisik “ga ada sayang..” tetooooottt.. kampret wasaipret.. mas pun bilang, “yowes lah, pesen 1 aja minumannya..” benar2 ga mau rugi donk kitah.. masa kudu keluar 100rb hanya untuk membeli 2 “juice”.. So ya udah, jadi kita hanya memesan 1 minuman saja. Tak lama sang pramusaji pun membawakan juice kami. wakakaka, alangkah minimnya  gelas yg dipakai, benar2 kejaaaaaaam.. yasuw lah, toh tujuan kita kesana adalah membantai makanannya, bukan untuk minum2.. *ngeles*  :lol:

This is our EXPENSIVE Orange Juice!

Dan pembantaian pun dimulai.. hohohoho

Seasons Cafe: Main Entrance

The Seasons Cafe

Part 1: Aneka Daging Bakar - European Dining

Having my 1st Part

Part 2 nya si Mas: Pempek Palembang

Part 2 saya: Sushi and Sashimi!! xoxo

heaven oh heaven.. wanna die with Sashimi.. :P

3rd Part of si Mas: Fried Banana with Chocolate and Maple Syrup

Yum Yum.. His 3rd Part: Fried Banana with Maple and Choco Syrup

Menata Perut :lol:

Today's Special: Mie Aceh (my 3rd Part)

My 3rd Part: Spicy Mie Aceh

His 4th Part: Sop Buntut

Unknown: Cemilannya Mas :D

Our favorite's: Red Snapper with Orange Sauce! ♥

♥♥ Red Snapper with Orange Sauce

Mas lagi ngambil ice cream: ice cream coklatnya mantaaab

Di saat kami sedang memporak-porandakan cafe tersebut, datang lah sebuah keluarga beretnis chinese yang duduk tak jauh dari meja kami. Saya pun memperhatikan mereka dengan seksama, terlebih lagi di saat mereka disuguhkan air putih dari pitcher hotel. hmm.. Mencurigakan, tampaknya air putih itu gratis.. hmmm.. Tak lama saya bertekad menanyakan hal tersebut ke pramusaji terdekat.

“Mas, mau nanya donk, kalau air putih itu bayar lagi ga?”

si pramusaji dengan menahan senyum berkata, “oh tidak kok.. mau?”

saya pun kembali memastikan, “tapi ga bayar kan? mau donk”

dia kembali menjawab, “tidak.”

lalu si pramusaji bergegas ke counternya, lalu berjongkok, dan cekikikan dengan temannya sesama pramusaji. Wahahaahah, bodo ah, jarang2 kan mereka menerima tamu seperti kami. Lumayan jadi bisa menghibur orang. :D

Dan tahukah kalian bahwa si mas ku itu sempat ke WC dan ke mobil 1x untuk buang air kecil dan kemudian ke mobil untuk minum dari botol yang ada di mobil??????? :lol:   Cami saya pun langsung berkata kepada saya, “jiaaaaah, tahu gitu ngapain mas sampe bela2in minum ke mobil???? wong bisa dapet air gratis..” wakakakakakakak.. sabar ya masku.. :*

My Desert dan THE water!!!! yay.. hahaha

Aneka Cakes, Roti2an, dan Buah2an..

Oiya, jangan dikira masing2 part itu hanya kami ambil 1x yaa.. Contohnya makanan2 favorit kami seperti Sashimi, Red Snapper with Orange Sauce,  dan Ice Cream minimal kami ambil 2-3 kali lagi..wakakakakak..

Dan jangan ngeri ya dengan kami, karena toh kami tidak melahap SEMUA hidangan yang ada, banyak kok yg kami skip, contohnya aneka masakan tradisional yang udah “standar”, seperti Ayam Goreng Bumbu Rempah, Sambal Terasi,dkk, dll.. *beneran-ga-boong*

So, the point is that we were leaving with a very full stomach.. We can’t barely walk! LOL.. But It’s worth the price lah, kapan lagi kami bisa makan2 di hotel bintang 5 dengan gratisssss… hohoho..

PS: Totally we have to pay about Rp 63.000 for the JUICE!! Kamvretoooo… It’s not right actually,karena di hotel2 berbintang lainnya, air putih sudah tersedia di sekitar buffet. Jadi kan kita tidak perlu meminta2 lagi, atau malah merasa “terjebak” untuk membeli minuman2 overpriced tersebut.. zzzzz…

Anyway, we wanna say thanks to detikfood for giving us the opportunity to spend our saturday night at that lovely Cafe.. Vielen Dank! :D

Dilemma between Cheese and Chocolate

At first, I want to have chocolate fountain from Nikirani itself. But the price per portion at Nikirani is Rp 12.000. That’s  quite pricey for us.. So later I found out about Chocolique Chocolatier from weddingku forum. They could offer cheaper chocolate fountain package with larger amount of the Fruit Satay. U can visit their blog for details. And last saturday, the Chocolique team has invited us (my Fiance and I) to do a test food at Manggala Wanabakti (Nana – Ricky’s Wedding). They give us a cute box that contains the fruits such as strawberries and grapes, marshmallow, and also 2 types of melted chocolates (I supposed they are “milk” and “dark” chocolate). The Chocolates taste delicious, hahaha, off course, because I heart chocolate so much.. :D

The Cute Test Food Box

We arrived at 6.30 pm, because we didn’t want to interrupt the wedding itself. :lol: just simply received the box, and took some pictures from the wedding, and then we took off to 4 Seasons Hotel to enjoy our dinner at Seasons Cafe.. (I’ll tell about it later..  :D )

Chocolique 1

Chocolique 2

Chocolique 3

Chocolique 4

and these are some pictures of the wedding. Congrats for them!

PS:  I love the red ambience! :D

The Happy Couple

But recently, I just find a different type from food fountain.. it’s CHEESE Fountain. OMG, It’s so brilliant.. ;) The store called Gudang Keju. The packages are a little bit expensive compare to the chocolate fountain. Because they provide only 1 fountain for the same price range from Chocolique. And Chocolique could give us 2 medium fountains with 2 different chocolate variant. This is the time when the money talks. :lol:

Well, let’s just wait for my final decision.. ;)

Beskap Cami by Sanggar RifQ

Beberapa waktu lalu saya dan pihak keluarga memutuskan untuk menggunakan adat minang pada resepsi nanti. So, sekitar 1 minggu lalu, berangkat lah kami (mom and I) ke Sanggar RifQ, sesuai dengan instruksi dari mba Susan dari pihak Nikirani yang sudah mencarikan sanggar2 mana yg masih available untuk kami. Sayangnya sewaktu kami sampai  disana, ternyata kebanyakan baju2 pengantinnya adalah baju2 minang asli. Sedangkan saya menginginkan untuk memakai kebaya (minang modifikasi). Pelaminannya pun tidak ada yang bernuansa silver – merah. Warna merah seringnya dipasangkan dengan warna emas. hiks hiks.. Ada juga siy yang bernuansa silver, tapi silvernya dipadukan dengan warna ungu.. huhuhuhu, ga matching atuuuh.. :P Jadi, untuk alasan kepraktisan, kita memilih pelaminan yang tradisional banget, yang banyak warna merahnya.. ga apa deh walau ada warna emasnya, toh yang dominan adalah warna merah.. errrr, daripada milih yang silver-ungu..hehehe..

Setelah berdiskusi panjang lebar dengan mba Ida (owner Sanggar RifQ), dia pun menawarkan untuk membuat baju baru untuk cami, karena saya tidak menyewa baju dari sanggarnya, dan memutuskan untuk menjahit kebaya sendiri. So, budget sewa pakaian CPW dialihkan untuk membuat baju pengantin baru untuk CPP.. hehe, asik kaaan? Alhasil sabtu kemarin saya berhasil membujuk cami untuk mencoba baju2 pengantin disana untuk mendapatkan ukuran yang sesuai, dan juga memberikan contoh bahan yang saya pakai untuk kebaya saya, jadi nanti warnanya akan sama dengan kebaya saya.. Yippy, senangnya.. :D

Setelah didapat ukuran yang sesuai, mba Ida lalu menuliskan segala printilan dan detailnya.. Oiya, selop resepsi untuk kami juga akan dibikin baru.

Cami rencananya akan memakai baju pengantin warna merah dengan vest silver didalamnya, seperti model ini:

haha, Ashraf wanna be..

topinya yang datar aja ah..

mudah2an hasilnya bagooooosss… *crossfinger*

Parno.exe

June, 24th 2010

I’ve already put my mom’s textiles and mine at QZM.. When I was there, I saw couple of pretty Kebayas that will be pick up by the costumers. But still, I’m feeling a lil bit nervous about this. Because I never sew anything in this place before. What I’m most afraid of is that they couldn’t finish my Kebaya on-time.. :-| :-? :-|

Oooooh hopefully they could finish it on time.. They promised me to finish it on September, 25th. I hope they will keep their promise. And thank God that the place isn’t far from my campus, so that I could check the progress everytime I go to the campus.. *parno.exe*

and off course, I’ll be as fussy as possible with them.. :lol: :mrgreen:

and I hope it’s worth the price.. :!: :!: :!:

Tanah Abang: Textile Paradise

Holla! Today my mom and I went to Sunan Giri market a.k.a Pasar Sunan Giri.. hohoho.. Yep, I finally decided to sew my wedding reception’s Kebaya.. And we decided to have a Minang modification reception.. Ahay, why why why? because I wanna wear that silver Sunting! :lol: I love to see BCL wearing that thing on her head.. :D

I wanna wear it!!!

keyeeeeeeen.. I’m proud to be a minang woman.. hahaha..

So there were we.. after having a pleasant conversation with QZM crew (she told us the textiles that need to be bought), we’re going to Brother’s Land a.k.a Tanah Abang, looking for a glamorous-affordable textile for my kebaya.. At first I was insist on having a super red kebaya, with silver Obi and a red ribbon in the middle of the obi.. so the silver will gonna be an accent only.. But but but.. After searching for a while, suddenly I can’t take my eyes off on a sparkling black tulle with silver flowers accent in it.. wahahahahaha, what an inconsistent person!! Yep the accents and the embroidery will be all silver, and grey.. aaaaaahhhh, now where should I put the red color??? Off course I put it as a backdress (haduh, pokoke vuringnya daaagh).. :D :D :D But after buying that textile, I see some bright red textiles calling on my name.. SHoooottt!! and also a black tile with red flowers in it..aaaarrggh, thank you very much bro!! and yep, I bought “the” black tulle for my seserahan, thank God it’s quite affordable and fit in to my kebaya-seserahan budget.. and I also bought a gold satin for it.. yup yup yup, let’s mix it up!! :D

We also bought some textiles for my mommas, and for my sistas.. Moms will be wearing a dark purple tulle, with a lighter purple satin in it.. So elegant may I say.. ;) My sistas will be wearing a black tulle with red flowers and gold thread as accent, they will put a red satin behind it.. it’ll be S.E.X.Y… :lol:

Here they are:

Bride's *with flash*

Bride's *non-flash*

Plain red tulle for the hands and silver satin as an obi

for moms - Elegant Purple

for sistas - sexy kebaya :lol:

for Seserahan

too much red? so what? I love red! and a Minang reception should be RED! :lol: maksa…

uh oh.. these are the models of my dream kebaya :D :

I love this kebaya!! gotta follow that ribbon and the obi.. ♥♥

Yup.. BCL wanna be.. :lol:

I wanna have that puffy hands.. a 'lil european style won't hurt! :D

I love this sketch.. me likey the puffy hands!! *drooling

Cool Kebaya made by Harry Ibrahim

Do you get the sketch of my dream Kebaya already?? I hope you do.. and so does the dressmaker.. :D :D *harap2 cemas*

Seserahan oho Seserahan

♦Seserahan♦

lagi males pake bahasa Inggris..hehehe.. di postingan ini saya akan selalu mengupdate list seserahan saya. hmm, tampaknya sudah hampir beres, tinggal dikiiiiiit lagi.. Semangaaat!!! :mrgreen:

Perlengkapan Sholat
1. Mukena (from mom-in-law) -> 1
2. Sajadah (from mom-in-law) -> 1
3. Al-Qur’an -> 1
4. Buku Pernikahan Pengantin Al Qur’an -> 1
5. Tasbih -> 1

Underwear
6. CD + Bra (Vienna Fair, Sorella, Pierre Cardin) ->  3
7. Sexy Lingerie (Vienna Fair) -> 1
8. Piyama Lingerie + Robe ( unbranded) -> 1

Kebaya
9. Kebaya + Batik skirt Bahan tulle hitam – bunga merah & gold satin-> 1

Pakaian Pesta
10. Abaya Pesta (Brother’s land a.k.a Tanah Abang.. hihihi) -> 1
11. Tas Pesta (Chanel red @ Mix Match Online Shop) -> 1
12.  Sepatu Pesta (Laurensia – Matahari dept. store)  -> 1
13. Baju Kerja -> 1

Pakaian Casual
14. Dress Batik Casual (@ MboBatik Online Shop) -> 1
15. Tote Bag (Marc Jacobs @ Bublez Shop) -> 1
16. Sandal Casual (Edward Forrer @ Dina Lafie’s shop) -> 1

Cosmetics
17. NYX Make Up Palette (@ Rie Butik) -> 1
18. NYX Lipsticks (@ Rie Butik) -> 2
19. NYX Lipgloss  (@ Rie Butik) -> 1
20. NYX Mascara (@ Rie Butik) -> 1
21. NYX Eye Brow (@ Rie Butik) -> 1
22. NYX Eyeliner (@ Rie Butik) -> 1

Handuk
23. Handuk Besar Merah (Terry Palmer) -> 1
24. Handuk Kimono Merah -> 1

Perlengkapan Mandi
25. Bali Ratih Body Butter -> 1 Dewi Sri Spa Body Scrub Delima -> 1
26. Bali Ratih Shower Gel -> 1 Dewi Sri Spa Body Wash Delima -> 1
27. Bali Ratih Body Lotion -> 1 Dewi Sri Spa Body Lotion Delima -> 1
28. Bali Ratih Body Mist -> 1 Dewi Sri Spa Body Mist Delima -> 1
29. Bali Ratih Shampoo -> 1 Pantene Pro V Shampoo -> 1
30. Bali Ratih Conditioner -> 1 Pantene Pro V Conditioner -> 1
31. Lofah + Sikat2an utk manicure -> 1 set
32. Parfum (Benneton + Shower Gel @ Matahari Dept. Store) -> 1

Seprai
33. Seprai -> 1

I’m Lazy.. I’m Sad..

Yeaaaah… I’m so lazy lately, especially since Spain didn’t play very well on the World Cup 2010.. :(

How come they could lose from Suisse??? zzzzzz…. It’s really turn off my mood..

Here’s some pictures of mine (and off course with my fiancé..yeah I should start calling him my fiancé.. :lol: ) on supporting Spain as World Cup’s Champion 2010..

GO SPAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

VIVA ESPAÑA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

♥ Germany’s in my brain, but Spain’s in my heart ♥

Here We Go…My Souvenirs!!!

Last night Maulana Souvenir texted me that my souvenirs are done! Wow, so fast, just 1 week from the day I ordered it.. :D At first I was kinda worried about it, since there’s bad rumours about this store. But today, I witness it with my own eyes, that my souvenirs are OK and I’m pretty satisfied with it…. :) Thank God!

Ok then, these are the photos that I had promised to post.. :P (read the related post, HERE)

I only split it into 2 colors, because those colors are 2 of my wedding color theme.. Red (maroon) and Off White.. I already asked them about the silver color, but they said they don’t have it.. :( But it’s okay though, I’m very satisfied with them.. ^___^

Maulana Souvenir
Basement Floor AKS 131E-131F
Ps. Regional Jatinegara
Jakarta Timur
Telp.: (021) 8197103/Hp: 0812 9472067
PS: Don’t worry, u’ll easily find it, because it’s a quite big store.. ;)

♪ Ribbon In The Sky… For Our Love ♪

Melting… Melting.. Melting.. :)

Oh so long for this night I prayed
That a star would guide you my way
To share with me this special day
Where a ribbon’s in the sky for our love

If allowed may I touch your hand
And if pleased may I once again
So that you too will understand
There’s a ribbon in the sky for our love

Do…Do…
Do Do Do Do Do…
HMM HMM…

This is not a coincidence
And far more than a lucky chance
But what is that was always meant
Is our ribbon in the sky for our love, love

We can’t lose with God on our side
We’ll find strength in each tear we cry
From now on it will be you and I
And our ribbon in the sky
Ribbon in the sky
A ribbon in the sky for our love

Do…Do…
Do Do Do Do Do…
HMM HMM…

[Musical Break]

There’s a ribbon in the sky for our love…

Invitation’s Syndrome

Whoaaaaaaaa, I’m confused! :(   :!:

Should I go for my own design?

or..

Should I just easily pick one of those instant designs from the printings?

>________<

I couldn’t decided my final design yet, because I keep making different designs… and it makes me confused.. to choose.. :lol: