triathlon einteiler: September 2017

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

TASTE OF THE WORLD - PIK AVENUE

The major food event, Taste of The World, is happening at PIK Avenue and I was invited to come check out the event on its opening day and blogging my experience for you guys, the event is here to stay until October 1st 2017 at their Main Atrium, that means you still have 6 days to come and see what they have in store.

I am digging the Italian Market look on this and quick scan of the whole area, I quickly notice that 'premium' screams pretty loud, most of the tenants here offers you their premium products to indulge, savor and most likely to take home with you, expect to see quality products of meat, poultry, cheese, bakery, dairy, wine, salts, jams, granola, gelato and more!

Kemchicks = boss of the event for occupying the largest space here, more of them as you scroll

TEH 63

The booth's located just beside Leggero Gelato not too far from the stage and their artisan tea is well known for cleansing and detoxing and recommended to consume after the series of food you've consumed that day, but this was the first one that I tried and I took it as a warm up to my palate before exploring more.

The server will show you the brewing process and serves the tea live in front of you, the tea was rich but in the same time mild with smooth aftertaste as you finish.

They also sell these special teapots in case you want to bring them home #splurge

VIN+
I think Vin+ is a brand that needs no more introduction as they're already super popular, but anyway if you're stranger to this brand, they are wine specialist, suppliers, as well as a restaurant brand, they have outlets spread around Jakarta (Kemang and Pondok Indah Mall). They offer free wine tasting here so you'll have something to sample before deciding what you want to get. The Trivento Malbec seems to be the highlight here, it comes from Argentina and I was fond of the deep character of the wine, slightly bitter but aromatic still.

LEGGERO GELATO

No stranger to this brand as I am a gelato-hoe and I am an avid fan of their Pistachio and Tiramisu, but not that day as I wanted to try different flavors that they have on their line-up!

KEMCHICKS

Shout out to the boss aka Kemchicks as it's probably my FAVORITE tenant here, why? simply because they have a lot of good tasty food and extensive range of premium products (edible products, dairy products, wine) and ingredients and the followings you're about to see.

Chateau Magnol Haut-Medoc red wine!

Apothic Red

Cheese and butter counter

Say cheese!

Premium meats

Home baked breads and pastries!

Artisan sea salts!

Gourmet noodle

My favorite Bali Artisan Salt best for cooking or garnish with this clear pyramid shape!

Couldn't keep my eyes of this chunky-gigantic Roasted Turkeys and Ayam Kodok! If you're interested in bringing this home, reservation in advance is recommended.

The steak was SO GOOD and super duper tender!

Besides the ones that you're seeing here there are still a lot more to see (as I mentioned earlier around 30 tenants here) and hurry up as the event ends this October 1st, definitely not to miss!

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Sunday, September 24, 2017

BAKE CHEESE TART INDONESIA - GRAND INDONESIA

Okay now this is exciting: the famous BAKE CHEESE TART is finally opening in Indonesia with Jakarta (particularly Grand Indonesia) being where the first outlet is located the country! The cheese cake and tarts trend is really booming here in Indonesia, particularly in Jakarta and the amount of new businesses focusing on this particular product is really getting a bit insane! I remember when it hasn't opened in Singapore, the only place where I could buy their cheese tarts is in Hong Kong (and last year I happened to visit Hong Kong more often than Bangkok), and in certain ways I am so glad that more and more famous foreign food businesses are coming to Jakarta and expand here, making it super accessible for us to purchase their stuff.

I just came back from the exclusive preview event and I am super excited to blog about this, especially since they're opening in four days! I'm going to make this post short but delivering the main points along the way.

The event was held in Publik Markette Grand Indonesia, it was a casual lunch gathering with the purpose of giving the bloggers and influencers the exclusive preview of their product (aka me being one of the first to sample their products before they're being sold to the public). If you're not familiar with BAKE, their cheese tarts kind is one with crunchy-crumbly coating, moist custardy mousse filling (almost velvety fluffy) and normally served warm (but I've heard it's also pretty decent when served chilled). The cheese tarts can last up to three days in the fridge and up to one month when kept in freezer, but recommended to consume on the same day of purchase, and if you want to reheat they suggest keeping it in the oven for around 3 minutes.

Unfortunately we didn't have the access to explore the whole outlet (as they're currently still on the training session) so we took pictures from outside the outlet and each of us was generously complimented with one box of their cheese tarts to bring home! Thank you very much for the generosity!!!

I believe you guys are wondering about the pricing! Each cheese tart is going to be sold at IDR 29k/piece and IDR 165k (box of 6), what you need to know about their cheese tart is that they are using 4 kinds of cheese to make the cheese mousse and they claim to use the finest ingredients from Hokkaido! As for the tart crust, it's made from cookies and they double-bake it to make it crunchier (once just as cookies and the second one together with the cheese mousse).

I think everyone has their own preference when it comes to favorite cheese tarts, theirs was among the first ones that I've tried even before the trend starts going crazy here and to know which one is your favorite the only way to know is to sample and compare, short to say theirs was among the top ones on my personal list. If you really like uber cheesy and creamy consistency, and altogether melodiously come with the proper balance then you're probably going to like this one better.