Twelve Cupcakes Indonesia

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Twelve Cupcakes is finally here in Jakarta!

Well, clearly the outlet has been spreading all over Jakarta for quite some time, even before this entry, I have personally bought and tried some of their lovely cupcakes for birthday occasions. Hey, cupcakes are the new birthday cakes!

Do you guys know that Twelve Cupcakes is actually a brand from Singapore, even from 2011 and pretty popular there (and now in Jakarta)? Well, if you didn't know that before, you're welcome!

They gave me the chance to try out a dozen of their finest cupcakes selections, including the best sellers and monthly special. Talking about it, each month, Twelve Cupcakes is releasing three variants as their "special cupcakes" and they indeed special and unique because the team just loves to play around with flavors so we don't get too bored with the common flavors you can find almost anywhere. Bravo.

I have always loved cupcakes, but I gotta admit, I don't always have nice experience with cupcakes, there are some that I just want to throw away after the first bite, some were just okay but some were really impressive, and most of Twelve Cupcakes' cupcakes are in my "impressive" list! In a nutshell, their cupcakes are moist, fluffy, rich in flavor, tasty and smooth in the same time, don't forget the generous icing flavor on top of the cupcakes, just ends up making you crave for more! They're quite there yet in my standard!

Here are some of the cupcakes that I got to taste, and this first one happens to be the special of the month: Banana Nutella! I found myself a new love for cupcake! This one is exactly how you spell DELICIOUS! Loving the scent of banana compiling with the rich flavor of chocolate and Nutella. Heaven! I gotta admit Twelve Cupcakes is currently the king of "chocolate" cupcakes, sort of spongy and mud-cake like consistency. LOVE IT!

*FYI, shooting these cupcakes were such a pain in the stomach, once I opened the box, they were really fragrant!*

Rainbow Vanilla

Loving the Vanilla cream on top, you can find hint of cheese infused to the cream, not a big fan of cheese but this one is still very tolerable for me.

Strawberry Chocolate

That unperfect looking cupcake just made me realize how I can't wait any longer to have a bite! Me fond of the strawberry cream. The whole composition of strawberry and chocolate mix well!

Peanut Butter Chocolate

I must say that I am fond of most Twelve Cupcakes' chocolate cupcakes, especially this one, one of my personal favorites. I worship the hell outta Peanut Butter and this one dances really joyfully in the mouth. BLAAAH!!!

Chocolate Chocolate

You just can't say no to double strikes of chocolate!

Peanut Butter Jelly

Another personal favorite of mine, Peanut Butter Jelly. Doesn't matter if you make a cake, cupcake or as simple as toasts, PBJ just never fails to leave a smile on my face <3.

Chocolate Vanilla

This one is probably the simplest one and kid proper looking (read: cute), this one is pretty decent.

Mocha

If you love a hint of coffee in your cupcake, this one might be in for you! Since it's Mocha, there'll be a little glimpse of chocolate flavor infused to the cream. 

Strawberry Vanilla

This one may not be my favorite, but it's just simply good and common. Strawberry with Vanilla :).

Oreo, Cookies and Cream

Another personal favorite: COOKIES AND CREAM! Doesn't need to explain more on the chocolate cupcake: lovely it is, the cream is really decent and I love that the cookies on top is (infact) smooth and soft!

Red Velvet Cupcake

This one is pretty mainstream but luckily, Twelve Cupcakes manages to take care of the flavor and quality, so that the cupcake does taste as sweet as it looks. For me, this one is really good for a red velvet cupcake.

Vanilla Chocolate

The mixture of vanilla and chocolate is pretty common, but this one is simply great. When the chocolate cupcake is the base cupcake, you probably won't find it bad :).

It was such joy and painful in the same time shooting these cupcakes! My favorite part was obviously give them a try, I don't give a damn how many calories went into my system. These cute little devils just made me smile like idiots! I love how they're really moist, tasty, fragrant and pretty! I just love them and I can't explain enough. Beware cupcakes in Jakarta, this might be one of your strong contenders!

If you ask me to name 5 of my favorites, they would be: Banana Nutella, Chocolate Chocolate, Red Velvet, Cookies and Cream, Peanut Butter Jelly and Peanut Butter Chocolate!

Each cupcake's sold for IDR 20k, for the purchase of half-dozen, you'll get the special price for IDR 115k and for the whole dozen, it would be IDR 220k. You can find their outlets in hip malls in Jakarta such as Central Park, Kuningan City, Kota Kasablanka, Pondok Indah Mall (Street Gallery) and soon in Pacific Place, Green Bay Walk and Emporium Pluit.

THANK YOU TWELVE CUPCAKES FOR THESE ADORABLE CUTIES!!!

made my day!

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Luciole Bistro at Central Park

Last Saturday was such a happy day!!! Why?

Because two important girls in my life were having their birthday!!!

Before I start reviewing, I want to give this to Karina Astria for treating me and a few friends on her birthday at this new fancy restaurant in Central Park. I just want to greet you the coolest happiest loveliest life you can ever have and thank you for the friendship so far :). Friendship means the world.

Luciole Bistro is a brand new french themed restaurant opening in Central Park and it's located just across Nanny's Pavillon and Starbucks SOGO. I adore restaurants like this, like this by meaning that it has its own building, not parts of the mall interiors. I just love looking (and entering) fancy looking restaurants. This restaurant is pretty eye catching due to the lamps, especially by night.

Here are some photos of the exterior and interior to give you the idea of the restaurant so you won't get lost when you go here (which I'm pretty sure you won't).

 I love how hanging lamps look in a restaurant, they just add up the prettiness level to 100%.

Colored checkboards floor. Very vintage.

They also have a minibar inside, and oh yeah if you love to drink, this restaurant also serves you beers and cocktails or certain kinds of alcohol drinks, but if you prefer a lighter drink with no alcohol, you can also try their lovely mocktails or smoothies like I did!

Even though I didn't order any alcohol drinks (and I also dislike them), but I looked at their menu (which is very well designed), I still think that the drinks are still affordable.

This is their menu. I am a graphic design student and I just love a classy, in the same time fun looking menu design and this is certainly one of it, I love the blue color they're using right here. Daebak!

Another awesome illustration <3.

Okay I'm going to finish the opening and go straight to the food, because I know you guys love the food more than me :"( *overrated drama.

Let's start with my choice of food. I was torn between "Pan Seared Red Snapper" and this delicious looking burger. I was looking for something heavier because I haven't eaten anything since the lunch. Well, I end up choosing the burger eventually after I saw the servant took this dish out for other costumers.

Anyway, I want to say sorry for the pictures if they tend to have yellow tones, that's because I took the photos on dinner time with very low lights and my light source is probably the hanging lamps (which were yellow), see the picture above.

Luciole House Burger
IDR 60.000 (before tax)

Everything about the filling of this burger is so yummy, I just wish that the burger buns would be softer. I already told this issue to someone (not sure if she's a PR or the manager), who was very friendly and polite.

I wanna rape this burger my gosh!

This burger has eggs, gorgeous beef patty and fresh vegetables dressing. I kinda like the caramelized onion hidden underneath the egg, it adds something different to the dish. Somehow fits my asian tooth, you know when a burger gets too western.

Shanghai Moon
IDR 39.000 (before tax)

My choice of beverage, it's the mixture of fresh fruits and soda. LOVIN IT SO FRESH!

Spaghetti Carbonara

IDR 59.000 (before tax)

This pasta is good, but nothing really special, you can consider this one if you're planning to have pasta for your dinner.

Lobster Thermidor Spaghetti
IDR 74.000 (before tax)

You'll find a huge hint of lobster (and somehow crab) scent if your order this, and since I love seafood, I just feel like it actually adds up my sense of appetite :). On the other hand, the cream is also light but very tasty, this dish is also another worth to try menu. I personally like this one.

Pan Roasted Chicken with Potato Lasagna
IDR 55.000

I wanna rape this chicken!!! fffuuuu
and beside it's also the best presentation overall! Does it taste as gorgeous as it looks? YES!

I think da'bomb is the Potato Lasagna, it's just genius and I love the usage of cherry tomatoes and tomato sauce as garnish. The chicken is also well seasoned. I really hope you could try this for yourself.

Hot Honey Lemon Tea

IDR 27.500

What's a fancy dinner without a little touch of dessert?
We ordered this whole round of Apple Tart for us to share, this apple tart is also delicious, gotta give it to them for including one scoop of vanilla ice cream to make everything better.

Apple Tart
IDR 35.000 (before tax)

DELICIOUS! Y'all know how much I adore texture on a food! This dessert certainly got it, the crisp, the melts, the yum, the tenderness. I actually wanted to try their signature pie but I've had enough for that day. Maybe next visit I will. MELTS IN YA MOUTH!

The bill was IDR 490.000 for 4 heads.

Overall as conclusion, I think Luciole is a good newcomer to watch for, not only that it's located at one of the most crowded mall in Jakarta, it also has a cute medium size venue plus the great food, according to what I've tasted so far. I think this place is just perfect for dinner with your best friends or your lover, I suggest you to ask for a set near the window because you'll have Tribeca Park as your view, it can get seriously romantic.

Luciole Bistro

Tribeca at Central Park

Jl. Letjen S. Parman, 11470

Jakarta Barat

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Starbucks Central Park 1st fl.

Starbucks is proving to be the ultimate brand for coffee specialist and it's proven by the amount of stores they're having all around the world, its latest outlet is in Stasiun Gambir (Jakarta Pusat), got the invitation but I couldn't come to the event because I was abroad so I haven't seen the store for myself, but no worries, it's opening it's newest outlet now in Central Park 1st floor, it adds the number of Starbucks Outlet in Central Park, they already had two before, maybe different franchise owner.

This post is made to tell the good news to Starbucks lovers! Today as in March 21st 2013-March 22nd 2013 there will be a beneficial promotion! It's the buy one meal free one tall drink! I think it's a very lovely promotion and shall not be missed. I went to the store yesterday to check the venue, it might be the tiniest store but definitely not the least. It's located just beside Black Ball and accross Tous Les Jours.

Okay, I'm writing the promotions by list so you can remember it easier:

-   21st March 2013 - 22nd March 2013: BUY ONE MEAL GET ONE FREE TALL DRINK.

-   now - June 2013: BUY ONE DRINK AND ONE DRINK FREE ONE DRINK. (by Voucher given by the barista, incase the barista forgot about it, don't be hesitate to ask for the promotion).

This is what the voucher looks like:

There is another promotion that's going to be running until March 26th 2013 but the Barista said that they're told to keep it secret until today so I also had no idea what the promotion's going to be, but promotions are mostly a nice deal so you guys better go check the promotion by visiting the outlet today and get your free drink for every meal purchased :).

If you have any questions, kindly leave them at the comment section below and I'll answer it :).

Now let's have a quick tour :).

Starbucks Coffee

1st fl. Central Park Mall

Jl. Letjen S. Parman, 11470

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Kimberly Green Sausage Pasta

It's such a pleasure having lunch at Nanny's Pavillon restaurant because I've always loved their pastas and pancakes. Yum! This time I'm going to give you a review of my chosen menu of lunch that day. Proudly present you guys...
KIMBERLY'S GREEN SAUSAGE PASTA

TOM'S CARAMEL BANANA CHOCOLATE

If you're a big fan of basil and pesto. This is a food worth tasting, I love how it's not creamy and not greasy and those sausage are cooked perfectly and they smell so nice :).
Tom's Caramel Banana Chocolate is such a sweet treat! You'll have glimpse of caramel, chocolate sauce and one scoop of vanilla ice cream to even make it more and more adorable! LOVE IT!

Nanny's Pavillon
Tribeca Park, Central Park Mall
Tanjung Palapa Rd. 11470