My First try on Luwak Coffee

Before depart to Bali, Mr.G told me :"hey since we are going to Bali, we MUST try the famous Luwak Coffee!" 

And so I said to him :"OK! Let's see how stinky it is. LOL

For you all that is new to Luwak coffee, this is a simple briefing: 

Luwak coffee originally is from Sumatra, one of the famous n expensive coffee because of its limited quantity of coffee bean. The reason why it is limited is because the Luwak(some wild cat?) ate the coffee bean and digest and then poo it out(probably because whole bean cannot digest in their stomach). People will then collect it, clean it and further process as coffee bean that being sold in the market. 

Hhm... in another way, we are drinking process poo? oh well,, there's also others eating bird's saliva. LOL

OKA Agriculture Bali

The place where we tried our Luwak Coffee

The Entrance

Local herbs

The worker cooking the coffee bean using wood fire

Luwak coffee bean in the wok, being fried by wood fire

After done frying, coffee bean will be left aside for it to cold down before process into coffee powder.

From raw coffee bean to cook coffee bean

This is how the coffee bean looks like after being fried in the wok

Coffee dripper? I don't really remember the name of this thing.

Fresh Luwak coffee powder being pour into the dispenser 

It was quite windy the day we were there until the girl has to use the menu to block the wind so that the fire won't die. LOL

After boiling for awhile, the essence of the coffee then drip to the bottom jar. Soon it will be ready to serve!

Remaining powder being left on the top jar

Luwak Coffee finally being served!

Me having a cuppa too :)

Before having a sip i thought the coffee would taste a bit 'urghh' but it turns out differently. It was so smooth and fragrant. Both Mr.G and I like it. Taste is not too strong. But I think I'll love it better if is Luwak Espresso. More 'kaw'(concentrated) while Mr.G said he likes it that way. What a different taste bud we have. 

This is how Luwak looks like... isn't it lovely?

Valentine's Day in Bali

This year Valentine, nothing fancy, no flowers no diamonds. BUT we flew to BALI! Instead of just Mr.G and me, my family were there with us too! Is a triple date! 

In the Year of the Horse, Valentine's Day also fall on the 15th of CNY, which is also a Valentine's day for the Chinese. Double Vday this year :D Isn't it awesome as this won't happen all the time, the next double Vday gonna happen after 19 years! 

During that night, we walk around Kuta Square and choose to dine in this restaurant because of the pizza taster they offer at the entrance. Taste so yum! Before we walk in, we saw this floor map with the Italy flag.

Floor Map

Soon after we were seated, Pinocchio caught my attention! He has been hanged as one of the deco next to us:D 

Little Italy

Seafood Ravioli, one of my favourite dish in the menu. Probably also because I don't get to have this all the time, thus i'll order them whenever i spotted them in the menu.

Bacon Carbonara ordered by my brother.

Mix grilled platted ordered by my parents. It consist of grilled beef, lamb, chicken and 2 sausages with fries.

While for Mr.G, he just can't leave without steak, cooked medium rare. His favourite of all time.

Some of the old movie posters being framed and used as decoration on the wall. I guess the owner of this restaurant is a big fan of all movies. While i was walking around in the restaurant, there were also a small group of people watching some 80's movie from the projector in this hall.

Spotted this other posters on the wall when we were leaving the restaurant.

Dinner was fine that night, everyone were satisfied with their choices. 

While the restaurant was located in between McD and Burger King in Kuta Square. The restaurant was not too noisy and music is just nice for the night. 

My Love.

Till now, will update soon about the trip :D

Anniversary Dinner in Opika 1 Utama :D

 

I have always wanted to try out this organic restaurant located in 1 Utama after reading about the good comments from their customers. And so I decided to buy a few of their cash vouchers online( deals voucher is always there to help you save up! Good bargain isn't it*wink wink*) and told Mr.G lets go and try out during our Anniversary date night.

When we arrived, this decoration on the wall attracts me. It looks so colourful and happy:) It looks so bright and warm that you'll feel welcome and excited. 

The interior of the restaurant looking bright and nice :D

Love what is written on the wall

Nice and clean deco

Before the waitress pass me the menu, I told them I wanna their famous lamb shank! And luckily I reserve earlier as they only make limited quantities of it everyday! Almost all of the food on the menu looks so yummylicious. We really had a hard time in deciding what to eat. But then with the suggestions from the waitress, we finally decided with our order for that day:)

Mixed fruit juice

                                                    Wild mushroom soup as the starter:) 

Lamb Shank with mashed potatoes as my main course. Portion is real big!

The Best Chicken Rice in Town

This was being recommended by the staff. She claimed is the best Hainaness Chicken Rice in town! Which is true, Mr.G and I both loves it! 

Chocolate Banan Muffin as the dessert. Best consume when it is warm. 

I personally loves banana but when it comes to banana cake, I'm always concern about the ingredients whether they are using the fruits itself or replace it with essence. But they didn't let me down! I love this so much:) 

Enjoyed my day out with Mr.G all the time as he is always there to care about me. Glad that I have him:D 

My Love<3<3<3

Throwback Memories:Mamasan's Birthday Party in Haagen Dazs

Attended to Mamasan's Birthday Party back in Jan and was held in Haagen Dazs located in SoHo! 

So excited and happy as it has been a long long time since i ever had a ice cream fondue! 

Don't you love it?

Everyone get to sign their greetings, wishes for the birthday girl. 

The place were well decorate with cupcakes, ornaments here and there. Everyone feeling so excited catching up with the birthday girl and friends.

Birthday girl giving speech before ice cream session :D

Mamasan wanted all the butterflies to draw her a birthday card :D This is the time where everyone crack their head to come out with creativity to send her their greetings. So do I.

Something i drew *shy*

After collecting all the greetings card from the butterflies, and now is time to sing the Birthday Song and CUT THE CAKE!

Our ice cream fondue being prepared and on their way to the table.

Choulyin and ME :D

Finally our fondue arrives *excitednya*  

Everyone gets to enjoy their ice cream with the hot choco dip. Sweetness overload.

A picture of me with Mamasan!

Is always a must to take pictures with her. When everyone is waiting for their fondue to arrive, she is the one there with the staff, checking and making sure there'll be enough fondue for everyone and everyone that attended get to enjoy themselves :D In the end, there's extra fondue to share among everyone!

Thanks Mamasan for inviting and share the ice cream with us. So greetfully blessed.