Stir Fry Tomatoes with Eggs

In Taiwan (where I lived, studied, and worked before), whenever I see this tomato-eggs menu on the display table, i will order it immediately without any second doubt. First time I ordered this tomato-eggs dish, I'm not sure how it will taste, would I like it or not, since I'm not quite a fan of tomatoes. But after one determinant bite, I think tomatoes just entered into my heart.

My mom once said, it's okay if you can't cook even though you are a women, but you should have an ability to cook the dish you loved at least! So today, I will show you how to cook tomatoes with eggs stir fry. I think the idea of the dish was came from Chinese.

Before we start, let's prepare the ingredients. As you see the tittle I wrote, tomatoes and eggs are the main ingredients. Ah...For the record, this can serve 2 people. 

• 2 tomatoes 
• 3 eggs

Always add one more egg from the number of your tomatoes. (Ex: 5tomatoes 6eggs, 1tomato 2eggs)

• 2 tea spoons of salt
• 2 table spoons of sugar
• 2 table spoon of cooking oil

Don't be afraid to put too much sugar, because basically tomatoes are sour, so you don't want that on your dish.

• A little bit of chopped green onion (optional)

Now, lets begin. I promise, you can mastered it just in one try, and it will cost you like only 5 minutes to cook. First, crack the eggs and mix it, then cut all tomatoes into thin slices (we want all the juices from tomatoes comes out!).

• Put 1 table spoon of cooking oil into the frying pan, heat it and gently put the eggs, stir it into a scramble eggs until no more liquid but not too dry, then rest it into an empty bowl or plate if you like.
• Next, with the same empty frying pan, heat another 1 table spoon of cooking oil then put all tomato slices, all of it! Close it with cover for 2-3minutes, it will let the juices comes out generously.
• After 3minutes pass, remove the cover, put all the salt, sugar, and chopped green onion, don't forget to stir it. 
• After another seconds, bring back the scrambled eggs we have before into the fryping pan that full with tomatoes and the juices, stir it gently and break apart all the eggs, let the eggs absorb the delicious tomato juice, then serve.

You should have your lunch or dinner prepared with warm cooked rice. Just sharing another simple recipe and hoping you guys can use it to impress your families! Have a good day.

Slice of Heaven, one of restaurant inside GI

Slice of heaven, sekilas dari namanya langsung terbayang sebuah cafe yang menyuguhkan potongan cakes yang rasanya bakal surga banget. Tapi ternyata imajinasiku jauhhhh bangett dari kenyataannya, slice of heaven adalah sebuah restaurant bertemakan modern japan western italian food yang lokasinya di salah satu mall bergengsi di Jakarta, yesss Grand Indonesia (west mall 5th floor) atau disingkat GI.

Bermula dari kasus penculikan yang pelakunya teman-teman sedih-bahagia bersama-sama, menuju ke GI kamis malam jam orang pulang kerja, jauh-jauh macet-macetan dari Kelapa Gading cuma buat makan di sini. Awalnya malesin banget dehh, tapi kata-kata bujukan dan memelas keluar dari Mala (one of my best friends), "padahal kita sengaja beli vouchernya buat makan bareng sama u", alhasil hati luluh deh...

Sekitar jam 7 kurang (malem) kita berangkat, sampai di GI jam 8:30 malem, macet plus karena kita pakai layanan uber pool (jadi sempet diajak muter dulu ke rawamangun), perut udh mulai krucuk-krucuk. Hahaha... Restaurant yang katanya cukup ramai dan antri di saat weekend, cukup lenggang dihari kamis malam, hanya ada sekitar 10-12 tamu lainnya yang sudah mulai menyantap pesanan mereka. Suasanya ruangan cukup tenang dan cozy, penerangan yang cukup, dengan lampu kuning yang memancarkan kehangatan.

Satu persatu pesanan yang kita pesen muncul. Tiga macam dishes dan satu jug besar minuman yang cukup untuk makan malam kita bertiga. Minuman yang kita pesen namanya love dust (serbuk cinta gitu?), campuran jus kiwi, strawberry, jeruk nipis, apel, lalu ditambah sirup markisa dan mojito. Wahh lengkap sudah. Rasanya manis 80% asam 20%, dilengkapi potongan kecil buah-buahan yang bisa diseruput melalui sedotan, nyegerin dan harum banget pas diminum, kalau saya sih cocok banget, tapi si Hilda (another one of my best friends) bilang kaya minum pengharum kamar mandi/ruangan. Nahh looo?!?

Love dust (jug) 125K

Time for meals. Cobain si bacon wrap dulu, ini yang daritadi udah diincer-incer, potongan daging pork yang kenyal dan empuk, lalu dibungkus dengan bacon, ga lupa dengan saus keju untuk nambahin kadar kalorinya seakan-akan bacon dan pork meat yang didalamnya masih belom cukup heavy calories! Ukurannya memang pas untuk one bite. Rasa bacon lebih mendominasi awalnya, namun pork meat yang terbungkus didalamnya juga perlahan mengeluarkan rasa yang light but delicious. Not bad pikir saya, tapi ga akan saya bela-belain kedua kalinya macet-macetan hanya untuk ini.

Bacon wrap 125K

Selanjutnya cobain tahu dengan potongan daging sapi dan lelehan keju yang menggiurkan buat lidah modern seperti kita-kita, yang bikin menarik adalah penyajiannya diatas piring panas alias hotplate. Gimana mau kurussss kalau makannya beginian semua!?! Hahaha... saya pesen ini karena baca review orang lain yang katanya enak banget, tapi review saya jauh berbeda. Suapan demi suapan, hanya terasa corned beef alias daging kornet pakai keju. Potongan-potongan kecil tahu hanya sebagai pelengkap saja, menu utamanya adalah daging kornet pakai keju tokkkk. Mungkin buat penggemar keju sama kornet yaaa boleh lahh...

Tofu beef cheese 95K

Dan terakhir kita santap waffle combo, 4 potong waffle dengan 2 potong bacon yang di oven sampe kering menurutku, deep fried chicken cutlet, ditambah sejumput fresh salad, telur mata sapi, dan sirup maple. Baconnya kerassssss, more like kepingan krupuk mentah yang pinggiran-nya warna warni. Tidak ada yang salah dengan wafflenya, semua orang pasti suka waffle hanya saja porsinya jangan berlebihan, 4 potong waffle buat makan bertiga, passs! Terakhir chicken cutletnya, daging ayam yang dilapisi remah roti dan digoreng kering, its heaven! Ini baru enak, outside layer was so crispy, and the meat was so juicy and rich! Akhirnya nemu yang bener-bener memuaskan. Hehehe...

Waffle combo 125K

Harganya kalau dibilang murah ya ga murah juga, kalau mahal yaaaa ga gitu mahal jugaaa secara di GI gitu loh, jangan lah disamakan dengan warteg atau mcd ya kan?? Hehehe.... Kalau buat service, baguss kok, semua sopan dan baik. Malahan kita makan sampai malem banget, sampai yang lain udah mulai siap-siap tutup toko sisa kita bertiga yang masih duduk di meja makan, tapi ga ada satupun yang cembetutin kita atau negor kita untuk cepat-cepat keluar.

Saya sendiri bukan penggemar masakan western, kalau disuruh milih makan steak atau shabu-shabu, saya lebih milih shabu-shabu, jadi ulasan saya mungkin tidak objektif, boleh dicoba, hanya saja dari segi kenikmatan makanan tidak bisa membuat pengunjung merasa ingin terus-terusan kembali demi makanannya.

Falling in Love with Hongkong-Macau Eps 1

Day 1, Saturday 3 Sept 2016

Again!! We took Malaysia Airline for this trip, since the plane ticket is very cheap! We just got 2,250,000 IDR /pax for Jakarta-HongKong return trip (1 transit in KL), as you know Malaysia Airline offer you full service airline with 30kgs of check-in luggage per person. The flight was designed arrive at 19:30, but we got delayed around 5-10minutes (same old same old).

Welcome to Hong Kong

Arrive at Hong Kong International Airport or just call it HKIA, we take a bus A21 to Tsim Sha Tsui area, stop at cameron road, cost 33HKD /pax. I was choosing public bus because i prefer enjoy my ride to the city center with HongKong's night time scenery. And i loveeedd travel with Hong Kong's famous double-decker bus.

2nd floor of HK's double-decker bus

From cameron road bus stop, just 5minutes walk to check-in to the hostel that we already booked using booking.com before, 460HKD for 2nights + 10% tax (so the hostel cost us 506HKD) and deposit 100HKD (they will return it as we check-out later), all paid in cash. We stayed at hostel inside Chung King Mansion building.

My first impression when entering the room, well the room is quite clean, the bathroom is clean also, have an old but cool air con and Flat LCD TV, wi-fi also available, and don't worry about the electric socket, they install an universal socket next to the bed. Not bad i think, and they provide free drink water in dispenser machine for the guests. Maybe providing towel and doormat outside the bathroom would be nice, yes they didn't give us any towel or doormat. But then! I think the spring bed not hygiene at all, we got some bug's bite during our sleep, and yes we found our skin getting tattooed the day after!! I promise i will not stay at this property ever again!

Chung King Mansion is quite famous for the low cost traveler or backpackers, they provide private room with bathroom, affordable price compare to hotel, but if you have an open-modern mind and feel okay to stay at shared-room like dorm, then you can find there are so many out there offering you much cheaper than this rate. This area Tsim Sha Tsui, actually is like pecenongan in Jakarta, crowded, and so local. So many people standing outside chung king mansions offering cheap hostel for tourists.

Underpass toward Avenue of Star

After put the luggage inside the room, we walk near hotel area, take some pictures before go back to end today's journey.




Day 2, Sunday 4 Sept 2016
-Avenue of Star
-The Peak

Morning everyone... Because of our hostel is not providing any breakfast for us, so we need to find our meals by self. People from the internet just telling me there are so many delicious and cheap food at Hau Fook Street, from our hostel just like 10 minutes walking distance.

So 9am in the morning, still too early for Tsim Sha Tsui, because we only find 2-3 restaurants that already open for business. We decided to eat porridge, since they don't sell cooked rice menu until 11am.

I choose porridge with centuries egg (pi dan egg) and fish slices, and one portion of chinese rice cakes with small shrimp (in my country they call it chi cong fan). The porridge (26hk$) taste good, but i think they put water too much, for rice cakes (16hk$) i really don't feel the shrimp, maybe i just find 2-3 bites from 15 bites that have very small small small shrimp (its called ebi).

source: http://www.beijingholiday.com/

Let me explain a little bit about Hong Kong, Hong Kong actually have 3 big area / city / island if i may. They seperate it into Kowloon Area (Tsim Sha Tsui is here), Lantau Island Area (HKIA, Giant Buddha is here), and Hong Kong Island Area (where The Peak belongs).

Today's weather is sunny and foggy i think. Walking from hostel to Avenue Stars resulting sweat coming out. Hahaha.... Even its only like 15minutes walking distances anyway. We can't see clear panorama from the avenue of stars. But as we planned, we visit avenue of stars and we will directly toward to The Peak after this.

i know you, but you don't know who i am

Avenue of Star is one of main tourist spot in Hong Kong, about 3 years ago when i came here for the first time, they located just next to the sea on the side of the street, but look at now, they build this beautiful bridge to make if more wider.

Next destination is The Peak, i want to try the mini bus from IFC building. So we took MTR from Avenue of Stars to Central Station, and follow the direction to IFC Two (a building's name), then ask the information service for the direction to mini-bus station. Yes, you can directly reach The Peak from IFC Two by using minibus number 1.

8 HKD

But while we were walking finding the right path, we also found a small cakes shop, Maxim's Cake Shop, because of so many people also buy some cakes from there, so i decided to steal 2-3bites from this delicious chocolate brownies cake with chocolate and peanut on top (8hk$). This is really delicious, the sweetness is just right, and the brownies below the chocolate is not too dry but not to soggy also. Yummm~

Again after the cake, we visited this coffee shop inside the IFC building. Actually this is just like a department store, and this coffee shop really looks interesting, again is because so many people-so crowded standing and lining up.

Inside, you can find coffee of course, cakes, sandwiches, bread, other drinks and wine also, and fresh salads. The business is really good. Everything looks tantalizing and so fresh from the oven. Am i too  exaggerating? Nyahaha....

38 HKD, please don't blame me for this food-porn!

So the order just come out from my mouth, i take one big spinach turkey cheesy bread. Waiting around 8 minutes for reheating. Trust me, the portion was quite big! Soft warm bread inside with crispy on the edges. Spinach cheese and the slices of turkey just make a perfect combination. There are vegies, meat, and cheese, We are Indonesia, its too bad that i just feel tasteless when there is no sauce sambal, you should bring one next time!

Okay stop for snack-ing. Lets get back to The Peak, after asking and wandering, finally we find the bus terminal (sorry can't really explain you guys, because really its confusing), just ask the information lady when you reach IFC 2 building, okay?!

Mini-Bus number 1, will send you to the peak, cost you 10,2 hk$ /pax. I am not choosing peak tram because i'm just thinking that riding tram on this Sunday Morning will be so crowded and tiring if you have to standing along the road. And plus, the mini-bus charge cheaper than the tram.

You can also take the public bus number 15 to reach The Peak from Central. They will charge you only 9,8hk$ /pax. I take this bus to go back to the city. The journey from/to the Peak is only like 30minutes ride. FYI, if you are an easy car-sick person, tram will be your best option to reach The Peak, since taking the public bus or mini-bus will get you on zig-zag twist road. And the skillfull driver will not let you go off so easy. Hahaha....

we are really at the altitude!

Anyway, i am using octopus card for all transportation transaction (except A21 bus HKIA-Tsim Sha Tsui), you should buy it at the airport when you first arrive. New octopus card cost you 150 hk$ (100 hk$ balance inside the card, and 50 hk$ deposit for the card). Keep the card and don't lose it, you can get 50 hk$ deposit returned when you return the card to any MTR service counter. http://www.octopus.com.hk/

Most of tourists reach the peak for trying the peak tram and to visit gallery of Madame Tussauds. Me? I enjoy the scenery accompanied by warm tea and cakes on windy breeze.