Author: Chic Eater My visit to Melbourne last month took me to experience several exceptional coffee shops and one of them was Market Lane Coffee.  Having stayed at Mercure Hotel on Therry St, we were only 2-3 minutes walking distance away from Queen Victoria Market, where just across the street from it, you can find Market Lane […]

Author: Chic Eater For you hip urban outeaters, the name Benedict must have prompted you to a classy yet casual restaurant at Grand Indonesia East Mall, serving their distinctively creative menu. Benedict, under the wings of chef Fernando Sindu and Ivan Wibowo, has now launched its second outlet at another upscale mall right on Sudirman […]

Author: Chic Eater As Christmas and end of year holiday is approaching this December, many shops, restaurants and hotels have their venues decorated with X’mas ornaments. Hilton Hotel in Bandung is no exception. When I first walked through the front entrance into the lobby, I was a bit flabbergasted by the view in front of […]

Author: Chic Eater Our search for culinary delights brought us to this new cafe called Mister Sunday, occupying the second level of the building, that is also inhabited by Brownfox, a graphic design studio, whose founders happen to be the owner of the cafe as well. Just by the look of the building architecture and […]

Author: Chic Eater If you are an avid reader of our blog and I sure hope you are , you might have noticed that my personal take on food is a bit geared towards healthier lifestyle, even though I still occasionally consume the non-healthy block as well. So, during my last trip to Bali early […]

Author: Chic Eater Jamu, an Indonesian herbal traditional drink made from natural ingredients, sounds like an old school type of drinks for some but never stops to intrigue my interest.  I still occasionally get a glass or two, whenever I saw a lady, having a basket of Jamu bottles held by a piece of batik-patterned cloth on […]

Author: Chic Eater One of the pioneer of smoothies bowl provider, Nalu Bowls from Seminyak Bali, has finally branched out to our capital city of Jakarta. Nalu Bowls definitely chose the right spot for such healthy products by opening its first outlet at Kemang area, the home to many expats and located in vicinity to […]

Author: Chic Eater In regards to overseas education, based on what I know, there are several countries that serve as the favoured study destinations for Indonesians, such as Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, United States, Germany, and London. Like many Indonesian previously studied overseas, I occasionally reminisce on good food that I used to enjoy while I […]

Author: Chic Eater Being a Bandung resident my whole life, I know exactly about the development of bakery with its up and down in this beautiful city. From my perspective, there are currently different kinds of bakery existed in town to cater to people’s different needs and I have been to most of them. Several […]

Author: Chic Eater One thing I love about my trip to Singapore is the opportunity to check out new exciting cafe each time I come.  This time is no exception. Having just opened for a mere three weeks, the butterknife folk came up as an attractive option for us to visit.  Occupying a two stories black-painted […]

Author: Chic Eater As a coffee enthusiast, one must not miss checking out the newest coffee shop in town. And that’s exactly what I did during my latest Singapore visit.  Learning about the existence of a new coffee shop in reasonable vicinity to the hotel I stayed, Sofitel So Hotel, I decided to pay it […]

Author: Chic Eater Our caffeine so-called “addiction” brought us to yet another coffee shop in Jakarta. This time in the Kuningan area of South Jakarta. The spot is quite tricky to get to for non-local people. It occupies a one-story building in a nice boarding complex called Suites of Seven. Once you got there, the […]

Author: Chic Eater As a member of Accor Hotels loyalty programme, I have quite a few experience with their hotels both overseas and in Indonesia. Each of their hotel lines were positioned well and suitably offered for each of the targeted guests. Even in this small yet beautiful city of flower, Accor has a number […]

Author: Chic Eater For me, a holiday in Hong Kong would not be complete without walking around the streets of Central, the CBD area of the city. On one such day, after a long walk shopping for knick knacks, we were looking for lunch and we quickly set our mind to try a quite legendary tea house that […]