Seed

You might now picture a greenhouse-alike cafe, or garden-concept one as you heard the word ‘SEED’. Well, I wouldn’t deny that same thing happened to me at the first place. However, the real place turned out telling different story. 

Taking place at the well-known Plaza Kemang, I bet it’s super easy to find the spot. Ohhh, feeling like the good old days, spending the slow weekend at Kemang, enjoying awesome brunch and having coffee rally, jumping from one cafe to another one till late. Nowadays it’s just felt kinda far away from home and I needed reap the leftover energy. But yeahhh, there I was, being back to get myself indulged!

As usual, I still haven’t gotten bored of clean white interior, up till this second. It just seemed to offer the ultimate peaceful ambiance that let your mind get recharged. Hence, though the space wasn’t that gigantic, it’s a comfy one for me to spend long hours. 

Iced Lemon Sorbet Tea (IDR 50k)

Opting for freezing one as I felt like melting in the midst of this hot capital city, this peculiar one got me hitched. Well, I guessed you knew what I meant when you read the drink’s name. The picture did tell you that the name literally described what it featured. Lemon sorbet dipped into ice tea, which for me was interesting idea to transform the simple ice lemon tea into more inventive presentation. If you wondered how it tasted, I would be blunt to say it’s just similar to general ice lemon tea, so indeed the concept and the appearance sold itself best. 

Hot Honey and Lemon (IDR 35k)

If you belonged to the ‘hot gang’, you did have the quite uncommon option. Not meant to say it’s not familiar, just that you wouldn’t easily meet it in every place like either ice tea or ice coffee. As expected, it was like comfort drink you could go for, especially if you’re demanding natural sweetness. 

Creamy Truffled Carbonara (IDR 110k)

Hold on fellas... don’t get emotional with the picture! I did drool again when posting this picture, imagining my ‘first meeting’ with the dish. As much as I loved truffle and creamy carbonara, that pretty much described my engagement toward the dish. It surely had me blown away with its hypnotizing truffle scent. When the appearance was undeniably irresistible, the taste wasn’t less addictive! Though I wished the spaghetti could be cooked slightly longer to make it become al dente, the creamy sauce was so rich and flavorful, and the truffle mushrooms as well as bacon bits turned it into perfection. Though it might look a bit pricey, the generous toppings made it worth the pennies paid. 

Miko’s Lava Ube (IDR 60k)

A fan of lava cake? If you just nodded your head, my next question would be how many flavors of it have you ever had? If it’s just chocolate, you might wanna ‘catch-up’ guys ;). For you who said you’ve had more than one flavor, perhaps your other one would be either green tea, vanilla, or white chocolate. How about ube? YES UBE, that purple yam, which some people commonly called as either taro or sweet potato. If you’re first timer looking at such dish, you’re not alone as so did I. Being a fan of molten lava cake, for sure I was so curious to try this version. Beautifully presented in the peculiar purple color, besides containing the runny ube filling, it was also accompanied by yummy vodka sauce. As the filling was thicker, the thinner sauce came as perfect balancer to it. The main cake was scrumptious, being served at flawlessly fluffy texture. The ube crumbs added extra excitement into the game, bringing more variety into the palatable dessert. 

All in all, I was totally spoiled customer in my premiere visit to Seed. The foods especially were highly recommended to try! I could even picture myself already, coming back for exactly the same combo of main course and dessert <3

Taste: 7.5/10

Place: 7/10

Service: 7.5/10

Price: 6.5/10

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SEED

Address: Jl Kemang Raya No. 88

Phone: (+62 21) 7191 707

Operating Hours: Mon - Sun 8am - 9pm

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Hygge Coffee BSD - Full Menu Released!

For those who have read my first post on Hygge BSD, here you go with the updated one, when the menu is all ready-to-serve! Yeeeaaayyy <3. PS if you haven’t read it, go checkout the link to skip your regrets ;)

OK I wouldn’t lie to myself, despite the place was just right across my office, I simply found my struggle to pay more visits due to the hectic days. Hence, this weekend I didn’t wanna miss the chance for being able to go there. 

The place wasn’t less packed than it usually was, with tables were mostly fully occupied. It did stay super cold, but surely helped in the midst of the hot sunny BSD. After taking awhile being in my complicated dilemma of picking my orders, I finally made up my mind with what to have for this slow weekend lunch. For sure, both the tummy and the brain deserved their feast now!

Lily in the Pot (IDR 55k)

I started with this cutie pie, whose presentation surely got the crowd's attention. I at least got some friends on my Instagram commenting and getting curious what the drink actually was. Basically, it's comforting mix of lychee and yakult, served with diced-cuts of lychee. Well, simply said, how could the mix turned wrong as I bet the pair was indeed lovable combination that most of us loved either being served solo or together. Great thing, you could have it shared with a friend!

Hanging Tender (IDR 180k)

Specially crafted for the beef lover, the dish served you luscious beef slices whose wellness level could be customized as per your preference. Mine was medium, where you could still see the beautiful pinkish color on the meat. The texture was juicy and tender, exactly like how the name told you. 

The chimicurri sauce, complemented the dish well with its touch of parsley, garlic, and olive oil. Those who loved onion must have spotted those onion slices which were used to put the sauce in, just exactly like me. They might be not the main actor of the dish, but were surely extra happiness for me as they tasted sweet and yummy. Perhaps my only additional request would be to add just a little bit more salt and blackpepper into it, then voila!

Pork Crackling (IDR 115k)

Despite I knew this dish might not be an option for everyone, but for sure I should still share the joy to the ones who could have it. I was at first astonished looking at the huge portion when it's first delivered on my dining table. Actually, it should have come with a quite sizable bowl of rice, which apparently was similar to Hainanese rice in appearance. YESSS you heard me right, those 3 long huge slices of pork belly still came with rice! Super satisfying portion for typical Indonesians who didn't feel like eating without rice. 

One thing for sure, this menu was MUST MUST HAVE for me and I would call it the champion of the day. The meat was cooked into perfection, soft and delicate at one edge, and flawlessly crispy on the other. If you usually saved the crispy part to be enjoyed at the end (just like my experience), this time you needn't worry as you had quite a lot to spoil your palate. Moreover, not only the protein that was there on the plate to pamper the appetite, but also the special Andaliman sauce which the house was so proud of. This Batak-originated sauce made of green chili, candlenut, and garlic was indeed most of the times being paired to fried pork in its origin area.  

Jackfruit Panna Cotta (IDR 45k)

Being so full with the earlier two dishes didn't stop me from having the sweets to impeccably end the dining session. Honestly speaking, this first dessert was actually not that appealing when I spotted it on the menu. However, nothing's wrong to give it a try, wasn't it? Some might mistakenly think it's mango panna cotta, just like the common flavor you've met elsewhere. Nonetheless, Hygge was being more inventive, using jackfruit as the main ingredient. To note, it's not merely flavoring as you could feel bold jackfruit taste in the dessert. Surprisingly, it proved my initial thought wrong as it tasted so scrumptious. Being so silky and not overly sweet, I was sold to the panna cotta at my first trial! Like literally melt in the mouth!! Not to mention the sweet and salty mixed nuts put on top which gave extra pleasure into the cup. Luckily my sister wasn't into nuts so I could have all of 'em for myself ;)

Regal Banana Pudding

If I had two savory dishes, I made it fair to the desserts so I did take two of them (*self justification*). Actually this one wasn't available yet on the menu, but offered by Hygge team. From the presentation you might tell that you had quite abundant whipped cream there, surrounding the banana pudding placed right at the center. I honestly preferred them to serve less whipped cream, just to be put as side decoration. Nevertheless, forgetting the whipped cream thingy, the regal banana pudding itself was super YUM! You could feel like banana, milk, regal biscuits, and vanilla altogether crafted an awesome party in the dish. You didn't need to worry of getting nauseated of the dish being overly creamy, as the banana pudding was more into the dense type one. Don't overthink it, just take your chance to let your taste bud get satisfied!

If you still recalled that in my first visit I was deeply in love with the coffee yet had no special attachment to the food, this time I was willingly giving extra +1 point to the food score. Both the savory and the sweet ones didn't make even single failure in getting me impressed. Highly recommended to try!

Taste: Food 7.5/10 | Coffee 8/10
Place: 8/10
Service: 8/10
Price: 7/10

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HYGGE COFFEE

Address: Upper West Experience Center, Jl. BSD Raya CBD 55 Kav 1-12, BSD, Tangerang

Operating Hours: Mon - Fri 8am - 10pm, Sat - Sun 8am - 11pm

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