Appetite Cafe

Halloween is coming to town !!!

As I attached the promotion poster above, I have chosen one place to attend on the next 31^st October for the costumes and hype of HORROR!!!

I've been to this place about five times and get some privileges such as extra salad and 10 percent off the bill. Although this place is not quite spacious, Appetite's food and ambiance are undoubtedly able to raise my appetite to the max.

Welcome to Appetite Cafe!!!\ 

  

Appetite is a cafe that is located on Jalan Senopati no. 82, South Jakarta, across the Zenbu Japanese Restaurant and Gelare Ice Cream, also next to the Bicycle Workshop.

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I also love this place for being such generous with their promotion: HOOPLA!!! (picture attached at the end) and pretty various kind of culinary. They have Western food, Indonesian food, PIZZA, Sandwiches, PASTA, choices of appetizer and desserts. Not to be forget, diverse kinds of BEER, COFFEE and MOCKTAIL.

From my several visits, I love easy bites (snack) sold here, they are just different and super tasty. I have tried crispy mushroom, calamari, blueberry fried chicken, and tomato bruschetta. 

For the main course, I have tasted their own handmade pizza chicken and caramelized chicken. The pizza was coming a little bit while despite there were not many guests over there, but my waiting was worth it because the pizza was delicious, crispy, and big enough for two (size of two girls stomach I meant, not boys *LOL*). 

 LOVE   IT  !!!!

Here are some pictures from Appetite Cafe:

Hoopla Menu

Regular Menu

10 % discount coupon

Cozy Couch

Calamari Loop

Blueberry Fried Chicken

For reservation simply dial 6221-7208913 or 62-815 1380 3890, to assist you even more, Appetite Cafe has their own Twitter account: @APPETITEcafe, also check their Tumblr on http://appetitesenopati.tumblr.com

どうぞめしあがれ

(Japanese: douzo meshiagare = enjoy your meal)

Indian Eye-Candy Food

I found this super tempting website called Archana's Kitchen.

They have many recipes posted there, especially Indian Food.

Just go click the link and choose which recipe you would like to try, meanwhile I would seduce every single eye with the Indian Eye-Candy Food that will be posted here quoted from the Archana's Kitchen...

Punjabi Kadhi

A spiced up yogurt based curry like dish is a staple among the Punjabi's and a delicacy with the rest of the world. Yes the teasing taste of the Khadi, with its sourness and the flavors of asafoetida, pakoras, and the rest make this Khadi truly delicious.

Kuzhi Paniyaram

Spice up your dosa batter (Indian crepe mixture) with onions, chilies and mustard and serve it as an appetizer, a quick healthy light lunch or a snack box for school.

An interesting quick dish which can be made from the ready dosa batter available in your fridge or at your grocer. Make it more nutritious by adding grated carrots, pureed tomatoes, chopped spinach or even spring onions and cabbage to give it an Asian touch. Go ahead and indulge in these quick and easy savory protein cakes.

Bhakri

A common man's staple in Maharashtra and Gujarat, is made from jowar flour or wheat flour. The texture is a crisp yet soft bread, layery and absolutely delicious that can be added with pickles and yogurt.

Khandvi

Khandvi is a Gujarati delicatessen made using gram flour/chickpea flour/besan and flavored with mustard, sesame, spicy green chillies, and grated coconut, not to miss the asafoetida and fresh cut coriander leaves. They make a great starter or a snack. But as said, in a Gujarati meal, it becomes part of a meal. Serve it warm with mint coriander (green) chutney or savor this as it is, it is surely going to be tingle your senses and palates.

Shrikhand

 A creamy yogurt delicacy of Gujarat made from fresh low fat yogurt. The very famous way to savor this dish is with Puris (Puffed Indian Fried Bread). Indian sweets in general are savored along with a main course Indian meal and so is Shrikhand.

But serve it as a dessert; with addition of fruits with pomegranate, green grapes, mangoes; it is a sure teaser to your sense.

Vada Pav

Vegetarian Burgers, with a indian touch smeared with Garlic and Green Chutney, makes a very appetizing snack. Vada Pav is an Indian vegetarian fast food commonly eaten in Maharashtra, India, and is one of the most popular fast-foods in Mumbai.

Chola Masala

A famous Punjabi dish savored around the world with with batura’s or puris. The chola is simmered in spiced onion, garlic, ginger and tomato gravy. The combination of black salt, garam masala and dry mango powder enhance the taste of this delectable dish. It can make a complete meal on its own with some tomato, cucumber and onion sliced salad. 

Amuz Gourmet Restaurant

“A wonderful French fine dining restaurant”

That's what I can say about this amusing place. Offering a luxury and pleasant dining experience, Amuz Gourmet Restaurant is definitely an option for me since my very first step there. Strategically located at Sudirman Central Business District (SCBD), Amuz Gourmet Restaurant is perfectly nestled at the second floor of The Energy Building which makes it a perfect getaway from the crowded and busy Jakarta.

As I entered the room, I experienced the great atmosphere of gastronomic delights of France with subtle music playing while the fluorescent dim light is coming from the unique chandelier and marvelous marble floor making the place even more luxurious. I would share story about this restaurant since I got the chance to have conversation with its Chef Founder: Gilles Marx. Here it is:

~Amuz Gourmet Restaurant~

Amuz Gourmet Restaurant is a French Dining that accentuates the perfection of food and services. Together with Chef Gilles Marx who has experienced more than 20 years of French cuisine, Amuz Gourmet Restaurant Team is ready to present the finest of French cuisine with the meticulously choice of ingredients to provide the richest flavors to amuse your palate. As Chef Gilles inspires the most from exotic delights of Indonesian premium ingredients with the traditional French cuisine, Amuz Gourmet Restaurant promises you a full satisfaction and a content feeling after your dining experience. You can try the chef specialties from Monday to Sunday, Lunch: 11.30 AM – 02.30 PM and Dinner: 06.00 PM – 11.00 PM, where the team will serve you wholeheartedly.

~Chef de Cuisine: Gilles Marx~ 

 Raised in the husbandry neighborhood in the countryside of Alsace, Gilles Marx has always been attracted to the world of culinary. His childhood was encompassed by fresh and natural farm products that inspired him to explore the secrecy of gastronomy. His first involvement in culinary world started at his teen age, when he worked at a succession of restaurant. Since then, he knew that his passion was to be a chef thus he could please people with the best food and services.

Chef Gilles Marx has already experienced a numerous number of years in pursuing his passion. His international experiences include time spent at Michelin-starred restaurants in Lyon, Burgundy, Paris, and also spent some time in both Australia and Southeast Asia. These numerous experience has provided him indubitable skills in serving the best food and wine.

Chef Gilles always feels honored to communicate his passionate of the mixture between Indonesian exotic delight and traditional French food through his cooking anytime you step into Amuz Gourmet Restaurant.

~Catering & Private Parties~

Private Dining

Amuz Gourmet Restaurant provides you a neat, luxury, and private room to meet your desire for a prestigious and strategic venue where you can hold corporate events or special celebration.

Lunch and dinner reservations at the Private Dining room are available for 6 to 12 guests with a minimum charge applied.

Chef’s Table

Simple, comfortable and intimate. The chef’s table with its own ambiance nestled in the corner of restaurant with a perfect over viewing to the chef’s open show-kitchen where you can watch the chef’s performance unobstructed.

Suitable for 4 up to 6 guests, the table offers you an intimacy interaction with the Chef during the meal. The special opportunity is available on a minimum charge applied.
  

Catering

Committing in serving the best eclectic menu at anytime and at anyplace, Amuz Gourmet Restaurant is able to cater a group event up to 60 guests and catering buffet up to 200 guests with the minimum charge applied.

Here are some of the pictures I captured from Amuz Gourmet Restaurant:

Smoking Dining Area

Lounge Area

Mixed Berries Trifle

Open Kitchen Area

There you go, enough information I suppose. Last note from me, before you go to Amuz Gourmet Restaurant, make sure you do a reservation in advance.

Just free to call 6221-2505064 or simply send an email to cheffounder@amuzgourmet.com.

Bon Appétit!

Tuna Carpaccio with Ponzu Sauce, Cucumber & Avocado

Y.U.M.M.Y. !!!!!

That's my first impression (and maybe yours too) when I saw the picture above.

This delicious food is coming from Italy, as we can guess from the carpaccio name. To enlighten, I would like to give a little thought about what Tuna Carpaccio is.

Tuna carpaccio is a dish which is made by thinly slicing fresh raw tuna and serving it with a savory and often spicy sauce. Mustard sauces are common, but tuna carpaccio can also be served with Asian-inspired sauces and a wide assortment of dressings. This dish is sometimes on offer at high-quality seafood restaurants, especially in the summer, when it can be quite cool and refreshing, and it can also be made at home.

This seafood dish owes its roots to carpaccio, a dish which seems to have originated in Harry's Bar, a restaurant in Venice, Italy. According to legend, a customer in the 1950s requested a dish with raw beef, and the owner came up with the idea of thinly slicing the meat and serving it with a piquant sauce. The dish was named after the painter Carpaccio, supposedly in a reference to the colors of the dish, which evoked paintings by Vittore Carpaccio.

The crucial thing when making tuna carpaccio is to use fish which is as fresh and meticulously handled as possible. While raw tuna is generally perfectly safe to eat, it can pick up bacteria if it is poorly handled or frozen, and this is not desired. If you can, purchase the tuna directly at the docks, so that you can see the fish for yourself, and if you can't, be sure to tell the fishmonger that you will be eating the tuna raw, and specifically request fish which has not been frozen. Please be aware that the consumption of raw fish is not recommended for pregnant and immune-compromised individuals, as they are at much higher risk from unwanted bacteria.

Some people marinate their tuna carpaccio in lemon or lime before dressing it with sauce, which can be beneficial for those who want to get rid of any chance of bacterial invaders, because the acid will kill bacteria. Others simply handle their tuna very carefully, using scrupulously clean hands, cutting boards, and knives, and keeping the tuna chilled as much as possible.

High quality tuna is best, especially tender cuts like toro. Typically, the tuna is cut thin and then pounded to make it even thinner, and when the tuna is of good quality, tuna carpaccio will be extremely tender, with an almost buttery texture which causes it to melt in the mouth. Less high-quality cuts will be dry and stringy, which is not desired.

In addition to the sauce, tuna carpaccio is often served with a garnish like parsley, cilantro, or decoratively carved vegetables. It is classically offered as an appetizer, and may be presented with crisped pieces of bruschetta which can be used to pick up the fish.

Enough with the explanation, let's just grab your gear and ready to rock the kitchen!!!

Tuna Carpaccio with Ponzu Sauce, Cucumber & Avocado

Ingredients:

• 400g of Fresh Tuna
• 3 tbsp Soy Sauce
• 2 tbsp Japanese Vinegar
• 1 tbsp Fresh Lemon Juice
• 1 Shallot
• 1 Lebanese Cucumber
• 1 Avocado
• 1 small bunch of Coriander
• 30 ml Vegetable Oil

Method:

For the sauce; finely dice the shallot then combine the soy, Japanese vinegar and lemon juice.

Drizzle tuna with oil and season with salt and pepper. Heat a heavy base pan until it begins to smoke (it is important to have the pan smoking hot so the tuna can be sealed quickly). Place the tuna in the pan and sear on all sides, this should take no longer than 1 minute. Dry the tuna with a paper towel and place on a piece of glad wrap. Spoon a little ponzu sauce over the tuna and wrap tightly to form a circular shape, place it in the fridge while you finish the rest.

Peel and cut the cucumber in quarters, remove seeds and slice on an angle, cut the avocado a similar shape and size then season with salt and pepper.

Slice the tuna while still in the glad to keep the shape and so it doesn’t tear apart. When sliced remove the glad wrap, arrange on the plate with the cucumber and avocado then spoon the ponzu sauce over the tuna.

Buon Appetito!

*Notes: Thanks to Ralph Dunlop and his website that is brilliantly delivered to fulfill what i need. 

Taste Spotting

Hello again!

Today, I am going to share a very delicious yet malicious thing to all food lovers. Anyway, how could something be both delicious and malicious? The answer is just one click away, so you better grab your mouse or swing your finger on the touch pad to this marvelous:

Taste Spotting

Just in case your internet connection is suddenly going down or having trouble opening that website. Allow me to give a brief information about the website above:

Taste Spotting was born on a concept that we eat first with our eyes. Founded in January 2007, Taste Spotting is an obsessive, compulsive collection of eye-catching images that link to something deliciously interesting on the other side. Think of Taste Spotting as a highly visual potluck of recipes, references, experiences, stories, articles, products, and anything else that inspires exquisite taste. The term "potluck" here means everyone brings something to the party here: the user community submits images/links from around the web and the editorial team reviews the submissions. What finally gets served up on the site is a beautifully refined set of the community’s contributions.

Moreover, all shopaholic in the world are not necessarily worried because you can buy things in the SHOP corner on Taste Spotting. They provide all the books, kitchen set, kitchen gadgets, apron, and everything you would like to find. Just simply type the word on the search tab.

Well, done checking the website??

I bet you are all now understand why I stated in advance that this is something delicious and malicious, right? All the food posted on the website are so tempting and eye-candy. So, to keep your body healthy, remember to control what you eat and  for the last note, it is better to watch them rather than literally eat them *LOL*.
 

Last but not least, in Russian I would like to say:

Приятного аппетита!

(Prijatnovo appetita = enjoy your meal)

Why Seductive Gustation?

Food.

Everybody in the world definitely understand what F-O-O-D word means.

I also can say that everybody needs food and me in particular, loves food.

Just as simple as the reason I love food (and as the condition to pass the mid-term examination for Cyber Public Relations class), I finally made this food-blog called Seductive-Gustation.

According to The Free Dictionary website, there is a little explanation about definition:

se·duc·tive  (s-dktv)adj. Tending to seduce; alluring.

and

gus·ta·tion  (g-stshn)n. 1. the act of tasting. 2. the sense of taste.

From those two sexy words, I came with a conclusion that I should name my food-blog Seductive-Gustation because through this blog I would like to deliver all food I have tasted and picture it as something sexy and attractive so you will come to eat it again and again.
Besides, I will also put some links about food (including cookies, recipes, cakes) and everything related that absolutely would indulge your taste buds. 

At last but not least, I would like to thank Mba Rini, my Cyber Public Relations lecturer, who gave this assignment so I can do more writing and telling my passion about food. 

Well, without any longer sentences,

Bon Appétit!