Asian BBQ @ Padma Hotel, Bandung

Hello everyone!

Padma Hotel is a 5 star hotel, located at Jalan Ranca Bentang, Bandung. The hotel is situated at a hillside, that's why it has a spectacular hill view.

I was here for their Asian BBQ buffet last night, which you can enjoy every Friday from 6-10 pm. From the main lobby, just go left and straight up to their restaurant area, following the pathway. The restaurant's ambiance is cozy, with high ceiling and live music.

Wine Rack

Since it's Asian BBQ, i bet you can guess there are signature food from different countries in Asia. Yup, you can find Indonesian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thailand, and even Indian food here at Padma Hotel. Psssttt..... they served Western food too. I believe you can find foods you crave, just as I did. I'm gonna review all of my personal favorite, MUST TRY, can't be missed kind of food here.

WARNING: This post will be full of PHOTO, that will makes you drool.

Salted Mackarel

Slow Roasted Marinated Black Angus Ribs Eye

Right after you enter the Padma restaurant area, you'll notice a steak stand. There you'll find this Slow Roasted Marinated Black Angus Ribs Eye. Black Angus is one of a superior beef meat, because of its marbled appearance. When you ordered this, they'll grill it for you, and you can choose the doneness level. I always had mine, medium well. There are 3 types of sauce to drizzle over the steak, mushroom stroganoff, chipotle bbq, or shiraz peppercorn. You can drizzle just one, or two, or all 3. In different parts of course. My personal favourite is the mushroom stroganoff, with a thick mushroom flavour. Yum.

Hainan Chicken Rice

Just across the steak stand, you'll find Hainan Chicken Rice. The Hainan rice is really fragrant, well infused with the chicken broth, and seasoned nicely. The Chicken part is also tender and tasty.

Chicken Shawarma

Going left, you'll find the Chicken Shawarma stand. It is wrapped in a small bun, with vegetables, and mayonaise. Tasty.

Still, at the same room, if you like lamb meat, you can find Lamb Curry. The lamb meat is tender, well marinated with spices and cooked in a rich coconut broth.

Ramen

Tom Yam

Crab Soup

Crab Soup found! It's warm, fragrant, and filled with loads of crab meat, crabstick, and stirred egg. Delicious.

Korean Corner

There's also a Korean Corner! Here you can find assorted korean banchan (side dishes), such as kimchi, oi kimchi (spicy pickled cucumber), spicy sauteed beansprout, spicy sauteed eggplant, gyeran-jangjorim (boiled egg in soy broth), dubu-jorim (spicy braised tofu), fried fish cakes. The oi kimchi is great for rinsing your mouth. And i like their dubu-jorim, it's made from good quality tofu and spicy.

Ti! A drink with bread and jam

Bread

Amuse Buche

Amuse Buche

Salad Bar

Es Campur

Ice Cream, anyone?

 

I notice they served unordinary ice cream flavour, durian and mocha. Yup, that's what i tried and i liked both. The ICE CREAM is splendid. It has smooth texture, creamy, and rich in flavour. You've got to try this.

Blueberry Frosting Cake

Choco Pie

Velvet Pyramid

Pudding in Glass

Pudding in Glass

Creme Brulee

And from the cake bar, you definitely can't miss the CREME BRULEE. It's really delicious, sweet, thick, smooth, A melt in your mouth kind of feeling. The best one i've ever ate so far.

Traditional Cake stand

Koci

Wingko

Kue Lumpur

Buah Bangkok

Pukis

Lekker

There's no drink bar, so you'll have to ordered a drink from the menu. Here at Padma restaurant, you'll find juice, mocktail, smoothies, coffee, tea, and there's even beer, wine. I ordered their signature Tiramisu Coffee. It's really good. The coffee flavor is quite strong, sweet, and mixed well with kahlua.

Tiramisu Coffee

Green Light Hip Hip

I also had Green Light Hip Hip. It's a blended mixture of peach, kiwi, and aloe vera. Tasted fresh and a bit sour.

Totally an amazing dining experince, with great food, great ambiance, great hospitality, and service. I'm really thankful to Padma Hotel. Keep up the good work guys!


Asian BBQ Buffet
Every Friday 6-10 PM
The Restaurant
Padma Hotel Bandung
Jalan Ranca Bentang no: 56-58
Ciumbuleuit
Bandung

Instagram: @padmabandung

2sons @ Paskal Hyper Square, Bandung

Found a minimalist, attractive, and affordable Japanese cuisine cafe when I strolled around Paskal Hyper Square for dinner. Just drive into the complex and you'll found 2sons at the right side. It's a 2 storey cafe, with semi outdoor area on 2nd floor. I like their black and white interiors, with cute huge city mural on their walls and some Japanese quote along the stairway.

Come in Moment

Name all Japanese food you can think of, and you can find it here. Starts from sushi, sashimi, ramen, udon, donburi, even anmitsu. Not too much variations tho'. But hey, they serve some fusion menu. And that's one of the food I've tried.

Volcano - Rp 35.000

Volcano, this is one of their fusion sushi. Why? Because it's fried after rolled. So you get that bit of crisp taste. Made of fresh salmon, crabstick, tobiko, then rolled with seaweed, and seasoned well with mayonnaise. Yum!

Shoyu Ebi Tempura Udon - Rp 45.000

Originally wanted to try their ramen, but it's sold out already. So I tried their Shoyu Ebi Tempura Udon. I'm not a fan of udon, but this one is delicious. Their udon has this smooth and slightly chewy texture, which is my liking. It's that good till you can slurp it comfortably. The shoyu broth is fragrant with some seaweed topping. And the tempura consists of 2 ebi, 1 onion, and 1 sweet potato. Each one is nicely coated and fried.

Beef Mozaru - Rp 27.000

Beef Mozaruuu... This is so fusion. But it lacks that nice cheesy coating on top. More like a butter fried rice with good beef slices topping.

Pot of Coffee - Rp 20.000

Had all that with a Pot of Coffee. It's a regular black coffee, and served with a sugar sachet so you can add it up to your preference.

2sons is a nice, minimalist, and value for money Japanese restaurant in Paskal Hyper Square. I enjoy my dining time here, and will come back for more of their sushi and ramen.

2sons Japanese Cuisine
Paskal Hyper Square no: 46
Bandung
IG: @2sonscuisine

Makan Doeloe @ Jl Pajajaran, Bandung

Makan Doeloe  means eat first in Bahasa Indonesia. This food court is located right at the crossroad of Jl Pajajaran, Hussein Airport, Jl Abdulrahman Saleh, and Jl Arjuna. It's a semi outdoor food court, with wooden tables and bench. What I like most from this food court is their Wi-Fi. Been here twice and I had no complaint! He he...

As a food court, I think it's good. You can find various main course, snack, and dessert to satisfy all your tummy needs. 

Pisang Aroma - Rp 12.000

Does any of you like Pisang Aroma? When it's served, I'm a bit surprised since it's BIG. They used a whole banana right there. Appetizing as it looked, it's tasty too. The spring roll skin is crisp and the chocolate banana filling is sweet. Just like how there're stains of caramel all over the skin. That's the delicious sign.

Soto Betawi Daging - Rp 21.000 

I tried Soto Betawi from Aneka Soto Bu Hartono. It's good, but the coconut milk soup is a bit light to my liking. This Soto Betawi comes with a good portion of meat.

Nasi Bebek Goreng Serundeng - Rp 35.000

Bebek Serundeng anyone? I always like that fragrant fried shredded coconut. What's better, it is served with 4 kinds of chili sauce (sambal merah, sambal terasi, sambal cabe hijau, and sambal matah).

Mie Kocok - Rp 22.000

Kind of missed Mie Kocok at the moment, so I ordered one. It's delicious and has a nice aroma. I like to drizzled it with lime juice for a bit of tangy taste. Downside is their Mie Kocok is too oily that it left on my mouth every time I ate it. 

Chatuchak - Rp 25.000

And my food venture today is ended with a nice dessert from Chatuchak. They are serving ice cream in a coconut shell, which placed on top of a coconut water filled plastic glass. You can choose 2 scoops, between durian, strawberry or coconut ice cream. And 3 kinds of topping to chose from grassjelly, corn flakes, nata de coco, pocky, mochi, koko krunch. Since their signature is coconut, I tried their coconut and strawberry. Have to say I like it yeah!

Makan Doeloe
Jl Pajajaran no: 136, Bandung
Ph (022) 6012018
Wi-Fi: Yes
IG: @makan.doeloe

Caribou Coffee @ Paris van Java mall, Bandung

Welcoming Caribou Coffee to Bandung. Yaayyy!!! Founded at Minnesota in 1992, it has become one of the well known coffee franchise in the world. Their first stall in Bandung is located at Paris van Java mall, just right beside Black Canyon Coffee.

Come in Moment!

I'm very excited since i'm such a huge coffee fan. Who in the same boat with me?

Their interior and exterior are painted mostly in pastel blue, except for the 2nd floor. And I'm so crazy about the fireplace. Two times here, but I haven't got any chance to sit nearby. Ugh! But I won't give up, no no.

As for the coffee, a friend told me that Caribou Coffee's signature is their CHO-CO-LA-TE. So it's recommended to try their chocolate related drink, such as Turtle Mocha, Ice Mocha, etc.There are 3 types of chocolate to choose, which is white, milk, and dark. 

And and aannddd the coffee they used is DECAF coffee, which is great news. Less caffeine, but still high in antioxidant. Nice!

Ice Turtle Mocha

I had their signature Turtle Mocha. It is made of real chocolate melted into steamed milk and combined with espresso and caramel. Opted for a less sugar one, which I regret then, since it reduce the caramel syrup. Oh no... Don't repeat my mistake okay.

Now less sugar makes the Turtle Mocha has a similar taste with regular Iced Mocha. For Iced Mocha, tried both dark and white chocolate, and I love the White more. The white chocolate gives more fragrant smell and milkier taste, wonderful.

Bagels Multiseed @ Rp 15.000, Cream Cheese @ Rp 10.000

While sipping my coffee, i'm having this delicious Multiseed Bagel with Cream Cheese. I like how they rebake it a while before serving the bagel. And the cream cheese topping is splendid, it's really cheesy and spread easily.

Ice Cappucinno

Cappuccino is a regulars in a coffee shop, and here it's bitter. If you like your cup of coffee a bit sweeter like me, you can add more sugar/brown sugar/honey at the counter.

Cream Brulee Danish - Rp 20.000

Tried this Cream Brulee Danish too. It's layered like croissant, but crispier. And this danish is filled with generous egg tart like filling. Sweet! Plus point for not shattered when I cut it into bite size pieces.

Almond Croissant - Rp 28.000

Saved the best for the last, my favourite pastry, Almond Croissant. It smells great when it's served and it's really delicious. I enjoy every single bite of it. A nice layered, flaky texture with buttery filling. Yum yum!

It's a wonderful coffee time with my dear friend at Caribou Coffee. And someday, you might find me there, enjoying my cup of coffee. 

Caribou Coffee

Paris Van Java mall, Resort level

Jl Sukajadi no: 129-139

Bandung

Wi-Fi: yes

IG: @cariboucoffeeid