Taiwan Dian Xin

Taiwan Dian Xin is a small cafe-like restaurant in Pluit Village. It offers Taiwan night street snacks, such as crispy chicken, popcorn chicken, crispy corn, fried sweet potato, fried mushrooms, bubble tea and others.. 

 Fried Sweet Potato Rp 16.000/ US$ 1.8

What makes Taiwan Dian Xin different from any other is that its flour is imported from Taiwan, and it has a really nice smell. It feels like it's made from natural herbs. The best dish I tried here is Popcorn Chicken, but I didn't take a picture last time. It's really nice-- so flavourful and the chicken inside is like so juicy..

The sweet potato is another striking dish. I had ever tried this in another place, but it doesn't taste as good as this. The sweet potato here is really really sweet, and they use plum powder which just combines nicely with the crispy sweet potato.

Crispy Chicken is one of the most famous snack in Taiwan itself. The one here is crispy, but because it has too much flour, not all of it fried to perfection. But I would say it really taste delicious, the chicken is quite thick.

I did not order any drinks though, but they gave free sample drink, and when I taste it it was really good, refreshing, and it just smells good. It was some sort of flavoured tea the drink that I tasted last time.

MKG snack time

Eat & Eat is a foodcourt in Mal Kelapa Gading. It's moer to the Nonya style, it has an old fashioned interior and it offers mainly south east Asian traditional foods. It's a perfect hangout place and it offers such a wide variety of foods.

Peach Tea Rp20.000(US$2.2)

Ice Kachang Rp 12.000(US$1.3)

Ice Jelly Medan Rp 16.000(US$ 1.8)

Ya Kun Kaya Toast

Ya Kun Kaya Toast has many branches inside shopping centres here in Jakarta. It gets really crowded at around 2-3, as many people come here to chat and have their evening tea time. The place is simple yet modern.  

Tea Rp 13.000/ US$1.5

Ice Lychee Tea Rp 21.000/US$ 2.5

The lychee tea, although a little bit pricy, is worth it as it's got the capability og lightening up your mood. It's very sweet, too sweet I would say, but that is what lychee tea is all about - sweetness. There are a few small pieces of lychee underneath. The tea itself has a strong fruit flavor.

Butter Sugar Toast Rp 14.000/ US$ 1.6

This is their signature dish-- toasts. Well, actually they are most famous for Kaya Toast, which is a very close relative of the one in the picture. The on here has sugar instead of kaya jam. What makes it distinguishable from any other toasts is its crispy wholemeal bread. Tried to ask if they sold the bread separately but they didn't. The bread is very crispy, and even though it's wholemeal, you won't feel very full even after eating a portion of it.

QQ Kopitiam

QQ Kopitiam, as its name suggests, is a kopitiam style cafe, with kopitiam style foods, but made to a more contemporary liking. I stopped by for evening snack once, and this is what we had.

The Old Style Table Number Plate

Ice Barley Rp13.000/US$1.5

The barley is so flavorful, they are adding pandan leaves and a lemon slice.

The lemon tea is refreshing as usual.

What's unique with the beverages here is that it is served in a jam jar with a handle, so it looks really nice and appetiting.

Ice Lemon Tea Rp13.000/US$1.5

Fried Banana Rp 15.000/US$1.8

The Fried banana is so crispy, as it was fried with bread crumbs. The banana inside is so sweet. Dipped in the kaya sauce, it's really a nice dish for snack time.

Kit Kat

Kit Kat Mont Blanc

Never seen this in my hometown or any other places before. Got this from a supermarket in Singapore. The Kit Kats inside is like just two-third the size of a usual Kit Kat. What an elegant dessert I would say..

Vivo City Snack Time

If you happened to be in Vivo City Singapore, why not refill your stomach with the various snacks located on the ground floor. There are peking duck, some fried stuffs, gelato, puffs, pies, cakes, and so on and so forth.. I tried the peking duck there and for me it just tastes as nice as those sold in the big Chinese restaurants, but with the duck meat.

Peking Duck S$6 (US$4.50)

Really love the wrappings.The duck inside is quite crunchy with some skin still on. The sauce is sweet and generous. The cucumber is juicy and fresh. I can eat boxes of these everyday.

BBQ Pork-same price with the duck

The pork has a crunchy outer layer and a meaty and juicy inner layer. NYUM!