beer and steak

Another date night. Motzen ale and steak just located 5 minutes away from Hendra's place and I've been passing this steak and beer restaurant for hundreds of time. Finally we decided to give it a try. It was really nice, the steaks were juicy and tender, perfect medium rare. However, like every steak house in town, we were never get the taste of the perfect sauce. ( I think I'll try to make one that is not curry). 

Another advice, come early during weekend, after 8 this place's gonna be cramped.

last days of summer

Summer almost ends, and those last days have the most beautiful afternoons throughout the year. I spent one of them for nice afternoon tea and coffee with my cake buddy, Amet. This was our last weekend before holiday ended. We had plenty of choices for cafe but I settled my heart on Toko Coklat. They have a nice small garden area in front of the store and many shady trees surround its shop. This is one of my favorite spot because it's not too busy (believe me, that point is important when you choose cafe in holiday season) but located in a busy area. 

Amet went to Cianjur for his break and brought me this! My favorite snack, mochi with peanut filling, coated with sesame!  

I couldn't keep my hand off from the box!!

Inside the nest of Hummingbirds

This past ten years, Bandung has been changing fast, especially in culinary area. In every corner of the street new cafes or restaurants or bars pop up. Lots of them are good, most of them are pretty good, but only a few are actually great. The thing with culinary business in Bandung, it seems views and ambient are more important than the food itself, owners spend lots of money to decorate their restaurants with fancy menus and extravagant interiors. 

But I have some that I consider great, and Hummingbird is one of them. Opened almost two years ago, this restaurant has what it takes. Great menu with various choices, amazing interiors, open for breakfast, and most importantly : they serve good food that suit their image really well. I think there will be more posts about Hummingbird, so I won't write much. Here are some of my favorite on their menu :

Soon they will open their new branch at Kuningan, Jakarta. If you have never been here before, my advice are: go there during weekdays and avoid lunch time. On the 1st and 15th every month they usually open later in the day than usual, meaning no breakfast served on those dates. Because I often have breakfast there with my friends and two times I arrived only to find out that they were close, I kinda unintentionally memorizing their schedule.

Hummingbird Cafe

Jalan Progo 14 

22-4212582

Bandung