Teh Botol Sosro

Found this pic in my file. Yep...again I remembered seeing these bottles at the kitchen back home in Kediri. I guess they've been there for ages^^. I mean they must have been stacked up there since the last time a family event ever took place. Hmm...wonder what or where they'll end up to be. Ok...about Sosro itself. . .hmm..it's always one of my most sought after tea.

Bakso Cak Man @Jogja City Mall

Bakso.for me? Hmm...not really. I can't eat meatball...but I'm all for the noodle.

cak man's bakso: It's for bakso lovers.

Eyra loooveeeed it. Teh Botol Sosro....complemented this particular  delicacies.

A small.part of the mall...

Since it's Jogja, even the tiniest bit of interior should be.... Jogja-ish.^*^

It's an alley at one corner of the mall.

Jogja ~~ Jakarta ~~ Seoul!!!

 It's time for me to go back home to Seoul. Yes...

The flights delayed for almost 2 hours due to the heavy rains!! Yes, it's rainy season..and gee..lots of planes were delayed..and mine, too. Anyway..I got to wait for my flight at Jogjakarta airport.... 

Anyhow..these were my two bags...that I would bring to the cabin....though they weighed hmm about 20 kg...ㅋㅋㅋ gee....but the cool acting that came out of my poker-face...really worked out well. 

with a tremendous impact--> h.u.n.g.r.y. 

so..as soon as I touched down at S.H.I.A, I got to find something to feed the butterflies in my tummy.

Found....again and again..yeaah nasi rames!! 

complete with some emping...yeach...my favorite keropoooooookkk.  

and TEH BOTOL SOSRO!!!

enough with the food story. Time for me to get to the international departure gate... 

and with some time left...I managed to get some stuffs to buy and to...snap them into the camera^^ 

Reminded me of a scene in Catch Me If You Can..where some stewardess were entailing the pilot captain...^^ only this time..I did not see where the captain was...ㅋㅋ 

phew...7-hour flight was like a dream...I slept like a baby...no..not really..since I got my breakfast and managed to see one movie for a company.

Welcome back to Seoul, Suray. Yeach, I managed to bring back my almost-60 kg luggages.ㅋㅋ

Alhamdulillah I'm safely back to Seoul.

Then...rushed myself to the different section of Incheon airport to get myself the fastest rail link to Seoul.

Snap snap snap...more pictures before boarding the train.

Selamat Datang di Seoul.

Feel home already. 

now..ready to get more things done in Seoul.

Lunch @ J.Co Donuts

Donuts?? and they're for lunch? hmm..well...yes..and no. I brought some gimbab along just in case donuts won't do just fine. I've been eager to have J.Co donuts when I got a chance. My craze for J.Co's been subdued due to the distance we had in between. J.Co Donuts have not yet opened any branches in Korea though they have the nearest one in Shanghai and Beijing. ^^ 

Are J.Co donuts so irresistibly delicious that I was madly in craze head over heel for savoring them in  my mouth? well....yes. It's that worth-it. 

but..wait...Freya.....what's with that look? You didn't want to eat? 

oh wait...this was not at donuts store anymore. We moved to Pempek Ny. Kamto...and...Freya..was like...'I wanted my donuts back!!!"ㅋㅋㅋ

even green balloons didn't excite her at all.

*oh, teh botol sosro= the must-have beverage in Indonesia.

Nasi Goreng Kediri (Fried Rice ala Kediri)

What's the fuzz about it? I mean..I knew this street-side vendor even when I was back in my junior high year. So..it was more than 20 years ago...but boy..the atmosphere and the way they prepare the fried rice does not change a bit. 

They're still using a wooden charcoal instead of gas or any electric appliances to prepare the food. Yes, we went to Mbah Man or Bu Pur's nasi goreng. 

It's located at Jalan Stasiun ..which means Station street where the city main railway station is located. This nasi goreng vendor seems to be 'preserved' in time. 

As soon as I stepped to take a seat, I could smell the used-to-be so familiar smell and flavor..and atmosphere...

One cook with 3 assistants. The main cook (the owner) prepares all ingredients while his assistants stir, fry, and garnish the fried rice before being presented in its simple presentation. 

DA..DA.....aaaa...---> 

It just look plainly simple without any additional servings. Wait...some cucumber pickles do 'ignite' the flavor. Even the rice and all of other ingredients seem to be perfectly mixed and blended into one famous Nasi Goreng Kediri. 

Apa pun makannya, minumnya Teh Botol Sosro. Yes...Sosro Tea is an indispensable beverage that accompanies most Indonesian ( not all ) in enjoying the food. 

My Mom and her grandchildren....that means..my daughters....were enjoying their food. 

*the downside: we got to wait for almost 45 minutes before even granted with what we've been missing^^

Alhamdulillah..we could taste what the fuzz bout nasi goreng.

Ansan Trip (again)

This was the second time that I went to Ansan--a 1-hour-5- minute-trip from Seoul by Metro. Indeed, a tiring trip as it was, still it never failed to lure me out of my den in Seoul to crawl away from the bustling life in Seoul to a seemingly not-Seoul-like outskirt town of Ansan...simply to have  a taste of --nothing else than--Indonesian food, since of course there are numerous Indonesian restaurants that dotted the streets there.

Maya, Jobirson, Felix, Wawan got Lost in the Market

This time around....I was lucky enough to have Wawan and other friends of mine: Felix (Ghana), Jobirson ( Uzbekistan), and Maya (Algeria). They agreed to go along with us since they wanted to have another taste of food. So, we went to Barokah restaurant (again) where we ordered rendang (the number one food in CNN food survey:)......hmmm Felix and Jobir loved it so much that they wanted to order the same dish again....., then we also had sate, nasi kuning, ayam bakar, tahu isi (that they loved so much) and of course....Teh Botol Sosro. ^^.
After doing some prayer at the Mosque, we had time to do some shopping. Ansan is notorious for its cheap stuffs, especially those of second-hand stuffs.
Well, we did do some shopping like crazy.
Maya, in particular, was so delved into the world of vegetables as she loves making salad. She found her heaven there since the prices were so way cheaper than those in Seoul.
We 'ransacked' shop after shop to find the bargain stuffs!!!

winter coat and two fluffy dolls

I had this winter coat for my wife, and also a big fluffy doll for my daughter.
Then, since it was about 4 in the evening, we got to catch the train to Seoul.
Oh, I managed to meet my colleague (Chrisna) with her husband, too.
Then, off we went to Seoul by Metro.
Before going....we took time to take a token of memoir in front of Ansan station.