Taoge Goreng Khas Bogor [Repost]

Literal translation for "Taoge Goreng" is fried bean-sprout, even though they are not actually fried in this dish.  Taoge Goreng consist of rice cake, fried tofu, blanched bean-sprout and sauce made with fermented soybean.  Served with noodle cracker.
Yummy!!!

PAUL Boulangerie

Heard from my sis about a new eating place called Paul at Pacific Place - she said they had a bakery too and they had great reviews. Nowadays I'm in dessert funk since the Tokyo trip, so I thought to try some takeaways. 

Turned out that Paul was a cafe/patisserie from France.  The place at Pacific Place looked great and it was crowded on Friday afternoon.  Even the takeaway counter also have some people queued.

I chose their Eclair au cafe (crispy choux pastry filled with a coffee flavoured crème pâtissière); Eclair aux framboise (choux pastry with rapsberries and whipped cream - picture on top) and a chocolate cake/mousse that I don't know what's the name (the bill said "3 Choco Dessert").

The triple chocolate cake was good  (mind you, this was a modest review since I was never too fond of chocolate cake because of the sweetness). 
But I absolutely liked the eclairs - they're all very yummy.  The coffee one was interestingly different than any coffee-flavor-pastries; while the raspberry was just L-O-V-E.

Paul
Pacific Place Ground Floor - Jakarta
 

Taste of Tokyo Part 2 - Takeaways

Now let's take a look at the food & snacks that we ate on the street or bought for take-aways. 

First, let's familiarized with Depachika.  What is it?  It's an area in a department store which sells food, which located on the basement floor ("depato" means department store, and "chika" means basement).  There are many many many (yes, that many) types of food sold here; from fresh produce, veggies, fruits until ready-to-eat bentos, sandwiches & salads.  You won't be run out of options!

Above picture was a sandwich/bento shelf from one of depachika in Roppongi.  It was a small selection, yet I was confused what to choose.  We just wanted a light dinner, so we opted to have salads and sandwich instead.

Potato & Pasta Salad.  I love how Japanese made their potato salad.  It's the best!

This is Katsu-sando, breaded cutlet sandwich

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The next take-away was from Yazawa Meat Bento Box from Tokyo Station, where the hamburger made from A5 rank wagyu beef.  I'm a meat lover, so I was really curious and want to try this after reading the yummy review at Tokyo Eats.  And thanks to Tokyo Eats' direction, we can find this place easily inside the massive Tokyo Station.

The food plastic display at the counter.
Check-out the bottom display, the bento priced at 9,600 Yen! (about $90!)

And this was the actual burger meat that we got.

Pardon for the blur photo because we took the picture from our hotel room, where the lighting was minimal... plus I was in a hurry to eat the thing! :)

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The followings were not actually take-aways... but more like snacks that we ate on the street.


These buns sold at Nakamise Street, near to Sensoji Temple Asakusa. 

The pink one was Ume (Plum) flavour, white was Plain and green one was Green Tea.  It tasted like fried mantao/buns - crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.  Good!

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This was one of our must-eat list and we finally got it on our last night, when the shop was almost closed! (sometimes we were so dedicated to fulfil our list haha).  It's a bowl of freshly made french fries drizzled with Royce melted chocolate - from Calbee shop in Harajuku.

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Roasted Chesnuts from food festival held at the end of Icho Namiki (Ginkgo Avenue) of Meiji Jingu Gaien Park. 

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Chocolate Banana Crepe from Momi & Toys at Jiyugaoka.

Locations : Roppongi, Tokyo Station, Asakusa, Harajuku, Gingko Avenue & Jiyugaoka

Asinan & Rujak

 Asinan Bogor

Asinan is some kind of pickled (through brined or vinegared) vegetables or fruits dish. The term asin is Indonesian word for "salty", which explain the process of preserving the ingredients through soaking it in the solution of salt water. There are many types and variations of asinan, and above is the infamous Asinan Bogor.

Fruit Rujak

Fruit rujak consists of slices of assorted tropical fruits such as water apple, pineapple, raw mangoes, jicama, cucumber, kedondong, and raw sweet potato. All of the fruits are sliced to bite-size and mixed with thick sweet spicy dressing (made with palm sugar, sauteed peanuts and chili).



Titoba [Pork with Sour Dressing]

Pork cuts with vinegary dressing

Not sure the origin of this dish, but so far I only find it in Bogor (and one seller, nonetheless).  My guess this exist someplace else, with a different name.

Kkul Tarae - Traditional Korean Snack

A traditional Korean snack made of honey, malt and filled with ground nuts.  

I know, the picture is not that appealing, but it was interesting the way they made it (you can find it on YouTube).  The dough was  stretched & pulled many times until broken into thousands of strands (they said 16,000 strands), which then filled with ground nuts and folded.

Snack @ Asakusa, Tokyo