The Days of a Silly and Ordinary Girl! :D: September 2016

Picking Up Ms. Diana Liu : What a Surprise!

By Lasmarya Hadi Purwanto - September 26, 2016

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[Food Review] Martabak Yurich: Definitely Worth the Wait!

By Lasmarya Hadi Purwanto - September 18, 2016

Hello :)

It's been raining a lot at night these days though still accompanied by a very hot sunny weather during daytime. It's back to that extreme-weather period again.

So, first of all, take good care of yourselves, peeps! Stay healthy! :D

Well, well, I know, the photos look tempting already, right?

Let's get started then. Hihi

Finally had the chance to savor the currently super well-known and best-selling Martabak Yurich in Medan thanks to the craving of Miss Diana Liu who was back to our hometown for several days. Glad that we made the choice to satisfy her craving in the last minute before she left the next day, cause it is definitely worth sacrificing my diet plan. *devil smile* muehehe

Martabak Yurich is famous for its unique Black Padded (with Oreo), Red Velvet, Pandan and Yellow Bika series. Customers get to choose what butter to use (either Blue Band or Wijsman Butter) and there are a variety of toppings available too.

We ordered one Pandan Martabak with the usual Ceres + Cheese + Blueband (55k). We waited for around 30 minutes for ours to come, as although it was 10 something at night, but the orders kept on coming in, mostly from Go-Jek, that we needed to queue for a bit.

And the chaos began.

This is what happened when you left a group of vacuum cleaners waiting for food.

Eventhough it's just the common toppings, but the martabak's texture is so perfect that it was not too hard or too dry, and the toppings were in perfect portion, not too sweet nor too cheesy as well.

Just perfect! <3

See how it's gone in few seconds! Haha

The second one we ordered is its specialty, The Black Orchiss (80k), which stands for Oreo Cheese.

In addition to the melting cheese spread in the middle, we were also given some additional cheese on the corner of the box for extra dip. The texture is as perfect as the first one plus some hint of Oreo crumbs which made it even tastier.

Martabak is definitely best eaten when it's pipping hot as the cheese is melting when it's served and it would taste even better when it melts inside your mouth and drip onto your tongue. Ahhh, I'm salivating as I'm describing and imagining the taste. :d:d

I'm not a "cheese" person, I don't really eat cheese, it's not that I hate it. I mean if I happen to have another choice, I would surely not choose cheese, but when it comes to good cheese, I would never say no. By saying good cheese, I'm referring to any food with cheese which isn't too cheesy nor greasy, which is still enjoyable for me, which won't make me feel so gagged up eating it. Therefore, I'm always thankful whenever I met any "cheesy" menu that I can eat willingly.

And this one is effortlessly one of it.

I fell in love with the cheese right away, and I kept wanting for more.

Though it hasn't completely changed my mind about cheese, but I'll certainly come back for another one and another one and another one. XD

The orders came in after 30 minutes but we finished everything off in no more than 5 minutes. I can clearly see why Martabak Yurich earns its popularity in such a rapid rate. Because it's definitely worth the wait.
And the owner told us that they're expanding the store and adding more stoves so that in the near future, the wait wouldn't be so painful anymore and they're having rooms with AC too so that we can comfortably wait for our orders to be served. What a good news! :D
Martabak Yurich is available via Go-Food and they're currently offering free delivery using Go-Pay. :)

Martabak Yurich
0813-6108-8885
Jln. Merak Jingga No. 8H
Medan
Hours : 11.30 - 23.00

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Prawn Noodle and Nasi 7 Benua :d

By Lasmarya Hadi Purwanto - September 12, 2016

It's national holiday tomorrow, and I just can't be happier, cause not only Sunday, now finally Monday will be a beautiful day too. I just love the long weekend so much!!

Well, since it's the beloved Sunday today, I managed to try out two different eateries in Medan, and I could proudly say my tummy was happy for the whole day. :d

For brunch on the late Sunday morning, we decided to satisfy our mom's craving at a small stall, located on Jln Teuku Cik Di Tiro. It is a house-turned-into-a-food-stall, which is famous for its Prawn Noodle or what we call as "Mie Udang Terasi". It's noodle served with fish meatball, prawn, fried small prawn (ebi), bean sprouts, some water spinach (kangkung), and boiled egg as seen in the photos. There are several options for noodle available, such as bee-hoon, egg/yellow noodle, or kwe-tiao. Apart from this all, the spotlight goes to the red spicy soup. It tastes really good that it made me want to finish it all. (I'm definitely not the kind of person to drink off the remaining soup when there's nothing left in it.) It somehow blends really well with the sambal terasi that it makes me won't stop digging into the bowl. spoon-ing the scrumptious hot red soup again and again into my mouth. Though it may look like it, but the soup is not really oily, not the type to make you feel sick eating too much of it.

You can find the stall super easily, as it is exactly the first house on the left side on Jln. Teuku Cik DiTiro. Thought this might help :)

Taste? Entirely recommended.

Price: A bit expensive, around 40k per bowl.

Parking: Might be a little bit hard, when the street is crowded.

Place setting: A bit crampy, clean, so OK.

Next, next for the super-late-lunch-it's-almost-dinner, we tried out this restaurant, called "Nasi 7 Benua"(in English, it would be "7 Continents Rice"?), located right next to SmarCo on RingRoad Street as per recommendation by my brother. We

got there at around 3.30 to 4, that there were barely anyone besides us.

We ordered the Ayam Negro, the one in the middle, which is actually chicken cooked in sweet soy sauce, another chicken dish (I'm not really sure whether it's Ayam Kari or Ayam Gulai, it tastes like somewhere in between), as well as Urap and Curry as the additional dishes. The main highlight of all the dishes served on the table is the "Nasi 7 Benua" of course.

There are seven different tastes of rice on the plate, named as Nasi Putih, Nasi Lemak Pandan, Nasi Tomato, Nasi Minyak, Nasi Kacang, Nasi Hujan Panas and Nasi ChaCha. Can you guess which one is which?

Each of them indeed smells really fragrant, and with their own distinctive tastes, it's a very unique and the very first experience for me to actually eat 7 different types of rice in one go. I think it's such a creative twist and it sure is successful in attracting my attention.

Their Urap is one of the best Urap I've ever tasted in my life. Really good! And the Indian Curry as well! One of the best too. Rich in spices and thick but melts right away in your mouth, and the spiciness level was just...right. It tastes just perfect for me, but for my brother and my mom, they said it was too Indian for them. Haha (Or is this only because I like to eat tandoori? *shrug)