Nanny's Pavillon creates a different interior concept of each branch. Its branch in Ciputra Mall has a laundry room theme. There are indoor and outdoor seating. The indoor decoration is very sweet and has a vintage nuance. In accordance with the theme, one wall is decorated by the hanged baby girl's clothing. On the other wall, you can see a vintage clock, a pile of clothes in the basket, and a series of hanger. These are the tone that portray the warmth atmosphere of a home. 

Nanny's Pavillon Laundry Room exterior

Outdoor seating

"You're Here, You're Family"

Nanny's Pavillon Laundry Room interior

Nanny's Pavillon Laundry Room interior

I was not sure what to order back then. So the nanny recommend me Jack's Spanish Paella (IDR 68k) which is Nanny's Pavillon favorite menu. This baked yellow rice has a bit of everything such as prawn, chicken, and some of Spain's ingredients. This tasty paella is regarded as Spanish cuisine. The taste in my opinion is like our traditional yellow rice. The paella itself has wonderfully flavorsome, and the mushroom sauce give extra rich flavor to it.

Jack's Spanish Paella IDR 68k

When I came yesterday, it was Halloween. I didn't notice that until the nanny show me another menu -Spookytacular menu, special for Halloween. Nanny's Pavillon offer two kind of Halloween special pancakes: scary face pancake (IDR 42k), choco spider waffle (IDR 39k), and two special drinks: wicked twist (IDR 29k), vampire sangria (IDR 29k). However, this special menu only offered by Nanny's Pavillon on Sept 26 - Oct 31 2014. 

Aren't you curious of scary face pancake. Because I am. So I ordered one. It's actually two pancakes being stacked together, and filled with banana, chocolate jam, and almond. It is then covered with vanilla cream. As a final touch, it's sprinkled with smoothed-oreo around the cake. This becomes special because the pancakes are decorated to resemble a scary cartoon character of the night before christmas. I didn't order choco spider waffle because I was too full. The pancake is way too big for dessert. Anyway, I still enjoyed taking some pictures of scary face pancake.

There are two special drinks as I've mentioned earlier, wicked twist and vampire sangria. Wicked twist is made of lemon. While vampire sangria is a mocktail made of black tea, and combined with mixed-berry (strawberry and raspberry). This is a perfect drink after meals. Fresh!

Vampire Sangria IDR 29k

Scary face pancake IDR 29k

NANNY'S PAVILLON LAUNDRY ROOM

Ciputra Mall - Cibubur
Jl. Raya Arteri Cibubur (km. 4 dari Pintu Tol Cibubur)
Ground Floor
Phone: +6221 2906 7028 / +6221 2906 7038
www.nannyspavillon.com

Kid friendliness: kids will love its decoration

Food: êê궶

Ambience: êêêêê

Visit reviewed: 10/31/2014

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IKKI is a Japanese restaurant belonging to the WowPrime Group in Taiwan. There are about a dozen of IKKI restaurants spread throughout Taiwan counties. This review is a visit to the one near Zhongli station in Taoyuan County. It was a farewell party with some librarian colleagues. The best thing about eating with a large group is that you can share to sample different menu. IKKI offers you a full course meal starting from appetizer to side dishes to rice to main courses to dessert and beverage. And it's only at NT$698 or about IDR 210.000 per person. That’s actually an acceptable price considering the number of courses and service you get. For each course you'll get to chose one out of three or more items.

IKKI JAPANESE RESTAURANT

2F., No.118, Zhongshan Rd., 

Zhongli City, Taoyuan County

Website: www.ikki.com.tw

Payment: 10% service charge

Visit reviewed: 01/2014

Miso Soup

The first course is appetizer. We managed to order different menu out of three options. I went with fresh seasonal salad, while other friend chose fresh mushroom salad. Both taste really good. Fresh seasonal salad is tomato stuffed with potato and topped with thin slices of smoked salmon. It is served in a beautiful glass dish filled with garlic mud sauce. It’s a perfect way to whet the appetite.

Fresh Seasonal Salad

Fresh Mushroom Salad

The second course is side dishes. It's a deep-fried fish fillet with tartar sauce (a mayonnaise-based sauce) on top of grapefruit. It was excellent combination. It's my favorite dish at IKKI. 

Deep-Fried Fish Fillet with Grapefruit

There's still a couple of courses before the main. A bowl of rice with crumbed salmon & salmon roe and a glass of lemon sorbet. Next up, steamed-prawn with garlic sauce as seasonal boiled dish.

Salmon & Salmon Roe Over Rice & Lemon Sorbet

Steamed-Prawn with Garlic sauce

At long last, we finally reached the main course. There are 10 options. I went with salt-grilled seasonal fish. I was too full by then, so I asked the waiters to wrap it up and I took it home. When I got home at night, I could only think to eat my wrapped-grilled-fish from IKKI. I was surprised, they even manage to give me additional salmon rice without extra charge. I literally had my lunch and dinner by IKKI.

Salt-Grilled Seasonal Fish

Lastly, desserts and beverage. We got a caramel mousse cake and a pineapple panna cotta. Both were good. But I would suggest to go with pineapple panna cotta, since you've ate pretty much a series of courses. 

Fleur de sel Caramel Mousse

Pineapple Panna Cotta

Osmanthus Green Tea with Cream

In my opinion, the flavors of IKKI food are generally tasty. The service and quality are both excellent. You are not going to regret to pay for the price.

Are you a great lover of scarves? Do you have problem finding your scarves-to-go in the closet? Because I do. So check this out. Here are 12 solutions to neatly organize your scarves:)

Leave me a comment if you have any other fun ideas!

1. Shower Curtain Rings – Cornflower Blue Studio

     

     
   
     Fab Fatale

    

     The Crafty Scientist
  
    

    Real Simple

   

2. Multi-ringed hangers from IKEA - A Pretty Obsession

3. Upcycled Cans -  By Stephanielynn

     

4. Giant Peg Board with Cute Knobs - Hello Natural

      

5. Tights Tidy Hanger - The Guardian

      

6. Shoes Organizer that turned into Scarves Organizer - I Heart Organizing

      

7. Letter Holders - Design Mom

     


8. Cardboard Rolls - Moms Have Questions Too

     

9. Wall Hooks - DIY enthusiasts

    

10. DIY Fabric Scarf Holder - Burda Style

     

11. Intriguing Rope - Tiger Ligan

       

12. Foldable Boxes - Sabbyprue

      

Chocolate, has been said to be every woman's best food. Looking for high quality chocolate? Pipiltin Cocoa is the right place. Pipiltin Cocoa has the concept of bean to bar making process. As a guest, we can see behind the glass room the making process scene of cocoa beans that turn into chocolate bar. What I love the most is that they use the finest local cocoa beans from our own country, Indonesia. They gathered cocoa beans from Aceh, Bali, and Banyuwangi. Proudly present, Indonesia can produce high quality chocolate too.

A 3-storey building located at Jalan Barito. The first floor is the kitchen of bean to bar process. Pipiltin Cocoa has the slogan "we make chocolate from scratch". So we can see the process right at the spot. The second and third floor are for the guests who want to order and dine in. The place itself is relaxing. 

Pipiltin Cocoa signature desserts are: Tabanan Farm and Egg No. Well, I chose to try other dessert at that day. It's called Branch, with chocolate almond leaf, pistachio, pink sponge cakes, and green apple. Branch contains 80% of dark chocolate. It tastes bitter sweet in good way. It was excellent.

 Chocolate with salted caramel. Not too sweet. It's taste good even after you had your pasta and chocolate dessert. 

Besides chocolate desserts, PIP also offers savory menu such as pizza, pasta and rice. The one I tried is fettuccini carbonara with beef bacon. 

PIPILTIN COCOA

Jalan Barito 2 No. 5 Kebayoran Baru

Jakarta Selatan 12160

(next to London Beauty Centre)

Phone: 021-72800011

Hours: 1PM - 10PM

www.pipiltincocoa.com

Kid friendliness: PIP kids menu for the kids

Busway stop: Blok M

Visit reviewed: 09/2014