Tapex

Tapioca Express or Tapex is a really popular hang out place in Seattle. It's a bubble tea place that has a lot of variety of drinks. They also serve many kinds of food, from snack to meals. The last time I visited the place I ordered jasmine milk tea with big boba (tapioca ball) and my friend ordered the thai ice tea with big boba. Both of them are really good and refreshing. There are many other kinds of milk tea to choose from. For fruit lovers, they also have some choices of fruit, some of them are mixed with tea. It may sounds weird, but it still tastes good. Not only boba, we can choose different kinds of jelly. they have big boba, pink boba, small boba (yeah, a lot of bobas), mango jelly, egg pudding, and many more. For avocado lovers, I suggest the combination of avocado and egg pudding...

my jasmine milk tea (white) and my friend's thai ice tea (orange)

For food, my favorite is the popcorn chicken. It's flour coated fried bite size pieces of chicken seasoned with salt, chilli powder, and all spice powder. It is fried with basil leaves and it's really tasty. For those of you who doesn't like spicy food, you can adjust it according to your taste. They also have fried calamari and fish cake which are really good too.

As I say before, tapex is a hang out place. They provide many kinds of board games and cards. While eating and hanging out, we can also play games with our friends. Tapex is a great place to hang out.

More info: http://www.tapiocaexpress.com/

My ratings: 8 out of 10

~Ms. Nicks~

Bibimbap

This recipe is really easy to do but it has a lot of preparation to do.. I am not really sure what the real ingredients is, but I just substitute some ingredients with the ones that are familiar for me.. So, if you don't have time to go to a Korean restaurant, just make this at your house.

bibimbap

Ingredients:
- Steamed rice, if you have time put it in a ceramic bowl and put it in the oven
- Bean sprout, the big one from soy bean is preffered
- 3 Cloves of garlic, chopped
- Ground beef
- mushroom, slice it
- Spinach
- seaweed
- carrot, slice it like matchsticks and boil until tender
- Sunny side egg
- Sesame oil
- toasted sesame seed
- vegetable oil
- teriyaki sauce, subsitute with soy sauce and sugar
- Gochujang, very important and can't be sustituted, you can buy it near your local supermarket in the Korean food isle




1. Sautee the bean sprout with some sesame oil and garlic untill tender
2. Sautee the garlic with some veggie oil and put the ground beef. after the meat is brown, put in the mushroom and the teriyaki sauce. Continue cooking untill the mushroom is cooked through.
3. Put all the ingredients on top of the rice with the sunny side egg on top of them and the seeweed with the sesame seeds.
4. Mixed in gochujang and just stir the whole thing and it's ready to eat.


Note: 1.5 table spoon of gochujang is enough if you don't like spicy food.




~Ms. Nicks~

Piroshky

It's been a while since I post anything.. sorry guys, so here's my update..

In Seattle there are a lot of place to eat.. We have one farmer's market in downtown called the pike place market.. they have a lot of different kind of food there.. I used to go with my friend to buy some bread in Le Panier. I bought the baguette for $2.00 something, I forgot.. it is best if you eat it right away...

Another food that I really like is Piroshky. It's a small bakery serving different kinds of bread. It's originally from Russia. I used to buy the smoke salmon pate piroshky. I dont really know what's inside the bread. It's for sure salmon. And I think they have some cream cheese and some types of herbs. The bread is really soft and nice.. the filling will melt in your mouth. I also try the Cheese onion garlic roll. For those of you who likes cheese, this is your choice because they put a lot of them in there. It's too cheesy for me tho.. It's best when it is still warm..

Salmon pate

They all cost about $4.00-$6.00
More info: http://www.piroshkybakery.com/

My ratings: 9 out of 10

~Ms. Nicks~

En Dining, EX Jakarta

This time I wanna share my experience of dining at En Dining, a Japanese dining resto placed in EX Jakarta.
I've shared about their famous Honey Bread which is absolutely stunning and this is about the food.

The picture below is kind of rice with burrito's filling (I forgot the name.T.T) which taste exactly like rice with bolognaise sauce. Hmm..it's nice coz bolognaise sauce is always nice eaten with rice..haha.
Priced 50 thousand something..


Below is salmon sashimi. What can I explain about a salmon sashimi? It's just perfect with it's white stripe of fat..hmm..
This is what my dad always order in Japanese resto.


Below is my sister's order, double salmon roll. It's actually sushi roll with poached salmon inside and topped with raw salmon with green tobiko that taste like wasabi on top of it. But my sister asked if they could switch the poached salmon with raw salmon and they did it.
This is sooo good..
Salmon in the inside and on the outside is definitely superb.
Fully recommended.


I ordered many other menus that I forgot to take the picture..T.T
Like aburi sushi, that is grilled sushi. Rice with grilled things on top of it and it's so good..
I also ordered salmon ikura don which was served in a really small portion like even you can hold the bowl in your hand..T.T But I can tolerate it since the ikura really hypnotized me..haha.
And I did order grilled sishamo, a small fish that has no flesh at all and instead of flesh, the whole fish contains of it's roe.. It is SO DAMN GOOD!! Wow, I can't describe how tasty the fish roe is..
Yumm..
I also did order ordinary Japanese menus like tempura and teriyaki which is quite good and served in a good presentation.

For the overall, I love En Dining. The interior was superb that makes a good atmosphere. Their food taste good. The only concern if their price that is quite pricey compare to other Japanese restaurant.


So, my rating for En Dining : 7.5 out of 10

~Mr.Vee~