Minggu, 06 Desember 2015

JAPAN TRIP: DAY 7 Tokyo Disneyland


Well, well, well, finally I write again. And finally we arrived at Tokyo Disneyland. It was one cloudy and chilly morning in Tokyo. We arrived at Maihama Station around 8 something and walk to Tokyo Disneyland from there. The theme park was already packed! So, I bought a 2-Day Passport from Tokyo Disney Resort's website, so I just had to bring the printed ticket to the entry gates without having to queue at the ticket booth. A 2-Day Passport costed me JPY 12,400, and you have to choose which theme park at what date when you buy the ticket online.

After entering the park, I saw a long line of people queuing for something, I checked, and oh! It was a queue for taking picture with Mickey Mouse.


So when you queue, you'll be given a paper like the picture below.


The queue was quite long, it took me around an hour to finally meet my long lost friend Mickey Mouse. You'll be given only one chance to take picture with the character, taken by the theme park officer. I told my friend to take another picture with my mobile phone, and here's the result...

A heartwarming meeting between giant Minnie and Mickey

I spent to many time queuing for Mickey and the theme park was getting crowded. Since it was still early May, it was still Easter all around Disneyland. 


And from far away, finally I could see that Walt Disney & Mickey statue with Cinderella's castle as the background, and I thought to myself, "this is really Disneyland!". 


Colorful flowers were also everywhere, too bad the sky was cloudy.


I saw people starting to sit on the side of the road. Apparently, a parade will start soon. So we decided to pick a spot and sit.


It was called the Hippity-Hoppity Springtime Disney Easter Parade. Usually the parade will be held around two or three times per day. Just check the schedule in the theme park's brochure. It was a fun and colorful parade! Check the photos and videos below for more pictures about the parade.

























I really want to take pictures with the castle, but the sky wouldn't cooperate. It looked like a villain's castle with the cloudy sky.


So, I just entered the castle (yes you could enter the castle), by queuing first of course. Inside the castle you could see several dioramas about Cinderella's story, also you could take pictures while sitting on the throne.





Behind the castle is Fantasyland, styled like those fairy tales setting where you could find attractions like Peter Pan's Flight, Snow White Adventure's, Haunted Mansion, Pooh's Hunny Hunt, and many others.







Yes, people, and more people everywhere, and yes queue and queue everywhere. You might see groups with matching Disney characters' tee, people wearing Disney characters' hat, kids holding their Disney characters' doll.

From Fantasyland, we headed to Tomorrowland, where you could find attractions like Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters, Monster Inc. Ride & Go Seek, Star Tours, Space Mountains and others. The queue for most rides were quite long, around 1-2 hours worth (written on the entry). I really wanna try the Buzz one, but the FASTPASS was no longer available. So I have to queue for hours to try the ride. So, I just took the FASTPASS for Space Mountain which was still available. With FASTPASS you don't need to queue that long, you just have to come at the time written on the FASTPASS ticket. So a tip: come earlier to get the FASTPASS. But not every ride provides FASTPASS, and once you take one, you could only take another one hours later. And sometimes, because the theme park is too crowded, even you get the FASTPASS, it might be for 9PM or 10PM turn.


Another Hippity-Hoppity Springtime Disney Easter Parade was on the run, and thank God finally the sky turned blue!


And when the sky already turned blue, finally picture time!

Cinderella is coming back home.

See? The castle looked better when the sky is blue. On the west side of the castle, there is Westernland with attractions like Big Thunder Mountain, Country Bear Theater, Mark Twain Riverboat and others.




Smoked Turkey Leg - JPY 700

We stopped by for a while to enjoy this smoked turkey leg. Talking about food, can you bring your own food to Disneyland? Actually you can. I brought sandwiches in my bag, and they didn't check it at all. So yeah, I just spent this JPY 700 for food here (and spent most of my money on souvenirs). And for you popcorn bucket hunter, Tokyo Disneyland has several flavors of popcorn  like caramel, curry, soy sauce & butter, salt, chocolate, honey, and even strawberry. Just check the map for each flavor's location.


Heading South from Westernland, you'll enter Adventureland! Here, you may find Pirates of the Carribean adventures, an Istana Boneka kind of ride, but of course a cooler and much more upgraded version. And of course others attractions. One will never be able to try all the attractions in one day, two days, or even three days. Maybe that's why they have annual pass for the locals.





Please mind that girl's face, I just want to show you that they sold different theme of souvenirs based on the location. On Adventureland, you may find Jack Sparrow dressed Mickey Mouse merchandises. Really, Disneyland will leave you broke.



Too many, too many cute stuff will make you spend your money here. Moreover if you are a Disney person.

Now, let's head to Toon Town! This is the place where Mickey and his friends live.


You'll find cartoon themed building and houses in Toon Town.


It was kinda hard to take pictures with the characters in Disneyland, since they were always surrounded by people asking for signature (yes signature! these kids have books filled with Disney character's signatures). You really need to grab the characters attention for them to take picture with you.

Uncle Scrooge a.k.a Paman Gober






Water - JPY 210

While waiting for the night parade, we entered the Mickey's PhilharMagic, a 3D concert with Donald as the main character.


My castle Cinderella's castle at night.
Time went by super fast! It was night already, and it was getting colder by the night. But we were excited for the night parade! We took a seat on the side of the street, and finally it was The Electrical Parade Dreamlights time! You could see the parade on the embedded videos below.










After this visit, my very first visit to Disneyland, I promised myself to get back there. It was so much fun! Especially when you grew up watching those Disney's movies, reading those Disney's book and magazines.I haven't had the chance to ride and try many attractions but I made a promise to myself to visit every Disneyland on earth.  I'll be back! Meanwhile, let's wait for my Tokyo Disneysea post, hopefully...soon.



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Kamis, 19 November 2015

Brunch & Lunch at MIDTOWN Bistro & Lounge, SCBD


So, last year I visited this place called The Twenty8 in SCBD area. A year later, this place already transformed into a new place called MIDTOWN, but still with the same bistro & lounge concept. Located in SCBD area, MIDTOWN focuses on serving variety of lunch menus for office workers, and also drinks and tapas for them who are looking for a place to hang out after work while avoiding the traffic madness.

For the interior, there were not much differences with the previous The Twenty8. There were a bit changes here and there, but the overall feel is still the same.







MIDTOWN serves quite a lot variety of menus from local taste, to Asian & Western. This time I tried several of their highlighted menus like their chicken wings, brunch menus, and also Indonesian lunch menus.

Truffle Garlic Parmesan Wings - IDR 50,000 ++

For starters, Midtown have several kind of Chicken Wings, one of them is this Truffle Garlic Parmesan Cheese. A bit dry on the outside because of the baked parmesan, but still tasted nice.

Spicy Teriyaki Wings - IDR 50,000 ++

I love the the Spicy Teriyaki Wings better, the wings were well marinated, tasty and just a bit spicy.

Steak & Egg - IDR 110,000 ++

Next, brunch menu! One of their brunch menu item is this Steak & Egg consisted of grilled minute sirloin steak, sunny side up, baked beans, bacon, sausage, grilled tomato, potato galette, and mushroom sauce.

Steak & Egg

Maybe because it was well done, the sirloin was bit tough, but every other item of this menu was quite nice. 

Croque Monsieur - IDR 75,000 ++

The other brunch menu you could fine here is their Croque Monsieur consisted of toasted brioche, bechamel cream sauce, smoked beef, grilled tomato, house salad.

Croque Monsieur

The size of this Croque Monsieur is quite big enough to share. I don't think I would be able to finish this alone. I thought it was gonna be extra cheesy that I wouldn't like it too much, but actually the cheesy taste was quite addicting that I'm kinda craving for this Croque Monsieur now. I think the grilled tomato inside made quite the balance.

Oxtail Fried Rice - IDR 120,000 ++

MIDTOWN also served Indonesian menu like this Oxtail Fried Rice. You'll have this stir fried rice oxtail meat, sweet soy fried oxtail, melinjo cracker, broth, acar in quite a satisfying portion when you order this.

Oxtail Fried Rice

I love the fried rice, savoury with lotsa fried shallots, and oxtail meat inside. The fried oxtail was a bit too sweet for me, but if you have this 'Indonesian loving soy sauce tongue', I think you're going to love the fried oxtail. On the other hand, the oxtail meat was well cooked and tender.

Chicken Betutu - IDR 75,000 ++

Another Indonesian menu that MIDTOWN serves is this Chicken betutu.

Chicken Betutu

Chicken Betutu is roasted Balinese yellow marinated chicken style, served with white rice, lawar urap vegetables, also sambal matah. And the hero of this dish was the sambal matah! Oh how I love sambal matah.

Meringue Sour - IDR 110,000 ++

Next up, cocktails! I tried their Meringue Sour, a mix of gin, lemongrass syrup, lime juice, sugar syrup topped with meringue. Although the name of this cocktail is Meringue Sour, the taste was not that sour. You could taste the lemongrass and lime, also the bitterness of the gin that was balanced by the sugar syrup. Quite refreshing overall.

Wildberry Smash - IDR 45,000 ++

If you are a mocktail goer, you might want to try their Wildberry Smash: blueberry jam, cinnamon, cranberry juice, soda water, marshmallow. A blend of sweet, sour, and berry-like taste.

Taste wise, MIDTOWN serves good food. Price wise, I think it is still reasonable if you compare it to other spots around SCBD. Ambience wise, the spot is quite cozy, but too bad there is no exact separator between the smoking and non smoking section. Overall, I think this place worth a visit.

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MIDTOWN
Jl. Tulodong Atas No. 28, SCBD
Jakarta
Tel. (021) 5274088
www.midtownjakarta.com
Twitter/Instagram @midtownjakarta
Opening Hours: 11AM - 2PM



Midtown Menu, Reviews, Photos, Location and Info - Zomato
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Kamis, 12 November 2015

It's a Cheeseburger, It's a Pizza, It's Cheeseburger Pizza from PHD

Mantap Spesial

Pernah dilema antara pengen makan ini atau itu? Saya sih sering. Misalnya dilema antara lagi kepengen pizza atau burger. Nah, kalau dilema yang satu ini sudah ada jalan keluarnya, yaitu produk baru dari PHD, The Real Cheeseburger Pizza!

#DuoMantap The Real Cheeseburger Pizza ini bisa dipesan mulai dari ukuran reguler seharga IDR 84,000. Rasanya memang unik, seperti makan cheeseburger dalam bentuk pizza. Topping daging burger asli, serta limpahan keju cheddar, paprika, mayonaise, saus tomat, dan mustard membuat menu ini mantap dinikmati rame-rame saat #SeruBareng dengan keluarga atau teman, apalagi musim hujan seperti ini saat malas keluar rumah.


The Real Cheeseburger Pizza - Reguler

The Real Cheeseburger Pizza juga tersedia dalam bentuk paket, yaitu Mantap Spesial - IDR 114,000, juga Mantap Personal - IDR 40,000.

Mantap Personal

Personal Cheeseburger Pizza

Also you have to try their Meat Puff, yang sudah termasuk di dalam Paket Mantap.

Meat Puff

Meat Puff ini berupa puff pastry dengan daging dan keju cheddar asli di atasnya. Yumm!

So, have you tried this #CheeseburgerPizza menu from PHD already?

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PHD
Tel. 1500 600
www.phd.co.id
www.facebook.com/PHD1500600
Twitter / Instagram: @PHD_1500600
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Senin, 09 November 2015

JAPAN TRIP: DAY 6 Gotemba Premium Outlet


So, if two late twenties ladies went travelling abroad together, what would be one of their top priorities in the agenda? Yes! SHOPPING! Selama masa-masa research trip ke Jepang, saya mendengar tentang GOTEMBA PREMIUM OUTLET yang merupakan outlet mall paling terkenal di Jepang. Konon dari tempat ini, kita dapat melihat Gunung Fuji, yah jadi saya pikir sekalian lah sambil belanja sambil lihat pemandangan. Jadilah sehari sebelum agenda mampir ke GOTEMBA PREMIUM OUTLET ini kami hendak membeli tiket bus yang langsung mengarah dari daerah Shinjuku menuju GOTEMBA PREMIUM OUTLET seharga JPY 2,880 di ticket office yang terletak dekat Yoyogi Station. Sampai di ticket office, kami harus menghadapi kenyataan bahwa tiketnya sudah sold out saudara-saudara! Sesaat saya diam bingung harus ngapain, tapi nyerah begitu saja akan cita-cita mampir ke tempat ini? Ngga donk!
Kalau untuk sekarang, untungnya reservasi bus ini bisa dilakukan secara online di sini, tapi waktu jaman saya pergi belum ada opsi tersebut. Dan memang karena saya saat saya pergi ke Jepang sedang golden week (hari libur orang Jepang) mungkin reservasi bus sehari sebelumnya memang sangat riskan. Setelah memutar otak sebentar, akhirnya saya dan teman saya memutuskan untuk berangkat keesokan harinya ke GOTEMBA PREMIUM OUTLET menggunakan kereta. Ada beberapa opsi  kereta dan jalur, dan tentunya kami memilih opsi paling murah, walau memakan waktu perjalanan yang lebih lama.

Perjalanan kami lakukan dengan melalui Odakyu Line dari Shinjuku Station menuju ke Shinmatsuda Station, dan dari Shinmatsuda Station kami berjalan kaki menuju Matsuda Station dan melanjutkan perjalanan melalui JR Gotenba Line sampai ke Gotenba Station. Sekali perjalanan ini memakan biaya total JPY 1,420 dan waktu perjalanan kurang lebih 2-3 jam termasuk waktu menunggu kereta. Nah, untuk kereta Odakyu Line ada beberapa pilihan, rutenya dapat dilihat di sini. Bingung lihatnya? Sama, saya juga bingung waktu itu. Ada beberapa jenis kereta yang melewati jalur Odakyu Line ini, dan tidak semua kereta berhenti di semua station yang terdapat di jalur tersebut. Kereta yang berhenti di setiap stasiun disebut Local, nah kalau kalian naik local, maka waktu perjalanan akan semakin lama karena berhenti per satu stasiun. Oleh karena itu kalian harus memperhatikan di stasiun mana kalian harus berhenti, dan lihatlah di peta jalur, kereta mana yang berhenti di stasiun tersebut namun tidak banyak berhenti di stasiun sebelumnya, seperti kereta Express atau Rapid Express.


Setelah mendaki gunung lewati lembah (karena memang itu yang banyak kami lihat melalui jendela sepanjang perjalanan), sampailah kami di Gotenba Station. Dari stasiun ini terdapat shuttle bus gratis ke GOTEMBA PREMIUM OUTLET.



Dari Gotenba Station kami naik shuttle bus ini menuju ke GOTEMBA PREMIUM OUTLET, dan ternyata perjalanan yang ditempuh masi cukup jauh juga, namun akhirnya sampai juga kami ke tempat ini. Perjuangan banget yah.



GOTEMBA PREMIUM OUTLET ini luas, terbagi menjadi East Zone dan West Zone yang terpisahkan oleh jembatan dengan pemandangan pohon di kiri dan kanan, dan kalau cuaca sedang bagus, puncak Gunung Fuji dapat terlihat jelas dari sini. Untuk list toko serta peta letaknya dapat kalian lihat di sini. Notes: tidak semua toko di sini tax free, oleh karena itu perhatikan brosur store listing, toko mana yang tax free, mana yang tidak. Untuk turis jangan lupa mampir ke Information Center untuk mengambil coupon booklet, lumayan suka ada tambahan diskon.





Entah karena memang hari itu sedang libur padahal hari Senin, atau memang biasanya seperti itu, kondisi GOTEMBA PREMIUM OUTLET sangat ramai. Banyak juga orang-orang yang datang membawa anjing peliharaan. Food court-pun sangat ramai, kamipun memilih stall yang antriannya tidak terlalu panjang, dan perlu beberapa waktu keliling sambil membawa tray baru kami mendapatkan tempat duduk.


Inilah makan siang saya di GOTEMBA PREMIUM OUTLET, Loco Moco seharga JPY 961 (after tax) dari kios Sam Choy's Cafe. It was quite delicious and fulfilling.


Melihat antrian stall Godiva yang cukup ramai, sayapun ikut-ikutan antri dan memesan minuman ini.


Saya mencoba Chocolat Blanc au the Earl Grey Chocolixir yang belum ada di Jakarta. Harganya JPY 590 dengan ukuran cup lebih kecil dari Godiva Jakarta. Actually it was quite cold there, and still I tried this cold chocolixir for the sake of curiosity, I was partly brain-freeze.


Yah ga mungkin donk yah setelah perjalanan memakan waktu dan tenaga itu lalu gak belanja apa-apa di sini #alasan. Setelah mondar-mandir beberapa toko dan belanja beberapa item kami menempuh perjalanan pulang dengan cara yang sama yaitu menggunakan shuttle bus menuju Gotenba Station, dan menempuh rute yang sama sampai di Shinjuku Station. Jadi perjalanan pulang-pergi menggunakan kereta dari Shinjuku Station menuju Gotenba Station ini memakan biaya JPY 2,840, hampir sama dengan menggunakan bus.

Sekembalinya di Tokyo, saya lagi-lagi membeli makan malam di konbini. Untuk kali ini alasannya karena insaf setelah menghabiskan uang di GOTEMBA PREMIUM OUTLET.


So what's up on my next Japan Trip post? TOKYO DISNEYLAND! Please wait patiently, I still have plenty of blog homework to do meanwhile work has been quite busy lately. #alasanlagi



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JAPAN TRIP SERIES 2019
Furano-Biei Day Trip: Farm Tomita, Shikisai No Oka, Blue Pond
Sapporo: The Food Journal
Sapporo: The Vibrant City of Hokkaido (And Where to Stay)
Falling in Love with Yokohama's Charm
Starbucks Reserve® Roastery Tokyo
Reasons to Stay Around Asakusa (or not)
My Third Japan Trip - The Intro

JAPAN TRIP SERIES 2017
Konnichiwa! I'm back!
JAPAN AUTUMN TRIP 2017: Preparation and Cost
JAPAN AUTUMN TRIP 2017: Back to Dotonbori
JAPAN AUTUMN TRIP 2017: Fall Foliage at Minoo Park and Quick Visit to Kuromon Market
JAPAN AUTUMN TRIP 2017: Autumn in Kyoto
JAPAN AUTUMN TRIP 2017: A Day In Takayama
JAPAN AUTUMN TRIP 2017: November Snow at Shirakawa-Go

JAPAN TRIP SERIES 2015
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