Monolog Brunch

Monolog is one of the hype place in Jakarta right now, located in Plaza Senayan, Palm Gate Entrance. This place is famously for their all day breakfast. Went there and I love this place! It's a nice place to have breakfast. Don't worry they also serve lunch and dinner too. This place is very nice to have breakfast before you start your activities, or maybe you can have your morning meeting with your clients here. It's a really nice place for sure. The ambience's there will makes you forget that you're in Jakarta and  near parking area in Plaza Senayan. 

Some cafe only serves breakfast or brunch menu in the morning, I went there around 11 AM and they already have all the menu..lovely! Monolog is famous for the breakfast menu, their breakfast menu recommendation is Pancake Breakfast, it's pancake with 2 eggs of your choice, beef bockwurst, fries, roasted tomato and banana..just right to give you positive energy in the morning to start the day. Another of their recommendation is Chicken Confit, a chicken version of duck confit, serves with potato, roasted tomato and garlic. It's so crispy and yuumy..love it! 

Pancake Breakfast

Chicken Confit

Too bad I didn't try their pastry because I'm in hurry to catch a movie at 12.30 AM...Next time I should try their pastry :) Overall, Monolog is a really nice place to start your day. I believe that we will have a good day if we start the day with good food and a nice place, don't you think so?

xoxo

Monolog 

Plaza Senayan CP 101 B Palm Gate Entrance

JL. Asia Afrika No. 8 - Jakarta 10270

7 AM - 10 PM

Grilled Chicken with Savory Rice

Feeling for Asian food? I made this recipe for my dinner few days ago. It's quite simple and it's yummy especially if you like Asian food. I called this recipe "Grilled Chicken with Savory Rice". Of course you know grilled chicken, but savory rice? no..it's not that difficult to make, in fact it's very simple..all you need is your rice cooker and rice of coure ;)

you'll need :

• chicken breast (boneless)
• soy sauce
• sweet soy sauce
• garlic (diced)
• lemon
• salt
• black pepper
• rice wine vinegar *optional

how to :

• clean the chicken, pat dry then squeeze lemon juice all over the chicken.
• sprinkle salt and pepper, diced garlic all over the chicken
• rub the chicken with soy sauce and rice wine vinegar, then put in the fridge for about 1-2 hours (more is better)
• grilled it
• sprinkle it with sesame :)

Savory rice? you'll need:

• rice
• garlic powder
• dried chilli
• salt
• black pepper

how to : put rice into rice cooker then sprinkle all the condiments all over the rice then turn on your rice cooker and wait until it cooked.

voila! very simple right? enjoy dinner :)

Grilled Chicken with Mushroom Sauce

I'm outta idea for making dinner recipe and I only got chicken on my fridge. Another grilled chicken? sounds boring huh? well what should I make then? Since I love mushroom sauce so much, why don't I try to make grilled chicken with mushroom sauce.

what you need :

• chicken breast (boneless)
• butter
• garlic
• rosemary
• white wine (optional)
• cooking cream or milk (I recommend cooking cream instead of milk)
• mushroom

how to :

• dice garlic
• rub chicken with butter,garlic and rosemary, put in the fridge for like 1-2 hours
• take the chicken from the fridge and grill it

mushroom sauce :

• cut mushroom
• dice garlic
• sauté the mushroom with garlic
• add cream and butter on it
• cook it till thick

Grilled chicken with mushroom sauce

Festive Chicken

Grilled chicken stuffed with garlic onion with touch of rosemary and orange. I create this recipe for ABC Black Gold competition...wish me luck :)

it's inspired by this festive holiday..

Happy holiday all

xoxo

Spicy Chicken Bok Coy

I'm feeling for something spicy and veggies. And Tarmi, my kitchen assistant, just bought bok coy from the market. So let's do something with this fresh bok coy. No..don't think that I'll make something so extravagant, this is just a simple recipe but yet it's quite healthy.   

You'll need :

• chicken breast, cut it into small cuts
• 5-6 cove garlic, diced it
• chilies, cut it (you can put more chilies if you like it hot&spicy)
• soy sauce
• bokcoy

How to?

• Marinate the chicken with soy sauce, garlic and chilies. Put it in the fridge for about an hour or more so it will absorb into the chicken. 
• After that grilled the chicken
• While grilling the chicken, boil the bok coy (don't boil them too long or you're gonna loose the freshness),  drained then pour them with cold water to stop the boiling process (this will make the bok choy stay&look fresh)
• When the chicken is done, serve it with rice, bok coy and soy sauce+cut chilies

Spicy Chicken Bok Coy

Spicy Grilled Buttered Chicken Stuffed with Garlic Mushroom

I was thinking to make something healthy for dinner, then my friend, Dewi came with this idea. She suggested me to make grilled chicken stuffed with spinach. Checked my fridge, apparently I don't have any spinach in there, but hey..I still got mushroom *triing* why don't I stuffed the mushroom inside the chicken, it's still healthy though. Well, I could say this is one of my healthy recipe, because the chicken is grilled, it has mushrooms&garlics too. Overall I LOVE this dinner menu, would like to cook it again someday and will try spinach for the stuffing :)

You'll need:

• Chicken breast/fillet
• butter
• garlic (diced)
• crushed chilies
• basil
• mushroom (any kind)

How to :

• Saute the mushroom with butter&garlic, put a side, let it cool
• Cut the chicken (make a pocket of it)
• Put the garlic mushroom inside the chicken
• rubed the chicken with butter,garlic, basil&crushed chilies, let the spices absorbed by put it in the fridge for like 1 hour (more is better)
• Grilled the chicken untill done
• Serve your grilled chicken with boiled vegetables and fries/mashed potatoes or any other that you like :)

Spicy Grilled Buttered Chicken Stuffed with Garlic Mushroom

Grilled Chicken with Lemon Butter Sauce

I made this yummy delicious recipe for dinner two days ago. Actually I was plan to make dory fish with lemon butter sauce but I don't have any fish in my refrigerator and I'm too lazy to go to the supermarket hehehe (pls don't follow my laziness). I got this idea from one of my friend,Dewi who always encourage me and give many ideas about cooking :) so after I do some research from the internet, I make this yummy delicious grilled chicken with lemon butter sauce...the taste is soo orgasmic *LOL*
here's the recipe :

you'll need:

half chicken breast without the skin (cut into about 6 pieces)
5 lil pack of butter (I use French butter because it smells and taste so yummy)
half pack of instant soup (I use chicken flavour)
half lemon
olive oil
salt
pepper
soy sauce (I use Kikoman)
sweet soy sauce)

- drizzle & rub olive oil,salt, pepper, soy sauce and sweet soy sauce to the chicken then grilled it.

- mix water and instant soup ucook it in low heat until it boiled then put butter and stir slowly, squeeze lemon to get the juice then add grated lemon skin to add more flavour.

- drizzle the lemon butter on the grilled chicken :)

                         Grilled chicken with lemon butter sauce

voila...enjoy your grilled chicken, btw you can substitute chicken with fish. I think this is a good recipe for Valentine's day ;) surprise your loved one by cooking them a nice homemade candlelight dinner for this Valentine's day.

Happy Cooking all :)

*source : www.cooks.com, www.shaicoggins.com

Homemade Chicken Cordon Bleu

Chicken Cordon Bleu? Sudah pasti tahu dong, menu yang satu ini sering sekali kita temui di cafe atau restoran favorit kita. Cara bikinnya gimana sih? koq kayanya ribet ya? Ternyata cara bikinnya simple banget lho ;)
Rasanya ga kalah koq sama restoran favorit, lebih hemat jg lhoow hehehe..





here's the recipe :

Dada ayam fillet
Keju mozzarella
smoked beef
tepung panir/tepung roti
tepung terigu
2 telur ayam (dikocok)

caranya :
- sayat dada ayam (dibuat seperti kantong),masukan smoked beef & keju mozzarella kedalam ayam.
- gulirkan ayam ke tepung terigu, masukan ke dalam telur yg sudah dikocok, kemudian gulirkan ke tepung panir
- goreng sampai matang

voila...Chicken Cordon Bleu siap di sajikan :)


* Source : Resep dari majalah Femina