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ONEZO: BEST BROWN SUGAR MILK DRINK IN JAKARTA?

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The brown sugar milk drink is by far THE MOST happening F&B trend this year, more and more foreign brands are opening (and I heard more, soon) and to be frank, I am excited HAHA!

One of the many foreign brands that are opening here is One Zo, a bubble tea drink brand that's originated from Taiwan and they emphasize their brown sugar milk tea as the main star here! They open their first outlet in Aeon Mall BSD and located inside the Food Culture area (Aeon's food court on G floor).
Left: Dirty Brown Sugar Milk Tea - IDR 39k (L), Right: Dirty Brown Sugar Milk- IDR 48k (L)
Call me lucky because apparently on the precise time of my visit the bubble master from Taiwan was there and he did this live bubble making process so all the passing guests can experience with their own eyes the behind the scenes of their iconic boba production! Everything's made from scratch, they use only natural ingredients for coloring (from real fruits) and the process below was the MARVEL inspired bubble as by the time this post is written, the Avengers End Game is coming real soon on theatres!
Molding
Wrapped before adapting to the room temperature and chilled for a bit..
 The bubble machine!
 ...if I'm not mistaken I think the overall process took around 20-30 minutes, it's the cooking process that took longer because they want to make sure the bubble had the right moisture and texture! One thing for sure I HIGHLY APPRECIATE the fact that they make their own bubble, I just think it's cool!
Anyway talk about bubbles they have four kinds of bubbles here, yes FOUR kinds and each made from different ingredient: Brown Sugar (IDR 7k), Black Sesame (IDR 7k), Crystal (IDR 5k), and Mango Bubble (IDR 7k)! 
Clockwise: Mango Milkshake, Wintermelon-Lemon, Brown Sugar Milk Tea, Brown Sugar Milk
If you ask me to name my favorite, before that let me tell you that I love both of the drinks (milk tea/milk version), I found them to be equally nice and enjoyable, and DELICIOUS! The milk version is of course creamier without being overly milky, but since I am more of a milk tea guy, I like the milk tea better, because I just love when milk and tea meet together, there's this beautiful balance of milk & tea and really they make good couple! I did a bit of experiment and actually ordered one more Dirty Brown Sugar Milk Tea with 50% sugar and here's my take: the normal sugar (100%) has this wonderful balance and gave this "creamier" texture that I find entertaining to my palate, but the 50% has the amount of sugar that I like but not as creamy as the standard serving, so really it's your call! Both are good in my opinion.
The Wintermelon-Lemon drink (IDR 39k - L) is lacking this lemon flavor and I only got the sweet Wintermelon and I found it a bit too sweet so I might pass on that one, however the Mango Milkshake is DELICIOUS, again a tad too sweet (and believe me I have passed what I feel about it to the staffs there and the owner happened to be there asking for my two cents) but spot on creaminess and mango flavor!
They gave me two more drinks for me to try: Italian Cocoa Latte (IDR 44k - L), Taro Milk Tea (IDR 33k - L), I love the chocolate drink! I don't myself hard to be entertained by chocolate drinks, just please avoid cheap tasting chocolate and business owners should be sensitive about that! If you can't differentiate cheap and premium chocolate then I can't do much to help you really, and theirs defo don't taste cheap with smooth aftertaste (not gritty), the Taro Milk Tea is also enjoyable, but tastes just common, like ones you can find elsewhere, it's exactly the same.
Their Dirty Brown Sugar series is definitely one of the best that I've had in town! I had zero complaint about that, I love the sweetness, the creaminess and on top of all, the chewiness of the bubble!!! Other drinks that I recommend would be the Mango Milkshake, the Italian Cocoa Drink and maybe you can explore more as they have quite a few options! Price wise they're above their peers, but if they promise to keep up with the quality, I would be very glad, especially since people have been tagging me NON-STOP, literally and I mean LITERALLY every single day since I first posted about this! That makes me happy and I love you!

Thank you for reading, I am counting the days to Tiger Sugar's opening!

One Zo
Food Culture - Aeon Mall BSD
Jalan BSD Raya Utama
Tangerang 15345
Opening hours: 10 AM-10 PM
Average spending for two: IDR 80k

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GREENFIELDS YOGURT DRINK

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I am a firm believer that most health problems are related to our digestive system, this is stemmed from two years ago when I had the worst case of gastric pain, I literally took all the blood test that a lab could possibly handle, cost me millions, all that to know that my gastric acid was in a pretty terrible state that I need to stop consuming certain food, work out (and work less so that I'm not stressed out), and from that I believe that our digestive system and gastric are almost like the door to what you're feeling about your body, if you don't treat them well they can fight you back, but if you take very good care they will help you get through the day, or even your life.

I am recently introduced by this new product, long story short hooked and now it's me turn to introduce you guys to this new healthy indulgence that's not only practical, contains a lot of health benefits but also very tasty: GREENFIELDS YOGURT DRINK!
Prior the launching of Greenfields Yogurt Drink, I had the privilege to attend the launching of Greenfields Yogurt two years ago (you can read more HERE) and I treasure more behind Greenfields and the AustAsia Group as a whole and the ventures they have in store: from realizing the fact that they have 80.000 cows bred in China alone (and 10.000 in Indonesia - Holstein & Jersey breed) and from that they can produce 930 tons of milk every single day and that milk becomes the base of their products: milk, yogurt, cheese, whipped cream, butter and now... yogurt drink!
One of the things that I am fond of Greenfields Yogurt Drink is that they don't include any antibiotics and made from 100% real milk (along with the bacteria to convert the milk to yogurt), beware of the fake ones with tons of artificial ingredients and sugar! Yogurt is the kind of drink that we consume to help us with our digestive system: most famous for naturally help easen up our digestive system, as well as awesome protein, calcium, & vitamin source, control our blood pressure, weight, and a 'friend' who helps us with our immune system!

Greenfields Yogurt Drink are currently available in 5 flavors: lychee, peach, blueberry, strawberry and mixed fruits! It's affordably priced at IDR 8.500/bottle! Their yogurt drink is not the overly sour kind, for me it's more dominated by sweet taste with a hint of sour, but overall quite balance. I have tried every one and if you ask me to name my favorite, it has to be the blueberry for the delicate yet tasty blueberry drink but my mind is always in the state of knowing "this also has health benefits", that's why in this entry I also want to share, well not a recipe, but how I implement my favorite blueberry drink to my breakfast!

You can definitely play with the other variants, while they're targeted more for "on-the-go" situation, to be a little creative won't hurt anybody right? :)
I found that the yogurt drink can be a good substitute to the milk, not only that it's tastier but also the fact that it's infused with flavor! Greenfields Blueberry Yogurt Drink + your favorite fruit + your favorite cereal and here's a hearty simple breakfast!

Have you guys tried this? Let me know your favorite flavor! As what's being said by Syahbanta Sembiring (Country Head Sales & Marketing PT AustAsia Food), Greenfields Yogurt Drink is made #BukanUntukYangSetengahMati, so if you're one of those people who deal with major everyday mobility, this one's for you! Stay healthy!
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SUSHI MATSU SENOPATI

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Japanese cuisine will always have a special place in my heart, and just for so many reasons, but out of the many, one has got to be how the best things are best enjoyed raw and sometimes they're so raw and fresh they just speak for themselves! Out of the many Japanese restaurants opening in Jakarta, one of my top favorites at the moment has got to be Sushi Matsu, they recently opened their second outlet, following the elder, existing and successful first outlet in Menteng!

Their second outlet is located at Jalan Suryo, precisely next to Okuzono restaurant! The interior is very simple, neat and just proper, overall still with touches of Japanese details here and there.
I was invited to come to the bloggers gathering event some time ago, but I have to be frank and tell you guys that I didn't manage to try everything because there were many bloggers coming that day, so I am just going to highlight some of my personal favorites that I managed to dig in! As the name suggests, SUSHI Matsu definitely focuses in serving sushi creations and fresh sashimi, but they also have a lot of non-sushi & sashimi menus like teppanyaki, donburi, noodles (ramen/udon), gyukatsu and more!

Ika Mentaiyaki - IDR 98k
Grilled squid with mentai sauce, might be a simple appetizer but it's actually packed with flavors, the generous mentai sauce was bold and tasty, enhancing but balancing in the same time.
Aburi Sushi Mori Matsu - IDR 178k
This is the platter of some of their best-selling torched sushi, and in frame there are 8: Salmon, Salmon Mentai, Ika, Shimaaji, Otoro, Tuna, Ebi, Ebi Mentai & Unagi! Tried some of them and they were pretty much BOMBS! Again, the ingredient spoke for themselves, the sashimi was already fresh, they lightly glazed the surface with the homemade sauce, some with additional toppings and carefully torched! 
Salmon
Unagi & Otoro
Otoro (Fatty Tuna)
Shimaaji (White Trevally)
Ika (Squid)
Hana Sushi - IDR 148k
Here you can also customize your own sushi stairs and sushi house (and they're famous for that), with minimum purchase of 4 sushis, but this time we got the Hana Sushi with 5 kinds of their beautiful sushi like the followings that you'll be seeing: there's one with aburi salmon and spicy mentai, beef sushi, and one with scallop! These are like burst of flavor and meant to be eaten as a whole!
Seafood Butter - IDR 138k
Another one that I found stood out from the crowd was their Seafood Butter, basically cooked seafood with butter sauce! First, the butter sauce: fragrant, savory, nicely salty just how I imagined it before digging in, secondly, the seafood: the shrimp was fresh, scallop was juicy and naturally sweet, squid was nicely tender and the cod was soft! 
Truffle Gyudon with Onsen Egg & Garlic Chips - IDR 98k
This is their non-seafood dish and this is almost like this staple menu that most Japanese restaurants in Jakarta needs to have, however, each restaurant delivers it quite differently, and Sushi Matsu's rendition of gyudon's pretty satisfying: proper seasoning, overall flavorful and aromatic, perfectly cooked beef (medium), mandatory runny egg and crispy garlic chips for texture. Nothing to hate really.

Dry Ramen with extra Salmon Topping - IDR 58k+30k, IDR 88k
I found the texture of the ramen pleasing, but a little more kick of savory and salty to it would make me love this even more, the salmon was fresh and juicy, mandatory to have that with the ramen! They also have other toppings like Scallop (IDR 35k), Gyuniku (beef - IDR 25k), Ebi (IDR 25k), Soft Shell Crab (IDR 30k), Mushrooms (IDR 20k)
Bara Chirasi - IDR 138k
As much as I wanted to love this, I didn't try this at all, just posting it because it looks so pretty! From what I saw the chirasi has toppings like unagi, cubed kani, tamago, raw salmon, tuna, white trevally, shrimp, with additional ebiko and tobiko topping!

Gyukatsu Matsuyaki - IDR 158k
I didn't expect much from this at first, somehow I didn't see any marbling from the beef, but as it's cooked and slowly appear to be super aromatic, it started to show its charm LOL, gotta appreciate the hot stone for distributing the nice amount of heat because I found that's the little detail that's missed by some restaurants, sometimes the pan can overheat that it started to smoke a lot and left this bitter flavor on the meat and my palate! Sushi Matsu's version of gyukatsu is enjoyable!
Shiok Maki (4 pcs - IDR 68k, 8 pcs - IDR 128k)
Indeed, it was a SHIOK moment for me because this was good! Wonderfully simple with unagi, avocado, cucumber, mentai and salmon tobiko mixed sauce! Flavor flavor flavor!!!
Their famous sushi house!
Update: came back here two days ago because I was craving for good Japanese dinner, particularly thought about Chirasi and I remember their Chirasi was so freaking good (intermezzo to the one that I had at their Menteng outlet), initially wanted to have the Chirasi only but ended up with 6 dishes LOL, some are ones that I posted above (so I didn't take any pic), but now showing you some of the menus that I never had before (or shown before) for the dinner!

Sashimi Mori Matsu - IDR 168k
5 kinds of sashimi, each served two so we had 10 on the platter! There were Salmon, Tuna, Hokkigai (Surf Clamp), Ika and Hamachi (Japanese Amberjack), everything was fresh and delightful!
Matsu Chirasi - IDR 178k
EXACTLY what I had imagined for dinner that night: assorted (9 kinds) sashimi on bed of rice! This was SO GOOD and fresh I'm gonna cryyy now typing this and freaking hungryyyyyyy!!! The cuts were even, the otoro was surely the bad ass BOMB, but overall, satisfying! I would actually pay more than IDR 178k to be frank with you.
Sushi Matsu has always been consistent with their performance, went here 4 times already and never left disappointed, easily one of my most favorite casual Japanese restaurants in town, and compared to their peers, one of the best for sure!

Sushi Matsu Senopati
Jalan Suryo No. 2
Senopati, Kebayoran Baru
Jakarta Selatan 12180
021 - 5203 062
Opening hours:
11 AM-3 PM (lunch)
6 PM-11 PM (dinner)
Average spending for two: IDR 400k
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