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May 24, 2015

Pinede Cafe, cozy and warm

pink marsmallow 10:43 AM , No comments :
Pinede Cafe
Zhongxiao Fuxing

This cafe maybe small, but it looks warm from outside and with a big window display I can see through inside the cafe. I  even can see the chef making a dough from the outside window display. Make me wonder "what is he making?" The cafe soft tone color gives me a warm feeling even from outside. I imagined I will be able to spent 1-2hours inside only by myself when I passed by this cafe. 







Pinede Cafe from outside. Lovely soft tone color. 

The cakes in display and pantries also attractive. The main menu are cakes and beverages, like a common cafe offered to. I decided to try their framboise cake and chocolate soufflé. I gave 10 out 10 for the framboise cake. It is similar  as delicious as macaroni but isn't too sweet as macaroni, what make it better in my opinion. 



I ordered the framboise one, each 45NT. It was so delicious. It is so tasty and addictive. One isn't enough. But 45 NTD/each a little bit expensive IMO for that size













Cake Display. Is there something you want to try? 

What I ordered last time was Franboise Cake, chocolate souffle and Caramel Macchiato. The franboise cake is the best one. It is as delicious as macaroni but isn't too sweet like Macaroni. One isn't enough, I guess the others taste is also delicious like this franboise one. As for macchiato, I think TJB and Starbuck have a better caramel macchiato one at least for me.



What I ordered to celebrate my friday night






I love how I can observe the chef making his dough while I enjoyed my cakes and coffee. 











Pinede Kitchenette and decoration concept. 


May 22, 2015

Cafe and Bakery in Taipei. Le Pain Fou

pink marsmallow 8:29 PM , No comments :
Le Pain Fou

Maybe I am one of the regular customers of this café. I visit this café like once until twice a week. There is a special circumstance why I visit this café that often. These three months I need to do teeth treatments one until two times a week. I had a dental fillings which broken due to a gum. Damn, you gum. I was so puzzled when my dental fillings fall out in the middle of chewing a gum three months ago. I don’t even know that dental fillings are that weak. I mean, how come only chewing a gum can break it? It was so OK so far even I eat and chew a lot of meats as a Carnivore girl. So I asked my friend to recommend me a good dental clinic. My friend’s recommendation was “Seattle Dental Clinic”, I will post more about this clinic. 



I recommended this clinic also if you happen need a good dentist in Taipei.

The doctor found out that the teeth hole is too big and I need to do a root canal treatment also. In short story, I need to visit the clinic 1-2 times a week between Tuesdays until Friday. Gasp, the only thing I thought being told like that was only “oh my, so lazy”. Hahah, I felt lazy if I need to visit a dentist once a week. I don’t even go shopping once to twice a week nowadays, but dentist? Sigh. The appointments are always at 6.30 or 7 pm while my office hour is end at 5.30 and the clinic is only 10 minutes away from my office by bus. I have 50 minutes spare time. The bus stop nearby of this dental is Technology Building MRT station. Right in front of this bus stop, there it is “Le Pain Fou” cake and bakery. Hoh hoh. With my mind was wandering thinking “what should I do to kill this 50 minutes” in my bus, my feet walked by itself to enter the café at the moment I saw this café just right after I took of from my bus. Right in front of the bus stops No.74 “Technology Building Station” for Direction to Gongguan. 


Favorit Spot 

First reason I really like this café, it catches my eyes with its simplicity yet attractive design. The café is small, but they have comfy tables to do works, enjoy afternoon time, or just only for chit chatting with friend. First time visited, I observed around what this café and bakery offered to. Then, the second reason has been found also. I saw my “most favorite cookies, Almonds Biscotti”. It kinda hard to find these cookies here in Taipei, and in my opinion it is also a little expensive. I spotted a good seat and ordered my cheese cake and milk tea. 



Evening Tea Time 💛💛

Their cheese cake is so good, soft and delicious, almost similar with the New York cheese cake of Starbuck. The milk tea is just like a regular milk tea, nothing special. I haven’t tried their breads, I am not a bread fans anyway. I didn’t even bother to take a peek lol sorry bread. I still managed to take a picture the pastries and breads display anyway, just want to upload it only. 






The system here quite unique, take your order and pay first then they will delivery your order to your table. Commonly, we pay later after finish our meal right, but here in Taipei some cafes use "pay first" system. 




Always buy two box of "Almond Biscotti" for take home. I enjoy my cookies while watching my favorit Korean Drama. 

Le Pain Fou 麷手感烘焙復興店
Bakery and Coffee Shop
台北市復興南路二段200號 (和平東路), 台北市, 臺灣
Across the front of Technology Building MRT Station, Brown Line, or right beside Kamalan Bus Station.

May 14, 2015

Who Are You~School 2015

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"Who Are You~ School 2015"

Recently I am so addict to new korean drama, "Who are you School 2015" by Kim So-Hyun as Eun Bi-Eun Byul. Nam Ju-Hyuk as Han Yi An and Yook Sung-Jae as Tae Kwang. Nam Ju-Hyuk did a good work in Surpluss Princess, he was so cute there. As for Tae Kwang, he also did a good job in Reply 1994. Both of them haven't had many dramas yet but they did have a good start for their acting career with Surpluss Princess and Reply 1994. How about Kim So-Hyun?

Well, I don't need to explain more about her. She will be a great actress in future for sure. She started her career from a very young age as a child actress, She had played so many  drama roles and almost all of her dramas hit a jackpot and succeed high ratings. Some of her dramas are very famous  internationally also for example start from King Baking Kim Tak Gu, Rooftop Prince, Sun that embraces the moon, I miss you, Ma boy, Sensory couple, etc. Woah, what an amazing young actress. She is still 16 years old right now. I am pretty sure her newest work "who are you School 2015" will be a daebak also. 



School 2015~ Who Are You?
I couldn't wait every single new episode of it every week. The story of this drama is about an orphan twin sisters who got separated to a different orphanage houses, maybe since they were born, Eun Byul and Eun Bi. Eun Byul got adopted by a good family while Eun Bi grow up without being adopted in her orphanage. Eun Byul's mother actually mistaken Eun Byul as Eun Bi. The one She really want to adopt in the first place was Eun Bi not Eun Byul. However Eun Byul hides the fact that her mother mistaken her. It made her feeling guilty towards her twin sister. Eun Byul has a good life, good school, even a good childhood bestfriend, Han Yi An who seems deeply in love and care of her. 

The story continue to when both of them grow up and became a high school students. Both of them living a totally opposite life. Eun Byul is so famous in her school while Eun Bi is a bullying victim by her classmates, Soo young and gang. Despite her famous reputation, Eun Byul seems has a dark hidden secret. She was being stalked by someone who always disguise as Soo In. Later, the audience found out that Soo In is already dead. So, who is playing as her disguise recently? In a summary, Eun Byul currently being assumed has died when she tried to rescue Eun Bi from her suicide action. While Eun Bi itself accepted Eun Byul's mother to take over Eun Byul place. To replace her beloved (to be assumed) died daughter, Eun Byul.



The bullying action by Soo Young and her gang. What a loser Soo Young is.

I am so confused about Soo In. Why is she stalking Eun Byu? Is she has any connection with the disappearance of Eun Byul during her school trip to Tongyeong? What is the relationship between both Eun Byul -Soo In and their home room teacher? Because the teacher also got the same short messages as Eun Byul received. 

When my confussion and mystery around Soo In are still pondering around my mind, I also couldnt take my mind out of Soo Young, the bully girl. Just because her father is a prosecutor, She feel all superior and bully the weaker. I really want to smack her face everything she appears in every scene. In the newest episode, her bullying act revealed and everybody know how bad she is. She threatened Tae Kwang to ask her prosecutor father for revealing Eun Bi trie identity. So frustation.

Despite all of the main problems of the leads mentioned above, I also thrilled and excited of the triangles love story between Yi An, Eun Bi and Tae Kwang. Yi An who doesn't know that Eun Bi isn't Eun Byul, the one he truly loves care to the max to Eun Bi. He loves, caring, and protect Eun Bi with all of his heart. Tae Kwang who knows Eun Bi's secret, thanks to Soo Young, also totally fall into Eun Bi. I honestly couldn't decide who is better, Yi An or Tae Kwang. Both leads are handsome and cute. They even show their love obviously to Eun Bi. Yi An loves Eun Byul for more than 10years. It just too sad and unfair if he doesnt end up with Eun Byul/Eun Bi later. Tae Kwang is in his lovey dovey mood to Eun Bi since finally he has someone who totally understand about him. Difficult to choose. I personally hope Eun Byul wasn't dead. She just in hiding to find who is the actor who really stalks her. I hope. 



It is triangle love story currently, However I hope Eun Byul is still alive and in hiding only. So that my triangle love couple will have their own happy ending. 



Stand Out Confidently, Rotterdam

pink marsmallow 11:46 AM No comments :

Modern city girl, Rotterdam


Unlike other cities in Europe, Rotterdam is a modern built city. I higly recommend you, especially if you’re an architect, to visit this city. Its skyline is always changing. There are many things to do amid Rotterdam’s skyscrapers. If other cities likened a classic lady, this city more likened city girl who loves fashion and beauty. The creative and jaw dropping architectural style all over the city brings out her confidence. I see Rotterdam seems like a fashionable city girl which wears a highly branded stuff from head to toe. If you prefer a classical European, no need to visit this city, however if you want to see something different and modernity of Europe, it is worth to visit Rotterdam, Netherlands. 










Beautiful and elegance structure


 

So, here is my recommendation list of “What to see, try, and visit in Rotterdam”

 

1. Spido tour- Erasmus Bridge

Erasmusparkeergarage, Willemsplein 85


Rotterdam is the biggest and busiest harbor port in the world. If you want to witness and experience their (high technology) largest port in the world, you can try Spido tour. I just thought my father when I experienced it by myself. I will surely back again with bring my father along next time. My father owns his own cargo and expedition company in Indonesia. He will be thrilled and excited to be able to see how Rotterdam port is growth 10-20x times faster than Indonesia one. Hopefully, this can be achieved someday. Temporarily, I will just give him my photos of the port and cargo technology in Rotterdam.




Papa and his world


 

Accessibility:

From the central station, use Tram Line 7 to “Willemsplein” stop

OR 

Underground LINE D or E direction Slinge or Spijkenisse board in station Leuvehaven




Our cruise ship by Spido




The port of Spido Tour is right beside Erasmus Bridge, Rotterdam




Inside our cruise to be prepared for on board. Lets Goooooo!!!




In the top of the cruise. I felt like in the middle of a fashion show with Rotterdam as the designer showing of its newest collection of architectural fashion




The Famous Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam. This Bride to be was so happy. Jump around right-left-corner to corner and asking her fiancee to take so many photos




Waterbus in Rotterdam. Waterbus is a similar kind of taxi but operates in the river. They even have this kind of transportation as a Harbor city.




Right after my cruise tour finished. Now, I want to move to my next destination. Guess what? That cubical house of Rotterdam!!! Excited, excited, excited~~


 2. Rotterdam Cubic House

Once you are in the Rotterdam, it is a must to visit this Cubical House museum. It is located in Overblaak Street, beside Blaak Subway Station. There are 38 small cubes and two so called “Super Cube”, all attached to each other. The Cubic House was designed by Piet Blom who see his design as a tree and the entire complex as an forest. The Architect sor designers there must be feeling happy to see how this city girl doesn’t give them any restrictions or limitation to create any design concept. 

 



So here it is, we were in front of this cubical house. Fascinating right that human can really able to go inside to that cubic-cubic house, woah! 








I was so overwhelmed with All the architectural styles in Rotterdam, I can imagine how limitless their designers imagination. 




The pencil building. How big or wide the paper needed with a pencil as big as that?


3. Euromast

Parkhaven 20, 3016 GM Rotterdam, Netherlands


Euromast is an observation tower in Rotterdam. Oh ok, lets start my count list. So I’ve visited Twin tower in Malaysia, Taipei 101 Tower in Taiwan, Shanghai Tower, Oriental Pearl Tower, Macau Tower in China, Umeda Tower, Skytree Tower and Tokyo Tower in Japan, Eiffel Tower in France, Pisa Tower in Italy and last Euromast Tower in Netherlands. Ah, I forgot to mention Monas Tower in Indonesia, lol. It seems every country thinks that tower is somewhat symbolize a country pride. They, we all now, have a secret competition to try build “The tallest tower” in the world. It seems every country that I’ve ever visited has its own tall tower as their landmark. Not bad Indonesia, you also have one. Maybe I should visit Dubai (Burj Khalifa) then to add my tower collections, lol.

 






Anyway Euromast Tower was designed by "Hugh Maaskant" constructed between 1958 and 1960. Let me mention the structural part a bit, you can skip this part if you think it is tooooo way toooo yawnful (warning : it is a boring part). The tower is a concrete structure with a circle shape (column), not sure the diameter and wall thickness but it must be very thick. Based on what I read in Rotterdam, it is built on a concrete block of 1,900,000 kg (4,200,000 lb), wow just wooow. It is obvious that the designer want to put the centre of gravity in the base of structure. When we talked about Taipei 101 tower, it uses a big Tunned Mass Damper located in their middle of top floor to withstand the wind load and earthquake load. To make it easy to understand, Euromast uses a super heavy concrete to minimize the swaying movement due to wind load and earthquake load. While Taipei 101 uses a super heavy big ball put in the middle of structure to restraint this sway movement. Similar concept, similar solution from both structure designers to solve a skyscraper main problem: Swaying. Yeah, if you hike higher, the wind is bigger right? That is the main problem for tower structure. The wind and earthquake load is able to make tower sways. Enginner must think the structural solution for it. 

 

Euromast Opening hour and Entrance Price :

Entrance Euromast
 
Adults
€9.50
65+
€8.50
Children (4-11yrs)
€6.10
Children & Speuromaster
€9.30
Children & Euromast Expedition
€13.40

The Euromast is open every day.
April - September: from 9.30am
October - March: from 10am 

Platforms: until 10pm
Euroscoop: until 9.45 pm*
Brasserie: until 11pm*
Kitchen: until 10.15pm 

 

 

May 12, 2015

Lovely City Delft

pink marsmallow 3:12 AM No comments :
Delft

One shy city which is so pretty and lovable. It hides its own beauty to the world and tourists, too shy to show of. Fortunately, We decided to visit this city as well during our visit to Netherlands, and we really glad about our decision. 
Its location is between The Hague and Rotterdam, you can make a straight line route trip start from the harbor city “The Hague” to the lovely canal city “Delft” and then continue to the modern city “Rotterdam”. 

Actually, I love all of the Europe cities which I’ve visited during my Europe trip. It is hard to make a choice which city is better or which city is more beautiful. Each city has its own charm. When I visited Amsterdam, I said to my (back then) fiancée how beautiful Amsterdam is, I choose this one as the best, etc. And then at the moment we arrived to Belgium, or even Luxembourg, that opinion changed. So my opinion of the best city only lasted during my stay in each visited cities. That's explained how beautiful every single city and villages in Europe are.




Delft Station

We read a little bit about Delft before, It is written that this city used to be the leading city of Dutch against Spanish occupation of country. Hmm, Deutch VS Spanish. Quite an interesting coincidence, because Indonesia (my home country) was one of Dutch colonial country back then. Deutch colonized my country for more than 300years. And then one day, suddenly Spain came and tried to take over my country from Deutch. They did some war until Deutch succed to banish Spain out of country, well IMO I don't think it has any different whichever side win. We didn't like being colonized by other countries. I quite learnt a lot about Deucth history when I was a student, from VOC until how this country built and destroyed Indonesia at the same time. Well, 300 years isn't a short frame time, so if you visit Netherlands, you will easily see and find so many Indonesia restaurants, Indonesian food, Indonesian people, etc there. Even some of Netherlands people able to speak Indonesian language.  Lets take a look my travel path in Delft. 


House of Orange 
This was the house of William of Orange (aka William the Silent). He was the leader of the "Eighty years war" with Spain. Woahhhh, what a long duration of war, seems this country loved war and colonialism back then 😜


Pose in fromt of William of Oranje


Lovely Canal City
It felt so peaceful when we spent our time just sit beside the canals, enjoyed our cheese cake and chit chating. 


Beautiful Canal Houses




Strolling around the city. This city is quite small. Spent a half day here is enough. It seemed the local residents know each others here. What a lovely (village) city. 


Not so many tourists can be found in Delft, tourists prefer to visit Amsterdam than this city. Well, thats why how lovable Delft is. You don't need to bump into crowds. 



Delft Main Square 



(Forever) Wanderlust Couple


Look how big the cheeses are. How to eat them?

I will not review my recommendation places to visit in Delft. This city is just too small to even make a list about it, just stroll around the city and explore every single corner of it. if you happen to visit Delft in near future, no need to worry about itinerary. Without map, without lonely planet and without any preparation, walk around follow your intuition and be surprised for every shy beauty hidden inside the city. 




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