Monday, January 20, 2014

[Food Review] Michigo : Is it truly an awesome Korean food?

So today, to freshen up myself a little after studying (and also do a little re-stocking stuffs), I go to Plaza Ambarukmo and have my lunch there. One particular restaurant has perked up my interest since the first time I saw it  but haven't really got the chance to eat there. Yup, that restaurant is Michigo, a Korean 'fast food' restaurant. I'm kinda hesitant at first because Korean food is somehow related with spicy foods, but after looking at the menu, I decided I will give it a try.


Because it is weekday, there were only 2 people eating there when I came. I ordered the Lunch Deal package, Honey Chicken GO! Package that consisted of rice, 3 pieces of honey friend chicken, and Teh Botol Sosro. I also ordered sugogi pajeon, a Korean pancake with egg, onion spring, beef (you can choose chicken if you want), and mozarella. After ordering the food through iPad and paying them, they gave me a reward point card. They will give me a stamp for every tray that is putted to the trash bin (?). After you collect 10 stamps, you can exchange it for a Patbingsoo. As I waited for my order, I decided to watch Korean MV on my pager, hoping they had SHINee but guess what? My pager only played a Korean animation and I quickly lost interest and played with my phone instead.


Now, to the actual review. First, the pancake. There is no consistency of taste here. Sometimes you can taste the mozarella, sometimes you just taste... nothing. Sometimes you can taste the beef and sometimes not. The pancake is too flour-y for me, like they use too much flour. The sesame dipping is a little bit sour but it helps to give taste to the pancake.... by only a little bit. Now, to the honey chicken. The honey sauce doesn't taste like honey (then again, they never taste like the honey I used to eat) but it is quite nice. The chicken pieces, surprisingly, are quite big. Well, bigger than my expectation. They have this 'sticky' texture and to be honest, I'm glad they only serve 3 pieces.

I spent Rp 63000,00 and I must say the price worth it. I was very full by the time I finished everything. It was definitely  better than Hoka Hoka Bento with its (now) expensive price and inhumane food portion (for the price you have to pay for them).

Answering the title of this post, is this an awesome food? The only other time I ate Korean food in a Korean restaurant was when I was still in Jakarta, specifically the Born Ga restaurant and of course I couldn't compare Born Ga with Michigo. But, putting that aside, is it awesome? No. But if you want to make yourself full with Korean food with a rather cheap price, you can go eat here.

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Of me and occult stuffs

Recently, there is this some kind of hot news about a documentation of somebody playing Hitori no Kakurenbo (One Man Hide and Seek) and how scary it is etc etc posted on a famous Indonesian forum (Yeah, you know which one). The thing is, after I read about the experience with her Japanese sister or friend, that they didn't know the proper rules. You can't give the doll the same name with your friend or your family unless you want them to get hurt. If you don't want to be hurt badly, stab it with something sharp but not painful enough to inflict that much damage to your body. And blood? Are you fucking kidding me? If you want to play 'safe', you'll put hair or nail there, not blood. Also, with an Indonesian claimed to be stabbed by a needle. So? Why is it such a big deal? I mean hello, this game is 'old', you know what will it cause and why people make such a big deal? Now, don't get me wrong, but yeah I want to try to play this game also other games like Satoru-kun, the lift thing, and the one where we have to find a missing finger with your friends. I swear I won't play them until I achieve all my life goals (and also some of them are rather hard to do like... Public phone? Bathtub? Japanese shrine to appease the doll???)

Anyway, to the real topic, I have always love horror movie since I was a kid (but yeah, there are times when I'm really afraid of horror movies then went back to loving it). From horror, I start to love another genre, gore. My parents believe I will be a cruel heartless bastard and my classmates questioned why I like those kind of movies. I don't exactly know when, but when watching horror movies, I will laugh when anything stupid (according to me) happen while my friends and or the other watchers in the cinema scream because they were surprised or stuffs. I think this explain my fascination to cadaver when I first saw it and how it wasn't seem that weird when I said some of the muscles look like roast beef and stuff.

Because of that fascination to horror film and also my past experiences with supernatural beings (and that's another story for another day... Maybe.), I am of course fascinated with occult and urban legends and I 'fall in love' with Asian urban legend, especially Japanese (because they have some of the best horror out there, along with Thailand). I managed to play and finish a horror game on my DS, Twilight Syndrome: Kinjirareta Toshi Densetsu, and it features one of the easiest and most harmless 'games', Kokkkuri-san (Equivalent to Ouija board and also Jelangkung). Years later, Shuuen no Shiori series came out and it featured 4 urban legends (at first) : Hitori no Kakurenbo, Doppelganger, Mearry-san, and The Monkey's Paw. Thus I try to find out about the hide and seek and find a website called Saya in Underworld and guess what, I read all the blogs entry in one day. I want to try some of those 'games', like really want to. Do I know the danger? Yes, I do and that's why I vow I will only play them when I have achieved my life goals. If I were to die, it will be better if I die because of something I love. Do I wish to see those supernatural beings? Actually.. No... Not really. It's just, I'm curious... Like what will you see after you finish the game with the lift? What does Satoru-kun sounds like? The thrill I get when doing occult related things are the same when like I play roller coaster and the kinds, I love the adrenaline :)

Not going to post scary pics of this game because I'm not a jerk :v
How about me now? I had downloaded many horror games, especially RPG-maker horror games, still love watching horror movies even though I am really selective about it now, constantly reading and searching for urban legend and creepypasta, have a goal to go to haunted places, reading gore if I am bored, and of course, making a ghost/demon/whatever a mascot and also mock him and stuffs.

Am I afraid of ghosts? Hahahahahaha... I'm more afraid (and annoyed) of (with) insects.

Thursday, January 9, 2014

[Recipe] Super Duper Simple Pancake

As I currently lived alone with not that many wide varieties of food, especially when the canteen and or the mini market is not opened on weekend. So, what can I do beside cooking my own food with limited ingredients? This might look unappealing to you, but trust me, it tasted good. For this one, I made a honey blueberry pancake with grated cheddar cheese :)


Ingredients (2 servings, unless you want to dump all the pancake mix) :
  • 1 egg
  • 250 ml of full cream milk
  • White flour (I never actually measure how much. Just add them until you feel it is not too thick nor too liquid-y )
  • Sugar (Again, just add it until you like the taste of the mix. Yes. Taste the mix occasionally to see if it suits your taste or not)
  • 2 tbsp of melted butter
  • Toppings of your choice 
How to cook :
  1. Mix egg, milk, sugar, and white flour and then add the melted butter.
  2. Melt butter to your non-stick frying pan so the pancake won't stick to the pan when you want to serve it (Yes, you still need to use the butter even if you use non-stick pan)
  3. Put the lid over your pancake so it cooked more quickly and evenly. If you want, you could turn over your pancake after one side is done but I never do that.
  4. Put your topping and serve.
Notes :
  • Because I don't use baking powder, it won't be fluffy.
  • It's important to put a lid over it because it will somehow make the pancake a litytle bit fluffier or at least that's what I experienced.
  • Unless you want your honey to be like water and run to the side, don't put honey directly to the hot pancake.

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Hello there and welcome~

Out of nowhere, I had this sudden urge to make a new blog (Thinking about it, seeing my old blog might be the trigger) so ta-dah, you're here 8) This is not a personal blog per se because I will post some doujinshi recommendations and reviews for the doujinshis I have bought, like the summary of the story and a little comment and stuffs like that. Thus, I have to warn you that the doujinshis you see here with have BL (Boy's Love) content but I might post a non-BL one. As it is BL, you might stumble with many R18 doujinshis but I can assure you that I wouldn't post recommendations for PwP doujinshi and expect me to post either angst or serious doujinshi.

For doujinshis I bought, I wouldn't give a download link nor scans because I don't want to ruin my precious babies~

That being said, I will try to post regularly but who knows *shrugs*