Eat Out Loud Review

Good Evening Fellow Fooders,

I know it is very late already but I just got the time to write a short review about day one at Eat Out Loud – Brick City by @ilovebazaarjkt held in Grand Indonesia Shopping Town.

When you are at the entrance, you can see that on there are many shops in front of you but on your other sides there are many delicious dishes and drinks await for you. It is up to you to decide where you want to go first.

Entrance to Eat Art Loud Bazaar

Eat Art Loud Brochure and Map

For me, I decided to go to Culinary section first, as I wanted to greet a friend of mine that opens a stand there.

Then together with my friends, we decided to start at shops section to look around.

There are many shops around the bazaar but not as many as culinary stands. Variety of products are sold such as Cushions , Tattoos, Mugs, 3D printings, cute soaps, Necklaces, Shoes, imported snacks and many more.

In my opinion, most culinary stands stand out more than those of shops.

So many food I wanted to try but what can I do?!! As I mentioned a person tummy can only fit so much…

First, I decided to try a low fat milk (20k) by Crunch Melt,

Yakult Low Fat Milk by Crunchy Melt

I chose a Yakult flavour low fat milk. As was mentioned by one of the sellers, It is a low fat milk that contains cereal.

She forgot to mention that it is High in Sugar! It was quite sweet for me, I was expecting for a low fat and less sugar, because shouldn’t low fat supposed to be healthy? too sweet does not seem healthy for me.

On top of being sweet, I didn’t taste any yakult flavour at all. I tasted milk flavour and a hint of yakult, some sort of fruit bits  , what I thought were fruit bits were actually cereal that  already swollen up and there are cereals residue at the bottom of the bottle.

I checked out on their website: Crunchy Melt , it seems that their specialty is pannacotta (a crunchy one at that), maybe that could be a reason why the milk drink was not too special, yet.

Then I move on to the next stand, and met, Nachos Nandutos (@nachostutupmerah).

Nachos Tutup Merah

Our first encountered was at Summer Pop Bazaar at Lippo Kemang. At that time by friend’s recommendation I tried Nachos’ sample and it tasted unexpectantly good. I was only able to taste bits of nachos at that time because they sold out. This time round, I got to buy a snack size (35k) to enjoy… and the salsa sauce still taste yummy! Some people like to have that salsa sauce top with cheese dip.

I then walk a few steps further and found a uniquely looking Ice cream cone by Yikon Ice cream @yi.kon .

Yi-kon Ice Cream

Why is so unique about it? Cones are usually shaped like, well…, a cone. but here at Yikon Ice cream, there are three different shapes.

You can choose whether you want it to be a J, U or a V, it is up to you! and there are four different flavours: Vanilla, Chocolate, Strawberry and Matcha.

But at the time of my purchase, the only flavours left were Vanilla and Strawberry. I chose a U shaped cone and try with Vanilla flavour on one side and Strawberry on the other.

So I thought what so hard in producing such an Ice cream that it took them sometime (about 5 minutes?), it came out to be a pretty cute looking ice cream.

And the ice cream was not only on the cone but it is IN the U shaped Cone just like any other ice cream cone you purchased. I don’t know how they did it, but it is in it.

U shaped Ice Cream by Yikon Ice Cream

Then came another friend of mine, so we decided to once again stroll around the bazaar.

When I first arrived at Eat Art Loud, I saw Ichitori’s stand and said to myself: “I will definitely getting some today”.

I first saw @ichitori_id at Summer Pop Bazaar at Lippo Kemang but then, it was also one of sold out items.

I purchased a crunchy Chicken and Mushroom (20k) topped with Sesame sauce and Chili flakes. Unfortunately, I was not careful enough when I was paying for my crunchy bits and ended up knocking it off the table and scattered it all over the floor. As the crunchy chicken and mushroom fell on to the floor, so did my heart (man, there goes my 20k…). Luckily for me though, the owner was quite a nice person, and she said that she would give me another serving. At first I heard it was 28k per serving, but I gave 30k and got a 10k change and a new serving of crunchy Chicken & Mushroom. Thanks @ichitori_id for your kindness.

Crunchy Chicken & Mushroom by Ichitori

To sum up, Inside, chicken was crunchy and yet tender but, what I love most is that crunchy mushroom! Crispy on the outside and soft & juicy in the middle.

* I did not get a chance to take a picture of today’s purchased from @ichitori_id so I used the picture I took before during Europhia Bazaar at Central Park Mall.

Let’s move on to my friend’s purchased.

Mocha Mochi

Thanks to my friend, I got to try this Ovomaltine mochi sold by Mocha Mochi

The mochi was soft, got a hint of flavour (I ate a green one and there was a melon taste on the dough) and do I need to further explain about Ovomaltine? Ok, I’ll do so; I put whole mochi into my mouth as it was small, then I bite it, chew it, Ovomaltine melt into my mouth and there were crunchy bits of Ovomaltine that pop in you mouth when you bite on it. There you go.

Ovomaltine Mochi

Then we continue on. we arrived at Elicxir Gelato stand. My friend knew one of the owner there, so we got a free sample. we got to try two flavours: Coffee and Oreo. I prefer Oreo to Coffee (I want stronger coffee flavour, now is not strong enough and a bit too sweet) flavour.

Coffee & Oreo flavoured Ice Cream by Elicxir Gelato

My personal favourite flavours from Elicxir are Avocado brulee and once I tried i think it was a combination of Taro and Genmaicha (but this one I only tried once at that time where Elicxir opening at Plaza Indonesia).

I then purchased juices from Daily Press Juice , Sunrise Glow, Sand Dunes, Morning Dew (3 for 100k).

Morning Dew is the first one that I drank. Its content: Romaine Lettuce, Celery, Apple, Lemon and Ginger.

All I tasted was Strong flavour of Celery and a hint of Ginger. Not a big fan of raw celery, I do not really like the taste of this juice. As for two other flavours, I have yet to try them but it should taste much better. It is real juice no added sugar nor water as the texture of this juice looked very thick.

Sand Dunes and Sunrise Glow by Daily Press Juice

Sunrise Glow: Peach, Pineapple, Orange, Banana, Lemon.

Sand Dunes: Avocado, Banana, Cocoa Powder, Fresh low fat milk (might be good to start my morning).

And, that’s a wrap for our visit in Eat Out Loud day 1. Though there are many more that I want to eat. I will just have to buy them at different bazaar as I won’t be able to go to this bazaar for day 2 and 3 as I will spend a weekend away from Jakarta.

Hope that you all will have a great weekend and for those who have yet to come and enjoy Eat Art Loud bazaar, come let your taste buds enjoy variety of foods and drinks.

Eat Art Loud – Brick City

2 – 5 October 2014

Grand Indonesia Shopping Town

Eat Art Loud – Grand Indonesia

Eat Art Loud @ Grand Indonesia West Mall Lt. 5