Bandung Food Festival

On 27 of June, a Bandung Food Festival was held in Cihampelas Walk. A huge varieties of traditional Sundanese foods were shown in this event. In one corner, there were a mount of candies and sweet snacks which can be tried freely. In this event, some traditional dances were performed on the stage installed in the middle of Ciwalk's garden. I will post the picture of dance performance after July theme day. The day after, on 28 June, a larger food festival was carried out at Gasibu, in the front of Gedung Sate. It's practically a national food festival since you could find all Indonesian traditional foods in this event.

Yellow Extravagance

An extravagance yellow flower, taken at Taman Ganesha - Bandung.

Planning how to spend holidays?

End of semester! Some students of ITB are gathering to plan how their holidays will look like.

Preparing Ganesha

ITB (Institut Teknologi Bandung) students are preparing Ganesha, God of knowledge, adopted as an ITB's logo, for this week student's festival.

Favorite Buns

Rotiboy, my favorite buns, opens its outlet at Istana Plaza - Bandung. Founded by Hiro Tan in Malaysia, and then spreads all over South East Asian countries, Rotiboy becomes a trendsetter of mouth-watering bread in Bandung.

Red Palm Fruit

Indonesia is the second largest world producer of palm oil producing approximately 36% of world palm oil volume. So, you can expect to see palm tree every where in Indonesia, even in Bandung.

Jazz Festival

Enjoying jazz is one of my favorite. When Patricia and I visited Cihampelas Walk yesterday, we were lucky to have jazz performed by Bandung youngsters.

Green Tea

West Java is very famous with its tea plantation. About 20 km to the north of Bandung, a large plantation of tea is located. Walking here, between green tea trees, is very refreshing.

Balancing his boat

Last week, I visited Nunukan village at Cililin, about 20 km to the south-west of Bandung. My students of Chemical Engineering Department - Institut Teknologi Bandung did a social service building a clean water production unit for Nunukan society, Pure Water for Society Project. Polluted water from this Saguling lake is pumped through 200 meter pipe, and then purified by water purification unit using membrane technology. Pak Ulin brought me to the middle of the Saguling lake using his boat, where the water pump is installed. This is a complete story about this project.

Red Rose

Rose is always my favorite. Especially the red one.

Another Corner at Ciwalk

Another beautiful corner at Cihampelas Walk, my favorite spot.

Fried Ice Cream

This couple are wondering, .... Chinese food or Es Krim Goreng (fried ice cream)? Yes, fried ice cream! It is literally true! They put ice cream in the hot oil, although this ice cream is filled inside the bread before they fry it.

Duck'n Duck King Group

Suddenly, Patricia and I just choosed duck as our dinner. I don't know how it just came to our mind. Duck! Hmm...
We then came to Parijs van Java, our favorite place for this kind of matter, spending time. We knew that there're some places that we could choose there, at Parijs van Java. We sit at Duck King Group Chinese restaurant, not only because it's the only restaurant that serves duck in this place, but also it has an excellent environment for having dinner.
All dishes we ordered that night, mixed barbeque, eggplant with salty fish, and shrimps with garlic sauce, were surprisingly deliciouussss....!

Moon Orchidia

This moon orchidia (Bahasa Indonesia: Anggrek Bulan) gave me a beautiful feeling when I saw it at Cimahi. This typical orchid is a common flower you can find in Cihideung Orchid's Center, about 5 km from Bandung.

The Famous Jalan Cihampelas

Ten years ago, whenever you talk about Bandung, you have to mention Jalan Cihampelas, the Bandung's center of jeans. This street used to be very busy during weekend, filled by the people from Jakarta that wanted to spend their weekend here. This situation promoted this area to be one of Bandung's most important business center. Since 7 years ago, factory outlets took over the role of Jalan Cihampelas as the Bandung's center of fashion.

Taman Bunga Nusantara (3): Purple Smile

Patricia and her purple flowers at Taman Bunga Nusantara a couple of weeks ago.

Warm Me Up

Bamboo lanterns installed in the front of Parijs van Java public stage always warms me up, whenever I see them.

New Beginning

Today, elected Governor and Vice Governor of West Java were inaugurated. The inauguration was held in Gedung Merdeka. Not surprisingly, Gedung Sate looked very quiet this day.

One Night at Pateur Intersection

Situation at an intersection of Jalan Pasteur - Jalan Gunung Batu - Jalan Sarijadi in the night.

Line for Barbeque

As a place where you can find any kind of restaurants, Bandung is also known as a food lovers' meeting point. At Parijs van Java barbeque stand like this, you can easily find a long line.

Small Fountain at Ciwalk

A beautiful corner where some restaurants are located at Cihampelas Walk. You can find Indonesian, Thailand, Chinese and Japanese restaurants in this location.

Libelulas

Las libelulas de color en Bandung! Bandung has many Dragon Flies with colors. Look at this one, so beautiful, but I think it looks like a robot. I don’t know, what do you think?

Pepper Lunch at Parijs van Java

This Japanese restaurant franchise, Pepper Lunch (you have to pronounce it: Peppaa Ranchi), has more than 200 restaurants all over the world such as in Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, China, USA and Indonesia.
Pepper Lunch just opened its outlet at Parijs van Java - Bandung. The place is nicely designed with rich color. But don't expect to see a traditional Japanese ornaments in this restaurant. But the ribs eye steak that I ordered was a knock out! Greasely delicious! The raw steak was delivered on the 250 deg F hot plate. The steam can be eaten raw or well done depending on your preference. You can put the sauce of your choice; honey or garlic. Was I satisfied? I was. Arigato gozaimashita!

Lovely White Couples

Touch my heart,
hold my soul,
in special world,
bond us together.

A couple of whites, taken at Parijs va Java.

Spirit of Euro Cup

Bandung's People are crazy about soccer! Euro Cup which will be started tonight (Bandung's time) is a moment they are waiting for since months ago. Soccer time!

Red Esther

Known as flower city, Bandung doesn't hide her reputation. This red margarita (in Indonesia is called esther) shows her proudness and calls everybody's attention to visit the flower market at Cihideung, to the north of Bandung.

Taman Bunga Nusantara (2): Red Hybiscus

Red is passion. Red is hybiscus.

Taman Bunga Nusantara (1)

Taman Bunga Nusantara (Nusantara Flower Garden) is a beautiful garden located at Kawungluwuk village, Cipanas, about 60 km from Bandung. This colourful flower garden covers 25 hectares and is beautifully presented with a rich collection of flowers from around the world.

Bandoengsche Melk Centrale (BMC)

This Bandoengsche Melk Centrale restaurant located at Jalan Pasteur is a branch of a the first BMC located at Jalan Aceh. Originally, BMC was a fresh milk manufacture founded for the first time in 1920's. The specialty of this restaurant is milk based beverages. But sure, you can find all kind of Indonesian foods, such as mie baso, baso tahu, gado-gado, soup buntut goreng, or sate.

Played with my luck, he is too old!

Last night Patricia and I saw the movie that we’ve been waiting for so long time, Indiana Jones: Kingdom of Crystal Skull. Blitz Megaplex – Bandung was full of people. It was weekend, of course. And, Harrison Ford is one of our favorites. But, that time, I played with my luck! I was a bit disappointed to see how this last sequel of Indiana Jones was plotted. UFO and aliens in Indiana Jones? C’mon!

Bill Gates' Competitor

This Bandung's black market is one of widely known as a place to find a cheap thing. The most common things sold in this market are DVDs, VCDs, and computer programs ;-).

The row of wheels

Dealing with traffic in Bandung is tricky. For me, motorcycle is one of easiest solutions to be able to move in a crowded street. No wonder, during this weekend, Ciwalk was full of cyclists presenting the row of wheels.