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Monday, August 11, 2014

Bento again

Posted by Journal Mommy Yenny at 1:21 PM 4 comments
Hi all,

How are you?
We are back to office and school after long holiday due to Moslem New Year 28 July until 1 August.
It was a major holiday in Indonesia and it was a good chance for families to travel out of town. At the same time, most of people were also using this opportunity to go back to their hometown in celebrating new year. Thus the roads were all packed. We have managed to escape for three days only to Lembang, Bandung. We visited some farms and outdoors playing fields. Kids just loved it!

Here are some bento that I have made


Inside the box:
* Furikake sprinkled white rice
* Blanched broccoli
* Ham, to form piggie, hen and bunny
* BBQ chicken wings
* Sauteed green squash with sausage
* Carrots
* Green grapes
* Tamagoyaki
The ham represents the Chinese astrology of our family.
Both of us have Rabbit sign, the twins have Rooster sign and the little boy has Pig sign :)

Last week, we had a playdate with some of the kids' friends.
Again, we visited another farm, Kuntum Nursery
Here are the bento that I made for kids and their friends

for mister Nathan

for miss Hilary and Kimmy

for my kiddos

All the bento have the same menu. I just made an adjustment in onigiri. The brown bear was for the boy while the hello kitty was for the girls.

Inside the boxes:
* onigiri brown bear or hello kitty, decorated with chicken floss (bear), nori, cheddar cheese and kani (ribbon)
* blanched broccoli
* chikuwa (under the broccoli)
* tamagoyaki
* fried nuggets (store-bought)
* apple pieces and green grapes
* flower-y carrots
* quail eggs
* edamame
* yellow and white duckies also white sleepy rabbit food picks to add cheerfulness for kids.

I had a hard time in carving the star and love onto the quail eggs ^_^ will try to better do it Haha! Oh yes, I filled chicken floss for the kitty.

Most importantly, they enjoyed togetherness and had a great time ! yaaayyy... {^,^}



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Monday, August 12, 2013

Long Holiday in August 2013

Posted by Journal Mommy Yenny at 11:54 AM 6 comments
Hai hai...di bulan Agustus, ada long holiday karena lebaran tgl 8-9 Agustus 2013

Kantor gue uda mulai libur di tgl 5-9 Agustus. Semingguan full lah libur cuti masalnya.
Kantor hubby baru libur hari Rabu 7 Agustus, sama seperti anak-anak yang baru libur sekolah di tanggal itu.
Hubby nanti baru masuk lagi di tgl 19 Agustus (hiks enaknya libur lama) sedangkan anak-anak balik ke kelas hari Kamis 15 Agustus.

Kita engga punya planning keluar kota sih. Kebanyakan memang kita selalu nunggu moment lebaran di dalam kota. Kapan lagi ngerasain Jakarta yang sepi kalo engga saat libur lebaran hahaha. So, kita cuma keliling dari mall ke mall.

Di tanggal 4 Agustus, si kembar Luna and Jovann ulangtahun ke-8
Cepet banget ya rasanya mereka udah umur segitu. Happy birthday, kiddos...mommy and daddy love you so much, always!

 

 

Mereka engga minta dirayain tahun ini. Cuma minta kado ajah...hihihi sama aje ya.
Hubby pilihin kado mainan hot wheels buat Jov and boneka Barbie buat Luna. Sementara gue kasi dompet dan kaos kaki. 


 

Mereka sudah mulai dapat uang saku mingguan sejak 2 minggu yang lalu. Jadi gue pikir, dompet adalah hadiah yang sesuai. Gue kasi uang saku sepuluh ribu per minggu untuk masing-masing anak. Mereka masih dibawain bekal juga koq. Jadi uang saku itu cuma untuk berlatih punya dan atur uang sendiri. Karena gue juga kasi syarat, kalo mereka harus bikin catatan pemasukan dan pengeluaran. Walau catatannya "lucu-lucu" formatnya, engga apa...mereka sambil belajar.

Gara-gara dikasi uang saku, mereka menunggu-nunggu hari Jum'at (harinya uang saku) dan inget banget lagi kalo belum dikasi. hahaha...

Karena mbaknya sudah pulang di tgl 4, jadilah gue yang masak sekaligus siapin dan antar bekal ke sekolah untuk hari Senin dan Selasa nya.
Pakai mbak infal sih 1 orang aja, karena teler rasanya kalau harus nyuci baju dan setrika sekaligus hehehe...

Anyway, sementara juga stop nge-bento, tetap bekalnya menu komplit seimbang tapi engga dihias lucu :) jadi engga difoto juga.
Tapi beberapa hari off nge-bento juga bisa kangen. So, untuk bekal last day, gue hias dikiiit.


Itu untuk bekal siang dan gue antar sekitar jam setengah 12 gitu.
Isinya: onigiri (nasi kepal bentuk segitiga dengan nori), tempura sayuran, tempura jamur, brokoli kukus, chikuwa rebus dengan isi kani.

Diam-diam, gue foto ini

 

Luna selama ini memang suka cerita kalau teman-temannya demen ngeliatin isi kotaknya. Beberapa malah sampai minta nyomot. Dasar Luna keseringan 'diembat' makanannya sama Jov, dia engga keberatan kalo makanannya dicomot temennya :b

Besoknya, Luna gue ajak main ice skating.
Sebelumnya dah pernah sih, trus dia suka


Main ice skating memang enakan pagi sekalian. Jam 9an gitu lah sudah sampai. Kalo siangan, pasti rame. Apalagi udah masuk masa liburan ya. Tiket masuknya 58 ribu untuk 2 jam dan sewa loker 10 ribu. Kalau mau beli sarung tangan 8 ribu. Kelebihan waktu dari 2 jam, dihitung 8 ribu. Luna jadi demen banget skating karena lama-lama dia bisa engga berpegangan. Jatuh-jatuh juga sih, mungkin sekitar 8 kali gitu lah. Tapi 8 kali jatuh dari 4 jam bermain ya not bad deh. 

Selama kita main, Jov dan Bas muter-muter mall sama daddynya. Jov waktu diajakin gak mau. Kata dia, skating kan buat cewek... Jiahhh... :)

three minions
Besok-besoknya keliling mall ajah



 

Sempet pergi berenang juga ...

  
Masak-masak yang sempet kefoto

chicken karaage
tahu crispy






nasi goreng.... penyelamat saat kehabisan ide :)

iseng manfaatin cookies jar yang uda rusak tutupnya

kenapa gak ada yang senyum yak...?? hihi

Happy Eid Mubarak for friends whom celebrate it. 
Mohon maaf lahir dan batin yaaaa... :) 





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Monday, June 24, 2013

Having a friend stay over

Posted by Journal Mommy Yenny at 12:00 PM 4 comments
Hi...

It is a long school holiday for the kids now. Not so long, actually, about one month. As we do not yet have plan to travel around, we invited their friend to spend night in our house. He is a bit younger than the twins but older than little B. Perfect age to be their playmate :D 

One thing that I noticed, kids are always hungry \>o</
We had breakfast before we went out for Sunday morning mass. But after the mass, they said hungry! So we went to have bowls of noddle. Each of kids have one bowl, except miss L and little B got half-shared a bowl. That's consider lunch for us. 

Pretty much like 2 hours later, they were hungry again and requested fried rice.


I made fried rice with scrambled egg, frozen vegetable and button mushroom mixed. Later on added the crispy bacon bits and sausages. Yummm... all the kids including hubby finished well the rice.

When everyone had full stomach, we strolled along in a shopping mall.

 very sweet, eh..?
Feel like having five four children to attend to. LOL. 
All of them behave nicely and enjoy their togetherness.

Later in the evening, his parents came to pick him up.
I concerned that he will be hungry during the way back home.


Inside the box:
> Hello Kitty wheat bread, filled with cheese sheet and chocolate rice
> Fried sausages wrapped with egg sheet
> Few strawberries and sweet mandarins

It was very nice to have you in our home.
Looking forward to welcome you again.



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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Merry Christmas 2012

Posted by Journal Mommy Yenny at 9:27 PM 14 comments
From our family to yours, Merry Christmas ...

centerpiece
Iseng bikin centerpiece dari daun pandan yang digulun-gulung jadi mawar. Digabung dengan lilin merah, putih, biru. Diselipi hiasan pohon natal.. *uda bingung mau diselipi apa, sementara pohon pandannya uda 'botak' ...wkwkwkwk*


ide mawar pandan dari majalah Sedap

Trus, ada acara lunch di tgl 25 Dec di rumah mertua. Kebagian bawa dessert :D
Bikin oreo cheesecake aja deh...


Dibantuin trio krucil yang hancurin Oreo >,<

Maunya sih, bikin strawberry santa. Maksudnya, strawberry dibelah dua, disemprot krim tengahnya. Jadi seperti santa kan... Eeehh..susah bener cari strawberry yang gede. Apa daya, karena gak nemu, ya dibikin jadi topi nya Santa aja deh...


Sempet pula bikin kado Natal untuk beberapa temen cewek.
Bikin sugar scrub, dihiasi permen candycane dan cinnamon stick


Lucu? resepnya di sini




Happy holidays dear friends





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Saturday, December 22, 2012

Bento 238 Here comes the snowman

Posted by Journal Mommy Yenny at 10:57 PM 0 comments
A bento right before Christmas day...
Can't promise if I won't do another one in the last minute :)


Inside the box: brown rice (from mixing white steamed rice with sweet soy sauce), snowman, flower carrots, blanched broccoli, chikuwa (unseen underneath broccoli), tofu sandwich as "gift", peeled mini mandarins and frozen raspberry.

The snowman made from two quail eggs. The idea was coming after seeing Sheri's amazing work. I inserted angel hair pasta, so the eggs always will stick together ha..ha.. The nose was from carrot while eyes and mouth were from nori, as usual. The buttons were from kani sheet. I used the same kani sheet to add "band and ribbon" on tofu.

Eventually, I presented this bento to a close friend while wished her a Merry Christmas with her family.

Anyway.... I am baking right now. 
My family will have a Christmas lunch and I certainly hope the cake will be delicious :b 

What's your planning for Christmas?
Wish you have a great one! Happy holidays...




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Friday, September 28, 2012

Bento 223 - happy froggy

Posted by Journal Mommy Yenny at 9:59 AM 10 comments
Just a quick post.

I made this bento to bid farewell for a friend whom resigning from work today.


The green frogs were made from pandan bread and filled with chicken floss.
Decorated with cheese sheet and chocolate chips for eyes.
The nose and mouth were from punched nori
Surround the frogs were halved quail eggs with black sesame seeds, grape tomato and a basket of mixed berries. 
The basket itself made from peeled-off mini mandarin, filled with mandarins, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and blueberries.
I lightly sprinkled rock sugar on top of fruits, to enhance the colors.

Good luck in your future endeavors ^.^ please do keep in touch.



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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Foods in Business trip - Part 2

Posted by Journal Mommy Yenny at 12:00 AM 5 comments
Beberapa foto-foto di posting ini diambil dari kamera handphone..jadi harap maklum ya kalo ga gitu kinclong.

Lanjut deh....
Dari Chicago, pindah ke Harrisburg, PA
Kota ini termasuk bukan kota gede. Jadi kita agak kaget juga karena habis dateng dari airport Chicago yang rame, mendarat di airport Harrisburg yang tenang.


Ga banyak kelihatan orang ya? airport nya rapi terus ...hihi

Ladang jagung...foto dari dalam mobil...
 

Pas kebetulan di highway, lihat ada exit ke Hershey.
Jadi belok deh sebentar....

Too bad....gak sempet mampir...hiks...
Cuma lihat depannya doang, foto.. (itu juga dari mobil) trus kabur lagi...

Dinner
Kebetulan dekat hotel ada supermarket, Target dan beberapa restaurant.

Seperti biasa, aku makan salad (hihi..uda bosen blom, bayanginnya...) dan bread soup bowl berisi clam chowder.

Yang ini mungkin lebih menggugah selera....classic turkey club...

Kebetulan liat ini, barbeque apron... lucu ya..jadi inget suami, karena doyan makan daging...

Besoknya, breakfast di hotel dan lunch sedapatnya aja
Malamnya dinner di deket area hotel lagi. 
Mungkin uda kecapekan juga, ga gitu nafsu makan. Cuma pilih makan cheesecake dan lemonade.
Disana, selain porsi makan yang gede, porsi minumnya juga gede.

Kelar kerja di Harrisburg, pindah ke Tampa - Florida, pakai pesawat jam 8 pagi
Transit di Charlotte
Engga tahu kotanya kaya apa....cuma transit di airport aja

Landed di Tampa, uda sore..langsung buru-buru ketemu customer dan lanjut ke dinner meeting

Vegetarian Salad 
House greens mixture of romaine, iceberg, and mesclun with fresh, crisp vegetables of the season.
Judulnya bikin aku nyengir...uda vegetarian, salad pula... Rasa uda pasti enak.

Ada menu yang bikin aku senyum juga
Chilled Indonesian Chicken Curry Salad
Baked chicken with our special seasoning, hand shredded and blended with mild curry, celery, pecans, served on Belgian endive.
Indonesia beken juga yaaa...

Resto ini terkenal to have the largest wine list in the world. 
Habis makan, kita bisa tour ke dapur, tempat penyimpanan wine (wine cellar) dan Harry Waugh dessert room.
Buku menu untuk dessert nya saja, 65 halaman...duh sampe pusing milih mau apa ya...
Akhirnya pilih triple ice cream with macadamia on waffle bowl.
Saking enaknya, lupa foto..deuh...

Besoknya, masih di Tampa, makan di entertainment district, namanya Channelside. Letaknya di tepi Tampa Bay, tapi menurut aku, koq kurang rame ya. Padahal itu Sabtu malam. Gimana kalo hari biasa ya..

Anyway, kita uda blenger makan American foods, begitu lihat Tapas (food-resto ala Spanyol), kita pilih itu aja deh...

Mojito
Lemon rum muddled with mint leaves, simple syrup, fresh lemons, sour mix and topped with lemon-lime soda, served with a sugar cane stick

Engga bikin mabok koq, walaupun yes, itu mengandung alcohol 

Yang lucu, waktu aku order itu, waiter nya langsung tanya "can I see some ID, please.."
Bos aku langsung nyeletuk "what..! you think she's 17..? she has 3 kids already.."
Waiternya cuma berargumen, bahwa banyak orang yang suka ngaku-ngaku adult padahal masi teenager. Gue cuma nyengir sambil keluarin passport. Iyalah nyengir aja karena masih disangsikan udah adult atau belum...

Dinner...
roasted vegetable and mushrooms (sayur lagee...)
Lumayan beda ya. 
Dalam arti, porsinya pun gak sebesar porsi American foods.

Selesai di Tampa, check-out hotel dan pindah ke Monterrey, Mexico
Yep, gitu deh kerjaannya... jadi nge-pack tiap 2 hari. Begitu masuk hotel lagi, ga berani bongkar koper semua. Cuma ambil seperlunya, daripada ntar grabak-grubuk beresin koper lagi sebelum check-out.

Jalur dari Tampa, transit Houston, sampai ke Monterrey
Di Houston, ngemil dulu deh
I love this chocolate chip cookies....karena chips nya banyak dan chewy...

Di Monterrey, engga terlalu banyak foto makanan
Aku lebih banyak ngemil aja. Udah mulai home-sick.

Lunch, paella with broccoli and chicken
Lebih susah milih meatless meal di sini. 
Mana Spanish aku juga masih ter-patah-patah...
Akhirnya cuma dimakan paella (nasi ala Spanyol) dan broccoli nya aja.
Perhatiin gak, itu potongan broccoli nya aja gede-gede yak...hihihi...

Besok paginya (yep, 2 hari kemudian..) pindah ke Los Angeles...
Kali ini, pesawatnya dari Monterrey jam 6 pagi..hiks..jam 7 aja masi gelap...apalagi jam 6. Aku bangun jam 3.30 am, check out jam 4 am. Masih puyeng karena baru tidur jam 11.30pm. Melewati transit yang sama, di Houston.

Memang untuk ke Mexico, Houston ini kota paling dekat. Tapi aku sebetulnya trauma lewat Houston.
IAH ini besar banget. Pertama kali lewat ini, flight aku memang sempat agak delay dari Mexico. Sudah telat landing, antri panjang di custom, harus claim baggage dan drop-in, lewat check point....alhasil, aku ketinggalan pesawat... Di sini nih ceritanya...

Transitnya pun gak lama, cuma 1.5 jam
Alhasil, begitu berhasil beli breakfast (yes, belum breakfast sebelumnya karena jam 4 pagi, resto hotel pun belum buka..di pesawat ga dapet makan karena flightnya singkat. Paling dapet pretzel) dan sampai di gate, uda dipanggil boarding. Geezzz....

This time, bagasi aku ketinggalan....
Haiss...things happen during trip, jadi aku cuma lapor bagasi belum nongol dan pesan antar ke hotel.
Kopernya memang delay, ikut next flight karena kena random check sama custom.
Aku uda gak panik karena sering mengalami seperti itu. Asal gak hilang aja, aku masi tenang.
Malamnya, bagasi nya datang koq, tapi...rusak kuncinya!
huaaa....yang kaya gini, belum pernah kejadian nih.
Kopernya ga bisa ditutup sama sekali. Datangnya pun uda dalam keadaan diselotip di sekeliling nya.
Lah, paginya jadi balik lagi ke airport, bicara sama airline. Mereka bilang ga bisa bertanggung jawab, karena koper dirusak oleh custom. Akhirnya coba bilang ke custom, sama aja sih. Mereka cuma bilang perlu buka kopernya. Kalo koper ga bisa dibuka, kuncinya terpaksa dirusak and they hold no liability on that matter.

Wis lah...nanti urus asuransi aja.
Yang penting, tetap harus beli koper baru. Kalo gak, gimana pulangnya ... :b

Kelar urusan koper, baru deh laper
Heran lho...pagi itu, restaurant di hotel juga ga buka...yaelaa.. koq bisa-bisaan aja ya...

So, I took breakfast in Philippe's
Resto ini classic LA eatery
Yang lucu, modelnya antri di counternya untuk pesan makanan (biasanya kan di resto, we waited to be seated) dan cash only (disediain mesin ATM .. no excuse deh yaa...)
Menu yang terkenal adalah french dip sandwich (aku pesen ham sandwich), dengan macaroni, corn chowder soup, blueberry pie dan lemonade.
Haiss...semua nya enak...Jangan tanya soal ham sandwich nya ya...Aku cuma makan rotinya aja, ham nya ditinggalin.
Jangan lupa juga cobain mustard nya... pedesnya mantap, kaya makan Japanese's wasabi....

Pas lagi di sini, Arman telpon....
Haiii...so nice to hear your voice...sorry lagi, kali ini juga ga sempet kopdar. Aku ngerti kalo ga weekend, agak susah ketemuan..kan pada kerja semua ya...
blueberry pie
Engga jauh dari situ, jalan kaki sedikit, ketemu Mr. Churro in Olvera Street

Aku tadinya ga tau, apa itu Churro
A friend told me, it is a mexican snack. Kaya donat goreng gitu, tapi bentuknya pipih panjang, bertabur gula dan tengahnya bisa diisi dengan caramel, chocolate, strawberry, dll sesuai selera.
Aku coba yang pakai caramel....Rasanya legit dan manis....
Duhhh...musti perhatiin kadar gula nihhh...hahahaha....Americans ternyata suka makanan manis, minuman mereka juga manis-manis yaa...Aku mentok dengan air botolan aja. Kalo kepengen pun, minum lemonade aja sesekali.

Malamnya, ke area campus UCLA di Westwood.
Area ini ada entertainment spot seperti bioskop dan restaurants.
Temen aku ngajak ke Diddy Riese for dessert
Antrian nya selalu seperti ini...rame sampe keluar store nya
dan wanginya itu lho.....fresh baked cookies....tercium sampai tempat antriannya...

Inside...
Hayo dipilih...dipilih...
bisa pilih sandwich ice cream (ice cream 'dijepit' 2 cookies...terserah mau rasa apa untuk ice cream dan cookies nya), brownies, cookie sundae ...(sama ...pilih sendiri...)

Mine
Butter pecan ice cream in middle of double chocolate chips and white chocolate chips cookies.
Kacauuu....
enak banget.... *I am salivating while writing it now*

So...semua urusan kelar, tinggal pulang...
LAX-Narita-Singapore-Jakarta

Alrite.....
Until next trip yaaa...
Kalo ada yang ngeces, aku gak bertanggung jawab....






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