NUTRIVE BENECOL GERAKAN JANTUNG SEHAT!

I went to Nutrive Benecol's event a while ago at The Hall - Senayan City, and as you guys probably know, Nutrive Benecol is one of the leading products by Kalbe that's targeted to people who has cholesterol and to those who want to maintain the level of cholesterol in their system! The older I am now the more I realize how cholestrol is not something to underestimate, it's the prime trigger of the heart disease and cancer, which last year alone caused the death of 2,6 million people! 29% of the 2,6 million comes from southeast Asia, with Europe being the largest victims.

For those who wonder about cholesterol, anybody has the equal chance of getting, but different people has different take on it, short to say the cholesterol value depends and varies on what we eat, our lifestyle and supporting factor such as: age, do NOTE this: just because you do tons of exercise, sports and watch what you eat doesn't mean that you're free of one. Keep reading to relate to this because I have an interesting story to share.

What I love the most about this Nutrive Benecol event, aside from sharing knowledge about cholesterol and such, is how you can check your cholesterol ON THE SPOT! Team of doctors and nutritionist were there to cater us with details on general health and cholesterol maintenance suggestion, and of course, yours truly had his checked up too!

Cooking demo featuring Nutrive Benecol products!

  What's your favorite Nutrive Benecol products? Mine's their go-to bottle packaging that I can easily grab everywhere! They also have the cereal packaging that you can serve for breakfast!

I can't believe that the sub-info of cholesterol is WIDE, when I say wide I mean I just knew that blood also contains fat and cholesterol is also IN YOUR BLOOD! Might be basic info for some, but when you're aware of that you'll understand how the basic info can help you big time, and the whole I was just eating and eating, when I feel like eating too much I kinda hold my back a bit and that's pretty much it, I have no idea anything else deeper than that really, and that's probably why I recommend you guys coming to events like this.

Our lifestyle also takes big part of the cholesterol, if you never hear about "SEDENTARY" lifestyle, that's literally a word to describe my daily life at the moment, where on a daily basis, I don't really move or do a lot of sports, and in contrary to that I spend most of my time sitting down, working stuff on my laptop (writing, editing, making plans and journals) and yes, when you don't do a lot of walking/sports it can affect the amount of cholesterol carried in your blood, and that could lead to coronary heart disease (from the blockage of the veins which is also known as 'Aterosklerosis').

I was honestly a bit nervous when it's my turn to do the check up as two of my friends who let's say has the ideal body and as far as I concern do a lot of sports SURPASSED the cholesterol level standard, so I kinda think that I must got one as I don't really do sports (the only sports that I do is jaw sports from chewing and walking at the malls), BUT it's almost like magic when the nurse told me I was far from having cholesterol as my score was about 150 from 200! So tacky to think of it as magic, but I was kinda glad but in the same time freaking wonder WHY COULD I????? Was I completely saved? Not really! Apparently my SEDENTARY lifestyle required me to eat less fried stuff and do more sports!

Okay, I know I am partnering with them, but I NEVER titsuck and will always provide you guys with my real opinion towards it...AND AT THE MOMENT it's proven that Nutrive Benecol can help you maintain the cholesterol in your system, just because I had none right now doesn't mean that I am totally safe and can't catch one in the future, maybe the idea is that we should never feel to safe therefore we always being remembered to maintain out health. 

After the high calorie and cholesterol food, two bottles of Nutrive Benecol per day to balance! If you have them regularly twice per day, in 1/2 weeks you can lose your LDL by 10-15%

For the milk drinks, it's available in some variants: lychee, strawberry and blackcurrant! My favorite has got to be the blackcurrant for sure!

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Thank you guys for reading! I am glad that as the years gone by, the more I realize that people are more and more into taking care of their health, health is everything for sure! Mari bersama-sama jadi generasi #IndonesiaTangkalKolesterol!

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ALTITUDE GRILL JAKARTA - THE PLAZA

Confirming the floating news, after the 4-year contract with Luke Mangan ends, what was Salt Grill is now replaced with a new concept from the group: ALTITUDE GRILL, a classic Western steakhouse that's ready to grill and you some high quality proteins! Was invited to the pre-opening lunch and here I am briefly sharing my thoughts of this restaurant for you.

Opening this post with a view of Jakarta after the rain, not going to show you much of the interior as I don't think the interior has entirely finished, will update this post on my future visits (I believe there will be), but they do have 110 seating capacities and the vibe is way more casual than Salt Grill (if you've been there before).

Apple Mango and Prawn Cocktail - IDR 160k

The serving idea of this prawn cocktail is to mix everything together for the harmony of flavor and texture. It's a light and refreshing appetizer to warm up your palate, the prawn was fresh, and the mango's there to give a tiny bit of additional sweet and tangy, unfortunately to be honest for IDR 160k a tad too expensive.

Scallop Filled Squid Rings (non halal) - IDR 280k (three pieces)
This was one of my personal favs from the Appetizer menu that day for its simplicity, all about fresh ingredient, light flavor but altogether an exciting harmony! The squid was tender and beautifully firm, placed surrounding the scallop like a ring! The scallop was also very fresh then lightly seasoned but it was the raspberry bacon jam, parsley shallot plush and crispy Pancetta that's really enhancing the overall flavor.

Triple Cooked Wagyu Ox-Tongue - IDR 180k
Now this was the star from the Appetizer section, this was too good they actually offered and gave us three portions! The tongue was so perfectly cooked that it's super tender, probably zero calorie spent slicing it (it was THAT tender and juicy), love the char-grilled aroma and the unexpectedly delicious Creamed Hazelnut Dukkah!

Oven Baked Salted Egg Hollandaise Black Cod - IDR 320k

Perfectly cooked black cod with Salted Egg Hollandaise dressing that's thick and creamy but without the uber rich salted egg flavor on the sauce which I kinda like because I think when it comes to a protein as premium and fresh like Black Cod I would have opt to sample the natural flavor of the fish more than the sauce.

For the star of the menu aka meats, they serve mainly high quality premium meat with awesome marbling, but if you fancy dry aged meat, they do have some but it's not their specialties (I mean if you really want dry aged meat just go to AB Steak they have more options for this particular range).

Bistecca a la Altitudine (1 KG) - IDR 260k/100 gr

Minimum order 500 gr!

The cut is Sher Wagyu MBS 8/9 T Bone and Chef Gary sliced the chunky fresh-from-the-grill meat before our eyes effortlessly, proving just how tender and juicy this was! Do not go further than 'medium' for the best temperature, unless you want to waste a beautiful protein like this!

You can pair the glorious steak with various desired side dishes like Truffle Fries (IDR 95k), Confit Shallots (IDR 80k), Whipped Potatoes (IDR 90k), Buttered Spiced Corn and Crisp (IDR 80k), and Buttered Broccoli Gratin (IDR 80k)

Texture close up! OMG the fat part was the most amazing!!!

Picanha - IDR 225k/100 gr

The T bone steak was great and this was beautiful on its own way! The Picanha which kinda reminds me of Flat Iron steak had beautiful marbling, also beautifully cooked too (AGAIN DON'T GO MORE THAN MEDIUM!), tender, juicy, omg the description is boring AF short to say this was DELICIOUS!

Steak Sampler - IDR 1,1 mil

Honestly this is a very good deal if you're planning to check out some of the stars/best selling menus here! The Meat Sampler consist of 5 options: Wagyu Ox-tongue, Tenderloin, Picanha, Rib Eye and Skirt. Was too full to indulge on this one but tasted the Tongue and Picanha so I believe it's going to be legit!

Dessert Buffet - IDR 150k
One of the most fascinating things about Altitude Grill is surely their dessert buffet, and I honestly didn't expect that they would come up with this concept for their dessert! For IDR 150k you'll be getting a lot of options from mini cakes, tartlets, pannacota, sliced cakes, chocolate fondue to ice creams! The Coconut Pannacota, coconut sponge cake something (forgot the actual name), and chocolate ice cream were some of my favorites!

Not sure if you can come just to have their desserts but I'll go and ask them!

If you ask me to name my favorite steakhouses in Jakarta, and as I just thought about it in 30 seconds, I can't name a lot, probably under 5 that really stands out, and the arrival of Altitude Grill just adds in more options to the steakhouses in Jakarta! Indeed targeted for A class customers but still there's a sense of humbleness about this restaurant that I like.

Altitude Grill

The Plaza Tower, 46th fl.

Jl. M.H. Thamrin Kav. 28-30

Jakarta Pusat 10350

021 - 2992 2448

Mobile RSVP: 0859 3992 2799

Opening hours:

Lunch: 12-2:30 PM

Dinner: 6-10:30 PM

Average spending for two: IDR 2 mil

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Map for The Plaza

KEDAI KEIBAR DEPOK

Following the existing success of their Pamulang, Ciputat and Cibubur outlets, recently Kedai Keibar (aka one of the surviving Indomie cafes in Jakarta) opened its latest venture in Depok. I love Indomie but I don't really go to Indomie cafes to have them because I can't stand the long queue, and I don't think it's worth it to wait hours just to have Indomie, but their creations are quite addicting, kinda like an exception.

They still keep the concept of their cafes to be as humble as they can while still being decently comfortable to dine in and the menu hasn't changed that much  since my last visit to their Cibubur outlet (except for newly launched menus), I mean Indomie has always been something that I am incredibly tempted with so to have it revamped to new creations should be entertaining.

Left: Ice Regal Ovaltine (IDR 14k/regular, IDR 23k/jumbo), Right: Ice Teacool (IDR 10k/regular, IDR 18k/jumbo)

The Ice Teacool was something that became such a surprise for me, a combo that's very simple yet I never really had the idea in my head of how a regular ice tea would be such a match to Yakult, it was light, sweet, with a light hint of sour.

Ice Greentea Strawberry - IDR 18k (regular), IDR 26k (jumbo)

Indomie Kebuli Mas Bar - IDR 18k/IDR 26k

The mixture of Indomie's very own Indomie Kari with their homemade signature Kebuli seasoning and topped with various generous toppings such as meatballs, corned beef, egg and vegetables. The regular serving already includes egg so you can actually top the Indomie with whatever you want. Overall I found this very rich, very bold and a tad too salty but I kinda like it!

BURRRMEN - IDR 22k

Indomie head to toe (aka Indomie as the top and bottom buns) with beef patties, sunny side up, Cheddar cheese and mayonaisse! This was a simple yet delicious guilty pleasure, every once in a while I need a straightforward burst of flavor with less bullshit. Hello calories, flavor, texture come through!!!

Roti Bakar Marshmallow with Ice Cream - IDR 24k

When you get a perfectly grilled toast indulged with sweet goodness-es what's really not to love? Sweet tooth should be loving this one, generous marshmallow filling, topped with chocolate crumbs and two scoops of ice creams of your preference, I have always love matcha and strawberry, but you can choose chocolate/ogura too, or whatever mix you fancy from the four.

Roti Bakar Ovomaltine with Crushed Peanuts & Koko Krunch - IDR 21k

Again, this combo can be customized depending on what you fancy, the base is Roti Bakar Ovomaltine but you can top it with the toppings you had in mind: they might be Ice Cream/Cheese/Oreo/Koko Krunch/Honey Stars/Fruity Cereals/Ovaltine/Crushed Peanuts/Banana and price of each varies.

Same as their other outlets, they start operating daily at 3 PM until midnight, queue starts packing from 6 PM (based on my opinion), anyway the best of luck Keibar! Looking forward to consistency and many more ventures to come!

Kedai Keibar Depok
Jalan Ir. H. Juanda No. 27
Depok
Opening Hours: 3 PM - Midnight
0896 3005 0027 | LINE: KedaiKeibar
Average spending for two: IDR 50k
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