Seorae is a brand new Korean chain restaurant owned by seven Indonesians and one Korean. Their cooks are from Indonesia but they learned and trained in Korea. Amongst other Korean restaurants in Jakarta, Seorae is perhaps most similar to Chung Gi Wa, as they both specialize in Korean BBQ. Seorae already has two outlets in Jakarta, the first one is located at Flavor Bliss (Alam Sutera, Tangerang) and the other one, where I dined, is located at Pantai Indah Kapuk.

I know, I know, I know. How are three hours enough to explore the beautiful island of Cijin? Cijin Island was my last destination in Kaohsiung area, Southern Taiwan, and I had booked a train ticket to Hualien for that afternoon, thus three hours were all I had. It felt rushed and was certainly not enough to fully soak up the atmosphere of Cijin Island, but I’m happy to say that what I managed to see, I like. Anyway, here’s the story of my awesome three hours in Cijin Island! I went to Cijin Seaside Park, Cijin Wind Turbine Park, Cihou Fort, Cijin Star Tunnel, Tianhou Temple, and ate some fresh seafood.

Hello Omnivores! As promised at the previous Taroko Gorge post, today I’m going to share my experience when trekking at Baiyang Trail. Out of all the trails I visited, Baiyang Trail is the farthest from the park entrance and was the only one I trekked from start to finish. The trail spans for 4.2km (round trip), which requires 2-3 hours of walking in a leisurely pace. It ends at a mysterious-sounding location called water curtain cave.

DEPAPEPE, an acoustic guitar duo from Japan, is one of the most long-standing resident of my music playlist. When I first heard the song Butterfly sometime around 2006—waaay back when I was still a high school student—I was instantly hooked. The catchy tune was a perfect companion for studying, it is both upbeat AND instrumental. Fast forward to 2012, DEPAPEPE performed live at Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival. It was such a fantastic night!

After two years of no new music, DEPAPEPE released their latest album “KISS” on August and have gone on tour across Asia. I was ECSTATIC when I found out that the live show in Taipei (November 8, 2014) was within my Taiwan trip dates! (I later found out that they are going to do a show in Jakarta as well, but that’s another story) Afterwards, I tried to book a ticket and quickly found myself overwhelmed by so many questions: how exactly I could purchase a live show ticket at a city I’ve never been to before, with a language that I don’t understand at all, plus I have no friends at all in said city! The answer, mi amigo, is internet.

Before you continue reading, I want to remind you that I’m by no means an expert in ticketing and this is simply a story of my experience. Tickets that you want to buy may not be sold at the same website as mine did. I hope you find this post useful! :)