Review - 90 Gourmet, Bandung
I've finally stepped down from reviewing at Onmel, but I do wish the community good fortune, better reviewers in the future. (Please, don't be like me! >O<) Haha, anyway, I'll be posting these culinary reviews I've had stored up in my laptop for a while now.
I actually visited this place, like, eons ago. And the pictures have been stored in my hard disk for, like, years. But, yeah, well.
90 Gourmet is placed on Jl LLRE Martadinata, Bandung, or more commonly known as Jl Riau. The place is nice, it has that nice ambience, with a lot of wooden furniture and low lights. It also has a skylight, so it's quite bright during the day time. The problem is the parking space. They have several spots up in front, but when we got there, they were all full. We assumed that there were lots of customers inside, but it turned out to be empty. In the end, we were herded into the underground parking area. So to whom do those cars belong to?! If they're the managers/owners' cars, sheesh, park underground! Such a shame to force customers to park underground for your own leisure!
Kimchi Jjigae: Nice, served in hot pot. The kimchi was good, but I think they added a tad too much salt into the stew, because I ended up with a headache afterwards. (Note: high-blood pressure effect, due to high sodium levels.) Love the variety of mushrooms.
Mojito: The serving size was oddly small, and the rim of the cup was wide, so it ran out of soda pretty quick. It's more on the sweet side. And the wide straw made it hard to sip.
Ebi sushi: Big no-no. The ebi was dry, the rice was glutinous. The only good thing about it was the wasabi.
Asparagus rolls: I forgot what these were actually called, but they're thin slices of meat filled with asparagus, grilled and served with soy-sauce. The meat was a tad dry, and I'd prefer the asparagi to be a bit more cooked, but nonetheless, an interesting side-dish.
Caramel Tea: T.W.G! This Singaporean brand is a reminiscent of Bakerzin's gourmet tea. (Which reminds me that Bakerzin is a Singaporean franchise, which might mean that Bakerzin uses T.W.G as well? Hm...) Anyway, this tea is rather more red tea (I call it red, for high-end tea, with light texture, low residue, and heavy aroma), than black tea (cheap-common tea, thick texture, high residue, and bland aroma--usually tampered with jasmine or rose scents), with an aroma, according to each flavor. The caramel tea had this light caramel aroma along with a slight hint of vanilla. It comes in a pitcher. They serve it un-sugared, and hand out Gulaku sugar sachets instead. Smart. (Btw, I like Gulaku sugar sachets, the colorful wrapping is so attractive.) Oh! And the cups! (Made out of light, translucent white bone!) Are so cute. Heart-shaped.
The price was pretty standard for places like these, the sushi was priced a tad below Sushitei's. It's the type of place to go when you've just received your monthly pay, not a place to eat everyday.
I actually visited this place, like, eons ago. And the pictures have been stored in my hard disk for, like, years. But, yeah, well.
90 Gourmet is placed on Jl LLRE Martadinata, Bandung, or more commonly known as Jl Riau. The place is nice, it has that nice ambience, with a lot of wooden furniture and low lights. It also has a skylight, so it's quite bright during the day time. The problem is the parking space. They have several spots up in front, but when we got there, they were all full. We assumed that there were lots of customers inside, but it turned out to be empty. In the end, we were herded into the underground parking area. So to whom do those cars belong to?! If they're the managers/owners' cars, sheesh, park underground! Such a shame to force customers to park underground for your own leisure!
Kimchi Jjigae: Nice, served in hot pot. The kimchi was good, but I think they added a tad too much salt into the stew, because I ended up with a headache afterwards. (Note: high-blood pressure effect, due to high sodium levels.) Love the variety of mushrooms.
Mojito: The serving size was oddly small, and the rim of the cup was wide, so it ran out of soda pretty quick. It's more on the sweet side. And the wide straw made it hard to sip.
Ebi sushi: Big no-no. The ebi was dry, the rice was glutinous. The only good thing about it was the wasabi.
Asparagus rolls: I forgot what these were actually called, but they're thin slices of meat filled with asparagus, grilled and served with soy-sauce. The meat was a tad dry, and I'd prefer the asparagi to be a bit more cooked, but nonetheless, an interesting side-dish.
Caramel Tea: T.W.G! This Singaporean brand is a reminiscent of Bakerzin's gourmet tea. (Which reminds me that Bakerzin is a Singaporean franchise, which might mean that Bakerzin uses T.W.G as well? Hm...) Anyway, this tea is rather more red tea (I call it red, for high-end tea, with light texture, low residue, and heavy aroma), than black tea (cheap-common tea, thick texture, high residue, and bland aroma--usually tampered with jasmine or rose scents), with an aroma, according to each flavor. The caramel tea had this light caramel aroma along with a slight hint of vanilla. It comes in a pitcher. They serve it un-sugared, and hand out Gulaku sugar sachets instead. Smart. (Btw, I like Gulaku sugar sachets, the colorful wrapping is so attractive.) Oh! And the cups! (Made out of light, translucent white bone!) Are so cute. Heart-shaped.
The price was pretty standard for places like these, the sushi was priced a tad below Sushitei's. It's the type of place to go when you've just received your monthly pay, not a place to eat everyday.