Curry House, The Taste of Authentic Japanese Curry

Holiday has ended and I already back to my "hospital life". Entering Internal Medicine department as my new department after holiday is quite shocking. When do the E.R. shift, I think all the Internal Medicine interns have more responsibility in taking care the patient than other departments I've ever passed. However, I still enjoy it except the fact that I always hibernate after doing the shift =P I feel more like a real doctor here =)

This week everyone has a very very long weekend. Since there is public holiday on Thursday, the government also establishes Friday as a holiday. Unfortunately it doesn't work to interns. Holiday means adding your shift more. So I decided to take a treat to myself with some delicious food, hohoho.. This time I decided to eat at Curry House, a quite new Japanese restaurant that specialized in curry. Located at the top of Papaya Supermarket in Darmo, its location is a lil' bit hidden. However, it has a nice and cozy architecture since it is dominated with nature component such as wood and stone. Their eating utensils also are made of wood, so lovely <3

We ordered Garlic Potato (Rp10.000,00+) for appetizer. We can eat it with the salad dressing which adding more flavor into this. Nom nom..

Garlic Potato

The weather is so hot lately and this Strawberry Lassi (Rp30.000,00+ for large size) really helped a lot. It has a sour and fresh of yoghurt combined with the sweetnes of strawberry..

Strawberry Lassi

There are so many curry dishes here, such as chicken, beef, pork, pork cutlet, seafood, tuna, mushroom, or even eggplant curry. Actually I also wanted to order pork cutlet curry but since it looks like chicken katsu curry (that I always order), I wanted to try something different so I ordered Hamburg Curry (Rp60.000,00+ for small size).

Hamburg Curry

When it was served on my table, it looks so small (especially the hamburg beef) =O Based on the price, I actually expected a slight bigger size, but apparently the size is big enough to make me full. The curry flavor is so rich and spicy. The hamburg beef also erased the feeling about its size =P it tastes good >.< oh ya, all the curry dishes here has 7 levels of spiciness (does it sound like a kind of spicy cassava chips? --a) I chose the second level and I think I supposed to ask for the spicier level. But thankfully there was chili powder on the table =D 

My sister ordered another style of curry, Dry Curry (Rp50.000,00+ for small size), fried rice with minced beef and curry powder. So unique, so exotic..

Dry Curry

My cousin ordered her favorite menu, Tuna Yaki Curry (Rp80.000,+ for small size), baked rice topped with tuna curry and cheese. Served hot in a pot, it tastes so creamy and cheesy. Lovely but fatty x_x yeah, it really a guilty pleasure..

Tuna Yaki Curry

 Are you a big fan of Japanese cuisine or curry lover? Then you should try this one =)


Curry House
Papaya Darmo 2F
Surabaya
Tel: 031-7326291 

My first 7 months as a clinical intern..

Time walks by so fast and apparently I have done my internship as a co-ass for almost 7 months. I have passed surgery, dermatology and venereology, anesthesiology, obstetric and gynaecology, pharmacy, and the last radiology department. Then here I am in my lovely hometown, Makassar City, for 2 weeks ahead to spend my holiday. Yapp, we get 2 weeks holiday during 1.5 years of our internship. Just a short tiny break that maybe we should call it "pseudoholiday" =P

There are still so many departments that I have to pass after this holiday and the next one is internal medicine department. However, I enjoy my life as an intern so much. I think it is much better than facing all the textbooks and handouts everyday. Although it seems to be so tiring sometimes (especially after doing the night shift without sleeping at all and still have to study for exam), but facing patient face to face and working as a doctor is such a wonderful experience and chance that God has given to me. I hope I will still feel this way (or better) for the rest of my internship period and even more until the rest of my life. Amen... =)
 

Writing down here in my culinary and traveling blog maybe a lil bit not appropriate to talk about my internship story but if you have good stories, so why don't you share? =)

Surgery department is my first lab as an intern. It was quite shocking because the schedule is so full. The lessons are also so variable since it consists of 9 sub-departments. But here it is, in this department, for the first time I did the real wound suturing. It was a breath taking event when I first came to emergency room (E.R.) for doing my first E.R. shift on that beautiful morning. Then suddenly when I met my friend that had done the shift on the night before, he asked me to enter the minor operation room and do the suturing. What?!?! I just came and I directly have to suture?!? Furthermore, the person that I need to suture is a long-haired guy with a gangster face x__x Thankfully I and my friends could pass it well =) the other story from surgery department is when I met a 5 years old boy with cancer in his brain. The cancer decreased his consciousness, so that he only could see with blank stares and could not talk anymore. I still remember that night when I sat there with his mom and listen her sharing their beautiful moments together until she couldn't resist to cry. Another unforgettable moment when one of pediatric surgery resident allowed me to cut hernial sac during my night shift at operation room, wohoo! =D

Anesthesiology made another great experience. Involved in preoperative examination, anesthetized the patient, woke them up, until followed up their recovery makes me know further about the patient anxiety, hope, and feeling about their surgery treatment. I also learn to do the intensive care at ICU, such as doing the suction in the appropriate way or even communicate with body language to patient who had run tracheostomy =P Story from rescucitation room (RES) is amazing too. CPR and defibrillation always make us looks like the real doctors, lol.. But seeing the patient passed away while their family standing besides and crying out was not a good moment. However it keeps remind me that Lord Jesus is still the real Doctor above all the doctors in this world and He takes control above all.

Obstetric and gynaecology gave us a bunch of stories to tell. But one thing for sure, take this note "labor pain is super duper painful so love your mother because delivering you to this world is just like an intersection between her life and death". There are unforgettable stories too here. I met a lovely mother (keep worrying about her baby condition and asked me a lot of things about how would the labor and delivery happen, yet thank me so much and ask me to come after she delivers the baby), funky mother (using piercing and telling her love story),  fierce mother (yelling out loud during the night that she wanted to poop instead of her laboring pain), and so many more. Paradoxically, in this department I also met women who had late stadium cancer, must loss her baby, and many others sad condition.

Dermatology and venerology, pharmacy, and radiology have their own story too. But I think this post is quite long already so I need to end up here. I hope the next departments will give me a bunch of great experience and build me to be a great Christian Doctor in the future, amen =) (please say amen too =P)

Since I am in my hometown now, I remember about my tumblr which I have before I started to make this blog. I already wrote down some of my culinary experiences in Makassar there. Probably I wanna share them here soon =) please enjoy ^^

Toast Jam Factory, "you toast we jam"!

Heihoo, finally my first post as an medical intern or also known as "dokter muda" or co-ass.. Thanks to cece Elita who forced me to update my blog, hehe.. There are so many great experience since becoming an intern.. Meet a bunch of patients with unique disease, take care of them, help delivering babies, involve in surgeries, do CPR (as in movies minus mouth-to-mouth breathing control =P), meet many great seniors and residents, and so many more.. All of them makes me realize how lucky I am to be a future doctor and keep making me so thankful to God.. Like they said, to become a doctor is such a great privilege.. Thanks, Lord Jesus :)

Okay, let's go to my new culinary experience.. Toast jam factory! A brand new simple cafe with unique concept and white atmosphere.. I went here with my beautiful best friend, Jing2, for a nice saturday night chit chat..

First of all, we had ice teh susu (Rp15.000,00+).. The tea flavor is perfectly match with the milk and created a great blend.. nice taste =D ow ya, they served the milk tea with jars which makes them so cute >.<

Ice teh susu

Next is chocolate and cheese toast (Rp15.000,00+).. There are two size of toast served here.. medium and large one.. The medium one only consist of one slice of bread while the large one are two.. And yeah, we ordered the large one =D

Chocolate and Cheese Toast - Large

I think they use the nutella spread which make it tasty =) The bread is also so soft..

Chocolate and Cheese Toast - Large

Next is kaya origininal toast (RP12.000,00+).. Unfortunately, there is no thing so special with this one.. I prefer yakun kaya toast or my hometown homemade kaya spread more than this..

Kaya Original Toast

Kaya Original Toast

 Last but not least, ham and cheese salad (Rp15.000,00+).. They served the ham and cheese not in great proportion with the vegetables =( hmm, and less seasoning too =|

Ham and Cheese Salad

 However, this place has a nice atmosphere for my nice saturday night chit chat.. Can't wait to see you soon, Jing =*

Jing2 - Vitia

Toast Jam Factory

Lenmarc Mall L1-47, Bukit Darmo Boulevard

Jl. Mayjen Yono Soewoyo no. 9

Surabaya

Go Ju Mong - Surabaya

Helloww.. Sudah lama nggak update blog lagi padahal masih dalam suasana liburan, hehe.. Yapp, sepanjang kurang lebih libur 2 bulan ini (which is officially my last holiday before entering the clinic world as "Dokter Muda") yang dikira bakalan nganggur ternyata diisi banyak kegiatan dan perjalanan yang tak terduga (hasil pencucian otak =P). Dengan puluhan atau bahkan ratusan jenis makanan yang dicoba, saya sekarang jadi bingung harus update yang mana. But I think I will start from Go Ju Mong, Surabaya =)

Restaurant ini masih tergolong baru di Surabaya soalnya baru buka sekitar beberapa bulan. Sempat beberapa kali pengen nyobain tapi akhirnya baru kesampaian hari Minggu lalu dalam rangka birthday treat-nya my lovely cousin, Ivonny <3

Just like another Korean Restaurant, such as Myoung Ga, the culinary experience will begin with some side dishes a.k.a Banchan..

Sayangnya side dish di sini ukurannya super duper mini, jauh banget dibandingkan sama Myoung Ga.. Jadinya agak menganga waktu lihatnya.. Macamnya juga tidak terlalu banyak.. But overall, rasanya lumayan enak.. These two side dishes taste delicious, vegetable salad and stir fried dried anchovy (Myulchi Bokkeum)..

Myulchi Bokkeum

Buat main course kita pesan dua jenis daging.. Yang Nyum Galbi and Wagyu Yang Nyum Galbi +9.. Basically, dua-duanya galbi atau ribs tapi Wagyu Yang Nyum Galbi +9 pake wagyu beef.. Dagingnya dimasak di atas charchoal yang ada di tengah meja..

And here we go, warm and tasty Yang Nyum Galbi and Wagyu Yang Nyum Galbi +9..

Yang Nyum Galbi

Wagyu Yang Nyum Galbi +9

The beef is so tender, juicy, and perfectly sweet.. Wagyu Yang Nyum Galbi +9 has thinner slice than Yang Nyum Galbi but both of them really taste great.. (P.S.: you can read how to eat this with lettuce and garlic from my previous blog about Myoung Ga)

Selain itu, kita juga pesan Jap Chae, stir fried noodles yang terbuat dari ubi manis yang dimasak dengan berbagai jenis sayuran dan ditaburi wijen plus irisan telur dadar di atasnya.. Teksturnya cukup kenyal seperti sohun dan rasanya manis.. I like it much =)

Jap Chae

Next is my favorite Korean Food, Dolsot Bibimbap, the lovely mixed rice..

Dolsot Bibimbap

Hmm, I think the egg white and nori lil' bit ruined the presentation because I always love how the egg yolk beautifully sit in the center of the bowl =| but no problem, you have to mix it up with the Gochujang..

Mix mix mix..

It tastes delicious, bibimbap jarang mengecewakan.. Hehehe..

We still ordered two dishes but unfortunately I forget the name =( One thing for sure the name has "squid" in it, hehe..

Cuminya ga keras, perpaduan cumi, mie, sayuran, dan sausnya yang spicy make a good combination =)

Menu yang satu lagi, a kind of soup, malah gak sempat kefoto karena langsung dibagiin ke mangkuk kecil buat tiap orang.. Hehehe..

Selain makanan, one of my cousin ordered soju.. I know it contains alcohol but since my age is 21 years old now (yeayy, I'm legal) I tried to drink some.. Hmm, rasanya manis (karena memang ditambahkan gula dalam pembuatannya) dan hangat di perut.. Unique =)

Soju Baram

And finally we can choose our FREE (yeah, it's free) dessert.. Red bean ice cream or iced coffee.. I prefer to choose the red bean ice cream..

Red Bean Ice Cream

Thank you, Ivonny, for the great supper.. Hope you like the "surprise" =) Happy birthday sister, we love you <3

Vitia-Laurensia-Ivonny-Elita-Junita

Go Ju Mong Korean Traditional Grill
Jln. Bukit Darmo Boulevard (near Pisa Cafe)
Surabaya

Myoung Ga - The Reliever of Korean Obsession

Annyeong haseyo! Mmm, mmm, yaah, harus saya akui sekarang saya ikut terkena "virus" Running Man.. Setelah  menyudutkan para K-poppers yang ribut aja soal oppa2 di twitter atau yang sampai bawa berbagai amunisi video Korea waktu KKN semester lalu akhirnya aku kena karma. Mmm, okay I must admit I love Korea now, and I love Running Man (walaupun kadarnya ngga sampai tahap addictive just like my cousin who always shouts out "stress sum dua" or "Gerry oppa" everyday).. Haha.. Kayaknya di kampus juga banyak banget yang addict sama reality show yang satu ini. Tapi saya cuma suka Running Man kok, bener.. saya masih ga suka sama boyband Korea atau drama-drama Korea yang mendayu-dayu.. (buat para K-popper yang baca, tolong jangan marah ya =P)

Then apa hubungannya post kali ini dengan Korea? Berhubung lagi demam Running Man yang bikin semua yang nonton ngiler mupeng liat tteokbokki atau jajangmyun, maybe this post can help you to find them in Surabaya =)

Ini dia salah satu resto Korea yang cukup yahud di Surabaya, 명가 (名家 Myoung Ga) =D Dengan polosnya kami pengen makan makanan Korea karena efek nonton Running Man. But this restaurant really have great dishes, and we have visited here several times. Jadi meluncur lah kami sepulang Gereja hari itu buat makan jajangmyun =P

Ada beberapa cara makan di resto Korea yang mungkin agak berbeda dengan resto umumnya. Waktu duduk pertama, seperti di resto lain kita bakal disodorin menu buat pesan makanan. Selanjutnya setelah pesen, ini dia yang beda. Sambil nunggu pesanan kita dimasak, kita bakal disuguhin sama beberapa jenis makanan pembuka khas Korea. Don't be afraid to eat! Cause unlike Padang Restaurant which charges you for each dish you've eaten, all these appetizers are free!! Yapp, it's totally free. Jadi buang saja muka malu-malu dan hasrat ingin jaim biar cute seperti dong-saeng, unni, atau oppa ala Korea. Makan aja semuanya dan minta tambah apa yang enak! Wkwkwk..

From all the appetizers, which one should you ask for more?? I recommend this one! Gamja jorim (Potato Side Dish)! Kentang ukuran mini yang direbus dengan kulitnya plus dibalut saus manis dan ditaburi wijen *glegg.. Rasanya manis gurih, "renyah" campur lembut.. Kami nambah sekitar 3-4 kali x_X ga tau maluuu O.o

O ya, the shredded nori is awesome too.. Irisan tipis nori yang dicampur semacam sugar yang buat rasanya asin-asin manis.. And here we go, tteokbokki, the Korean rice cake.. yumm..

Kalo ga puas sama tteokbokki ukuran mini di side dish, bisa juga pesan di menu yang ukuran gajah. Harganya sekitar Rp120.000,00. Cukup mahal sih, tapi emang porsinya porsi gajah -_-

Dari menu, kami pesan daging Yangnyeom Galbi (Marinated Beef Ribs) (RP130.000,00+). Khusus buat bisa difoto, aku minta supaya di-grilled di meja kami walaupun yang lain harus pulang dengan "smokey aroma". LOL.. O ya, beda dari makan yakiniku di resto Jepang yang self-service, di sini kita dibantu buat nge-grill =D

Ini bara teman, bukan makanan =P

Setelah di-grilled dan dipotong kecil-kecil, gini cara makannya. Ambil sayur yang disukai (sayurnya uda disediain), di sini aku ngambil selada. Setelah itu ambil daging, dan celupin di saus manis yang teksturnya agak encer seperti kecap. Then just put it on the vegetable.

Ambil garlic terus tambahin saus yang teksturnya kayak pasta.

Wrap it well..

And hap! Masukin ke mulut, kunyah perlahan, sambil tutup mata. wkwkwk, mulai lebay lagi.. Rasain tiap gigitan dan kunyahan pelan-pelan. Perpaduan tekstur lettuce yang crunchy, daging yang lembut, plus garlic yang very aromatic ditambah campuran saus manis.. It's just like heaven on earth =D

Ga cuma pesan itu aja, ini dia tujuan utama datang ke sini.. Jajangmyeon (Rp65.000,+)! Jajang literally means "fried sauce" and myeon means "noodle". Jajangmyeon dibuat dari mi gandum yang dicampur black soybean paste. Berhubung warnanya hitam, jangan banyangin rasanya manis seperti dicampur kecap manis because it's actually tastes more salty than sweet. Mie-nya kenyal, potongan dagingnya juga nikmat. 

Apa artinya ke resto Korea kalo ga makan yang satu ini. Yepp, this is my favorite Korean dish. Dolsot Bibimbab (Rp60.000,00+). Simply, bibimbap ini bisa disebut nasi campur (ala Korea tentunya). Disajikan di atas dolsot alias mangkuk batu yang udah dipanasin. Jadi makanan kita bakal tetap panas =) Isi "nasi campur" ini ada telur, daging, nori, wortel, sayur, plus pasta Gochujang (pasta cabai khas Korea yang dibuat dari red chilli, glutinous rice, fermented soybean, and salt).

Walaupun bentuknya maha indah, tapi cara makannya harus dicampur rata kayak gini..

Rasanya enaakk.. Kombinasi bahan-bahannya plus nasinya yang pulen waktu dimakan dalam kondisi hangat sambil duduk lesehan di atas zaisu (the legless chair) bener-bener serasa di Korea.. LOL (hey, I already use LOL two times in this post?! Apa karena efek Gary and his LOL-LOL?!?!?! o.O Maaf ya yang ga nonton Running Man, pasti ga ngerti =P) Saking enaknya kami sampai pesan 2 Dolsot Bibimbap.. I tag this as one of my favorite food =)

Belum selesai sampai di situ, kami juga dapat free dua chocolate yang rasanya lembut dan manis >.<

Ngomong-ngomong soal cokelat dan Korea, jadi inget pernah dikasi Jeju Mandarin Chocolate sama teman-yang-ga-jelas-siapa di kampus. Made in Jeju! One of the most popular island in Korea because of Boys Before Flower. It looks so cute and the taste is good too =) thx buat yang ngasiin walopun aku ga tau sapa.. hehe.. Aku selipin fotonya di sini ga papa yaa?

Segitu banyak yang dimakan di Myoung Ga, emangnya aku perginya berapa orang si?? Cuma berempat, ya EMPAT. Hahaha.. Ini efek Running Man kok, biasanya kami kalem kalo makan.. *upss bohong banget hehehe.. Hope this post will help those who are craving for Korean food =)

Myoung Ga Korean Restaurant

Puri Matahari Lt. 2

Jl. HR Muhammad No. 181

Surabaya 60226

Phone: (031) 7340650