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mal kelapa gading consists of five parts namely la piazza (cafes and restaurants) and kelapa gading 1,2,3,5 (no 4 as it's considered an unlucky number in chinese)
all parts are interconnected to each other
though rather confused at first (no map available), we managed to navigate our ways through this "junglish" mall and find all the places we wanted to visit
congratulation!!! we are so proud of ourselves ^-^
above pic: jen2 under the funny tree between la piazza and MKG 1

for lunch, we went to (where else) mie gajah mada
it's located in the food court somewhere around mal 3 and 5
it's kinda tradition that we CANNOT come to jakarta without eating this noodles
so we ordered 2 bakmi ayam and pangsit goreng
and had a lovely delicious lunch

one of our destinations in kelapa gading is secret recipe
located in the ground floor of MKG 3
it's a chain resto from malaysia serving western food
but it's been advertised by the weekender for its cheese cake
so we ordered one piece of oreo cheese cake as you can see below:

aaaah ... this is really cheesecake from heaven!!!
it's very rich, very creamy, very delicious
tastes just right and melts in the mouth ^-^
the price is only 23.000 after tax
so a very decently affordable luxury
many flavours are available: oreo, blueberry, strawberry, new york, marble, etc etc
i'd like to sample ALL of them one day

another destination is the ice cream place Cold Stone
as also advertised in the Weekender
but we're up to an unpleasant surprise when we found out that Cold Stone in kelapa gading is only "opening soon"
=(
the one that's already opened is in Citos (huh, gimana sih, tipu!)
so to substitute, we went to Haagen Dasz
the ice cream we ordered is banana caramel ice cream with two scoops of ice cream
it's so pricey, more than 60.000 per portion
and in the menu, the pancake looks crunchy, curly and brown
unlike the one we got which is pale and flat
one good thing about this place is we got free cold water with the ice cream

the trip is over at 6 pm
we waited outside the mall to be picked up by jen2's kind mom
there're a lot of palm/coconut trees along the way
and that's when jen2 started to sing "suatu hari tatkala kita duduk di tepi pantai ..."
going back to bandung using baraya travel, only 40.000 (cheaper than the ice cream!) but the seats are extremely cramped
arrived in bandung freezing and with sore legs =P