Last weekend me and my friends went to Bandung. There were four of us and we’ve known each other since we joined the same company back in 2011. Though now two of us don’t work there anymore (including myself!), we remain close friends and occasionally travel together. This trip was special because it’s the last trip before one of us left to Melbourne to study. So it’s like a farewell trip too :’).
We left Jakarta early Saturday morning. Though still sleepy, all of us were excited. Our first destination was to eat, of course. We ate Bakso for brunch and then followed with coffee and dessert in Two Cents Coffee. Afterwards we went for a little bit of shopping at Rumah Mode before went to our hotel, Mercure Bandung Setiabudi which I previously booked using Booking.com. Since I am a regular user of Booking.com, I am one of the “Genius Member” and was entitled free drinks during check in. To my surprise, the front desk officer informed me that we also got our room upgraded! Woohoow!
I don’t know if it’s because of my Genius Member status with Booking.com or if we were just lucky.. but whatever the reason was, upgrade always means good, right? 😉 So we got upgraded from a standard room to a room with balcony and free mini bar! The mini bar was not that fancy though, but still, freebies are always nice!
After checking in, we rested for a while and then went out for another shopping time.. hahaha.. Our destination was Twig House – a winter equipment shop, because my friend wanted to buy some stuffs for her move to Melbourne. As it was located in Jl.Sukajadi (close to Paris Van Java Mall), we expected that there were traffic. Lucky us, the road seemed to be in our favor that time! traffic was barely there so we could get around easily.
After shopping, we went for dinner at Bebek Ali Borromeus. Has anyone eaten here before? I used to go here all the time when I visited Bandung during my college days and I am surprised that it’s still taste as good! Yuuum!!! Then as we were on our way back to the hotel, we stopped by for some Taiwanese dessert nearby our hotel (I really forget the name as it was not too special hahaha). We basically just spent the night at our hotel room, watching Russel Peters and Aziz Ansari on Netflix through my laptop.
The next morning we left quite early because we aimed to arrive at Jakarta around noon. We still managed to have breakfast though. This time at Two Hands Full, another coffee shop in Jl.Sukajadi. I love the place, the coffee was good!
So that’s the story of our short trip to Bandung. Though short, the trip was special – it was laid back,full of laughter, and I think we were lucky that everything seemed to be in our favor. Upgraded room, good food, and easy traffic! What else could we ask for? 🙂
Christa Bercerita 
Thank you for sharing, nanti aku mau coba bebek ali 🙂
Wajibbbb Puji, bukanya malem doang, jam 9 biasanya udh abis hehehe
Asiiik siap2 aku akan coba
Bandung emang selalu menyenangkan ya. Easiest getaway kalo dari Jakarta. And bebek boromeus never fails anyone 😀
Iyaaa selalu menyenangkan dan ngangenin yah :’)
lucky you gak kena heavy traffic di bandung, mbak. 😀
dan aku belum sempet nyobain Bebek Borromeus, padahal udah 4 tahun di sinih.
*dicatet buat jadi tujuan ngelayap malem2*
iyaa beruntung banget, kita sampai terkaget2.. bahkan ke Sukajadi aja ngga macet lho ke PVJ, padahal malem minggu.. hehe
daridulu mau ke two hands full tapi belum kesampean 😦
ngiler ama breakfastnya
Enakkk Dit. Kopi enak, makanan jugaa. Kalo tempat keliatan lebih homey Two Cents sih tapi kalau Two Hands Full lebih instagrammable :p hihihi
Setuju ! Bebek Ali Borromeus walaupun makanan di tenda pinggir jalan tetep aja ngantri juga kalo lagi full. aku udah jarang ke sana karena sekitaran DU yg lebih deket ke rumah juga nyoba bebeknya enak, lokasinya pas banget sebrang tempat bus Damri di Unpad (lupaa nama tempatnya. hahaha).
Oh yaa itu bebeknya garing atau basah? kalau bebek Ali cenderung “basah” kan ya.. aku lebih suka yang begitu daripada yg garing hehehe
Foto-foto makanannya bikin pengeeen!!
Bandung emang surga makanan yah Ko 😀
gw pengen banget deh ke Bdg dgn itinerary hanya hopping on off ke cafe2 seru disana, keknya lucu2 banget ya
Iyaa lucu2, makanan enak, dan murahh Fe kalau dibanding Jakarta 🙂
Dan kumpul2 dengan temen yang seruuuu ya. Duh kangen kumpul2 dengan temen cewek aja
Iyaa seru Non, ngobrol2 terus.. mana pake acara road trip kan dijalan ngobrol nggak berenti hehehe 🙂
Wah yang begini nih yang bikin warga Bandung males jalan-jalan karena macet *menatap sewot* *lalu dikeplak Christa yang bernuansa liburan*
Hihihi..
I’m happy that Bandung is still that sweet place that everyone wants to come back to 🙂
Anpuuuun, aku nggak bikin macet kok waktu ituuu.. Malah nambah pajak karena belanja belanji di Rumah Mode hahahahahah ;)))))))
Yep yep Bandung always has its charms 🙂
Wah sudah lama sekali tak ke Bandung!! Kangen… terakhir tuh macetnya minta ampun males jadinya. But I hear lot of new good things there.
Iyaa surprisingly kemarin nggak macet lho. Maybe we were lucky but maybe the changes that new gov made has taken place 🙂
pasti menyenangkan sekali tuh pergi bareng temen2 cewe, ngobrol gak berhenti2, ketawa ketiwi, pastinya fun ya :-D. btw selamat jalan untuk tamannya ya mbak Christa *sok akrab* 🙂
Iyaa Adhyaa, ngga tau kapan lg bisa pergi ber4 gitu hiks. Hehehehe, makasihhhh udh aku sampaikan ke temanku di whatsapp grup 😉
kalo ke bandung emang selalu nyenenin ya 😀
Iya Man 🙂 happy weekend deh hehe
bebek Boromeus itu pasti selalu enak dan penuh ya Christaaa
Iyaa Ira favorit dari dulu padahal tempatnya jelek ya hahahaha
Eh baru tahu ada toko perlengkapan musim dingin di Bandung. Biasanya aku hunting dari FO ke FO.
Iyaa Tje, lengkap juga isinya head to toe ada. Yang lucu dia juga jual suvenir dr berbagai negara musim dingin hahahaha kalau ketinggalan oleh2 bisa balik lagi ke tokonya setelah pulang trip. Cerdik ya 😉
Wah handy itu!!