December 10, 2006 - KFC - Playland

This is probably why people choose to celebrate their kids’ birthday parties here. We certainly couldn’t entertain them like this at home. But hey, what happens to traditional games and playing around on the backyard? I don’t have a backyard, but board games, puzzles, sing and dance could probably do the trick, don’t you think?

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December 9, 2006 - KFC

My daughter got invited to her friend’s birthday party at KFC in Kemang area. It’s popular among young parents in Jakarta to celebrate their children’s birthday parties at fast food restaurants. I’ve tried it once for my daughter’s birthday and was not too happy about it. The place got overly crowded, not convenient at all for the parents. I personally think it’s so much better to have it in your own house. Everyone would be more relax as we wouldn’t need to worry about finishing up quickly to let other people use the party area. Just more cleaning up to do, that’s all

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October 8, 2006 - Warung Si Doel

Here’s a wider view of the restaurant from my yesterday’s post. Some of you might noticed the name ‘Doel’ and wondered how to pronounce it. Well, it’s like when you say ‘pull’. In the old days we spelled ‘oe’ for the letter ‘u’. Remember this post a while back? Š

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September 28, 2006 - Ayam Bakar Wong Solo

The restaurant, Ayam Bakar Wong Solo, located in Tenda Semanggi of Sudirman street in downtown Jakarta, is now being renovated. There was a very controversial story behind it in the year 2004. The owner of Ayam Bakar Wong Solo did a press conference once and declared himself as a man who strongly believe in poligamy. He has four wives and ten children. He encouraged other Indonesian men to follow his lead. He even named one of his beverages as ‘poligamy juice’, and also created a poligamy award (huh?). The food, which is specialized in grilled chicken served in traditional Indonesian way, actually tastes okay, but ever since his public announcement people stopped going there. Many women do not approve of him (including me!). A friend of mine who’s totally against poligamy said that she would never ever go to that restaurant again.

What do you think of a man having more than one wife?

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