Anyeong Noona

Turns out there are so many concept store inside the One. If you go further up, you will see Miffy in front of her own store.

And this yellow duck called b-duck. You know that few years ago, a big floating yellow duck is making a big hoo-ha by swimming in the water of some countries (Hong Kong included). This b-duck reminds Noona of that big floating yellow duck. Hehe. The b-duck concept store is pretty interesting and it is having a summer sale for certain items. 

There was a queue line right at level one (or basement) of the shopping mall because the One is currently having an exhibition featuring Chibi Maruko-chan. You can take picture with Maruko while she's vacationing in Italy. But, you need to queue for, probably, a while since the queue line looks pretty long to take picture with her. Maruko seems to be very popular with Hong Kong people.

  

Okay, Noona never thinks that she will end up making her wallet thinner at the One by buying not one but two pairs of shoes. In her defense, she never sees these kind of shoes in Singapore. Well, you never see a pair of slip-ons featuring Sadness from Inside Out now, don't you?

The next pair of shoes is actually not that rare. Noona has seen people wearing Adidas Stan Smith on streets but usually the color is green or red. This pair comes in pink and so...well..obviously, they are in Noona's hands now. XD

The boat trip to the snorkeling spot is not that far, probably around 15 - 20 minutes. The boat operator will bring you to the main island to sign up with the snorkeling tour operator. A usual tour package will include snorkeling gears (the googles + the fins + the snorkel), the guide, the photographer (if you want to get underwater shot, yes I mean it), and lunch. It seems that price differs based on the extensive of the amenities provided (some even provided towel). 

Looking at those beautiful hues of water, one cannot resist the temptation of swimming and snorkeling inside the clear blue water. Oh right, Noona forgot to mention about the price. The rental of the snorkeling gears can go to 150,000 Rupiah per person (around hmm, 15 SGD). The most expensive fee you need to churn out here will be for the photographer (+200 pictures) which can go up to near 1 million Rupiah (around 100 SGD) however, you can share this 200 pictures with the rest of the tour group as taking pictures underwater is not really that easy after a few shots. Shower room is available nearby so you can take a shower to rinse yourself of the sea water after the snorkeling activity (need to pay 10,000 Rupiah ~ 1 SGD to use the shower room though, never mind, let's support local business).

You will be given a life vest too so no need to worry so much if you are a weak swimmer or a non-swimmer. Yes, the water is that clear up to the point, you probably don't really need the googles if you happen to swim around the shallow water.

Right, so what is the trick of taking picture underwater with the fishes? First, you would need to purchase the bait for the fishes. Before you say yucks, the bait is not like what you imagine (i.e. worm and the likes of it). Apparently, the fishes living in this area loves to eat biscuit. But they will not be able to eat the whole thing, so you would have to crush the biscuit until it becomes crumbs and the fishes will surely come and swim around you. The challenge here, in order to take picture underwater, you have to dive deep down (which is very hard to do in the open ocean, no kidding). This is where the guide will give his helping hands to dunk you down. Once you are deep inside, you have to quickly grab the nearest coral (grab, don't destroy) to hang in your position until (a) the fishes come and (b) the photographer takes your picture.

After a few shots, you would be very very tired. So it is really best to share that 200 pictures with the whole group cause there is no way for one person to take that many pictures under the sea. Unless we are half mermaid. XD

How to steal her look:

1. Pale pink micro Guccissima leather iPad case, GBP 225 from Gucci

2. Mini iPad case, EUR 188 from Salvatore Ferragamo

3.  Chanel O Case, HKD 6,800 from Chanel

4. PS1 IPad Case, USD 250 from Proenza Schouler

5. Embossed iPad case, USD 75 from Rebecca Minkoff

Oma and Dongsaeng were pretty enthusiastic about Tony Roma's rendition of mushroom cream soup, calling it the best mushroom cream soup they have ever tasted in town so far. Noona tasted the soup a bit and well, it is really good. 

The next appetizer which arrived to our table surprised us big time due to its jumbo size. Initially Noona and Dongsaeng were thinking of ordering the small platter but Omma insisted that we would not be full with small platter and as a result, this humongous platter arrived on our table. To make matters worse, the onion rings are kinda soggy and hence, it is really a struggle effort to eat this platter. Zzz.

Uh oh, we kinda forgot about the nachos. Suddenly Noona hopes she has a black hole in her stomach where everything will be digested and the fat disappear somehow into the dark matter in the outer space.

Thankfully, we only ordered two mains instead of one main for each person. Omma's healthier order of grilled salmon fillet served with baked red beans and mashed potato. 

The baby back ribs is a must to order here in Tony Roma's. The restaurant serves the ribs in so many different sauce, we were kinda having a difficulty ordering but at the end, we stick to the original BBQ sauce and it did not disappoint. To make it different, Dongsaeng chose fries instead of mash potatoes to go with the baby back ribs. The mains are pretty much as good as the raving goes but never ever order the jumbo platter which comes with the onion rings as they are pretty much soggy. Yucks!

If you would like to check Tony Roma's locations in Jakarta, you can see in their website here: 

http://tonyromas-mms.com/en/index.php?q=jakarta