Vegan Spot in Jogjakarta #2

Can't tell how much I miss my page, typing on it, and of course I miss to see you all :) after busy days, and all holy shits, here I go, fulfilling my job to report vegan spot i've visited ~ (well...we).

Here we gooo, MILAS...

All these menus are suitable for lacto-ovo vegetarian :). The 1st collage contains pics of super duper big size main course(s) : well, i'm not really sure what sort of foods they are all, coz some were my friends'.

For sure...they are Lacto ovo -rosti (not sure how it's spelled, -nasi goreng (fried rice), -red fettucini, and -burger. And the 2nd collage contains pics of 'one dish meal(s) : patty and toasted bread. Well actually, the toasted breads is my favorite one! coz it was served with guacamole! sorry, we din take the pic coz it was all dissapeared (i guess to our stomach haha).

Okay that's all my short report. Hope it inspires you to cook healthy foods during your holiday. Healthy foods can also be so delicious, right? :)

(thanks elan for sending me these pics of deliciosoooos - boso italiano hancuro haha)

Vegan Spots in Jogjakarta

Hey All...how's life so far? Great? Super-duper? :-)

Well, the idea of this post came from a ym-chat with my best friend, Strawberryjam. She really wanted to go to the vegan resto (coz she's now on a diet, haha) Good job girl! Me either (not about the diet), really wants to go to vegan resto (since I have problem with eating out to ordinary restaurants). So, she browsed the sites and found articles of vegan spots. What amazed me was...there are more than 10 vegan restaurants here in my hometown. Okay, so I made the resume and ready to start the journey with her and my other friends include Elan, Wita, Che, Huki (sorry Atid, we have to go without you, unless you can go back here immediately, haha). Here they are...

1. Soma Yoga
Located in Jalan Babarsari 102 Yogyakarta. Soma Yoga is a kind of vegetarian cafe with Javanese style interior design. They have vegan satay and tempura made from the combination of soya, tofu, and mushrooms (people say that it taste like meat and seafood a lot). It's been so looong that I havent eaten seafood. Okay 'fake seafood', wait until this monster come :D

2. Milas

Milas's book corner (rockmusikini.blogspot.com)

Milas is located downtown Yogyakarta, Prawirotaman IV 127. First I knew this restaurant from my US friend, Aaron Milas (hehe nooo i'm kidding-the name is just quite similar) and also Mrs Etty, my lecturer. Well, based on the article we found, Milas has many kind of vegetarian menu. Indonesian, Western, Arabic. Organic all the way. But beware. They also have cheese and milk in their menu. so, for u the 100% vegan, do not hesitate to ask the food ingredients to the waiter/tress. My friend, Elan said that they have perfect guacamole.
They dont only have special foods but also beautiful place. Bamboo huts, craft, and book corners definitely make you feel at home.Ah, cant wait to see :-)

3. Jejamuran
Jejamuran is located in Jalan Magelang. In english, jejamuran means "various kinds of mushrooms". So, dont ask me what they sell, hehe. I go there very often, since i'm the #1 fan of mushrooms. My grandma and grandpa also like mushrooms. So, we just match each other :-)

4. Jasmine 1&2
Located in Jalan Solo and Jalan Janti. Jasmine's special menu is BBQ fried rice, seaweed soup, and the fake shabu-shabu.

5. Loving Hut
Located in Ambarukmo Plaza Mall's Food Courts. You can find chinesse foods. Organic and vegetarian foods all the way! So..dont worry, vegan!

And many more...okay, let me show you the lists
6. Murni Sehat -- Located in Prawirotaman
7. Lusidus -- Located in Babarsari, they serve lacto,ovo, and vegan foods with the fake meats
8. Soja -- Located in Jalan Moses Gatot Kaca
9. Vega -- Located in North Ring Road
10. Mie Kirata -- Located in Jalan Moses Gatot Kaca
11. Mie Sehat Pelangi -- Located in Jalan Solo
12. Lung Hua Vegetarian-- Located in Jalan Selokan Mataram 1, Pringgolayan. You can find chinesse and Padang vegetarian foods
13. Food Square-- Located in Jalan Moses Gatot Kaca. Chinesse Foods

Fiuh..cant wait to start the journey. I'll be very happy to write the report. So...Keep Healthy guys, see U soon

OVO VEGAN officially!!!

"You are what you eat".
Yes, this quote is so meant to me right now. As a nutritionist and dietitian, my eating habit was sooo bad. It was just a mess. I used to eat what I want, the ghrelin really used to control my overall eating, Ghrelin rules!. I craved soft drinks, high-fat meat, potato chips, and high-cholesterol foods.
And thank god...God suddenly came to my heart and say "be an ovo-vegan, Sita..." (lol, i'm kidding) and I am, an ovo-vegan officially :)


Its been 33 days. I can say that being a vegan in Indonesia isnt such a big challenge. Veggies and fruits are easy to find here, not too expensive, and vary a lot. So hard to overcome the temptations though (coz my family and friends still eat meats or ice creams, while i dont..oh gosh!), but so far...all things are going well. One this to pay attention to is that some salad sauce we use here may contain mashed shrimps that are hard to recognize, even by the taste, especially one used for east Javanese salads. In addition, there are also traditional drinks that contain cow milk instead of coconut milks...Kinda tricky, right? ;-)
These are some of foods I eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner hummm, yummm

1. brown rice and blanched veggies
2. chinesse food veggies and tofu
3. asem-asem, one of indonesian clear soup and tempe (fermented soy food)

Thank god I have a really supportive mom :) Once I was longing to eat meat...my mom made me some new vegetarian dishes. If u like mushroom, they absolutely taste like meat, the shitake's hump especially. The portabello really tastes like scallop. Or have u ever tried crispy fried veggies?mommy also made it for me. My dad likes it, too. It tastes like crispy fried chicken...haha those are some tips for u, the beginner vegan (like me...)

fried broccoli, steam it first to get it cooked

Well, it was a real wake up call to the healthy life for me. Being vegan is one of the shock therapy for you who has craves certain foods, especially for the obesogenic ones...being vegan wont make u gain weight (combine to exercise) and makes u feel better. I experienced it.
Dont forget to take some supplements (like folate, B12...just take the B-complex, ferrous sulfate, vitamin D, Calcium, etc-better consult to your dietitian) to avoid nutrition defficiencies.
Hope this ovo-vegan eating style become my stepping stone to the pure vegan one. May this inspires u...


Alphabetically Glossaries :

1. Cholesterol : a type of fat that can be produced by human and animals. Excess consumption of cholesterol may cause several diseases i.e heart attack, etc
2. Deficiency : lack of something, so.. 'nutrition deficiency' means lack of nutrition
3. Ghrelin : type of hormone that stimulates hunger
4. Obesogenic : all things causing obesity. So...obesogenic foods means foods that contain substrate/s causing obesity
5. Ovo-vegan : a vegetarian who still eat eggs. no meat and dairy products