Posted by tita on Jan 16, '09 10:00 AM for everyone  At least, that's the case in the "specialties" list of Reading Light's menu. A Neil Gaiman coffee is "ice black coffee, fresh milk, peanut butter, hazelnut syrup, cinnamon & cold froth" while an Orhan Pamuk is "hot cappuccino with a special mix of kapulaga (Amomum cardamomum), clove & cinnamon". I've had a curiosity since I first read the menu and finally had the chance to taste that weird Gaiman today. Just as I thought: imagine drinking a peanut-butter sandwich that was soaked in cold coffee, crushed ice and liquid sugar. Even David Sedaris seemed like a more tempting option, however childish it may sound ("orange juice, lemon juice, fresh milk & vanilla ice cream").
 Moving on to our dish: I had chicken sandwich, which was quite decent. Other than the usual diced, boiled chicken slathered in mayonaise, this one came filled with layers of 'chicken bologna' of some sorts. Yummy. However, next time, I would ask them to skip the chili sauce.
And what about our book-shopping spree for today? I've scored two hard cover Alice in Wonderland books, both published by Random House in 1946! I really like the illustration technique and appearance; Syb said it could even be hand-colored (I'll post a review as soon as time permits...). Syb did the rest of the rummaging and found several other books to his content, while I continued working on my papers with my MacBook. We happily skimming our books while enjoying our lunch in that cool place, unwinding before our next tasks called.
Our afternoon jaunt ended quite pleasantly. We got book discount from using a card (instead of cash) to pay, and food discount from having a membership card (and there's actually a complimentary drink, too, for members). The shop attendant informed us that they'll have a treat on the occasion of the Chinese New Year: there will be a bonus (an ang pau, she said) for every purchase of book about (or related to) China. Shall we go again in two weeks, then, and see what the ang pau is? :)
More photos can be viewed in an album with the same title.  | Yes we shall! :D
PS: Somehow milk and David Sedaris don't seem to be a good match. |
 | O yes you should dear, try the diet breaker (that title it's so obvious than the Neil Gaiman's one) and it's so yummy... nyam-nyam... I can never get enough of everything in reading lights, it's like rumaging through the attic and lots and lots of marvelous hidden histories and mysteries waiting to be found. |
 | ada pramudya ananta toer ? |
| maksud aku.
apakah ada menu minum/makanan yang dikasih nama pat?
misal pramudya ananta toer milkshake with a bit of rat pioson etc ...? :-)
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 | klo yg orhan ko harganya ada dua 14.000 vs 15.000 .. tapi gaiman cuma satu 17.000? |
 | mungkin harga kapulaga lebih murah ketimbang selai kacang? :P |
 | uprit wrote on Jan 17, '09 ah, ternyata di sini review nya... hihihihihi |
 | *masih takjub ngliat bon di album foto*
:P |
 | jmave wrote on Jan 17, '09 ngomong lagi di sini ah: sedih banget gak pernah berhasil ke RL, karena ada di bandung selalu pas dia tutup :(
aku sempat beli di toko buku bekas juga, cuma lupa belinya di mana, Alice in Wonderland yang ilustratornya Tenniel yang tepi-tepi halamannya juga ada ilustrasi sulur-sulur gitu (apa sih istilah untuk hiasan tepi ini? ada kan ya disebut-sebut dalam bukunya Eco yang The Name of the Rose?). kereeeeeen banget! kok ada yang jual bukunya ya, apa gak sayang. |
 | ketoke enak-enak ya Ta.... :D |
 | The Neil Gaiman coffee sounds like it would be delicious if it was hot, but cold? Weird. I tried peanut butter in coffee myself a while ago and it was actually pretty tasty. P.S. Do you know that Neil Gaiman himself linked here in his Twitter? (!) |
| esduren wrote on Jan 17, '09, edited on Jan 17, '09  sounds like it would be delicious if it was hot, but cold?  I agree! I asked for a hot version, but they couldn't provide that :| I didn't know about his Twitter, but I just saw the post at his blog(!) :"> |
 | This is my favorite hanging out spot whenever I just feel like it :D
Glad you like it too~ |
 | Ta,
gua baru tahu ada tempat keren ini ! Gua langsung semangat gitu membaca list judul di Reading Lights.... kudu pisan kesana Ta kalau gua ke Bandung. Tapi kalau sampai nyasar, gua bakal tanya alamat ke loe ya Ta, hehehe .... |
 | bandung is paris van java,.... |
 | Wah! Baru tahu ada tempat ini di Bandung!
Terima kasih buat infonya ya, bisa jadi tempat yang wajib dikunjungi saat pulang... :-p |
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