March News & Events

Along with the amazing press write-ups that we've received on Femina, Prestige, Harper's Bazaar, Grazia, Martha Stewart Living, Good Housekeeping, and Her World (and others I may have missed), we had quite a stretch of events as well this month. The team is tired but will do it all again in a heartbeat. Contact us for any questions or requests: orders@bittersweetindonesia.com

March 11, Friday
Martha Stewart Living High-Tea

* Martha Stewart Living Indonesia has been so kind as to contract us for their high-tea events. Their emphasis on lifestyle and homey feel is a great compliment to what Bittersweet believes in.

March 16, Wednesday
Pacific Place Food Demonstration: Serving the Perfect Dessert in Less than 30 mins

* Pacific Place has been so kind as to feature me in their All About Food Month for 2 demo days. I got to know so many wonderful people especially mothers who fell in love with our cakes and came for the following food demo. On this day, I demonstrated how to make 2 of our best-seller cakes. Our Carrot Cake and Fruit Tart. On average, each cake took approximately 30 mins.

March 18, Friday
Pacific Place Food Demonstration: Cookies & Tea Pairing

* What I emphasized during this demonstration is to learn how to pair the pastry or cookies you're eating, with the tea you're drinking. It's all about complimenting your taste buds. Along with that, I shared with the viewers what has got to be the easiest cookie recipe EVER. And they taste so good, please don't blame me if u get addicted. For those who missed the recipe, I'll share it with you right now:

All you need is:
1 box of Ritz Crackers
1 box of chocolate compound (dark or semisweet is fine)

Directions:
1. Simmer the chocolate compound in a silver bowl over a pan filled with water
2. Remove the bowl of chocolate from the heat
3. Dip your Ritz Crackers until fully coated with chocolate
4. Leave it to dry ( In the fridge for 5 minutes or at room temperature for 15 minutes)
5. DONE!

March 20, Sunday
Potato Head Sunday Food Market

* This is our second time joining in the fun. We sold our best sellers and also our macaroons in which were sold out within a few hours!

March 27, Sunday 
Plaza Indonesia Food Tasting Fiesta

* In celebration of Plaza Indonesia's 21st Anniversary, we joined in the Food Tasting Fiesta that they organized for 100 random participants. We provided our best sellers; brownies, carrot cake, red velvet and oreo cupcakes, and all of it literally was wiped out of the table within 30 minutes!

Jour du Macaron 2011

The weather was sunny and breezy, the kids were piping macaron fillings, the adults were enjoying our delectable macaron. More chitter and chatter droning away while sipping coffee au lait with macarons. T'was the perfect Sunday...

Our 60 macaron were snapped out so quickly in the first half session of the Sunday Food Market in Potato Head, that we hate to see some of our customers frowning in disappointment - don't worry, folks, we are sure to provide more next time!

Flavours available on the day includes strawberry, green tea, oreos, chocolate and durian (to those with daring taste buds)

Keep updated with small simple events like this from Bittersweet Corner.
Meanwhile, stay tune and have a good Monday morning!

Oreo cupcakes exclusively from us

All About March

It is already Mid-March and things are getting busier for us once and again. This month we see ourselves featured in various magazines such as Femina, Prestige, Good Housekeeping, Grazia, Her World and many more. The staff is working in a frenetic pace to keep the orders flowing for all of you guys! :)

Before I start rambling on to other unimportant things, Bittersweet will be involved in fun events coming up this and next week. We are delighted to announce 2 inaugural Demo classes in Pacific Place's All About Food Event.

• Baking Demo: 16th March, 12pm @ Ground Floor: "How to serve the perfect dessert in 30 minutes"
• Pairing Demo: 18th March, 12pm @ Ground Floor: " Create your perfect tea and cookie combo"
  

On top of two exciting sessions above, we have once again collaborated with Potato Head in its Sunday Food Market's Jour Du Macaron (Macaron Day), to support the renowned pastry chef Pierre Hermé and the prestigious Association Relais Desserts in their effort to money and awareness for various charities (for more information, refer to Jour Du Macaron official website here) . Some of our available macaroon goodies flavour are Vanilla, Strawberry, Green Tea, Chocolate, Lemon, Snickers© and Oreo. This year's Macaron Day falls on the 20th March, do drop by and say hi!

It was a busy February for Bittersweet...

It was indeed a busy month for Bittersweet. We've received wonderful responses for our full service catering. We also had a lot of fun getting to know new friends and feel abundantly blessed with having the opportunity in having our name more exposed to the wider public. 

Please contact us at orders@bittersweetindonesia.com if you need your event catered. 

Fit Flop Fashion Show
February 25, 2011

Hans & Lilie Wedding Souvenirs
The Ritz Carlton
February 19, 2011

Martha Stewart Living High-Tea
February 18th, 2011

The crowd had a fun time decorating cupcakes from yours truly:)

Potato Head Sunday Market
February 13, 2011

Valentine's Day High-Tea @ EVE Boutique
12 February, 2011

Prevention Magazine February: Health Hero Section

If music be the food of love, play on...

Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, - Shakespeare's Twelfth Night 1602

We are thankful that today's Potato Head Sunday Food Market event was a success! Accompanied by chilled out Sunday jazz music, kids' cooking class, organic food, my Eggs Benedict (fueling my inner energy!) and warm smiles from patrons, we sold out all of our sweet treats. Just for today, our Arlene Brownies are climbing up the chart in terms of popularity. Thank you to all those that came to our first outdoor marketing event. There will be many more interesting events to come, meanwhile to you loverbirds, Have an Amazing Happy Valentine's Day!

Some photos from the events are uploaded below. For more interactive updates, don't forget to follow us on twitter @bittersweetco

Our little corner in Potato Head..

Macaroon and Brownies Bar set up on French lace table cloth

There were 11 in this bell jars...

After some chomping while basking under the cool breeze and sunny sky..

there were five (actually three ten minutes after this was taken)

In this month of Love....

"Infatuation is the spark that ignites the engine. Love is the one that keeps it going"

- C.S. Lewis -

The love month of February started with Lunar New Year followed by Valentine's day. We are marking our inaugural 'debutante' in Jakarta by participating in Potato Head's Valentine's Day Sunday Food Market. Our available selections include carrot cakes, macaroons, fruit tarts, chocolate brownies and red velvet cupcakes. Stock up on our delectable treats for your family, friends and your significant others.

We hope to see you guys in Potato Head this Sunday, 13th Feb 2011 !
For more information or reservation, please call +62 21 5797 33 22 (http://www.ptthead.com/)

Valentine's Day Packages

Yet another wonderful celebration is coming up! We have prepared our Valentine's Day Specials with our dear customers in mind. Please email us at orders@bittesweetindonesia.com or to me personally at elaine.marlene@bittersweetindonesia.com for more info. 

Be sweet and show some love...