Cheesecake Factory

What is cheesecake?

Cheesecake is  sweet dish consist of two layers or more. First or main layer is a mixture of cheese, eggs and sugar. The bottom layer or crust is base made from crushed cookies, graham crackers, pastry and sponge cake. Cheesecake is usually flavored or topped with fruit, whipped cream, nuts, fruit sauce, and or chocolate syrup. Cheesecake could be prepared in many flavors such as pumpkin, lime etc

Cheesecake can be baked or unbaked. Refrigerated cheesecake is one of the example of unbaked cheesecake.One of restaurant that sell the finest cheesecake is The Cheesecake Factory.

The Cheesecake Factory
It was initiated by Oscar and Evelyn with a small cheesecake shop in Detroit. After struggling for decades, Their son, David, opened The Cheesecake Factory Restaurant in 1978 at Beverly Hills, Califronia. After 30 years, The company operates 163 full service, casual dining restaurant throughut US including 149 restaurant under The Cheesecake Factory mark, 13 Restaurant under The Grand lux (R) mark and 1 restaurant under The rocksugar pan asian kitchen (R) mark. It also operates two bakery production facilities which located in Calabas, CA and Rocky Mountain, NC.

The Cheesecake Factory - Kuwait

The company also incorporated with Alshaya to open more restaurant in middle east country included Kuwait, UAE, Cyprus, North Africa, Central and eastern europe such as Russia, Poland, Slovakia, Turkey and czech rep.

M.H. Alshaya
Alshaya is a family group of bussiness founded in 1890 in Kuwait.  It represent the most dynamic company in middle east. Through its retail division, Alshaya is leading the international franchise operator for more than 55 worlds most recognized retailed brands.
The company operates  2.000 stores across 7 divisions : Fashions & Footwear, Health and Beauty, Food Service, Optics, Pharmacy, Office Supplies, and Home Furnishings. It Employs more than 20.000 people from over 80 nationalities.

The Cheesecake 
In TCF (The Cheesecake Factory), more than 30 menus of cheesecake offer.

1. The Original Cheesecake

The original cheesecake
Creamy cheeseake with Graham crackers crust and sour cream topping.











2. Fresh Strawberry Cheesecake

    The original topped with glaced fresh strawberries










3. Toasted Marshmallow S'more Galore

"Cheesecake topped with chocolate ganache. Finished with homemade toasted marshmallow, Honey maid graham crackers and whipped cream"

4. Oreo Dream Extreme Cheesecake
 "Oreo cookies baked in the creamy cheesecake with layers of fudge cake and oreo cookie mousse. Topped with chocolate icing."

5. Hersey Chocolate Bar Cheesecake
 "Herseys chocolate cheesecake between moist chocolate cake with creamy chocolate frosting and chocolate cake."

6. Ultimate Red Velvet Cheesecake
"Moist layers of red velvet cake and original cheesecake  covered with special cream cheese frosting."

7. Reese Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake Cheesecake
 "Chunk of reese peanut butter cup in original cheesecake with layers of delicious fudge cake and caramel"

8. The 30th Anniversary Cheesecake
 " Layers of original cheesecake, fudge cake and chocolate truffle cream"

9. Godiva Chocolate Cheesecake
"Layers of flourless godiva chocolate cake, Godiva chocolate cheesecake and chocolate mousse."

10. White Chocolate Raspberry Truffle Cheesecake.
"Creamy cheesecake swirled with white chocolate and raspberry."

11. Chris' Outrageous Chocolate Cake
" Layers of moist chocolate cake, chewy brownie, toasted coconut-pecan frosting and creamy chocolate chip coconut cheesecake."

12. Mango Key Lime Cheesecake
"Topped with mango mousse on a vanila coconut macaroon crust"

13. Fresh Banana Cream Cheesecake
"Banana cream cheesecake topped with Bavarian cream and fresh sliced banana"

14. Adam's Peanut Butter Cup Fudge Ripple
"Creamy cheesecake swirled with caramel, peanut butter, butter fingers and reese peanut butter cups"

15. White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cheesecake
"White chocolate chunks cheesecake swirled with macadamia nut and caramel on a blond brownie crust"

16. Lemon Raspberry Cream Cheesecake
" Raspberry vanilla cake, creamy lemon cheesecake, raspberry lady finger and lemon mousse"

17. Dulce De Leche Caramel Cheesecake
"Caramel cheesecake topped with caramel mousse on a vanilla crust"

18. Tiramisu Cheesecake

19. Chocolate Mousse Cheesecake
"Silky chocolate cheesecake topped with a layer of belgian chocolate mousse.

20. Vanilla Bean Cheesecake
"Layers of creamy vanilla bean cheesecake, vanilla mousse and whipped cream."

21. Chocolate Tuxedo Cream Cheesecake
"Layers of fudge cake, chocolate cheesecake, vanilla mascarpone, mousse and chocolate.

22. Kahlua Cocoa Coffee Cheesecake
 "Layers of brownie, kahlua cheesecake, creamy chocolate mousse and chocolate ganache."

23. Pineapple Upside Down Cheesecake
"Pineapple cheesecake between two layers of moist butterly pineapple.

24. Chocolate Chip Cookie-dough Cheesecake
"Creamy cheesecake loaded with chocolate chip cookie dough and topped with walnut."

25. Dutch Apple Caramel Streusel
"Original cheesecake baked apple, caramel and brown sugar cinnamon walnut streusel."

26. Chocolate Raspberry Truffle
"Layers of chocolate-raspberry swirl cheesecake, chocolate mousse and chocolate ganache."

27. Wild Blueberry White Chocolate Cheesecake
"Original Cheesecake swirled with wild blueberry, topped with white chocolate mousse"

 

  28. Key Lime Cheesecake
"Key lime pie in a cheesecake deliciously tart and cream on a vanilla crumb crust."

29. Caramel Pecan Turtle Cheesecake
"Pecan brownie and caramel-fudge swirl cheesecake, topped with caramel turtle pecans and chocolate."

30. Snickers Bar Chunks and Cheesecake
Snicker bar baked right into creamy cheesecake and topped with fudge and caramel"








31. Craig's Crazy Carrot Cheesecake
"Carrot cake and cheesecake swirled together, topped with cream cheese icing and roasted almonds"

32. Peppermint Bark Cheesecake
"White chocolate cheesecake swirled with chunks of chocolate peppermint bark, topped with white chocolate mousse and finished with chopped peppermint. Available after thanksgiving"

Specialty Desert (cake without cheesecake)

1. Linda's fudge cake
Layers of rich chocolate cake and fudge frosting

2. Black-out cake
Rich chocolate cake with chocochip finished with almond.

3. Carrot Cake
moist layers of carrot cake topped with cream cheese icing

4. Lemoncello Cream Torte
Layers of vanilla cake and lemon mascarpone cream topped with streusel and served with fresh strawberries and whipped cream.

5. Chocolate Tower Truffle Cake
Layers and layers of fudge cake with chocolate truffle cream and chocolate mousse

6. Fresh Strawberry Shortcake
Shortcake topped with vanilla ice cream, fresh strawberries and whippedcream

Rayuan Pantai Belakang Sambu - Sambu Island & Belakang Padang Island

Pancung - Traditional wooden boat

The journey to Belakang sambu island was done on october 2014. After my marriage, I decided to arrage a small trip to Belakang padang and Belakang Sambu island. The team are my wife, my sister, my sister in law and my self.

We went to special port for short-distance trip by pancung - a traditional wooden boat with 1 single motor. It cost Rp. 15,000- per person. We headed for Belakang Padang Island. It took 15 minutes to reach the island. The wave was calm and it was a nice and exciting short trip.

Belakang padang is an island and included in batam city territory. In old days, it was first established prior to batam island. Nowdays, Batam island is the center of civilization as the impact of rapid development in couple decades.

As we arrived in belakang padang sea port, we walked about 300 meters to find a small coffee shop with traditional delicious cuisines. We were starving at the time. As we found the shop, we ordered what is popular in belakang padang which are: Mie Lendir and roti prata. I also having teh tarik for my self. At that time, the shop was full of customer, and we had to wait longer. But the cuisine was worth to wait. We ate and got full :D

Mie Lendir Belakang Padang

Mie Lendir itself is touge, mie, special peanut souce mix together with additional fried garlic topping and a boilled chicken egg. The taste is awesome and the price only Rp. 8,000- per pax. Low price High taste hehehe.

After having brunch, we stayed a lil longer to relax our body for a healthy digestion :p
Like an Old saying "Lapar ganas, kenyang dongo" It means " When you are hungry, you become a monster, but when you're full, you become a moron...

It's time to travel the island

From the shop, we walked downtown. We asked local how on earth to travel the island. The local suggested us to take a pedicab or ojek - motorcycle. The price for ojeg is Rp. 50.000 per person, for pedicab is Rp. 50.000 per 2 persons. Mathematicaly, we spend less money if we take pedicab. Hence we took a pedicab.
It took less than an hour to travel the island.

Before the pedicab took us back to downtown, we ordered to be taken to white sand beach. Litteraly, we couldnt find the white sand heheh.. It is not recommended anyway. So we went to the port right away after a flash look. At the sea port we discussed about continuing our journey to the island next to belakang padang.
It is called Sambu Island. My destination was Belakang sambu beach which located at the back of the island. Thats why it's called belakang which means "back"


Sambu Island

 Sambu Island is 15 minutes away by pancung from Belakang padang sea port. It cost Rp. 10,000 per person. The island was wellknown as an oil island. It was the oil reserve station for Pertamina - the only oil state company of Indonesia. Now, it still working but in a very low capacity. Many houses and facilities are abondened. I think the company involve not as many workers as it was. Thats a lil info about the island.

Sambu Island Port

As we arrived, I felt like we were alone in this island. We barely saw human being in this island. No local, only small group of worker in a canteen. (may be it was a recess time). From the port we walked to the hill. The only clue was that the island located at the opposite of the port-side island. So the beach might be at the back of the hill.

When we reached the hill, i was surprised. what was left on my sight was a jungle. But after a lil walk from an abondent house, i found a track.

Yeah a track down to the....BEACH. I almost couldnt sea the beach. We walked down to the beach. But it is not as near as we thought. So we took a break and take a few pic :P
Finally, after a long way down we enter a seaside housing complex. It was peaceful. The Houses is well-take care eventhough most of it has been abondened. Moreover, it was so clean, i was totally impressed. 

We took a break (again) while enjoy the beach. it was nice. I, myself enjoy the complex while fantasized about the activity at those old days.
Satisfied with the wind blowing through our hair, we continued out trip to the end spot of the beach. It was the closest spot to view Singapore island.

 At the end of our journey was a pertamina tower. It's located at the corner/tip of the island. The scenery from the top of tower was awesome.

We went back through the same route. It was about 4 pm when we reached the port. There were no passenger left unfortunately. So we had to rent a pancung to batam. It cost Rp. 100,000 per boat.
Our trip was fantastic. what a day!! :D

Single Touring Jogja - Bandung tahun 2009 silam #latepost

Berawal dari ajakan seorang teman yang sedang berada di Bandung untuk ikut Job Fair di kota tersebut. Niat untuk berangkat ke bandung dengan sepeda motor pun muncul tiba-tiba. Huh, dari pada bosen dan duit abis ga keruan, sekalian aja ke bandung naik motor sekalian refreshing. Rencana pun mulai disusun. Pertama-tama adalah servis motor. Maklum Honda supra X yg gw juluki the Naughty Blue ini wajib di servis sebulan sekali minimal. Selanjutnya knalpot yang udah keropos gw bawa ke las-las’an buat dilas supaya tarikan makin oke.

 Lalu, browsing di internet untuk tau jarak jogja-bandung, waktu yang ditempuh and kota2 yg bakal dilalui a.k.a rute perjalanan. Ternyata jogja-bandung itu berjarak 400 Km dan biasa ditempuh 8-10 jam. Ada loh yg Cuma butuh 5,5 jam (pengakuan seseorang di blog) tapi motornya motor sport mahal gitu. Ada juga yang butuh 15 jam, gila lewat mana ja tu orang? Heheh. Perjalanan pun dimulai hari 25 maret 2009 pada jam 14.00 WIB dari kos. Catatan speedometer adalah 27.604 Km (dianggap sebagai km ke- 0).

Rute Jogja-bandung yang rencananya saya tempuh adalah Jogja – Wates – Purworejo – Gombong – Kebumen – Sumpiuh – Wangon – Banjar (masuk JABAR) – Ciamis – Malangbong – Nagrek – Rancaekek – Bandung. Bensin yang ada tangki kira-kira 2,5 liter dan saya isi bensin sekitar 3 liter setelah sampai wates. Perjalanan pun berlanjut. Jalan tergolong masih bagus dan Cuma lurus doank yang penting ikuti aja petunjuknya. Tapi sebagai masukan saat hendak mencapai kebumen ada petunjuk kalau mau ke Jakarta dan purwokerto belok kiri, klo lurus masuk kota. Gw ambil lewat kota aja dan ternyata lebih cepat klo lurus a.k.a. lewat kota *gw tau soalnya pas balik ke jogja dari bandung gw coba lewat jalan itu dan ternyata jalannya melingkat jauh, kanan-kiri sawah, bahayanya klo malam banyak binatang2 terbang yang mungkin masuk ke mata. Kota Gombong : juga akan ada petunjuk klo ke Jakarta dan bandung belok kiri dan kendaraan tipe A juga belok kiri, klo lurus ke kota. Mendingan lurus aja deh. Soalnya nasibnya sama, jalannya Cuma melingkar yang bikin jarak makin jauh dan bersaing dengan bis-bis, lori alias trus, dan kendaraan penghasil polusi debu lainnya.

Sumpiuh : Gw sampai di Sumpiuh jam 16.45 sore. Disini gw liet kanan kiri banyak yang jual sate kelinci. Langsung aja gw pilih warung yang terlihat rumahan dan bersih di kiri jalan. Ternyata pilihan gw ga salah. Sate kelinci disajikan dengan gulai daging kelinci dan nasi hangat plus es teh. Rasanya Makkk Nyuss Kali pun *da kaya si Bondan gw =p. Tapi emang ini kota yang patut untuk berhenti and makan dulu. Perjalanan pun dilanjutkan jam 17.20. Oia harga semuanya adalah 12.000 rupiah saja. Pas banget deh..

Wangon : Pada perempatan besar, lurus ke arah wangon. Bisa diliat klo perbukitan sudah siap menyambut anda. Saatnya The Naughty blue diuji ketangguhannya. Tapi, emang perjalanan bakal naik-turun gunung memasuki daerah ini dan seterusnya. Saat tiba di kota wangon, hari sudah gelap dan ketakutan pun mulai menyergap. Gila aja, kanan kiri hutan belantar bo. Jalan pun banyak yang berlobang. Belum lagi hujan rintikk2 mulai turun dan lampu motor supra X 2003 yang tidak seterang lampu motor keluaran terbaru sekarang ini. Tak pelak beberapa kali the naughty blue menghantam lobang-lobang di jalan. Alhasil, motor dipacu agak pelan dan mengekor sebuah mobil sedan berplat polisi supaya jalan lebih kelihatan di hutan daerah pegunungan ini. Beberapa kali gw coba mendahulia mobil ini tapi dasar nasib waktu gw di depan nih mobil, mata gw kemasukan serangga. Terpaksa deh berjalan dengan mata satu dan merelakan diri untuk memacu kendaraan dibelakang mobil ini lagi. Tak beberapa lama gw nyampe ke kota majenang. Mobil sedan itu sudah menepi, spertinya sudah mencapai tujuannya.

Majenang : Bussyeet deh nih kota, jalan full of holes. Gede2 pulak tuh. Alhasil beberapa kali motor masuk ke dalam lobang. Untungnya sih ga jatuh. Masalahnya kota ini sepertinya baru aja ujan. Keliatan dari lumpur dan genangan air di jalan-jalannya. Jam 19.13 malam gw berhenti di alfamart padangjaya untuk beli Aqua dan susu.

Banjar : Jam 20:50 WIB masuk kota banjar, gw langsung isi bensin di Pom bensin isi full. Truss ke Toilet dan istirahat sekitar 5 menit. Abis itu nanya ke petugas pom bensin waktu yang ditempuh untuk sampai ke Ciamis. Katanya, “30 menit lagi dah nyampe ciamis kok.” Langsung aja gw semangat heheh. Perjalanan pun berlanjut.

Ciamis : Bener aja, Cuma 30 menitan udah nyampe ciamis. Tapi gila, kayaknya ciamis nih gak abis2 deh. Panjang amat. Sialnya lagi, di Ciamis ujan. Terpaksa deh berhenti sebentar buat pake mantel. Tapi ternyata hujannya hujan local. Sesampai di tasik, hujan udah reda walaupun masih ada rintik2 kecil gitu tapi ga papa klo ga pake jas ujan.

Malangbong-Nagrek : setelah lama menyusuri ciamis-tasik, gw memasuki malangbong yg merupakan salah satu kecamatan di kabupaten Garut. Jalannya masih naik gitu deh. Ketinggian daerah ini kira-kira 600 m diatas permukaan laut. Perbandingannya klo jogja itu 300an m dpl, cilacap 0-15 m dpl. Kerasa banget pasti dinginnya, apalagi malam-malam gini. Setelah malangbong, gw memasuki nagrek. Daerah ini bener-bener bikin motor gw menjerit. Tanjakannya bikin hati meringis *halah. Tapi, yang lucunya di daerah ini banyak orang yang berdiri berjejer berjarak 100-200 m di tikungan2 tajam menanjak sambil bawa senter. Ternyata mereka bekerja sebgai mercusuarnya tikungan nagrek hehehhe. Jadi, mereka menyalakan senter untuk mengarahkan kendaraan jenis truk dan bis untuk melewati tikungan sekaligus tanjakan. Maklum saat malam, gelap sekali dan belum ada penerangan jalan. Sebagai imbalan, para supir bis dan truk melempar uang (kebanyakan uang koin) sembari melewati tikungan sekaligus tanjakan itu.

Rancaekek-Bandung : Setelah melewati nagrek yang penuh dengan tanjakan, saatnya terjun bebas. Memasuki rancaekek, jalan mulus dan menurun. Tapi hati2 terhadap tikungannya yang bikin terlena. Beberapa saat kemudian gw nyampe di simpang besar Cileunyi. Gw belok ke kanan trus sekitar 1 km ketemu pertigaan lagi yang klo ke kanan ke arah sumedang. Gw belok kiri, lalu terus aja. Sekitar 30 menit atau sekitar jam 23.00 WIB gw nyampe di bandung. Gw taunya dari Plakat Selamat datang di Kota Bandung Bermartabat. Bodohnya, gw lurus aja padahal seharusnya setelah melihat plakat selamat dating tersebut gw seharusnya ambil jalur ke kanan menuju pusat kota a.k.a city light atau flyover menuju Pasteur. Alhasil gw masuk ke ringroad bandung. Trus nanya2 orang, nyampe juga deh ke Pasteur. Terus gw ketemu Paris Van Java Mall dan dari situ menuju ke kos adek temen gw di babakan jeruk depan Kampus Maranatha. Fiuuhh.. Nyampe di kos jam 00.16 WIB (setelah makan nasi uduk di depan maranatha). Tidur trus besok pagi jam 9 berangkat ke Jobfair di Braga and poto bersama the naughty blue di depan gedung sate heheheh =P. Total waktu perjalanan Jogja – Bandung yg gw tempuh berarti sekitar 8,5 jam

Waiting visa to kuwait

It's been 4 months since the agreement between me and Agency signed. We're told that visa will be issued on 8 weeks after. It was a happy moment for me. I was still working with the Baskin Robbins ice cream at that time as a store manager in batam area.

Based on the agreement, i decided to resign from my job at the end of january 2014. I forecasted that my visa will be issued on february.  I am very excited because my wife is working at kuwait. (FYI my wife has been working there since 2010 and we got married in october 2013).
              
I fantasize me and my wife will get together and run the daily life as a family for real. Just like other young couple :D

Day by day passed. The visa which i am waiting for still doesnt seem to be issued yet. I am running out of money :p. My activity is boring. I wakes up very early in the morning, run my family bussiness :  Carwash and canteen. It is a very promishing bussiness to run, but I dont think im gonna run this bussiness for now. I need to pursue my dreams and happiness with my wife by working averseas. May be for the next 5 years or more.

I was contracted by M.H. Alshaya to work at The Cheesecake Factory - bakery station. The Cheesecake factory is one of the franchises bought by alshaya from United States to open in GCC like dubai, kuwait, qatar etc.

I am going to be placed in Kuwait. New mall is under development now and it is predicted to be open in August. Since our training will be carried out for 3 months, so I will fly in the beginning of may (logically :D). I hope everything is going well.