Less than 15 minutes from now, the brand new year will be arriving.
Year 2013 seems coming and going very fast. Nothing I have to say other than I feel grateful for His blessing for me and my family. Last night we just got home from a very long exciting journey. 2900 km air-trip and 1600 km road-trip around South Sulawesi. We celebrated Christmas in the traditional town of Rantepao, Tana Toraja
Sayur Lodeh
There were some events that occurred simultaneously and crossed in one beautiful thing for me a couple of weeks ago.
It started when I read about food photo contest for ACMI 1st anniversary. We had to submit one or more pictures of traditional Indonesian food through the Instagram, FB or Twitter.
Just a day after that I received Deppa Tori, a traditional cookies from my sister who just came
It started when I read about food photo contest for ACMI 1st anniversary. We had to submit one or more pictures of traditional Indonesian food through the Instagram, FB or Twitter.
Just a day after that I received Deppa Tori, a traditional cookies from my sister who just came
Fresh Tomato Soup
The weather is changing rapidly.
Pretty good, we can enjoy two different weather in one day. Warm sunshine in the morning, fresh cool air in the evening. Raining season will come soon.
During the changing weather, unfortunately some of families and friends around me got flu, sore throat, and even dengue fever. I'm sorry for that.
So serving healthy warm food for my family would be always a good
Pretty good, we can enjoy two different weather in one day. Warm sunshine in the morning, fresh cool air in the evening. Raining season will come soon.
During the changing weather, unfortunately some of families and friends around me got flu, sore throat, and even dengue fever. I'm sorry for that.
So serving healthy warm food for my family would be always a good
Beet and Carrot Muffins.
Hello Blogosphere. yei... I'm back, start blogging after 2 months absent.
Classic reason: busy (yeah, right!). Thank God, all of us are healthy and enjoying our busy days.
Hey... it's October! Don't you feel excited when entering this month?
My heart beats a bit faster when I realize that we're on the first week of the last 3 months in this year. I feel that the days are more and more colorful
Classic reason: busy (yeah, right!). Thank God, all of us are healthy and enjoying our busy days.
Hey... it's October! Don't you feel excited when entering this month?
My heart beats a bit faster when I realize that we're on the first week of the last 3 months in this year. I feel that the days are more and more colorful
Es Dawet Selasih
In every destinations that I have visited while traveling, local traditional markets are always on the list.
Other than seeing and learning the local products and people, most of the traditional markets are the right place where we are introduced to the 'real' local culinary.
"Travel is the only thing you buy, that makes you richer".
Pasar Gede (means: Big Market), the oldest and biggest
Other than seeing and learning the local products and people, most of the traditional markets are the right place where we are introduced to the 'real' local culinary.
"Travel is the only thing you buy, that makes you richer".
Pasar Gede (means: Big Market), the oldest and biggest
[event & review] IDFB Gathering at Master Wok, Ciputra World.
Wok is one of the most common cooking utensils used in Chinese and in some Asian kitchens. Most of the cooking methods can be done using this cooking tool, from stir frying, steaming, pan frying, to deep frying. It can be also used for poaching, boiling, braising, searing, stewing, making soup, smoking, and roasting nuts.
Now, let's try what the 'Master Wok' is serving for our lunch.
Saturday
Now, let's try what the 'Master Wok' is serving for our lunch.
Saturday
77 Hours in Jogjakarta.
The Adventurers :
2 adults who visited Jogya for the 3rd time in the last 4 years*.
2 pre-teenagers, Jogya's 1st time visitors.
*counted since we moved back to Indonesia (from Mumbai) on June 2009.
This was the trip that our children were really waiting for. For the last couple of years, they learn about our cultures, nation, traditions, and those 'new things for them' make their curiosity
2 adults who visited Jogya for the 3rd time in the last 4 years*.
2 pre-teenagers, Jogya's 1st time visitors.
*counted since we moved back to Indonesia (from Mumbai) on June 2009.
This was the trip that our children were really waiting for. For the last couple of years, they learn about our cultures, nation, traditions, and those 'new things for them' make their curiosity
Potato Chips and Chocolate Chips Cookies
Finally... I have sufficient energy and spared time to update this blog. hmm.... just a quick update.
It's June now! Some of you probably are in the middle of vacation during the Summer Break.
Having children at home during the school holiday; what do mothers normally prepare? Stock of food for the little tummies that never full, or re-fill the fridge with plenty of snacks ? For me, it's about
It's June now! Some of you probably are in the middle of vacation during the Summer Break.
Having children at home during the school holiday; what do mothers normally prepare? Stock of food for the little tummies that never full, or re-fill the fridge with plenty of snacks ? For me, it's about
Apple Crumble
One Wednesday, late afternoon...
all of sudden the sky above South Jakarta changed rapidly; the bright sunny sky turned to cloudy gray.
Home alone, I slightly felt tired. I decided to cheer myself up by baking!
Actually I had no specific plan, just wanted to bake something classic, easy, and quick.
I was thinking it would be nice for welcoming my children from school with baked food, since every
all of sudden the sky above South Jakarta changed rapidly; the bright sunny sky turned to cloudy gray.
Home alone, I slightly felt tired. I decided to cheer myself up by baking!
Actually I had no specific plan, just wanted to bake something classic, easy, and quick.
I was thinking it would be nice for welcoming my children from school with baked food, since every
Sate Ambal with 'Tempe Sauce'
A few years ago, cooking-grilling sate seemed an impossible mission for me. I didn't even have a courage to imagine about it or pick up the recipe to learn.
Grilling? I had no idea how to start.
About 2 years after I got married, my mom gave me a simple grilling pan that ended up under my kitchen table for a couple of years. The funny thing is... the grilling pan followed us wherever we moved;
Grilling? I had no idea how to start.
About 2 years after I got married, my mom gave me a simple grilling pan that ended up under my kitchen table for a couple of years. The funny thing is... the grilling pan followed us wherever we moved;
Kue Sus, our Friday Evening Treat.
Friday evening.
My children arrived home earlier than other normal school days. 1.5 hours earlier.
As soon as they've arrived home, usually they will do everything quickly, without any reminder nor instruction; from cleaning their school bags, emptying their lunch boxes, having shower, drinking afternoon milk (and asking for snacks), ...before doing what they really wait for.
My teen daughter
My children arrived home earlier than other normal school days. 1.5 hours earlier.
As soon as they've arrived home, usually they will do everything quickly, without any reminder nor instruction; from cleaning their school bags, emptying their lunch boxes, having shower, drinking afternoon milk (and asking for snacks), ...before doing what they really wait for.
My teen daughter
[event & review] Food-blogger Gathering @ Ten Ten, Plaza Indonesia
Casual.
Stylist.
That is my first impression when I arrived in Ten Ten, Tempura House in Plaza Indonesia, 2 weeks ago. I joined the Indonesian Food-Bloggers gathering (again), meeting 20-something friends, having a cooking class, food tasting and non stop chit-chat.
Dominated by natural wood, the restaurant interior is a perfect spot for our casual get-together. Japanese ambiance can be felt
The Reasons Why You Should Enjoy Indonesian Street Food
Exotic and timeless.
These are the first words that come in my mind when I have to describe about Indonesian street food.
Street food always steals my attention, makes my eyes busy rolling and my sense of smell working harder, especially when I get in a new place, exploring corners of cities, towns or villages.
They are unique, they are colorful, and very appetizing.
Living or only visiting this
These are the first words that come in my mind when I have to describe about Indonesian street food.
Street food always steals my attention, makes my eyes busy rolling and my sense of smell working harder, especially when I get in a new place, exploring corners of cities, towns or villages.
They are unique, they are colorful, and very appetizing.
Living or only visiting this
An evening with Homemade Bandrek and 'flat' Serabi Oncom
Spending 7.5 years for my high school & college time in Bandung, the capital city of West Java province, make me feel very close and familiar with most of their local culinary. I moved from small mining town in South Sulawesi, where I spent my childhood until graduated from Junior High School, made me full of curiosity about other local culinary especially in new places.
I couldn't forget how
I couldn't forget how
Enjoying Indonesian Legendary Culinary in One Place.
"Bango Food Festival" is coming... interested to join the crowd?
Frankly, at the beginning I was not interested at all. When my husband asked me to visit the festival a few days before the event, I refused and told him about my unpleasant experience visiting this festival a couple years ago.
Read my story "Mouses were Hungry in the Rice Granary" here.
And... a day after our conversation, I
Frankly, at the beginning I was not interested at all. When my husband asked me to visit the festival a few days before the event, I refused and told him about my unpleasant experience visiting this festival a couple years ago.
Read my story "Mouses were Hungry in the Rice Granary" here.
And... a day after our conversation, I
Es Goyobod, traditional cold beverage from Garut.
Just 2 x 24 hours in Bandung, we had a short vacation last week.
It was a nice short break in between our busy days when our children were on their end of term break.
This is the city that always gives me inspirations and injects me motivation to do lots of new things, including for blogging.
Bandung, the capital city of West Java, the city that not only rich in culture, but also has never
It was a nice short break in between our busy days when our children were on their end of term break.
This is the city that always gives me inspirations and injects me motivation to do lots of new things, including for blogging.
Bandung, the capital city of West Java, the city that not only rich in culture, but also has never
[event & review] Food-blogger Gathering @ Pepper Lunch, Citos.
Let's see what would happen when food-lovers gather together in a restaurant with good food...
It was a beautiful Saturday morning, last week, when 20 something Indonesian food-bloggers gathered in a 'recently open' Pepper Lunch Outlet. This is the 17th outlet in Indonesia.
It's located on the second floor of a popular place to hang out in South Jakarta, Cilandak Town Square a.k.a Citos.
It was a beautiful Saturday morning, last week, when 20 something Indonesian food-bloggers gathered in a 'recently open' Pepper Lunch Outlet. This is the 17th outlet in Indonesia.
It's located on the second floor of a popular place to hang out in South Jakarta, Cilandak Town Square a.k.a Citos.
Poffertjes
Catering service is one of the popular business and growing fast in this city.
They can simply provide food for daily lunch/dinner, office lunch, or to some special high profile events which worth millions. Popular events like weddings never have any low seasons and the catering is one of the main companies that play a very important role which will dictate successful or disaster.
When we talk
They can simply provide food for daily lunch/dinner, office lunch, or to some special high profile events which worth millions. Popular events like weddings never have any low seasons and the catering is one of the main companies that play a very important role which will dictate successful or disaster.
When we talk
Ginger Pudding & Fried Enoki Mushroom
tik...tok...tik...tok...
the clock running faster, the days change & I'm too slow to count it. Time flies so fast...
And now, in the middle of February, I just realized there are lots of things happened around me.
Last week, we celebrated my son's 10th birthday. He was so excited, many times he said,'Ooh I'm so glad, my age is two digits now'...ha..ha.ha.. On his birthday, he shared homemade
Chicken Curry
I cook and eat for reasons. Sometime just because I am simply hungry, or it's a request from my family, or I have the food ingredients that must be processed, ...or it could be anything.
Last week, I was in a mood of curry!
The reason was because I couldn't get the curry soup that we ordered while visiting a new interesting open air restaurant in Sentul City, West Java.
It was one
Exploring some pieces of Jakarta
Rain, flood, bad traffic,... are the trending topics for Jakartans for the last seven days.
That's the reality that we're facing now.
It'll continue for probably couple of weeks more.
To be honest, almost every morning and afternoon during the weekdays my heart beat is faster than usual, when I think about my children and husband, who are out there somewhere not at home.
So, what is your plan
That's the reality that we're facing now.
It'll continue for probably couple of weeks more.
To be honest, almost every morning and afternoon during the weekdays my heart beat is faster than usual, when I think about my children and husband, who are out there somewhere not at home.
So, what is your plan
Spiced Fruit Cakelets
Jakarta is unusual pretty cold!
It rains almost everyday.
I'm not kind of person who likes to complain about weather.
I always try to enjoy whatever the weather is...
But unfortunately for many times I have to cancel my plan to exercise; walking or jogging. Really disappointing, when you're so ready with complete attire and suddenly we have to cancel it.
...so let me spend more time for blogging
It rains almost everyday.
I'm not kind of person who likes to complain about weather.
I always try to enjoy whatever the weather is...
But unfortunately for many times I have to cancel my plan to exercise; walking or jogging. Really disappointing, when you're so ready with complete attire and suddenly we have to cancel it.
...so let me spend more time for blogging
Parmesan Oatcake
About 10 years ago, when I owed a food processor* for the first time, I had never imagined to make cookie dough using this machine. Preparing dough for donuts or bread and traditional Indonesian fishcake 'Pempek' were the main reason I decided to own this multipurpose kitchen appliance.
* Brand: Moulinex. French made. Bought in a small town called Kemaman, in Terengganu, Malaysia.
And last
Chocolate Self-saucing Puddings
Wet and windy here for the last couple of days.
The first week of new year has passed already, and the bit of the days are getting fast. Tomorrow, our children will start their first day of school in Term 3, and activities will be back to the routine. Hopefully everything run smooth as I have to do lots of things on my 'have to do' list... including posting some recipes that I tried last month.
The first week of new year has passed already, and the bit of the days are getting fast. Tomorrow, our children will start their first day of school in Term 3, and activities will be back to the routine. Hopefully everything run smooth as I have to do lots of things on my 'have to do' list... including posting some recipes that I tried last month.
Carrot Wheat Muffin
Cheers for a New Year 2013!
I hope the true spirit of the season finds you and fills your heart with joy.
Pic : Morning Sunshine @ Rancabali Tea Plantation, Ciwidey, West Java. 28.12.2012
The super busy month of December has passed by very fast. Too fast.
Yesterday, early morning, we just got back from a short vacation with our big family. Spending time with our both sides of family in two
I hope the true spirit of the season finds you and fills your heart with joy.
Pic : Morning Sunshine @ Rancabali Tea Plantation, Ciwidey, West Java. 28.12.2012
The super busy month of December has passed by very fast. Too fast.
Yesterday, early morning, we just got back from a short vacation with our big family. Spending time with our both sides of family in two
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