My husband and I are both crazy about Singaporean chili crab, a specialty that we’ve never managed to find outside of Singapore. There were times when we visited Singapore every 3 months for various reason and we never failed to have the chili crab…… Read the rest
Asem Asem Ikan atau Asam Padeh Ikan. Green tomatoes are such a rare commodities here in this city. So when I spotted them snuggled in the corner of fresh veggie section I quickly grabbed a handful of them. Green tomatoes means sambal lado mudo, ayam cabai hijau, or something fresh and sour with fish…………. Read the rest
New Zealand is blessed with awesome seafood selections, yummy fish and chips, bluff oysters that’s to-die-for (accompanied by a glass of Oyster Bay Chardonnay) and heaps of cheap green lipped mussels. Those mussels are so fresh, extremely large in size……. Read the rest
I’ve been invited by Bee from Rasa Malaysia to be a guest blogger on her website featuring Indonesian cuisine. After a few short discussions, back and forth emails with a foodie blog friend, Pepy from Indonesia-Eats, we agree to come up with a different concept featuring varieties of a particular dish that’s popular in Indonesia & Asia. So, this would be quite fun to do. Read the rest
Indonesia is believed to be the Home of Sate. Ini katanya Wiki loh, saya taunya kalo di Indonesia sate itu variasinya banyak banget, sampai-sampai beberapa jenis malah saya belum pernah denger sama sekali apalagi nyobain. Read the rest
Just a little afternoon snack (and light dinner) I felt like having yesterday. Although I was actually craving for Singaporean Chili Crab. Read the rest
Fried wontons are abundant there. There’s this one place that sells amazingly crispy and yummie fried wonton – although it’s actually the chicken-mushroom noodle that’s to-die-for. If you live in Jakarta, you probably know where it is 
Eversince I live in the mainland, I rarely find any good fried wonton, you know, the crispy type ones. If there’s one, it would be soaking wet in oil with flavours I barely recognize. Read the rest
One of our favorite dish that we always have whenever we visit Bali. It’s probably the combination of beautiful ambience overlooking a beautiful beach stretched far into the horizon, toes burried in the white sand, fresh coconut juice off the shells and everything else that makes the grilled fish in this Jimbaran Beach taste beautifully sweet and succulent. Read the rest
I have some leftover ingredients in the fridge. I was actually thinking of making taiwanese beef noodle soup, but missing a few key ingredients, so I ended up making prawn sukiyaki instead. Read the rest
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