Tahu gejrot is originated from Cirebon, a port city in northern coast of West Java bordering the province of C

Sambal bajak is another chili relish that you can find everywhere in Indonesia. It is so popular that this chi

I love milk shakes, and I am okay with ordering vanilla or chocolate ones from restaurants. But for fruity mil

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Most Japanese food ends up looking really pretty, which I admit is what drew me to learn cooking Japanese food

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I am always amazed at how much meatball costs, especially those made with fish, shrimp, or cuttlefish. Plus, I

Making a frozen yoghurt at home is extremely easy. A tub of plain yoghurt, freshest fruit of your choice (in m

In my family, we love tofu and mushroom to death, so there are probably a never ending of favorite recipes tha

Lemon cui or calamansi is used pretty much like how we use a lime or lemon. Since I still have quite a lot of

I admit that we don't celebrate St. Valentine's day, at least not consciously. That is my way of saying that i

This chicken and lychee in sweet and sour sauce is one of my Mom's staple dish to celebrate Chinese New Year.

Lemon cui or calamansi is mainly used in soto or soup, much like how we use jeruk limo (kaffir lime) or jeruk

Not many people like bitter melon, so maybe I am a bit of a freak for loving this just a tad too much? :D Whet

I remember my very first red bean pancake. It was from a super old Chinese restaurant in old city of Jakarta,

By far, the most popular way to enjoy ripe avocados is making juice out of them. Though we lovingly name them

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Everyone loves sweet and sour chicken, especially children. In Indonesia, this dish is called ayam kuluyuk, or

Unlike my previous post on bok choy stir fry where the bok choy is blanched, this recipe requires a bit more p

Japanese mizu yokan is one of the simplest and most elegant dessert. The ingredients are minimal: azuki an (re

A great soup starts with a great stock. With great stock at hand, even something really simple like napa cabba

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I often end up with sad looking bananas that are too ripe and too ugly to be consumed, yet I cannot bring myse

The most famous sambal goreng dish is probably sambal goreng hati, but I am not a big fan of liver or any othe

Green bean, or sometimes snake bean, and minced beef stir fry is one of the more commonly encountered menu in

I love Japanese curry, and the easiest way to make this is if you use store bought instant curry roux. But wha

Hunkwe is mung bean starch powder used mainly for making traditional Indonesian kue (cake). The powder is alwa

Whenever we go for a dim sum brunch, congee is definitely one of my favorite. I will get a bowl, which is usua

Bean curd and chicken soup is one of the soup I make when I need something nutritious and simple, yet still de

I love pairing lightly blanched greens with a light stir fry of mushroom in garlic and oyster sauce. I use bro

Soda gembira, translated to happy soda, is perhaps one of the oldest mocktail known to Indonesian. This simple

This is a more unusual way to prepare tempeh, at least I don't make perkedel tempeh often enough, and I don't

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I bought a couple of jumbo navel oranges, these things are huge I tell you, the regular navel oranges sitting

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I love tofu, can't get enough of them. I made tofu dishes multiple times in a week, be it steamed, braised, in