First of all, Happy Idul Adha to all who celebrate this holy day. Today's recipe still features lamb, always a

Today is the Idul Adha holiday in Indonesia, and on this day, many family will prepare lamb dishes in the same

Preparing a pan frying bite size fish fillets such as sole in a simple ginger and scallion sauce is a quick an

I love eating vegetables, and when I shop for grocery, I tend to linger a bit in the produce section looking a

To me, chicken stay (or any satay) conjures up images of street side hawker seller patiently fan a charcoal gr

Many people seems to hate bitter melons mainly because they are, well, bitter.  But we will be stuffing them

Slowly cooking ginseng, along with some Chinese herbs and a whole chicken results in one of the most luxurious

This version of fish ball soup is all about enjoying the fish balls, so try to get the best quality money can

Tofu, shrimps, and shiitake mushrooms are among my favorite food. And having the three of them in a simple ste

Cincau or grass jelly is a jelly like dessert that comes in green and black varieties, cincau hijau (green gra

As promised, I am featuring another recipe with Tianjin preserved vegetables, this time a family favorite comf

Konnyaku is a jelly like product made from the root of a yam like plant, a common ingredient in oden and sukiy

When my Grandma was still with us, her birthday party was one of the many annual events where the big family c

My mother in law loves making this for us whenever we visit for a family dinner at her house. Steamed tofu and

Tianjin preserved vegetable are made from cabbage pickled with salt from Tianjin in Hebei, China. Fancy ones c

If you have never tried gyudon (Japanese beef bowl) before, you have no idea what you have been missing. Being

Oyong (or Chinese okra) resembles zucchini in texture, but with really hard ridges for its outer skin. It does

Anything teriyaki is deceptively easy to make at home I almost never get another one from the restaurant after

It has been a while since I made some chicken soup and I have been dying for some. So I raid my pantry to find

Whenever I visit a Padang restaurant, it is almost a certainty that I will grab this among the many plates to

Shiitake mushrooms taste great no matter how you prepare them, one of the best thing you can ask from a food,

Easy to prepare and extremely child friendly, this recipe should be perfect for Moms out there who need to pre

This would be the one menu that consistently appears in any Chinese restaurant, vegetables stir fry with oyste

A month ago or so, my parents took us to a really traditional Chinese restaurant in Northern Jakarta. Supposed

Dabu-dabu sauce, a.k.a sambal dabu-dabu, is a fresh and fiery chili sauce from Manado, the provincial capital

I love Chinese sausages, better known as lap cheong in my family (and a lot of Chinese families I would think)

To me, the best way to cook chicken livers and gizzards is to make a stew with plenty of spices and herbs sinc

Tape bakar (pan fried fermented cassava) is the easiest and the most straight forward way to enjoy tape (ferme

Pan fried fish with soy sauce is one of the most classic Chinese recipe to enjoy white fish. You can use any k

Simple and so tender, a more unusual approach to steaming chicken by using salted soy beans (Indonesian: tauco

I love Chinese herbs and though they are most commonly used in making soups, there is nothing wrong in whippin

My Mom makes the best steamed fish and I finally got her recipe, yay! And she gave me the fish to boot, isn't

We have many many dishes cooked in coconut milk along with a really long list of spices. It is no wonder peopl

This recipe is my entry to Indonesian Food Blogger Challenge No. 12, and believe it or not, it needs to have b

I love okra and I love shrimp, so combining the two in a quick stir fry with fiery chili sauce is a no brainer

Burdock kinpira is a rather classic Japanese appetizer. The traditional way is to cook it in sake and mirin in