Despite being called chicken soup, this soup is full of vegetables as well, so definitely a good soup to have

Me and my hubby are big fans of anything with "sambal goreng" in it. So despite this dish being not exactly go

Sorry for the long absence. The tiredness from my last trip and probably random sneeze attacks that I received

Do you know that if you add tofu to ground meat and made patties or meatballs out of said blend, you are guara

I am at a loss as to what to name this dish, is it bakso, or otak-otak, or pempek? Anyway, this deep fried cut

I grew up in a Cantonese family, so naturally white cut chicken (白切雞) is a familiar sight. After my gran

The best satay is the one made with really old fashion charcoal grill, complete with a fan to stoke the flame.

As a drink, yuan yang is a pretty modern invention, where milk tea is mixed with coffee. This unusual pairing

Ever go to a market and buy some chilies? They never let you buy a small amount that you actually need, like c

This garlic and chili sweet sauce is easy to make and is the perfect sauce to go with all Chinese savory snack

The classical way to eat a dou hua (soy bean pudding) is with ginger syrup. This recipe is a built up on that

You can prepare this two ways, using a table top stove for making hot pot, or just boil everything in a pot. T

Sometimes, the best dish is the one that you can make easily, healthy, and if possible, within 30 minutes beca

I love red bean tong sui and barley tong sui by themselves, separately, until one day it hits me that maybe I

Garang asem is a popular dish in Central and Eastern Java. The spicy and sour soup is super delicious, and I c

Takikomi gohan is a Japanese rice dish cooked with soy sauce, dashi stock, and various ingredients such as mus

This dish is so simple and so fast, but you do need to try using chicken stock instead of cheating with chicke

I am partial toward red beans as dessert, whether as red bean paste in mochi or dorayaki, or as main ingredien

Savory steamed egg custard is among the simplest food to make, and I count this as one of the best comfort foo

Jibu-ni is a cooking style from Kanazawa region, usually using duck that has been dusted with corn starch prio

Okay, no need to say it out loud. We Chinese eat the weirdest thing like pig stomach, though I think it is not

Every now and then, I crave for Chinese herbs made into dessert soup, and this snow fungus and papaya is one o

The two most common and popular recipes using leunca (green nightshade) are definitely lalapan and sambal leun

Red snapper and grouper are among my favorite fish for making Chinese fish dishes. I spotted super nice red sn

Wedang gedang is a traditional drink from Yogyakarta, especially around the area of Mount Merapi, where a hot

When I was much younger, I think one can only buy shiitake from stores selling Chinese food ingredients, along

Most traditional Indonesian desserts or snacks that call for banana (Indonesian: pisang) actually use plantain

This is another tofu recipe that is super fast to make, and best of all, you only need a microwave. That said,

Tofu, tempeh, and chicken shared many similar recipes in Indonesia, especially for deep frying. So if a recipe

So... I bought one big nian gao (Indonesian: kue keranjang) for this past Chinese New Year, just because it is

I really love Japanese potato salad, one of the creamiest and eggiest salad there is. This is so good when you

A winter stew or hot pot is a common theme across Asian countries during colder seasons. In Japan, one of the

If you have been following my blog, then you know I am probably bordering on obsession to find new ways to coo

My Mom was born in Aceh, so I am quite familiar with Acehnese food, and among my favorites are sate godok, mie

Kacang hijau, or mung bean, is almost always made into dessert, such as bubur kacang hijau. The other popular

Across Indonesia, there are probably as many variation of sate as there are soto, and one of the most unique o