We stumbled upon this little gem around chinese new year holiday in Shanghai, where most restaurants were still closed for the holiday. The restaurant turned out to be a perfect choice to beat the bitter cold weather in Shanghai. The open kitchen with a large wooden fire in the middle of the restaurant, surely kept us all warm on a cold winter night. Read the rest
Tahu, tofu, ??, beancurd, dòufu, d?u ph?, ??? (tofu), tauhu dikenal di manca negara dengan berbagai nama berbeda. Tahu yang dikenal mempunyai sumber protein yang sebanding dengan protein daging ini kaya akan kalsium serta rendah kalori & lemak menjadikannya populer di kalangan weight watchers & vegetarians. Read the rest
There’s one place that I would love to visit every week, the Friday Moslem market in Jingan district. Don’t expect a large market area. It … Read the rest
An old friend of mine who used to be my brunch buddy came into town in the weekend. Instead of going to our favorite place … Read the rest
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. Every single time. Favorite place? Long Beach Seafood restaurant on Dempsey Road.
Last weekend, of course after quite a heavy get-together-with friends and booze night, we were invited for a rooftop barbecue at a friend’s house. They … Read the rest
Black beans I'm familiar with, but black soybeans? They're quite large in size and the girl told me it tasted better than the regular soybeans. I was already picturing an organic black tempeh in my mind. Sounds mouth-watering. I can't wait to make these babies into tempeh
It was Friday morning when I jumped in the car with my photo gear, despite the gloomy and chilly weather, that I decided I had to see this market for myself. I've seen the reviews in various guides, seen the photos of charcoal grilled lamb kebabs, flat breads and spicy lamb soup sold by vendors over there.......
Vibrant yellow color of the laksa broth dashed with bright red chili patches, half immersed swirl of egg noodle and plump juicy prawns firm to the bite sends you to a street food hawker somewhere in Malaysia or Singapore. A bowl of perfection. We were like foodies in a food heaven......
After unsuccessfully making cardboard-hard ginger cookie man for Bri's Thanksgiving party at school - my excuse? didn't really feel like it so I baked them half-heartedly - managed to push myself to bake this pie. The pie crust can be tricky, depends on the recipe you have. Mine was not too crumbly, a bit on the hard side even. But the fillings worked great. Pecans fillings. Hubby loves pecans
I'm such a sucker for anything chocolate. Especially when they are melted inside a gooey moist chocolate cake topped with creamy buttery dark chocolate icing. The down side about chocolate cravings, it will never stop after one bake.
Basically the idea is replacing the hard shell taco with spring roll wrapper. Then it is up to you to go the healthier way by oven cook them or cooking it the original way, deep frying them which probably add a few hundreds more extra calories with the same end result. Both of them will still be crispy and delicious.
After stumbling upon an article on a magazine about the chef's latest creation, fruit & flowers summer salad, I told myself I had to go there. We've been thinking of going there for a dinner and a few drinks several times but something always came up. I know I love the place and having heard from friends about this place, I definitely have to try it.
This is the season I've been waiting for the entire year. Yumberry season. The locals call it "yang mei" or simply "red berry" and it's very popular in Shanghai, probably more than Kumquat fruit. The fruit is only available in the beginning of summer time, right after winter after the plum rain seasons. Only just briefly.
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.............
Two most popular signature Balinese dish is Bebek Betutu (dirty duck) and crisp-roast suckling pig. If I could list five signature dish, it would be those two dish above, sambal matah, seafood satay (sate lilit) and lawar. Lawar is a popular and most common vegetable dish in Bali
A non-sweet muffin recipe, one of those recipes which is very typically New Zealand that I've been meaning to reinvent. Last trial on savory muffin was quite a while ago where I tried baking bacon and wild spring onions - freshly picked from the grassland of Inner Mongolia.
To all foodies in Shanghai.... the enjoy a culinary journey from Indonesia presented by the master himself, William Wongso and a team of chefs from Ritz-Carlton Jakarta.
Herb Khoresh is a particular dish that I find so uniquely middle eastern. For a start, I love the idea of mixed fragrant herbs as a dish. Put them together in a dish and add beef/chicken/lamb for the extra kick.
Tempeh is originally from Indonesia - it is a staple food for the Javanese people. Traditionally tempe is wrapped in banana leaves. The traditional way of making tempe interestingly involves stamping on the soybeans to remove the skins.
This recipe is quite refreshing. As an Indonesian, I grew up eating tempeh throughout my life - in every possible way of cooking; crispy fried tempeh, limpy style fried tempeh (tempe mendoan), tempeh cooked in coconut juice & spices (tempe bacem), stir fried tempeh with green chilies......
In my country Indonesia, all of the banana families are called “pisang” which then followed by the word describe the type of banana. There’re many types of bananas in Indonesia e.g. Pisang Ambon (the most aromatic & sweet type of banana) , Pisang Tanduk (plaintain type with horn shape reaches up to 8-15 inches, grows in many districts in West Java in Indonesia. Mainly cooked
We both are so hooked on sticky date pudding ever since Mike took me to Kohi Cafe in Auckland. We would never miss to order one every time we went to any cafes that listed sticky date pudding on their dessert menu. There’s one cafe nearby our apartment that, we admit, serves killer sticky date pudding. We’d fight over who gets the last crumb. Yesterday while cleaning up the food storag
A little while ago, a neighbor whose child is about Briana’s age, baked me a beautiful upside down pineapple cake. The kids have been tight play buddies for some time, and the moms have been sending each other little gifts or home-made cakes. Her cake weighs like a ton and it looks really really dark. I hesitantly put a scoop of the dark gooey piece into my mouth. Looks can be pretty deceivi
The first time I started living overseas, my palate was very asian that I suffered through the long months of living in the middle east missing my home country food. It took me a while to adjust and start appreciate dishes from other culture. However, although I still find that some New Zealand’s food can be pretty bland, I appreciate the true flavors which can only comes out from the freshe
Once the baking starts, there’s nothing stopping it. What was I thinking? giving up baking for soooo long, relying on mediocre food from restaurant delivery and fast food. I know someone is very pleased that there’s warm meals on the table after work and our fridge is full again with every imaginable sweets and desserts — although he’s also silently unhappy about the fact t
My tiny kitchen is slowly going back into action. Apart from the baby food cooking routine, I pushed myself to spend more time in the kitchen and made some nice home-cooked dinner for the family on a few occasions. This afternoon I made some combination vegetable-chicken-rice combination with soto ayam spices for the baby, Singapore Laksa for dinner and even had time to knead the dough for tomorro
Cooking Etcetera is born out of my passion with cooking and baking – and later on food photography. After a long hiatus, I’m glad to be back blogging again about cooking and photo project I’ve done. Here are a few shots of the recent photo project for a cheese company in Shanghai. Natural morning light at 10am plus a gorgeous location in a boutique hotel makes great combination f
Shanghai just had its first snow yesterday. Lasted a few hours only but had left a soft thin layer of snow on tree branches, bushes and car hoods. The weather forecast said there’s snow possibility tomorrow so off I went to the market only to find out the air outside was covered with thin snow flakes whirling in the wind. What a gorgeous sight! This is a very homey dish. When the wind is whi
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It’s the easiest recipe on the face of the earth but still I’ve never bothered to bake one because it’s one of the things that’s always available on the buffet’s dessert section. I’ve had probably once or twice and had never struck me as a “Wow, I’ve gotta make this by myself”. Let’s just [...]
Some leftover photos from our last trip to Dubai a few weeks ago — most of the travelogue of this trip is posted on my other blog at Hopscotchbaby. Prior to the trip I’ve been looking up for places to visit and have prepared a full list of them. The two top of the list [...]
Back home in Indonesia, I only know two ways of cooking red kidney bean soup - Angeun Kacang Bereum a typical West Javanese dish which I grew up eating lots, usually served with rice and sambel terasi as a condiment. This soup is quite light with sweet tangy flavors and a subtle hit of terasi [...]
Something I baked for fun, because my baby, Bri, who has just learned to chew on her finger food, loves breadsticks. Instead of having her teething toys or dummy, she prefers to gum on this breadsticks. Cute little thing she is! So simple to make and yet it makes her so happy.
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Sweetened with sugar
and sprinkled with spice,
really are nice;
But make-believe pies
are a great deal more fun,
when little cooks bake them
out here in the sun
When I was a kid I wasn’t such a big fan of sweet food, well maybe except ice cream and candies. While hubby, on the other hand, is a big kid when [...]
A sweet craving that ends with a sweet ending. I promised Mike to bake something decadent. It was a week ago and he’d probably been wondering what happened to the promise. A recipe that I had been keeping for a while from King Arthur flour website. All of their recipes I’ve tried are fail-proof. Ingredients [...]
Sudah hampir semingguan ini menu masakan nggak jauh-jauh dari mie, sup dan soto. Cuaca udah mulai dingin sih, di rumah juga sudah perlu pasang heater kalau menjelang malam. Kaus kaki & sweater juga sudah siap terlipat di sofa dekat tv. Biasanya kalau hawa dingin begini, makanan yang bikin kangen berat itu Mie Ayam Jamur nya [...]
I’ve made this cookie twice. Always been a favorite for morning coffee. I love how the caramel flavored cookie and butterscotch chip melts in the mouth after a sip of strong coffee. I’m thinking of making another jar of cookies again for next week…. I start to enjoy making cookies lately. They’re easy, quick [...]
Phew, finally another posting in my cooking blog. It’s just so much going on lately. Photo processing and uploading them seem to be the last thing on my mind. It’s such a relief that I finally get the help I need with the baby, otherwise I would be one sleep deprived cranky mom who has [...]
Namanya lucu ya? Beneran loh baru kali ini aku denger judul makanan yang unik begini. Pas aja lagi browsing resep Femina Online, trus liat gambarnya… uuuhhh kayanya uenak banget. Bebumbuannya juga unik. Saking ga ada daging – cuma ada sisa beef ribs waktu barbecuean tempo hari, jadi pake itu ajalah. Ga nyesel nguplek di dapur [...]
One particular thing that I never get tired of baking is brownie. Last month when I was in Jakarta I was the official food taster for mom’s brownie experiment. Uhm, actually more like her baking experiment, all kinds of cookies and cakes. I know, I know, it’s not fair. Mom has a diabetes for quite [...]
We haven’t had any red meat in our menu for quite some time. I was hooked on that special sturgeon fish from Beijing. Been having those for many lunches and dinners. I think Michael was sick of the fish at some point, decided to stick with his margarita pizza.
The original recipe calls for goat/lamb fat [...]
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Still in the Caribbean spirit this week – intoxicating cocktails with cute tiny umbrellas, splash of rum and fresh coconut juice, grilled sliced pineapples, seafood barbecue dinner by the bonfire on the beach. And don’t forget the clear turquoise ocean against a bright amber sky backdrop. My mind went off to [...]