Archive for August 2010

alina 11:05 PM Indonesian Cooking, Indonesian Food, Indonesian Recipes, Ingredients, Sweet, Vegetarian Food Edit

Cantik Manis - Indonesian Sweet Pretty Cake

Cantik means pretty while manis means sweet. It's straight forward translated from its name. Even though the name is cantik manis, I r...

alina 1:49 PM Indonesian Cooking, Indonesian Food, Indonesian Recipes, Sulawesi Food Edit

Binte Biluhuta - Milu Siram - Gorontalo Corn Soup

Anybody remember the folk song of binte bilihuta? It's not only a song title, binte biluhuta is a corn soup from Gorontalo. Gorontalo ...

alina 2:31 PM Indonesian Cooking, Indonesian Food, Indonesian Recipes, Sulawesi Food Edit

Es Brenebon - Manadonese Red Kidney Bean and Cocoa with Shaved Ice

In the west part of Indonesia, Es Campur (Mixed Shaved Ice) is a popular shaved ice dessert while the Manadonese has es brenebon (red kidne...

alina 10:21 PM Easy Recipes, Ingredients Edit

Homemade Chocolate Sweetened Condensed Milk

I envy you whoever can buy and get chocolate sweetened condensed milk in a can For those who have never been to Indonesia, I bet you will ...

alina 12:33 PM Easy Recipes, Eating Light, Fusion Food, Mediterranean Food, Vietnamese Food Edit

Greek Swordfish Salad with Vietnamese Nuoc Mam Cham and Mustard

What the heck I was making here! A Greek favourite met a Vietnamese sweet heart. This is my second time making Swordfish Souvlaki, but I n...

alina 10:00 AM Indonesian Cooking, Indonesian Food, Java Food Edit

Sredeg - Corns in A Cup

A snack that I recalled from my childhood and was loved by maternal grandpa. Surely, this snack is loved by our family especially my baby br...

alina 7:05 AM Announcements, Canada Edit

Gone to Farmers' Market Again

Do you still remember my post about the opening of St. Norbert Farmers' Market 2010 ? If you don't and haven't read it yet. Ta...

alina 9:48 AM Easy Recipes, Non Asian and Mediterranean Edit

Macaroni with Garlic Butter Snails and Artichoke Hearts

This is not a typical food that I cook everyday. I only make if I'm lazy or no time to cook. As I'm a person who likes using a bit...

alina 8:23 AM Indonesian Cooking, Indonesian Food, Indonesian Recipes, Ingredients, Sulawesi Food Edit

Ayam Garo Rica - Manadonese Chili and Lemon Basil Chicken

Longing to make this Ayam Garo Rica for so long! Ayam Garo Rica (Manadonese Chili and Lemon Basil Chicken). In the local dialect, Garo means...

alina 6:13 AM Announcements, Indonesian Cooking, Indonesian Food, Indonesian Recipes, Java Food, Sweet, Vegetarian Food Edit

Kue Pepe - Kue Lapis Sagu - Indonesian Steamed Layered Sago Cake

Selamat Hari Kemerdekaan ke 65, Indonesia! Happy 65th Independence Day, Indonesia! August 17 is the 65th Indonesian independence day. On t...

alina 10:40 PM Food Photography Edit

Dark Chocolate A�ai a& Blueberry in Retro

If you follow my flickr , you may see this picture before. I have posted on there and kinda didn't feel to post on my blog at that time...

alina 10:24 AM Indonesian Cooking, Indonesian Food, Indonesian Recipes, Sulawesi Food Edit

Sup Brenebon - Manadonese Red Kidney Bean Soup

Can you believe that I made this dish in a microwave. Our AC didn't work (and still doesn't, the maintenance guy is still on holiday...

alina 12:52 AM Canada, Non Asian and Mediterranean, Sweet, Vegetarian Food Edit

Cold Blueberry Lemon Basil Soup

August 15, 2010 Update: This post was featured on FoodBuzz Top 9 today Living in the blueberry country is a bless. In summer, you can go f...

alina 10:45 AM Indonesian Cooking, Indonesian Food, Indonesian Recipes Edit

Nasi Goreng Cabai Hijau Kemangi - Indonesian Green Chili Fried Rice with Lemon Basil

Nasi goreng (fried rice) is a kind of signature dish in Indonesia. You can name many different variants. I bet you have seen some ready-to...

alina 1:30 AM Announcements, Canada, Photography Edit

Have a Blessed Ramadhan

Starting August 11, 2010, it will be a holly month for all Muslims around the world. We will fast from dawn to sunset. It will be hard for...

alina 9:16 AM Indonesian Cooking, Indonesian Food, Indonesian Recipes, Vegetarian Food Edit

Dadar Jagung - Indonesian Corn Fritters

Can you believe there are three names for these corn fritters in Indonesian? Dadar Jagung, Bakwan Jagung and Perkedel Jagung. Did you reco...

alina 12:37 AM Sweet, Vegetarian Food, Vietnamese Food Edit

B�nh Tr�i - Vietnamese Glutinous Rice Dumplings

I was first interested to b�nh tr�i when I saw pictures of Vietnamese foods that taken by one of Indonesian foodies during his travel to Sai...

alina 10:25 PM Easy Recipes, Eating Light, Indonesian Cooking, Indonesian Food, Indonesian Recipes, Java Food Edit

Sayur Bening Bayam Merah - Indonesian Red Amaranth Clear Soup

At least once a week, I had this Sayur Bening Bayam when I still resided at my parents' house. It's very light soup with lots of he...

alina 11:27 PM Indonesian Cooking, Ingredients Edit

Fingerroot - Temu Kunci - Kra Chai

Have you ever seen this herb before? It does look like fingers growing out of a center piece and the reason why it is called Fingerroot in ...

alina 5:13 PM Indonesian Food, Ingredients Edit

Sapodilla - Sawo

Sapodilla or Sawo in Indonesian is one of tropical fruits that I grew up with. I'm pretty lucky with many different fresh tropical frui...