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Trying on the Legendary Leker Paimo


The Legendary Leker Paimo: The Street Stalls

My husband and I recently just went for a short weekend escape to Semarang. We were aware that our hometown, Jogja will be very crowded during the long weekend period so we've decided to escape to Semarang and Solo for the long weekend. Our main destination in both of those cities are the culinary adventure. Yes.. We both like to bite and munch!

One of the legendary culinary spot in Semarang that many people recommend is the Leker Paimo. Leker is a crispy crepes filled with the desired fillings (usually chocolate chips, cheese, condense milk, or peanuts). However, Leker Paimo also provides the savoury flavour such as spicy tuna or beef sausage that is served and made like an omelet. The savoury flavour is something that I found unique in Leker Paimo since it is not found in any other crepes store

Leker Paimo is just a small stall of street food located right in front of Loyola College/High School that can be found at Jl. Karanganyar No.37, Semarang. The stall is open since 10AM till 5PM. However, since it is very crowded, it is important to come early to get our order just like what we've wanted. The price of each portion is very affordable starting from IDR.4000 (around 40 cents) to IDR.10.000 (less than 1 dollar). Although it is sold in a very affordable price, the taste is quite good. It is classic and authentic!

Waited patiently under the trees


On the first day of our arrival, we went straight to Leker Paimo. If not mistaken, it was about at 4PM. We did not know its operating hours at first. We did not expect that it is that crowded also. Upon our arrival, we were asked to write our orders in a piece of paper with our name in it. That we were asked to wait. And when they meant wait, it is no kidding. We've waited for an hour! Yes, an hour with not certainty of when our orders will be made. But people (including us) still waited anyway.. LOL..!

I was joking with my husband asking him "what if we've waited for so long, and the materials to make our crepes is empty before they are able to make our orders??". My husband at that time answered that they have made a calculation and will stop the people from ordering once they felt that the raw materials will not be enough. So we've patiently waited.

But........ My husband prediction was wrong... HAHAHAHA..!!!

After an hour waiting under the heat, the seller (with no regret) saying that there are no more materials to make the crepes to the buyer that has been waiting for ages in their stalls. ZONK MOMENT!! We were speechless!

The Savoury Crepes

Since I don't want to leave the place empty handed, I've asked the seller if she could just sell the crepes that has been made to us (the unattended orders). The seller agreed, and we received just one peace of the savoury crepes.  I honestly is a not a big fan of the savoury crepes. 

Lesson learned: COME EARLY!

Happily received a full box of crepes


So the the next day, we've decided to come to the location exactly at 10AM. The crowd is not as crowded as the previous day. We also did not wait for the crepes as long as the previous day. Since we don't really fancy the savoury crepes, we've ordered a box of the sweet crepes. I like the crispy sweet crepes with banana+chocolate+cheese fillings the best.

My comment about the crepes.. Well.. It's not bad at all. It's good tasting actually. But in my honest opinion, it's just not worth the wait.

^_^

[BANGKOK TRIP]: Lunch with the best Food in Town!

Great Place, Great Atmosphere


It was a super tiring day at that time when in Bangkok.We've just arrived at Bangkok, and haven't got the time to rest at our hotel. We took a Ferry Boat to Khao San Road, Bangkok, Thailand. We had heard a review about a great place to eat Tom Yam at that place.


The place is called "Tom Yam Kung". This place is quite hard to find since it is not directly seen in the main road. But instead, we have to walk on a very small street first to reach this place. But if we can have access to the Google Maps, we can easily spot that "small street" I was talking about.

The Menu's Price List

Although the restaurant looks a bit "fancy" compared to other restaurant in that street, for the price it is quite affordable and reasonable. The restaurant also provide credit card or debit card transaction. This makes it easier for international tourist like us that needs to save up cash in the beginning of the trip.

The Shared Menu Plate

The portion of the food is quite a big portion. So it is more recommended to share the menu with friends or families. I ordered the seafood Tom Yam and the Fragranced Grilled Chicken. The taste??? It is theeee booommmmssszzzz...

The best Thai Mango Sticky Rice

My favourite menu of all is actually the dessert. The Mango Sticky Rice. The Mango is very ripe and the sticky rice is sweet. It has a delicious coconut scent to it. It is also served with fragranced coconut milk and creamy coconut ice cream. So mouth-watering!!! This dessert is the dessert I've missed the most in Bangkok.

This is a must try restaurant in Bangkok!

Selfie at Khao San Road

Love,
Handini Audita

Bangkok Trip: Chatuchak Weekend Market

Entrance to Chatuchak Weekend Market

When my husband and I were planning for our Bangkok trip, we've made one ultimate promise. (((We will not shop))). But oh come on... You know that it is impossible to do when you visit Bangkok right??? They sell the best price for garments, fashion, and decoration. So we broke the promise... We visit the Chatuchak Weekend Market >.<

We received the recommendation to visit the Chatuchak Weekend Market from my best friend who has been living in Bangkok for quite a long time but currently living in the UK. She said that the Chatuchak Market is only open during the weekend (Saturday and Sunday). So if we happen to stay in Bangkok during the weekends, this market is a must to visit.

Buying Thai Silk and Fabrics

The market itself is very accessible. We can just go to Mo Chit BTS Station. The market is just right across the station, a five minute walk from the station. The Chatuchak Weekend Market is so big. It is almost impossible to go through every single corner of the market in one day. The market also sells many different things from fashion, food, souvenirs, arts and crafts, until animals and pets.

You will be super surprised with the price offered in Chatuchak Weekend Market. It is ridiculously cheap!!!! Just be careful not to spend too much in this market since the temptation to buy everything we see in this market is very high.

One thing that I adore from this market (aside from its super affordable price) is the sellers. The sellers can speak simple english conversation so it is very easy to communicate or bargain. Remember that in order to be able to get the best price, we have to bargain in this market. But just in case we don't bargain, the starting price is already affordable.

With all the hype and happiness visiting the Chatuchak Weekend Market, there are several things that we need to be aware from. First is the peak hours. The Chatuchak Weekend Market is not fully supported with air conditioner. So if we come during lunch time and peak hours, it will be hell hot! My husband and I came to Chatuchak Weekend Market at around 09:00 AM. I think it is perfect. Although several shops are not open yet during the time, but most shops are already open. There are not too many person during this time. We finished our shopping experience at around 11:00 AM. That is when the crowds started coming. Second is the pickpockets. The Chatuchak Weekend Market can be very crowded. Just be aware of the pickpockets. My tips for this case is to bring just enough money to shop. Then put it in a very small wallet separately from the main wallet. This will prevent us from continuously opening the main wallets that have all our credit cards in it. Other than the two things to be aware of, the rest is fine. Just enjoy the shopping!

Culinary Experience at Chatuchak Weekend Market

Street food is also one of the ultimate attraction in Chatuchak Weekend Market. There are many tasty food that we must try! One of them is the vegetable spring-rolls with sweet Thai chilly sauce sold in the street just before the main entrance. It super tasty and affordable. Only 20 Baht (around IDR.8000) per portion (6 spring rolls). Another must try food is the coconut ice cream. This is the culinary star of Chatuchak Weekend Market.

The Green Food Stalls Selling Coconut Ice Cream

There are many stalls selling the Coconut Ice cream. But the legendary one is the green food stalls with coconut hanging on it. To reach this stall, just enter the main entrance of Chatuchak Weekend Market. Go straight until you reach another road. Turn left on that road. The green food stalls will be somewhere along that road.

Coconut Ice Cream

With only 40 Baht to spend (about IDR.16.000) to spend, we can get a very delicate and rich coconut ice cream, coconut fruit shred, two toppings, and one glass of refreshing pure coconut water. The taste of the coconut ice cream is quite similar to the Indonesian Es Puter. The ice cream is very rich in flavour. I highly recommend the Nata De Coco (coconut cubes) as the toppings. It is damn good!

So the highlight of our visit to the Chatuchak Weekend Market is that if you promise yourself not to shop during your stay in Bangkok, please reconsider it. If not, you will regret it. Lol

With love,
Handini Audita

Bangkok Trip: Hello Kitty House


When I was a child, I used to looooovvvveeee Hello Kitty. I have tons of their collections. From dolls, toys, play-dough maker, pillows, beddings, until toothpaste. They are cute and always uses the colour pink. Well, like what almost the majority of girls are like... Yes.. I like Pink.. ^_^

In December 2015, my husband and I make a super short escape to Bangkok. We actually have to attend a friend wedding. But since we haven't gone abroad yet after our marriage, so we extend the stay a bit longer to travel.

While we were walking to search for a toy store, we stumble upon a very cute cafe called Hello Kitty House. This cafe literally flipped my mind!!!! I was sooooooo excited to experience the cafe. My husband? Don't ask... Just don't ask how his expression is... lol

The cafe is located just across the Paragon Mall in Bangkok. It is very accessible to the Siam BTS Staton. The mall is called Siam Square. Enter the mall and just walk straight until the other end of the mall. The Hello Kitty house is located right in the other side of entrance door.


The cafe basically sells many kind of desserts. Of course in all of their desserts they have a Hello Kitty picture in it. The decoration of the cafe is all about Hello Kitty. It's like having a tea party at Hello Kitty mansion. The cafe also play the Hello Kitty jingle music all time, every day. It is cute at first, but believe me... This song will be stuck at your head if staying in the cafe for more than 1 hour. hahahaha..

The dessert that I buy is the Hello Kitty Strawberry Shortcake. Although the shape of the cake is ridiculously cute, the taste of the cake is not as cute as it looks. I have to be honest that the taste of the cake is not as good as the cakes sold in many Indonesian upscale bakery. However, the drink that I order is super refreshing. Their Virgin Mojito is so tasty and refreshing.

For the price, it is not too affordable. Compared to several Bangkok desserts that I bought during my stay in Bangkok, the Hello Kitty cafe does not offer the best price. For me, the price is a bit pricy compared to the quality of the cake that we pay for. However, for the experience, it's worth the pay.

I have to admit when it comes to entertainment and creativity, Bangkok has its game!

With love,
Handini

Amanjiwo - The Expensive Breakfast



The expensive breakfast journey to Amanjiwo is actually an unplanned trip that was raised after our Borobudur trip. My "Boyfriend At The Moment" (BATM) is such a spontaneous person which fell in love so deeply with photography. So when there is a place that is great for photography, he'll take it!

[Recipe] Super Easy Bitter Ballen



Hei Beautifoe!!

Last week, my work colleagues organised some kind of dinner gathering along with the breakfasting moments. All of the people who attend have to bring food to share. So I decided to bring Bitter Ballen, which is a savory dish which is best for appetizers. I posted the pictures of my "masterpiece" on my Path account and I received many feedback from my friends who wanted the recipe for the Bitter Ballen I made. Well, here are the recipe for my version of the Bitter Ballen.

When In France: We Eat Sweets..




Bonjour..! --> Did I spelled it right?

France is one of the country that I am dying to visit. I think its exposure on romantic movies had given me determination to visit that beautiful exotic romantic country. Not just in romance, France is also well known for their expertise in cooking. The simple yet sophisticated France food. The desserts however, have a very high level of art. It's beautiful, tempting, yet so tasteful.

On the beginning of September 2013, I had the chance to visit France.. Yeyy.. One of my travelling dream had come true..

Oreo Brownies Fudge

I still have some packages of Oreo's left in my cupboard after making the Cookies and Cream Chocolate Pudding. My sister and I had such a sweet tooth so we always crave for something sweet. We love desserts.



Flipping through recipe books, I decided to make Oreo Brownies Fudge. The brownies is super deep chocolate. It is also so gooey and rich in chocolate. So mouth watering!



The main recipe of this brownies I got from the "Baking Made Easy" cooking book written by Lorraine Pascale. I love this cookbook so much! The food written are great. The step by step instruction is also very clear. I believe it's one of the cookbook that is a "must have" for all of those baking lover out there. I bought mine at Amazon while I was living in the UK. It was sold for GBP18.99. It's worth an investment. It's a cookbook that I never regret buying.

Short story short, here's how we make it...:)

Cookies and Cream Chocolate Pudding

Its all started in Parsley, a bakery shop in Jogja. My little sister was so in love with one of their chocolate pudding. I think it's sort of like black forest pudding. What's unique about it is the texture of the pudding. It's bubbly like a sponge.

So, my little sister requested for me to give a try at making the "knock off" of the pudding she bought at Parsley. So here's my version of it.

Cookies and Cream Chocolate pudding..!!!!

Cookies and Cream Chocolate Pudding
(My Version)

The taste is very in deep of chocolate. I use the legendary OREO for the cookies.

Here's what you need...:)

Simple and Easy Recipe: Oatmeal and Raisins Cookies


Gosh... It takes forever for me to upload this post. My internet is being super lame of continuously going on and off (the "off" time is more than the "on" time). How I miss the internet connection in the UK..*cry* 

Anyway, my craving for baking is just blasting high lately. Perhaps because I have lots of spare time these days. The fact that I miss Glasgow so much is also a factor. The oven in my flat in Glasgow is super great. So I bake very frequently back in those time.



Today, I bake Oatmeal and Raisins cookies. I miss this kind of cookies so much because it's kind of hard to find in Indonesia (well at least in the city I lived in at the moment). Oatmeal is not a common food for most Indonesians. So this perhaps the reason of their scarcity in Indonesia...LOL

The recipe I have today is a modified recipe of Laura Vitalle Oatmeal and Raisins recipe. I modify it according to what I have in my kitchen and also according to the texture I desire. I like my cookies to be crunchy in the outside and gooey in the inside. The recipe I’m doing is able to give a quite good tasting cookies. My sister who is very picky in food actually like my cookies. So it’s not too bad (even though it cannot beat the Sainsburry cookies..LOL). So here are the recipe..

Roasted Chicken Pasta

I don't know what got into me today. I start the day by being super lazy to do almost anything. Even too lazy to take a bath.. *smelly me*

But during lunch I started being super excited to cook fancy food. So I called my house mate, Winda, to ask if she is hungry or not. She agreed to have lunch together. So I decided to cook Roasted Chicken Pasta for two portion. Two BIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGG portion.. Lol



To make this menu, there are two separate food we have to prepare. First is the Roasted Chicken. Second is the Pasta. Here are the step by step of how to make it.

Chapter One Steak House

For those food lover and meat lover in Jogja, you MUST try this new restaurant.

Chapter One Steak House!!!!



This new restaurant is just open a couple of days ago. So it's still fresh in the market. As fresh as the meat.

Recipe: Clams With Spicy Oyster Sauce

My appetite for food is raising so high lately.*sad*
Today I managed to cook vegetable sour soup (Sayur Asem). But guess what, my sister and I finish one big pot of it just in one dine. Please do call us a pig..:p

For dinner I decided to cook up the clams that I bought in the supermarket a couple of days ago. Don't get me wrong, the clams is still in a good condition. I put it in the freezer to preserve them.:)

Short story short, this is how I make it.

Clams With Spicy Oyster Sauce

April Sneak Peak

Hei there beautiful ladies. How was your week end?

Today I woke up super late. My sister does so too because we stayed up all night watching X-Factor Indonesia (last night elimination was super fun to watch *sorry*).

My sister was in the super mood of studying. She said she will have a very important big test in a couple of days. But the thing is, she is only in the mood to study if it is outside the house. She said the house makes her sleepy all the time so she spend the days sleeping instead of studying. LOL

So we went to Frank Wurts which is a small cafe selling German Sausages. Why there? Well, it's simply because it is super cozy *and not too crowded*. I'll share some mouth watering picture here. Be prepared to get "hungry"..!!! *hungry for food and hungry for makeup..lol*

Beff Sausage + Sauted Vegies + Mashed Potato + Blackpepper Sauce

FOODISM: For those who love food

Hey everyone..

As an appreciation of my love for food, I have made a brand new blog just to share things about foods.
The blog will consists about almost anything about foods, from recipe until culinary adventure. For those who understands Indonesian (since it will be posted in Indonesian), and looovveesss food, FOODISM blog is highly recommend for you.

Please visit the site. Also don't forget to "FOLLOW" the blog.

Check out the blog in the following link:


With Love,

Craving for CAKES !!!!!

When I was still in the UK, I saw lots of posts about a unique specific cake. Rainbow cake!! This particular cake was posted by most of my friends in Indonesia via the social media. I was actually very curious at that time. I want to know how that cake taste like! Unfortunately, I was searching for it in bakeries around Glasgow city areas, but cannot find a single bakery that sells this unique cake. Oh well.. I guess I have to wait till I return to Indonesia (my thought when I was still in the UK).

I was so excited to try this cake. But I don't know where to go to purchase this cake. Luckily, I heard an advertisement in the radio about a new bakery in Jogjakarta  (the city I lived in Indonesia). The bakery is called "Paris Bakery". The advertisement says that this bakery provide enormous variation of French cakes. I was so excited.. I am so sure that this bakery sells rainbow cake. Plus, I am also sure that this bakery sells macaroons. One of the French desserts that I love the most.

It was very easy to find the location of this bakery. It is in a big road which I know called monjali. To be specific, it is near Mustokoweni hotel. If you wish to read further information about the bakery, check out their website http://www.parisbakeryindonesia.com

The bakery was actually like what I was expected in the first place. They sell FRENCH DESSERTS! I can find lots of French cuisine and many famous cakes. And what I love the most is that they sell rainbow cake!! Yayyyyy...!!!!! 

I ordered several desserts which I love eating. I ordered the rainbow cake which I crave so much, a caramel macaroon, a red velvet chocolate ball, and a caramel latte.. Gosh.. How many calories is that...??? Fat fat fat... Lol

The cakes I ordered

I love how the macaroon tastes. It actually taste similar to the macaroons I made while was in the UK. It is soon delicious. I can still taste the almond mixture in it and it is not too "eggy". The only thing about the macaroon that I dislike is the size. They are so small.

For the red velvet chocolate ball, to be honest, it is my least favorite. I am a big fan or red velvet. But unfortunately, the chocolate covering the red velvet is so dominating. So I cannot really taste the red velvet. I guess I'm just a big fan of traditional red velvet with cream cheese frosting...:(

There is nothing special about the caramel latte which I ordered. They are good but just fine...:)

Take a zip

The cake of the day of my order today is of course the RAINBOW CAKE!!!! Not only because it is the cake which I crave so much since I was still living in the UK, but I personally think it is the best one I ordered today. I love the moisture of the cake and the taste of the cream cheese. The size of the cake is also very big for me. It makes me sooooo full. The only thing about it is that because the cake was put in the fridge by the bakery, the texture of it was very hard when it was just taken out from the fridge. However, it is very forgivable since it becomes very moist once it spends a couple of minutes outside the fridge. It is worth a try.

Rainbow Cake: The Cake I've been craving for

Some of you might be wondering the price I spend for these cakes. I spend Rp.48.400 in total (Red Velvet Chocolate Ball Rp.3500, Macaroon Rp.8000, Rainbow Cake Rp.13.000/slice, and Caramel Latte Rp.19500). To be honest, I have to consider it as not so cheap. However, the price is worth the value. I think the cake is made with a very good quality raw materials. The cakes is also very fresh.

Most importantly, they generously give free gifts for visitors who posts BlacBerry Messenger status about the Bakery (I did it because I want the free gift). Anyway, I'm wondering what gift I will receive from them because of writing this post..??? LOL.. (Just kidding..:P)

FREE GIFT..!!!!! Yummeerrssss....:D


If you are visiting or living in Jogjakarta, this bakery is worth a visit.

Bon Appetite... ^^

P.S: I am writing this article from the bakery....:)

BAKSO BAKSO BAKSO!!!! Simple Recipe

It has been a while since my departure to the United Kingdom. I miss my country a lot, the people I love, and the food I admire.

One of the food that I miss so much is Bakso. It is a special Indonesian Meatball. What makes it different with any other ordinary meatball is the bouncy texture and the smooth surface. It has a rich flavor of beef and usually being served with beef stock soup, a little bit of rice noodle, and a little bit of egg noodle (yellow noodle).

I asked my mum about the exact way of making Bakso. Unfortunately it seems very difficult since it needs a special machine to mix the mixture. The mixture needs to be extremely cold, so Bakso sellers in Indonesia usually add ice to their mixture. Because of that there is a need to use a very special machine that will be able to be strong enough to mix all the ingredients.

So I try to make an experiment on making the Bakso in a simple "amateur" way without using any special machine. We cannot say we can't before we try! Right????



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Surprisingly, GOD LOVES ME SO MUCH...!!!!!!

My first experiment on the Bakso is a total success. Yayyyy.....!!!!!

I did not use any machine. Even no blenders, mixers, or food processor were used in the experiment. Just follow these steps:

 Ingredients:
250 gr Beef Mince
1 egg
1 tsp garlic powder/garlic paste
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 tbs salt
2 tbs tapioca starch
1 tbs corn starch
1 tsp baking powder (this will make the meatball bouncy)
1 tsp baking soda (this will make the meatball grow bigger)
a pinch of sugar (it's very optional, but sugar will increase the taste)


 

How To Make:
1. Put all the ingredients in a mixing bowl.


2. Mix all the mixture until well mixed. Wrap the bowl with a plastic wrap (or put in in a container with a lid). Refrigerate overnight (I make my mixture the night before I make the Bakso soup. But keeping it in the fridge only for a couple of hours is also fine. What's important is just to make sure that the mixture is completely cold).



3. When the mixture is completely cold, prepare a pot. Add water, then bring to boil. After it comes to a boil, turn off the heat (stove). Take out the mixture from the fridge. Shape it like a small ball. Directly put the ball mix into the hot water.



4. After all the mixture has been shaped as a ball in the hot water, turn on the stove again in medium heat, then bring to a boil. Leave to cook for about 5 minutes after it comes to a boil.

5. Lift the Bakso ball. Then use the water as the beef stock for the soup. Just simply add fried garlic and fried onion to the beef stock. Add a bit more of salt and sugar. When the taste is okay, put back the meatball into the beef stock.

6. Prepare your ball with any fillings you like (example: rice noodle or egg noodle). For me, I just put rice. Then, put the bakso and the beef stock into the bowl. Garnish it with some Spring Onions. And there we have it.. The deliciously made BAKSO.. Yummyyyy...


 


Bon Appetit... ^^


With Love,
Handini Audita

Craving For Macaron

Sweet Macaron....!!!!!

My favorite sweet ever.. I've always loved this sweet. Back in Indonesia, Macaron can be really costly or expensive. I've been wanting this sweet since months ago. But I just cannot find where Macaron is sold in Glasgow. So today, I decided to browse how to make a Macaron. Looking at the instruction, it seems to be very difficult to make. But since I really want it so bad, so I just give it a try by modifying some parts.

So I went to Aldi in the morning to buy some eggs, ground almond powder, and icing sugar. Only spent around GBP 3 for this. So it is not expensive at all.

After arriving home, I decided to take a try on the recipe. Here are the modified recipe that is a GREAT SUCCESS...!!!!

Ingredients For The Meringue:
4 Egg White
Pinch of Salt
Mixture 1 = 60gr Sugar + 140gr Icing Sugar (Shift Well)
Mixture 2 = 190gr ground Almond Powder + 190gr Icing Sugar (Shift Well)
Drops of Food Coloring

Ingredients For Cream:
200ml Double Cream
2tbs Icing Sugar
1tbs Strawberry Jam

How To Make The Cream:
1. Mix the double cream and Icing sugar in a high speed mixer until stiff.

2. Mix with strawberry jam with low speed mixer until well cooperated.

3. Put in food container, then store in the fridge.

How To Make Meringue:
1. Mix Egg White and Pinch of Salt with high speed mixer until very stiff.

2. Mix "Mixture 1" to the egg white mixture with slow speed mixer. Mix until it is well cooperated. Do not over mix.

3. Turn off the mixer. Add "Mixture 2" into the bowl of mixture. Stir well with a spatula by continuously folding the batter.

4. When it is already perfectly mixed, add food coloring. Do not put too much. Mix well again.

5. Pipe in small equally sized round shape with an icing plastic bag.

6. Smack the plate hard. Then leave in room temperature for 45 minutes.



7. After that, put in the oven of 150 degree Celcius of pre-heated oven. Heat for 20 minutes.

8. Take out from the oven. Wait until it is completely cool. Then you can fill the Meringue with the cream fillings. Then make it into a sandwich.





There you have it.. Your fresh home made Macaron...

Great for Parties..
Great to impress..

Even my baby boy loves it so much...

Bon Appetit...^^

Pempek, something I really missed from home..

Living far away from home sometime gives this very unpleasant feeling of missing the taste of the original traditional food from home country. Pempek, is one of the Indonesian traditional food that I missed a lot. This dish can be simply explained as fish nuggets dipped in a sweet and sour sauce. With ingredients that are limited available in the UK, my friend and I tried to make a modified version of Pempek. The fish being used should have been a special fish called "Ikan Tengiri". I don't know the actual English word for it, but when I Google it, some says that in English they called it "Spanish Mackerel". Since we cannot find the Spanish Mackerel in Glasgow, so we decide to try using "Sea Bass" because the shape and texture of the meat is similar to the "Ikan Tengiri" that we should use. So here are the ingredients for my "first try" piece of Pempek.

Ingredients For The Fish Nugget:
200gr "Seabass" Fish or "Ikan Tengiri" (Blended)
150gr Tapioca Flour
50gr Plain Flour
2 tbs Melted Butter
1/2 tsp Pepper
1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
1 tbs Salt
Water to boil + 2 tbs Vegetable Oil
Plain Flour to cover the dough
Vegetable oil to deep fry

Ingredients For The Sauce:
100gr Palm Sugar (Gula Jawa)
2 tbs Vinegar
1 tsp Blended Garlic
3 tbs Tamarind Paste
300ml water
Fresh Blended Chilly / Chilly Powder (according to taste)

How To Make The Fish Nugget:
1. Mix all the ingredients of the fish nugget well until the texture is like a "play dough".

2. Shape it into balls of long oval balls, then boil with water + oil. Boil well until the dough is floating in the boiled water. When the dough is floating, keep boiling for about 5 minutes so it will be cooked well.

3. After cooked well, take out the floating dough, cover with plain flour so it will not stick from one to the other. Leave to cool down.

4. After cooled, deep fry the Fish nugget with medium heat until it is golden brown.

How To Make The Sauce:
1. Boil all the sauce ingredients together.

To serve this dish, you can cut the fried fish nuggets into small pieces. Put it in a bowl, then cover it with the sweet ans sour sauce. This dish usually is not served while hot. It's better served when it has been cool down in a room temperature. The sensation of this dish is on the sour that are combined with the sweet and spicy. Using "Sea Bass" as the fish used in this dish does not taste as good as when using "Ikan Tengiri". But it is just fine to cure my feeling of missing the taste of my favorite traditional food.

Bon Appetit....^^

Smoked Salmon Sushi

SUSHIIIIIII..........!!!!!
One of my favorite food. This traditional Japanese food really take my breath away. It's very nice and in fact very easy to make. As a student studying in Glasgow, I currently live in one of the student accommodation outside campus. My flat mate, who comes from Malaysia, teaches me how to make such a simple sushi. It's very simple to make. It is also very fun to make. However it needs special ingredients that should be bought in Asian Supermarket. We need to buy special sushi rice and rice vinegar. This special sushi rice is more sticky compared to the full grain rice that are sold in local supermarkets. Rice vinegar is also special. It is not too sour and it gives very rich sweet flavor to the rice. The sea weed paper, or what is called "Nori" is also needed as the cover of the Sushi. You will also need a special bamboo roll to make the round shape of the sushi.

For the fillings, I just have smoked salmon that I bought in Aldi. Normally, people like to put Cucumber, eggs, carrot, tuna, avocado, and crab stick as the fillings. But I just like the smoked salmon and mayonnaise as the fillings. Smoked Salmon are already been in a cooking process so I don't have the feeling of eating raw materials. To be noted, you can put anything you like as the fillings. Everything depends on your taste. So here is how to make the simple sushi.

Ingredients:
250gr Sushi Rice
2 layer sea weed paper (Nori)
1 tbs Rice Vinegar
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp Sugar
100gr Smoked Salmon
Mayonnaise

Tools:
Spoons
Bowl
Plate
Knife
Cutting Board
Bamboo Roll
Rice Cooker

How To Make:
1. With a rice cooker, cook the sushi rice. Don't forget to put enough water in it. Not too much, not too little. A dip of a finger is enough.

2. After the rice is cooked, put in a big plate and place to cool. When it is 100% cool, add evenly the rice vinegar, sugar, and salt. Mix well until it is well spread. Divide into two even parts.

3. Put the sea weed paper (Nori) on top of the Bamboo Roll. Wet your hand with water then place evenly the rice on top of the Nori. Press the rice so it will be tight together. Spread evenly mayonnaise. Then put layers of Smoked Salmon on the top quarter part.

4. Roll tightly the sushi.

5. Follow the same steps for the second roll.

6. Cut the sushi into small pieces with a very sharp knife. Make sure you don't cut it too small so that the sushi is able to stand.

This can make about 14 pieces of sushi. The Sushi is best eaten with salty soy sauce. But I personally don't like salty soy sauce.

Bon Appetit....^^
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