Food
Crash Hot Potatoes
Today, finally unable to resist The Pioneer Woman’s mouthwatering photography in her step-by-step recipe section, I relented and made ‘Crash Hot Potatoes’. Photo from ThePioneerWoman.com I wasn’t really planning to do any cooking today because I was feeling too lazy. But then I remembered I had baby potatoes in the fridge which I bought a … Continue reading
A Taste of Nasi Padang
One of the things that Lola enjoyed the most in Jakarta was nasi padang. Nasi padang, to the uninitiated, is West Sumatran food. Nasi is the Indonesian (and also Malay) word for rice; Padang is the capital of West Sumatra. Interestingly, nasi padang restaurants only exist outside of West Sumatra and can’t be found in … Continue reading
Tom Yam Kung
I got acquainted with Thai food long before I first set foot in Thailand. And my first love — for Thai food, that is — is the one and only Tom Yam Kung, or hot-sour soup with prawns. Incidentally, when I was pregnant with the twins, I craved for mee hoon tom yam (rice vermicelli … Continue reading
KLM to/from Jakarta
When AirAsia started operations, they made good on their slogan “Now Everyone Can Fly.” With their fares a mere fraction of other airlines’, I dare declare that a plane ride from KL to Jakarta is often akin to a bus ride, judging from the curious mix of passengers that you get to fly with every … Continue reading
Nasi Goreng (Malaysian Fried Rice)
It’s Chinese New Year and, by coincidence, we had for breakfast what’s usually referred to in Malaysia as nasi goreng Cina (Chinese Fried Rice). Malaysian fried rice comes in so many varieties, such as: nasi goreng kampung (village-style fried rice), which is pretty spicy and comes with cucumber slices and keropok ( fish crackers), sometimes … Continue reading
